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Press the fan control button
to increase the f an speed and airf low.
Press the button to
decrease it. The level of the f an
speed is shown in the display.
Each time you press the mode
button, the mode display changes
from to .
When is selected, air f lows
f rom the upper vents on the back of
the center console.
When is selected, air f lows
f rom the lower vents. Pressing the AUTO button puts the
system in automatic operation mode.
The rear system automatically
adjusts the fan speed and airflow
levels to maintain the selected
temperature of the rear passenger
compartment. You will see AUTO in
the display.
To shut of f the rear climate control
system, press the OFF button until
the system shuts off, or push and
hold rear lock button f or 3 seconds.
To turn on the system, press the rear
lock button once, or press f an speed
up button on rear control.
Fan Cont rol
Mode Cont rol Automatic Operation
Climate Control System
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Theclimatecontrolsystemhastwo
sensors: a sunlight sensor on top of
the dashboard, and a temperature
and humidity sensor next to the
steering column. Do not cover the
sensors or spill any liquid on them.
Sunlight and T emperature
Sensors
Climate Control System
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TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SENSOR
SUNLIGHT SENSOR
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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

To select any setting such as the
clock or sound adjustment, press the
SETUP button. To use any audio
system f unction, the ignition switch
must be in the ACCESSORY (I) or
ON (II) position. You can select the
item by turning the selector knob.
To go back to the previous display,
press the RETURN button.
Pressing the SETUP button again
will also cancel the setup display
mode.
The knob turns lef t and right. Use it
to scroll through lists, or to make
selections or adjustments to a list or
menu item on the display. When you
make a selection, push the center of
the selector to go to that selection.
When the audio system is in XM
Radio mode or playing discs, pushing
the selector knob switches the
display between the normal display
andtheextendeddisplay.
Most audio system f unctions can be
controlled by standard buttons, bars,
and knobs. In addition, you can
access some f unctions by using the
selector knob on the audio system.
Selector K nob
SET UP Display
Audio System (EX, EX-L, and Canadian LX models without navigation s ystem)
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Without rear entertainment system
SETUP
BUTTON
SELECTOR KNOB SETUP
BUTTON
RETURN BUTTON
With rear entertainment system
RETURN BUTTON
SELECTOR KNOB
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Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the selector knob to
adjust the setting to your liking. The SVC mode controls the volumebased on vehicle speed. The f aster
you go, the louder the audio volume
becomes. As you slow down, the
audio volume decreases.
The SVC has f our modes: SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the selector knob to
adjust the setting to your liking. If
you f eel the sound is too loud,
choose low. If you f eel the sound is
too quiet, choose high. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is turned of f .
Wait a f ew seconds and the display
returns to normal or press the
RETURN or MENU button. 130Speed-sensit ive Volume
Compensat ion (SVC)A udio System L ighting
Playing the FM/AM Radio (EX, EX-L , and Canadian L X models without navigation system)
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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

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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, WMA or AAC, the
numbers of the current f older and
f ile are shown. The system will
continuously play a disc until you
change modes.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page . To move rapidly within a track or f ile,
press and hold either side ( or
) of the SKIP bar. When you insert a CD f or the f irst
time, the recording CD prompt will
appear on the display. If you select
‘‘Yes,

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If equipped
The CD Library Audio f unction can
record tracks from music CDs to the
f lash memory. Each music CD is
stored on an albumlist. This audio
system can store up to 18 albums.Digital music f iles, such as MP3,
WMA, AAC etc., from CD-R,
DVD-R and USB f lash memory
devices cannot be copied to the
CD Library. Likewise, digital
musicfilesrecordedintheCD
Library cannot be copied to CD-R,
DVD-R and USB devices. Music data recorded in the CD
Library can only be used f or
personal use.
Title inf ormation will be displayed
when the inf ormation is f ound in
the Gracenote
Album Inf o
(Gracenote
Media Database) in
the built-in f lash memory. See
page . If the CD Library is ever replaced,
all data will be lost and stored
music will not be recovered.
Only recordings f rom a standard
CD-DA (44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo
PCM digital sound data) to CD
Library are supported.
Although data is recorded using
ultra-ef f icient compression
technology, sound quality may
vary slightly f rom the original.Recording f unction f rom f ollowing
media is not supported.
CD-DA which prohibits the
copying by SCMS
CD-DA with copy control
SACD (Super Audio CD)
DTS-CD
DVD-A
CD-R/RW
DVD-R/RW
Copy controlled CDs (Playback
cannot be guaranteed)
DTS-CDs (Only enabled f or
playback)
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Playing CD L ibrary Audio (EX, EX-L , and Canadian L X models without navigation syst em)
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