Acura MDX 2012 Navigation Manual
Manufacturer: ACURA, Model Year: 2012, Model line: MDX, Model: Acura MDX 2012Pages: 185, PDF Size: 23.67 MB
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System SetupPIN NumberYou can set a four-digit PIN (Personal 
Identification Number) for accessing 
and changing personal addresses and 
your home address if desired. Once you 
set the PIN on this screen, the system 
asks you to enter the PIN when you 
access a personal address or your home 
address.
NOTE:
PINs are optional. If you choose to use a 
PIN, make sure you remember it. If you 
forget your PIN, the dealer will have to 
reset it for you, and all of your stored 
information will be cleared.
When you select PIN Number, the 
display changes to:
Address Book PINIf you choose to enter a PIN for the 
personal Address Book, you will have to 
enter it when you edit your Address 
Book (see page 95) or select  Address 
Book  on the  MENU screen ( Dest. 
MENU 1 ) (see page 34).
1. Select  Address Book PIN .
2. The display changes to:
3. Enter your new four-digit PIN. If you  do not wish to use a PIN, select  DO 
NOT USE PIN .
NOTE:
The factory default is no PIN. 4. When you have entered your PIN, the 
display changes to the  Re-enter new 
PIN  screen. Enter the same number to 
validate the number you have 
selected.
5. If you have entered the same number  both times, the display returns to the 
Select one of the following screen. 
If not, “INCORRECT PIN” appears. 
Enter your PIN again.
NOTE:
 Once you enter your PIN to access  your Address Book or select 
Address Book  on the MENU 
screen ( Dest. MENU 1 ), you will not 
need to enter your PIN until the 
ignition key is cycled again.
 If you wish to remove your PIN, 
return to the same screen and, after 
entering your PIN correctly, select 
DO NOT USE PIN .
 PINs are optional. If you choose to  use a PIN, make sure you remember 
it. If you forget your PIN, your dealer 
will have to reset it for you.
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Go home 1 or 2 PIN1. Select Go home 1 PIN  or Go 
home 2 PIN , and the system 
displays the Enter your new PIN  
screen.
2. Enter your PIN in the same way as  entering the Address Book PIN.
NOTE:
 The factory default is no PIN. If you  choose to use a PIN, you will have to 
enter it whenever you say “Go home 
1” or “Go home 2” at the map  
screen or select  Go home 1 or Go 
home 2 on the  MENU screen ( Dest. 
MENU 1 or 2 ).
 PINs are optional. If you choose to  use a PIN, make sure you remember 
it. If you forget your PIN, your dealer 
will have to reset it for you, and all 
stored information will be cleared.
Previous DestinationsAllows you to delete some or all of your 
previous destinations.
1. Select this option, and the display 
changes to:
2. Scroll through the list and find the  address you want to delete.
3. Select the address to delete by saying  the line number, or by using the 
Interface Dial. NOTE:
To cancel the deletion of Previous 
Destinations, select the address that was 
to have been deleted and push in on the Interface Dial
 before performing step 4.
4. Say or select 
OK to perform the 
deletion, and the display returns to 
the previous screen.
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System SetupSETUP Screen (Other)Select the “Other” tab by moving the 
Interface Dial to the right to view 
additional SETUP functions and the 
following screen appears:
Music SearchFrom the  SETUP screen ( Other), say 
or select  Music Search  and the Music 
search setup  screen appears.Song By Voice™ (SBV)Song By Voice™ allows you to search 
for and play music from your HDD or 
iPod device using voice commands.
To activate this mode, press the  TALK 
button on the steering wheel and say 
“Hard Disc Drive Search” or “iPod 
Search” depending on the media that 
you would like to access. From this 
mode, you can use the following voice 
commands to select songs or display a 
song list. Say the desired voice command 
followed by the artist, song title, album, 
genre, playlist, or composer you wish to 
select. For example, when you say “Play 
artist Radiohead,” the system will 
provide voice feedback and start playing 
all songs of Radiohead.
NOTE:
 For information on the available 
voice commands in the Song By 
Voice™ mode, see  Song By Voice™ 
Commands  on page 170.
 Languages other than English may 
not be available fo r artist name, song 
title, album title, etc.
 You can turn this feature  ON or 
OFF .
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When you say “List artist Radiohead,” 
the system will provide the following 
song list of Radiohead.
Select the desired song. The system will 
start playing the selected song and 
return back to the main Song By 
Voice™ screen.
To cancel the Song By Voice™ mode, 
press the BACK button on the steering 
wheel or any button on the navi 
interface.
NOTE:
Once you have canceled this mode, you 
will need to say “Hard Disc Drive 
Search” or “iPod Search” again to re-
activate this mode.
Phonetic ModificationYou can modify the phonetics for all 
artists, songs, albums, and composers on 
the HDD and connected iPod. The 
modified phonetics can be used for the 
voice commands in the Song By 
Voice™ mode. When you select 
New Modification , 
the following screen appears:
Select  HDD or iPod  depending on the 
media that you would like to access.
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System SetupSelect Artist, Track , Album, or 
Composer  and then select an item to 
modify.
As in the example above, select the 
artist name stored as “No Name.” To 
play back the phonetic modification and 
check that it sounds right, select  Play. 
Select  Edit and enter the desired 
phonetic (e.g., “Radiohead”), and then 
select  OK. The artist “No Name” is modified to 
“RADIOHEAD” and you can use the 
voice command “Play artist Radiohead” 
in the Song By Voice™ mode (see 
page 102).
If you add some other phonetics, repeat 
the procedure. When you finish 
modification, select 
OK.
NOTE:
When  Song By Voice  is set to 
OFF , Phonetic Modification  will 
be grayed out.
 Up to 2,000 phonetic modification  items can be stored.
Basic SettingsFrom the  SETUP screen ( Other), say 
or select  Basic Settings  and the 
following screen appears:Units (mile or km)Allows you to select the units for the 
entire system ( mile or km).Voice Recognition FeedbackAllows you to turn  voice control system 
prompts  ON or OFF . When  OFF, you 
will not hear the voice control system 
confirmations or prompts.
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Routing & GuidanceFrom the SETUP screen ( Other), say 
or select  Routing & Guidance and 
the following screen appears:
ReroutingIf  Rerouting is set to  AUTOMATIC 
and you deviate from  the route, you will 
see “Recalculating...” at the top of the 
screen for several seconds as the system 
calculates a new route. This is followed 
by new routing instructions.
If  Rerouting is set to  MANUAL, you 
will hear a tone when the “Off route” 
message is displayed. Say 
“Recalculation” or select 
Recalculation  on the screen to make 
the system recalculate your new route.
NOTE:
 It is strongly recommended that you  leave the system set to the factory 
default (Automatic).
 If you live in an area with poor  mapping, you may wish to set 
Rerouting  to MANUAL  to avoid 
constant recalculation. However, you 
will have to manually select 
Recalculation  on the screen to have 
the system plot a new route.
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System SetupUnverified Area RoutingAllows you to receive turn-by-turn map and voice guidance in unverified  areas when en route to a destination (see Map Overview 
on page 6). The chart below illustrates the routing differences with this setting  ON or OFF .
Unverified Area Routing:  OFF (factory default) Unverified Area Routing: ON
Decision: 
Why choose 
ON  or OFF ?The driver wishes to naviga te manually by using the 
navigation map and choosing the streets that lead to the 
destination. The driver understands that unverified 
roads may not be accurate, and can contain errors in 
location, naming, and address range. The driver chooses to let the navigation system suggest 
possible routing. The driver understands that in some 
cases, guidance may not be appropriate. Unverified 
roads may not be accurate, and can contain errors in 
location, naming, and address range.
What you will 
see...
A blue dotted vector line is displayed on the map that 
continually points to your destination. The driver 
should stop and then use the 
map to select streets that 
lead to the destination. A blue-pink dashed route line highlights suggested 
unverified streets on the map while traveling to your 
destination. This is in sharp 
contrast to the normal blue 
route line displayed in verified areas.
Cautionary 
messages
There are cautionary pop-up screens and voice 
announcements, before and  during the route. These 
serve as reminders that you should obey all traffic 
restrictions. There are cautionary pop-up screens and voice 
announcements, before and during the route. These 
serve as reminders that you should exercise additional 
caution, and obey all traffic restrictions.
Guidance 
(map/voice)
There is no turn-by-turn map or voice guidance. V
oice guidance commands end with the phrase “if 
possible.” This is to remind the driver to verify all 
traffic restrictions before getting near the guidance 
point.
Directions list
A direction list is typicall y not available. However, 
depending on your route, directions are provided to 
help you reach the first  available verified road. A direction list is provided showing street names and 
turn symbols in pink.
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Unverified Area RoutingWhen driving to your destination, you 
have the choice of using or not using 
“unverified” roads. You make this 
choice in the SETUP screen. The next 
few pages contain an example of a route 
to a destination in an unverified area 
explaining the routing differences found 
in unverified areas.
With  Unverified Area Routing OFF , 
the system tries to use verified roads 
whenever possible. In this example, 
since only verified streets are used, it 
created a longer route than necessary.
With  Unverified Area Routing ON , 
the route is shorter, but consists of 
unverified (purple) streets that may not 
be accurate. Because the streets are 
unverified, there may be errors in street 
location, name, or address range.
Additional caution is recommended in 
these areas. Always obey posted traffic 
restrictions. Because both routes bypass or use 
unverified streets, it is recommended 
that you stop and review the map.
Unverified Area Routing “OFF”
Unverified Area Routing “ON”
NOTE:
Unverified roads are 
shown only when 
viewing the map in the 1/20, 1/8, 1/4 
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System SetupWith Unverified Area Routing OFF , 
before you enter an unverified street, a 
caution box appears on the screen and a 
voice message is given. This lets you 
know that you are about to enter an 
unverified area and that you will be 
following a dotted “vector line” that 
points to your destination.
With  Unverified Area Routing ON , 
a caution box appears on the screen and 
is read by the voice. In this case, you 
will be presented with a dashed blue/
pink line instead of the regular blue 
route line. This is your signal to pay 
attention to posted  traffic restrictions.
You cannot assume that all guidance is 
appropriate.
In both cases, when you actually enter 
the unverified street, a short caution will 
remind you. You will see and hear this 
short caution message whenever you 
enter unverified areas.
If you regularly enter and leave 
unverified roads for short amounts of 
time, there may be cases where no 
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With Unverified Area Routing OFF , 
you are presented with a blue “vector 
line” that always points to the 
destination. You must manually choose 
streets from the map that will lead to 
your destination. No guidance is 
provided, and there are no directions to 
the destination.
With  Unverified Area Routing ON , 
a blue/pink route line is shown for 
unverified segments. Voice guidance 
commands in unverified areas always 
end with “if possible.” This is your 
signal that you should use additional 
caution, and obey all traffic restrictions. 
The guidance window “arrow” shows 
any portions of unverified turns in blue/
pink dashes.
These guidances are only a suggestion. 
You should always confirm that the 
guidance is possible.
A directions list is also provided that 
shows any unverified roads in a blue 
color, with pink a rrows pointing to the 
next guidance point. Unverified Area Routing “OFF”
NOTE:
For the pop-up menu displayed when 
pushing in on the 
Interface Dial from 
the  map  screen,  Voice is grayed out. 
With Unverified Area Routing  OFF, no 
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