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You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: the
preset buttons, and .
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are shown on
the display. To change bands, press
the AM/FM button (AM or FM
buttonHawaiianmodels).Youcan
also change bands between FM1 and
FM2 by pushing the interf ace
selector up. Each time you push it up,
the band will change to FM1 or FM2.
On the FM bands, STEREO will be
shown on the navigation screen and
ST on the upper display, if the
stationisbroadcastinginstereo.
Stereo reproduction on AM is not
available.
Use the TUNE bar to tune
the radio to a desired f requency.
Press the right side of the bar to
tune to a higher f requency, or the
lef t side to tune to a lower f requency.
To tune with the interf ace dial, push
the selector down, and turn the knob
to TUNE icon. Then press ENTER
on the selector, and turn the knob to
the desired f requency. To exit the
TUNE mode, press ENTER on the
selector, then push the selector up.
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. Press the AUDIO button to
view the audio control display. Turn
the system on by pressing the
power/volume knob or the AM/FM
button (AM or FM button on
Hawaiian model). Adjust the volume
by turning the power/volume knob.
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To Select a Station
TUNE,SEEK,SCAN, AUTO SELECT TUNE
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TUNE ICON
BAND
STEREO ICON
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To switch between the
category mode and channel mode,
press and hold the DISP/MODE
button until the mode changes. The
CATEGORY or CHANNEL mode is
displayed on the screen. To switch
the mode with the interf ace dial,
scroll down, select MODE, and press
ENTER on the selector.
In the category mode, such as Jazz,
Rock, Classical, etc., you can
navigate through all of the channels
within that category. In the channel
mode, you can select all of the
available channels.
Each time you press and release the
DISP/MODE button, the audio
display changes in the f ollowing
sequence: channel name, channel
number, category, artist name, and
music title. Onthescreen,youwillseethe
selected CHANNEL (number),
CATEGORY, NAME (artist name),
and TITLE (music title).
The scan f unction gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the channels within that
category are scanned. To activate
SCAN, press the SCAN button. To
scan with the interface dial, scroll
down, and push interf ace selector to
the right. You will see SCAN on the
screen.
The system plays each channel in
numerical order f or a f ew seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to
continue listening to, press the
SCAN button or push the interf ace
selector to the right again.
Press either side of the bar to select
another category. You can also
change a category by pushing the
interf ace selector lef t or right.
Press either side of the
TUNE bar to change channel
selections. Press the side of the
bar f or higher numbered channels
and the side for lower
numbered channels. You can also
change channels with the interf ace
selector, push down the interf ace
selector to select AUDIO MENU,
then turn the interface knob to
choose TUNE and press ENTER on
the selector. Turn the interface knob
to the appropriate direction. In the
category mode, you can only select
channels within that category.
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CATEGORY ( or )
TUNE
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Do not try to insert a disc until
‘‘LOAD’’ appears. You could
damage the audio unit.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 until all
six positions are loaded. If you are
not loading all six positions, press
the LOAD button again after the
last disc has loaded.
If you stop loading discs bef ore all
six positions are f illed, the system
will wait f or 15 seconds, stop the load
operation, and begin playing the last
disc loaded.
To load a single disc: Press and release the LOAD
button on the changer unit. You
will see ‘‘BUSY’’ on the upper
display, and the disc load indicator
turns red and starts blinking.
To load multiple discs in one
operation:
Press and hold the LOAD button
on the changer unit until you hear
a beep. You will see ‘‘BUSY’’ on
the upper display, and the disc
load indicator turns red and starts
blinking.
Insert the disc into the disc slot
when the disc load indicator turns
green and ‘‘LOAD’’ appears in the
upper display at the same time.
Insert it only half way; the drive
will pull it in the rest of the way.
You will see ‘‘BUSY’’ on the upper
display, and the disc load indicator
turns red again and blinks as the
disc is loaded.
When the disc load indicator turns
green and ‘‘LOAD’’ appears on the
upper display again, insert the
next disc in the slot.
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U.S. Patent ’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674;
5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535 &
other U.S. and worldwide patents
issued & pending. DTS and DTS
Digital Surround are registered
trademarks and the DTS logos and
Symbol are trademarks of DTS, Inc.
1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem. 1.
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3.4.
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Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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You can also select the empty
position by pressing the appropriate
preset button.
You can load a disc(s) in any mode
(AM, FM, XM, or AUX) if you do not
select an empty position.
You cannot select the empty position
if there is no disc in the changer.
You can load a disc into an empty
position while a disc is playing. Press
the AUDIO button to view the audio
control display. Select the empty
position (‘‘No Disc’’ is shown on the
audio control display) by rotating the
interf ace dial. Then press ENTER on
the selector to enter your selection.
The current disc stops playing and
starts the loading sequence. The disc
just loaded will play.
Insert a disc into the disc slot
when the disc load indicator turns
green, and ‘‘LOAD’’ appears on
the upper display at the same time.
Insert the disc only about half way;
the drive will pull it in the rest of
theway.Youwillseethedisc
number blinking on the upper
display, and the disc load indicator
turns red again and blinks as the
disc is loaded.
Do not try to insert a disc until
‘‘LOAD’’ appears. You could
damage the audio unit.
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You can also choose a track directly
f rom a track list. Press ENTER on
the interf ace selector, and the track
list screen will be shown. If there are
no track names, track numbers are
displayed. You will see the current
track is highlighted. Turn the
interf ace knob to select the desired
track, then press ENTER on the
interf ace selector.
When playing a CD (CD-DA) with
CD-TEXT, the audio control display
shows the disc number, album name,
track number, and elapsed time.
When playing a CD without this
inf ormation, the number of the disc
and track playing and the elapsed
time are shown on the audio control
display.
Each time you press and release the
side of the skip bar or push the
interface selector to the right, the
player skips f orward to the
beginning of the next track. Press
and release the side of the skip
barorpushtheinterfaceselectorto
thelefttoskipbackwardtothe
beginning of the current track. Press
the side or push the interf ace
selector to the left again to skip to
the previous track. To move rapidly
within a track, press and hold either
side of the skip bar.
Select the changer by pressing the
DISC/AUX button. The system will
begin playing the last selected disc in
the disc changer. You will see the
current disc position highlighted.
To select a dif f erent disc, press the
corresponding number on the preset
buttons, or turn the interf ace knob to
highlight the desired disc, then press
ENTER on the interf ace selector. To Play a Disc
To Choose a Track
To Change Tracks
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To pause a disc, press the
corresponding number of the
current disc on the preset buttons.
To play the disc again, press the
preset button again.
If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
power/volume knob or by turning
of f the ignition switch, the disc will
stay in the drive. When you turn the
system back on, the disc will begin
playing where it lef t of f . To take the system out of disc mode,
press the AM/FM button, the
DISC/AUX button, or the XM button
(If equipped). The system will switch
to the function associated with the
button you pressed. If you pressed
the DISC/AUX button, any auxiliary
input device attached to the system
will be selected. To return to disc
mode, press the DISC/AUX button
again and play will continue at the
same point it lef t of f .
You can play a DVD-A disc in the
disc changer. The disc controls are
same as previously described.The changer plays MP3/WMA discs
in recorded order. Maximum
playable file layers are 8, and total
playable tracks are 255. If your disc
has a complex structure, the changer
takessometimetoreadthedisc
bef ore beginning play.
The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
24/22.05/16 kHz (MPEG2)
Bitrate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/160 kbps (MPEG2)
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
: AMorFMbuttononHawaiian
models.
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To Pause a Disc
To Stop Playing a Disc Playing an MP3/WMA Disc
Playing a DVD-A Disc
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all at once. Press and hold the DISP/
MODE button, and the rest of the
title will show on the upper display.
You will also see the album and track
name (CD-TEXT), or the f older and
f ile name (MP3/WMA) under these
conditions:
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.
Each time a new track, file, or
folder plays.
The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
To play an MP3/WMA disc, use the
disc controls previously described,
along with the f ollowing inf ormation. Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
Bitrate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
Each time you press the DISP/
MODE button while playing a CD
(CD-DA), the upper display changes
f rom album name, to track name, to
artist name, and then to normal
display. If the disc was not recorded
with CD-TEXT, ‘‘NO INFO’’ will be
shown on the upper display.
WhenplayingaCDcompressedin
MP3/WMA format, the display
changes f rom f older name, to f ile
name, to track tag, to artist tag, to
album tag, and then to normal
display each time you press the
DISP/MODE button. If the disc was
not recorded with this inf ormation,
‘‘NO INFO’’ will be shown on the
upper display.
All models except Hawaiian
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To remove a dif f erent disc f rom the
changer,firstselectitbypressing
the corresponding number on the
preset button or turning the
interf ace knob, and pressing ENTER
on the interf ace selector. When that
disc begins playing, press the eject
button.
To eject all discs, press and hold the
eject button. To eject one disc, press and release
the eject button. You can also eject discs when the
ignition switch is of f : When you press the eject button
while listening to the radio, or with
the audio system turned of f , the disc
that was last selected is ejected.
Af ter that disc is ejected, pressing
the eject button again will eject the
next disc in numerical order. By
doing this six times, you can remove
all the discs f rom the changer.
To remove the disc that is currently
playing, press and release the eject
( ) button. You will see
‘‘EJECT’’ on the upper display. When
you remove the disc f rom the slot,
the system begins the load sequence
so you can load another disc in that
position. If you do not load another
disc within 15 seconds, the system
selects the previous mode [AM, FM1,
FM2, or XM Radio (all models
except Hawaiian models)].
If you do not remove the disc f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
disc af ter 10 seconds and put the
disc changer in pause mode. To
begin playing the disc, press the
DISC/AUX button. Removing Discs f rom the
Changer
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the selected playable f iles are
displayed in the upper display.
Pressing the AUDIO button displays
the artist, album and track (f ile)
names on the navigation screen.
When the iPod is connected and the
iPod mode is selected on the audio
display, the USB and iPod indicators
areshowninthedisplay.After
loading, you will see the Acura logo
on the iPod. That means you can
only operate your iPod using the
vehicle’s audio unit. Itmaytakeafewminutesfor
the Acura logo to display on the
iPod. If the display does not
change, this f unction is not
supported on your iPod model
or f irmware.
If the audio system still does not
recognize the iPod, the iPod may
need to be reset. Follow the
instructions that came with your
iPod, or you can f ind reset
instructions online at If the iPod indicator does not appear
in the audio display, check the
connections, and try to reconnect the
iPod a f ew times. :
www.apple.com/
ipod.
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Sample Display
OK to disconnect.
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Use the SKIP bar while an iPod is
playing to select passages and
change f iles.
Each time you press and
releasethe sideof theSKIPbar,
the system skips forward to the
beginning of the next f ile. Press and
releasethe sideof thebar,to
skip backward to the beginning of
the current f ile. Press it again to skip
to the beginning of the previous file. You can also change files with the
interf ace dial. Press the AUDIO
button to show the audio control
display on the navigation screen.
Push the selector to the right side to
skip forward and to the left side to
skip backward.
To move rapidly f orward or
backward within a track, press and
hold the / or /
button. You can also select a file from any of
the iPod menus: playlists, artists,
albums and songs, by using the
interf ace dial. Press the AUDIO
button to display the audio control
display on the navigation screen.
Push up the interf ace selector to
display the iPod menu. Turn the
knob on the interf ace dial to select a
desired list.
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SK IP
T o Select a File f rom iPod Menu
T o Change or Select Files
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