2012 Acura TL navigation

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Say the desired voice command
followed by the artist, song title, album,
genre, playlist, or composer you wish to
select. For example, when you say “Play
artist A,” the system will provide voice
feedback and start playing all songs of
that artist.
NOTE:
• For available voice commands in
Song By Voice™ mode, see Song By
Voice™ Commands on page 171.
• Languages other than English may
not be available for artist name, song
title, album title, etc.
• You can turn this feature ON or
OFF . When you say “List artist A,” the
system will provide the following song
list for that artist.
Select the desired song. The system
will start playing the selected song
and return back to the main Song By
Vo i c e™ s c r e e n .
To cancel the Song By Voice™ mode,
press the BACK
button on the steering
wheel or any navigation button.
NOTE:
Once you have canceled this mode,
you will need to say “Hard Disc Drive
Search” or “iPod Search” again to
reactivate this mode.
See your owner’s manual for more
information on how to operate HDD
and iPod audio features.
Music Search
On the iPod playback screen, push
the interface selector down to display
AUDIO MENU . Turn the interface
knob to select Music Search Setup .
Music Search Setup screen appears.
Song By Voice™ (SBV)
Song By Voice™ allows you to search
for and play music from your HDD or
iPod using voice commands.
To activate this mode, press the TA L K
button on the steering wheel and say
“Hard Disc Drive Search” or “iPod
Search” depending on the media that
you would like to access. From this
mode, you can use the following voice
commands to select songs or display a
song list.

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When you select New Modi cation,
the following screen appears:
Select HDD or iPod depending on the
media that you would like to access.
Select Artist, Tr a c k , Album , or
Composer and then select an item to
modify.
As in the example above, select the
artist name stored as “No Name.” To
play back the phonetic modifi cation and
check that it sounds right, select Play.
Select Edit and enter the desired
phonetic (e.g., “ABC”), and then select
OK .
Phonetic Modi cation
You can modify the phonetics for all
artists, songs, albums, and composers
on the HDD and connected iPod. The
modifi ed phonetics can be used for
the voice commands in the Song By
Vo i c e™ m o d e .

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The artist “No Name” is modifi ed
to “ABC” and you can use the voice
command “Play artist ABC” in the
Song By Voice™ mode (see page 102).
If you add some other phonetics,
repeat the procedure. When you fi nish
modifi cation, select OK.
NOTE:
• When Song By Voice is set to
OFF , Phonetic Modi cation will
be grayed out.
• Up to 2,000 phonetic modifi cation
items can be stored.
SET UP Screen (Other)
Select the “Other” tab by moving the
Interface Dial to the right to view
additional SET UP functions and the
following screen appears:
Basic Settings
From the SET UP screen (Other),
say or select Basic Settings and the
following screen appears:

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Units (mile or km)
Allows you to select the units for the
entire system (mile or km ).
Voice Recognition Tutor
Allows you to turn voice control system
prompts ON or OFF . When OFF , you
will not hear the voice control system
confi rmations or prompts.
Verbal Reminders
If the parking brake has not been
disengaged, or if either the driver or a
passenger forgets to buckle his/her seat
belt, an audio voice warning is given.
This function can be toggled between
ON and OFF at this time.
Routing & Guidance
From the SET UP screen (Other), say
or select Routing & Guidance and
the following screen appears:
Rerouting
If Rerouting is set to AUTOMATIC
and you deviate from the route, you will
see “Recalculating...” at the top of the
screen for several seconds as the system
calculates a new route. This is followed
by new routing instructions.
If Rerouting is set to MANUAL , you
will hear a tone when the “Off route”
message is displayed. Say “Recalculation”
or select Recalculation on the screen
to make the system recalculate your
new route.
NOTE:
• It is strongly recommended that you leave the system set to the factory
default (Automatic) .
• If you live in an area with poor mapping, you may wish to set
Rerouting to MANUAL to avoid
constant recalculation. However,
you will have to manually select
Recalculation on the screen to
have the system plot a new route.

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Unveri ed Area Routing
Allows you to receive turn-by-turn map and voice guidance in unverifi ed areas when en route to a destination (see Map
Overview on page
6
). The chart below illustrates the routing differences with this setting ON or OFF.
Unverifi ed Area Routing: OFF (factor y default) Unverifi ed Area Routing: ON
Decision:
Why choose
ON or OFF? The driver wishes to navigate manually by using the
navigation map and choosing the streets that lead to the
destination. The driver understands that unverifi
ed roads
may not be accurate, and can contain errors in location,
naming, and address range. The driver chooses to let the navigation system suggest
possible routing. The driver understands that in some cases
guidance may not be appropriate. Unverifi
ed roads may not
be accurate, and can contain errors in location, naming, and
address range.
What you will
see... A blue dotted vector line is displayed on the map that
continually points to your destination. The driver should
stop and then use the map to select streets that lead to the
destination. A blue-pink dashed route line highlights suggested
unverifi
ed streets on the map while traveling to your
destination. This is in sharp contrast to the normal blue
route line displayed in verifi ed areas.
Cautionary
messages There are cautionary pop-up screens and voice
announcements, before and during the route. These serve as
reminders that you should obey all traffi
c restrictions. There are cautionary pop-up screens and voice
announcements, before and during the route. These serve as
reminders that you should exercise additional caution, and
obey all traffi
c restrictions.
Guidance
(map /voice) There is no turn-by-turn map or voice guidance. Voice guidance commands end with the words “if possible.”
This is to remind the driver to verify all traffi c restrictions
before making a maneuver.
Directions list A direction list is typically not available. However,
depending on your route, directions are provided to help you
reach the fi
rst available verifi ed road. A direction list is provided showing street names and turn
symbols in pink.

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Unverifi ed Area Routing
When driving to your destination, you
have the choice of using or not using
“unverifi ed” roads. You make this
choice in the SET UP screen. The next
few pages contain an example of a route
to a destination in an unverifi ed area
explaining the routing differences found
in unverifi ed areas.
With Unveri ed Area Routing OFF ,
the system tries to use verifi ed roads
whenever possible. In this example,
since only verifi ed streets are used, it
created a longer route than necessary.
With Unveri ed Area Routing
ON , the route is shorter, but consists
of unverifi ed (purple) streets that may
not be accurate. Because the streets are
unverifi ed, there may be errors in street
location, name, or address range.
Additional caution is recommended in
these areas. Always obey posted traffi c
restrictions. Because both routes bypass or use
unverifi
ed streets, it is recommended
that you stop and review the map.
Unveri ed Area Routing “OFF” Unveri ed Area Routing “ON”
NOTE:
Unverifi ed roads are shown only when
viewing the map in the 1/20, 1/ 8, 1/4
mile map scales, or the 80, 200, 400
meter map scales.

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With Unveri ed Area Routing
OFF , before you enter an unverifi ed
street, a caution box appears on the
screen and a voice message is given.
This lets you know that you are about
to enter an unverifi ed area and that you
will be following a dotted “vector line”
that points to your destination.
With Unveri ed Area Routing ON ,
a caution box appears on the screen and
is read by the voice. In this case, you
will be presented with a dashed blue/
pink line instead of the regular blue
route line. This is your signal to pay
attention to posted traffi c restrictions.
You cannot assume that all guidance is
appropriate.
In both cases, when you actually enter
the unverifi ed street, a short caution
will remind you. You will see and hear
this short caution message whenever
you enter unverifi ed areas.
If you regularly enter and leave
unverifi ed roads for short amounts
of time, there may be cases where no
guidance is provided. Unveri
ed Area Routing “OFF” Unveri ed Area Routing “ON”

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With Unveri ed Area Routing
OFF , you are presented with a blue
“vector line” that always points to the
destination. You must manually choose
streets from the map that will lead
to your destination. No guidance is
provided, and there are no directions to
the destination.
With Unveri ed Area Routing ON ,
a blue/pink route line is shown for
unverifi ed segments. Voice guidance
commands in unverifi ed areas always
end with “if possible.” This is your
signal that you should use additional
caution, and obey all traffi c restrictions.
The maneuver window “arrow” shows
any portions of unverifi ed turns in blue/
pink dashes.
These guidance maneuvers are only
a suggestion. You should always
confi rm that the maneuver is possible.
A directions list is also provided that
shows any unverifi ed roads in a blue
color, with pink arrows pointing to the
next maneuver. Unveri
ed Area Routing “OFF”
NOTE:
For the pop-up menu displayed when
pushing in on the Interface Dial from
the map screen, Voic e is grayed out.
With Unverifi ed Area Routing OFF , no
Direction List is provided.
If you select Directions in the
Guidance Menu on the Map Menu
screen, you will receive guidance by
Directions while you are driving. Unveri
ed Area Routing “ON”