ECO mode HONDA ELEMENT 2009 1.G User Guide

To reinstall the cooler box, set the
cooler box into the floor base, then
slide the cooler box forward.
Rotate the handle down to the locked
position.
Make sure the cooler box is securely
locked in place. A cooler box that is
not locked in place could become a
projectile and cause injury in a
sudden stop or crash.
If you take the cooler box out, put it
in a safe place outside the vehicle.NOTE:
The cooler box must be
locked to floor base while driving. Beverage Holders
Be careful when you are using the
beverage holders. A spilled liquid
that is very hot can scald you or your
passengers. Spilled liquids can also
damage the upholstery, and electrical
components in the interior.
The front beverage holder is
removable. To remove it, push the
tab and pull it up.SC model is shown.Interior Convenience Items
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Instruments and Controls
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FAN CONTROL DIAL TEMPERATURECONTROL DIALMODE CONTROL DIAL
DEFROST POSITION
REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER
BUTTON
MAX A/C POSITION
A/C (AIR CONDITIONING)
BUTTON
RECIRCULATION BUTTON
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To Play the Radio
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. Turn the system on by
pushing the VOL/PWR knob or the
AM/FM button. Adjust the volume
by turning the same knob.
The band and frequency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button. On the FM band, ST will be
displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction in AM is not available.
To Select a Station
You can use any of five methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
TUNE－Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired frequency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher frequency, or left to tune to a
lower frequency. SEEK
－The seek function searches
up and down from the current
frequency to find a station with a
strong signal. To activate it, press
either (
or
), then release it.
SCAN －The scan function 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 for a station
with a strong signal. When it finds
one, it will stop and play that station
for about 5 seconds (LX model) or 10
seconds (EX and SC models).
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan for the next strong station
and play it for 5 seconds (LX model)
or 10 seconds (EX and SC models).
When it plays a station you want to
listen to, press the SCAN button
again. Preset
－Each preset button can
store one frequency on AM and two
frequencies on FM.
1. Select the desired band, AM or FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
six stations each.
2. Use the tune, seek, or scan function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Pick a preset number (1 －6), and
hold it until you hear a beep.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
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AUTO SELECT－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’’
flashes in the display, and the system
goes into scan mode for several
seconds. It stores the frequencies of
six AM and twelve FM stations in the
preset buttons.
You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed after
pressing a preset button if auto select
cannot find a strong station for every
preset button.
If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store other
frequencies on the preset buttons as
previously described.To turn off auto select,
press the A.
SEL button. This restores the presets
you originally set. For information on FM/AM radio
frequencies and reception, see page
186.
Adjusting the Sound
Press the MODE or SOUND knob
repeatedly to display the bass (BAS),
treble (TRE), balance (BAL), fader
(FAD), and sub-woofer (SUB-W)
ꭧ
settings.
ꭧ
: If equipped
Each mode is shown in the display as
it changes. Turn the MODE or
SOUND knob to adjust the setting to
your liking. When the level reaches
the center, you will see ‘‘C ’’in the
display. The system will
automatically return the display to
the selected audio mode about 5
seconds after you stop adjusting a
mode. Balance/Fader
－These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming from each speaker.
BAL adjusts the side-to-side strength,
while FAD adjusts the front-to-back
strength.
Treble/Bass/Sub-Woofer －Use
the TRE/BAS/SUB-W modes to
adjust the tone to your liking.
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SCAN－The scan function gives
you sampling of all channels while in
the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the stations within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button. The
system plays each channel in
numerical order for a few seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to
continue listening to, press the
button. Preset
－You can store up to 12
preset channels using the six preset
buttons. Each button stores one
channel from the XM1 band and one
channel from the XM2 band.
To store a channel:
1. Press the XM button. Either XM1 or XM2 will show in the display.
2. Use the TUNE knob, the CATEGORY buttons, or the SCAN
buttons to tune to a desired
channel.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be
selected. In channel mode, all
channels can be selected.
3. Pick the preset button you want for that channel. Press and hold the
button until you hear a beep.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the first six channels. 5. Press the XM button again. The
other XM band will show. Store
the next six channels using steps 2
and 3.
Once a channel is stored, press and
release the proper preset button to
tune to it.
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REPEAT (TRACK/FILE REPEAT)
－To continuously replay a track
(files in MP3/WMA mode), press
and release the RPT button. You will
see RPT in the display. Press the
RPT button again to turn it off.On EX and SC models
In MP3/WMA modeFOLDER SELECTION －To select
a different folder, use the FOLDER
knob to move to the beginning of the
next folder. Turn the knob right to
move to the beginning of the current
folder. Turn the knob left to skip to
the beginning of the previous folder.
On EX and SC models
In MP3/WMA modeFOLDER-REPEAT －This feature,
when activated, replays all the files
on the selected folder in the order
they are compressed in MP3/WMA.
To activate folder repeat, press and
hold the RPT button for 2 seconds.
You will see
RPT in the display.
The system continuously replays the
current folder. Press and hold the
RPT button for 2 seconds to turn it
off.
RANDOM (Random within a
Disc) －This feature plays the
tracks (all files in each folder in
MP3/WMA mode) within a disc in
random order. To activate random
play, press and release the RDM
button. You will see RDM in the
display. Press the RDM button again
to return to normal play.
On EX and SC models
In MP3/WMA modeFOLDER-RANDOM －This
feature, when activated, plays the
files within a folder in random order,
rather than in the order they are
compressed in MP3/WMA. To
activate folder random play, press
and hold the RDM button. You will
see
RDM in the display. The
system will then select and play files
randomly. This continues until you
deactivate folder random play by
pressing the RDM button again or
selecting a different folder with the
FOLDER knob.
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On EX and SC modelsSCAN－The scan function samples
all tracks/files on the disc in the
order they are recorded. To activate
scan, press and hold the SCAN
button until you hear a beep. You will
see SCAN in the display. You will get
a 10 second sampling of each track/
file on the disc. Press the SCAN
button again to exit scan and play the
last track/file sampled.
Pressing either side of the SEEK/
SKIP button also turns off scan.
On EX and SC models
In MP3/WMA modeFOLDER SCAN －This feature,
when activated, samples all files on
the selected folder in order. To
activate folder scan, press and hold
the SCAN button until you hear a
beep. You will see
SCAN in the
display. The system will then play
the first file for about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system will then
play the first file in each folder for 10
seconds. When it plays a file you
want to continue listening to, press
the SCAN button again.
Pressing either side of the SEEK/
SKIP button or selecting a different
folder with the FOLDER knob also
turns off folder scan. To Stop Playing a Disc
Press the eject button (
)to
remove the disc. If you eject the disc,
but do not remove it from the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the disc after 10 seconds (EX and SC
models) or 15 seconds (LX model)
and put it in pause mode. To begin
playing, press the CD/TAPE or CD/
AUX button.
Press the AM/FM button to switch
to the radio while a disc is playing.
To play the disc, press the CD/TAPE
or CD/AUX button.
If you turn the system off while a disc
is playing, either with the VOL/PWR
knob or by turning off the ignition
switch, the disc will stay in the drive.
When you turn the system back on,
the disc will begin playing where it
left off.CONTINUED
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SCAN－The scan function 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 for a station
with a strong signal. When it finds
one, it will stop and play that station
for about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan for the next strong station
and play it for 10 seconds. When it
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again. Preset
－Each preset button can
store one frequency on AM and two
frequencies on FM.
1. Select the desired band, AM or FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
six stations each.
2. Use the tune, seek, or scan function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Pick a preset button, and hold it until you hear a beep.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
Each preset button's frequency is
shown on the bottom of the audio
display. AUTO SELECT
－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 AUDIO button to view the
audio control icons, then press the
AUTO SEL icon. You will see AUTO
SEL flashing in the display, and the
system goes into scan mode for
several seconds. It stores the
frequencies of six AM, and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons.
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BALANCE－Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
To adjust the left/right balance,
touch the L or R icon.
SUBWOOFER －Adjusts the
strength of sound from the
subwoofer 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 from each speaker.
SVC (speed-sensitive volume
compensation) －The SVC mode
controls the volume based on vehicle
speed. The faster you go, the louder
the audio volume becomes. As you
slow down, the audio volume
decreases. Touch the appropriate
icon (Low, Mid, Hi, Off) to select the
mode. This function is set to Mid as the
default setting when the vehicle
leaves the factory. If you feel the
sound is too loud, choose low. If you
feel the sound is too quiet, choose
Hi.
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 left or right to
change the setting.
The system will return to the audio
display about 10 seconds after you
stop adjusting a mode.
Screen ModeYou 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.
Audio System Lighting
You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page72).The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is off.
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On the audio display, you will see the
selected CHANNEL (number),
CATEGORY, NAME (artist name),
and TITLE (music title).
You may experience periods when
XM Radio does not transmit the
artist's name and song title
information. If this happens, there is
nothing wrong with your system.TUNE
－Press the TUNE bar to
change channel selections. Press
for higher numbered channels andfor lower numbered channels. In the
category mode, you can only select
channels within that category.
CATEGORY －Press and hold
either side of the TUNE bar (
or
) until you hear a beep to select
another category.
SCAN －The scan function gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the channels within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button or
touch the SCAN icon on the screen.
The system plays each channel in
numerical order for a few seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to listen
to, press the button or touch the icon
again. Preset
－You can store up to 12
preset channels using each preset
button or preset icons on the screen.
Each preset button or icon stores one
channel from the XM1 band and one
channel from the XM2 band.
To store a channel:
1. Press the XM button. Either XM1 or XM2 will show in the display.
2. Use the tune, seek, or scan function to tune to a desired
channel.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In channel mode, all channels can be
selected.
3. Pick the preset button (icon) you want for that channel. Press and
hold the button (icon) until you
hear a beep.
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