2006 Acura RL Owner's Manual

If you receive a call when you are not
on the phone, the HFL interrupts the
audio system (if it is on), and plays
the incoming call notif ication, if
activated. To answer the call, press
the Talk button and begin speaking.
If you don’t want to answer the call,
press the Back button.
The HFL allows you to send
numbers or names during a call. This
is usef ul when you call a menu-
driven phone system. You can also
program account numbers into the
HFL phonebook for easy retrieval
during menu-driven calls.
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Send.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘What name or
number would you like to send?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say the number
you want to send. For example,
say‘‘1,2,3.’’TheHFLresponseis
‘‘1, 2, 3. Say send, or continue to
add numbers.’’ Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Send.’’ The
dial tones will be sent, and the call
will continue.
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Send.’’ The
HFL response is ‘‘What name or
number would you like to send?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
After the beep, say the name you
want to send. For example, say
‘‘Account number.’’ The HFL
response is ‘‘Would you like to
send account number?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Send.’’ The
dial tones will be sent, and the call
will continue.
If your phone has Call Waiting, and
you receive a call when you are on
the phone, press and release the
Talk button to answer it. When you
do this, the original call is placed on
hold. To return to the original call,
press the Talk button again. If you
don’t want to answer the new call,
disregard it, and continue with your
original call. If you want to hang up
the original call and answer the new
call, press the Back button.
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To send a number during a call, do this:
To send a name during a call, do this:
Receiving a Call
Sending Numbers or Names
During a Call
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During a call, you can transfer it
f rom the HFL to your phone, or f rom
your phone to the HFL.Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Transf er.’’
The audio switches f rom the HFL
to the phone.
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Transf er.’’
The audio switches f rom your
phone to the HFL.
During a call, you can mute or
unmute your voice to the person you
are talking to. Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Mute.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘Mute is active.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Mute.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘Mute is
canceled.’’
The HFL phonebook can store up
to 50 names with their associated
numbers. These can be any types
of numbers. For example, you can
store a phone number and use it to
make a call, or you can store an
account number and use it during
a call to a menu-driven phone
system.
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Phonebook.’’
The HFL response is ‘‘Phonebook
options are store, edit, delete, and
list.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
After the beep, say ‘‘Store.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘What name
would you like to store?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
After the beep, say the name you
would like to store. For example,
say ‘‘Eric’’ or say ‘‘account number.’’
The HFL response is ‘‘What is the
number f or Eric,’’ or ‘‘What is the
number f or account number?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say the number.
For example, say ‘‘123 456 7891.’’
The HFL response is ‘‘123 456
7891.’’
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To transfer a call from the HFL to your
phone, do this:
To transfer a call from your phone to theHFL, do this: To mute your voice, do this:
To unmute your voice, do this: To add a name, do this:
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Transf erring a Call
Muting a CallSetting up the Phonebook
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Press and release the Talk button.
After the beep, say the name you
would like to delete. For example,
say ‘‘Eric.’’ The HFL response is
‘‘Do you want to delete Eric?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Yes.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘The name has
been deleted. Returning to the
main menu.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Phonebook.’’
The HFL response is, ‘‘The
Phonebook options are store, edit,
delete, and list.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say the new
number f or Eric. For example, say
‘‘987 654 3219.’’ The HFL response
is, ‘‘987 654 3219.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Enter.’’ The
HFL response is ‘‘The number has
been changed. Returning to the
main menu.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Phonebook.’’
The HFL response is, ‘‘Phonebook
options are store, edit, delete, and
list.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Delete.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘What name
would you like to delete?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Enter.’’ The
HFL response is ‘‘Eric (or account
number) has been stored.
Returning to the main menu.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Phonebook.’’
The HFL response is ‘‘Phonebook
options are store, edit, delete, and
list.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Edit.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘What name
would you like to edit?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
After the beep, say the name you
would like to edit. For example,
say ‘‘Eric.’’ The HFL response is
‘‘What is the new number f or
Eric?’’
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To list all names in the phonebook, do
this:
To delete a name, do this:
To edit the number of a name, do this:
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Press and release the Talk button.
After the beep, say ‘‘Clear.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘This process
will clear all paired phones, clear
all entries in the phonebook, and
clear the passcode. Is this what
you would like to do?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Yes.’’ The
HFL response is ‘‘Preparing to
clear all paired phones, all
phonebook entries, and the
passcode. This may take up to 2
minutes to complete.’’ Press and
release the Talk button. After the
beep, say ‘‘OK’’ to proceed, or say
‘‘Go back’’ or ‘‘Cancel.’’
If you said ‘‘OK,’’ af ter a short
period of time, the HFL response
is, ‘‘System has been cleared.
Returning to the main menu.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘List.’’ The
HFL responds by listing the
names in the phonebook. When
the end of the list is reached, the
HFL response is, ‘‘The entire list
has been read. Returning to the
main menu.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Phonebook.’’
The HFL response is ‘‘Phonebook
options are store, edit, delete, and
list.’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘List.’’ The
HFL responds by listing the
names in the phonebook. When it
saysthenameyouwanttocall,for
example, Eric, press the Talk
button, and then say ‘‘Call.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘Would you like
to call Eric?’’ Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Yes.’’ The
HFL response is ‘‘Calling.’’ Once
connected, you will hear the
person you called through the
audio speakers. To change the
volume, use the audio system
volume knob.
This operation clears the HFL of
your passcode, your paired phones,
and all names in the HFL phonebook.
Clearing is recommended bef ore you
sell your vehicle. Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘System.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘System options
are setup and clear.’’
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To call a name f rom the phonebook list,
do this:
To clear the system, do this:Clearing the System
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French name tags, the HFL
response is ‘‘Pour que le système
identif ie les téléphones qui ont été
jumelés dans une autre langue, les
noms des téléphones doivent être
ré-enregistrés.’’
If there are paired phones
without French name tags the
f ollowing prompts will continue.
The HFL response is, f or example,
‘‘Quel est le nom Français pour
Paul’s phone ?’’ Press and
release the Talk button. After the
beep, say ‘‘Téléphone de Paul.’’
The HFL response is, ‘‘Quel est le
nom Français pour Pat’s phone ?’’ Press and release the Talk
button. Say ‘‘Téléphone de Pat.’’
Af ter all paired phones missing a
French name tag are re-recorded,
the HFL will prompt, ‘‘Retour au
menu principal.’’ Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Changer
Langue.’’ The HFL response is,
‘‘English or Français?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Yes.’’ If there
are no paired phones without
English name tags, the HFL
response is ‘‘The language has
been changed. Returning to the
main menu.’’ Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘English.’’ The
HFL response is, ‘‘You have
selected English. Name tags that
were stored while in French mode
will not be accessible in English
mode. Would you like to
continue?’’
Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Oui.’’ If there
are no paired phones without
French name tags, the HFL
response is ‘‘La langue a été
changée. Retour au menu principal.’’ Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Français.’’
The HFL response is ‘‘Vous avez
sélectionné Français. Les noms
enregistrés en mode Anglais ne
seront pas accessible en mode
Français. Voulez-vous continuer?’’ Press and release the Talk button.
Af ter the beep, say ‘‘Change
language.’’ The HFL response is
‘‘English or Français?’’
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To change f rom French to English, do
this:
To change f rom English to French, do this:
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If there are paired phones without
English name tags, the HFL
response is ‘‘The language has been
changed. For the system to identif y
phones that were paired while in
another language, the phone names
need to be re-recorded.’’
If there are paired phones
without English name tags, the
f ollowing prompts will continue.
The HFL says, f or example, ‘‘What
is the English name f or
Téléphone de Paul ?’’ Press and
release the Talk button. After the
beep, say ‘‘Paul’s phone. ’’ The
HFL response is ‘‘What is the
English name f or Téléphone de
Pat ?’’ Press and release the Talk
button. After the beep, say ‘‘Pat’s
phone.’’ Af ter all paired phones
missing an English name tag are
re-recorded, the HFL will say
‘‘Returning to the main menu.’’ In addition, you cannot use the HFL
while using AcuraLink. When OnStar is activated during an
HFL call or when using voice control,
the HFL call is placed on hold, or the
HFL stops its voice recognition. The
HFL call will continue when OnStar
use is ended. To operate the HFL
again, press the Talk button. Then
af ter the beep, say the appropriate
command.
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Bef ore you begin driving your
vehicle, you should know what
gasoline to use and how to check the
levels of important f luids. You also
need to know how to properly store
luggage or packages. The
inf ormation in this section will help
you. If you plan to add any
accessories to your vehicle, please
read the information in this section
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Fuel Recommendation . 296
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Service Station Procedures . 297
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Ref ueling .297
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TIGHTEN Fuel Cap Message .298
Opening and Closing
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the Hood .299
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Oil Check .301
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Engine Coolant Check .301
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Fuel Economy . 302
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Accessories and Modif ications . 303
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Carrying Cargo . 305
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