Honda Honda Music Link FIT FIT Sport manual

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    Honda Music Link User's Guide FIT  FI T Sport[...]

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    2 Contents Get ting Started Quic kly Honda Music Link ........................................................3 What's Included ............................................................4 What Y ou Need ..............................................................5 Using Honda Music Link Without Honda TTS ............6 Connecting Y our iP o[...]

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    Honda Music Link Designed specifically for Honda v ehicles, Honda Music Link allows y ou to play music from your Apple ® iP od ® on your v ehicle's audio system. Honda Music Link connects your iP od directly to y our vehicle's audio sy stem for the best sound-quality results. (It does not convert music from your iP od to an FM radio sig[...]

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    4 What's Included Y our Honda Music Link kit includes a dealer -inst alled Honda Music Link cable located in your v ehicle's glove box, a Quic k R ef erence Guide to get you started quic kly , and a Honda Music Link CD-ROM (f or use on a personal computer).   T able of Contents[...]

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    5 What Y ou Need • iP od: 4th-generation or later iP od, (including iP od video and iP od nano ® ), and iP od mini ® . (See right.) Honda 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. Visit www .apple.com/ipod/ download f or more information. NO TE: Use the USB 2.0[...]

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    6 Using Honda Music Link W ithout Honda TTS Connecting Y our iP od Make sure y our iP od is in music mode (not photo mode). Then, find the Honda 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. When the Honda Music Link cable is properly connected: • A large c hec k mark appe[...]

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    7 Using Honda Music Link W ithout Honda TTS (Continued) Identifying the A udio Syst em Controls f or Honda Music Link Use the audio system but tons (sho wn in blue ; see right ) to play music from y our iP od, once it's connected to Honda Music Link. Note that Honda factory-installed audio systems v ar y from model to model and may ha ve sligh[...]

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    8 Using Honda Music Link W ithout Honda TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . Connect the iP od (see page 6 ), t urn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position, and turn on the audio system. 2. Press the AUX but ton to select Honda Music Link. If the audio system pla ys an accessor y connected to the auxiliar y jac k, press the A UX but [...]

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    9 Using Honda Music Link W ith Honda TTS T o get the most out of Honda Music Link, first inst all the Honda TTS sof t ware application pro vided on the Honda Music Link CD-ROM. This optional sof tware installs on the Mac or PC you use w ith your iP od. It creates voice prompts to help you find music on y our iP od, and it allows y ou to shuffle son[...]

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    10 Using Honda Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) Befor e Installing Honda TTS Bef ore you install Honda TTS on your computer , make sure you: • Install iT unes 6.0.4 or later (av ailable for do wnload at www .apple.com/it unes/download ). • Set your iP od to sync hronize manually . (Go to Edit/Pref erences, clic k on the iP od t ab, and se[...]

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    11 Using Honda Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) Running Honda TTS Once installed, Honda TTS automatically launc hes ev 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[...]

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    12 Using Honda Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) T ext-to-Speec h Settings 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 voice speed ma y help improv e intelligibilit y . Mac 1 . Go to Finder/S ystem P ref erences. 2. Select the Speec h icon. [...]

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    13 Using Honda Music Link W ith 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 Honda 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. When the Honda Music Link cable is prop[...]

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    14 Using Honda Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued)   T able of Contents Identifying the A udio Syst em Controls f or Honda Music Link Use the audio system but tons (sho wn in blue ; see right ) to play music from y our iP od, once it's connected to Honda Music Link. Note that Honda factory-installed audio systems v ar y from model to [...]

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    15 Using Honda Music Link W ith Honda TTS (Continued) Play ing Music 1 . Connect the iP od (see page 13 ), t urn the ignition switc h to the ON (II) or A CC (I) position, and turn on the audio system. 2. Press the AUX but ton to select Honda Music Link. If the audio system pla ys an accessor y connected to the auxiliar y jac k, press the A UX but t[...]

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    16 Using Honda Music Link W ith 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. Honda Music Link announces the first let ter of eac h album. – Press and release the SEEK/SKIP ( ) but ton immediately af ter hearing [...]

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    17 Using Honda Music Link W ith 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. – Press and release the SEEK/SKIP but ton to skip to the next song ( ) or to the beginning of the [...]

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    18 T ips A udio Syst em Controls • RDM But ton: P ress the RDM but ton (Preset 2) on the audio system to shuf fle all songs within the selected categor y/play mode. F or example, if y ou select and play a pla ylist (Disc 1) and then press the RDM but ton, Honda Music Link will shuf fle all songs within that playlist in random order . NO TE: The R[...]

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    19 T ips (Continued) iT unes Set tings • For best r esults, set y our iP od to sync hroniz e manually . (Go to Edit, then Pref erences, clic k on the iP od t ab and select "Manually manage songs and playlists".) If y ou select "Automatically update all songs and playlists," y ou may hear voice prompts when y ou shuf fle songs [...]

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    20 Support   T able of Contents F or more information about Honda Music Link and Honda TTS, including F AQs, go online to ht tp://musiclink.honda.com . F or additional support, call Honda Automobile Customer Ser vice at 1 -800-999-1 009, Monday thr u F riday , 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST). Honda TTS Sof twar e Updates Visit ht tp://musiclink.honda.[...]

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      T able of Contents © © 2006 American Honda Motor Co ., Inc. – All Rights Reserved. American Honda accepts no responsibilit y for an y lost dat a on an iP od, ev en if the dat a is lost while using this product. Apple, the Apple logo, iP od, iT unes, FireWire, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer , Inc., registered in the U.S . and o[...]