ECO mode Acura TL 2009 Owners Manual

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media is not supported.
CD-DA which prohibits the copy
by SCMS
CD-DA with copy control
SACD (Super Audio CD)
DTS-CD
DVD-A
CD-R/RW
DVD-R/RW
Copy controlled CDs (Playback
cannot be guaranteed)
DTS-CDs (Only enabled f or
playback)
The Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
f unction can record tracks f rom
music CDs to the navigation system’s
hard disc. This f unction also allows
f or various playing methods, such as
playingrecordedtracksonanartist-
by-artist or genre-by-genre basis. For
example, you can play the tracks that
youwanttolistentoinanyorder
that you like f or each playlist.
Music data recorded on HDD can
only be used f or personal
enjoyment.
Data is recorded using ultra-
ef f icient compression technology,
theref ore, sound quality may vary
slightly f rom the original.
Title inf ormation will be displayed
when the inf ormation is f ound in
the Gracenote
Album Inf o
(Gracenote
Media Database) on
the built-in hard disk drive. See
page . If the HDD is ever replaced, all data
will be lost and stored music will not
be recovered.
Only recordings f rom a standard
CD-DA (44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo
PCM digital sound data) to HDD
are supported.
Digital music f iles, such as MP3,
WMA, AAC etc., in CD-R, DVD-R
and USB f lash memory devices
cannot be copied to HDD.
Likewise, digital music f iles
recorded to HDD cannot be copied
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Songs that have been recorded on
the HDD are categorized in groups
f or easy searching.
There are six categories:
Album record date: Album titles are
arranged by date of recording.
Album: Album names are arranged
in alphabetical order.
Artist: Artist names are arranged in
alphabetical order.
Playlist: Any of six playlists that are
arranged by the user Genre: Songs are arranged by genre.
Track: Track titles are arranged in
alphabetical order.
For more inf ormation of how to
search a music, see page .
The HDD has six playlist f olders
f or user customizing. Each playlist
can be edited by the user, and will
store up to 999 songs. For more
inf ormation of how to edit the user
playlist, see page .
Playlists are track lists in a certain
playback group.
This playlist is automatically
generated when the music CD is
recorded. The maximum number
of original playlists that can be
stored to the HDD is 999, with 99
songs on each playlist. Each album
name on the music CD is counted
as a playlist. 329
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T rack Search Methods
User Playlist
Playlists
Original Playlist
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If you play a music CD that has not
yet been recorded on the HDD, the
system will automatically begin
recording to the HDD once the disc
is loaded. To turn this f eature of f ,
see page .The icons show the recording
conditions f or each track:
Rec icon: Now recording
Rec ready icon: Next to be recorded
Rec done icon: Recording f inished Please note that there will be no
compensation of f ered in the case
of unsuccessf ul recording of audio
data or the loss of audio data due
to any cause whatsoever.
Skip up/down, f orward/rewind,
repeat, random and scan f unctions
are not available during recording.
Tracks from music CDs are
recorded at f our times the
playback speed. You can listen to
tracks as they are being recorded.
If you stop the engine or the
power system is turned of f while
recording a CD, there may be
pauses between songs when you
play back f rom the HDD.
During recording, operation of this
product may be slower.
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Recording a Music CD to HDD
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Youcanlistentotracksfromother
playlists that have already been
recorded while recording. Press
the HDD/AUX button and switch
over to HDD Audio.
With the factory settings, all of the
songs on a music CD are
automatically recorded.
Recording settings cannot be
changed during recording.
If the number of songs in the
playlist exceeds 999, the oldest
song will be overwritten each time
you add a new song.In order to suspend recording, push
the interf ace selector down, select
Cancel Rec to HDD, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
To change the setting to manual
mode, push the interf ace selector
down on the HDD screen. Turn the
interf ace dial to select HDD Setup
and press ENTER. Turn the
interf ace dial to select Ripping, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio (Models with navigation system)
To Cancel Recording a Music CD
to HDDChanging the Recording Settings
Recording A ll of t he T racks on a
Music CD Manually
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Turn the dial to select Ripping and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.To change the setting to
automatically record all of the tracks
on a music CD, move the interf ace
selector down on the HDD Audio
screen. Turn the interf ace dial to
select HDD Setup, and press ENTER
on the interf ace selector.
Turn the interf ace selector to select
Ripping,andpressENTERonthe
interf ace selector.
Turn the interf ace dial to select
AUTO, and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector.
To record the music CD, push the
HDD/AUX button, then push the
interf ace selector down to display
the audio menu. Turn the interf ace
dial to select Rec to HDD, and then
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
Turn the interf ace dial to select
MANUAL and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector.
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Recording A ll of t he T racks on a
Music CD A utomatically
Features
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Turn the interface dial to select the
track random icon, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select the OFF icon,
then press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.This f unction samples all the tracks
on the HDD in the order that they
were recorded.
To activate scan, push the interface
selector down during track playback.
Turn the interf ace dial to select Scan
on the HDD AUDIO MENU, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.Turn the interface dial to select the
scan icon. Press ENTER on the
interf ace selector. You will hear a 10-
second sampling of each track on the
HDD.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select the OFF icon.
Press ENTER on the interf ace
selector to play the last track
sampled.
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Scan Playback
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While playing music in the HDD
playback screen, push the interf ace
selector up to select MUSIC
SEARCH. You can search a track by
album, artist, track, playlist, genre,
or album record date, or you can
shuffle all tracks.Shuf f les the playback of all tracks
that have been recorded on HDD.
To shuffle all tracks, push the
interface selector up to display the
Search music by screen, and then
push the interf ace selector down.
Shuf f led playback begins.Push the interf ace selector up to
display the Search music by screen,
and turn the interf ace dial to select
Album. Press ENTER on the
selector, and the album list will be
displayed in alphabetical order.
If you push the interf ace selector
right or lef t, you can change the
alphabet tag.
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Searching the Music
SHUFFLE ALL TRACKSSearching Music by Album
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Push the selector down.
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Push the interf ace selector up to
display the Search music by screen,
and turn the interf ace dial to select
Album Record Date. Press ENTER
on the interf ace selector. The album
list will be displayed.
Turn the interface dial to select the
album you want to listen to, then
press ENTER on the selector.The f irst track on the selected album
begins to play.
TheHDDhastwotypesof the
playlists: original playlist and user
playlist. On the original playlist, the
music CD is recorded automatically
when it is played. In addition, you
can create up to six user playlists on
the HDD. In each playlist, you can
store a desired music data f rom the
original playlists or music CDs.
After storing the data, you can
change some items: order of tracks
on the user playlist, name of the
playlist, track title, artist name, and
music genre. You can also add a
track to the playlist, and delete the
track or the album from the playlist.
Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio (Models with navigation system)
Searching Music by Album
Record Date Customizing Original/User
Playlist
Features
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You can update the Gracenote
Album Inf o (GracenoteMedia
Database) that is included with the
navigation system.
Consult your dealer, or visit (in U.S.), or
(in Canada), to acquire
updated f iles.
Insert the update disc into the disc
slot, or connect the USB f lash
memory device that includes the
update.
You can check the HDD Audio
capacity and remaining space as well
as the Gracenote Music Recognition
Service (CDDB) version included
with the navigation system on the
HDD Setup screen.
Push the interf ace selector down
to display AUDIO MENU.
Turn the interf ace dial and select
Get Album Inf o, then press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
On the Select an Album screen,
turn the interf ace dial and select
the title inf ormation f or the
Original Playlist, then press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
You will be returned to the Audio
Menu screen.
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Updating GracenoteAlbum Inf o
(Gracenote
Media Database)
Checking HDD A udio Capacity
A cquiring T itle Inf ormation
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Gracenote is an internet-based music
recognition service that allows artist,
album, and track inf ormation f rom
CDs and MP3 f iles to display on the
HDD. Gracenote users are allowed 4
f ree updates a year. More
inf ormation about Gracenote, its
f eatures, and downloads are
available at
(in U.S.)
or (in Canada).
CD and music-related data from
Gracenote, Inc., copyright 2000
2008 Gracenote.
Music recognition technology and
related data are provided by
Gracenote
. Gracenote is the
industry standard in music
recognition technology and related
content delivery. For more
information, please visit http://www.
gracenote.com/.
When music is recorded to the HDD
from a CD, information such as the
recording artist and track name are
retrieved f rom the Gracenote
Database and displayed (when
available). Gracenote may not
contain inf ormation f or all albums.
A pop-up screen verif ying whether
the deletion is to be continued or
not will be displayed. Select Yes to
delete,orNotocancel.
A second conf irmation will appear.
Select Yes to delete, or No to
cancel.
If you select ,
the system will automatically restart
af ter deletion. When you are f inished deleting
the data, press the interface
selector down to select .
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Gracenote Music Recognition
Service (CDDB)
Music on HDD Done
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