Acura RLX Hybrid (2017 year). Manual - part 14

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Features

Audio System Basic Operation

To use the audio system function, the power mode must be in ACCESSORY or ON.

Use the interface dial or MENU button to 
access some audio functions.

Press 

 to switch between the normal and 

extended display for some functions.

Interface dial: Rotate left or right to scroll 
through the available choices. Press to set 
your selection. Move right, left, up or down to 
select a secondary menu.
MENU button: Press to select any mode. The 
available mode includes Sound, Change 
Source, Refresh Station List, Save Preset, 
Radio Text, Music Search, and play modes. 
Play modes can be also selected from Scan, 
Random/Repeat, and so on.
BACK button: Press to go back to the 
previous display.

 (Day/Night) button: Press to change 

the audio/information screen brightness.
Press 

 once and make an adjustment 

using the interface dial.

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Each time you press 

, the mode 

switches between the daytime mode, 
nighttime mode and off mode.

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Voice Control System
The navigation system is voice operable.

2 Voice Control Operation P. 232

These indications are used to show how to operate 
the interface dial.

Rotate 

 to select.

Press  

to 

enter.

Move 

,  , 

 or   to select a secondary menu.

Audio Menu Items

2 Sound P. 230
2 Refresh Station List P. 239
2 Save Preset P. 238, 244
2 Radio Text P. 240
2 Music Search P. 246, 250, 260, 270
2 Scan P. 240, 247, 251, 271
2 Random/Repeat P. 247, 251, 261, 271

When you unlock the doors with your remote, the 
driver’s ID (Driver 1 or Driver 2) is detected, and the 
audio system settings and preset memory are turned 
to the respective mode automatically when you set 
the power mode to ON.

Interface Dial

MENU Button

BACK Button

 Button

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On Demand Multi-Use Display

TM

Use the On Demand Multi-Use Display

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 to operate the audio system.

Select Audio Source, then select an icon on the source list to switch the audio 
source.

Select More to display the menu items.

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Selecting an Audio Source

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On Demand Multi-Use Display

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Icons that appear on the screen vary by the source 
selected.

Select 

 to go back to the previous screen.

Use the 

/

/

/

 icons to turn the page.

X

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Selecting an Audio Source

You can change the order of source icons displayed.

1. Select Audio Source, , 

then 

Edit Order.

2. Select two icons, then select Done.
The locations of these icons are switched.
To go back to the original display order, select 
Default.

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Displaying the Menu Items

Select Audio Source.

Source List Icons

Select More.

Menu Items

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You can preset the settings of four categories 
(Places, Phone, Climate, Audio) from 
Shortcuts.

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Shortcuts

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Shortcuts

The preset memory is cleared when it is disconnected 
from the power source, such as when the 12-volt 
battery is disconnected or goes dead.

Shortcuts Icon

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Places

You can store up to six addresses, and the home address for your preset 
destinations.

To store an address on the selected preset 
number:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Places.
3. Select Edit or No Entry.

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If you select No Entry, go to step 6.

4. Select Add.

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All the six preset icons appear.

5. Select the preset number to which you 

want to store an address.

6. The screen changes to a list of addresses 

stored in your address book.

7. Select an address you want to store as a 

preset.

To enter one of the preset addresses, or 
Home as your destination:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Places.
3. Select a preset number or Home.

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The system starts to calculate the route 
to your selected destination.

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Places

See the Navigation System Manual for how to store 
address book entries, and enter your home address.

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To delete a preset address:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Places.
3. Select Edit.
4. Select Delete.
5. Select the preset number with the destination you want to delete.

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Phone

You can preset five speed dial entries, and make a call from one of the preset 
numbers, or call history when the phone is paired and connected to the vehicle‘s 
Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® (HFL) system. 

2 Phone Setup P. 316

To preset a speed dial:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Phone.
3. Select Speed Dial.
4. Select Edit or No Entry.

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If you select No Entry, go to step 6.

5. Select Add.

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Five presets appear. Select a No Entry 
preset or an existing preset.

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The screen changes to a list of previously 
stored speed dial entries.

6. Select a number you want to store as a 

shortcut.

To make a call from a speed dial entry:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Phone.
3. Select Speed Dial.
4. Select a preset number.

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Dialing starts automatically.

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Phone

Dial icon
You can make a call using the keyboard on the On 
Demand Multi-Use Display

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 to input numbers.

2 To make a call using a phone number 

P. 337

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To delete a speed dial:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Phone.
3. Select Speed Dial.
4. Select Edit.
5. Select Delete.
6. Select the preset number with the phone number you want to delete.

To make a call from call history:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Phone.
3. Select Call History.
4. Select a phone number.

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Dialing starts automatically.

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Phone

The call history displays the last six dialed, received, or 
missed calls.

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Audio

You can store up to six radio stations, and HDD audio album/play lists when playing 
AM, FM, or SiriusXM® radio, or HDD audio.

To preset a station or song:
1. Tune to a radio station or select a song from 

HDD audio.

2 Playing AM/FM Radio P. 237
2 Playing SiriusXM® Radio P. 242
2 Playing Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Audio 

P. 248

2. Select Shortcuts.
3. Select Audio.
4. Select Edit or No Entry.

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If you select No Entry, go to step 6.

5. Select Add.
6. Select the preset icon you want to store the 

station or song to.

To play a preset station or song:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Audio.
3. Select a preset icon.

To delete a preset station or song:
1. Select Shortcuts.
2. Select Audio.
3. Select Edit.
4. Select Delete.
5. Select the preset icon with the radio station 

or a song you want to delete.

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Audio

You can also preset a station or song by pressing and 
holding the preset icon you want to store that station 
or song after step 3.

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1. Select More, then Sound.
2. Use 

(

+, 

(

- or other icons to adjust the 

setting.

1. Select More, then Screen Settings.
2. Use 

(

+, 

(

- or other icons to adjust the 

setting.

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Adjusting the Sound

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Adjusting the Sound

Select Off, Low, Mid or High for the SVC setting.

2 Adjusting the Sound P. 230

Instead of using 

(

+, 

(

- or icons, you can also touch 

the point where your desired setting is.

You can also adjust the sound by selecting 

 on 

the On Demand Multi-Use Display

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.

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Changing the Screen Settings

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Changing the Screen Settings

The following are adjustable screen settings:

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Sync Display Brightness
Selects whether the screen brightness synchronizes 
with the instruments panel brightness.

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Brightness

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Contrast

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Black Level

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Display
Changes between the daytime or nighttime 
modes.

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Beep
Mutes a beep that sounds every time you touch the 
screen.

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Keyboard
Changes the on-screen keyboard from the 
alphabetical order to the qwerty type.

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Vibration
Turns on and off the vibration when you touch the 
screen.

•

Fade Timer
Sets the screen black out timing.

Instead of using 

(

+, 

(

- or icons, you can also touch 

the point where your desired setting is.

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Audio/Information Screen

Displays the audio status and wallpaper. From this screen, you can go to various 
setup options.

Press the NAV, PHONE, INFO and AUDIO buttons to go to the corresponding 
display.

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Switching the Display

Audio

Info

Navigation

Phone

AUDIO 
Button

NAV 
Button

PHONE 
Button

INFO 
Button

Models with surround view 
camera system

Models without surround view 
camera system

AUDIO 
Button

NAV 
Button

PHONE 
Button

INFO 
Button

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Audio

Shows the current audio information.

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Navigation

Shows the navigation screen. 

2 Refer to the Navigation System Manual

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Phone

Shows the HFL information. 

2 Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® P. 310

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Info

Shows the Trip Computer or Clock/Wallpaper and other information. Rotate 

 

to select an item, then press 

.

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Trip computer (Current Drive)

Shows the range, instant and average fuel economy, and EV/total drive of the 
current trip, as well as the average fuel economy from your last trip.

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Trip computer (History of Trip A)

Shows the range, average fuel economy and distances traveled for the current trip, as well 
as the average fuel economy and distances traveled during the last three driving cycles.
Each time you reset the trip meter A, the information on the display updates. The 
history of the previous three driving cycles is kept.

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Deleting the history manually

1. Move   on the History of Trip A screen to select Delete History, then press 

.

2. You will receive a confirmation message on the screen. Rotate 

 to select Yes, 

then press 

.

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Clock/Wallpaper

Shows a clock screen or an image you import.

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Power Distribution Monitor

Consists of two monitoring displays, one that 
indicates the vehicle’s power flow, and the 
other, the torque distribution.

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Power Distribution Monitor

The power distribution monitor is also displayed on 
the head-up display. See Power Distribution 
Monitor on  P. 128 for details.

While the vehicle is stationary with the engine 
running, the following may appear on the display.

The High Voltage battery charge level gauge shows 
the current High Voltage battery charge level.
The amount shown here is the same level as the 
gauge amount shown in the instrument panel.

2  High Voltage Battery Charge Level Gauge 

P. 107

High Voltage 
Battery 
Charge Level 
Gauge

Engine Icon

Torque 
Indicator

Torque 
Indicator

Power Flow Indicator

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You can change, store, and delete the wallpaper on the audio/information screen.

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Import wallpaper

You can import up to three images, one at a time, for wallpaper from a USB flash 
drive.

1. Connect the USB flash drive to the USB port.

2 USB Port P. 213

2. Press the SETTINGS button.
3. Rotate 

 to select System Settings, then 

press .

4. Move 

 or 

 to select the Clock tab.

5. Rotate 

 to select Clock/Wallpaper 

Type, then press 

.

6. Move 

 to select Wallpaper.

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The screen will change to the wallpaper 
list.

7. Move   to select Add New Wallpaper, then 

press .

8. Rotate 

 to select a desired picture.

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The preview is displayed on the left side 
on the screen.

9. Press 

, then move   to select Start 

Import.

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The confirmation message will appear. 
Then the display will return to the 
wallpaper list.

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Wallpaper Setup

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Wallpaper Setup

•

When importing wallpaper files, the image must be 
in the USB flash drive’s root directory.
Images in a folder cannot be imported.

•

The file name must be fewer than 64 characters.

•

The file format of the image that can be imported 
is BMP (bmp) or JPEG (jpg).

•

The individual file size limit is 6 MB.

•

The maximum image size is 1,680 x 936 pixels. If 
the image size is less than 420 × 234 pixels, the 
image is displayed in the middle of the screen with 
the extra area appearing in black.

•

Up to 255 files can be selected.

•

If the USB flash drive does not have any pictures, 
the No files detected message appears.

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Select wallpaper

1. Press the SETTINGS button.
2. Rotate 

 to select System Settings, then press 

.

3. Move 

 or 

 to select the Clock tab.

4. Rotate 

 to select Clock/Wallpaper Type, then press 

.

5. Move  

to 

select 

Wallpaper.

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The screen changes to the wallpaper list.

6. Rotate 

 to select a desired wallpaper.

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The preview is displayed on the left side on the screen.

7. Press .

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The pop-up menu appears on the screen.

8. Rotate 

 to select Set, then press 

.

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The display will return to the wallpaper list.

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Delete wallpaper

1. Press the SETTINGS button.
2. Rotate 

 to select System Settings, then press 

.

3. Move 

 or 

 to select the Clock tab.

4. Rotate 

 to select Clock/Wallpaper Type, then press 

.

5. Move  

to 

select 

Wallpaper.

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The screen changes to the wallpaper list.

6. Rotate 

 to select a wallpaper that you want to delete, then press 

.

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The preview is displayed on the left side on the screen.

7. Press .

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The pop-up menu appears on the screen.

8. Rotate 

 to select Delete, then press 

.

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The confirmation message will appear.

9. Rotate 

 to select Yes, then press 

 to delete completely.

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The display will return to the wallpaper list.

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Wallpaper Setup

From the pop-up menu, rotate 

 to select Preview 

and press 

 to see a preview at full-size screen.

To go back to the previous screen, press 

 to select 

OK, or press the BACK button.

When the file size is large, it takes a while to be 
previewed.

  

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Adjusting the Sound

1. Press the MENU button.
2. Rotate 

 to select Sound, then press 

.

Rotate 

 to scroll through the following 

choices:

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Adjusting the Sound

The SVC has four modes: Off, Low, Mid, and High.
SVC adjusts the volume level based on the vehicle 
speed. As you go faster, audio volume increases. As 
you slow down, audio volume decreases.

DTS Neural Surround is a trademark of DTS, Inc.

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MENU Button

Speed-sensitive 
Volume 
Compensation

Bass

Treble

Fader

Balance

Subwoofer

SVC

Center

DTS Neural 

Surround

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Display Setup

You can change the brightness or color theme of the audio/information screen.

1. Press the SETTINGS button.
2. Rotate 

 to select System Settings, then 

press .

3. Move  

or  

to 

select 

the 

Display tab.

4. Rotate  

to 

select 

Brightness, then press 

.

5. Rotate 

 to adjust the setting.

1. Press the SETTINGS button.
2. Rotate 

 to select System Settings, then 

press .

3. Move  

or  

to 

select 

the 

Others tab.

4. Rotate 

 to select Background Color, 

then press 

.

5. Rotate 

 to select the setting you want, 

then press 

.

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Changing the Screen Brightness

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Changing the Screen Brightness

You can change the Contrast and Black Level 
settings in the same manner.

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Changing the Screen’s Color Theme

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