2002 TOYOTA AVALON Owners Manual

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Preset buttons
These buttons are used to preset and
tune in radio stations. These preset but-
tons are programmable only when RDS is
not selected.
To preset a station to a button: Tune in
the desired station (see “TUNE” or “SEEK”
button). Push and hold down the button
until you hear a beep—this will set the
station to the button. The preset button
number will appear on the display.
To tune in to a preset station: Push the
button for the station you want. The pre-
set button number and station frequency
will appear on the display.
This radio can store one AM and two FM
stations for each button (The display will
show “AM”, “FM1” or “FM2” when you
push “AM” “FM”).
(Eject button)
Cassette tape
This button is used to eject a cassette.
While the ignition is in “LOCK”, you can
eject a cassette but you cannot reinsert
it. Compact disc
This button is used to eject one or all
compact discs. To eject the current com-
pact disc, push and release the compact
disc eject button. To eject all specific
discs, push either side of the “DISC” but-
ton until the number of the disc you want
to eject is displayed. Push and release
the eject button. To eject all discs, press
and hold the eject button until you hear
a beep. The last compact disc played be-
fore pushing the button will be ejected
first. If the ejected disc is not removed for
a long time, the eject function will be
cancelled.
While the ignition is in “LOCK”, you can
eject one or all discs but you cannot rein-
sert them.
(Reverse/Fastforward button)
Cassette Player
Push the fast −forward button to fast −for-
ward a cassette tape. “
” will appear
on the display. Push the reverse button to
rewind a tape. “
” will appear on the
display.
To stop the tape while it is fast −forward-
ing, push the fast −forward button or
“TAPE”; to stop the tape while it is re-
winding, push the reverse button or
“TAPE”.
If a tape rewinds completely, the cassette
player will stop and then play that same
side. If a tape fast −forwards completely,
the cassette will play the other side of the
tape using the auto −reverse feature.
Compact Disc Player
If you want to fast −forward or reverse a
compact disc track, push and hold the
fast −forward or reverse button. When you
release the button, the compact disc play-
er will resume playing.

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AM
Push “AM” to turn on the radio and select
the AM band. “AM” will appear on the
display.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the radio by pushing “AM”. Also, push
“AM” to switch from cassette or compact
disc operation to AM.
AUDIO CTRL / MODE (Audio control
and mode adjustment)
Each time you push the AUDIO CONTROL
knob, the mode changes. To adjust the
tone and balance, turn the knob.
BASS: Adjusts low−pitched tones. The dis-
play ranges from −5 to 5.
MID: Adjusts mid −pitched tones. The dis-
play ranges from −5 to 5.
TREBLE: Adjusts high− pitched tones. The
display ranges from −5 to 5.
BALANCE: Adjusts the sound balance be-
tween the right and left speakers. The
display ranges from −7 to 7.
FADER: Adjusts the sound balance be-
tween the front and rear speakers. The
display ranges from −7 to 7. CD (Compact Disc)
Push “CD” while in radio or cassette
mode to switch to compact disc mode. If
the audio system is off, pressing “CD” will
turn on the compact disc player. A disc
must be loaded in the player.
When the audio is set into compact disc
operation, the display shows the track or,
track and disc number currently being
played.
If the player or another unit equipped with
the player malfunctions, your audio system
will display one of the six following error
messages.
Error codes
“WAIT”: The compact disc player unit may
be too hot due to temperature. Allow the
player to cool down.
“ERR 1”: The disc may be dirty, damaged
or inserted incorrectly (up
−side down).
Clean disc and re −insert.
“ERR 2”: The compact disc player is
empty. Load disc and re− try.
“ERR 3” or “ERR 4”: This indicates inter-
nal error. Re− load discs.
“OPEn”: The compact disc auto changer
lid is open. Close the compact disc auto
changer lid. If the malfunction still exists,
take your
vehicle to your Toyota dealer.
DISC
By using this button, you can select a
disc you wish to listen to.
Push either side of the button until the
number of the disc you want to listen
appears on the display.
Dolby 
B NR∗
If you are listening to a tape that was
recorded with Dolby  B Noise Reduction,
push the button marked with the double −D
symbol. The double− D symbol will appear
on the display. Push the button again to
turn off Dolby  B NR.
The Dolby NR mode reduces tape noise
by about 10 dB. For best sound reproduc-
tion, play your tapes with this button on
or off according to the mode used for
recording the tape.
∗: Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. “DOLBY” and the
double D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation.

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FM
Push “FM” to turn on the radio to FM
band. “FM1” or “FM2” will appear on the
display. This system allows you to set
twelve FM stations, two for each of the
six preset button.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the radio by pushing “FM”. Also, push
“FM” to switch from cassette or compact
disc operation to FM.
LOAD
This button is used to load the compact
discs in the compact disc auto changer
which is integrated with the radio and cas-
sette player. This compact disc auto
changer can store up to 6 discs.
The key must be in the “ACC” or “ON”
position for the load function.
Loading one compact disc only—
To load one compact disc only, quickly
push and release the 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
loading multiple compact di scs. After
pushing the button, insert a compact disc.
After the disc is loaded, the shutter of the
slot will close. If no compact disc is inserted, the shutter
will close after 15 seconds.
Loading multiple compact di
scs—
To load multiple compact discs, push and
hold (until you hear a beep when the au-
dio system is on). After pushing the but-
ton, insert the first compact disc. After the
disc is loaded, the shutter of the slot will
close. After a few seconds, the shutter
will automatically open again so the next
disc can be inserted. The same process
can be applied for loading the rest of the
discs.
If no compact disc is inserted, the shutter
will close after 15 seconds. MSG (Message)
This button is operational only in RDS
mode.
When an RDS radio station transmits a
text message, “MSG” will be displayed. At
this time, push “MSG” button to view the
text message. The message display will
be canceled if any button that affects the
display is pushed. To view the message
again, push the “MSG” button again. After
the entire message has been displayed,
the message will disappear.
The RDS audio system has memory to
store three 64 character messages. To
store a message in memory, push and
hold the “MSG” button until you hear a
beep.
If 3 messages are already stored in
memory, the oldest message will be over-
written by the new message.
To recall a radio text message, push the
“MSG” button momentarily. This will dis-
play the most recent message. A second
push of the “MSG” button while the most
stored message(s) are displayed begins
with the newest one.

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If no messages have been stored, or if
there are no more messages to be re-
called, “NO MSG STORED” 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:
“AM”, “FM”, “CD”, “TAPE”, “LOAD”,
“SEEK”, “TUNE”, any preset, “SCAN”, any
audio control, “RDS”, “SRCH”, or “ TYPES>”. If the current station is not a
traffic program and traffic announcements
is off, pushing “TRAF” will cancel the dis-
play. The message will be canceled after
the entire message has been displayed.
PROG (Program)
The “
” button switches the side of
the cassette being played. The display in-
dicates which side is currently selected
(“ ” indicates top side, “ ” indicates bot-
tom side).
Auto −reverse feature: After the cassette
reaches the end of a tape, it automatically
reverses and begins to play the other
side. This feature works both in play and
fast −forward mode. (Program Types)
This button is operational only in RDS
mode.
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 turns on in
FM mode and “RDS” will be displayed. If
the program type search is not already
performed, the radio will start a program
type search (see “SRCH” for details). If a
program type search has already been
performed, the last active program type
will be tuned.
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 of this button within 3
seconds will toggle through the available
program types. Pushing the right or left
arrows repeatedly will increment or decre-
ment the display through the available pro-
gram types in alphabetical order.
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
first 8 characters of the program service
name of the current station.
Program types included are
Adlt Hit (Adult Hits)
Alert! (Emergency message)
Classicl (Classical)
Cls Rock (Classic Rock)
College
Country
Inform (Information)
Jazz
Language
News
Nostalga (Nostalgia)
Oldies
Persnlty (Personality)
Public
R & B (Rhythm and Blues)
Rel Musc (Religious Music)

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Rel Talk (Religious Talk)
Rock
Soft
Soft R&B (Soft Rhythm and Blues)
Soft Rck (Soft Rock)
Sports
Ta l k
Test (Emergency Test)
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WeatherPWR·VOL (Power and Volume)
Push “PWR·VOL” to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn “PWR·VOL” to adjust the
volume.
RDS (Radio Data System)
Your audio system is equipped with Radio
Data Systems (RDS). RDS mode provides
you to receive text messages from radio
stations that utilize RDS transmitters.
If the FM radio, cassette player or com-
pact disc player is on, pushing this button
will turn RDS on or off.
When RDS is on, the radio can
—select only stations of a particular pro-
gram type,
—seek to stations with traffic announce-
ments,
—display messages from radio stations,
—search for a stronger signal station,
—receive announcements concerning local
and national emergencies (even if RDS
function is turned off)
RDS features are available for use only
on FM stations which broadcast RDS in-
formation. ALERT:
This type of announcement warns
of national or local emergencies. You will
not be able to turn off alert announce-
ments. Alert announcements will come on
even if RDS mode is turned off. “Alert!”
appears on the display when an alert an-
nouncement plays. The radio uses TA vol-
ume during these announcements. When
an alert announcement comes on the
tuned radio station or a related network
station, you will hear it even if the volume
is muted or a cassette tape or compact
disc is playing. If the radio tunes to a
related network station for an alert an-
nouncement, it will return to the original
station when the announcement is fin-
ished. If the cassette tape or compact
disc player is playing, play will stop for
the announcement and resume when the
announcement is finished.

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RND (Random)
There are two random features—you 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 “
”. “”
will appear on the display. The disc you
are listening to will play in random order.
If you hear a beep, the player will play all
the tracks in the magazine in random or-
der. To turn off the random feature, push
this button again.
To randomly play all the tracks in the
magazine:
Push and hold “
” until you hear a
beep. “
” 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 “
” while the track is playing.
“
” will appear on the display. When
the track ends, it will automatically rewind
and replay. To turn off the repeat feature,
push this button again.
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 features—You can
either replay a disc track or a whole com-
pact disc.
Repeating a track:
Quickly push and release “
” while the
track is playing. “
” will appear on the
display. If you hear a beep, the player will
repeat the whole disc. When the track
ends, it will automatically replay. To turn
off the repeat feature, push this button
again.
Repeating a disc:
Push and hold “
” until you hear a
beep. “
” 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. To
turn off the repeat feature, push this but-
ton again.

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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 “SCAN” 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
“SCAN” again.
To scan all the frequencies:
Quickly push and release “SCAN”. The
radio will find the next station up the sta-
tion band, stay there for 5 seconds, and
then scan again to the next preset. To
select a station, push “SCAN” again. If
you hear a beep, the radio will scan the
preset stations.Compact disc player
There are two scan features—you 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 “SCAN”. “SCAN”
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, the
player will scan the first track of all the
discs in the magazine. To select a track,
push “SCAN” again. If the player scanned
all the tracks on the disc, it will stop
scanning.
Scanning the first track of all the discs in
the magazine:
Push “SCAN” until you hear a beep.
“DSCAN” will appear on the display and
the player will scan the first track of the
next disc. To select a disc, push the
“SCAN” 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 “
” or “ ” side of “SEEK”.
Do this again to find the station after that.
If you push and hold the “ ” or “ ” side
of “SEEK”, 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. Press the button again to
resume the search.
Cassette Player
By using this button you can skip up or
down to locate a song or recording.
You can select up to 9 recordings (includ-
ing current one).
A blank space of at least 3 seconds is
considered to be a start of a recording.
When a beginning of a tape is reached,
the player automatically resumes play.
When the end of the tape is reached, the
player automatically reverses sides and
resumes normal play.

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In addition, the feature may not work well
with some spoken word, live, or classical
recordings.
SRCH (Search)
This feature is available only in RDS
mode.
This button allows you to search all avail-
able RDS stations out of the entire FM
band and sort them by program type (see
“” for details on program
types).
By pushing this button, RDS is turned on
if it was off (“RDS” will display). The radio
is switched to FM type mode. During the
program type search, “SEARCHING....” will
show on the display. Also at this time,
“FM” and “TYPE” will appear on the dis-
play to indicate that the preset buttons are
for program type.
After searching for all available RDS sta-
tions, the radio will activate the previously
used program type. If the previously used
program type is not available, or if the
radio has not yet performed a program
type search, the radio will activate the
first available program type, in alphabeti-
cal order, that has stations in memory.
The radio will preset the stations of the
current program type into the preset but-
tons. If more than 6 stations of a program type
are found, the radio will create a second
bank of presets, such as “Rock 1” and
“Rock 2”. These are accessible through
the “” button. If more than
12 stations are found, the radio will load
the 12 strongest stations signal 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.” The radio will then display the se-
lected program type for 3 seconds: for
example, “ROCK.” 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 preset button(s) 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 preset button(s) will have no func-
tion.
A type search in progress can be can-
celed by pushing the following buttons:
“SEEK”, “TUNE”, “SCAN”, “AM”, “FM”, any
preset button, “CD” (if CD mode is avail-
able), “TAPE” (if tape mode is available),
“RDS”, “SRCH”, “”,
“TRAF”, or “LOAD”. If any of these but-
tons is pressed, the search will be can-
celed and the appropriate function started.
Inserting a tape will also cancel the
search.
If no RDS stations are found, “FOUND 0
RDS” 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. “ST” 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.