Ok, i read through this section of the forum looking for any posts on this topic....I didnt see any, so if I'm repeating a question I musta missed another post.

I was looking at Civics at Cardomain.com and I see a guy with a 05 civic ex SE like mine, and in 1 of his pics is a stereo remote sitting on top of the headunit....the remote having a honda logo on it, its easy to assume its compatible / made by honda, but my dealer said there wasnt one available. I also got on honda's owner website, and looked through the parts catalog but didnt find one.

So can anyone confirm anything on this?

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/722362/4

is the guy's page with that pic, the remote looks exactly like a kenwood remote I had for my old headunit...I wish i could find that remote to give it a try