2010 Honda Element SC, AutomaticFACTORY OEM SERVICE PROCEDURE

Unit Check (Quick Check): HDD

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This diagnosis checks the HDD mount error and the temperature, and displays a list of total and free capacities of each partition.

Select the Error History to display the error history that occurred while reading or writing the data to the HDD.

  • When the HDD Status shows OK, the connection between the HDD pins and the audio-navigation unit are good.
  • When the HDD Status shows NG*, there is a connection problem between the HDD pins and the audio-navigation unit.

*: When the HDD Status shows NG, the screen does not show the free and total capacities of each partition, however, it shows the temperature.

Fig 1: Diagnostic Screen Display - HDD
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