How to Check the Audio System Condition

This diagnosis is applied to the audio unit (normal audio) only.

The audio system has a self-diagnostic function to help find problems with the audio system. To run the self-diagnostic function, do the following:

NOTE:

Check the vehicle 12 volt battery condition first .
Not all self-diagnostic functions appear on all models.
There may be other self-diagnostic functions that are for factory use only.
The self-diagnostic function does not find every problem with the audio system.

1. Turn the vehicle to the ON mode

2. Make sure the audio unit is turned off

3. Use the DISPLAY button on the steering wheel to select the screen that displays Audio Off

4. Press and hold the preset No. 1 and No. 6 buttons

5. While holding the buttons, press the POWER button

6. Release the buttons, and the self-diagnosis begins.

Courtesy of HONDA, U.S.A., INC.

7. When you are in the self-diagnostic mode, pressing the preset button starts the diagnostic mode that is assigned to that preset button. To exit this mode, go to step 8. Once you exit this test, you must start again at step 1.

No. 2 button: Audio button, knob, and audio remote switch detection mode
No. 4 button: Duty indication mode (for the Illumination dim)
No. 5 button: Vehicle speed pulse (VSP) indication mode
FM button or AM button (Press and hold 5 sec): Reception level indication mode

8. To end the self-diagnostic mode, turn the audio system off, or turn the vehicle to the OFF mode.