Hmmm. I doubt very much that you can reliably can find one of a zillon tiny like-sized and like-shaped buttons by tactile feel or muscle memory. At night. You're going to hav to look any way. I prefer the touch screen by a country mile. And a half.
Hardly a zillion. If you look carefully they are all logically arranged.
UPPER SECTIONUpper section: HVAC. And only HVAC.
Note that the four most important buttons are closest to the drive. Temp Up/Down and Auto/Off.
Dual/Rear are toggle switches that let you relink the tri-zone temp control to the main one...which is right next to your hand. So, that's good.
You could nitpick and say that they should have been reversed with the fan speed control but I never felt much need to change the fan speed off Auto in the TSX to be honest.
Next two buttons control "wintry things". Front defrost, heated mirrors etc.
Arguably Recirc, AC, and Mode go together better but I suspect they wanted to place Defrost closer to the driver as it is more important. Rarely saw much need to use AC or Mode in the TSX.
Recirc is arguably useful for controlling external venting on/off. Closer to drive is good. Good!
Passenger control is in the logical place, not much to say.
SECOND ROW1-6 for the CD Changer. One logical row, one set of highly related buttons. I'm not sure what DISC- and DISC+ do. I assume these also control station presets.
THIRD ROWLoad, CD slot, and Eject. Durrr. Load and eject are opposites. THey go on opposite sides of the thing they control. They're also different shapes from other buttons.
FOURTH ROWSecondary controls for the Audio system. Arguably, Seek + and Seek- should be on the left, and then SC/RPT/ASEL. However, I assume 90% of people use radio presets, and for CD track skipping its duped on the steering wheel.
FIFTH ROWThe "main" Audio buttons. Volume/Power, which is bog standard in every other car in existence. THen a row full of source selectors in a highly logical order (Traditional Radio, Satellite Radio, CD, AUX...iPod really), and then one "plug" button which they probably had no other place for.
The Tune / Sound Adjust knob is rarely used in my experience. You use presets and who really plays with the EQ while driving?
SIXTH ROWAppears to be for the rear seat DVD system. All functions are contained in this one little block.
Note that the eject logically remains on the right side. Play/Pause is logically the first button. The two source buttons are right next to each other. I haven't used it, but it seems good enough.
SEVENTH ROW/BLOCKGiant iDrive/MMI/whatever knob in the middle. Fine. Cancel on the let side, good (closer to the driver). MAP button also on the left. Also good for quick access to...the Map.
SETUP out of the way.
Not sure what AUDIO does?
Anyways, the point is that the layout is highly logical. I don't see how you could screw it up.
EIDT: I should mention another nice thing....a LOT of these swithces have a built in LED to show you their status. Knowing Acura/Honda, certain ones will be in different colours depending on their function. No need to look at some info panel or display to ascertain the necessary information, and you get immediate feedback from teh thing you directly pressed. Good!