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Alert!º display
The alert program type sends emergency
alert messages. The radio will receive
alert messages if it is on and tuned to an
RDS station, or if the previous station was
an RDS station. If the radio receives an
alert announcement, it will interrupt the
previous mode, display Alert!,º adjust the
volume to Traffic Announcement level, and
broadcast the alert. Then, it will return to
the previous mode and volume level.
An alert message in progress can be can-
celled by activating any function. However,
the PTY- 31 interrupt feature can only be
turned off by turning off the ignition.
RND (Random)
There are two random featuresÐyou can
either listen to the tracks on all the com-
pact discs in the magazine in random or-
der, or only listen to the tracks on a
specific compact disc in random order.
To randomly play the tracks on a disc:
Quickly push and release 
º. º
will appear on the display. The disc you
are listening to will play in random order.
If you hear a beep, you held the button
too long, and the player will play all the
tracks in the magazine in random order.
To turn off the random feature, push this
button again. To randomly play all the tracks in the
magazine:
Push and hold 
º until you hear a
beep. 
º will appear on the display
and the player will perform all the tracks
on all the discs in the magazine in ran-
dom order. To turn off the random feature,
push this button again.
RPT (Repeat)
Cassette Player
Push 
º while the track is playing.

º will appear on the display. When
the track ends, it will automatically be
rewound and replayed. This process will
be continued until you push the button
again to turn off the repeat feature.
There must be at least 3 seconds of blank
space between tracks in order for the re-
peat feature to work correctly. Compact Disc Player
There are two repeat featuresÐYou can
either replay a disc track or a whole com-
pact disc.
Repeating a track:
Quickly push and release 
º while the
track is playing. 
º will appear on the
display. If you hear a beep, you held the
button too long, and the player will repeat
the whole disc. When the track ends, it
will automatically be replayed. This pro-
cess will be continued until you push the
button again to turn off the repeat feature.
Repeating a disc:
Push and hold 
º until you hear a
beep. 
º will appear on the display.
The player will repeat all the tracks on the
disc you are listening to. When the disc
ends, the player will automatically go back
to the top track of the disc and replay.
This process will be continued until you
push the button again to turn off the re-
peat feature.
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SCAN
Radio
You can either scan all the frequencies on
a band or scan only the preset stations
for that band.
To scan the preset stations:
Push and hold SCANº until you hear a
beep. The radio will tune in the next pres-
et station up the band, stay there for 5
seconds, and then move to the next pre-
set station. To select a station, push
SCANº again.
To scan all the frequencies:
Quickly push and release SCANº. If you
hear a beep, you held the button too long,
and the radio will scan the preset sta-
tions. The radio will find the next station
up the station band, stay there for 5 se-
conds, and then scan again. To select a
station, push SCANº again.Compact disc player
There are two scan featuresÐyou can ei-
ther scan the tracks on a specific disc or
scan the first tracks of all the discs in the
magazine.
Scanning the tracks on a disc:
Quickly push and release SCANº. SCANº
will appear on the display and the player
will scan all the tracks on the disc you
are listening to. If you hear a beep, you
held the button too long, and the player
will scan the first track of all the discs in
the magazine. To select a track, push
SCANº again. If the player scanned all
the tracks on the disc, it will stop scan-
ning.
Scanning the first track of all the discs in
the magazine:
Push SCANº until you hear a beep.
DSCANº will appear on the display and
the player will perform the first track of
the next disc. To select a disc, push the
SCANº again. If the player has scanned
all the discs, it will stop sc
anning.SEEK (Seeking)
Radio
In the seek mode, the radio finds and
plays the next station up or down the
station band.
To seek the next station, quickly push and
release the 
º or  º side of SEEKº.
Do this again to find the station after that.
If you push and hold the  º or  º side
of SEEKº, the radio will continue seeking
up or down for stations and will stop at
the next station that it finds after the but-
ton is released. on reception. Press the
button again to resume the search.
Cassette Player
By using this button, you can skip up or
down to a different track.
You can skip up to nine tracks at a time.
Push the up or down side of the button.
From SEEK +9º to SEEK -9º will appear
on the display.
Next, push either side of the track button
until the number on the display reaches
the number of tracks you want to skip. If
you push the button ten times, the skip
feature will be turned off.
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When counting the number of tracks you
want to rewind, remember to count the
current track as well. For example, if you
want to rewind to a song that is two be-
fore the song you are listening to, push
on the down side of the button until REW
3º appears on the display.
If you have pushed the track button more
than you wanted to, push the other side
of the button. The track number will be
reduced.
The track number you select is not valid
if it is higher than the number of tracks
remaining on the current cassette side.
After the beginning of the tape is
reached, the player will automatically
start playing the same side.
After the end of the tape is reached,
the player will automatically reverse
sides and start playing the other side.
There must be at least 3 seconds of blank
space between tracks for the track button
to work correctly. In addition, the feature
may not work well with some spoken
word, live, or classical recordings. SRCH (Search)
This button allows you to search all avail-
able RDS stations out of the entire FM
band and sort them by program type (see
º for details on program
types).
By pushing this button, RDS is turned on
if it was off (RDSº will display). The radio
is switched to FM type mode. During the
program type search, SEARCHING
....º will
show on the display. Also at this time,
FMº and TYPEº will appear on the dis-
play to indicate that the preset buttons are
for program type presets.
After searching for all available RDS sta-
tions, the radio will activate the previously
active program type. If the previously ac-
tive program type is not available, or if
the radio has not yet performed a program
type search, the radio will activate the
first program type, in alphabetical order,
that has stations in memory. The radio will
preset the stations of the current program
type into the preset buttons. If more than 6 stations of a program type
are found, the radio will create a second
bank of presets, such as Rock 1º and
Rock 2º. These are accessible through
the º button. If more than
12 stations are found, the radio will load
the 12 strongest stations of the program
type into the presets.
After the search is complete, the radio will
display the number of RDS stations found
for 3 seconds: for example, Found 19
RDS.º The radio will then display the se-
lected program type for 3 seconds: for
example, ROCK.º After the program type
has been displayed for 3 seconds, the
radio will display the program type name
for 3 seconds. After that, the radio will
display the program service name.
Day mode (headlights off): The radio will
only display the number of presets that
have a frequency for the selected program
type. For example, if program type Rock
is selected, and there are three rock sta-
tions, only preset numbers 1, 2 and 3 will
be displayed. The remaining preset num-
bers will not be displayed and the remain-
ing presets will have no function.
Night mode (headlights on): In addition to
the display described for day mode, the
radio will illuminate the jewels of the pre-
sets that have stations available. The re-
maining presets will have no function.
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A type search in progress can be can-
celed by pushing the following buttons:
SEEKº, TUNEº, SCANº, AMº, FMº, any
preset button, CDº (if CD mode is avail-
able), TAPEº (if tape mode is available),
RDSº, SRCHº, º,
TRAFº, or LOADº. If any of these but-
tons is pressed, the search will be can-
celed and the appropriate function started.
Inserting a tape can also cancel the
search.
If no RDS stations are found, FOUND 0
RDSº will display and the radio will return
to the previous FM mode and frequency.
ST (Stereo reception) display
Your radio automatically changes to stereo
reception when a stereo broadcast is re-
ceived. STº appears on the display. If the
signal becomes weak, the radio reduces
the amount of channel separation to prev-
ent the weak signal from creating noise.
If the signal becomes extremely weak, the
radio switches from stereo to mono recep-
tion.TA P E
Push TAPEº to switch from radio or com-
pact disc operation to cassette operation.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the cassette player by pushing TAPEº.
In both cases, a cassette must already be
loaded in the player.
TRACK (Track up/down button):
Compact disc player
By using this button, you can skip up or
down to a different track.
Push either side of the track button until
the number of the track you want to listen
to appears on the display. If you want to
return to the beginning of the current
track, push the down side of the button
one time, quickly.
TRAF (Traffic)
This button turns the traffic announcement
(TA) feature on and off. This button can
operate in RDS mode, or if the FM radio,
cassette player or compact disc player is
on.
By pushing this button, RDS is turned on
if it was off (RDSº will display), and traf-
fic announcement feature is on. TRAFº
appears on the display when the radio is
tuned to a traffic station. When the traffic
announcement feature is on, < >º will be
displayed around TRAFº (º).If the current station is not a traffic sta-
tion, the radio will start a traffic program
search in increasing frequency order. Dur-
ing a traffic program search, Seek Trafficº
will display. If no traffic programs are
found, No Traf Infoº will display.
If the radio receives a traffic announce-
ment, it will interrupt the cassette player
or compact disc mode (if either one was
on), adjust the volume to Traffic An-
nouncement level, and broadcast the traf-
fic announcement. During a traffic an-
nouncement, Traf Announceº will appear
on the display. After traffic announcement,
it will return to the previous mode and
volume level.
TA volume memory functionÐThe volume
when receiving the traffic announcement is
memorized.
When TAº is received next time, the sys-
tem compares the volume before TAº is
received and the memorized TA volume
and automatically selects the louder vol-
ume. However, the range of volume
memory is limited: if the volume received
previously is less than the minimum, this
volume will be the minimum range.
You can adjust the volume independently
from the memorized TA volume range
while receiving a TA station.
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1. AUTOº Button
2. OFFº Button
3. Air Intake Selector
4. Windshield Air Flow Button
5. A/Cº Button
6. DUALº Button
7. Temperature Selector (Only for the independent mode that
display shows DUALº; mainly for front
passenger and secondarily for driver)
8. MODEº Button (air flow selector)
9. Fan Speed Selector
10. Temperature Selector (At the independent mode that display
shows DUALº; mainly for driver and
secondarily for front passenger)
(At the linked mode that display does
not show DUALº; for driver)
Automatic air conditioning systemÐ
ÐControls
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AUTOº button
For automatic operation of the air condi-
tioning, press the AUTOº button. AUTOº
will appear on the display to show that
the automatic operation mode has been
selected.
In the automatic operation mode, the air
conditioning selects the most suitable fan
speed, air flow, air intake and on- off of
the air conditioning according to the tem-
perature.
When you press the AUTOº button with
the air intake mode at FRESH, internal
circulation may be applied for maximum
cooling.
You may use manual controls if you want
to select your own settings.
To turn off the automatic operation, press
the OFFº button.
Fan speed selector
Push the >º (increase) or <º (decrease)
side of the button to adjust the fan speed.
In automatic operation, you do not have
to adjust the fan speed unless you desire
another fan speed mode.Temperature selector
To increase the temperature, press the


º side, to decrease it, press the  º
side.
MAX COLDº appears when you adjust to
maximum cooling, and MAX HOTº when
you adjust to maximum warming.
The temperature display changes between
  Cº and  Fº when the unit of the outside
temperature gauge is changed.
DUALº button
This switch is used to set the tempera-
tures independently for the driver 's seat
and front passenger seat.
Pushing the button changes the mode
from independent and linked.
Independent mode: Temperatures can be
set independently for the driver 's seat and
front passenger 's seat. DUALº will appear
on the display to show that the indepen-
dent mode has been selected.
Linked mode: The same temperature is
set for the driver's seat and front passen-
ger 's seat.
When the temperature for the front pas-
senger 's seat is changed in linked mode,
the mode is changed automatically to in-
dependent mode. Knowledge for the two- temperature se-
lector operation
This air conditioning system has two inde-
pendent temperature selectors: left and
right (for the use of driver and front pas-
senger respectively).

There are cases where the temperature
of the airflow may not accurately corre-
late on the driver and front passenger
side according to circumstances, even
if the left and right temperature selec-
tors are set at the same temperature.
If this situation occurs, use the fine
tune operation to adjust the air temper-
ature on one side.

There are cases where one or both of
the airflow temperatures may not accu-
rately correlate with the set tempera-
ture according to circumstances, when
the airflow temperature settings on the
left and right are substantially different.
For example, if the left controller is set
at central or neutral temperature while
the right one is set at maximum heat-
ing or maximum cooling, or vice versa.
If this situation occurs, use the fine
tune operation to adjust the air temper-
ature on each side.
OFFº button
Push the OFFº button to turn off the air
conditioning system.
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For details about air flow selector settings,
see ÐAir flow selector settingsº de-
scribed below.
Air intake selector
The air intake selector button is used to
switch the air intake FRESH mode that
draws outside air into the system and RE-
CIRCULATED mode that recirculates the
air inside vehicle.
Press the button to select the air source.
The air intake mode which is being se-
lected is shown on the display.
To prevent fogging up of the windshield,
the air intake mode may change automati-
cally to FRESH depending on the condi-
tion of the air conditioning system.
For example, when the ambient tempera-
ture is low, the air intake mode may
change automatically to FRESH. This is
not a malfunction.A/Cº button
To turn on the air conditioning, press the
A/Cº button. The A/Cº button indicator
will come on. To turn the air conditioning
off, press the button again.
If the A/Cº button indicator flashes, there
is a problem in the air conditioning system
and the air conditioning automatically
shuts off. If this happens, take your ve-
hicle to your Toyota dealer for service.
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Clock (type A)
The digital clock indicates the time.
The key must be in the ONº position.
To reset the hour: Push the MODEº but-
ton until the hour display blinks. Then
push the ADJº button.
To reset the minutes: Push the MODEº
button until the minute display blinks.
Then push the ADJº button.
If the electrical power source has been
disconnected from the clock, the time dis-
play will automatically be set to 1:00 (one
o'clock).
When the instrument panel lights are
turned on, the brightness of the time in-
dication will be reduced.
Clock (type B)
For details, see Multi- information dis-
playк in Section 1- 5.
Outside temperature gauge
Ty p e A
Ty p e B
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