pstuart03@hotmail.com (Paul Stuart) wrote in message news:<b46b8f39.0408101859.355b500e@posting.google. com>...> I do not have the nav system in my Accord, Rob. I am going on my
> intuition here from your set-up, but perhaps a fellow poster with
> an 03-04 Accord nav system would like to confirm.
>
> When the system is turned off, the automatic climate controls are
> turned off, but the system can be manually set by you. The blue
> shades refer to the cooler temperature setting, and the red shades
> represent the warmer temperature settings. If you keep pushing the
> buttons a few times, it will get successively cooler or warmer
> depending upon the number of blue/red bars on the display.
>
> The A/C should not be operating at this time, since you first turned
> off the system before selecting the fan speed, temperature, and outlets
> where the airflow is directed.

Paul, thanks again for your responses. I played with it a little last
night, and think I figured it out. (Still need to consult the manual
again to see what it says.) If I use the dashboard's Off button, it
turns off the entire climate control system, and I am not able to
change temp. settings with the blue or red buttons (this is the
situation where I was getting hot air thru the vents). However, if I
go to the touchscreen and turn off the a/c there, it leaves the temp.
settings up on the display screen above, and then the blue/red buttons
will turn the temperature numbers down or up, even though the a/c is
off. (I don't have blue/red bars, just the temp. readings for driver
and passenger.)

A little odd, and a few extra steps than I would have thought
necessary, but I think it takes care of the problem.

As to that fast idle, it happens to me whenever the car is cold...even
on these hot summer days. I haven't had the patience yet to sit there
long enough to see the rpm drop below 1500. However, it does do so
within a very short period of driving...settle to a nice 700 or so on
the tach. It just bothers me to shift into reverse with it idling at
1500 and feel it jump. Does it again when I have backed out of my
driveway and put it into drive, but after that the car is fine. Just
trying to figure out if this is normal or not for the Accord.

rob