sat nav Acura TL 2004 Owner's Manual

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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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
PWR/VOL KNOB

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Your Acura is capable of receiving
XM
Satellite Radio anywhere in the
United States, except Hawaii and
Alaska.
XM
is registered trade mark of XM
Satellite Radio Inc.
Satellite radio receives signals f rom
two satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It of f ers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
dif f erent types of music, satellite
radio also allows you to view channel
and category selections in the audio
display.
To listen to satellite radio, turn the
ignition switch to ACCESSORY(I) or
ON (II). Push the PWR/VOL knob
to turn on the audio system, and
press the button. Adjust the
volume by turning the PWR/VOL
knob. The last channel you listened
to will show in the display. To switch between the
channel mode and the category
mode,pressandholdtheDISP/
MODE button until the mode
changes. On models with navigation
system, touch the MODE icon on the
audio display.
In the channel mode, you can select
all of the available channels. In the
category mode, such as Jazz, Rock,
Classical, etc., you can select all of
the channels within that category.
Each time you press and release the
DISP/MODE button, the display
changes in the f ollowing sequence:
channel name, channel number,
category, artist name, and music title.
You may experience periods when
XM Radio does not transmit the
artist’s name and the song title
inf ormation. If this happens, there is
nothing wrong with your system. On models with navigation system,
push the AUDIO button to display
XM inf ormation on the screen.
Turn the TUNE knob lef t
or right to select channels. In the
category mode, you can only select
channels within that category.
In the
category mode, press either button
to select another category.
Playing t he XMSatellite Radio (U.S. Models)
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Operating Satellite Radio MODE
TUNE
CAT EGORY ( or )
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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:
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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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SCAN
Preset
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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
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To Play a Tape
To Stop Playing a TapeFF/REW T ape Search Function
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