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A cura Music Link User's Guide[...]
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2 Contents Acur a Music Link ..........................................................3 What's Included ............................................................4 What Y ou Need ..............................................................5 Using Music Link Without A cura T TS ..........................6 Connecting Y our iP od ...........[...]
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A cura Music Link Designed specifically for Acura vehicles, Acura Music Link allows y ou to play music from y our Apple ® iP od ® on your v ehicle's audio system. Music Link connects y our iP od directly to your v ehicle's audio system f or the best in sound quality results. (It does not convert music from your iP od to an FM radio sign[...]
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4 What's Included Y our A cura Music Link kit includes a dealer -inst alled Music Link cable located in your v ehicle's glov e box, a Quic k Ref erence Guide to get you started quic kly , and an Acura Music Link CD . S T able of Cont ents[...]
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5 What Y ou Need • iP od: 4th generation or later iP od, iP od mini ® , iP od U2 Special Edition ® , or iP od nano ® . (See right.) Music Link cannot be used with iP od shuf fle ® . Make sure y our iP od has been updated with the latest firmware from Apple. Visit www .apple.com/ipod/ download f or more information. NO TE: Use the USB 2.0 or F[...]
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6 Using Music Link Without A cura TTS Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). T hen, find the Music Link cable inst alled inside the glov e box, and plug it into the doc k connector port on the bot tom of the iP od. When the Music Link cable is properly connected: • A large c hec k mark appears on the iP od[...]
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7 Using Music Link Without A cura TTS (Continued) Using the A udio Syst em Controls Music Link uses the CD c hanger commands on your audio system to control iP od functions. Eac h disc number (5–6) corresponds w ith a play mode in Music Link. T o select a play mode, use the controls on the audio system. When using Music Link, you can select a dis[...]
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8 Using Music Link Without A cura TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . T urn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position; t urn on the audio system. 2. Select the CD pla yer/c hanger on your audio sy stem. If the audio system pla ys a disc in the CD play er/c hanger , press the CD but ton (or the appropriate but ton) again to select Musi[...]
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9 Using Music Link With A cura TTS T o get the most out of Music Link, first install the A cura TTS sof t w are application provided on the Acura Music Link CD . This optional sof tware installs on the Mac or PC you use w ith your iP od. It creates v oice prompts to help you find music on y our iP od, and it allows y ou to shuf fle songs, shuf fle [...]
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10 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) Befor e Installing Acur a TTS Bef ore you install A cura TTS on your computer , make sure you: • Install iT unes 4.9 or later (av ailable for do wnload at www .apple.com ). • Set your iP od to sync hronize manually . (Go to Edit/Pref erences, clic k on the iP od t ab and select "Manually mana[...]
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11 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) Running Acur a TTS Once installed, Acura TTS automatically launc hes every time you connect y our iP od to your computer . T o r un Acura TTS, connect y our iP od to your computer . T o update (and create TTS files) f or the music on your iP od, clic k the OK but ton on the A cura TTS update screen. T[...]
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12 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) T ext-T o-Speech Set tings Y ou can c hange and adjust the text-to-speec h set tings for TTS files (voice prompts) that Acura TTS creates. Modifying the sy stem voice and the v oice speed may help improv e intelligibility . Mac 1 . Go to Finder/Sy stem Pref erences. 2. Select the Speec h icon. 3. Clic[...]
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13 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) S T able of Cont ents Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). T hen, find the Music Link cable inst alled inside the glov e box, and plug it into the doc k connector port located on the bot tom of the iP od. When the Music Link cable is properly connected: • A[...]
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14 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) S T able of Cont ents Using the A udio Syst em Controls Music Link uses the CD c hanger commands on your audio system to control iP od functions. Eac h disc number (1–6) corresponds w ith a play mode/categor y in Music Link. T o select a play mode/categor y , use the controls on the audio system. Wh[...]
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15 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . T urn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position; turn on the audio sy stem. 2. Select the CD pla yer/c hanger on your audio sy stem. If the audio system pla ys a disc in the CD pla yer/ c hanger , press the CD but ton (or the appropriate but ton) again to select Music[...]
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16 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) Selecting a Play Mode/Cat egory (Cont.) • T o searc h albums , select Disc 3 , then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP but ton ( /– or /+) for at least 1 full second (or , on some models, until y ou hear a beep). Music Link announces the first let ter of eac h album. – Press and release the SEEK/SK[...]
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17 Using Music Link With A cura TTS (Continued) Selecting a Play Mode/Cat egory (Cont.) • T o shuf fle the albums on your iP od in random order , select Disc 5 , then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP but ton ( /– or /+) for at least 1 full second (or , on some models, until you hear a beep). – Press and release the SEEK/SKIP but ton to skip to[...]
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18 Tips A udio System Contr ols • RDM (Random) Butt on: (on applicable models) Push the RDM (Random) but ton on the audio system to shuf fle all songs within the selected categor y/play mode. F or example, if y ou select and play a pla ylist (Disc 1) and then press the RDM but ton, Music Link will shuf fle all songs within that pla ylist in rando[...]
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19 Tips (Continued) T ag Info • Music Link does not r ecognize punctuation (commas, periods, question marks, dashes, slashes, ampersands, etc.). It also does not recognize special c haracters and accents (à, é, ï, ô, etc.). If punctuation or special c haracters/accents are used in the artist, album, genre, or playlist name, Music Link w ill a[...]
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20 Support S T able of Cont ents F or more information about Acura Music Link and A cura TTS, including F A Qs, visit www .acura.com . Acur a TTS Sof tware Updat es Chec k out www .acura.com to download the most recent A cura TTS sof tware and sof t w are updates.[...]
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S T able of Cont ents © 2005 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. – All Rights Reserved. American Honda accepts no responsibility for any lost data on an iP od, even if the data is lost while using this product. Apple, the Apple logo, iP od, iPod, iT unes, FireW ire, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer , Inc., registered in the U.S. and other cou[...]