2012 Acura RDX navigation system

To Play the Radio
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. Press the AUDIO button to
view the audio control display. Turn
the system on by pressing the PWR/
VOL knob or the AM/FM button.
Adjust the volume by turning the
PWR/VOL knob.The band and frequency the radio
was last tuned to are shown on the
upper display. To change bands,
press the AM/FM button. You can
also change bands with the interface
dial. Press the AUDIO button to view
the audio control display and the
band changes to FM1, FM2, or AM
each time you push the selector up.
On the FM bands,
‘‘STEREO ’’will be
shown on the audio control display.
‘‘ ST’’ will also appear on the upper
display if the station is broadcasting
in stereo. Stereo reproduction on AM
is not available.
XM Radio information is available on
page 228. To Select a Station
You can use any of five methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: TUNE, SEEK, SCAN, the
preset buttons or icons, and AUTO
SELECT.
TUNE
－Use the TUNE/FOLDER
bar to tune the radio to a desired
frequency. Press the
side of the
bar to tune to a higher frequency,
and the
side of the bar to tune to
a lower frequency.
If you press and hold the
or
side of the bar, the frequency will
begin to change rapidly. It will stop
when you release it.
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To tune with the interface dial, press
the AUDIO button to view the audio
control display, then push the
selector down, and turn the dial to
TUNE. Then press ENTER on the
selector, and turn the dial to the
desired frequency. To exit the TUNE
mode, press ENTER again.
SEEK－The SEEK function
searches up and down from the
current frequency to find a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press the
or
side of the
SEEK/SKIP bar, then release it.
To activate the seek function with the
interface dial, press the AUDIO
button to view the audio control
display, then push the selector on the
interface dial to the right or left.
SCAN －The SCAN function
samples all stations with strong
signals on the selected band. To
activate it, press the SCAN button,
then release it. You will see ‘‘SCAN ’’
on the upper display.
TUNE ICON
SEEK ICONS
SCAN ICON
SCAN INDICATOR
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To activate the scan function with the
interface dial, press the AUDIO
button to view the audio control
display, then push down the selector
on the interface dial, and push the
selector to the right. You will see
‘‘SCAN ’’on the audio control display.
When it finds a strong signal, it will
stop and play that station for about 10
seconds. If you do nothing, the
system will then scan for the next
strong station and play it for 10
seconds. When it plays a station that
you want to listen to, press the SCAN
button again, or push the interface
selector to the right again.
Preset －Each preset button/icon
can store one frequency on AM and
two frequencies on FM. To view the
preset icons on the audio control
display, push the AUDIO button. 1. Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two sets of FM frequencies with
the preset buttons (on-screen
icons).
2. Use the TUNE, SEEK, or SCAN function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Pick a preset number (1 －6), you
want for that station. Press the
preset button, and hold it until you
hear a beep.
PRESET ICONS
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To store the frequency on a preset
icon, turn the interface dial to
select a desired preset icon. The
selected preset icon will be
highlighted. Press and hold
ENTER on the selector for more
than 2 seconds to store the
frequency.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
AUTO SELECT －If you are
traveling and can no longer receive
your preset stations, you can use the
auto select feature to find stations in
the local area. To activate AUTO SELECT, press
the AUDIO button to view the audio
control display. Push the interface
selector down to scroll down the
display, turn the knob to A.SEL, then
press ENTER on the interface
selector. You will see
‘‘AUTO SEL’’
flashing in the audio control display,
and ‘‘A.SEL ’’on the upper display.
Then, the system goes into scan
mode for several seconds.
The system stores the frequencies of
six AM and twelve FM stations in the
preset buttons.
You will see ‘‘0’’ displayed if auto
select cannot find a strong station for
every preset button.
A.SEL ICON
AUTO SEL INDICATOR
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If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store other
frequencies on the preset buttons
(icons) as previously described.
To turn off auto select, press ENTER
on the interface selector again. This
restores the presets you originally
set.Radio Frequencies and Reception
For information on AM/FM radio
frequencies and reception, see page
287.
Adjusting the Sound
For information, see page 224.
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Adjusting the Sound
BASS, TREBLE, BALANCE, and
FADER are each adjustable. You can
also adjust the strength of the sound
coming from the center and
subwoofer speakers. In addition, you
can set the Dolby PL (ProLogic) II
and Speed-sensitive volume
compensation (SVC).
To adjust each mode, press the
AUDIO button to view the audio
control display, push the interface
selector down, and turn the interface
dial to SOUND. Then press ENTER
on the selector.
Select the mode you want to adjust
by pushing the interface selector up
or down, or by turning the interface
dial.
SOUND ICON
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The current setting is also shown on
the upper display.
The system will automatically return
the display to the selected audio
mode about 10 seconds after you
stop adjusting a mode.
BASS/TREBLE－To adjust bass
and treble, select BASS or TREBLE,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector. The current setting is
shown on the audio control display.
Turn the interface dial to the desired
level (－ 6to＋6), and enter your
selection by pressing ENTER.
CURRENT SETTING
CURRENT SETTING
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FADER/BALANCE－These
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming from each speaker.
Fader adjusts the front-to-back
strength, while balance adjusts the
side-to-side strength. To adjust fader
and balance, select FADER or
BALANCE, then press ENTER on
the interface selector. The current
setting is shown on the audio control
display. Turn the interface dial to the
desired level (fader: F9 to R9,
balance: L9 to R9), and enter your
selection by pressing ENTER. To
equalize the fader or balance, turn
the interface dial until the readings
on the sound grid come to the center
of the adjustment bar. CENTER/SUBWOOFER
－To
adjust the strength of the sound from
the center or subwoofer speaker,
select it and press ENTER on the
interface selector. Turn the interface
dial to the desired level (－ 6to＋6),
and enter your selection by pressing
ENTER. The current setting is
shown on the audio control display.
Even if the adjustment level reaches
－ 6, the sub woofer is not turned off. Dolby PL (Prologic) II
－Dolby PL
(Prologic) II signal processing
creates multi-channel surround
sound from the audio signal
recorded with 2 channel stereo
sources. Dolby prologic II can only
be activated when listening to CD
(CD-DA, MP3/WMA), XM radio,
and AUX. When it activates, ‘‘DPL II’’
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