HONDA PILOT 2012 2.G Owners Manual

Small, irregular shaped discs Discs with scratches, dirty discsCD-R or CD-RW may not play due
to the recording conditions.
Scratches and f ingerprints on the
discs may cause the sound to skip.Recommended discs are printed
with the f ollowing logo.
Audio unit may not play the
following formats.
This audio unit cannot play a Dual- disc
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Fingerprints, scratches, etc.
3-inch (8-cm) CD Triangle Shape
Arrow Shape
Can Shape
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POWER/
VOLUMEKNOB
AUDIO
BUTTON CATEGORY
BAR
SKIP BAR HDD
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON
AUDIO SCREEN
INTERFACE DIAL
TITLE
BUTTON
DISCSLOT
TITLE
BUTTON
POWER/
VOLUMEKNOB
SKIP BAR
CANCEL
BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTON
INTERFACE DIAL EJECT
BUTTON
DISC SLOT
HDD
BUTTON
EJECT
BUTTON
CATEGORY
BAR
SCAN
BUTTON
CANCEL
BUTTON INFO
BUTTON
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µ µ µµ µ µµµ µRecording 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)
The Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
f unction can record tracks f rom
music CDs to the navigation system

Playlists are track lists in a certain
playback group.
This playlist is automatically
generated when the music CD is
recorded. The maximum number
of original playlists that can be
stored to the HDD is 999, with 99
songs on each playlist. Each album
name on the music CD is counted
as a playlist.Songs that have been recorded on
the HDD are categorized in groups
f or easy searching.
There are six categories:
Album record date: Album titles are
arranged by date of recording.
Album: Album names are arranged
in alphabetical order.
Artist: Artist names are arranged in
alphabetical order.
Genre: Songs are arranged by genre.
Playlist: Any of six playlists that are
arranged by the user.
Track: Track titles are arranged in
alphabetical order. If you play a music CD that has not
yet been recorded on the HDD, the
system will automatically begin
recording to the HDD once the disc
is loaded. To turn this f eature of f ,
see page .
The HDD has six playlist f olders f or
user customizing. Each playlist can
be edited by the user, and will store
up to 999 songs. For more
inf ormation on how to edit the user
playlist, see page . For more inf ormation on how to
search f or music on the HDD, see
page .
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Playlists
Original Playlist
User Playlist T rack Search Methods Recording a Music CD to HDD
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The icons show the recording
conditions f or each track:
Rec icon: Now recording
Rec ready icon: Next to be recorded
Rec done icon: Recording f inishedPlease note that there will be no
compensationofferedinthecase
of unsuccessf ul recording of audio
data or the loss of audio data due
to any cause whatsoever.
During recording, operation of this
product may be slower.
If you stop the engine or the
power system is turned of f while
recording a CD, there may be
pauses between songs when you
play back f rom the HDD.
Tracks from music CDs are
recorded at f our times the
playback speed. You can listen to
tracks as they are being recorded.
Forward/rewind, repeat, random
and scan f unctions are not
available during recording.With the factory settings, all of the
songs on a music CD are
automatically recorded.
Recording settings cannot be
changed during recording.
If the number of songs in the
playlist exceeds 999, the oldest
song will be overwritten each time
you add a new song.
Youcanlistentotracksfromother
playlists that have already been
recorded while recording. Press
the HDD button and switch over
to HDD Audio.
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REC READY ICONREC DONE ICON
REC ICON
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To change the setting to manual
mode, push the interf ace selector
down on the HDD screen. Turn the
interf ace dial to select HDD Setup
and press ENTER. Turn the interface dial to selectMANUAL and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector.
In order to suspend recording, push
the interf ace selector down, select
Cancel CD Recording, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
Turn the dial to select CD Recording
andpressENTERontheinterface
selector.
Push down the interf ace selector to
go back to the audio screen.
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To Cancel Recording a Music CD
to HDDChanging the Recording Settings
Recording a T rack on a Music CD
Manually
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HDD SETUP
CD Recording
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To change the setting to
automatically record all of the tracks
on a music CD, move the interf ace
selector down on the HDD Audio
screen. Turn the interf ace dial to
select HDD Setup, and press ENTER
on the interf ace selector.
Turn the interf ace dial to select
AUTO, and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector.
Turn the dial to select CD Recording
andpressENTERontheinterface
selector. To play tracks on HDD, push the
HDD button until the HDD Audio
screen appears. Playback will start
automatically with the track
previously selected.
Select a track to record f rom the
music CD, push the CD button, then
push the interf ace selector down to
display the audio menu. Turn the
interf ace dial to select Record CD,
andthenpressENTERonthe
interf ace selector.
T o Record a T rack Manually Recording A ll of t he T racks on a Music CD A utomaticallyPlaying T racks on HDD
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To change a track or tracklist , press
on the Category bar or the Skip bar.
The tracklist has six search
mode categories: album, artist,
track, playlist, genre, and album
record date. Within the selected
category, the tracklist will be
changed with the category bar. To replay the current track
continuously, push the interf ace
selector down during track playback.
Turn the interf ace dial to select
Repeat on the HDD AUDIO MENU,
andpressENTERontheinterface
selector. Turn the interf ace dial to
select the repeat icon, then press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
To fast forward, press and hold the
side of the SKIP bar. To
rewind, press and hold the side
of the SKIP bar.
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Category Bar Skip Bar
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The next tracklist is selected.
If youpress duringthelast
tracklist, the first tracklist is
selected.
The previous tracklist is selected.
If youpress duringthefirst
tracklist, the last tracklist is
selected.Returns to the beginning of the
song that is being played.
Otherwise, the previous track is
selected. If you press this bar
during the f irst song, the last song
is selected.
The next song is selected. If you
press this bar during the last song,
the f irst song is selected.
Changing a Track/Tracklist
Repeat Playback
Fast Forwarding and Rewinding
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REPEAT ICON
REPEAT OFF ICON
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To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select the OFF icon,
then press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.This f unction plays tracks in the
current search mode in random
order. To activate random play, push
the interf ace selector down during
track playback. Turn the interface
dial to select Random on the HDD
AUDIO MENU. Press ENTER on
the interf ace selector. Turn the interface dial to select the
track random icon, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select the OFF icon,
then press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
Random Playback
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This f unction samples the tracks in
the current search mode in the order
that they were recorded.
To activate scan, push the interface
selector down during track playback.
Turn the interf ace dial to select Scan
on the HDD AUDIO MENU, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.Turn the interface dial to select the
scan icon. Press ENTER on the
interf ace selector. You will hear a 10-
second sampling of each track in the
current search mode.
TheHDDhastwotypesof the
playlists: original playlist and user
playlist. On the original playlist, the
music CD is recorded automatically
when it is played. In addition, you
can create up to six user playlists on
the HDD. In each playlist, you can
store a desired music data f rom the
original playlists or music CDs.
You can also select the scan feature
with the SCAN button on the control
panel. Press and release the SCAN
button.
To turn this feature off, press the
SCAN button again, or turn the
interf ace dial to select the OFF icon,
andpressENTERontheinterface
selector. The system begins to play
the last track sampled.
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Making a User Playlist
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