On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:58:35 -0500, "Dave Breda" <daveb@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>dbrebell,
>these are quite plausible statements, but it's hard to imagine how climate
>control would work if some (one or more) parameters overridden ? e.g. how
>anything would function if fan speed is fixed at nearly 0 ?
>

Well, that's how it works... if you set the fan speed at nearly 0,
it's not going to do a very good job of climate control, but it'll do
what it can based on what you've set. Honda has to design the system
to work in semi-automatic mode regardless of how you manually override
some setting, and they can't save you from yourself if you use the
system in an illogical manner.

Based on how the system operates on automatic, I doubt that many
people would use the fan control to turn the fan speed down, since it
goes WAY down all by itself. It's more likely that they'd turn the
fan speed up, particularly if they're trying to clear very foggy
windows or keep the windshield clear of snow or ice.

>by the way, i have the same car, and i am confused with mode "auto" itself.
>when I turn the car on i have only temp values displayed, neither "auto"
>indicator is displayed nor "ac on/off","mode","fan". based on your idea it's
>already auto mode because no overridden values are on. now, when i press
>button "auto" indicator "auto" is displayed, so it means I have overridden
>what ....."auto" i had by default ????
>

Don't know what you did... mine always starts up in auto unless I've
overridden something. Without watching you work the unit, it's
impossible to guess what you've done. The things that you override
are fan speed, mode and a/c on/off, and all display the set value when
you do.

What happens if you make sure that auto is on before you turn the car
off? How is the system set when you start the car again?