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Your vehicle is equipped with
Bluetooth
HandsFreeLink(HFL).
HFL uses Bluetooth technology to
link your cell phone to your vehicle.
With HFL, you can place and receive
calls through your vehicle’s
navigation system, without the
distraction of handling your cell
phone. Bluetooth is the wireless technology
that links your phone to HFL. HFL
uses a Class 2 Bluetooth, which
means the maximum range between
yourphoneandvehicleis30feet(10
meters).
With a linked phone, HFL allows you
to send and receive calls in your
vehicle without holding the phone.
To use this f eature, you need a
Bluetooth compatible cell phone with
the HandsFree Prof ile. For more
inf ormation, and a list of compatible
cell phones, visit
,orcall
HandsFreeLink
customer support
at (888) 528-7876. In Canada, visit , or call (888) 9-ACURA-
9. HFL is available in English,
French, and Spanish. HFL recognizes simple voice
commands, such as phone numbers
and names. It uses these commands
to automatically dial, receive, and
store numbers. Voice commands
help to operate HFL on the
navigation screen. For more
inf ormation on voice control, see
UsingVoiceControlonpage .
The Bluetooth
name and logos are
registered trademarks owned by
Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of
such marks by Honda Motor Co.,
Ltd. is under license. Other
trademarks and trade names are
those of their respective owners.
Here are the main features of HFL.
Instructions f or using HFL begin on
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Voice Control
Incoming/Outgoing Calls
Bluetooth
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You can change the voice guidance
and system language to English,
French, or Spanish. The language
you select will be also used f or the
navigation system. Ref er to the
navigation system manual for details.
If the microphone picks up voices
other than yours, the system may
not interpret your voice
commands correctly.
If HFL does not recognize a
command, its response is ‘‘Pardon.’’
If it doesn’t recognize the
command it plays an appropriate
Help prompt. Response time may
vary depending on the voice
command. To enter a string of numbers in a
Call or Dial command, you can say
them all at once, or you can
separate them.
To skip a voice prompt, press the
Talk button while HFL is speaking.
HFL will then wait f or your next
command.
To hear a list of available options
at any time, press the Talk button,
wait f or the beep, and say ‘‘Help.’’ Changing L anguage
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Your Bluetooth compatible phone
with HandsFree Prof ile must be
paired to HFL bef ore you can make
and receive hands-free calls. To
conf irm that your phone is Bluetooth
compatible, visit, or call (888) 528-7876.
In Canada, visit , or call
(888) 9-ACURA-9. Your phone
retailer should also be able to
conf irm if your phone is Bluetooth
compatible. The f ollowing procedure works f or
most phones. If you cannot pair
your phone to HFL with this
procedure, ref er to your phone’s
operating manual, visit
,callthe
HandsFreeLink
consumer
support at (888) 528-7876, or call
your phone retailer. In Canada,
visit , or call (888) 9-
ACURA-9.
Park the vehicle. With your phone
on and the vehicle’s power mode
in ACCESSORY or ON, press the
INFO button, rotate the interface
dial to select ‘‘Cellular Phone,’’ and
push ENTER, or press the Talk
button and say ‘‘Cellular Phone.’’
HFL responds ‘‘Which cellular
phone item would you like to
select?’’
HFL does not allow you to pair
your phone if the vehicle is
moving.
During the pairing process, turn
of f any previously paired phones
bef ore pairing a new phone.
Your phone’s battery may drain
f aster when it is paired to HFL.
HFL operates best if your phone is
set to automatically recognize the
system (Discovery mode).
If af ter 3 minutes your phone is
not ready to pair or a phone is not
f ound, the system will time out
and start the pairing process f rom
the beginning.
Up to six phones can be paired to
HFL.
For more inf ormation on how to
select the power mode, see page.
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Move the interf ace selector down.
The ‘‘Phone setup’’ screen appears.
Rotate the dial to select ‘‘Setup
Bluetooth Phone,’’ and press
ENTER, or press the Talk button
and say ‘‘Phone setup.’’ HFL
responds ‘‘Please select the phone
setup item.’’ Press the Talk button
and say ‘‘Setup Bluetooth Phone.’’
HFL responds ‘‘Please select a
Bluetooth Phone item to setup.’’When a screen message appears
that provides a pass-key, enter the
pass-key on your cell phone when
prompted in its discovery mode.
Make sure your phone is in
Discovery mode at this point.
Rotate the dial to select ‘‘Pair
phone’’ and press ENTER, or
press the Talk button and say
‘‘Pair phone.’’
To get your phone into its
discovery mode, ref er to the
phone’s operation manual. 4.
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Rotate the dial to select ‘‘Pass-key’’
and press ENTER, or press the
Talk button and say ‘‘Pass-key.’’
HFL responds ‘‘Would you like to
setup a random or f ixed Pass-
key?’’
Select the Cellular Phone screen,
then move the interface selector
down. Rotate the dial to select
‘‘Setup Bluetooth Phone’’ and
press ENTER, or press the Talk
button and say ‘‘Setup Bluetooth
Phone.’’ HFL responds ‘‘Please
select a Bluetooth Phone item to
setup.’’
Rotate the interface dial to select
‘‘Yes’’ and press ENTER, or press
the Talk button and say ‘‘Yes.’’ The
display changes to the deleting
procedure. To delete a phone, see
page . When the phone is
deleted, you can pair the seventh
(now sixth) phone to the system.
HFL uses a Bluetooth pass-key to
pair a cellular phone. By def ault, the
system generates and uses a random
pass-key f or any Bluetooth
connection. You can change this
setting to the fixed pass-key. Do the
f ollowing.
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Rotate the dial to select either
‘‘Fixed’’ or ‘‘Random’’ and press
ENTER, or press the Talk button
and say ‘‘Fixed’’ or ‘‘Random.’’
The navigation system generates
and uses a random pass-key f or
subsequent phone pairing.
HFL returns to the Setup Bluetooth
phone screen. Specif y a 4-digit number in the pass-
keyentryscreenandmovethe
interf ace selector down. The
specif ied number will be generated
and used f or subsequent phone
pairing.
HFL responds ‘‘Please say your 4-
digit pass-key.’’Refer to the navigation system
manual f or inf ormation on how to
enter numbers.
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To delete a paired phone
If you would like to delete a phone,
do the f ollowing.Select the Cellular Phone screen,
then move the interface selector
down. Rotate the dial to select
‘‘Setup Bluetooth Phone’’ and
press ENTER, or press the Talk
button and say ‘‘Setup Bluetooth
Phone.’’ HFL responds ‘‘Please
select a Bluetooth Phone item to
setup.’’ Rotate the dial to select ‘‘Delete a
phone’’ and press ENTER, or
press the Talk button and say
‘‘Delete a phone.’’ HFL responds
‘‘Please select the number of the
phone to delete f rom the list.’’
Rotate the dial to select the phone
you want to delete f rom the list,
and press ENTER. Move the
interf ace selector down f or ‘‘OK.’’
You can also press the Talk button
and say the list number of the
phone you want to delete, then say
‘‘OK.’’
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You can change to another phone
when there are multiple paired
phones.ActivatetheDiscoverymodeof
the Bluetooth-compatible phone
you would like to link.
Press the INFO button, rotate the
dial to select ‘‘Cellular Phone,’’ and
press ENTER, or press the Talk
button and say ‘‘Cellular Phone.’’
HFL responds ‘‘Which cellular
phone item would you like to
select?’’
The above screen is displayed.
Rotate the dial to select ‘‘Yes’’ and
press ENTER, or press the Talk
button and say ‘‘Yes.’’
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