HONDA CIVIC COUPE 2009 8.G Owners Manual

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Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound. To adjust the
front/rear fader, touch the FR or RR
icon. Adjusts the bass.
Adjusts the treble. To
adjust the treble and bass, touch or on each side of the
treble or bass adjustment bar. The
adjustment bar on the right lower
display shows you the current
setting. Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
To adjust the left/right balance,
touch the L or R icon.
Adjusts the
strength of sound f rom the
subwoof er speaker. To adjust the
sound strength, touch or on each side of the adjustment
bar.
The right upper display shows you
the current setting of the sound
strength coming f rom each speaker.
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. Touch the appropriate
icon (Low, Mid, Hi, Of f ) to select the
mode.
You can adjust the sound on the
navigation screen. To adjust the
sound, push the AUDIO button, then
enter the sound grid by touching the
SOUNDicononthedisplay.
FADER
BASS
TREBLEBAL ANCE
SUBWOOFER
SVC (speed-sensitive volume
compensation)
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SOUND ICON
SPEAKER SETTING
BASS/TREBLE SETTING
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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 of f .
You can select the background
screen to display the sound level.
There are three screen modes: level
(the sound level is shown with the
vertical bars), spectrum analysis (the
sound level appears as ripples of
water), and off. Each time you touch
the background icon, the display
changes.
You can also select the icon with the
joystick. Move it up and down to
move the highlighting and scroll
through lists. Select the icon, then
move the joystick to lef t or right to
change the setting.
This f unction is set to MID as the
def ault setting when the vehicle
leaves the f actory. If you f eel the
sound is too loud, choose low. If you
f eel the sound is too quiet, choose Hi.
The system will return to the audio
display about 10 seconds af ter you
stop adjusting a mode. 74
A udio System L ighting
Screen Mode
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SCAN BUTTON
AUDIO BUTTON
POWER/VOLUME
KNOB
OPEN BUTTON
CD BUTTON
REWIND BUTTONFAST FORWARD
BUTTON
SKIP BUTTONSKIP BUTTON
CD ICON
TUNE BAR RPT (REPEAT) BUTTONRDM (RANDOM)
BUTTON JOYSTICK
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You operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio. To
load or play discs, the ignition switch
must be in the ACCESSORY (I) or
ON (II) position.
Video CDs and DVDs do not work in
this unit.
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
This audio system can also play CD-
RsandCD-RWscompressedinMP3
or WMA f ormats. When playing a
disc in MP3, you will see ‘‘MP3’’ on
the screen. In WMA f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’
will appear on the screen. You can
select up to 99 f olders and play up to
999 tracks. If the disc has a complex
structure, it takes a while to read the
disc bef ore the system begins to play
it. The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
Sampling f requency:
22.05/32/44.1/48 kHz
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
Bitrate:
32/40/48/64/80/96/128/160/
192 kbps
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)
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
16/22.05/24 kHz (MPEG2)
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays CD FORMAT, and then
skips to the next f ile.
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To Play a Disc
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NOTE:
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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The disc player is behind the
navigation screen. To use the disc
player, press the OPEN button
beside the screen. The screen f olds
back, and the disc player appears.Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
in the rest of the way and begin to
play it.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem.To return the screen to the upright
position, press the CLOSE button on
the edge of the screen panel. Do not
use the f olded screen as a tray. If
you put a cup, f or example, on the
screen, the liquid inside the cup may
spill on the screen when you go over
a bump.
To Load a Disc
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OPEN BUTTONDISC SLOT
CLOSE BUTTON
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Push the AUDIO button beside the
screen to show the audio display and
operate the disc player.
You can also operate the audio
system without using the control
icons on the audio screen. Press the
CD button. The status bar appears
on the bottom of the screen. On the
navigation screen, you can see the
audio inf ormation whenever you
touch the AUDIO INFO icon on the
lower portion of the screen.
When playing a CD recorded with
text data, the track, album, and artist
name are shown on the audio display.
When playing a disc in MP3 or WMA,
the f older number and name, the f ile
number and name, the artist name,
and the elapsed time are shown. The
system will continuously play a disc
until you change modes. If the disc
was not recorded with text data, it
will not be displayed. You can also select an icon with the
joystick. Move it to left, right, up, or
down to change the highlighting and
scroll through lists. Then press the
ENT on the top of the joystick to
select the icon.
Each time you press and
release (preset 6), the player
skips forward to the beginning of the
next track (f ile in MP3 or WMA
mode). Press and release (preset 5), to skip backward to
the beginning of the current track.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
You can use the preset buttons while
a disc is playing to select passages
and change tracks (files in MP3 or
WMA mode). Each preset button’s
f unction is shown on the bottom of
the screen. To move rapidly within
a track/f ile, press and hold (preset 4) or (preset 3).
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T o Change or Select T racks/Files
SK IP
FF/REW
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PRESET BUTTON’S FUNCTION
PRESET BUTTONS
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In MP3 or WMA mode
In MP3 or WMA mode In MP3 or WMA mode
This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles in
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder
repeat, press and hold the RPT
button (preset 1). You will see
FOLDER REPEAT 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
folder with the TUNE bar also turns
of f f older repeat.
This
featureplaysthetrackswithinadisc
(the f iles within a f older) in random
order. To activate track random,
press and release the RDM button
(preset 2). You will see TRACK
RANDOM in the display. Press and
hold the RDM button for 2 seconds
to return to normal play. This
feature, when activated, plays all
f iles in each f older in random order,
rather than in the order they are
compressed. To activate folder
random, press the RDM button
(preset 2) twice. You will see
FOLDER RANDOM in the display.
The system then selects and plays
f iles randomly. This continues until
you deactivate folder random by
pressing the RDM button again, or if
you select a dif f erent f older with the
TUNE bar.
To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side of the TUNE bar to move to the
beginning of the next f older. Press
the side of the TUNE bar to skip
to the next folder, and the side to
move to the beginning of the
previous f older.
To continuously replay
a track (f ile in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button
(preset 1). You will see TRACK
REPEAT in the display. Press and
hold the RPT button for 2 seconds to
turn it off. FOLDER REPEAT
TRACK RANDOM (Random
within a disc/f older)
FOLDER RANDOM
FOLDER SELECTION
T RA CK REPEA T (FIL E
REPEAT)
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Pressing either SKIP button (preset
5 or 6) also turns of f scan.
The scan f unction samples all tracks
(f iles in MP3 or WMA) in the order
they were recorded. To activate scan,
press and release the SCAN button.
You will see TRACK SCAN in the
display. You will get a 10 second
sampling of each track/f ile on the
disc. Press and hold the SCAN
button f or 2 seconds to get out of
scan mode and play the last track/
f ile sampled. This feature,
when activated, samples all the first
f iles in each f older on the disc in
order. To activate f older scan, press
and hold the SCAN button. You will
see FOLDER SCAN in the display.
The system plays the f irst f ile in
each f older f or about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system then
plays the f irst f ile in each f older f or
10 seconds each. Af ter playing the
first file of the last folder, the system
goes to normal play.
Pressing either SKIP button (preset
5 or 6), or selecting a dif f erent f older
with the TUNE bar, or pressing the
SCAN button, also turns of f f older
scan. You can also select a track/f ile
directly f rom the f older and f ile lists
on the audio display. Press the
AUDIO button to show the audio
display.
In MP3 or WMA mode
Using a T rack L istSCA N (T RA CK /FIL E SCA N)
FOLDER SCAN
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TRACK LIST ICONCD ICON
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Touch the Track List icon to switch
the display to the folder list, then
select and touch a desired f older. The display changes to the f ile list.
Then, select and touch a desired f ile.
Touch the f older icon on the upper
left of the screen to move to the
parent f older.To scroll through the display, touch
the or icononthesideof the
screen.Togobacktotheprevious
display, touch the Return icon on the
screen.
To select a desired icon with the
joystick, move it in the appropriate
direction, then press ENT.
PresstheAUDIObuttontogoback
to the normal audio playing display.
Pressing the CANCEL button goes
back to the previous screen, and
pressing the MAP button cancels the
audio control display on the screen.
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FOLDER ICON
RETURN ICON FOLDER ICON
RETURN ICON
TRACK/FILE ICON
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To remove a disc f rom the audio unit,
f old back the screen by pressing the
OPEN button (see page ). Press
the disc 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
it af ter 10 seconds and put it in pause
mode. To begin playing, press the
CD button.
To return the screen to the upright
position, press the CLOSE button.
You cannot close the screen if a disc
is partially inserted into its slot.
You can also eject the disc when the
ignition switch is of f .
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM/FM button or
touch the FM1, FM2, AM, XM1, or
XM2 icon. If a PC card is in the audio
unit, touch the CARD icon to play
the PC card. Press the CD button
again or touch the CD icon to switch
back to the disc player.
If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
power/volume knob 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 lef t of f .
When playing a CD recorded with
text data, each track name is shown
on the audio display. With a disc
recorded in MP3 or WMA, the f older
number is also displayed.
To play an audio unit connected to
the auxiliary input jack or the USB
adapter cable when a disc is playing,
touch the AUX or USB icon.
If the disc was not recorded with text
data, only the track number is shown.
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Removing a DiscTo Stop Playing a Disc
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