audio Acura TL 2012 Repair Manual

This audio system plays CD-ROM,
CD-R/RW, DVD-ROM, and
DVD-R/RW compressed in MP3,
WMA, or AAC formats. You can
select up to 255 f olders or tracks.
To take the system out of disc mode,
press the AM/FM button, the
button, or the HDD/AUX
button. To return to disc mode, press
the DISC button.
Turn the interface dial to select the
Scan icon, and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector. You will hear a 10-
second sampling of each track on the
disc. When you return to disc mode,
the disc will begin playing f rom
where it lef t of f .
To turn this feature off, press the
SCAN side of the SCAN/A.SEL bar
again, or turn the interf ace dial to
select the OFF icon, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
The system begins to play the last
track sampled.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more inf ormation to turn
the power mode of f , see page . If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the VOL/knob or the engine start/stop
button, the disc will stay in the drive.
When you turn the system back on,
the disc will begin playing where it
left off. You can also press the MODE
buttononthesteeringwheelto
change modes.
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CONT INUED
Playing an MP3/WMA /A A C Disc
To Stop Playing a Disc
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Features
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Select a desired f older by turning the
interf ace dial, then press ENTER.
The display returns to normal play,
and the f irst track in the selected
f older begins to play.
To change a f ile, turn the interf ace
dial to select a desired f ile, then
press ENTER.This feature, when activated,
replays all files on the
selected folder in the order they are
compressed. To activate folder
repeat play, push the interface
selector down while playing a disc.
Turn the interface dial to select
Repeat on the AUDIO MENU,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector. Turn the interface dial to select the folder repeat icon, and
press ENTER on the interface
selector.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF
icon, and press ENTER on the
interface selector.
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Folder Repeat
Features
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FOLDER REPEAT ICON
FOLDER REPEAT INDICATOR
REPEAT OFF ICON
FILE LIST
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This feature, when activated,
plays all files in the current folder
in random order. To activate
folder random play, push the
interface selector down while
playing a disc. Turn the interface
dial to select Random on the
AUDIO MENU, and
press ENTER on the interface
selector. Turn the interface
dial to select the folder
random icon, and press ENTER
on the interface selector.To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the
interface selector.
This feature samples all files in the
selected f older in the order they are
stored. To activate this f eature, press
theSCANsideof theSCAN/A.SEL
bar. You can also select the SCAN
icon with the interf ace dial. Push the
selector down, turn the dial to select
Scan on the AUDIO MENU, then
press ENTER. Turn the dial to select
the scan icon, then press ENTER.
The system begins to play a f ile f or
about 10 seconds, and continues to
sample the remaining f iles.
To turn this feature off, press the
SCAN side of the bar again, or select
OFF icon by turning the dial, then
press ENTER.
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Folder Random
File Scan
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FOLDER RANDOM INDICATOR
FOLDER SCAN ICON
FILE SCAN ICON SCAN OFF ICON
FOLDER RANDOM ICON
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This feature, when activated,
samples the f irst f ile of each f older
f or 10 seconds. To scan a f older,
press the SCAN side of the SCAN/
A.SEL bar. Or, push the interf ace
selector down while playing a disc.
Turn the interf ace dial to select Scan
on the AUDIO MENU, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
Turn the interface dial to select the
f older scan icon, and press ENTER
on the interf ace selector. When playing MP3, WMA or AAC
format disc, each time you press the
SCAN side of the SCAN/A.SEL bar,
the system changes in the f ollowing
sequence: Scan Scan f irst track in
folder OFF Scan.
The system plays the f irst f ile in the
f irst f older f or about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system will then
play the f irst f iles in the next f olders
for 10 seconds. After playing the first
file in the last folder, the system
plays normally.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select OFF icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector. The last track sampled
begins to play.
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Folder Scan
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Thechartontherightexplainsthe
error messages you may see in the
center display while playing a disc.
If you see an error message in the
center display while playing a disc,
press the eject button. Af ter ejecting
the disc, check it f or damage or
deformation. If there is no damage,
insert the disc again.
For additional information on
damaged discs, see page .
Theaudiosystemwilltrytoplaythe
disc. If there is still a problem, the
error message will reappear. Press
the eject button, and pull out the disc.
Insert a dif f erent disc. If the new
disc plays, there is a problem with
the f irst disc. If the error message
cycle repeats and you cannot clear it,
take your vehicle to a dealer.Cause
Error Message Solution
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Servo Error
Mechanical Error
FOCUS Error
Disc violates copyright
Disc not supported
Load Error
Track/File format not
supported
High Temperature Press the eject button and pull out the disc.
Check the disc for serious damage, signs of
deformation, excessive scratches, and/or dirt
(see page
382). Insert the disc again. If the
code does not disappear, or the disc cannot be
removed, consult your dealer. Do not try to
force the disc out of the player.
Current track will be skipped. The next
supported track or file plays automatically.
Will disappear when the temperature returns to
normal.
Disc Player Error Messages (Models with navigation system)
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BAD DISC
PLEASE CHECK OWNERSMANUAL
BAD DISC
PLEASE CHECK OWNERS
MANUAL
PUSH EJECT
MECH ERROR
CHECK DISC
CHECK DISC LOAD
UNPLAYABLE FILE
HEAT ERROR
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio (Models with navigation system)
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TITLE BUTTONAUDIO BUTTON NAVIGATION SCREEN
INTERFACE DIAL HDD/AUX BUTTON CENTER DISPLAY
SKIP BAR
CATEGORY BAR VOL/
(VOLUME/POWER)KNOB
SCAN/A.SEL
(SCAN/AUTO SELECT) BAR
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media is not supported.
CD-DA which prohibits the
copying 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
to CD-R, DVD-R and USB devices. 351
Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio (Models with navigation system)
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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.Songs that have been recorded on
the HDD are categorized in groups
f or easy searching.
For more inf ormation of how to
search a music, see page . 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.
Genre: Songs are arranged by genre.
Playlist: Any of six playlists that are
arranged by the user.
Track: Track titles are arranged in
alphabetical order.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 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 on how to edit the user
playlist, see page . 329
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio (Models with navigation system)
Playlists
Original Playlist
User PlaylistTrack Search Methods
Recording a Music
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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 inishedPlease note that there will be no
compensationofferedinthecase
of unsuccessf ul recording of audio
data or the loss of audio data due
to any cause whatsoever.
During recording, operation of this
product may be slower.
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.
Tracks from music CDs are
recorded at f our times the
playback speed. You can listen to
tracks as they are being recorded.
Forward/rewind, repeat, random
and scan f unctions are not
available during recording.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.
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NOTE:REC DONE ICON
REC READY ICON REC ICON
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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 interface dial to select
MANUAL and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector.
Push down the interf ace selector to
go back to the audio screen.
In order to suspend recording, push
the interf ace selector down, select
Cancel CD Recording, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
Turn the dial to select CD Recording
and press ENTER on the interface
selector.
Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio (Models with navigation system)
To Cancel Recording a
Music CD to HDDChanging the Recording Settings
Recording a T rack on a Music CD
Manually
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HDD SETUP CD Recording ICON
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