No mute function, you have to turn the volume down.
Unless you "hack" into the electronics and do something clever...

 

No, not by the original installation. I wondered to put a cable, lets say from the rear lights or from the speaker or something to the mute pin on the radio, just like doing this with an HFT.
Or would there be problems due to different voltages?

 

OEM HFT does stop the CD. It has been writen a lot about using the HFT mute pin, but I don't know if it works on non-sat HUs.

Andrej

 

Just hit the off button - it is quicker than turning down the voolume.

 

My answer to this: Please read the P.S. message at my first post

 

It does the same when resuming after a phonecall. Too long...

LP

 

Concerning resume after phone calls, this is not good.
But when putting the reverse gear, I usually don't do this when I want to continue driving, so it doesn't really matter. But in these modern times, needing to push a button (or turning down the volume) to better hear the sound of the PDC is no acceptable situation IMHO
It sure is feasible without any effort, but it bothers me nevertheless. Particularly because I feel distracted by it from the "driving procedure". Backing up with the Civic is in my eyes some sort of game play... The huge C-pillar does easily swallow a motorcycle or even a car. So I want the PDC directly at full presence with no distraction by music or pushing a button or turning a wheel.

 

So another question... Do the beeps from the sensors come from only one speaker? My current car uses the stereo speakers and if the sensor at the back left picks up something, the back left speaker bleeps (while reducing the stereo volume ) if it's in the middle, both speakers bleep etc.

 

Just one speaker.

 

Boo!

 

Reversing Sensors

Does anyone know where the speaker for the reversing sensor is situated :?: - I too have found the volume to low, and was wondering if it is possible to move it to a more prominent position. - My car boot is crammed full of tools and equipment ( after all it is a work car ) at the moment and I haven't had the opportunity to search for it.

 

Does anyone know where the speaker for the reversing sensor is situated :?: - I too have found the volume to low, and was wondering if it is possible to move it to a more prominent position.

Just checked. My parking sensor speaker is located on the underside of the boot shelf behind the rear driver's side (UK) seat (does that make sense?)

It also has a LMH switch to control the volume. I'm now a loud bleeper!

 

A mute button that just puts a CD on hold would be a good facility.

I just keep pressing the steering wheel volume button until it's very low.

 

Have you tried pressing the Vol Up & Vol Down buttons together - that's how I can pause/mute my current car stereo???

 

It works for me, a music CD re engages after around 10 secs and an MP3 (full) takes around 20sec.
VMMV

 

In an EX, you could just hit the 'make a phone call' button on the steering wheel, which mutes the radio - although I don't think it pauses the CD, but it's easier than the off button

Not an option unless you have an EX though

 

Well, I recently got an customer survey by Honda on the first impressions I have with my Civic. It was also possible to include additional improvement suggestions and "muting the radio" was one point on my list
Let's see, what they will do with this information

 

Disappointing

Clive242's post animated me to have a closer look at my car to perhaps also increase the volume, but I didn't find any switch. I don't think that there actually is one in my case, because the speaker sits in a simple plastic housing, glued to the passenger side plastic cover in the trunk. It's not really visible at first sight or so, but having a crowded trunk with loose things flying around could actually damage the speaker. That's why I personally am rather disappointed by this cheap solution. Especially as it is the original Honda park distance control which had it's, not really cheap, price though.
Big from my side.

 

The location of the speaker seems to be a bit random, possibly due to it being a dealer fit item (except more recently on the EX where it is now added at the factory I believe)

There have also been (too!) many examples of dlrs charging Honda prices and then fitting non-Honda sensors...

see the 'great parking sensor' thread in here to check

 

AFAIK I got the original Honda ones. The ones you see on pictures of aftermarket products don't look familiar, but the originals do. Mine are also painted in the matching colour, although this is no evidence I posted in the corresponding thread to get a comparable picture of other speakers to confirm my assumption.

 

Mine are not Honda and I wasn't charged Honda prices.

They work OK though, I just need to find where they have put the bleeper behind the dash so I can put some tape over it to quieten it down.

You would think that it would be easy to spot. I tried last year by putting it in reverse and climbing backwards under the dash, but I still couldn't find it.

Plan B this year is to do the same but with a length of narrow hose as a stethoscope to try and track it down. I've also got the advantage this year of having one of those LED head lights so you can see where your working in the dark.

Quite good they are, been very useful a number of times.