Never used/tried the HFL. Previous owner didn't know the password nor did he ever get it from the dealership even though he bought it CPO from Acura.
Local dealership wants $50+ to reset everything in order for me to use it and wondering if it's worth it but since most people with access to it don't use it.
Maybe its just one of those don't know what you're missing until you have it type of deals.

 

I never use homelink, HFL, spare tire, nets in truck, sports shift. I use the heck out of my tape deck as AUX until I get the isimple installed. My most used feature is a tape deck in 2012 c'mon acura ha ha!

 

tape player/HFL was gonna wait till i got a new phone :X where is this sunglasses holder everyone is talking about is it on the door? lol

 

i had the same question when i first got the car, check this thread

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/where-do-u-put-ur-sunglasses-837081/

 

Tape deck just like about everyone else, hardly use the heated mirrors as my car is in a garage, and homelink since it doesn't work and I dont feel like going through all the steps to get it to work. Hardly use my cargo net also.

 

A lot of people seem not to use it, but I use mine all the time! I love the thing.

 

Ok, I'm curious. Can one of you explain using the unlock button to drop all the windows? This isn't a feature I was aware of! I never use the cassette player, but HFL, seat heaters and heated mirrors see plenty of use.

 

when outside your car, press the unlock button on your key fob once to unlock, then press unlock again and hold for the windows and sunroof to go down/back. You can release the button to stop.

 

L gear

 

I have button 1 programmed for my gate in my house in Miami but its been several years since ive driven down there in the TL.

Now that i think about it. MY garage door motor ( PA home ) is old and perhaps should be replaced with a more modern one. Maybe then i'll use the home link more often

 

Airbag. and hopefully I never need to.

 

I have never used the Home link buttons, I don't have a garage I also don't use the tape deck very much.

 

Is this connected to the radio code?

My car game with the previous owner's phone already synced, all I had to do was delete it. When it asks you for a code, that can be any number (I used 1111) and you type it into the phone during the sync process.

 

The problem I'm having is not with syncing but rather the HFL feature itself is completely locked since there was a security password set (by who or why and how come it wasn't reset by Acura during the CPO process I don't know).

When I scroll to HFL on the MID and hit talk it asks me for a 4 digit password. Tried "0000" "1111" "1235' and my 4digit nav passcode and nothing has worked. Acura says the only way to get around it is a complete reset.

 

clearly they should have reset that during the CPO process. I would require them to complete the process free of charge.

 

Have never used the:
- Tape Deck
- Trunk lock button in the glovebox
- Sunglass holder
- Change holder
- HFL
- Spare & jack
- Resturant ratings capability

Going to engage in getting the HFL to work.

 

I think I'm just beating a dead horse when I say I've never used the tape deck, trunk lock, and sunglass holder.

And I bet Acura thought they were being so clever when they decided to put these things in lol

 

can u close all windows with the key fob too??

 

yes but the key has to be inserted into the door lock i believe.
kind of defeats the purpose of being "remote" imo and for those with the shaved door handle mod it's not really an option anymore.

 

what is the point of that feature anyway? it's pretty cool but i never understand the meaning of it

 

Tape deck and XM, but, meh, whatever.

The feature I need to use more is the Rev Limiter. I'm going to work on that though.

 

never use the tape deck...what's a tape...LOL

 

To roll the windows up? I would guess it's for the people who leave their rolled window down and realize it after they get out. So they don't have to get back in and turn the key to roll it up.

Would be nice to just be able to do it with the remote though.

 

Where are the sunglass holders?

 

Tape deck. I think it's been 15 years since I ever even used a cassette tape. Not that surprising, seeing as how CDs have been around since before I was born.

On a side note, where is this sunglasses holder that people keep saying they don't use?

 

Tape deck, cruise control, and my car horn.

 

Sitting out of the way, in a drawer in the garage, where they do the most good.

 

Tape deck, CD player, AM/FM radio, L gear. And some of the features in the navi like calculator, converter, calendar, etc.

 

Obviously the tape deck.

I use just about everything else including the navi, cruise, HFL, autostick.

 

Reverse Mirror feature
HFL
I rarely use the radio at all, I guess because I have not upgraded anything and it sounds like poop.
I use the brakes as little as possible.

 

rear seats.....

wait used em once

 

Umm I don't use the CD player, homelink and sport tiptronic auto thingy.

I DO USE HFL, I get mad that ppl still drive when their cars have HFL. They drive horribly and are dangerous.

I most def. use the tape deck for AUX adapter, heated seats(in the morning), heated mirrors, Navi !! Cruise for sure!!

 

Well it's 2012 and I use the tape deck the most lol ( for aux )

Never used the CD player. No idea if it even works

 

I used my CD player for the first time last night...I've had my TL for just about 2 years...

 

^^^+1 where is the sunglasses holder?

 

^I would like to know about this sunglasses holder as well! Someone post a picture or something. It's not that stupid rubber pocket that clips into the lower door pocket is it? I ditched my drivers side one cause I would rather have my sun-shade there (since I use it 99.9% of the time).

Wha?

 

Yup....

its the little rectangular thingie which goes in the door's side pocket

 

I hate those things. It makes the door pocket damn-near useless. Plus it's mass also causes the door pocket to flop open whenever the door is shut. They are somewhere in my Garage collecting dust.

 

L gear, tape deck, coin holder - I tried to use it, but it keeps falling out of its holder, aux jack, heated mirrors, sunglass holder, remote trunk lock, tilting rear view side mirrors (I use the back up camera).

And, yeah, I wish I could roll up the windows with the remote. My '95 Maxima could roll down the windows with the remote, but didn't roll them up either. You would think someone would have figured this out by now.

 

Don't know why they didn't design it so that if you press the lock button twice and hold it down the second time it will roll up all the windows until you let go. Makes sense to me.

Maybe I'm missing something about why the key should be in the door lock instead.