Honda Music Link CR-V EX manual

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    Honda Music Link User's Guide CR-V : LX, EX, and SE[...]

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    2 Contents Get ting Started Quickly Honda Music Link ........................................................3 What's Included ............................................................4 What Y ou Need ..............................................................5 Using Music Link Without Honda TTS ........................6 Connecting Y our[...]

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    Honda Music Link Designed specifically for Honda v ehicles, Honda 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 y our vehicle's audio sy stem for the best sound-quality results. (It does not convert music from your iP od to an FM radio signal [...]

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    4 What's Included Y our Honda Music Link kit includes a dealer -installed Music Link cable located in your v ehicle's glov e box, a Quic k R ef erence Guide to get you started quic kly , and a Honda Music Link CD .   T able of Contents[...]

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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 w ith the latest firmware from Apple. Visit www .apple.com/ipod/ download f or more information. NO TE: Use the USB 2.0 or [...]

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    6 Using Music Link W ithout Honda TTS Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed 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 s[...]

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    7 Using Music Link W ithout Honda TTS (Continued) Using the A udio Syst em Contr ols Music Link allows y ou to use the but tons on y our audio system to control iP od functions. There are two w ay s* to listen to music: Y ou can shuf fle all albums or shuf fle all songs . Selecting disc number 5 on your audio sy stem corresponds to the shuf fle all[...]

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    8 Using Music Link W ithout Honda TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . Connect the iP od (see pag e 6 ), turn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position, and turn on the audio system. 2. Press the CD or CD/XM but ton to select Music Link. If the audio system pla ys a disc in the CD pla yer/ c hanger , press the CD or CD/XM but ton again[...]

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    9 Using Music Link W ith Honda TTS T o get the most out of Music Link, first install the Honda TTS sof tware application pro vided on the Honda Music Link CD . This optional sof tware installs on the Mac or PC you use w ith your iP od. It creates voice prompts to help you find music on y our iP od, and it allo ws you to shuf fle songs, shuf fle alb[...]

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    10 Using Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) Befor e Installing Honda T TS Bef ore you install Honda TTS on your computer , mak e sure you: • Install iT unes 4.9 or later (available f or download at www .apple.com/itunes/do wnload ). • Set your iP od to sync hronize manually . (Go to Edit/Pref erences, clic k on the iP od tab, and select &qu[...]

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    11 Using Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) Running Honda TTS Once installed, Honda TTS automatically launc hes ev er y time you connect y our iP od to y our computer . T o run Honda TTS, connect y our iP od to your computer . T o update (and create TTS files) for the music on y our iP od, clic k the OK but ton on the Honda TTS update screen. T[...]

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    12 Using Music Link W ith Honda 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 Honda 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 W ith Honda TTS (Continued)   T able of Contents Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed 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: ?[...]

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    14 Using Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued)   T able of Contents Using the A udio Syst em Contr ols Music Link allows y ou to use the but tons on y our audio system to control iP od functions. There are six pla y modes/categories, or six wa ys to listen to music. Eac h disc number (1–6) corresponds w ith a play mode/ categor y in Music [...]

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    15 Using Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . Connect the iP od (see pag e 13 ), turn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position, and turn on the audio system. 2. Press the CD or CD/XM but ton to select Music Link. If the audio system pla ys a disc in the CD pla yer/ c hanger , press the CD or CD/XM but ton again [...]

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    16 Using Music Link W ith Honda 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 +) f or at least 1 full second (or , on some models, until you hear a beep). Music Link announces the first let ter of eac h album. – Press and release the SEEK/SKIP ([...]

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    17 Using Music Link W ith Honda 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 +) f or 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 t[...]

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    18 T ips A udio S ystem Contr ols • A.SEL/RDM Butt on: P ush the A.SEL/RDM but ton on the audio system to shuf fle all songs within the selected categor y/play mode. F or e xample, if you select and play a pla ylist (Disc 1) and then press the A.SEL/RDM but ton, Music Link w ill shuf fle all songs within that pla ylist in random order . NO TE: Th[...]

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    19 T ips (Continued) iT unes Settings • For best r esults, set your iP od to sync hroniz e manually . (Go to Edit, then Pref erences, clic k on the iP od tab and select "Manually manage songs and playlists".) If y ou select "Automatically update all songs and playlists," y ou may hear v oice prompts when you shuf fle songs on [...]

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    20 Support   T able of Contents F or more information about Honda Music Link and Honda TTS, including F AQs, visit ht tp://automobiles.honda.com. F or additional support, call Honda A utomobile Customer Ser vice at 1 -80 0-999-1 0 09, Monday thr u F rida y , 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST). Honda TTS Sof twar e Updat es Chec k out ht tp://automobiles.[...]

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      T able of Contents © © 2005 Amer ican 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, iP od, iT unes, FireW ire, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer , Inc., registered in the U.S. and[...]