audio HONDA ELEMENT 2009 1.G Owner's Guide

SCAN (TRACK/FILE SCAN)－
The scan function samples all tracks
(files 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/file on the
disc. Press the SCAN button again to
get out of scan mode and play the
last track/file sampled.
Pressing either SKIP button (preset
5 or 6) also turns off scan.
In MP3 or WMA modeFOLDER SCAN －This feature,
when activated, samples all the first
files in each folder on the disc in
order. To activate folder scan, press
and hold the SCAN button. You will
see FOLDER SCAN in the display.
The system plays the first file in each
folder for about 10 seconds. If you do
nothing, the system then plays the
first file in each folder for 10 seconds
each. After playing the first file of the
last folder, the system goes to normal
playing.
Pressing either SKIP button (preset
5 or 6), or selecting a different folder
with the TUNE bar, or pressing the
SCAN button, also turns off folder
scan.
Using a Track ListYou can also select a track/file
directly from the folder and file lists
on the audio display. Press the
AUDIO button to show the audio
display.FOLDER ICON TRACK/FILE LIST
FOLDER NUMBER RETURN ICON
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Touch the Track List icon to switch
the display to the folder list, then
select and touch a desired folder.
The display changes to the file list.
Then, select and touch a desired file.
Touch the folder icon on the upper
left of the screen to move to the
parent folder.To scroll through the display, touch
the
or
icon on the side of the
screen. To go back to the previous
display, touch the Return icon.
To select a desired icon with the
joystick, move it in the appropriate
direction, then press ENT.
Press the AUDIO button to go back
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.
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 folder
number is also displayed.
If the disc was not recorded with text
data, only the track number is
shown.
FOLDER ICON FOLDER LIST
RETURN ICON
FOLDER ICON TRACK/FILE LISTRETURN ICON
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To Stop Playing a Disc
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/XM button
again or touch the CD icon to switch
back to the disc player.
To play an audio unit connected to
the auxiliary input jack or the USB
adapter cable when a disc is playing,
touch the AUX icon.
If you turn the system off while a disc
is playing, either with the power/
volume 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.
Removing a DiscTo remove a disc from the audio unit,
fold back the screen by pressing the
OPEN button (see page142).Press
the disc eject button (
) to remove
the disc. If you eject the disc, but do
not remove it from the slot, the
system will automatically reload it
after 10 seconds and put it in pause
mode. To begin playing, press the
CD/XM 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 off. Protecting Discs
For information on how to handle
and protect discs, see page183.
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POWER/VOLUME
KNOBJOYSTICK
PLAY MODE
ICON
OPEN BUTTON
CD/XM BUTTON
AUDIO BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
TUNE BAR TRACK LIST ICON PC CARD ICON
RPT (REPEAT) BUTTON RDM (RANDOM)
BUTTON
FAST FORWARD
BUTTON
REWIND BUTTON SKIP
ꬽBUTTON
SKIP ꭚBUTTON
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The specifications for compatible
WMA files are:– Sampling frequency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
– Bitrate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
– Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
– Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
In WMA format, DRM (digital rights
management) files cannot be played.
If the system finds a DRM file, it
skips that file and plays the next
available folder or file.
Loading a PC CardThe PC card slot is behind the
navigation screen. To use the PC
card player, press the OPEN button
beside the screen. The screen folds
back, and the PC card slot appears. Insert a PC card straight into the slot.
The drive will read the PC card and
begin to play it.
Return the screen to the upright
position by pressing the CLOSE
button on the edge of the screen
panel.
Push the AUDIO button beside the
screen to show the audio display and
operate the PC card player.
You can also operate the audio
system without using the control
icons on the audio screen. Press any
of the appropriate control buttons.
The status bar appears on the bottom
of the screen. On the navigation
screen, you can see the audio
information whenever you touch the
AUDIO INFO icon on the screen.PC CARD SLOT
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To select a play mode, push the
AUDIO button to show the audio
display, then touch the PLAY MODE
icon on the display.
Select the desired mode by touching
the appropriate icon, or move the
joystick, then press the ENT.
After you select the play mode, the
display changes to the selectable
playing menu. If you select
‘‘Continue playing the current song, ’’
the system goes into the selected
play mode after playing the current
file.
PLAY MODE ICON
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If you select‘‘Play a new track list, ’’
the system goes into the selected
play mode immediately and begins to
play the files in order to the new list.
To go back to the previous screen,
press the CANCEL button on the
right side of the screen. To exit the
play mode screens, press the AUDIO
button.
To Change or Select Tracks/FilesYou can use the preset buttons while
a card is playing to select or change
files. Each preset button's function is
shown on the bottom of the screen.
Icons on the screen can also be
selected with the joystick. Move the
joystick left or right and up or down
until the icon is highlighted, then
press the ENT on the top of the
joystick to select the icon. SKIP
－Each time you press and
release
(preset 6), the player
skips forward to the beginning of the
next file. Press and release
(preset 5), to skip backward to
the beginning of the current file.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous file.
FF/REW －To move rapidly within
a file, press and hold
(preset 4) or
(preset 3).
FOLDER SELECTION －To select
a different folder, press either side of
the TUNE bar to move to the
beginning of the next folder. Press
the
side of the TUNE bar to skip to
the next folder, and the
side to
move to the beginning of the
previous folder.
PRESET BUTTON'S FUNCTION
PRESET BUTTONS
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FOLDER/ARTIST/ALBUM SCAN
－This feature, when activated,
samples the first file in each folder/
artist/album on the PC card in order.
To activate each scan feature, press
and hold the SCAN button until you
hear a beep. You will see FOLDER
SCAN, ARTIST SCAN or ALBUM
SCAN in the display.
The system plays the first file in the
folder for about 10 seconds. If you do
nothing, the system plays the first
file in each folder, in order, for 10
seconds each. After playing the first
file of the last folder/artist/album,
the system returns to normal play.
Pressing either of the SKIP buttons
(preset 5 or 6), selecting a different
folder with the TUNE bar (in
FOLDER RANDOM mode), or
pressing the SCAN button, also turns
off the scan feature.
Using a Track ListYou can also select a file directly
from a track list on the audio display.
Press the AUDIO button to show the
audio display, then touch the Track
List icon. The track list menu
appears on the display.
To scroll through the display, touch
the
or
icon on the side of the
screen. To go back to the previous
display, touch the Return icon.
TRACK LIST ICON
FOLDER ICON
RETURN ICON
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To go back to the normal playing
display, press the AUDIO button.
Pressing the CANCEL button goes
back to the previous screen and
pressing the MAP button cancels the
audio mode display.
Song Search FunctionWhen you select‘‘Song Search ’’from
the track list display, the song search
menu appears.
You can then select any of three
modes to search a file: Title by
Keyword, Artist, and Album.
RETURN ICON
Folder mode is shown. SONG SEARCH ICON
TITLE BY KEYWORD ICON
ARTIST ICON ALBUM ICON
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Searching for a Song by Album NameSelect the Album icon, and the album
list appears. Select the desired
album, and its song list is displayed.
You can then select the desired song
from the list.To Stop Playing a PC Card
To play the radio when a PC card is
playing, press the AM/FM button or
touch the FM1, FM2, AM, XM1, or
XM2 icon. If a disc is in the audio
unit, press the CD/XM button or
touch the CD icon to play the disc.
Touch the CARD icon to switch back
to the PC card player.
To play an audio unit connected to
the auxiliary input jack or the USB
adapter cable when a PC card is
playing, touch the AUX icon.
If you turn the system off while a PC
card is playing, either with the
power/volume knob or by turning off
the ignition switch, the card will stay
in the drive. When you turn the
system back on, the card will begin
playing where it left off.
When you leave the vehicle, always
remove the PC card from the audio
unit.
Removing a PC CardTo remove a PC card from the audio
unit, fold back the screen by
pressing the OPEN button (see page
151).Press the eject button (
)to
remove the card. If you do not
remove it from the slot, you cannot
return the screen to the upright
position.
To return the screen to the upright
position, press the CLOSE button.
You can also eject a card when the
ignition switch is off.
ALBUM LIST
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