radio HONDA INSIGHT 2014 2.G Owners Manual

The climate control system in your
vehicle provides a comfortable
driving environment in all
weather conditions.
The standard audio system has
many f eatures. This section
describes those f eatures and how to
use them.
Your vehicle has an anti-theft audio
system that requires a code number
to enable it.
The security system helps to
discourage vandalism and theft of
your vehicle................
Climate Control System . 162
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Audio System .168
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Playing the AM/FM Radio . 169
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Playing a Disc .173
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Disc Player Error Messages . 180
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Playing the FM/AM Radio . 181
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Playing a Disc .188
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Disc Player Error Messages . 194
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PlayinganiPod
. 195
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iPod
Error Messages . 201
Playing a USB Flash Memory ........................................
Device .202
USB Flash Memory Device Error ...................................
Messages .211
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FM/AM Radio Reception . 212
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Protecting Your Discs . 214
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Remote Audio Controls . 217
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Auxiliary Input Jack .218
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Radio Thef t Protection . 219
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Setting the Clock .220
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Security System .221
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Cruise Control .222
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HandsFreeLink. 225
Insight model
LX model and EX model without navigation system
Bluetooth
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AM
BUTTONFM
BUTTON
PRESET BUTTONS
POWER/
VOLUME
KNOB
SEEK/SKIP BAR TUNE KNOB
A.SEL/SCAN
BAR
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You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob to the right to tune to
a higher f requency, and turn it to the
lef t to tune to a lower f requency.
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
power/volume knob or the AM or
FM button. Adjust the volume by
turning the power/volume knob.
The scan f unction samples
all stations with strong signals on the
selected band. To activate it, press
the right side of the A. SEL/SCAN
bar, 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 for about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan f or the next strong station
andplayitfor10seconds.Whenit
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN side of the bar again.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM or
FM button. On the FM band, ST will
be displayed if the station is broad-
castinginstereo.Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available.
The seek f unction
searches up and down from 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. To Select a Station
TUNE
To Play the AM/FM Radio
SCAN
SEEK /SK IP
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µµµ If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset
buttons as previously described.
For information on AM/FM radio
frequencies and reception, see
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Each preset button can
store one f requency on AM and two
f requencies on FM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. You can store one f requency
on FM1, and one f requency on
FM2witheachpresetbutton.
Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune the radio to a
desired station. ,pressthe
A. SEL side of the bar. This restores
the presets you originally set.
Press the lef t side of the
A. SEL/SCAN bar. You will see
A. SEL f lashing 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 buttons.
You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed af ter
pressing a preset button if auto
select cannot f ind a strong station f or
every preset button. If you are
traveling and can no longer receive
your preset stations, you can use the
auto select feature to find stations in
the local area.
Pick a preset button (1 6), then
press and hold it until you hear a
beep.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
1.
2.
3.
4.
To turn of f auto select
Preset
A UT O SEL ECT
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basedonthevehiclespeed.
Press the SOUND (TUNE) knob
repeatedly to display the BASS,
TREBLE, FADER, BALANCE, and
SVC (speed-sensitive volume
compensation) settings. Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the TUNE knob to
adjust the setting to your liking.
When the level reaches the center,
you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display.
Adjusts the bass.
Adjusts the treble.
Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound.
Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound. The SVC has f our modes: SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the 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. 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.
You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob 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 .
Wait a f ew seconds and the display
returns to normal. Except SVC adjustment
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Adjusting the Sound
SVC
BASS
TREBLE
FADER
BAL ANCE A udio System L ighting
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You operate the disc player with the
same controls used for the radio. To
select the disc player, press the CD/
AUX button. You will see ‘‘CD’’
in the display. To load or play a disc, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormats. When
playing a disc in MP3, you will see
‘‘MP3’’ in the display. In WMA
f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’ will appear in the
display. You can select up to 99
f olders, or up to 255 tracks/f iles.
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays FORMAT, and then skips to
the next f ile.
Video CDs and DVDs do not work in
this unit.Depending on the sof tware the f iles
were made with, it may not be
possibletoplaysomefiles,ordisplay
some text data.
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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CONT INUED
Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3 or WMA, the numbers
of the current f older and f ile are
shown. The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem.Each time you press the DISP button,
the display shows you the text data
on a disc, if the disc was recorded
with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
album, artist, and track tag.
With the f older name, you will see
the FOLDER indicator in the display.
The TRACK indicator is shown with
the file or track name.The display shows up to 10
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 10
characters, you will see the first 9
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 10 characters
are shown.
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To Load a Disc
Text Data Display Function
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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 .
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, seepage .
Press the 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
the disc af ter 10 seconds and put it in
pause mode. To begin playing, press
the CD/AUX button.
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 or FM button.
Press the CD/AUX button again to
switch back to the disc player.
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Protecting Discs
To Stop Playing a Disc
Playing a Disc (Insight model)
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SEEK BUTTONA.SEL BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
SEEK BUTTON
PRESET BUTTONS
VOL/SELECT KNOB
FM/AM BUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTON 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
FM/AM button. Adjust the volume
by turning the VOL/SELECT knob.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the FM/AM
button. On the FM band, ST will be
displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction in AM is not available.
You can use any of f ive methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select. Use the SEEK button to
tune to a desired f requency. Press
the button to tune to a higher
f requency, and the button to
tune to a lower f requency.
You can also operate the tune
f unction by using the VOL/SELECT
knob. Press the VOL/SELECT knob
and you will see ‘‘SEL’’ in the display.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency. To turn it of f , press
the VOL/SELECT knob or button, or button.
The system will return to the normal
display about 10 seconds af ter you
stop adjusting the tune mode. The SEEK f unction
searches up and down from the
current f requency to f ind a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press and hold the or side
of the SEEK button until you hear a
beep, 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.
When the system finds a strong
signal, it will stop and play that
station f or about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan f or the next strong station
andplayitfor10seconds.Whenit
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
To Play the FM/AM Radio
To Select a Station
T UNE
SEEK
SCAN
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