Honda Automobiles AAM 31052-31557 User Manual

Honda Music Link

User's Guide

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Contents

Getting Started Quickly

Honda Music Link ........................................................3

What's Included ............................................................4

What You Need ..............................................................5

MODELS WITHOUT NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Using Music Link Without Honda TTS ......................6

Connecting Your iPod ..................................................6

Disconnecting Your iPod ............................................6

Using the Audio System Controls ..............................7

Playing Music..............................................................8

Selecting a Play Mode................................................8

Using Music Link With Honda TTS............................9

Honda TTS / Info Tags ................................................9

Before Installing Honda TTS......................................10

Installing Honda TTS ................................................10

Uninstalling Honda TTS ............................................10

Running Honda TTS ..................................................11

Text-to-Speech Settings ............................................12

Connecting Your iPod ................................................13

Disconnecting Your iPod............................................13

Using the Audio System Controls ............................14

Playing Music............................................................15

Selecting a Play Mode/Category ..............................15

MODELS WITH NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Using Music Link Without Honda TTS ....................18

Connecting Your iPod ................................................18

Disconnecting Your iPod............................................18

Using the Audio System Controls ............................19

Playing Music............................................................20

Selecting a Play Mode..............................................20

Using Music Link With Honda TTS..........................21

Honda TTS / Info Tags ..............................................21

Before Installing Honda TTS ....................................22

Installing Honda TTS ................................................22

Uninstalling Honda TTS ............................................22

Running Honda TTS ..................................................23

Text-to-Speech Settings ............................................24

Connecting Your iPod ................................................25

Disconnecting Your iPod ..........................................25

Using the Audio System Controls ............................26

Playing Music............................................................27

Selecting a Play Mode/Category ..............................27

Tips ..............................................................................30

Support ........................................................................33

To start using Music Link quickly, see the Using Music Link Without Honda TTS section.

Honda Music Link

Designed specifically for Honda vehicles, Honda Music Link allows you to play music from your Apple

iPod®on your vehicle's audio system. Music Link connects your iPod directly to your vehicle's audio system for the best sound-quality results. (It does not convert music from your iPod to an FM radio signal to use your vehicle's radio to play music.) Once connected, Music Link allows you to use the audio system's controls to play and search for music from an iPod, and it charges your iPod battery.

To get started using Music Link quickly, see the Using Music Link Without Honda TTS* section of this guide or the Quick Reference Guide. Both will show you how to connect your iPod, play music (either shuffle songs or shuffle albums), and skip to the next song or album.

To get the most out of Music Link, first install the Honda TTS software application provided on the Honda Music Link CD. (See Using Music Link With Honda TTS.) Honda TTS is an optional software that installs on the Mac or PC you use with your iPod. It provides voice prompts to help you find music on your iPod, and it allows you to shuffle songs, shuffle albums, seek/skip to the next song or album, and search playlists, artists, albums, and genres.

NOTE: Honda TTS is not required to operate Music Link.

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* Text-to-speech (TTS)

What's Included

Your Honda 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 a Honda Music Link CD.

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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

- OR PC: Windows XP (SP2) or Windows 2000 (SP4)

with TTS engine NOTE: Use iPods formatted for Mac only with Mac

computers, and use iPods formatted for PC only with PCs.

• iTunes

: 4.9 or later. Visit www.apple.com/itunes/

download for more information.

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Installation Note: Honda Music Link can be installed on applicable vehicles equipped

with factory- and dealer-installed Honda CD players and CD changers. American Honda makes no guarantee that Music Link will operate or operate properly on vehicles equipped with a non-Honda CD changer or a non-Honda CD player.

1st-generation iPod

2nd-generation iPod 3rd-generation iPod

4th-generation iPod, iPod mini, and iPod nano

Using Music Link Without Honda TTS

Connecting Your iPod

Make sure your iPod is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Music Link cable installed inside the glove box, and plug it into the dock connector port on the bottom of the iPod. When the Music Link cable is properly connected:

• A large check mark appears on the iPod screen.

(See below.)

• You cannot operate the iPod using its controls (click

wheel, etc). It can only be operated using your vehicle's audio system controls.

• Your vehicle charges the iPod battery when the

ignition switch is in the ON (II) or ACC (I) position. It does not charge the iPod when the ignition switch is in the LOCK (0) position.

Disconnecting Your iPod

To disconnect the iPod, squeeze both sides of the Music Link cable connector, and unplug the cable. You can connect and disconnect your iPod while the audio system is on or off.

IMPORTANT:

• For your safety, do not connect or disconnect the iPod

while driving.

• Secure the iPod in the glove box. Do not place it on or

allow it to fall onto the vehicle floor, where it can get stuck under the brake pedal or accelerator pedal.

• Do not leave the iPod in the vehicle in high

temperatures or expose it to extended periods of direct sunlight. Doing so may damage it.

• To avoid damaging the 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.

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Using the Audio System Controls

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. Selecting disc number 5 on your audio system corresponds to the shuffle all albums play mode, while selecting disc number 6 corresponds to the shuffle all songs play mode.

NOTE: Honda factory-installed audio systems vary from model to model and may have different button names for the same functions.

• To select Music Link, press the CD/AUX or XM/AUX

button (depending on your Civic model).

• To select a play mode, use the DISC+ and DISC–

buttons (Preset 1 and Preset 4, respectively) to scroll thru the disc numbers shown in the audio system display. Then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( or ) for at least 1 full second (or, on some models, until you hear a beep).

NOTES:

• Depending on the model, the steering wheel audio

controls may not operate or may have limited operation when using Music Link.

• It is not necessary to eject any CDs in the CD player/

changer to use Music Link. Press the CD/AUX button (on some models) to toggle between the CD player/ changer and Music Link. Press the XM/AUX button to toggle between the XM radio and Music Link.

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Audio System Controls

Use to select Music Link.

Use to scroll

thru disc

numbers.

Use to activate

a play mode

and seek/skip

forward and

backward.

NOTE:The buttons on the Civic differ slightly from model to model.

* See page 9 to learn how to use additional play modes/categories.

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Playing Music

1. Connect the iPod (see page 6), turn the ignition

switch to the ON (II) or ACC (I) position, and turn on the audio system.

2. Press the CD/AUX or XM/AUX button to select Music

Link. If the audio system plays a disc in the CD player/ changer, press the CD/AUX button again to select Music Link. If the audio system plays the XM radio, press the XM/AUX button again to select Music Link.

Selecting a Play Mode

• To shuffle the albums on your iPod in random order,

select Disc 5, then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( or ) for at least 1 full second.

– Press and release the SEEK/SKIP button to skip to

the next song ( ) or to the beginning of the song currently playing ( ) within an album.

– Press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( or ) for

at least 1 full second to skip to the beginning of another album.

Pressing and holding the SEEK/SKIP ( ) button will not skip to the previously played album. Music Link continues to shuffle albums in random order whether you press and hold the forward ( ) or backward ( ) SEEK/SKIP button.

In shuffle albums mode (Disc 5), 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. See Info Tags on page 9 for more information.

• To shuffle all songs in random order, select Disc 6,

then press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( or ) for at least 1 full second. After selecting Disc 6, press and release the SEEK/SKIP button to skip to the next song ( ) or to the beginning of the song currently playing ( ).

See the Tips section of this user's guide for more information.

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WITHOUT Navigation System

Using Music Link With Honda TTS

To get the most out of Music Link, first install the Honda TTS software application provided on the Honda Music Link CD. This optional software installs on the Mac or PC you use with your iPod. It creates voice prompts to help you find music on your iPod, and it allows you to shuffle songs, shuffle albums, seek/skip to the next song/album or previous song/album, and search playlists, albums, artists, and genres.

Honda TTS

Honda TTS is a software application that creates text-tospeech (TTS) files based on the information tags attached to each song on your iPod. Once installed on your computer, Honda TTS automatically launches every time you connect your iPod to your computer. It scans the music on your iPod and creates TTS files that contain all of the voice prompts Music Link will need to help you search for music.

Info Tags

Each song on your iPod and in iTunes has a set of "info tags" attached to it, like Name, Artist, Album, Year, etc. (below left). You can edit these info tags by:

• Clicking on the desired song in

iTunes

• Going to File, then Get Info

• Clicking on the Info tab

Honda TTS scans the information contained in the Artist, Album, and Genre info tag fields. It also scans the names of the playlists on your iPod. It then creates TTS files for the first letter of every artist, album, genre, and playlist, as well as TTS files for the names of every artist, album, genre, and playlist on your iPod. The TTS files are saved in your iTunes library and as playlists on your iPod and in iTunes. Each TTS playlist begins with "ZZZTTS" (right).

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Info Tags Screen in iTunes

TTS Files/Playlists in iTunes

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Before Installing Honda TTS

Before you install Honda TTS on your computer, make sure you:

• Install iTunes 4.9 or later (available for download at

www.apple.com/itunes/download).

• Set your iPod to synchronize manually. (Go to

Edit/Preferences, click on the iPod tab, and select "Manually manage songs and playlists".)

• Disconnect (eject) your iPod from your computer.

• Adjust the text-to-speech settings on your Mac or PC

to your preference. (See page 12.)

• Close all other applications.

Installing Honda TTS Mac: Double-click on the Honda TTS.pkg icon in the

Mac Install folder, and follow the installation prompts.

PC: Double-click on the Setup.exe icon in the

Windows Install folder, and follow the installation prompts.

Uninstalling Honda TTS

To uninstall Honda TTS on a Mac:

1. Go to System Preference/Login Items.

2. Delete Honda Helper.

3. Reboot.

To uninstall Honda TTS on a PC:

1. Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel.

2. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.

3. Select the Honda TTS folder.

4. Click on the Remove button, and follow the uninstall prompts.

NOTE: Uninstalling Honda TTS does not remove any TTS files in iTunes or on your iPod. Delete those files (TTS playlists and TTS files in the iTunes library) manually.

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Running Honda TTS

Once installed, Honda TTS automatically launches every time you connect your iPod to your computer. To run Honda TTS, connect your iPod to your computer. To update (and create TTS files) for the music on your iPod, click the OK button on the Honda TTS update screen. To manually run Honda TTS, launch the program from the applications folder (Mac) or Start Menu (PC).

The time needed to run Honda TTS depends on the number of songs and playlists in your music library. Allow about 10–15 minutes per 1,000 files. After the initial run, the time to run Honda TTS should decrease, as long as the TTS files from the previous update remain in iTunes.

If you make any changes to the music on your iPod (add songs, delete songs, create new playlists, edit album names, etc.), make sure you run Honda TTS.

If, upon connecting your iPod, you have not made any changes to the music on the iPod, click the Cancel button on the Honda TTS update screen.

NOTE: If, after connecting your iPod and launching Honda TTS, you receive a message that an iPod must be connected to run Honda TTS, simply launch Honda TTS from the applications folder (Mac) or Start menu (PC). Honda TTS should now recognize your iPod.

See the Tips section of this user's guide for more information.

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