HONDA PILOT 2008 1.G Owners Manual

Cruise control allows you to maintain
asetspeedabove25mph(40km/h)
without keeping your f oot on the
accelerator pedal. It should be used
f or cruising on straight, open
highways. It is not recommended f or
city driving, winding roads, slippery
roads, heavy rain, or bad weather.Push in the cruise control master
button. The indicator on the
instrument panel will come on. The CRUISE button can be
lefton,evenwhenthesystemisnot
in use.
Accelerate to the desired cruising
speedabove25mph(40km/h).
Press and release the SET/
wheel. The indicator on the
instrument panel comes on to Cruise control may not hold the set
speed when you are going up and
down hills. If your speed increases
going down a hill, use the brakes to
slow down. This will cancel cruise
control. To resume the set speed,
press the RES/ACCEL button. The
indicator on the instrument panel will
come back on.
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3.
Using the Cruise Control
Cruise Control
Features
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CRUISE CONTROL MASTER BUTTON
CANCEL
BUTTON
SET/DECEL
BUTTON
RES/ACCEL BUTTON
Improper use of the cruise
control can lead to a crash.
Use the cruise control only
when traveling on open
highways in good weather.
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DECELbuttononthesteering
show the system is now activated.
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You can increase the set cruising
speed in any of these ways:Push on the accelerator pedal.
Accelerate to the desired cruising
speed, then press the SET/
DECEL button.
You can decrease the set cruising
speed in any of these ways: Press and hold the SET/DECEL
button. Release the button when
you reach the desired speed. To slow down in very small
amounts, tap the SET/DECEL
button. Each time you do this,
your vehicle will slow down about
1 mph (1.6 km/h).
Tap the brake pedal lightly with
your f oot. The CRUISE
CONTROL indicator on the
instrument panel will go out.
When the vehicle slows to the
desired speed, press the SET/
DECEL button.
Even with the cruise control turned
on, you can still use the accelerator
pedal to speed up f or passing. Af ter
completing the pass, take your foot
of f the accelerator pedal. The vehicle
will return to the set cruising speed.
Resting your f oot on the brake pedal
causes cruise control to cancel. You can cancel cruise control in any
of these ways:
Tap the brake pedal.
Push the CANCEL button on the
steering wheel.
Pushthecruisecontrolmaster
button.
To increase the speed in very
small amounts, tap the RES/
ACCEL button. Each time you do
this, your vehicle will speed up
about 1 mph (1.6 km/h). When you push the CANCEL button
or tap on the brake pedal, the system
will remember the previously set
cruising speed. To return to that
speed, accelerate to above 25 mph
(40 km/h), and then press and
release the RES/ACCEL button. The
CRUISE CONTROL indicator comes
on. The vehicle will accelerate to the
same cruising speed as bef ore.
Pressingthecruisecontrolmaster
button turns the system off and
erases the previous cruising speed.
Press and hold the RES/ACCEL
button. When you reach the
desired cruising speed, release the
button.
Changing the Set Speed Canceling Cruise Control
Resuming the Set Speed
Cruise Control
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The direction and center position
icons come on when you turn the
ignition switch to the ON (II)
position. The system then begins to
check the vehicle direction and
illuminates the appropriate icon(s).The compass can be af f ected by
driving near power lines or stations,
across bridges, through tunnels,
over railroad crossings, past large
vehicles, or driving near large
objects that cause magnetic
interference. It can also be affected
by accessories such as antennas and
roof racks that are mounted by
magnets.
Your vehicle has a compass in the
rear view mirror. The compass
indicates the vehicle direction with
illuminated letters; N (north), S
(south), W (west), and E (east). The
center blue icon in the compass is
always on. It serves as a ref erence
point.
To turn the compass on or of f , press
the compass button on the back of
the rear view mirror.The compass mirror has a light
sensor behind the right side of the
rear view mirror. Make sure the
extended sun visor or an accessory is
not covering the sensor.
If equipped
Compass Function
Compass
Features
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COMPASS
BUTTON
CENTER ICON
REAR VIEW MIRROR
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The compass may need to be
manually calibrated af ter exposure to
a strong magnetic field. If the
compassseemstocontinuallyshow
the wrong direction, do this.Drivethevehicleslowlyincircles
at less than 5 mph (8 km/h) until
the center icon turns blue. This
icon also turns blue by continuing
to drive the vehicle under normal
driving conditions. When you see
an actual heading on the compass,
calibration is completed.
In most areas, there is a variation
between magnetic north and true
north. Zone selection is required so
the compass can compensate f or this
variation. To check and select the
zone, do this: Find the zone f or your area on the
zone map (see page ). Each
zone number (1 through 15)
corresponds to a compass zone on
the table (see page ). Press and hold the compass
button f or about 3 seconds. When
all of the direction icons begin to
blink, release the button.
The blue direction icon(s) blink
and show the current zone.
If the zone is incorrect, press and
release the compass button
repeatedly to get to the correct
number.
The compass will return to the
normal display about 4 seconds
af ter you stop adjusting a zone
number.
Do this procedure in an open
area, away f rom buildings, power
lines, and other vehicles.
With the blue center icon
displayed, press and hold the
compass button for about 6
seconds. When the center icon
turns red, release the button. 2.
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Compass Calibration
Compass Zone Selection
Compass
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Compass
Features
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Zone MapCompass Display for Each Zone
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When in reverse, the touch screen
and navigation system ‘‘hard’’
buttons are locked out, except the
‘‘ZOOM’’ button. Touching the ‘‘ ’’
or ‘‘ ’’ button allows you to adjust
the brightness of the rearview
camera image. Since the rearview camera display
area is limited, you should always
back up slowly and caref ully, and
look behind you f or obstacles.
Whenever you shif t to reverse (R)
with the ignition switch in the ON
(II) position, the rear view is shown
on the navigation system screen.
For the best picture, always keep the
rearview camera clean, and do not
cover the camera lens. To avoid
scratching the lens when you clean it,
use a moist, sof t cloth.
On EX-L models with navigation system
Rearview Camera and Monitor
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REAR VIEW CAMERA
The camera brightness cannot be
adjusted by voice control.
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The HomeLink
canbeprogrammedtooperateupto
around your home, such as garage
doors, lighting, or home security
systems.
If equipped
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Features
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Homelink® Universal Transceiver
General Safety Inf ormation
Before programming your HomeLink
to operate a garage door opener,
confirm that the opener has an
external entrapment protection

If your garage door was manufactured
before April 1, 1982, you may not be
able to program HomeLink to operate
it. These units do not have safety
features that cause the motor to stop
and reverse it if an obstacle is detected
during closing, increasing the risk of
injury. Do not use HomeLink with any garage door opener that lacks
Important Saf ety Precautions
safety stop and reverse features.
Units manufactured between April 1,
1982 and January 1, 1993 may be
equipped with safety stop and reverse
features. If your unit does not have an
external entrapment protection
system, an easy test to confirm the
function and performance of the safety
stop and reverse feature is to lay a
2x4 under the closing door. The door
other safety and reverse stop features.
contacting the piece of wood.
As an additional safety feature, garage
door openers manufactured after
should stop and reverse upon
January 1, 1993 are required to have
external entrapment protection
systems, such as an electronic eye,
which detect an object obstructing the


door.
Refer to the safety information that
came with your garage door opener
to test that the safety features are
functioning properly. If you do not
have this information, contact the
manufacturer of the equipment.
Before programming Home Link
to a garage door or gate opener,
make sure that people and objects
are out of the way of the device to
prevent potential injury or damage.
When programming a garage door
opener, park just outside the
garage.
Universal
Transceiver built into your vehicle
threeremote controlled devices
system, such as an "electronic eye," or
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Press and hold the remote
transmitter button and one of the
HomeLink buttons at the same
time.transmitter button and one of the
time. While continuing to hold the
HomeLink button, press and
release the remote transmitter
button every 2 seconds.If the red indicator in HomeLink
continues to f lash slowly (does
not f lash rapidly), your remote
transmitting after a short time.
If the red indicator in HomeLink
begins to f lash slowly at f irst,
then rapidly, release both If the red indicator in HomeLink
then rapidly, release both
If the red indicator in HomeLink
not begin to f lash rapidly),
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2.
buttons, and go to step 4. Go to step 3.
transmitter may stop
Press and hold the remote
HomeLink buttons at the same
begins to f lash slowly at f irst,
3.
buttons, and go to step 4.
repeat steps 1 thru 3.
continues to f lash slowly (does
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If you just
received your vehicle and have not
trained any of the buttons in
HomeLink bef ore, you should erase
any previously learned codes bef ore
training the first button. To do this,
press and hold the two outside
buttons on the HomeLink
transceiver for about 20 seconds,
until the red indicator f lashes.
Release the buttons, then proceed to
step 1.
If you are training the second or
Holdtheendof thegaragedoor
inches f rom HomeLink. Make
sure you are not blocking your
view of the red indicator in
HomeLink.
1.
Bef ore you begin
third buttons, go directly to step 1.
opener remote transmitter 1 to 3
T raining HomeL ink
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Make sure you have properly
completed the ‘‘Training
HomeLink’’ procedure.
location will vary, depending on
the manufacturer.Press and hold the button on
HomeLink f or 3 to 4 seconds.
f or about 1 second. It should
operate the garage door.
The ‘‘Training HomeLink’’
procedure trains HomeLink to the
proper garage door opener code.
The f ollowing procedure
synchronizes HomeLink to the
garage door opener so it sends and
receives the correct codes.
For security purposes, newer garage
door opening systems use a ‘‘rolling’’
or variable code. Information from
the remote control and the garage
door opener is needed bef ore
HomeLink can operate the garage
door opener.
garage door opener unit until the
indicator next to the button comes
on. The indicator may blink, or
comeonandstayon.Youthen
have approximately 30 seconds to
complete the f ollowing steps.
2. 4.
1.
T raining With a Rolling Code
System
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TRAINING BUTTON
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garage door opener unit. The
Find the ‘‘l earn’’ button on your 3. Press the “learn” button on the
5. Press the HomeLink button again
If the button works,
programming is complete.
If the button does not work go
operate any other compatible
remotely controlled device around
your home (lighting, automatic
gate, security system, etc.).
pushing it for about 1 second.
to step 5.
5. PushandholdtheHomeLink
f or 2 seconds then stays on, you
Code System’’ (see page 185).
button and watch the red indicator
on Homelink.
If the indicator stays on, press
If the indicator f lashes rapidly
the Homelink button again; the
have a rolling code transmitter:should operate.
remotely controlled device
other two HomeLink buttons to go to ‘‘Training with a Rolling
6. Repeat these steps to train the
4.
Test the Homelink button by
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As required by the FCC:This device complies with Part 15 of theFCC rules. Operation is subject to thef ollowing two conditions: (1) This devicemay not cause harmf ul interf erence, and(2) this device must accept anyinterf erence received, includinginterf erence that may cause undesiredoperation.
Changes or modif ications not expresslyapproved by the party responsible f orcompliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with IndustryCanada Standard RSS-210.Operation is subject to the f ollowing twoconditions: (1) this device may not causeinterf erence, and (2) this device mustaccept any interf erence that may causeundesired operation of the device.
Toerasethecodesstoredinallthree
buttons, press and hold the two
outside buttons until the red
indicator begins to f lash, then
release the buttons.
Youshoulderaseallthreecodes
bef ore selling the vehicle.
If you want to retrain a programmed
button f or a new device, you do not
have to erase all button memory.
You can replace the existing memory
code using this procedure:
If a rolling code transmitter was
previously programmed, the
indicator will f lash rapidly f or 2
seconds, and then stay on f or
about 23 seconds. If a standard transmitter was
programmed, the indicator will
stay on f or about 25 seconds.
Press and hold the HomeLink
button to be trained until the
HomeLink indicator begins to
flash slowly. If you have problems with training
the HomeLink Universal Transceiver,
or would like inf ormation on home
products that can be operated by
HomeLink, call (800) 355-3515. On
the Internet, go to
www.homelink.com.
HomeLink
is a registered
trademark of Johnson Controls, Inc. Once the HomeLink indicator
begins to f lash slowly, continue to
hold the HomeLink button, and
‘‘Training HomeLink’’ (see page
).
1. 2.
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Erasing Codes
Retraining a Button
Customer Assistance
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