2000 Acura RL 3.5 Owner's Manual

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Radio signals, especially on the FM band, are deflected by large objects
such as buildings and hills. Your
radio then receives both the direct signal from the station's transmitter,
and the deflected signal. This causes
the sound to distort or flutter. This is a main cause of poor radio reception
in city driving. Radio reception can be affected by
atmospheric conditions such as
thunderstorms, high humidity, and even sunspots. You may be able to
receive a distant radio station one
day and not receive it the next day
because of a change in conditions.
Electrical interference from passing
vehicles and stationary sources can
cause temporary reception problems. As required by the FCC:
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's
authority to operate the equipment.

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Operatin g th e Cassett e Playe r

The ignition switch must be in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) Make sure the tape opening on the
cassette is facing to the right, then
insert the cassette most of the way
into the slot. The system will pull it
in the rest of the way, and begin to

play.

The tape direction indicator will light to show you which side of the cassette is playing. The indicates
the side you inserted facing upward is now playing. If you want to play
the other side, press the PROG/PLAY button.
Dolby B noise reduction turns on
when you insert a cassette. The indicator in the button will light.
If the tape was not recorded with
Dolby B noise reduction, turn it off
by pressing the button. When the system reaches the end of
the tape, it will automatically reversedirection and play the other side. If
you want to remove the cassette from the drive, press the EJECT
button.
If you turn the system off while a
tape is playing, either with the PWR/
VOL knob or by turning off the ignition, the cassette will remain in
the drive. When you turn the system
back on, the tape will begin playing
where it left off.
To switch to the radio or CD changer while listening to a tape,
press the AM/FM or CD/TAPE but-
ton. To change back to the cassette
player, press the CD/TAPE button.
Tap
e Searc h Function s

With a cassette playing, you can use the FF, REW, TMS, or REPEAT
function to find a desired program.
FF/RE W — Fast Forward and
Rewind move the tape rapidly. To
rewind the tape, push the REW
button. The indicator in this button
will light. To fast forward the tape, push the FF button. The indicator in
this button will light. Press thePROG/PLAY button to take the
system out of rewind or fast forward.
When the system reaches the end of the tape, it reverses direction and
begins to play if in fast forward, or it
begins to play if in rewind.

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TM S — The Tape Music Search
Function allows you to find the
beginning of a song or passage. To activate TMS, push either of the
TMS bar ( — or +). To find the beginning of the song or passagecurrently playing, push the bar on
the — side. You will see TMS
indicator and the indicator in the
REW button flashing. To find the
beginning of the next song, push the
bar on the + side. You will see TMS
indicator and the indicator in the FF
button flashing.
Comfor t an d Convenienc e Feature s TAP
E DIRECTIO N INDICATO RCASSETT
E SLO T
PWR/VOL KNO B
EJEC T BUTTO N
TM
S INDICATO R
DOLB Y

BUTTO N

AM/F M

BUTTO N
CD/TAP E
BUTTO N REWIN
D
BUTTO N REPEA
T
BUTTO N
FAST FORWAR D
BUTTO N
PROG/PLA
Y
BUTTO N
TM
S BA R

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REPEAT — The Repeat function
continuously replays the current song or passage. Press the REPEAT
button to activate it; you will see
REPEAT displayed as a reminder.
When the system reaches the end of the song or passage currently
playing, it will automatically go into
rewind. When it senses the
beginning of the same song or
passage, the system returns to PLAY
mode. It will continue to repeat this same program until you deactivate
REPEAT by pressing the button

again.

Pressing the REW or FF button also
turns off REPEAT.
The TMS and REPEAT functions use silent periods on the tape to find
the end of a song or passage. These
features may not work to your satisfaction if there is almost no gap
between selections, a high noise
level between selections, or a silent
period in the middle of a selection.
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REWIN
D BUTTO N
FAST FORWAR D
BUTTO N

REPEA T BUTTO N
REPEA
T INDICATO R

TMS BAR

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Carin g fo r th e Cassett e Playe r

The cassette player picks up dirt and oxides from the tape. This contami-
nation builds up over time and causes the sound quality to degrade.
To prevent this, you should clean the player after every 30 hours of use.
Your dealer has a cleaning kit
available.

If you do not clean the cassette
player regularly, it may eventually
become impossible to remove the
contamination with a normal

cleaning kit.

Use 100-minute or shorter cassettes. Cassettes longer than that use
thinner tape that may break or jam
the drive. Look at the cassette before you
insert it. If the tape is loose, tighten
it by turning a hub with a pencil or
your finger. If the label is peeling off, remove it
from the cassette or it could cause
the cassette to jam in the player. Never try to insert a warped or
damaged cassette in the player.
When they are not in use, store cassettes in their cases to protect
them from dust and moisture. Never
place cassettes where they will be exposed to direct sunlight, high heat,
or high humidity. If a cassette is
exposed to extreme heat or cold, let
it reach a moderate temperature
before inserting it in the player.
Never try to insert foreign objects
into the cassette player. If you see the error indication
(3.5 RL with navigation

system) / (3.5 RL without

navigation system) on the display,

press the EJECT button to remove

the cassette from the unit. Make
sure the tape is not damaged. If the

cassette will not eject or the error

indication stays on after the cassette
ejects, take the car to your Acura

dealer.

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Operatin g th e C D Change rA Compact Disc changer is standard
equipment. If holds up to six discs,
providing several hours of continu-
ous entertainment. You operate the
CD changer with the same controls
used for the radio and cassette play-
er.
To load the CDs in the magazine and
load the magazine into the CD
changer, refer to page 157. Play only
standard round discs. Odd-shaped
CDs may jam in the drive or cause
other problems.
To operate the CD changer, the igni-
tion switch must be in ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II).
Select the CD mode by pressing theCD/TAPE button. You will see "CD"
in the display. The system will start
to play the first track of the first disc
in the magazine. You will see the disc and track number displayed. When that disc ends, the next disc in
the magazine is loaded and played.
After the last disc finishes, the system returns to disc 1.
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PRESE
T BUTTON S PWR/VO
L KNO B
SEE K BA R REPEA
T BUTTO N
AUT O SELEC T BUTTO N

AM/F M BUTTO N

CD/TAP
E BUTTO N

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To select a different disc, press the
appropriate preset button (1 — 6). If

you select an empty slot in the magazine, the changer will, after
finding that slot empty, try to load the CD in the next slot. This
continues until it finds a CD to load
and play.
You can use the SEEK bar to select tracks within a disc. If you push and
release either of the SEEK bar (— or + ), the system will move to the be-
ginning of a track. Push the + but-
ton to move to the beginning of the
next track, and push the — button to
move to the beginning of the current
track. If you push and hold the SEEK bar
(— or +), you will hear a beep and
the system will continue to move across tracks. Release the button
when you think it has reached the desired place on the disc.
REPEA T — When you activate the
Repeat feature by pressing the REPEAT button, the system
continuously replays the current
track. You will see REPEAT in the display as a reminder. Press the
REPEAT button again to turn it off.
RANDOM PLAY — This feature,when activated, plays the tracks on a
CD in random order, rather than in
the order they are recorded on the
CD. To activate Random Play, press
the A. SELECT button. You will see
A. SELECT in the display. The sys- tem will then select and play tracks
randomly on the current disc. Whenall tracks on that disc have been
played, the next disc is loaded and
played randomly. This continues un-

til you deactivate Random Play by

pressing A. SELECT again.

To take the system out of CD mode, press the AM/FM button or insert acassette in the player. If a tape is
already in the cassette player, press
the CD/TAPE button. When you return to CD mode, play will contin-
ue at the same point that it left off.
If you turn the system off while a CD
is playing, either with the PWR/VOL
knob or the ignition switch, play will
continue at the same point when you
turn it back on.

Protecting Compact Discs

For information on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page

159.

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Loadin g th e C D Change r
C D CHANGE R
The CD changer is located in the trunk on the driver's side. 1. Slide the lid to open the CD
changer. 2. Push the EJECT button to remove
the CD magazine. The magazine
will pop up automatically.

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Slid
e

EJECT

BUTTO N