display Acura TL 2013 Owner's Manual

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 ignition
switch in the ACCESSORY (I) or the
ON (II) position, press thebutton. A variety of music
types and styles will play. 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 button, then turn the
selector knob until ‘‘CH 000’’ appears
in the display. Your I.D. will appear
in the display.
After you’ve registered with XM
Radio, keep your audio system in
the XM Radio mode while you wait
for 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,
‘‘CATEGORY’’ or ‘‘CHANNEL’’ will
appear in the display, and you’ll be
able to listen to XM Radio broadcasts.
XM Radio will continue to send an
activation signal to your vehicle f or
at least 12 hours from the activation
request. If the service has not been
activated after 36 hours, contact
XM
Radio. In Canada, contact
.
www.siriusxm.com
www.xmradio.ca
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You operate the disc changer with
the same controls used f or the radio.
To select the disc changer, press the
CD button. You will see ‘‘CD’’ in the
display. The disc and track numbers,
andtheelapsedtimeareshownin
the display. You can also select the
displayed inf ormation with the
TITLE button (see page ). The
system will continuously play a disc
until you change modes. To load or play discs, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.A disc compressed in AAC
format cannot be played in this
audio system.
Video CDs and DVDs do not work in
this unit.
Depending on the sof tware the f iles
were made with, it may not be
possible to play some f iles, or display
some text data.
This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormat. When playing
a disc in MP3, you will see ‘‘MP3’’ in
the display. In WMA f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’
will appear in the display. The disc,
f older and track numbers are
displayed. You can select up to 255
folders or tracks.
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Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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Your vehicle’s in-dash disc changer
holdsuptosixdiscs.To load more than one disc, press
the LOAD button until you hear a
beep and see ‘‘LOAD’’ in the
display. To load only one disc,
press and release the LOAD
button.
The disc number f or an empty
position begins blinking. When the disc load indicator turns
green and ‘‘LOAD’’ appears in the
display again, insert the next disc
in the slot. Do not try to insert a
disc until ‘‘LOAD’’ appears. You
could damage the audio unit.
Repeat this until all six positions
are loaded. If you are not loading
all six positions, the system begins
playing the last disc loaded.
You can also load a disc into an
empty position while a disc is
playing by pressing the appropriate
preset button. The system stops
playing the current disc and starts
the loading sequence. It then plays
the disc just loaded. You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm) discs in this unit.
Insert the disc into the disc slot
when the green disc load indicator
comes on. Insert it only about
half way; the drive will pull it in the
rest of the way. You will see ‘‘DISC
READ’’ in the display while the
disc load indicator turns red and
blinks as the disc is loaded.
If a f ile on a WMA disc is protected
by digital rights management
(DRM), the audio unit displays
UNSUPPORTED, and then skips to
the next f ile.
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Each time you press the TITLE
button, the display shows you the
text, if the disc was recorded with
text data.The display shows up to 16
characters of selected text data (the
f older name, f ile name, etc.).
When a new folder, file, 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.
You will also see some text data
under these conditions:
When playing 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.
When you turn on the audio system
next time, the system keeps your
selection with the TITLE button.
When you press and release the
TITLE button while a disc without
text data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display. 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. 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
artist, album, and track tag. If you select name of f , the text
display is turned of f . If the text data has more than 16
characters, you will see the first 16
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the
TITLE button until the next 16
characters are shown. You can see
up to 32 characters of the text data.
If youpressandholdtheTITLE
button again, the display shows the
f irst 16 characters again.
If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
T ext Data Display Function
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Use the SKIP bar while a disc is
playing to select passages and
change tracks (files in MP3 or
WMA mode).
In MP3 or WMA mode, use the
CATEGORY bar to select f olders on
the disc and use either side of the
SKIP bar to change f iles.
To select a dif f erent disc, use the
appropriate preset buttons (1
through 6). If you select an empty
position, the system will go into the
loading sequence (see page ). In MP3 or WMA mode, you can also
select a f older or track/f ile f rom the
list by using the selector knob. Push
the selector knob (ENTER) to
switch the display to the list
displayed with three segments, then
turn the knob to select a f older.
Press the selector knob (ENTER) to
change the display to the track/file
list, then turn the same knob to
select a track/f ile. Press the selector
knob (ENTER) to set your selection. Each time you press and
release the side of the SKIP bar,
the player skips forward to the
beginning of the next track (file in
MP3 or WMA mode). Press and
release the side of the bar to
skip backward to the beginning of
the current track. Press it again to
skip to the beginning of the
To move rapidly within a track or f ile,
press and hold either side ( or ) of the SKIP bar.
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Folder Selection
Track Selection Press ENTER.
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In MP3 or WMA mode
To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side ( or ) of the CATEGORY
bar to move to the beginning of the
next f older. Press the side to skip
to the next folder, and press the
side to skip to the beginning of the
previous f older.
You can select any type of repeat,
random and scan modes by using the
SETUP button and the selector knob.
Push the SETUP button to display
themenuitems,thenturnthe
selector knob to select ‘‘PLAY
MODE.’’ Press the selector knob
(ENTER) to set the selection.Turn the selector knob to select an
appropriate repeat, random or scan
mode, then press the selector knob
(ENTER) to set your selection.
FOLDER SELECTION
To Select Repeat,
Random or Scan Mode:
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To cancel the selected repeat,
random, or scan mode, press the
SETUP button to show ‘‘PLAY
MODE,’’ then press the selector
knob (ENTER). When you see
‘‘NORMAL PLAY,’’ press ENTER
again. To
continuously replay a track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA mode), select
REPEAT ONE TRK f rom the menu
items. You will see REPEAT in the
display. Select normal play to turn This feature
continuously replays the current disc.
To activate disc repeat, select
REPEAT DISC from the menu items.
You will see D-REPEAT in the
display. Select normal play to turn
This feature,
when activated, plays the f iles within
the current f older in random order,
rather than in the order they are
compressedinMP3orWMA.To
activate folder random play, select
RANDOM IN FLD f rom the menu
items. You will see F-RANDOM in
the display. The system will then
select and play f iles randomly. This
continues until you deactivate f older
random play by selecting normal play,
or you select a dif f erent f older with
the CATEGORY bar.
This feature,
when activated, replays all the f iles
on the selected f older in the order
they are compressed in MP3 or
WMA. To activate folder repeat
mode, select REPEAT ONE FLD
from the menu items. You will see
F-REPEAT in the display. The
system continuously replays the
current f older. Select normal play to
turn it of f . Selecting a dif f erent
folder with the CATEGORY bar also
turns of f the repeat f eature. Pressing either side of the SKIP bar
also turns of f the repeat f eature.
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REPEAT ONE TRK
REPEAT DISC
RANDOM IN FLD
REPEAT ONE FLD
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You can also select the scan feature
from the menu items with the
selector knob (see page ).
This feature
plays the tracks within a disc (the
f iles in MP3 or WMA mode) in
random order. To activate random
play, select RANDOM IN DISC f rom
the menu items. You will see
RANDOM in the display. Select
normal play to return to normal play. The SCAN f unction
samples all the tracks on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc (all f iles in the selected f older in
MP3 or WMA mode). To activate the
scan feature, press and release the
SCAN button. You will see SCAN in
the display. You will get a 10 second
sampling of each track/f ile in the
disc/f older. Press and hold the
SCAN button to get out of scan
mode and play the last track sampled. This f unction
samples the f irst f ile in each f older
on the disc in the order they are
stored. To activate the folder scan
f eature, press and release the SCAN
button repeatedly. You will see
F-SCAN in the display. You will get a
10 second sampling of the f irst f ile in
each f older. Press and hold the
SCAN button to get out of the f older
scan mode and play the last f ile
sampled.
You can also select the folder scan
f eature f rom the menu items with
the selector knob (see page ). 258
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SCAN T RK
SCAN FL D
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Pressing either side of the SKIP bar,
or selecting a dif f erent disc (using
the preset buttons) or f older (using
the CATEGORY bar) turns of f the
SCAN or F-SCAN f eature.
This f eature, when
activated, samples the first track on
each disc in order (the f irst f ile in
themainfolderoneachdiscinMP3
or WMA mode). To activate the disc
scan feature, press and release the
SCAN button repeatedly until
D-SCAN shows in the display. The
system will then play the f irst track/
f ile in the f irst main f older on the
f irst disc f or about 10 seconds. If you
do nothing, the system will then play
the f ollowing f irst track/f ile f or 10
seconds each. When it plays a track/
file that you want to continue
listening to, press and hold the
SCAN button again. When the f irst track on the last disc,
or the f irst f ile in the last main f older
on the last disc begins to play, the
disc scan mode will be canceled.
Pressing either side of the SKIP bar
or selecting a dif f erent f older with
the CATEGORY bar also turns off
the scan feature.
Each time you press and release
the SCAN button, the mode
changes from scan, disc scan,
then to normal play.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
f rom f ile scan, f older scan, disc scan,
then to normal play.
You can also select the disc scan
f eature f rom the menu items with
the selector knob (see page ).
Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the disc. If you eject the
disc, but do not remove it from the
slot, the system will automatically
reload the disc after 10 seconds
and begin playing.
To eject all discs, press and hold the
eject button until the f irst disc begins
to eject.
You can also eject the disc when the
ignition switch is of f .
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM/FM or
button. Press the AUX button
to switch to an appropriate audio unit
(if it is connected to the auxiliary
input jack or the USB adapter cable).
Press the CD button again to switch
back to the disc changer.
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Thechartontherightexplainsthe
error messages you may see in the
display while playing a disc.
If you see an error message in the
display while playing a disc, press
the eject button. After ejecting the
disc, check it for 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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High Temperature
Track/File format not
supported
Mechanical Error
Servo Error
Disc Error Will disappear when the temperature returns to
normal.
Current track will be skipped. The next
supported track or file plays automatically.
Press the EJECT button and pull out the disc(s).
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(s) cannot be
removed, consult your dealer. Do not try to
force the disc out of the player.
Check the disc for serious damage, signs of
deformation, excessive scratches, and/or dirt
(see page 382).
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HEAT ERROR
UNSUPPORTED BAD DISC
PLEASE CHECK OWNERS
MANUAL PUSH EJECT
MECH ERROR
CHECKDISCLOAD BAD DISC
PLEASE CHECK OWNERSMANUAL
CHECK DISC EJECT
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