Honda Automobiles FIT Sport 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

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

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

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

Identifying the Audio System Controls ........................7

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

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

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

Using Honda 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

Identifying the Audio System Controls ......................14

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

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

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

Tips ..............................................................................18

Support ........................................................................20

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. Honda 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, Honda 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 Honda Music Link quickly, see the Using Honda 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 Honda Music Link, first install the Honda TTS software application provided on the Honda Music Link CD-ROM. (See Using Honda 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 Honda Music Link.

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* Text-to-speech (TTS)

What's Included

Your Honda Music Link kit includes a dealer-installed Honda 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-ROM (for use on a personal computer).

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What You Need

• iPod: 4th-generation or later iPod, (including iPod

video and iPod nano®), and iPod mini®. (See right.) Honda 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 10.3.9 or 10.4.7

- 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

: 6.0.4 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 audio systems and Honda CD players/changers. American Honda makes no guarantee that Honda Music Link will operate or operate properly on vehicles equipped with non-Honda audio systems or non-Honda CD players/changers.

1st-generation iPod

2nd-generation iPod 3rd-generation iPod

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

Using Honda Music Link Without Honda TTS

Connecting Your iPod

Make sure your iPod is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Honda Music Link cable installed inside the glove box, and plug it into the dock connector port on the bottom of the iPod. When the Honda 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 Honda 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 Honda 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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Identifying the Audio System Controls for Honda Music Link

Use the audio system buttons (shown in blue; see right) to play music from your iPod, once it's connected to Honda Music Link. Note that Honda factory-installed audio systems vary from model to model and may have slightly different button names for the same function.

Using the Audio System Controls

Honda 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.

• To select Honda Music Link, press the AUX button on

your vehicle's audio system.

• To select a play mode, use the DISC– (Preset 5) and

DISC+ (Preset 6) buttons to scroll thru the disc numbers. When the desired disc number is shown in the audio system display, press and hold either SEEK/SKIP button ( or ) for at least 1 full second (or, on some models, until you hear a beep).

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Audio System Controls

Getting Started Quickly

Use to select Honda Music

Link.

Use to scroll thru the disc

numbers.

Use to activate

a play mode

and seek/skip

forward and

backward.

NOTE: It may take up to 10 seconds to activate a play mode.

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

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