2004 Acura RL reset

µIf you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive the stations you
preset, you can use the Auto Select
feature to find stations in the local
area.
If you are in a remote area, Auto
Select may not f ind 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. If you do not like the stations Auto
Select has stored, you can store
other f requencies in the preset
buttons. Use the TUNE, SEEK, or
SCAN f unction to f ind the desired
f requencies, then store them in the
selected preset buttons as described
previously.
Auto Select does not erase the
f requencies that you preset pre-
viously. When you return home, turn
of f Auto Select by pressing the
A. SEL button. The preset buttons
will then select the f requencies you
originally set.
To activate Auto Select, press the
A. SEL button. A. SEL will f lash in
the display, and the system will go
into scan mode f or several seconds.
It automatically scans both bands,
looking f or stations with strong
signals. It stores the f requencies of
six AM stations and twelve FM
stations in the preset buttons. You
can then use the preset buttons to
select those stations. AUTO SELECT
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TUNE KNOB
PRESET
BUTTONS SEEK BUTTONS
A.SEL INDICATOR
A.SEL BUTTON SCAN BUTTON

You can use R to quickly set the time
to the nearest hour. If the displayed
time is before the half hour, pressing
Rsetstheclockbacktotheprevious
hour. If the displayed time is af ter
the half hour, pressing R sets the
clock f orward to the beginning of the
next hour.For example:
1:06 would RESET to 1:00
1:52 would RESET to 2:00
The audio system display usually
shows the time when the ignition
switch is in ACCESSORY (I) or ON
(II).
To set the clock, press and hold the
CLOCK (CD/TAPE) button until the
number f lash. Change the hours by
pressing the H button until the
numbers advance to the desired time.
Change the minutes by pressing the
M button until the numbers advance
to the desired time.
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CLOCK BUTTON
H BUTTON M BUTTONR BUTTON

You can also load a CD into an empty
position while a CD is playing by
pressing the appropriate preset
button. Select an empty position (the
CD Loaded indicator is of f ), and
press the preset button f or that
position (1 to 6). The system will
stop playing the current CD and start
the loading sequence. It will then
play the CD just loaded. If you press the LOAD button while
a CD is playing, the system will stop
playing that CD and start the loading
sequence. It will then play the CD
just loaded.
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LOAD BUTTONCD LOADED
INDICATOR
CD SLOT
PRESET BUTTONS AM/FM
BUTTON
CD/TAPE BUTTON

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When that disc ends, the next disc in
the CD changer is loaded and played.
Af ter the last disc f inishes, the
system returns to disc 1.
To select a dif f erent disc, press the
appropriate Preset button (1 6). If
youselectanemptypositioninthe
CD changer, the system will go into
the loading sequence (see page ).
You can use the SKIP buttons while
a disc is playing to select passages
and change tracks. To activate the Repeat
f eature, press and release the RPT
button. You will see RPT in the
display as a reminder. The system
continuously replays the current
track. Press the RPT button again to
turn it off. Pressing either of the
SKIP buttons also turns off the
repeat feature.
This feature,
when activated, plays the tracks
within a CD in random order, rather
than in the order they are recorded
on the CD. To activate Random Play,
press the RDM button. You will see
RDM in the display. The system will
then select and play tracks randomly.
This continues until you deactivate
RandomPlaybypressingtheRDM
button again, or you select a
dif f erent CD with a preset button.
To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold the appropriate SKIP
button. You will hear a beep and the
system will continue to move. Press
the button to move forward, or
the button to move backward.
Release the button when the system
reaches the point you want.
Each time you press the button
and release it, the system skips
f orward to the beginning of the next
track. Press and release the
buttontoskipbackwardtothe
beginning of the current track. Press
and release it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
Select the CD changer by pressing
the CD/TAPE button. You will see
‘‘CD’’ in the display. The system will
begin playing the last selected disc in
theCDchanger.Youwillseethe
disc and track numbers displayed.
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RANDOM PLAY
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If you turn the system of f 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. To take the system out of CD mode,
press the AM/FM button or insert a
cassette in the player. If a tape is
already in the cassette player, press
the CD/TAPE button. When you
return to CD mode by pressing the
CD/TAPE button, play will continue
at the same point that it left off.
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PWR/VOL
KNOBPRESET BUTTONS
RDM BUTTON RPT INDICATOR
RDM INDICATOR AM/FM BUTTON
CD/TAPE BUTTON
SKIP BUTTONS
RPT
BUTTON

If you do not remove the disc f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
disc af ter ten seconds and begin
playing it. To remove the disc that is currently
playing, press the CD eject button.
You will see ‘‘EJCT’’ in the display.
When you remove the disc f rom the
slot, the system automatically begins
the Load sequence so you can load
another CD in that position. If you do
not load another CD, af ter ten
seconds the system begins playing
the next disc in the changer. If the
changer is empty, the system selects
the previous mode (AM, FM, or
Tape).
To remove a different CD from the
changer,firstselectitwiththe
appropriate preset button. When that
CD begins playing, press the CD
eject button.
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Removing CDs f rom t he Changer
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CD EJECT BUTTON CD SLOTCD/TAPE BUTTON

Only on U.S. Cars
Your Acura is capable of receiving
XM
Satellite Radio anywhere in the
United States except Hawaii and
Alaska.
XM
is a registered trademark of
XM Satellite Radio Inc.
XM Satellite radio receives signals
f rom two satellites, enhanced by
ground-based repeaters, 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 name, artist, song titles, and
category selections in the audio
display.
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PWR/VOL
KNOB TUNE KNOB
PRESET BUTTONS
SCAN
BUTTON CATEGORY
MORE CATEGORY MODE
INDICATOR
CHANNEL MODE
INDICATOR
DISP
BUTTON
SAT RADIO
BUTTON

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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. 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 again. Pick the preset button you want
f or that channel. Press and hold
the button until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 2 to 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Youcanstoreupto12
preset channels using the six preset
buttons. Each button stores one
channel f rom the XM1 band and one
channel f rom the XM2 band. To store a channel:
To store a channel: Press the SAT Radio button until
XM1 or XM2 appears in the
display.
Once a channel is stored, simply
press and release the proper preset
button to tune to it.Press the SAT Radio button again.
The available XM band will show.
Store the next six channels using
steps 2 through 3.
The presets will be lost if your car’s
battery goes dead, is disconnected,
or the radio f use is removed.
In the category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In the channel mode, all channels
can be selected. Use the TUNE knob, or the
CATEGORY or SCAN buttons to
tune to a desired channel.
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Preset
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