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Remember that the extender pro-
vided for you may not be safe when
used on a different vehicle, or for
another person or at a different
seating position than the one origi-
nally intended for.
To connect the extender to the seat
belt, insert the tab into the seat belt
buckle so that the PRESSº signs on
the buckle- release buttons of the ex-
tender and the seat belt are both facing
outward as shown.
You will hear a click when the tab locks
into the buckle.
When releasing the seat belt, press on
the buckle- release button on the extender,
not on the seat belt. This helps prevent
damage to the vehicle interior and extend-
er itself.
When not in use, remove the extender
and store in the vehicle for future use.
CAUTION

After inserting the tab, make sure
the tab and buckle are locked and
that the seat belt extender is not
twisted.

Do not insert coins, clips, etc. in
the buckle as this may prevent you
from properly latching the tab and
buckle.

If the seat belt does not function
normally, immediately contact your
Toyota dealer.
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MODEº and RESET/ADJº buttons
These buttons are used to select the
item to be reset or adjusted.
Every time you push the MODEº button,
the display toggles in the following order.1. Hour
2. Minute
3. Year
4. Month
5. Day
6. English or metric unit selection of the outside temperature gauge and cruise
information display
7. Compass deviation calibration (zone)
8. Compass circling calibration
When the item desired to be corrected
appears, reset or adjust it by pushing the
RESET/ADJº button.
DISPLAYº button
This button is used to toggle the func-
tions of the cruise information display.
Every time you push the DISPLAYº but-
ton, the display toggles.
For more details, see ÐCruise
information displayº.CAUTION
Do not adjust the display while the
vehicle is moving. Be sure to adjust
the display only when the vehicle is
stopped.
ÐClock
The digital clock indicates the time.
If the electrical power source has been
disconnected, the time display will auto-
matically be set to 1:00 a.m.
To reset the hour: Push the MODEº but-
ton until the hour display appears and
blinks. Then push the RESET/ADJº but-
ton.
To reset the minutes: Push the MODEº
button until the minute display appears
and blinks. Then push the RESET/ADJº
button.
After resetting the clock, push the MODEº
button until the display returns to normal
calendar mode.
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Details of specific buttons, controls, and
features are described in the alphabetical
listing that follows.
ÐControls and features

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Preset buttons
These buttons are used to preset and
tune in radio stations.
To preset a station to a button: Tune in
the desired station (see TUNEº or SEEKº
button). Push and hold down the button
until you hear a beepÐthis will set the
station to the button. The button number
will appear on the display.
To tune in to a preset station: Push the
button for the station you want. The but-
ton number and station frequency will ap-
pear on the display.
These systems can store one AM and two
FM stations for each button (The display
will show AMº, FM1º or FM2º when you
push AMº FMº).
(Eject button)
Push the cassette tape eject button to
eject a cassette. Push the compact disc
eject button to eject a compact disc.
After you turn the ignition to LOCKº, you
will be able to eject a cassette or disc,
but you will not be able to reinsert it. PROG (Program)
Push 
º to select the other side of a
cassette tape. The display indicates which
side is currently selected (
º indicates
top side, 
º indicates bottom side).
Auto- reverse feature: After the cassette
player reaches the end of a tape side, it
automatically reverses and begins to play
the other side. This is true whether the
cassette was playing or fast forwarding.
(Reverse/Fast forward button)
Cassette Player
Push the fast forward button to fast for-
ward a cassette tape. 
º will appear
on the display. Push the reverse button to
rewind a tape. 
º will appear on the
display.
To stop the tape while it is fast forward-
ing, push the fast forward button or
TAPEº; to stop the tape while it is re-
winding, push the reverse button or
TAPEº.
If a tape side rewinds completely, the cas-
sette player will stop and then play that
same side. If a tape fast forwards com-
pletely, the cassette player will play the
other side of the tape, using the auto- re-
verse feature. Compact Disc Player
If you want to fast forward or reverse
through a compact disc track, push and
hold in the fast forward or reverse button.
When you release the button, the compact
disc player will resume playing.
AM
Push AMº to turn on the radio and select
the AM band. AMº will appear on the
display.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the radio by pushing AMº. Also, push
AMº to switch from cassette or compact
disc operation to radio operation.
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Details of specific buttons, controls, and
features are described in the alphabetical
listing that follows.


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Preset buttons
These buttons are used to preset and
tune in radio stations.
To preset a station to a button: Tune in
the desired station (see TUNEº or SEEKº
button). Push and hold down the button
until you hear a beepÐthis will set the
station to the button. The button number
will appear on the display.
To tune in to a preset station: Push the
button for the station you want. The but-
ton number and station frequency will ap-
pear on the display.
These systems can store one AM and two
FM stations for each button (The display
will show AMº, FM1º or FM2º when you
push AMº FMº).
(Eject button)
Cassette tape
Push the cassette tape eject button to
eject a cassette.
After you turn the ignition to LOCKº, you
will be able to eject a cassette, but you
will not be able to reinsert it. Compact disc
To eject one compact disc only: Push and
release the compact disc eject button. If
you hold the button too long (if the audio
system is on at this time, you hear a
beep.), the mechanism will change to the
mode for ejecting all the discs loaded in
the changer. You can also eject any spe-
cific one of the discs loaded in the chang-
er as follows:
1. Push either side of the DISCº button until the number of the disc you want
to eject is displayed.
2. Push and release the compact disc eject button.
To eject all the discs loaded in the chang-
er: Push and hold the compact disc eject
button (until you hear a beep when the
audio system is on). The last compact
disc played before pushing the button will
be ejected first. If a disc is left in the slot
for a long time, the function to eject all
the discs will be automatically cancelled.
After you turn the ignition to LOCKº, you
will be able to eject one compact disc
only or all the discs loaded in the chang-
er, but you will not be able to reinsert it
or them. PROG (Program)
Push 
º to select the other side of a
cassette tape. The display indicates which
side is currently selected (
º indicates top
side,  º indicates bottom side).
Auto- reverse feature: After the cassette
player reaches the end of a tape side, it
automatically reverses and begins to play
the other side. This is true whether the
cassette was playing or fast forwarding.
(Reverse/Fast forward button)
Cassette Player
Push the fast forward button to fast for-
ward a cassette tape. 
º will appear
on the display. Push the reverse button to
rewind a tape. 
º will appear on the
display.
To stop the tape while it is fast forward-
ing, push the fast forward button or
TAPEº; to stop the tape while it is re-
winding, push the reverse button or
TAPEº.
If a tape side rewinds completely, the cas-
sette player will stop and then play that
same side. If a tape fast forwards com-
pletely, the cassette player will play the
other side of the tape, using the auto- re-
verse feature.
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MSG (Message)
This button is used to display a radio text
message. It is also used to store and
recall radio text messages.
To receive radio text, turn RDS on (see
RDSº), and tune to an RDS station that
broadcasts radio text messages. When the
radio receives a radio test message,
MSGº will appear on the display. Push
this button at this time to display the radio
text message. The message display will
be canceled if you activate any function
that affects the display. After the entire
message has been displayed, the mes-
sage will disappear. To view the message
again, push this button a second time.
To store a radio text message, push and
hold this button for more than 1.7 seconds
while the message is being displayed. A
beep will sound, indicating that the mes-
sage has been stored. At this time MSG
STOREDº appears on the display. Up to
three 64- character messages can be
stored. If 3 messages are already in stor-
age, the oldest message will be removed
to make room for a new message.To recall a radio text message, push this
button for less than 1.7 seconds. The
most recently received stored message
will appear on the display, even if it has
already been displayed. Pushing this but-
ton for less than 1.7 seconds while the
most recent message is being displayed
will recall the newest stored message. If
2 or more messages have been stored,
the other stored messages will be toggled
through each time you push this button
(while a stored message is on display).
If no messages have been stored, or if
there are no more messages to be re-
called, NO MSG STOREDº will appear on
the display, and the message display will
be canceled. The display then returns to
show the program service name. The
message display will be canceled if you
activate any function that affects the dis-
play.
Message display can be canceled by
pressing any of the following buttons:
AMº, FMº, CDº, TAPEº, LOADº,
SEEKº, TUNEº, any preset, SCANº, any
audio control, RDSº, SRCHº, or  TYPES>º. If the current station is not a
traffic program and traffic announcements
is off, pushing TRAFº will cancel the dis-
play. The message will be canceled after
the entire message has been displayed. (Program Types)
This button is used for program type
(PTY) search of RDS stations. 32 program
types are available as listed here.
By pushing this button, RDS is turned on
if it was off (RDSº will display), and the
radio is switched to FM type mode. If
program type search has not previously
performed, the radio will start a program
type search (see SRCHº for details on
program type search).
If a program type search has previously
been performed in FM1 or FM2, the radio
will return to the last active program type.
If you are already in FM type mode and
a program type is not already being dis-
played, pushing this button will recall the
display for the current program type.
After a program type is being displayed,
subsequent pushes within 3 seconds will
toggle through the available program
types. Pushing the right or left arrows
repeatedly will increment or decrement the
display through the available program
types in alphabetical order.
If a type search was started, it can be
canceled as described in SRCH.º
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Program Type List
The following program type names are
available. After a program type search,
the radio will display one of the following
program types for 3 seconds, then the
program type name for 3 seconds (if
available). After that, it will display the
program service name (subject to an
8- character limit) of the current station.
The following table lists each display and
its program type.Display
Program type (PTY)
None0
News1
Inform2
Sports3
Ta l k4
Rock5
Cls Rock6
Adlt Hit7
Soft Rck8
To p 4 09
Country10
Oldies11
Soft12
DisplayProgram type (PTY)
Nostalga13
Jazz14
Classicl15
R & B16
Soft R&B17
Language18
Rel Musc19
Rel Talk20
Persnlty21
Public22
College23
PTY- 2424
PTY- 2525
PTY- 2626
PTY- 2727
PTY- 2828
Weather29
Te s t30
Alert!31
PWR´VOL (Power and Volume)
Push PWR´VOLº to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn PWR´VOLº to adjust the
volume.
RDS (Radio Data System)
If the FM radio, cassette player or com-
pact disc player is on, pushing this button
will turn RDS on or off.
Turning RDS on will display RDSº and
other appropriate RDS displays including
º, TYPEº and MSGº. If the radio
is tuned to an RDS station, the program
service name, such as ROCK 107º, will
appear on the display.
When RDS is turned on, various types of
information are displayed. These include
the program type (PTY) currently being
broadcast, the program service name, traf-
fic announcements and emergency alert
message. There are five buttons that con-
trol RDS: RDSº, SRCHº,  TYPES>º, TRAFº and MSGº. (See each
button's description in this alphabetical
listing.) Emergency alert message is
broadcast when the audio is on even if
the RDS function is turned off (see Alert!
displayº). RDS is also turned on if the
audio system is on by pushing other RDS
buttons except MSGº.
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