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Honda Music Link User's Guide RIDGELINE : RT , RTS , and RTL.
2 Contents Get ting Started Quic kly Honda Music Link ........................................................3 What's Included ............................................................4 What Y ou Need .........................................
Honda Music Link Designed specifically for Honda v ehicles, Honda Music Link allows y ou to play music from y our Apple ® iP od ® on your v ehicle's audio system. Music Link connects y our iP od directly to your vehicle's audio sy stem for the best sound-quality results.
4 What's Included Y our Honda Music Link kit includes a dealer -installed Music Link cable located in your v ehicle's glov e bo x, a Quic k R ef erence Guide to get you started quic kly , and a Honda Music Link CD .
5 What Y ou Need • iP od: 4th generation or later iP od, iP od mini ® , iP od U2 Special Edition ® , or iP od nano ® . (See right.) Music Link cannot be used with iP od shuf fle ® . Make sure y our iP od has been updated with the latest firmware from Apple.
6 Using Music Link Without Honda TTS Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed inside the glov e box, and plug it into the doc k connector port on the bot tom of the iP od.
7 Using Music Link Without Honda TTS (Continued) Using the A udio S ystem Contr ols Music Link allows y ou to use the but tons on your audio system to control iP od functions. There are two w ay s* to listen to music: Y ou can shuffle all albums or shuf fle all songs .
8 Using Music Link Without Honda TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . Connect the iP od (see page 6 ), turn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position, and turn on the audio system. 2. Press the XM/A UX or CD/A UX but ton to select Music Link.
9 Using Music Link With Honda TTS T o get the most out of Music Link, first inst all the Honda TTS sof tware application pro vided on the Honda Music Link CD .
10 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) Befor e Installing Honda T TS Bef ore you install Honda TTS on your computer , mak e sure you: • Install iT unes 4.9 or later (a vailable f or download at www .apple.com/itunes/do wnload ). • Set your iP od to sync hroniz e manually .
11 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) Running Honda TTS Once installed, Honda TTS automatically launches e v er y time you connect y our iP od to your computer . T o run Honda TTS, connect y our iP od to your computer . T o update (and create TTS files) for the music on y our iP od, clic k the OK but ton on the Honda TTS update screen.
12 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) T ext-T o-Speech Set tings Y ou can c hange and adjust the text-to-speec h set tings for TTS files (voice prompts) that Honda TTS creates. Modifying the sy stem voice and the v oice speed ma y help improv e intelligibility .
13 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) T able of Contents Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed inside the glov e box, and plug it into the doc k connector port located on the bot tom of the iP od.
14 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) T able of Contents Using the A udio S ystem Contr ols Music Link allows y ou to use the but tons on your audio system to control iP od functions. There are six pla y modes/categories, or six wa ys to listen to music.
15 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . Connect the iP od (see page 13 ), turn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position, and turn on the audio system. 2. Press the XM/A UX or CD/A UX but ton to select Music Link.
16 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) Selecting a Play Mode/Cat egory (Cont.) • T o searc h albums, select Disc 3 , then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP but ton ( or ) for at least 1 full second. Music Link announces the first let ter of eac h album.
17 Using Music Link With Honda TTS (Continued) Selecting a Play Mode/Cat egory (Cont.) • T o shuf fle the albums on your iP od in random order , select Disc 5 , then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP but ton ( or ) for at least 1 full second.
18 T ips A udio S ystem Contr ols • RDM and A.SEL/RDM But tons: P ush the RDM or A.SEL/RDM but ton on the audio sy stem to shuf fle all songs within the selected category/play mode. F or example, if y ou select and play a pla ylist (Disc 1) and then press the RDM or A.
19 T ips (Continued) iT unes Settings • For best r esults, set your iP od to synchr oniz e manually . (Go to Edit, then Pref erences, clic k on the iP od t ab and select "Manually manage songs and playlists".
20 Support T able of Contents F or more information about Honda Music Link and Honda TTS, including F AQs, visit ht tp://automobiles.honda.com. F or additional support, call Honda Automobile Customer Ser vice at 1 -80 0-999-1 009, Monday thr u F rida y , 6 a.
T able of Contents © © 2005 Amer ican Honda Motor Co., Inc. – All Rights Reserv ed. American Honda accepts no responsibility for any lost data on an iP od, even if the data is lost while using this product. Apple, the Apple logo, iP od, iP od, iT unes, FireWire, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer , Inc.
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