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Acura Music Link
User's Guide
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Contents Acura Music Link ..........................................................3 What's Included ............................................................4 What You Need ..............................................................5 Using Music Link Without Acura TTS ..........................6 Getting Started Quickly Connecting Your iPod ..................................................6 Disconnecting Your iPod ..............................................6 Using the Audio System Con
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Table of Contents Acura Music Link Designed specifically for Acura vehicles, Acura Music To get the most out of Music Link, first install the ® ® Link allows you to play music from your Apple iPod on Acura TTS software application provided on the Acura your vehicle's audio system. Music Link connects your Music Link CD. (See Using Music Link With Acura iPod directly to your vehicle's audio system for the best TTS.) Acura TTS is an optional software that installs on in sound quality results. (It
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Table of Contents What's Included Your Acura Music Link kit includes a dealer-installed Music Link cable located in your vehicle's glove box, a Quick Reference Guide to get you started quickly, and an Acura Music Link CD. 4
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Table of Contents What You Need ® • iPod: 4th generation or later iPod, iPod mini , iPod U2 ® ® Special Edition , or iPod nano . (See right.) Music Link ® cannot be used with iPod shuffle . Make sure your iPod has been updated with the latest firmware from Apple. Visit www.apple.com/ipod/ download for more information. NOTE: Use the USB 2.0 or FireWire cable that came with your iPod or iPod mini to ensure proper operation. • Mac: OS X 10.3 or later 2nd-generation iPod 3rd-generation iPod 1st-g
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Getting Started Quickly Table of Contents Using Music Link Without Acura TTS Connecting Your iPod Disconnecting Your iPod Make sure your iPod is in music mode (not photo To disconnect the iPod, squeeze both sides of the Music mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed inside Link cable connector, and unplug the cable. You can the glove box, and plug it into the dock connector port connect and disconnect your iPod while the audio on the bottom of the iPod. When the Music Link cable is syst
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Getting Started Quickly Table of Contents Using Music Link Without Acura TTS (Continued) Using the Audio System Controls Audio System Controls Music Link uses the CD changer commands on your audio system to control iPod functions. Each disc number (5–6) corresponds with a play mode in Music Link. To select a play mode, use the controls on the audio system. When using Music Link, you can select a disc number, even if your vehicle is not equipped with a Use to select Use to select disc (5–6). Use
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Getting Started Quickly Table of Contents Using Music Link Without Acura TTS (Continued) Playing Music Pressing and holding the SEEK/SKIP ( /–) button 1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) or ACC (I) will not skip to the previously played album. Music position; turn on the audio system. Link continues to shuffle albums in random order whether you press and hold the forward ( /+) or 2. Select the CD player/changer on your audio system. backward ( /–) SEEK/SKIP button. If the audio system p
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS To get the most out of Music Link, first install the Acura Info Tags TTS software application provided on the Acura Music Each song on your iPod and in iTunes Link CD. This optional software installs on the Mac or PC has a set of "info tags" attached to it, you use with your iPod. It creates voice prompts to help like Name, Artist, Album, Year, etc. you find music on your iPod, and it allows you to shuffle (below left). You can edit these info
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Before Installing Acura TTS Uninstalling Acura TTS Before you install Acura TTS on your computer, make To uninstall Acura TTS on a Mac: sure you: 1. Go to System Preference/Login Items. • Install iTunes 4.9 or later (available for download at 2. Delete Acura Helper. www.apple.com). 3. Reboot. • Set your iPod to synchronize manually. (Go to Edit/Preferences, click on the iPod tab and select To uninstall Acura TTS on a PC: "Manually ma
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Running Acura TTS NOTE: If, after connecting your iPod and launching Acura Once installed, Acura TTS automatically launches every TTS, you receive a message that an iPod must be time you connect your iPod to your computer. To run connected to run Acura TTS, simply launch Acura TTS Acura TTS, connect your iPod to your computer. To fromthe applications folder (Mac) or Start menu (PC). update (and create TTS files) for the music on your
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Text-To-Speech Settings PC You can change and adjust the text-to-speech settings 1. Open the Control Panel for TTS files (voice prompts) that Acura TTS creates. from the Start menu. Modifying the system voice and the voice speed may 2. Select Speech or help improve intelligibility. Sounds, Speech, and Audio. Mac 1. Go to Finder/System Preferences. 3. Click on the Text to Speech tab. 2. Select the Speech icon. 4. Select the voice 3. C
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Connecting Your iPod Disconnecting Your iPod Make sure your iPod is in music mode (not photo To disconnect the iPod, squeeze both sides of the Music mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed inside Link cable connector, and unplug the cable. You can the glove box, and plug it into the dock connector port connect and disconnect your iPod while the audio located on the bottom of the iPod. When the Music Link system is on or off.
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Audio System Controls Using the Audio System Controls Music Link uses the CD changer commands on your audio system to control iPod functions. Each disc number (1–6) corresponds with a play mode/category in Music Link. To select a play mode/category, use the controls on the audio system. When using Music Link, you can select a disc number, even if your vehicle is not Use to select Use to select disc (5–6). Use to play CD player/ a mod
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Playing Music – Press and release the SEEK/SKIP ( /+) button 1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON (II) or ACC (I) immediately after hearing the desired playlist name. position; turn on the audio system. Music Link begins playing the first song in the selected playlist. 2. Select the CD player/changer on your audio system. If the audio system plays a disc in the CD player/ • To search artists, select Disc 2, then press and hold chang
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Selecting a Play Mode/Category (Cont.) • To search genre, select Disc 4, then press and hold • To search albums, select Disc 3, then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( /– or /+) for at least 1 full either SEEK/SKIP button ( /– or /+) for at least 1 full second (or, on some models, until you hear a beep). second (or, on some models, until you hear a beep). Music Link announces the first letter of each genre. Music Link announces
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Table of Contents Using Music Link With Acura TTS (Continued) Selecting a Play Mode/Category (Cont.) • To shuffle all songs in random order, select Disc 6, then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( /– or • To shuffle the albums on your iPod in random order, /+) for at least 1 full second (or, on some models, select Disc 5, then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP until you hear a beep). After selecting Disc 6, press button ( /– or /+) for at least 1 full second (or, on and release the SEEK/SKIP
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Table of Contents Tips Audio System Controls • Check the "Connect to Internet when needed" check box in the iTunes preferences. (Go to Edit, • RDM (Random) Button: (on applicable models) Push then Preferences, and click on the General tab.) With the RDM (Random) button on the audio system to this feature, when you load a store-bought music CD shuffle all songs within the selected category/play on your computer, iTunes automatically looks up and mode. For example, if you select and play a playli
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Table of Contents Tips (Continued) Tag Info • Music Link does not recognize punctuation (commas, periods, question marks, dashes, slashes, ampersands, etc.). It also does not recognize special characters and accents (à, é, ï, ô, etc.). If punctuation or special characters/accents are used in the artist, album, genre, or playlist name, Music Link will announce it on your audio system as "punctuation" or "not speakable." • Make sure there are no spaces before the first letter or number in the nam
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Table of Contents Support For more information about Acura Music Link and Acura TTS, including FAQs, visit www.acura.com. Acura TTS Software Updates Check out www.acura.com to download the most recent Acura TTS software and software updates. 20
