2010 ACURA ZDX engine

Vanity MirrorTo use the vanity mirror on the back
of the sun visor, pull up the cover.
The vanity mirror lights come on
when you pull up the cover.Accessory Power Sockets
Your vehicle has two accessory
power sockets. One is next to the
shift lever. The other is in the
console compartment.
To access the front accessory power
socket, slide the lid forward until it
latches. To close it, push forward
until it unlatches.
To use an accessory power socket,
the ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Models equipped with the keyless
access system have an engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. ACCESSORY mode is the
equivalent of ACCESSORY (I), and
ON mode is the equivalent of ON
(II). See page 196 for ignition switch
and power mode comparison.
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To Play the AM/FM RadioThe power mode must be in
ACCESSORY or ON. Press the
AUDIO button to view the audio
control display. Turn the system on
by pressing the VOL/
knob or the
AM/FM button. Adjust the volume
by turning the VOL/knob.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more information to
select the power mode, see page 195. The band and frequency that the
radio was last tuned to are shown on
the display. To change bands, press
the AM/FM button. You can also
change bands by pushing the
interface selector up. Each time you
push it up, the band will change to
FM1, FM2 or AM. On the FM bands,
STEREO will be shown on the
navigation screen and ST on the
display, if the station is broadcasting
in stereo. Stereo reproduction on AM
is not available.
To Select a Station
You can use any of five methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, skip (seek), scan, the
preset buttons, and auto select. On
the FM band, you can also use the
features provided by the radio data
system (RDS). For more information
on the RDS, see page 282.
STEREO INDICATOR
BAND
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Your vehicle is capable of receiving
XM
®Radio anywhere in the United
States and Canada, except Hawaii,
Alaska, and Puerto Rico. XM is a
registered trademark of Sirius XM
Radio®, Inc. and XM CANADA
®is a
registered business name of
Canadian Satellite Radio Inc.
XM Radio receives signals from two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It offers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
different types of music, XM Radio
allows you to view channel and
category selections in the audio
display. Operating the XM Radio
To listen to XM radio, set the power
mode to ACCESSORY or ON. Push
the
button to select the XM
radio. The last channel you listened
to will show in the audio screen (if
selected) and the center display.
Adjust the volume by turning the
VOL/knob. Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more information on how
to select the power mode, see page
194.
Each time you push the interface
selector up, the band will change to
XM1 or XM2. Push the AUDIO
button to display XM information on
the screen. You can operate the XM
radio system with the interface dial.
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Turn the selector dial to select a
sound file, then press ENTER. The
display shows the category, name
and title information of the selected
file and plays the recorded portion of
the song.
To delete a file, push the interface
selector to the right to select
‘‘DELETE. ’’Select ‘‘Delete All ’’or
‘‘ Delete Selected Item, ’’then press
ENTER on the interface selector. Receiving XM Radio Service
If your XM Radio service has expired
or you purchased your vehicle from a
previous owner, you can listen to a
sampling of the broadcasts available
on XM Radio. With the power mode
in ACCESSORY or ON, press the
button. A variety of music
types and styles will play.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more information on how
to select the power mode, see page
194. If you decide to purchase XM radio
service, contact XM
ꭂRadio at
www.
xmradio.com,
or at 1-800-852-9696. In
Canada, contact XM Canada
ꭂat
www.xmradio.ca,
or call
1-877-209-0079. You will need to give
them your radio I.D. number and
your credit card number. To get your
radio I.D. number, press and release
the
side of the TUNE bar until ‘‘0’’
appears in the display. Your I.D. will
appear in the display.
After you have registered with XM
Radio, keep your audio system in the
satellite radio mode while you wait
for activation. This should take about
30 minutes.
SOUND FILE RECORDED DATE
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Your vehicle’s audio system has an
internal disc player. To operate the
disc player, the power mode must be
ACCESSORY or ON.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more information on how
to select the power mode, see page
194.
The DISC player can play these disc
formats:●CD (CD-DA, CD-TEXT)●CD-R/CD-RW (MP3, WMA, AAC)●DVD-A●DVD-R/DVD-RW (MP3, WMA,
AAC)
If you have a disc that is a
combination of CD-DA tracks and
MP3/WMA/AAC files, you can
choose the format to listen to by
pressing and holding the DISC
button until you hear a beep. The disc packages or jackets should
have one of these marks.
The disc player can also play MP3,
WMA, or AAC format saved on CD-
R/RW or DVD-R/RW (see page 306).
NOTE:
If a file on an MP3, WMA or AAC
disc is protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio
system skips to the next file.
Depending on the software the files
were made with, it may not be
possible to play some files, or display
some text data.
DVD-A discs not meeting DVD
verification standards may not be
playable.
Video CDs and DVD-V format discs
will not work in this unit.
Some CD-DA and CD-ROM mixed
discs are not playable.
You cannot load and play 3-inch (8-
cm) discs in this system.
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To Stop Playing a Disc
To take the system out of disc mode,
press the AM/FM button, thebutton, the HDD button, or the USB/
AUX button. To return to disc mode,
press the DISC button.
If you turn the system off 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.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more information on how
to turn the power mode off, see page
194.Playing an MP3/WMA/AAC Disc
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 folders or tracks.
Disc
Maximum
folders
ꭧ
Maximum
files
Maximum
layers
ꭧ
CD-ROM
CD-R
CD-RW 255 999 8
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW 255 3500 8ꭧ
: Including Root folder NOTE:
Combining a low sampling frequency
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 following
information.
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NOTE:●Please note that there will be no
compensation offered in the case
of unsuccessful recording of audio
data or the loss of audio data due
to any cause whatsoever.●During recording, operation of this
product may be slower.●If you stop the engine or the power
system is turned off while
recording a CD, there may be
pauses between songs when you
play back from the HDD.●Tracks from music CDs are
recorded at four times the
playback speed. You can listen to
tracks as they are being recorded.●Repeat, random and scan functions
are not available during recording.
●You can listen to tracks from other
playlists that have already been
recorded while recording. Press
the HDD button and switch over to
HDD Audio.●With the factory settings, all of the
songs on a music CD are
automatically recorded.●Recording settings cannot be
changed during recording.●If the number of songs in the
playlist exceeds 999, the oldest
song will be overwritten each time
you add a new song.To Cancel Recording a Music CD
to HDD
In order to suspend recording, push
the interface selector down, select
Cancel Rec to HDD, and press
ENTER on the interface selector.
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To Play an iPod
ꭂ
This audio system can select and
play the audio files on the iPod
ꭂwith
the same controls used for the in-
dash disc player. To play an iPod,
connect it to the USB adapter cable
in the console compartment by using
your dock connector, then press the
USB/AUX button. The power mode
must be ACCESSORY or ON. The
iPod will also be charged with the
power mode in these settings.
Your vehicle has the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch. For more information on how
to select the power mode, see page
194.
The system will only play songs
stored on the iPod with iTunes.
iPod and iTunes are registered
trademarks owned by Apple Inc.
Voice Control SystemYou can select the AUX mode by
using the navigation system voice
control buttons, but cannot operate
the play mode functions.
The voice command operable music
search feature Song By Voice ™is
also available. Refer to the navigation
system manual for complete details. iPods compatible with your audio
system using the USB adapter cable
are:
Model
Software
iPod
5th and 6th
generations Ver. 1.3 or more
iPod classic Ver. 1.1.2 or more
iPod nano
1st generation Ver. 1.3.1 or more
iPod nano
2nd generation Ver. 1.1.2 or more
iPod nano
3rd generation Ver. 1.1.3 or more
iPod nano
4th generation Ver.1.0.3 or more
iPod touch
1st generation Ver. 1.1.1 or more
iPod touch
2nd generation Ver. 2.2.1 or more
iPhone Ver. 2.1.0 or more
iPhone 3G Ver.2.1.0 or more
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