reset Acura TL 2004 User Guide

To apply the parking brake, pull the
lever up f ully. To release it, pull up
slightly, push the button, and lower
the lever. The parking brake
indicator on the instrument panel
should go out when the parking
brake is f ully released (see page ).
The clock displays the time with the
ignition switch in the ON (II)
position. If your vehicle’s battery is
disconnected or goes dead, you will
need to reset the clock.
For example: 1:06 will reset to 1:00
1:52 will reset to 2:00
The clock is set automatically. Change the hour by pressing and
holding the H button until the
numbers advance to the desired time.
Change the minutes by pressing and
holding the M button until the
numbers advance to the desired time.
You can quickly set the time to the
nearest hour. If the displayed time is
bef ore the half hour, press the R
button to set the clock back to the
previous hour. If the displayed time
is af ter the half hour, the clock sets
f orward to the beginning of the next
hour.
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Clock, Parking Brake
Inst rument s and Cont rols
Clock Parking Brake
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Driving the vehicle with the parking
brake applied can damage the rear
brakes and axles.

Playing the Radio
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PRESET BUTTONSTUNE/SOUND
KNOB
Canadian Models (Without navigation system)
U.S. Models (With navigation system)
AM/FM
BUTTON SAT RADIO
BUTTON
SEEK
BUTTONS
VOL/PWR KNOB
SCAN
BUTTON
TUNE/SOUND
KNOB
PRESET BUTTONS VOL/PWR KNOB
SCAN
BUTTON FM
BUTTON
SEEK
BUTTONS
AM BUTTON
AUTO
SELECT
BUTTON AUTO
SELECT
BUTTON

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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
VOL/PWR knob or the AM/FM
button (AM or FM button on
Canadian model). Adjust the volume
by turning the same knob.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button (AM or FM button on
Canadian model). On the FM band,
ST will be displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available. You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band:
the
preset buttons, and .
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency.
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. If you do nothing, the system will
scan f or the next strong station and
play it f or 5 seconds. When it plays a
station you want to listen to, press
the SCAN button again.The SCAN function
samples all stations with strong
signals on the selected band. To
activate it, press the SCAN button, or
touch the SCAN icon (models with
navigation system), 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 5 seconds.
To Play the Radio
To Select a Station
TUNE,SEEK,SCAN, AUTO SELECT
TUNE
SEEK SCAN
Playing the Radio
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µµEach preset button or
preset icon (models with navigation
system) can store one f requency on
AM and two f requencies on FM.
UsetheTUNE,SEEK,orSCAN
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 to store a total
of six stations on AM and twelve
stations on FM. If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the Auto Select f eature
to find stations in the local area.
Press the A. SEL button or the
AUTO SELECT icon (models with
navigation system). ‘‘A.SEL’’ (AUTO
SEL) f lashes 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 or see no
station number on the preset icons
af ter pressing a preset button (icon)
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 (icons). Use the TUNE,
SEEK, or SCAN f unctions to f ind
stations, then store them in the
preset buttons (icons) as previously
described.
press the
A.SEL button (AUTO SELECT icon).
This restores the presets you
originally set.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two f requencies with each preset
button (icon).
Pick a preset button (icon), and
hold it until you hear a beep.
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4.
To turn of f Auto Select,
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Playing the Radio
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Preset A UT O SEL ECT
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Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures
Playing t he XMSatellite Radio (U.S. Models)
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TUNE KNOB
Without navigation system
With navigation system
SATELLITE
RADIO
BUTTON AUDIO
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON PWR/VOL KNOB PRESET BUTTONS SCAN
ICON
MODE
ICON DISPLAY/
MODE
BUTTON
CATEGORY
BUTTONS
PRESET BUTTONS TUNE KNOB
SCAN
BUTTON SATELLITE
RADIO
BUTTON
DISPLAY/
MODE
BUTTON
CATEGORY
BUTTONS
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The SCAN f unction gives
you a 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 or
touch the SCAN icon on the audio
display (models with navigation
system). The system plays each
channel in numerical order f or a f ew
seconds, then selects the next
channel. When you hear a channel
you want to continue listening to,
press the button or touch the icon
again. To store a channel:
Youcanstoreupto12
preset channel using the six preset
buttons or preset icons (models with
navigation system). Each button
stores one channel f rom the XM1
band and one channel f rom the XM2
band.
To store a channel: Press the button. Either
XM1 or XM2 will show in the
display.
Use the TUNE knob, or the
CATEGORY or SCAN buttons to
tune to a desired channel.
In the category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In the channel mode, all channels
can be selected. Pick the preset button (icon) you
want f or that channel. Press and
hold the button (icon) until you
hear a beep.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Press the 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 (icon) to tune to it.
The presets will be lost if your
vehicle’s battery goes dead, is
disconnected, or the radio f use is
removed.
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4.
5.
Playing t he XMSatellite Radio (U.S. Models)
Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures
SCAN
Preset
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Select the disc changer by pressing
the DISC/TAPE button (U.S.
models) or CD/DVD button
(Canadian models). The system will
begin playing the last selected disc in
the disc changer. You will see the
disc and track numbers displayed.
To select a dif f erent disc when all six
positions are loaded, use the preset 5
(DISC ) or preset 6 (DISC )
button. Otherwise, press the
corresponding number on the preset
buttons or icons. On models with
navigation system, you can also
touch the appropriate disc icon (1
6) to select a dif f erent disc. Each time you press and release the
SEEK button, the player skips
f orward to the beginning of the next
track. Press and release the SEEK
buttontoskipbackwardtothe
beginning of the current track.
When you press the SCAN button or
touchtheTRACKSCANicononthe
audio display (models with
navigation system), the f irst track of
the current disc plays f or about 10
seconds. You will see SCAN
(TRACK SCAN) highlighted in the
display. To hear the rest of the track,
press the SCAN button or touch
TRACK SCAN again within 10
seconds. If you don’t, the system
advances to the next track, plays
about 10 seconds of it, and continues
through the rest of the tracks the
same way.WhenyoupressandholdtheSCAN
button until you see D-Scan in the
display, or when you touch the DISC
SCAN icon on the audio display
(models with navigation system), the
f irst track of the current disc plays
f or about 10 seconds. You will see D-
Scan (DISC SCAN) in the display. To
hear the rest of the disc, press the
SCAN button or touch DISC SCAN
again, within 10 seconds. If you don’t,
the system advances to the next disc,
plays about 10 seconds of it, and
continues throughout the rest of the
discs the same way. When the
system reaches the last disc, DISC
SCAN is cancelled, and the disc you
originally had on plays normally.
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Playing Discs
Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures
To Play a Disc
To Change Tracks
Track Scan Disc Scan
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To remove the disc that is currently
playing, press the eject button. You
will see ‘‘EJECT’’ in the display.
When you remove the disc f rom the
slot, the system automatically begins
the load sequence so you can load
another disc in that position. If you
do not load another disc, within 15
seconds, the system selects the
previous mode [AM, FM1, FM2,
tape, or Satellite Radio (U.S.
models)].
If you do not remove the disc f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
disc af ter 15 seconds and put the
disc changer in pause mode. To
begin playing the disc, press the disc
button.To remove a dif f erent disc f rom the
changer,firstselectitbypressing
the corresponding number on the
preset button (touching the
appropriate disc icon on models with
navigation system). When that disc
begins playing, press the eject button.
When you press the eject button
while listening to the radio, or with
the audio system turned of f , the disc
that was last selected is ejected.
Af ter that disc is ejected, pressing
the eject button again will eject the
next disc in numerical order. By
doing this six times, you can remove
all the discs f rom the changer.
You can also eject discs when the
ignition switch is of f :
To eject one disc, press and release
the eject button.
To eject all discs, press and hold the
eject button until the system beeps.
Playing Discs
Removing Discs f rom the
Changer
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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Make sure the open side of the tape
is facing right, then insert the tape
most of the way into the slot. The
system will pull the tape in the rest
of the way, and begin to play it.
Thetapedirectionindicatorinthe
display comes on to show you which
side of the tape is playing. The
indicates the side you inserted
upward is now playing. If you want to
play the other side, press the PLAY/
PROG (preset2) button or touch the
PLAY/PROGiconontheaudio
display (models with navigation
system). When the player reaches
the end of the tape, it will
automatically reverse direction and
play the other side.
Dolby noise reduction turns on
when you insert a tape. Theindicator and NR icon (models with navigation system) will come on
in the display. If the tape was not
recorded in Dolby, turn it of f by
pressing the (preset 4) button
or touching the NR icon on the audio
display. Dolby remains of f until you
press the button (touch the icon)
again.
To remove the tape, press the
EJECT button. If you want to turn
the player of f , press the VOL/PWR
knob or turn of f the ignition. The
tape will remain in the drive. When
youturnthesystembackon,the
tape will begin playing where it lef t
off.
To switch to the radio, Satellite Radio (U.S. models) or disc changer
while a tape is playing, press the
AM/FM button (AM or FM button
on Canadian models), button
or DISC/TAPE button (CD/DVD
buttononCanadianmodels).To
change back to the tape player, press
the DISC/TAPE button (TAPE/
AUXbuttononCanadianmodels).
To rewind the tape,
push the (preset 1 ) button or
touch the REW icon on the audio
display (models with navigation
system). You will see REW in the
display (TAPE REW on models with
navigation system). To fast forward
the tape, push the (preset 3)
button or touch the FF icon. You will
seeFFdisplayed(TAPEFFon
models with navigation system).
Press the , , or PLAY/
PROG button (icon) to take the
system out of rewind or f ast f orward.
Dolby noise reduction manuf actured under
license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corpo-
ration. ‘‘DOLBY’’ and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation.
Playing a T ape
Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures
To Play a Tape
To Stop Playing a TapeFF/REW T ape Search Function
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Three controls f or the audio system
are mounted in the steering wheel
hub. These let you control basic
f unctions without removing your
hand f rom the wheel. The VOL button adjusts the volume
up ( ) or down ( ). Press the top
or bottom of the button and hold it
until the desired volume is reached,
then release it.
If you are listening to the radio, use
the CH button to change stations.
Each time you press the top ( ) of
the button, the system goes to the
next preset station on the band you
are listening to. Press the bottom
( ) to go back to the previous
station.If youareplayingaCD,thesystem
skips to the beginning of the next
track each time you press the top
( ) of the CH button. Press the
bottom ( ) to return to the
beginning of the current track. Press
it again to return to the previous
track. You will see the disc and track
numbers in the display.
If youareplayingatape,pressthe
top ( ) of the CH button to advance
to the next selection. Press the
bottom( )togobacktothe
previous selection. The system
senses a silent period, then goes
back to Play mode.
The MODE button changes the
mode. Pressing the button
repeatedly selects FM1, FM2, AM,
XM Satellite Radio (U.S. models),
CD (if a CD is loaded), or a tape (if a
tape is loaded).
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Audio System
Remote Audio Controls
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MODE BUTTON
VOL BUTTON CH BUTTON