2010 HONDA RIDGELINE CD player

Bulb Replacement..........................
Back-up Lights . 340
..............................
Brake Lights . 340
.................................
Bed Lights . 343
.........
Daytime Running Lights . 339
.................................
Fog Lights . 339
Front Turn Signal /Parking/
.......................
Hazard Lights . 338
.................................
Headlights . 336
.........
High-mount Brake Light . 341
.................
License Plate Lights . 342
Rear Bulbs (Brake/Taillights,
Turn Signal/Hazard Lights, ................
Back-up Lights) . 340
............................
Specif ications . 389
......................
Bulbs, Halogen . 336, 339
...................
Capacities Chart . 388, 389
.............
Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 55
.........................
Cargo Hooks . 118, 137
.............................
Carrying Cargo . 259
.............
CAUTION, Explanation of . iii
.........................................
CD Care . 198
..........................
CD Changer . 181, 189 CD Player/Changer Error
...................................
Messages . 202
.......................................
CD Player . 175
........................
Certif ication Label . 386
....................................
Chains, tire . 354
Change Oil
........................................
How to . 327
......................................
When to . 313
....................
Changing a Flat Tire . 361
...
Charging System Indicator . 63, 374
............
Checklist, Bef ore Driving . 269
................
Childproof Door Locks . 104
.....................................
Child Saf ety . 34
..............................
Booster Seats . 52
...................................
Child Seats . 41
.....
Important Saf ety Reminders . 34
..........................................
Inf ants . 39
..........................
Larger Children . 51
.........................................
LATCH . 43
......................
Risks with Airbags . 35
.............................
Small Children . 40
....................................
Tether . 43, 48
.........
Where Should a Child Sit? . 35
.......................................
Child Seats . 41
.........................................
LATCH . 43
..........
Tether Anchorage Points . 48 ...............
Climate Control System . 152
..............................................
Clock . 207
....................................
Coat Hooks . 138
.....................
Code, Audio System . 206
........................
CO in the Exhaust . 397
......................
Compact Spare Tire . 360
.........................................
Compass . 213
.................
Console Compartment . 136
.................
Consumer Inf ormation . 404
.............
Controls, Instruments and . 59
Coolant
........................................
Adding . 329
....................................
Checking . 253
.........................
Proper Solution . 329
...................
Temperature Gauge . 76
..............................
Courtesy Light . 143
Crankcase Emissions Control
........................................
System . 397
Cruise Control .......................................
Indicator . 67
...................................
Operation . 210
...................................
Cup Holders . 137
.........................
Customer Service . 404
Index
C
II

The heating and air conditioning
system in your vehicle provides a
comf ortable driving environment in
all weather conditions.
The standard audio system has
many f eatures. This section
describes those f eatures and how to
use them.
Your vehicle has an anti-theft audio
system that requires a code number
to enable it.
The security system helps to dis-
courage vandalism and thef t of your
vehicle.
Theclimatecontrolsystemandthe
audio system have a voice control
feature. Refer to the navigation
system manual f or more inf ormation..............Vents, Heating, and A/C . 146
...............
Climate Control System . 152
..........
Playing the AM/FM Radio . 159
............
AM/FM Radio Reception . 165
................
Playing the XM
Radio . 167
...................................
Playing CDs . 173
.......................................
CD Player . 175
CD Changer
(Models without navigation ..................................
system) . 181
CD Changer
(Models with navigation
..................................
system) . 189
....................
Protecting Your CDs . 198
CD Player/Changer Error
...................................
Messages . 202
................
Remote Audio Controls . 203
......................
Auxiliary Input Jack . 205
.................
Radio Thef t Protection . 206
..........................
Setting the Clock . 207
............................
Security System . 208
...............................
Cruise Control . 210
.........................................
Compass . 213
HomeLink
Universal
................................
Transceiver . 217
........
HandsFreeLink. 221 ...
Rearview Camera and Monitor . 246Bluetooth
On RTS, RTL models, and Canadian
EX-L models
On models with navigation system
Features
Features
145

CONT INUED
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 DVDs do not work in
this unit.
175
181 188
189 197
On RTS, RTL and Canadian EX-L models On models without navigation system
On models with navigation system
On RT, Canadian DX, and VP models
Playing CDs
Features
173
NOTE:
Table of Contents

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.
CONT INUED
On RT, Canadian DX, and VP models
To Play a Disc
CD Player
Features
175
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.
Table of Contents

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 f irst 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.
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.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
198
To Load a Disc Text Data Display Function
CD Player
176
Table of Contents

µµ
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
CONT INUED
T o Change or Select T racks/Files
SK IP FOLDER SELECTION
CD Player
Features
177
Table of Contents

µµµ
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 play. 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-REPEAT
RANDOM (Random within adisc)
CD Player
178
Table of Contents

µ
µµIn MP3 or WMA mode
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 next f olders
f or 10 seconds. Af ter playing the f irst
file in the last folder, 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 play. 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 play.
SCA N (T RA CK /FIL E SCA N)
FOL DER-RA NDOM FOL DER SCA N
CD Player
Features
179
Table of Contents