Acura Music Link ............3 What's Included ............4 What You Need ..............5 Using Acura Music Link Without Acura TTS ....6 Getting Started Quickly Connecting Your iPod ..........6 Disconnecting Your iPod ..........6 Identifying the Audio System Controls ......7 Using the Audio System Controls........8 e Music ................9...
Acura Music Link Table of Contents Designed specifically for Acura vehicles, Acura Music To get the most out of Acura Music Link, first install Link allows you to play music from your Apple ® iPod ® the Acura TTS software application provided on the your vehicle's audio system.
Table of Contents Your Acura Music Link kit includes a dealer-installed Acura 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-ROM (for use on a personal computer).
Installation Note: Acura MusicLink can be installed on applicable vehicles equipped with factory- and dealer-installed Acura audio systems and Acura CD players/changers. American Honda makes no guarantee that Acura MusicLink will operate or operate properly on vehicles equipped with non-Acura audio systems or non-Acura CD player/changers.
OFF (0) position. direct sunlight; doing so may damage it. • To avoid damaging the Acura Music Link cable, do not pull strongly on the cable. Always keep the connector dry, and cap the connector when it is not in use.
Table of Contents (Continued) Identifying Audio System Controls Once your iPod is connected to Acura Music Link, use the audio system buttons (shown in blue) to play music. Note that Acura factory-installed audio systems vary from model to model. Your Acura may have slightly different button names for the same Acura Music Link functions.
(Continued) Using the Audio System Controls Audio System Controls Acura Music Link allows you to use the buttons on your audio system to control iPod functions. There are two ways* to listen to music: You can shuffle all albums or shuffle all songs.
If no iPod have album information, all of the songs are song is queued, Acura Music Link shuffles all songs in treated as one album. See Info Tags on page 10 random order.
Using Acura Music Link With Acura TTS Table of Contents To get the most out of Acura Music Link, first install the Info Tags Acura TTS software application provided on the Acura Each song on your iPod and in iTunes Music Link CD-ROM.
Table of Contents (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 6.0.4 or later (available for download at 2.
(and create TTS files) for the music on your iPod, TTS, you receive a message that an iPod must be click the OK button on the Acura TTS update screen. To connected to run Acura TTS, simply launch Acura TTS manually run Acura TTS, launch the program from the from the applications folder (Mac) or Start menu (PC).
Text-To-Speech Settings 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.
OFF (0) position. direct sunlight; doing so may damage it. • To avoid damaging the Acura Music Link cable, do not pull strongly on the cable. Always keep the connector dry, and cap the connector when it is not in use.
Table of Contents (Continued) Identifying Audio System Controls Once your iPod is connected to Acura Music Link, use the audio system buttons (shown in blue) to play music. Note that Acura factory-installed audio systems vary from model to model. Your Acura may have slightly different button names for the same Acura Music Link functions.
(Continued) Using the Audio System Controls Audio System Controls Acura Music Link allows you to use the buttons on your audio system to control iPod functions. There are six play modes/categories, or six ways to listen to music. Each disc number (1–6) corresponds with a play mode/ category in Acura Music Link.
14), turn the ignition immediately after hearing the desired playlist name. switch to the ON (II) or ACC (I) position, and turn on Acura Music Link begins playing the first song in the the audio system. selected playlist. 2. Select Acura Music Link...
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Acura immediately after hearing the desired letter. Acura Music Link begins playing the first song of the first Music Link begins playing the first song of the first genre that begins with the selected letter.
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( /+) or backward ( /–) SEEK/SKIP button. In shuffle albums mode (Disc 5), Acura Music Link only plays songs that have album information entered in the info tags. If none of the songs on an iPod have album information, all of the songs are treated as one album.
NOTE: The A.SEL/RDM button does not work while • Acura Music Link does not recognize punctuation Music Link is in the shuffle all songs (Disc 6) play mode. (commas, periods, question marks, dashes, slashes, • After pushing the appropriate button to activate a play ampersands, etc.).
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However, "Automatically update selected playlists only," make with the TTS files in iTunes, Acura TTS only needs to sure you check all of the playlists that begin with generate TTS files for any new music on your iPod.
Support Table of Contents For more information about Acura Music Link and Acura TTS, including FAQs, go online to http://musiclink.acura.com. For additional support, call call Acura Client Services at 1-800-382-2238, Monday thru Friday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST) Acura TTS Software Updates Visit http://musiclink.acura.com...
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