ECO mode Acura TL 2008 User Guide

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If you unlock the doors with the
remote transmitter, but do not open
anydoorswithin30seconds,the
doors automatically relock and the
security system sets. To change this
setting, ref er to Keyless Memory
Settings on page . Press this button once
to unlock the driver’s door or all the
doors (depending on the keyless
memory setting). Press it twice to
unlock the other doors. Some
exterior lights will f lash twice each
time you press the button.
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
anydoorswithin30seconds(or
whatever setting the relock timer is
set to), the light f ades out. If you
relock the doors with the remote
transmitter before 30 seconds have
elapsed, the light will go of f
immediately.
Press this button once to
lock all doors. Some exterior lights
will f lash. When you push LOCK
twice within 5 seconds (depending
on the keyless memory setting), you
will hear a beep to verify that the
doors are locked and the security
system has set. You cannot lock the
doors if any door is not f ully closed
or if the key is in the ignition switch. Pressthisbuttonfor
about 1 second to open the trunk.
Pressthisbuttonfor
about 2 seconds to attract attention:
the horn will sound, and the exterior
lights will f lash f or about 30 seconds.
To cancel panic mode, press any
other button on the remote
transmitter, or turn the ignition
switch to the ON (II) position.
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UNL OCK
LOCK TRUNK
PA NIC
Remote Transmitter
Inst rument s and Cont rols
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UNLOCK
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PANIC
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TRUNK
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You can manually select various
f unctions of the climate control
system when it is in f ully automatic
mode. All other f eatures remain
automatically controlled. Making any
manual selection causes the word
AUTO in the display to go out.
Press the OFF button. However, a
lack of airf low can cause the
windowstofogup.Youshouldkeep
the fan on at all times so stale air and
moisture do not build up in the
interior and cause f ogging.Theclimatecontrolsystemhasa
temperature sensor next to the
steering column. Do not cover the
sensor or spill any liquid on it.
When you press a f an control button,
the fan is taken out of AUTO mode
and starts to run at its lowest speed.
Press the button to make the
fan run faster.
Climat e Cont rol
Semi-automatic Operation
To Turn Everything Off
T emperature Sensor
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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
power/volume knob or the AM/FM
button. Adjust the volume by turning
the power/volume knob. You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob to the right to tune to
a higher f requency, and turn it to the
lef t to tune to a lower f requency.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button. On the FM band, ST will be
displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction in AM is not available. The seek f unction
searches up and down from the
current f requency to f ind a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press the or SEEK button, then
release it. The scan f unction samples
all stations with strong signals on the
selected band. To activate it, press
the SCAN button, then release it.
You will see SCAN in the display.
The system will scan f or a station
with a strong signal. When it f inds
one, it will stop and play that station
f or about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
scan f or the next strong station and
play it f or 10 seconds. When it plays
a station that you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
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TUNE
SEEK SCAN
Playing the A M/FM Radio Selecting a Station
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µµEach preset button can
store one f requency on AM and two
f requencies on FM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two f requencies with each preset
button.
Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
Pick a preset button, and hold it
until you hear a beep. If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the auto select feature to
find stations in the local area.
Press the A. SEL button. You will see
A. SEL f lashing in the display, and
the system goes into scan mode f or
several seconds. It stores the
f requencies of six AM, and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons.
You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed af ter
pressing a preset button if auto
select cannot f ind a strong station f or
every preset button. If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset
buttons as previously described.
press the
A. SEL button. This restores the
presets you originally set.
For inf ormation on AM/FM radio
f requencies and reception, see page
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To turn of f auto select,
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Bass, treble, balance, and fader are
each adjustable. In addition, you can
adjust the strength of the sound
coming from the center and the
subwoof er speakers. These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming f rom the center
speaker and the subwoof er speaker.
If you turn the TUNE/SOUND knob
all the way to the lef t, you will see
‘‘OFF’’inthedisplay,andthecenter
speaker and/or subwoof er speaker
will be of f .
Press the TUNE/SOUND knob
repeatedly to display the bass, treble,
balance, f ader, center and subwoof er
setting.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the TUNE/SOUND
knob to adjust the setting to your
liking. When the level reaches the
center, you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display.
The system will automatically return
the display to the selected audio
mode about 5 seconds af ter you stop
adjusting a mode. Use the TREB/
BASS modes to adjust the tone to
your liking.
These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming f rom each speaker.
BAL adjusts the side-to-side strength,
and FADE adjusts the f ront-to-back
strength.
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A djusting the Sound Center/Subwoof er Treble/Bass
Balance/Fader
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Adjusts the volume level
basedonthevehiclespeed. This f unction is set to MID as the
def ault setting when the vehicle
leaves the factory.You can use the instrument panel
brightness control buttons to adjust
the illumination of the audio system
(see page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is of f .
The SVC mode controls the volume
based on vehicle speed. The f aster
you go, the louder the audio volume
becomes. As you slow down, the
audio volume decreases.
The SVC has f our modes; SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the TUNE knob to
adjust the setting to your liking. If
you f eel the sound is too loud,
choose low. If you f eel the sound is
too quiet, choose high. Dolby
PL (Prologic) II signal processing
creates multi-channel surround
sound f rom the audio signal
recorded with two channel stereo
sources. Dolby prologic II can only
activate when using the CD (CD-DA,
MP3/WMA),XMradio,andAUX
audio modes. When it activates,
‘‘DPL II’’ is shown on the upper
display.
Manuf actured under license f rom
Dolby Laboratories. ‘‘Dolby’’,
‘‘ProLogic’’, and the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby
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SVC
A udio System L ighting
Dolby PL (Prologic) II
Speed-sensit ive Volume Compensat ion (SVC)
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preset channels using the six preset
buttons. Each button stores one
channel f rom the XM1 band and one
channel f rom the XM2 band.
To store a channel: Press the XM button. Either XM1
or XM2 will show in the display.
Use the TUNE knob, the
CATEGORY buttons, or the
SCAN buttons to tune to a desired
channel. Pick the preset button you want
f or that channel. Press and hold
the button until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Press the XM button again. The
other XM band will show. Store
the next six channels using steps 2
and 3.
Once a channel is stored, simply
press and release the proper preset
button to tune to it.
The scan f unction gives
you sampling of all channels while in
the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the stations within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button. The
system plays each channel in
numerical order f or 10 seconds, then
selects the next channel. When you
hear a channel you want to continue
listening to, press the SCAN button
again.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In channel mode, all channels can be
selected.
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To load multiple discs in one
operation:With the ignition switch in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II)
position, press and hold the LOAD
button until you hear a beep and
see ‘‘LOAD’’ in the display, then
release the button.
Insert a disc into the slot. Insert it
only about half way; the drive will
pull it in the rest of the way.
When ‘‘DISC LOAD’’ appears in
the display, insert the next disc
into the slot. To load a single disc:
Press and release the LOAD
button.
The disc number f or an empty
position is highlighted and the
green load indicator comes on.
When you see ‘‘LOAD’’ in the
display, insert the disc into the slot.
Insert it only about halfway; the
drive will pull it in the rest of the
way.
If you press the LOAD button while
a disc is playing, the system will stop
playing that disc and start the
loading sequence. It will then play
the disc just loaded. Select the disc changer by pressing
the DISC/TAPE button. The system
will begin playing the last selected
disc in the disc changer. You will see
the disc and track numbers
displayed.
Repeat this until all six positions
are loaded. The system will then
begin playing the last disc 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 select a dif f erent disc when all six
positions are loaded, press the
corresponding number on the preset
buttons.
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Each time you press the DISP button,
the display shows you the text data
on a disc, if the disc was recorded
with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
album, artist, and track tag.
The display shows up to about 16
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 16
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 16 characters
are shown. You will also see some text data
under these conditions:
When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
When you change the audio mode
to play a disc with text data or in
MP3 or WMA.
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play. Use the SEEK or SEEK button
while a disc is playing to select
passages and change tracks (f iles in
MP3/WMA mode).
Each time you press and
release the SEEK button, the
player skips f orward to the
beginning of the next track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA). Press and release
the SEEK button to skip
backward to the beginning of the
current track. Press it again to skip
to the beginning of the previous
track.
With the f older name, you will see
the FOLDER indicator in the display.
The TRACK indicator is shown with
the file or track name.
When loading a CD-DA with text
data, the album and track name are
showninthedisplay.Withadiscin
MP3 or WMA, the display shows the
f older and f ile name.
T ext Dat a Display Funct ion T o Change or Select T racks/Files
SEEK
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To
select a different folder, turn the
TUNE knob to move to the
beginning of the next f older. Turn
theknobtotherighttoskiptothe
next f older, and to the lef t to move to
the beginning of the current f older.
Turn it again to skip to the beginning
of the previous f older. Turning the
TUNE knob more than one click
skips several f olders at a time.
To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see RPT in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button for 2
seconds to turn it off. This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles on
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder
repeat, press the RPT button twice.
You will see F-RPT in the display.
The system continuously replays the
current f older. To turn of f f older
repeat, press the RPT button for 2
seconds, or push it twice.
Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal playing. When you press
the RPT button three times, D-RPT
appears in the display, and the
system continuously replays the
current disc. To turn this f eature of f ,
press the RPT button or touch DISC
RPT again.
This f eature plays
the tracks within a disc (the f iles
within a f older in MP3 or WMA
mode) in random order. To activate
random play in CD-DA f ormat, press
and release the RDM button. In MP3
or WMA mode, press the RDM
button to activate random play within
a f older. You will see RDM in the
display. To return to normal play,
press the RDM button f or 2 seconds,
or push it twice.
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FOLDER SELECTION
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT) FOL DER-REPEA T
DISC REPEAT
RANDOM (Random within a
disc/f older)
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