2009 Acura TL Owner's Manual

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You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem.
It is possible to select up to 999 f iles
f or inclusion in CD-Rs and CD-RWs,
and up to 3,500 f iles f or inclusion in
DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs.Manuf actured under license under
U.S. Patent ’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674;
5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535 &
other U.S. and worldwide patents
issued & pending. DTS and DTS
Digital Surround are registered
trademarks and the DTS logos and
Symbol are trademarks of DTS, Inc.
1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights
Reserved. Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3, WMA or AAC, the
numbers of the current f older and
f ile are shown. The system will
continuously play a disc until you
change modes.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.313
To Load a Disc
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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Select the disc player by pressing the
DISC button. The system will begin
playing the last selected track in the
disc. You will see the current track
position highlighted.
Title inf ormation will be displayed by
a list when the inf ormation is f ound
in the Gracenote
Album Inf o
(Gracenote
Media Database) on the
built-inharddiskdrive.Whenyou
play a CD recorded with text data,
you will see the genre, artist name,
album and track name on the screen.
When you play MP3/WMA/AAC
discs, you will see the genre, artist
name, album name and track name
on the screen. If the disc was not
recorded with this inf ormation, it will
not be displayed. Each time you press the TITLE
button, the center display changes
f rom artist name to album name, to
track name and then to normal
display that shows the track number
and the elapsed time. When playing
a disc in MP3/WMA/AAC, the
display mode changes f rom f older
name,tofilename,toartisttag,to
album tag, to track tag, and then to
normal display.
Each time you press and release the
side of the skip bar, the player
skips forward to the beginning of the
next track. Press and release the side of the skip bar to skip
backward to the beginning of the
current track. Press the side
againtoskiptotheprevioustrack.
To move rapidly within a track, press
andholdeithersideof theskipbar.
When you insert a CD f or the f irst
time, the system automatically starts
recording to the hard disc. For
inf ormation on recording f rom music
CDs, see page . 319
To Play a Disc
To Change Tracks
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Features
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You can also choose a track directly
from a track list. If there are no track
names, you will see ‘‘No Title’’
displayed. Turn the interf ace dial to
select the desired track, then press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.To replay the current track
continuously, push the interf ace
selector down while playing a disc.
Turn the interf ace dial to select
Repeat on the AUDIO MENU, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector. Turn the interf ace dial to
select Repeat icon, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select OFF icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
To Choose a Track
Track Repeat
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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TRACK LIST TRACK REPEAT INDICATOR
REPEAT OFF ICON
TRACK REPEAT ICON
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This f eature plays the tracks within a
disc in random order. When playing
MP3, WMA or AAC f ormat discs, all
the tracks within the disc are played
in random order, regardless of the
conf iguration of the f older.
Push the interf ace selector down
while playing a disc. Turn the
interf ace dial to select Random on
the AUDIO MENU, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.The scan f unction samples all tracks
on the disc in the order they are
recorded on the disc.
To activate scan, press the SCAN
side of the SCAN/A.SEL bar, or
push the interf ace selector down
while playing a disc. Turn the
interf ace dial to select Scan on the
AUDIO MENU, and press ENTER
on the interf ace selector.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select OFF icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
Turn the interface dial to select the
track random icon, and press
ENTER on the interf ace selector.
CONT INUED
Random Play
Track Scan
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Features
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TRACK RANDOM INDICATOR
SCAN ICON
TRACK RANDOM ICON
RANDOM OFF ICON
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This audio system plays CD-ROM,
CD-R/RW, DVD-ROM, and
DVD-R/RW compressed in MP3,
WMA, or AAC formats. You can
select up to 255 f olders or tracks.
To take the system out of disc mode,
press the AM/FM button, the
button, or the HDD/AUX
button. To return to disc mode, press
the DISC button.
Turn the interface dial to select the
Scan icon, and press ENTER on the
interf ace selector. You will hear a 10-
second sampling of each track on the
disc. When you return to disc mode,
the disc will begin playing f rom
where it lef t of f .
To turn this feature off, press the
SCAN button again, or turn the
interf ace dial to select the OFF icon,
andpressENTERontheinterface
selector. The system begins to play
the last track sampled. If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the VOL/
knob or the engine start/stop
button, the disc will stay in the drive.
When you turn the system back on,
the disc will begin playing where it
left off.
The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
16/22.05/24 kHz (MPEG2)
8/11.025/12 kHz (MPEG2.5)
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more inf ormation to turn
the power mode of f , see page .
: Including Root f older
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Maximum
folders
255
255 Maximum
layers
8
8
Maximum
Files
999
3500
Playing an MP3/WMA /A A C Disc
To Stop Playing a Disc
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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Disc
CD-ROM
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
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The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are: Bitrate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/160 kbps (MPEG2)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/144/160 kbps
(MPEG2.5)
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session.
Maximum layers:
255 layers
While playing an MP3/WMA/AAC
disc, you can select a f older within
the disc by pressing either side of
the category bar. Each time you
press either side of the bar, the
f older title and its f irst f ile’s
inf ormation appear on the center
display and on the navigation screen
in hierarchical order of the f olders
which contain f iles within the disc.
Sampling f requency:
8/11.025/16/22.05/32/44.1/48
kHz
Bitrate:
5/6/8/10/12/16/20/22/32/48/
64/80/96/128/160/192/256/
320 kbps
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session Maximum layers:
255 layers
The specif ications f or compatible
AAC files are:
Bitrate:
8/16/20/24/28/32/40/48/56/64/
80/96/112/128/160/192/224/
256/320 kbps
Compatible with multi-session.
Maximum layers:
255 layers
Sampling f requency:
8/11.025/12/16/22.05/24/32/
44.1/48 kHz
Combining a low sampling f requency
with a low bitrate may result in
extremely degraded sound quality.
To play an MP3/WMA/AAC disc,
use the disc controls previously
described, along with the f ollowing
inf ormation.
CONT INUED
Changing the Folders
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Features
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NOTE:
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Changing and Selecting the Folders/Files
Using the interf ace selector, you can
see the list of all the f olders within a
disc. While playing an MP3/WMA/
AAC disc, push the interf ace selector
up. The f older list in the currently
playing disc will appear on the screen. This f eature, when activated, replays
all f iles on the selected f older in the
order they are compressed. To
activate f older repeat play, push the
interf ace selector down while playing
a disc. Turn the interf ace dial to
select Repeat on the AUDIO MENU,
andpressENTERontheinterface
selector. Turn the interf ace dial to
select the f older repeat icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
If the root f older has some additional
f olders in the lower layer, they will
belistedonthescreen. Select a desired f older by turning the
interf ace dial, then press ENTER.
The display returns to normal play,
and the f irst track in the selected
f older begins to play.
To change a f ile, turn the interf ace
dial to select a desired f ile, then
press ENTER.Folder Repeat
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FOLDER LIST
REPEAT OFF ICON
FOLDER REPEAT ICON
TRACK LIST FOLDER REPEAT INDICATOR
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To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select OFF icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.This f eature, when activated, plays
all f iles in the current f older in
random order. To activate f older
random play, push the interf ace
selector down while playing a disc.
Turn the interf ace dial to select
Random on the AUDIO MENU, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector. Turn the interf ace dial to
select the f older random icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.To turn this feature off, turn the
interf ace dial to select OFF icon, and
press ENTER on the interf ace
selector.
Folder Random
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
Features
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FOLDER RANDOM INDICATOR
FOLDER RANDOM ICON
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