Honda Civic Owner's Manual page 218

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Radio Data System (RDS)
With your audio system, you can
utilize many convenient features
provided by the radio data system
(RDS).
With the FM band selected, you can
keep listening to the same station
even if its frequency changes as you
enter different regions while you are
travelling.
The RDS functions turns on
automatically when you turn the
system on. If the station you are
listening to is an RDS stations, the
frequency is displayed in the
information display and the station
name will be displayed in the audio
display. Then, the system will
automatically keep selecting the
frequency with the strongest signal
from the frequencies that carry the
same programs. This can save you
the trouble of retuning to obtain the
same station as long as you are in the
Audio System (on vehicles without navigation system)
same RDS network area.
You can turn on or off the RDS
function and select the RDS
programs. To switch the function
and select the program, press the
power/volume knob for more than 2
seconds with the audio system on.
You will hear a beep. Press any of
the preset buttons (1 through 6) to
select the function. Each preset
button has the following function.
Pressing the preset button switches
the function between on and off (24
H and 12H on the clock mode).
Preset 1: AF ON/OFF
Alternative frequency function on or
off
Preset 2: REG ON/OFF
Regional program on or off
Preset 3: PS ON/OFF
Program service function on or off
Preset 4 A-TP ON/OFF:
Automatic traffic program on or off
Preset 5: NEWS ON/OFF
News program on or off
Preset 6: CLOCK 24H/12H
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