display HONDA PILOT 2011 2.G Owners Manual

Driving on the north side of an
east/west mountain road.
Driving on the north side of a
large commercial truck on an
east/west road.
Driving in tunnels.
Driving on a road beside a vertical
wall, steep clif f , or hill to the south
of you.
Driving on the lower level of a
multi-tiered road.
Driving on a single lane road
alongside dense trees taller than
50 ft. (15 m) to the south of you.
Large items carried on a roof rack.
There may be other geographic
situations that could af f ect XM Radio
reception. If your XM Radio service has expired
or you purchased your vehicle f rom
a previous owner, you can listen to a
sampling of the broadcasts available
on XM Radio. With the ignition
switch in the ACCESSORY (I) or the
ON (II) position, push the power/
volume knob to turn on the audio
system, and press the button.
A variety of music types and styles
will play.
If you decide to purchase XM radio
service, contact XM Radio at
,orat
1-800-852-9696. In Canada, contact
XM CANADA
at , or
at 1-877-209-0079. You will need to
give them your radio I.D. number
and your credit card number. To get
your radio I.D. number, press the button, then turn the
selector knob until ‘‘CH 000’’ appears
in the display. Your I.D. will appear
in the display. After you’ve registered with XM
Radio, keep your audio system in the
XM Radio mode while you wait f or
activation. This should take about 30
minutes.
While waiting f or activation, make
sure your vehicle remains in an open
area with good reception. Once your
audio system is activated,
‘‘CATEGORY’’ or ‘‘CH’’ will appear in
the display, and you’ll be able to
listen to XM Radio broadcasts. XM
Radio will continue to send an
activation signal to your vehicle f or
at least 12 hours from the activation
request. If the service has not been
activated after 36 hours, contact XM
Radio. In Canada, contact XM
CANADA
.
As required by the FCC:
Changes or modif ications not expresslyapproved by the party responsible f orcompliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment. www.xmradio.com
www.xmradio.ca
Receiving XM Radio Service
Playing the XMRadio (EX-L and U.S. EX models)
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This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormat. When playing
a disc in MP3, you will see ‘‘MP3’’ in
the display. In WMA f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’
will appear in the display. The disc,
f older and track numbers are
displayed. You can select up to 255
folders or tracks.
To load or play discs, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.
You operate the disc changer with
the same controls used f or the radio.
To select the disc changer, press the
CD/AUX or CD button. You will see
‘‘CD’’ in the display. The disc and
track numbers, and the elapsed time
areshowninthedisplay.Youcan
also select the displayed inf ormation
with the TITLE button (see page
). The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes. The specif ications f or
compatible MP3 f iles are:
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1), 16/
22.05/24 kHz (MPEG2)
Bitrate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1), 8/16/24/32/40/48/56/
64/80/96/112/128/160 kbps
(MPEG2)
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session.
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
If you have a disc that is a
combination of CD-DA tracks and
MP3/WMA f iles, you can choose the
f ormat to listen by pressing and
holding CD/AUX or CD button until
you hear a beep.
Video CDs and DVDs do not work in
this unit.
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To Play a Disc
Playing Discs (EX and EX-L models)
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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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µYour vehicle’s in-dash disc changer
holdsuptosixdiscs.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm) discs in this unit.
When the disc load indicator turns
green and ‘‘LOAD’’ appears in the
display again, insert the next disc
in the slot. Do not try to insert a
disc until ‘‘LOAD’’ appears. You
could damage the audio unit.
Repeat this until all six positions
are loaded. If you are not loading
all six positions, the system begins
playing the last disc loaded.
You can also load a disc into an
empty position while a disc is playing
by pressing the appropriate preset
button. The system stops playing the
current disc and starts the loading
sequence. It then plays the disc just
loaded.
The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays UNSUPPORTED, and then
skips to the next f ile. Sampling f requency:
22.05/32/44.1/48 kHz
Bitrate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
To load more than one disc, press
the LOAD button until you hear a
beep and see ‘‘LOAD’’ in the
display. To load only one disc,
press and release the LOAD
button.
The disc number f or an empty
position begins blinking.
Insert the disc into the disc slot
when the green disc load indicator
comes on. Insert it only about
half way; the drive will pull it in the
rest of the way. You will see
‘‘BUSY’’ in the display while the
disc load indicator turns red and
blinks as the disc is loaded.
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L oading Discs
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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 16
characters of selected text data (the
f older name, f ile name, etc.). Each time you press the TITLE
button, the display shows you the
text, if the disc was recorded with
text data.
When you press and release the
TITLE button while a disc without
text data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.If the text data has more than 16
characters, you will see the first 16
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the
TITLE button until the next 16
characters are shown. You can see
up to 32 characters of the text data.
When you turn on the audio system
next time, the system keeps your
selection with the TITLE button. When playing a CD-DA with text
data, the album and track name are
showninthedisplay.Withadiscin
MP3 or WMA, the display shows the
f older and f ile name.When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play. When you change the audio mode
to play a disc with text data or in
MP3 or WMA.
If youpressandholdtheTITLE
button again, the display shows the
f irst 16 characters again.
If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
You will also see some text data
under these conditions: When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
T ext Data Display Function
Playing Discs (EX and EX-L models)
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To select a dif f erent disc, use the
appropriate preset buttons (1
through 6). If you select an empty
position, the system will go into the
loading sequence (see page ). Use the SKIP bar while a disc is
playing to select passages and
change tracks (f iles in MP3 or WMA
mode).
In MP3 or WMA mode, use the
CATEGORY bar to select f olders on
the disc and use either side of the
SKIP bar to change f iles. Each time you press and
releasethe sideof theSKIPbar,
the player skips forward to the
beginning of the next track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA mode). Press and
releasethe sideof thebarto
skip backward to the beginning of
the current track. Press it again to
skip to the beginning of the previous
track.
To move rapidly within a track or f ile,
press and hold either side ( or ) of the SKIP bar.
In MP3 or WMA mode, you can also
select a f older or track/f ile f rom the
list by using the selector knob. Push
the selector knob (ENTER) to
switch the display to the list
displayed with three segments, then
turn the knob to select a f older.
Press the selector knob (ENTER) to
change the display to the track/file
list, then turn the same knob to
select a track/f ile. Press the selector
knob (ENTER) to set your selection.
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Playing Discs (EX and EX-L models)
SK IP
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tracks within a disc (the f iles in MP3
or WMA mode) in random order. To
activate random play, select the disc
random play f rom the menu items.
You will see RANDOM in the display.
Selectthenormalplaymodeto
return to normal play.
This feature,
when activated, replays all the f iles
in the selected f older in the order
they are compressed in MP3 or
WMA. To activate folder repeat
mode, select the f older repeat mode
from the menu items. You will see
F-REPEAT in the display. The
system continuously replays the
current f older. Select the normal
play mode to turn it of f . Selecting a
different folder with the
CATEGORY bar also turns of f the
repeat feature.
To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side ( or ) of the CATEGORY
bar. Press the side to skip to the
next f older, and press the side to
skip to the beginning of the previous
f older.
To
continuously replay a track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA mode), select the
track repeat mode f rom the menu
items. You will see REPEAT in the
display. Select the normal play mode
to turn it off.
Pressing either side of the SKIP bar
also turns of f the repeat f eature. This feature
continuously replays the current disc.
To activate disc repeat, select the
disc repeat mode f rom the menu
items. You will see D-REPEAT in the
display. Select normal play to turn it
off.
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RANDOM (Random within a
disc)
FOLDER REPEAT
FOLDER SELECTION
REPEAT (Track Repeat)
DISC REPEAT
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This f eature, when
activated, samples the first file in
each f older on the disc in the order
they are recorded. To activate the
f older scan f eature, press and
release the SCAN button repeatedly.
You will see ‘‘F-SCAN’’ in the display.
The system will then play the first
f ile in the main f olders f or about 10
seconds. If you do nothing, the
system will then play the f irst f ile in
each f older f or 10 seconds. When it
plays a file that you want to continue
listening to, press and hold the
SCAN button.
Pressing either side of the SKIP bar,
or selecting a dif f erent disc (using
the preset buttons) or f older (using
the CATEGORY bar) turns of f the
SCAN or F-SCAN f eature.
This
f eature, when activated, plays the
f iles within the current f older in
random order, rather than in the
order they are compressed in MP3
or WMA. To activate folder random
play, select the f older random mode
from the menu items. You will see
F-RANDOM in the display. The
system will then select and play f iles
randomly. This continues until you
deactivate f older random play by
selecting the normal play mode, or
you select a dif f erent f older with the
CATEGORY bar. The SCAN f unction
samples all the tracks on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc (all f iles in the selected f older in
MP3 or WMA mode). To activate the
scan feature, press and release the
SCAN button. You will see SCAN in
the display. You will get a 10 second
sampling of each track/f ile in the
disc/f older. Press and hold the
SCAN button until you hear a beep
to get out of scan mode and play the
last track sampled.
In MP3 or WMA mode
In MP3 or WMA mode
F-SCAN
FOLDER RANDOM SCAN
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This f eature, when
activated, samples the first track on
each disc in order (the f irst f ile in
themainfolderoneachdiscinMP3
or WMA mode). To activate the disc
scan feature, press and release the
SCAN button repeatedly until
D-SCAN shows in the display. The
system will then play the f irst track/
f ile in the f irst main f older on the
f irst disc f or about 10 seconds. If you
do nothing, the system will then play
the f ollowing f irst track/f ile f or 10
seconds each. When it plays a track/
file that you want to continue
listening to, press and hold the
SCAN button again. Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from scan, disc scan, then to normal
play.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
f rom f ile scan, f older scan, disc scan,
then to normal play.You can also eject the disc when the
ignition switch is of f .
When the f irst track on the last disc,
or the f irst f ile in the last main f older
on the last disc begins to play, the
disc scan mode will be canceled.
Pressing either side of the SKIP bar
or selecting a dif f erent f older with
the CATEGORY bar also turns off
the scan feature.
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 begin
playing.
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM, FM, AM/FM,
or XM (if equipped) button. Press
the CD (CD/AUX on models with
XM Radio) button again to switch
back to the disc changer.
In MP3 or WMA mode
D-SCAN
To Stop Playing a Disc
Playing Discs (EX and EX-L models)
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Thechartontherightexplainsthe
error messages you may see in the
display while playing a disc.
If you see an error message in the
display while playing a disc, press
the eject button. After ejecting the
disc, check it for damage or
deformation. If there is no damage,
insert the disc again.
For additional information on
damaged discs, see page .
Theaudiosystemwilltrytoplaythe
disc. If there is still a problem, the
error message will reappear. Press
the eject button, and pull out the disc.
Insert a dif f erent disc. If the new
disc plays, there is a problem with
the f irst disc. If the error message
cycle repeats and you cannot clear it,
take your vehicle to a dealer.Cause
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High temperature
Track/File format not
supported
Mechanical Error
Servo Error Will disappear when the temperature returns to
normal.
Current track will be skipped. The next
supported track or file plays automatically.
Press the EJECT button and pull out the disc(s).
Check the disc for serious damage, signs of
deformation, excessive scratches, and/or dirt
(see page
286). Insert the disc again. If the code
does not disappear, or the disc(s) cannot be
removed, consult your dealer. Do not try to
force the disc out of the player.
Disc Changer Error Messages (EX and EX-L models)
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HEAT ERROR
UNSUPPORTED BAD DISC
PLEASE CHECK OWNER’S
MANUAL PUSH EJECT
BAD DISC
PLEASE CHECK OWNER’SMANUAL
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Playing the FM/A M Radio (Models with navigation system)
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INTERFACE DIALAUDIO DISPLAY
PRESET BUTTONS
With rear entertainment system
Without rear entertainment system
INTERFACE DIAL
FM
BUTTON
AM
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON
AUDIO DISPLAY PRESET BUTTONS
TUNE KNOB
AUDIO
BUTTON POWER/
VOLUME KNOB
AUDIO
BUTTON AM
BUTTON
FM
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON
TUNE KNOB POWER/
VOLUME KNOB
A.SEL (AUTO
SELECT) BUTTON
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