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TMS — The Tape Music Search Function allows you to find the begin-
ning of a song or passage. To acti-
vate TMS, press the TMS button.
You will see TMS displayed. To find the beginning of the song or passagecurrently playing, push the REW but-
ton. You will see REW flashing in the
display as the tape rewinds. To find
the beginning of the next song, push
the FF button. You will see FF
flashing in the display as the tape
fast forwards. When the system
finds the beginning of a song or pas- sage, it goes back to PLAY mode.
Press the TMS button again to turn
it off.
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CASSETTE SLOT
PWR/VOL KNOB TMS INDICATOR
TAPE DIRECTION
INDICATOR
EJECT
BUTTON
REPEAT
INDICATOR
TMS BUTTON REPEAT
BUTTON
FAST FORWARD BUTTON
REWIND
BUTTON
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REPEAT — The Repeat functioncontinuously replays the currentsong or passage. Press the REPEAT
button to activate it; you will see RPT 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.
Caring for Cassettes
Damaged cassettes can jam inside
the drive or cause other problems.
See page 156 for information on
cassette care and protection.
Operating the CD Changer
A Compact Disc changer is standard equipment. It holds up to six discs,
providing several hours of continu- ous entertainment. You operate theCD changer with the same controls
used for the radio and cassette
player.
To load the CDs in the magazine and load the magazine into the CDchanger, refer to page 159. Play only
standard round discs. Odd-shapedCDs may jam in the drive or cause
other problems.
Do not play discs with disc
accessories such as protective seals
or rubbers. Using them may also
cause the audio system to
malfunction.
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To operate the CD changer, the igni- tion switch must be in ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II).
Select the CD mode by pressing the
CD/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.
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.
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A. SELECT INDICATOR
CD/TAPE BUTTON
REPEAT INDICATOR
REPEAT
BUTTON
SEEK/SKIP
BUTTONS
AUTO
SELECTBUTTON
PRESET BUTTONS
AM/FM
BUTTON
PWR/VOL
KNOB
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You can use the SEEK/SKIP buttonsto select tracks within a disc. If you
push and release cither side of theSEEK/SKIP buttons ( — or +),the
system will move to the beginning of
a track. Push the + button 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/
SKIP button, you will hear a beep
and the system will continue to move
across tracks. Release the button
when you think it has reached the de- sired place on the disc. REPEAT — When you activate the
Repeat feature by pressing the
REPEAT button, the system continu-
ously replays the current track. You
will see RPT 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
161
.
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3.5 RL with Navigation System
Operating the Radio
The ignition switch must be in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) to operate the audio system. Turn the
system on by pushing the PWR/
VOL knob or the AM/FM button.
Adjust the volume by turning the
knob.
The band and frequency that the ra- dio was last tuned to is displayed. To
change bands, press the AM/FM but-
ton. On the FM band, ST will be dis- played if the station is broadcastingin stereo. ST will flash if you are driv-
ing in an area where the radio signal
is weak. Stereo reproduction on AM
is not available. You can use any of three methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: TUNE, SEEK, or the Preset
buttons.
TUNE — Use the TUNE bar to tune the radio to a desired frequency.Push and release the appropriateside of the bar quickly. The
frequency numbers will change in small increments.
SEEK — The SEEK function searches the band for a station with
a strong signal. To activate it, push
either side of the SEEK bar (— or +) until you hear a beep. Push the
bar on the + side to scan up from
the current frequency, and on the — side to scan down. It stops when it
finds a station with a strong signal. Preset — You can store the
frequencies of your favorite radio
stations in the six preset buttons.
Each button will store one frequency
on the AM band, and two
frequencies on the FM band.
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AUTO SELECT — If you are traveling far from home and can no
longer receive the stations yon
preset, you can use the Auto Select
feature to find stations in the local
area.
To activate Auto Select, press the
A. SELECT button. A. SELECT will appear in the display, and the system
will go into scan mode for several seconds. It automatically scans both
bands, looking for stations with strong signals. It stores the frequen-
cies of six AM stations and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons.
You can then use the preset buttons to select those stations.
If you are in a remote area, Auto
Select may not find six strong AM
stations or twelve strong FM stations.
If this happens, you will see a "0"
displayed when you press any preset
button that does not have a station
stored.
PRESET BUTTONS
With Auto Select on, you cannot manually store any frequencies in
the preset buttons. If you do not like
the stations found by Auto Select,
you can use the TUNE and SEEK
functions to find other stations. Auto Select does not erase the
frequencies that you preset pre-
viously. When you return home, turn off Auto Select by pressing the
A. SELECT button. The preset buttons will then select the fre-quencies you originally set.
Comfort and Convenience Features
TUNE/SEEK BAR
AUTO SELECT
INDICATOR
AM/FM BUTTON
AUTO SELECT BUTTON
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Audio System Lighting
You can use the instrument panel
brightness control dial to adjust the il- lumination of the audio system (seepage 66). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is turned off.
Radio Frequencies
Your Acura's radio can receive the
complete AM and FM bands.
Those bands cover these frequen-
cies:
AM band:
530 to 1,710 kilohertz
FM band:
87.7 to 107.9 megahertz
Radio stations on the AM band are
assigned frequencies at least ten
kilohertz apart (530, 540, 550).
Stations on the FM band are
assigned frequencies at least 0.2
megahertz apart (87.9, 88.1, 88.3). Stations must use these exact
frequencies. It is fairly common for
stations to round-off the frequency in
their advertising, so your radio could
display a frequency of 100.9 even
though the announcer may identity
the station as "FM101."
Radio Reception How well your Acura's radio receives
stations is dependent on many
factors, such as the distance from
the station's transmitter, nearby
large objects, and atmospheric
conditions.
A radio station's signal gets weaker as you get farther away from itstransmitter. If you are listening to an
AM station, you will notice the sound volume becoming weaker, and the station drifting in and out. If you are
listening to an FM station, you will
see the stereo indicator flickering off
and on as the signal weakens.
Eventually, the stereo indicator will go off and the sound will fade
completely as you get out of range of
the station's signal.
Driving very near the transmitter of
a station that is broadcasting on a frequency close to the frequency of
the station you are listening to can
also affect your radio's reception.
You may temporarily hear both stations, or hear only the station you
are close to.
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REPEAT — The Repeal 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 thissame 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. REWIND BUTTON
REPEAT INDICATOR
FAST FORWARD
BUTTON
TMS BAR
REPEAT BUTTON
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