light Acura TL 2000 3.2 Owner's Guide

Keys and Locks
ACCESSORY (I) - In this position,you can operate the audio systemand the accessory power socket.
ON (II) — This is the normal key
position when driving. All features
and accessories on the car are usable.
Several of the lights on the instru-
ment panel come on as a test when
you turn the ignition switch from
ACCESSORY to ON. START (III) - Use this position
only to start the engine. The switch
returns to ON (II) when you let go of
the key.
The engine will not start if the
Immobilizer System does not
recognize the key's coding (see page
74).
You will hear a reminder beeper if
you leave the key in the ignition
switch in the LOCK (0) or
ACCESSORY (I) position and open the driver's door. Remove the key to
turn off the beeper.
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Remote Transmitter
LEDBUTTON
TRUNK
RELEASE
BUTTON
UNLOCK
BUTTON
You can lock and unlock your car
with the remote transmitter. When
you push the LOCK button, all doors lock. The parking lights, side marker
lights, and taillights flash once. When you push the UNLOCK button
once, only the driver's door unlocks.
The remaining doors unlock when you push the button a second time.
The parking lights, side marker lights, and taillights flash twice. The ceiling light (if the ceiling light
switch is in the center position) will
come on when you press the
UNLOCK button. If you do not open any door, the light stays on for about10 seconds, then fades out. If you
relock the doors with the remote
transmitter before 10 seconds have
elapsed, the light will go off
immediately.
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PANIC
BUTTON LOCK

Keys and Locks
You cannot lock or unlock the doorswith the remote transmitter if any door is not fully closed or the key is
in the ignition switch.
If you unlock the doors with the
remote transmitter, but do not open any of the doors within 30 seconds,
the doors automatically relock and
the security system sets.
When you push the LOCK button a second time within 5 seconds after
you have locked the doors, the horn
will sound once to verify that the security system will be set. To open the trunk, push the Trunk
Release button for approximatelyone second.
The trunk will not open if the key is in the ignition switch.Panic Mode
Panic mode allows you to remotely
activate your car's security system to
attract attention. When activated, the
horn will sound, and the exterior
lights will flash, for about 30 seconds.
To activate panic mode, press and hold the PANIC button for about twoseconds.
To cancel PANIC mode before 30 seconds, press any button on the
remote transmitter. You can also
turn the ignition switch to
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II).
Panic mode will not activate if the
ignition switch is in ON (II).
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Replacing the Battery
When the remote transmitter's battery begins to get weak, it maytake several pushes on the button to
lock or unlock the doors, and theLED will not light. Replace the
battery as soon as possible.
Battery type: CR2025
To replace the battery, place a clothon the edge of the transmitter and
remove the upper half by carefully
prying on the edge with a small flat-
tip screwdriver.BATTERY
Remove the old battery and note the
polarity. Make sure the polarity of
the new battery is the same (+ side
facing up), then insert it in the
transmitter.
Snap the two halves of the
transmitter case back together.
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Keys and Locks
2. Lock the glove box with themaster key. Make sure the trunk
pass-through cover is locked (see
page 92).
3. Give the person the valet key. Even if the trunk main switch is
turned off, you can open the trunk
with the remote transmitter.
GLOVE BOX
Open the glove box by squeezing the
handle. Close it with a firm push.
Lock or unlock the glove box with
the master key.
The glove box light comes on only when the instrument panel lights are on.
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Glove Box
An open glove box can cause
serious injury to your passenger
in a crash, even if the
passenger is wearing the seatbelt.
Always keep the glove box
closed while driving.

HomeLink Universal Transmitter
The HomeLink Universa l
Transmitter built into your car ca n
be programmed to operate remotely-
controlled devices around your home ,
such as garage doors, lighting, or
home security systems. It can
replace up to three remote
transmitters.
Customer Assistance
If you have problems with training
the HomeLink Universal
Transmitter, or would like information on home products thatcan be operated by the transmitter,
call (800) 355-3515. On the internet,
go to www.homelink.jci.com. Important Safety Precautions
Always refer to the operating instructions and safety information
that came with your garage dooropener or other equipment you
intend to operate with the HomeLink
Universal Transmitter. If you do not
have this information, you should contact the manufacturer of theequipment.
While training or using the transmitter, make sure you have aclear view of the garage door or gate,
and that no one will be injured by its
movement.
General Information
If you are training the transmitter to
operate a garage door or gate, it is
recommended that you unplug the
motor for that device during training.
Repeatedly pressing the remote
control button could burn out the
motor. The HomeLink transmitter stores
the code in a permanent memory.
There should be no need to retrain the transmitter if your car's battery
goes dead or is disconnected.
If your garage door opener wasmanufactured before April 1982, you
may not be able to program the
HomeLink Universal Transmitter to
operate it. Garage door openers
manufactured before that date do
not have a safety feature that causes
them to stop and reverse if an obstacle is detected during closing,
increasing the risk of injury. If you
have questions, call (800) 355-3515.
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HomeLink Universal Transmitter
Training the TransmitterBefore you can use the HomeLink
Universal Transmitter to operate devices around your home, it must
"learn" the proper codes. For
example, to train the transmitter to
open and close the garage door: Before you begin — If you just took
delivery of your vehicle and have not
trained any of the buttons in the HomeLink transmitter before, youshould erase any previously learned
codes before training the first button.
To do this, press and hold the two outside buttons on the HomeLink
transmitter until the red light flashes. Release the buttons, then proceed toStep 1.
If you are training the second or
third buttons, go directly to Step 1.
1. Unplug the garage door opener motor from the house current.
2. Hold the end of the garage door opener remote control 1 to 3
inches from the HomeLink
transmitter. Make sure you are
not blocking your view of the red
light in the transmitter. 3. Select the transmitter button you
want to train.
4. Press the button on the remote control and the button on the
transmitter at the same time. Holddown both buttons.
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Canadian Owners:
The remote control you are trainingfrom may stop transmitting after tw oseconds. This is not long enough for
the HomeLink transmitter to learn the code. Release and press the
button on the remote control every
two seconds until the transmitter has learned the code.
5. The red light in the transmitter should begin flashing. It will flash
slowly at first, then rapidly.
6. When the red light flashes rapidly, release both buttons. The
transmitter should have learned the code from the remote control.
7. Plug in the garage door opener motor, then test the transmitter
button by pushing it. It should operate the garage door.
If the button does not work, repeat
this procedure to train it again. If it still does not work, you may have a
variable or rolling code garage door opener. Test this by pressing
and holding the HomeLink
transmitter button you just trained. If the red light blinks for two
seconds, then stays on, you have a
rolling code garage door opener.
You may be able to verify this with
the manufacturer's documentation.
Go to "Training With a Rolling
Code System."
8. Repeat these steps to train the other two transmitter buttons to
operate any other remotely-
controlled devices around your
home (lighting, automatic gate , security system, etc.). Training With a Rolling Code
SystemFor security purposes, newer garage
door opening systems use a "rolling"
or variable code. Information from
the remote control and the garage door opener are needed before the
HomeLink transmitter can operate
the garage door opener.
The 'Training the Transmitter" procedure trains the HomeLink
transmitter to the proper garagedoor opener code. The following
procedure synchronizes the
HomeLink transmitter to the garage door opener so they send and
receive the correct codes.
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It may be helpful to have someone
assist you with this procedure.1. Make sure you have properly completed the "Training the
Transmitter" procedure.
2. Find the "Training" button on your garage door opener unit. The
location will vary, depending onthe manufacturer. Themanufacturer's documentation
may help. TRAINING BUTTON
3. Press the Training button on the garage door opener unit until the
light next to the button comes on,
then release it. The light may blink,or come on and stay on. You then
have approximately 30 seconds to complete the following steps. 4. Press and release the button on
the HomeLink transmitter. (Thesame button you trained with the
"Training the Transmitter"
procedure.)
5. Press and release the HomeLink transmitter button again. Thisshould turn off the training light
on the garage door opener unit. (Some systems may require you to
press and release the button up to
three times.)
6. Press the transmitter button again. It should operate the garage door.
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HomeLink Universal Transmitter
Retraining a Button
To train an already programmed transmitter button to operate a newdevice:
1. Select the transmitter button you want to train.
2. Press and hold the transmitter button until the red light begins toflash slowly (approximately 20seconds).
3. While continuing to hold the transmitter button, place the
remote control for the device 1 to
3 inches from the HomeLink
transmitter.
4. Press and hold the button on the remote control. Hold both buttons
until the red light begins to flash
rapidly. 5. Release both buttons. The
transmitter, should now be trained
to operate the device.
Erasing Codes
To erase the codes stored in all three buttons, press and hold the twooutside buttons until the red light
begins to flash, then release the
buttons.
You should erase all three codes before selling the car.As required by the FCC:
This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's
authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with Industry
Canada Standard RSS-210. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference that may causeundesired operation of the device.
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