2009 HONDA RIDGELINE Owners Manual

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You operate the CD player with the
same controls used f or the radio. See
page f or the CD player operation
inf ormation.
You operate the CD changer with
the same controls used f or the radio.
For models without navigation
system, see pages through .
For models with navigation system,
see pages through .This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormats. When
playing a disc in MP3, you will see
‘‘MP3’’ in the display. In WMA
f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’ will appear in the
display.
You can select up to 999 tracks/f iles.
If the number of tracks/f iles is 1,000
or more, the system can not access
them.
When there are more than 99 f olders
in a disc, the display only shows two
digits.
You can select up to 400 tracks/f iles
in a disc.
A disc can support a maximum
number of 100 f olders, and each
f older can hold 255 playable f iles.If you have a disc that is a
combination of CD-DA tracks and
MP3/WMA f iles, you can choose the
f ormat to listen by pressing and
holding CD/AUX or CD button until
you hear a beep.
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays UNSUPPORTED
(UNSUPPORT on models with
navigation system), and then skips to
the next f ile.
Video CDs and DVD discs do not
work in this unit.
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On models with navigation system
On RT, Canadian DX, and VP models
Playing CDs
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The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
Maximum layers
(including ROOT):
8 layers
99 layers
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
16/22.05/24 kHz (MPEG2)
Bitrate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/160 kbps (MPEG2)
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
Bitrate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT):
8 layers
99 layers
On models without navigation system
On models with navigation system On models without navigation system
On models with navigation system
Playing CDs
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To load or play a disc,
the ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
You operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio. To
select the disc player, press the CD
button. You will see ‘‘CD’’ in the
display.
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On RT, Canadian DX, and VP models
To Play a Disc
CD Player
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SEEK/SKIP BARRANDOM
BUTTON
CD SLOT
EJECT BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON PRESET BARS TUNE/FOLDER BARREPEAT
BUTTON
DISPLAY
BUTTON
AM/FM
BUTTON
RT, Canadian DX, and VP models
CD BUTTON
PWR BUTTON
Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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Each time you press the DISP button,
the display shows you the text data
on a disc, if the disc was recorded
with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
artist, album, and track tag.
When you press and release the
DISP button while a disc without text
data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.The display shows up to about 16
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 17
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 16 characters
are shown. You can see up to 31
characters of the text data.
If youpressandholdtheDISP
button again, the display shows the
f irst 15 characters again.
Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3 or WMA, the numbers
of the current f older and f ile are
shown. The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes.
You can also play 3-inch (8-cm) discs
without using an adapter ring.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
. If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
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To Load a Disc Text Data Display Function
CD Player
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You will also see some text data
under these conditions:
When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
When you change the audio mode
to play a disc with text data or in
MP3 or WMA.
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.
When playing a CD-DA with text
data, the album and track name are
showninthedisplay.Withadiscin
MP3 or WMA, the display shows the
f older and f ile name. You can use the SEEK/SKIP bar
while a disc is playing to select
passages and change tracks (f iles in
MP3/WMA mode).
Each time you press and
releasethe sideof theSEEK/
SKIP bar, the player skips f orward to
the beginning of the next track (f ile
in MP3 or WMA mode). Press and
release the side, to skip
backward to the beginning of the
current track. Press it again to skip
to the beginning of the previous
track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold the or side of the
SEEK/SKIP bar. To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side of the TUNE/FOLDER bar.
Press the side of the bar to skip
to the next folder, and the side
of the bar to skip to the beginning of
the previous f older.
In MP3 or WMA mode
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T o Change or Select T racks/Files
SK IP FOLDER SELECTION
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In MP3 or WMA mode
To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see ‘‘RPT’’ in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button for 2
seconds to turn it off. This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles on
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder
repeat, press the RPT button twice.
You will see ‘‘ RPT’’ in the
display. The system continuously
replays the current f older. Press the
RPT button again to turn it off.
Pressing the RDM button, or
selecting a dif f erent f older with the
TUNE/FOLDER bar also turns of f
the repeat f eature.
Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal playing. This f eature plays the
tracks within a disc (the f iles in MP3
or WMA mode) in random order. To
activate random play, press and
release the RDM button. In MP3 or
WMA mode, press the RDM button
repeatedly to select RDM (within a
disc random play). You will see
‘‘RDM’’ in the display. Press the
RDM button for 2 seconds to return
to normal play.
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT)
FOLDER-REPEATRANDOM (Random within a
disc)
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In MP3 or WMA mode
The system plays the f irst f ile in the
f irst f older f or about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system will then
play the f irst f iles in the remaining
f olders f or 10 seconds each. Af ter
playing the f irst f ile of the last f older,
the system plays normally.
The scan f unction samples all tracks
(f iles in MP3 or WMA) on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc. To activate scan, press and
release the SCAN button. You will
see SCAN in the display. You will get
a10secondsamplingof eachtrack/
f ile on the disc. Press and hold the
SCAN button until you hear a beep
to get out of scan mode and play the
last track/f ile sampled.
This
feature, when activated, plays all
f iles on the selected f older in random
order. To activate f older random,
press the RDM button. You will see
‘‘ RDM’’ in the display. The
system will then select and play f iles
randomly. This continues until you
deactivate f older random by pressing
and holding the RDM button again,
or by selecting a dif f erent f older with
the FOLDER bar.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random play to random
play (within a disc random play),
then to normal playing. Pressing either side of the SEEK/
SKIP bar also turns of f the scan
feature. This feature,
when activated, samples the first file
of each f older on the disc. To
activate f older scan, press the SCAN
button twice. You will see
‘‘ SCAN’’ in the display.
Pressing either side of the SEEK/
SKIP bar, selecting a dif f erent f older
with the TUNE/FOLDER bar, or
pressing the SCAN button, also turns
of f the f older scan.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from file scan to folder scan, then to
normal playing.
SCA N (T RA CK /FIL E SCA N)
FOL DER-RA NDOM FOL DER SCA N
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You can also eject the disc when the
ignition switch is of f .
Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the disc. If you eject the disc,
but do not remove it f rom the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the disc af ter 10 seconds. To begin
playing, press the CD button.
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM/FM button.
Press the CD button again to switch
back to the CD player. If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the PWR
button or by turning of f the ignition
switch, the disc will stay in the drive.
When you turn the system back on,
the disc will begin playing where it
left off.
An optional six disc CD changer is
available for your vehicle from your
dealer.
This disc changer uses the same
controls used f or the in-dash CD
player/changer and the radio.
Load the desired CDs into the
magazine, and load the magazine
into the changer according to the
instructions that came with the unit.To select the CD changer, press the
AUX button. The disc and track
numbers will be displayed. To select
a dif f erent disc, use the preset 5
(DISC ) side f or a previous disc or
the preset 6 (DISC ) side to select
the next disc in sequence.
If you select an empty slot in the
magazine, the changer will search
f or the next available CD to load and
play.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
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To Stop Playing a Disc
Operating the Optional CD
ChangerProtecting Discs
CD Player
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