HONDA CIVIC 2006 8.G Owners Manual

Audio System
(B type)(C type)
Features
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U.S. EX model without navigation system U.S. EX model with navigation system
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Playing the Radio
(A type)(B type)
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PRESET BARS TUNE/SOUND KNOB PRESET BARSAUTO SELECT BUTTON
AM/FM BUTTON
SEEK BAR SEEK BAR
AM
BUTTON
FM
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON
AUTO SELECT BUTTON
PWR/VOL KNOB TUNE/SOUND KNOB
PWR/VOL KNOB
SCAN
BUTTON
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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
PWR/VOL knob. Adjust the volume
by turning the same knob.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button (AM or FM button). On the
FM band, ST will be displayed if the
stationisbroadcastinginstereo.
Stereo reproduction in AM is not
available.
You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: TUNE, SEEK, SCAN, the
preset bars, and AUTO SELECT. If you do nothing, the system will
then scan f or the next strong station
and play it f or 10 seconds. When it
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
Each side of the bars
(1 6) can store one station on AM,
and two stations on FM.
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency.
The SEEK f unction
searches up and down f rom the
current f requency to f ind a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press the or side of the
SEEK bar, then release it.
The SCAN f unction
samples all stations with strong
signals on the selected band. To
activate it, press the SCAN button,
then release it. You will see SCAN in
the display. The system will scan f or
a station with a strong signal. When
it f inds one, it will stop and play that
station f or about 10 seconds. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
Pick a preset number (1 6), and
hold it until you hear a beep.
UsetheTUNE,SEEK,orSCAN
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
12 stations.
1. 2.3. 4.
Playing the Radio
To Play the Radio
To Select a Station PRESET
TUNE SEEK
SCAN
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µYou will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed af ter
pressing a preset bar if auto select
cannot f ind a strong station f or every
preset bar.
If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset bars
as previously described.
press the
A. SEL button. This restores the
presets you originally set. Press the SOUND (TUNE) knob
repeatedly to display the bass (BAS),
treble (TRE), fader (FAD), balance
(BAL), and speed-sensitive volume
compensation (SVC) settings.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the SOUND
(TUNE) knob to adjust the setting to
your liking. When the level reaches
the center, you will see ‘‘ ’’ in
the display. The system will
automatically return the display to
the selected audio mode about 5
seconds af ter you stop adjusting a
mode.
If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the auto select feature to
find stations in the local area.
Press the A. SEL button. ‘‘A.SEL’’
f lashes in the display, and the system
goes into scan mode f or several
seconds. It stores the f requencies of
six AM, and twelve FM stations in
the preset bars.
To turn of f auto select,
Playing the Radio
Adjusting the Sound
AUTO SELECT
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These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming f rom each speaker.
BALANCE adjusts the side-to-side
strength, while FADER adjusts the
front-to-back strength. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control buttons 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 .
The SVC
mode controls the volume based 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. The def ault setting is MID.
Turn the SOUND (TUNE) 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.
Use the TREBLE/
BASS modes to adjust the tone to
your liking.
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Playing the Radio
Balance/FaderA udio System L ighting
Speed-sensitive volume
compensation (SVC)
Treble/Bass
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Playing a Disc
(A type)(B type)
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SCAN
BUTTON
FOLDER KNOBSCAN
BUTTON
FOLDER KNOB
PWR/VOL KNOB SEEK/SKIP BAR
PWR/VOL KNOBSEEK/SKIP BAR
DISPLAY
BUTTON
RANDOM
BUTTON
REPEAT
BUTTON
LOAD
INDICATOR
EJECT
BUTTON
CD
BUTTON
EJECT
BUTTONLOAD
INDICATOR
DISPLAY
BUTTON
RANDOM
BUTTON
CD
BUTTON
REPEAT
BUTTON
U.S. EX model without navigation system
U.S. LX and Canadian DX, DX-G, LX, and EX models
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To load or play discs, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.
You operate the CD player with the
same controls used f or the radio. To
select the CD player, press the CD
button. You will see ‘‘CD’’ in the
display. The number of the track
playing is shown in the display. The
system will continuously play a disc
until you change modes.The specif ications of the compatible
MP3 f ile are:
Sampling f requency: 32/44.1/48 kHz
(MPEG1), 24, 22.05, 16 kHz
(MPEG2)
Bit rate: 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 bit rate and
multi-session.
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
Sampling f requency: 32/44.1/48 kHz
Bit rate: 48/64/80/96/128/160/192
kbps
Compatible with variable bit rate and
multi-session.
Maximum layers(including ROOT):
8 layers
The specif ications of the compatible
WMA f ile are: Insert a disc into the slot. The drive
will pull the disc in the rest of the
waytoplayit.Whenthesystem
reaches the end of the disc, it will
return to the beginning and play the
disc again.
You can also play 3-inch (8-cm) discs
without using an adapter ring.
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM/FM button
(AM or FM button). Press the CD
button again to switch back to the
CD player.
The CD player can also play CD-Rs
andCD-RWsinMP3andWMA
compressed f ormats. When playing a
disc in MP3 or WMA, you will see
‘‘MP3’’ or ‘‘WMA’’ in the display. You
can select up to 255 f olders or tracks.
Video CDs and DVDs will not work
in this unit.
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To Play a Disc
Playing a Disc
Features
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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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You can use the SEEK/SKIP bar
while a disc is playing to select
passages and change tracks (f iles in
MP3/WMA mode).
In MP3/WMA mode, use the
FOLDER (TUNE) knob to select
f olders in the disc, and use the
SEEK/SKIP bar to change files.
Each time you press the DISP button
while playing a CD-TEXT, the
display mode changes f rom album
name, to artist name, to track name,
andthentonormaldisplay.When
playing a disc in MP3/WMA, the
display mode changes f rom f older
name,tofilename,toartisttag,to
album tag, to track tag, and then to
normal display.
If the title is too long, it will not show
all at once. Press and hold the DISP
button, and the rest of the title will
show in the display. You will also see the album and track
name (CD-TEXT), or the f older and
f ile name (MP3/WMA) under these
conditions:
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.
Each time a new track, file, or
f older plays, other than in normal
display mode.
Playing a Disc
T o Change or Select T racks/Files
Name Display Funct ion
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In MP3/WMA mode
To
select a different folder, turn the
FOLDER (TUNE) knob clockwise to
move to the beginning of the next
folder. Turn the knob
counterclockwise to move to the
beginning of the current f older. Turn
it counterclockwise again to skip to
the beginning of the previous f older.
Each time you
press and release the bar, the
player skips f orward to the
beginning of the next track (f iles in
MP3/WMA mode). Press and
release the bar 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 continuously replay
a track (f ile in MP3/WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see RPT in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button to
turn it off.
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Playing a Disc
FOLDER SELECTION
SEEK /SK IP
REPEA T (T RA CK /FIL E
REPEAT)
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In MP3/WMA modeIn MP3/WMA mode
This feature,
when activated, replays all the f iles
on the selected f older in the order
they are compressed in MP3/WMA.
To activate f older repeat mode, press
the RPT button repeatedly until you
see F-RPT in the display. The system
continuously replays the current
folder.PressandholdtheRPT
button to turn it of f .
Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes from
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal playing. This f eature plays the track
within a disc in random order. In
MP3/WMA mode, this f eature only
plays f olders within a disc in random
order. Files in the f older are played
in recorded order. To activate
random play, press and release the
RDM button. In MP3/WMA mode,
press the RDM button twice to select
within a disc random play. You will
seeRDMinthedisplay.Pressand
release the RDM button again to
return to normal play. This
f eature, when activated, plays the
f iles in the current f older in random
order, rather than in the order they
are compressed in MP3/WMA. To
activate folder random play, press
the RDM button. You will see
F-RDM in the display. The system
will then select and play f iles
randomly. This continues until you
deactivate f older random play by
pressing and holding the RDM
button.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random play to within a
disc random play, then to normal
playing.
Playing a Disc
FOL DER-REPEA T RANDOM (Random within a
Disc) FOL DER-RANDOM
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