ECO mode Acura TL 2012 Manual Online

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To replay and see the stored file,
press the AUDIO button to select
the audio display on the navigation
screen.
Push down the interf ace selector
to display the audio menu. Turn
the interface dial to select Note,
then press ENTER.
This f unction stores the sound
content played on the selected XM
Radio station with the channel,
category, name, and title inf ormation.
To activate this function, press and
hold the button for about 2
seconds while a song or passage
which you want to store is playing.
You can record f or up to 10 seconds.
To stop recording, press the AM/
FM button or button.
Once you store the recorded sound
f ile, you can replay it and conf irm the
inf ormation. The system can store
up to 30 sound f iles. If you continue
tostoremorefiles,theoldestone
will be deleted each time you add a
new f ile.
There may be other geographic
situations that could af f ect XM Radio
reception.
As required by the FCC:
Changes or modif ications not expresslyapproved by the party responsible f orcompliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment. U.S. models only
Playing the XMRadio (Models with navigation system)
Note Function
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Turn the selector dial to select a
sound file, then press ENTER. The
display shows the category, name
and title information of the
selected file.
To delete all files, push the interface
selector to the left to select
‘‘DELETE ALL,’’ then press
ENTER. To delete one file, select
the file you want to delete
and push the interface selector
to the right, then press ENTER. If your XM Radio service has expired
or you purchased your vehicle f rom
a previous owner, you can listen to a
sampling of the broadcasts available
on XM Radio. With the power mode
in ACCESSORY or ON, press the
button. A variety of music
types and styles will play.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more inf ormation on how
to select the power mode, see . Af ter you have registered with XM
Radio, keep your audio system in the
XM Radio mode while you wait f or
activation. This should take about 30
minutes.
While waiting f or activation, make
sure your vehicle remains in an open
area with good reception. Once your
audio system is activated, CAT
(category) or CH (channel) will
appear in the center display, and
you’ll be able to listen to XM Radio
broadcasts. XM Radio will continue
to send an activation signal to your
vehicle for at least 12 hours from the
activation request. If the service has
not been activated after 36 hours,
contact XM
Radio. In Canada,
contact XM CANADA
.
If you decide to purchase XM radio
service, contact XM Radio at
,orat
1-800-852-9696. In Canada, contact
XM CANADA
at , or
at 1-877-209-0079. You will need to
give them your radio I.D. number
and your credit card number. To get
your radio I.D. number, press the
side of the CATEGORY bar until ‘‘0’’ appears in the display. Your I.D. will
appear in the displays.
www.xmradio.com
www.xmradio.ca
Playing the XMRadio (Models with navigation system)
Receiving XM Radio Service
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Select the disc player by pressing the
DISC button. The system will begin
playing the last selected track in the
disc. You will see the current track
position highlighted.
Title inf ormation will be displayed in
a list when the inf ormation is f ound
in the Gracenote
Album Inf o
(Gracenote
Media Database) on the
built-inharddiskdrive.Whenyou
play a CD recorded with text data,
you will see the genre, artist name,
album and track name on the screen.
When you play MP3/WMA/AAC
discs, you will see the genre, artist
name, album name and track name
on the screen. If the disc was not
recorded with this inf ormation, it will
not be displayed. Each time you press the TITLE
button, the center display changes
f rom artist name to album name, to
track name and then to normal
display that shows the track number
and the elapsed time. When playing
a disc in MP3/WMA/AAC, the
display mode changes f rom f older
name,tofilename,toartisttag,to
album tag, to track tag, and then to
normal display.
Each time you press and release the
side of the skip bar, the player
skips forward to the beginning of the
next track. Press and release the side of the skip bar to skip
backward to the beginning of the
current track. Press the side
againtoskiptotheprevioustrack.
To move rapidly within a track, press
andholdeithersideof theskipbar.
When you insert a CD f or the f irst
time, the system automatically starts
recording to the hard disc. For
inf ormation on recording f rom music
CDs, see page .
When you insert a CD f or the f irst
time, a Gracenote notif ication
appears. For more inf ormation, see
page . 322
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To Play a Disc
To Change Tracks
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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This f eature plays the tracks within a
disc in random order. When playing
MP3, WMA or AAC f ormat discs, all
the tracks within the disc are played
in random order, regardless of the
conf iguration of the f older.
Push the interf ace selector down
while playing a disc. Turn the
interf ace dial to select Random on
the AUDIO MENU, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.The scan f unction samples all tracks
on the disc in the order they are
recorded on the disc.
To activate scan, 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.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF
icon, and press ENTER on the
interface selector. Turn the interface dial to select the
track random icon, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
Random Play
Track Scan
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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TRACK RANDOM INDICATOR
SCAN ICON
TRACK RANDOM ICON
RANDOM OFF ICON
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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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Playing an MP3/WMA /A A C Disc
To Stop Playing a Disc
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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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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To remove the disc, press the eject
( ) button.
If you do not remove the disc f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
disc af ter 10 seconds. The disc starts
playing automatically.Use the disc controls previously
described.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect discs, see page .
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Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Removing a Disc f rom the Player Playing a DVD-A Disc
Protecting Discs
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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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