Acura RSX 2006 Owner's Manual

Playing a T ape
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FF BUTTON
PLAY BUTTON
PROG BUTTON REW BUTTON
POWER/VOLUME
KNOB
DOLBY INDICATOR
TAPE DIRECTION INDICATOR
AM BUTTON
REPEAT BUTTON TAPE EJECT BUTTON
Type-S model
TAPE SLOT
REPEAT INDICATOR
CD BUTTONDOLBY BUTTON
SKIP BUTTONS
TAPE BUTTON
FM BUTTON

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Dolby noise reduction turns on
when you insert a tape. The
indicator will come on in the
display. If the tape was not recorded
in Dolby, turn it of f by pressing the
NR ( ) button. Dolby remains
of f until you press the NR ( )
button again.
To remove the tape, press the
EJECT button. If you want to turn
the player of f , press the PWR/VOL
knob or turn of f the ignition. The
tape will remain in the drive. When
youturnthesystembackon,the
tape will begin playing where it lef t
off.
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. Make sure the open side of
thetapeisfacingright,theninsert
thetapemostof thewayintotheslot.
Thesystemwillpullthetapeinthe
rest of the way and begin to play it.
Thetapedirectionindicatorinthe
display comes on to show you which
side of the tape is playing. The
indicates the side you inserted
upward is now playing. If you want to
play the other side, press the PROG
button. When the player reaches the
end of the tape, it will automatically
reverse direction and play the other
side.
To switch to the radio or CD
changer while listening to a tape,
press the AM, FM, or CD button. To
change back to the tape player, press
the TAPE button.
To rewind the tape,
push the REW button. You will see
REW in the display. To f ast f orward
the tape, push the FF button. You
will see FF displayed. Press the FF,
REW, PLAY, or PROG button to
take the system out of rewind or fast
forward.
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Dolby noise reduction is manufactured under
license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corporation. ‘‘DOLBY’’ and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation.
Playing a T ape
To Play a Tape
To Stop Playing a TapeFF/REW T ape Search Functions
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´Press the button to find
the beginning of the current song or
passage. Press the button to f ind
the beginning of the next song or
passage. When the system reaches
the beginning of a song or passage, it
begins to play it.
Press the RPT button
to continuously play a song or
passage. You will see RPT displayed.
The track will repeat until you press
the RPT button again.
The SKIP and REPEAT
f unctions use silent periods on the
tape to find the end of a song or
passage. These f eatures may not
work if there is almost no gap
between selections, a high noise
level, or a silent period in the middle
of a selection. Damagedtapescanjaminsidethe
drive or cause other problems. See
page f or inf ormation on tape
care and protection.
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Playing a T ape
SK IP
REPEAT Caring f or the T ape and Player
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NOTE:

Playing a Disc
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LOAD BUTTONSKIP BUTTONS
REPEAT BUTTON
CD BUTTON
FM BUTTON
AM BUTTON
RANDOM BUTTON POWER/VOLUME
KNOB CD SLOT
REPEAT INDICATOR
RANDOM INDICATOR
CD EJECT BUTTON
Type-S model

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With the ignition in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position,
insert a CD into the CD slot. The
drive will pull the CD in the rest of
the way and begin to play it. You
operate the CD player with the same
controls used f or the radio. The
number of the track playing is shown
in the display. The system will
continuously play a CD until you
change modes. Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the CD. If you eject the CD,
but do not remove it f rom the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the CD af ter 15 seconds and put it in
pause mode. To begin playing, press
the CD button.
If you turn the system of f while a CD
is playing, either with the PWR/VOL
knob or by turning off the ignition,
the CD will stay in the drive. When
youturnthesystembackon,theCD
will begin playing where it lef t of f . Press the AM/FM button to switch
to the radio while a CD is playing.
Press the CD button to play the CD.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect discs, see page .
Each time you press and release
, the player skips f orward to
the beginning of the next track.
Press and release to skip
backward to the beginning of the
previous track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold the or . You will
see CUE or REW in the display.
This f eature plays the
tracks in random order. To activate
random play, press and release the
RDM button. You will see RDM in
the display. This continues until you
press the RDM button again. Pressing either of the SKIP buttons
also turns of f the repeat f eature. To continuously replay
a track, press and release the RPT
button. You will see RPT in the
display. Press the RPT button again
to turn it off.
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CD Player
T o Stop Playing a CD
To Change Tracks (SKIP)
Protecting Discs
RANDOM REPEAT
Playing a Disc
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Do not use CDs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the CD
to jam in the unit.

To load multiple CDs in one
operation:Press and hold the load button
until you see ‘‘LOAd’’ in the
display, then release the button.
Insert the CD into the CD slot.
Insert it only about halfway; the
drive will pull it in the rest of the
way. You will see ‘‘BUSY’’ in the
display. The CD loaded indicator
turns red and blinks as the CD is
loaded.
When LOAd appears again in the
display, insert the next CD into the
CD slot. Repeat this until all six positions
are loaded. The system will then
begin playing last CD loaded.
If you are not loading CDs into all six
positions, press the Load button
again after the last CD has loaded.
The system will begin playing the
last CD loaded.
If you stop loading CDs bef ore all six
positions are f illed, and you do not
press the load button, the system will
wait f or 10 seconds, then stop the
load operation and begin playing the
last CD loaded.
Your vehicle’s audio system has an
in-dash CD changer that holds up to
six CDs, providing several hours of
continuous entertainment. You
operate this CD changer with the
same controls used f or the radio and
tape player.
To load CDs or operate the CD
changer, the ignition switch must be
in the ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II)
position.
Load and play only standard round
CDs. Odd-shaped CDs may jam in
the drive or cause other problems.
You cannot load and play 3-inch (8
cm) CDs in this system.
Ontheupperleftsideof the
display, the CD number f or an
empty position will begin blinking
and the green CD loaded indicator
will come on.
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Operating the CD ChangerL oading CDs in t he Changer
Disc Changer
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Do not use CDs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the CD
to jam in the unit.

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To load a single CD:
Press and release the load button.
When the CD number f or an
empty position starts to blink and
the green CD loaded indicator
comeson,youwillseeLOAdin
the display. Insert the CD into the
CD slot. Insert it only about
half way, the drive will pull it in the
rest of the way.
The system will load the CD and
begin playing it. You can also load a CD into an empty
position while a CD is playing by
pressing the appropriate preset
button. Select an empty position (the
CD loaded indicator is of f ), and press
the preset button for that position (1
to 6). The system will stop playing
the current CD and start the loading
sequence. It will then play the CD
just loaded. Select the CD changer by pressing
the CD button. You will see ‘‘Cd’’ in
the display. The system will begin
playing the last selected CD in the
CD changer. You will see the CD and
track numbers displayed.
When that CD ends, the next CD in
the CD changer is loaded and played.
Af ter the last CD f inishes, the
system returns to CD 1.
To select a dif f erent CD, press the
appropriate Preset button (1 6). If
youselectanemptypositioninthe
CD changer, the system will go into
the loading sequence (see page ).
You can use the SKIP buttons while
a CD is playing to select passages
and change tracks.
If you press the load button while a
CD is playing, the system will stop
playing that CD and start the loading
sequence. It will then play the CD
just loaded.
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To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold the appropriate SKIP
button. You will hear a beep and the
system will continue to move. Press
the button to move forward, or
the button to move backward.
Release the button when the system
reaches the point you want.
Each time you press the button
and release it, the system skips
f orward to the beginning of the next
track. Press and release the
buttontoskipbackwardtothe
beginning of the current track. Press
and release it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track. To activate the repeat
f eature, press and release the RPT
button. You will see RPT in the
display as a reminder. The system
continuously replays the current
track. Press the RPT button again to
turn it off. Pressing either of the
SKIP buttons also turns off the
repeat feature.
This feature,
when activated, plays the tracks
within a CD in random order, rather
than in the order they are recorded
on the CD. To activate random play,
press the RDM button. You will see
RDM in the display. The system will
then select and play tracks randomly.
This continues until you deactivate
randomplaybypressingtheRDM
button again, or you select a
dif f erent CD with a preset button. To take the system out of CD mode,
press the AM or FM button, or insert
a tape in the player. If a tape is
already in the tape player, press the
TAPE button. When you return to
CD mode by pressing the CD button,
play will continue at the same point
that it lef t of f .
If you turn the system of f while a CD
is playing, either with the PWR/VOL
knob or the ignition switch, play will
continue at the same point when you
turn it back on.
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REPEAT
RANDOM PLAY
Disc Changer
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To remove the CD that is currently
playing, press the eject button. You
will see ‘‘EJEC’’ in the display. When
you remove the CD f rom the slot,
the system automatically begins the
load sequence so you can load
another CD in that position. If you do
not load another CD, af ter 10
seconds the system begins playing
the next CD in the changer. If the
changer is empty, the system selects
the previous mode (AM, FM, or
tape).
If you do not remove the CD f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
CD af ter 15 seconds and put the CD
changer in pause mode. To begin
playing the CD, press the CD button.
To remove a different CD from the
changer,firstselectitwiththe
appropriate preset button. When that
CD begins playing, press the eject
button.If you press the eject button while
listening to the radio or tape, or with
the audio system turned of f , the CD
that was last selected is ejected.
After that CD is ejected, pressing the
eject button again will eject the next
CD in the numerical order. By doing
this six times, you can remove all the
CDs f rom the changer.
In any mode, if you press the eject
button and hold it until you hear a
beep, the system will eject all of the
CDs in the changer.
You can also eject CDs when the
ignition switch is of f . The CD that
was last selected is ejected f irst. You
can eject up to six CDs, one at a time.
Removing CDs f rom t he Changer
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Message Cause
If you see an error message in the
display while playing a CD, f ind the
cause in the chart to the right. If you
cannot clear the error message, take
your vehicle to your dealer. Solution
Disc changer
malf unction.
High temperature.
Disc changer
malf unction.Consult your dealer.
T his message should disappear when the
temperature returns to normal.
Consult your dealer.
Disc Changer Error Messages
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