Honda 1997 Civic Sedan Online Reference Owner's Manual page 52

Keys and Locks
Remote Transmitter
LED
UNLOCK
BUTTON
Standard on the EX model in the U.S.
Optional on the LX model in the U.S.
and EX model in Canada
You can lock and unlock your vehicle
with the remote transmitter. When
you push the LOCK button, all doors
lock.
When you push the UNLOCK button
once, only the driver's door unlocks.
The remaining doors unlock when
you push the button a second time.
Instruments and Controls
The interior light (if the interior light
switch is in the center position) will
LOCK come on when you press the
BUTTON
UNLOCK button. If you do not open
any door, the light will go out in
about 30 seconds and the doors will
automatically relock. If you relock
OPTION
BUTTON
the doors with the remote
transmitter before 30 seconds have
elapsed, the light will go off
immediately.
PANIC
BUTTON
If you installed a non-Honda radio in
your car, the keyless entry system
and the interior light will no longer
work.
You cannot lock or unlock the doors
with the remote transmitter if any
door is not fully closed or the key is
in the ignition switch.
Horn Operation
You can program the remote
transmitter to have the horn beep
when you lock and unlock the doors.
It will beep once when you lock the
doors, and twice when you unlock
them.
To turn this feature on and off, press
the OPTION and LOCK buttons at
the same time for two seconds. If
you are turning the horn on, the
remote transmitter's LED will come
on for one second. If you are turning
the horn off, the LED will blink twice.
Release the buttons after the LED
goes out.
The horn feature will be off after you
install a new battery in the remote
transmitter. Use the above
procedure to turn it on again.