2013 Acura MDX buttons

Interface Dial
Most audio system functions can still
be controlled by standard buttons,
dials, and knobs, but some functions
can only be accessed using the
interface dial. The interface dial has
two parts, a knob and a selector.
The knob turns left and right. Use it
to make selections or adjustments to
a list or menu on the screen.
The selector can be pushed left,
right, up, down, and in. Use the
selector to scroll through lists, to
select menus, and to highlight menu
items. When you make a selection,
push the center of the selector
(ENTER) to go to that selection.Personalization Setting
When you unlock the doors with
your remote and turn the audio
system on, the driver's ID (Driver 1
or Driver 2) is detected, and the
radio presets and sound level
settings (see page 222) are turned to
the respective memorized mode
automatically.
Voice Control System
The audio system, including the
music search feature Song By
Voice™, can be operated by the voice
control. See the navigation system
manual for complete details.
KNOB ENTER
SELECTOR
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SCAN
BUTTON
AM/FM
BUTTON
VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/
POWER)
KNOB
INTERFACE DIALINTERFACE DIAL PRESET
BUTTONS Without rear entertainment system
SKIP/
CATEGORY
BUTTONS
TUNE
(SOUND)
KNOB
SCAN
BUTTON AM/FM
BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTONA.SEL
(AUTO SELECT) BUTTON AUDIO DISPLAY
PRESET
BUTTONS With rear entertainment system
AUDIO DISPLAYNAVIGATION SCREEN
A.SEL
(AUTO SELECT) BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTONSKIP/
CATEGORY
BUTTONS TITLE
BUTTON
CANCEL
BUTTONCANCEL
BUTTON TITLE
BUTTON
TUNE
(SOUND)
KNOB VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/
POWER)
KNOB
CONTINUED
Playing the AM/FM Radio (Models with navigation system)
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To Play the AM/FM RadioThe 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 VOL/
button or the AM/FM button.
Adjust the volume by turning the
VOL/
knob.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
audio 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 217.
TUNE－Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired frequency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher frequency, or left to tune to a
lower frequency. To tune with the
interface dial, push the selector
down, and turn the knob to TUNE.
Then press ENTER on the selector,
and turn the knob to the desired
frequency. To exit the TUNE mode,
press ENTER on the interface
selector, then push the interface
selector up to go back.
STEREO INDICATOR
BAND
TUNE ICON
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Preset－Each preset button or
preset icon can store one frequency
on AM and two frequencies on FM.To store a preset memory location: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, skip (seek), scan, or
RDS function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Press the preset button, and hold it
until you hear a beep. You can also
store frequencies with the
interface dial. Select the preset
icon you want to store the
frequency on, then press ENTER
on the interface selector, and hold
it for more than 2 seconds.
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.
Push the interface selector down to
scroll down the navigation screen,
highlight A.SEL, then press ENTER
on the interface selector. You will see
A.SEL on the audio display (if
selected), and the system goes into
auto select mode for several seconds.You can also press the A.SEL button.
You will see A.SEL on the audio
display and the navigation screen,
and 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. 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 cancel auto select, select A.SEL
on the audio menu again and turn
the interface dial to select A.SEL
OFF, or press the A.SEL button
again. This restores the presets you
originally set.
A.SEL ICON A.SEL INDICATOR
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SCAN
BUTTON
XM RADIO
BUTTON
VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/
POWER)
KNOB
INTERFACE DIALINTERFACE DIAL PRESET
BUTTONS Without rear entertainment system
SKIP/
CATEGORY
BUTTONS
TUNE
(SOUND)
KNOBSCAN
BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTONAUDIO DISPLAY
PRESET
BUTTONS With rear entertainment system
AUDIO DISPLAY NAVIGATION SCREEN
AUDIO
BUTTONSKIP/
CATEGORY
BUTTONS TITLE
BUTTONTITLE
BUTTON
TUNE
(SOUND)
KNOB XM RADIO
BUTTON
VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/
POWER)
KNOB
Playing the XM
®Radio (Models with navigation system)
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SCAN－The scan function gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the channels within that
category are scanned. To activate
SCAN, press the SCAN button. You
will see SCAN on the screen and
audio display.
The system plays each channel in
numerical order for about 10
seconds, then selects the next
channel. When you hear a channel
you want to continue listening to,
press the SCAN button to cancel.
CHANNEL SCAN－This function
samples all channels. Push down the
interface selector to select AUDIO
MENU, then turn the interface dial
to select Channel Scan and press
ENTER on the interface selector.
CATEGORY SCAN－This function
samples the stations in the selected
category. Push down the interface
selector to select AUDIO MENU,
then turn the interface dial to select
Category Scan and press ENTER on
the interface selector.
Preset－You can store up to 12
preset channels using the six preset
buttons. Each button stores one
channel from the XM1 band and one
channel from the XM2 band.
To store a channel:
1. Press the
button. Either
XM1 or XM2 will be shown on the
display.
CATEGORY SCAN ICON
BANDCONTINUED
Playing the XM
®Radio (Models with navigation system)
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EJECT BUTTONAUDIO DISPLAY With rear entertainment system
SKIP
BUTTONS RANDOM
BUTTON
REPEAT
BUTTON AUDIO DISPLAYWithout rear entertainment system
DISC SLOT
TITLE
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/POWER)
KNOB
INTERFACE DIALDISC BUTTONNAVIGATION SCREEN
VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/POWER)
KNOB
INTERFACE DIALEJECT BUTTON SKIP BUTTONS
REPEAT BUTTONTITLE BUTTON
DISC BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
CONTINUED
Playing a Disc (Models with navigation system)
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VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/POWER)
KNOB SCAN BUTTONAUDIO DISPLAYWithout rear entertainment system
With rear entertainment system
AUDIO DISPLAY
SCAN
BUTTON
VOL/Ⴛ
(VOLUME/
POWER)
KNOBNAVIGATION SCREEN
INTERFACE DIAL HDD BUTTONSKIP BUTTONS
REPEAT BUTTON
INTERFACE DIAL REPEAT
BUTTON RANDOM
BUTTON
HDD BUTTONSKIP BUTTONS RANDOM BUTTON
INFO BUTTON
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