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This section describes some of the basic
features on Toyota audio systems. Some
information may not pertain to your sys-
tem.
Your audio system works when the ignition
key is in the “ACC” or “ON” position.
TURNING THE SYSTEM ON AND OFF66.
Push “PWR” to turn the audio system on
and off.
Push “AUDIO” to display switches for au-
dio system.
Push “AM”, “FM” or “TAPE” to turn on that
function without pushing “PWR”.
You can turn on each player by inserting
a cassette tape.
You can turn off each player by ejecting
the cassette tape. If the audio system was
previously off, then the entire audio sys-
tem will be turned off when you eject the
cassette tape. If another function was pre-
viously playing, it will come on again.
SWITCHING BETWEEN FUNCTIONS
Push “AM”, “FM” or “TAPE” if the system
is already on but you want to switch from
one function to another.67.VOLUME CONTROL
To adjust the volume, turn the “VOL”.
YOUR RADIO ANTENNA
To remove an antenna on the roof, care-
fully turn it counterclockwise.
NOTICE
To prevent damage to the antenna,
make sure to remove it before driving
your Toyota through an automatic car
wash.
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AUDIO CONTROL68.
This function adjusts the tone or bal-
ance.
Touching the “SOUND” switch on the
screen displays the sound adjustment
screen.
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BASS “+” or “”: Adjusts lowpitched
tone.
TREB “+” or “”: Adjusts highpitched
tone.
“Front” or “Rear”: Adjusts sound balance
between the front and rear speakers.
“L” or “R”: Adjusts sound balance be-
tween the left and right speakers.
“OK”: The previous screen returns. YOUR CASSETTE PLAYER
When you insert a cassette, the exposed
tape should be to the right.
NOTICE
Do not oil any part of the player and
do not insert anything other than cas-
sette tapes into the slot, or the tape
player may be damaged.
69.Radio operation
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(a) Listening to the radio70.
Push the “AM/FM” button on either
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Push the “TUNE” button on either
side to step up the station band or to
step down.71.
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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 pre-
vent the weak signal from creating noise.
If the signal becomes extremely weak, the
radio switches from stereo to mono recep-
tion. In this case, “ST” disappears from
the display.
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(b) Presetting a station72.
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Touch one of the station selector switches (16) and hold it until a
beep is heard. This sets the station
to the switch and the frequency ap-
pears at the right of the switch.
Each switch can store one FM1, FM2 and
AM station. To change the preset station
to a different one, follow the same proce-
dure.
The preset station memory is cancelled
when the power source is interrupted by
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(c) Selecting a station
Tune in the desired station using one of
the following methods.
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73.Preset tuning: Touch the switch (16)
for the station you want. The switch is
highlighted in green. The station frequency
appears on the display.
Manual tuning: Push the “
TUNE” but-
ton on either side briefly. Each time you
push the same side, the radio will step up
or down to another frequency.
74.Seek tuning: Push the “
TUNE”
button on either side and hold it until you
hear a beep. The radio will begin seeking
up or down for a station of the nearest
frequency and will stop on reception. Each
time you push the same side, the stations
will be searched out one after another.
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75.Scan tuning: Push the “SCAN” button
or touch the “SCAN” switch briefly.
“SCAN” appears on the display. The radio
will find the next station up or down the
band, stay there for a few seconds, and
then scan again. To select a station, push
the “SCAN” button or touch the “SCAN”
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Preset scan tuning: Push the “SCAN”
button or touch the “SCAN” switch and
hold it until you hear a beep. “P.SCAN”
appears on the display. The radio will tune
in the next preset station up or down the
band, stay there for a few seconds, and
then move to the next preset station. To
select a station, push the “SCAN” button
or touch the “SCAN” switch a second
time.
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(d) RDS (Radio Data System)
AF (Alternative Frequency) function: A
station providing good reception is au-
tomatically selected if current reception
worsens.
This functions switches over to the broad-
casting station providing good reception
within the same RDS network and is con-
venient for following the appropriate sta-
tions.
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76.TRAF (Traffic) function: A station
that regularly broadcasts traffic infor-
mation is automatically located and
broadcasts when the program starts.
When you push the “TRAF” button, “TRAF
SEEK” appears on the display and the
radio will start seeking any traffic program
station.
If no traffic program station is found,
“NOTHING” appears and the display re-
turns to the previous mode.
If a traffic program station is found, the
name for traffic program station is dis-
played for a while until a traffic announce-
ment is received. On reception of “TRAF”
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After the traffic announcement program is
over, “TRAF” display turns off and the
display returns to the previous mode.
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(e) PTY (Program type)
When you touch “RDS SRCH” during FM
reception, “RDS SEARCH” appears and
the radio starts to search RDS stations.
If any RDS stations cannot be found, “NO
RDS Stations Found” appears and the pre-
vious mode returns.
If RDS stations are found, the stations are
read and preset by program type. The FM
TYPE mode screen displays the “** RDS
Stations Found” (** indicates the number
of stations which are found) and then
RDS stations appear in the order of fre-
quency.If in one program type, more than 6 sta-
tions are found, the 6 stations are preset
in the order of the lower frequency.
Each time you push the “
” or ””
switch, the program type changes as in
the following:
ROCK
EASY LIS (Easy listening)
CLS/JAZZ (Classical music and jazz)
R&B (Rhythm and Blues)
INFORM (Information)
RELIGION
MISC.
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(f) Emergency broadcast
If an emergency broadcast is received
during reception of other than AM broad-
casting, “ALERT” appears and an emer-
gency broadcast will start.
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(g) Radio text message
If “MSG” appears during FM reception,
touching the “MSG” switch displays the
message display screen which indicates
the text message from the RDS station.
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If a new message is received with the
first text message on the display, “MSG”
appears on the corner of the screen
again. When you touch “LATEST MES-
SAGE”, the new message appears.
The RDS audio system can store three
messages consisting of 64 characters. To
store a message in memory, touch the
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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, touch the
“RECALL” switch. Each time you touch the
switch, the display returns to the previous
mode.
When you touch “OK”, the available mes-
sage will be displayed beginning with the
newest one.
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(a) Playing a cassette tape78.79.80.
The player will automatically start when
you insert a cassette tape. At this time,
“Tape” appears on the display.
If a metal or chrome equivalent cassette
tape is put in the cassette player, the
player will automatically recognize it and
“MTL” appears on the display.
To eject the cassette tape, push the “
”
button.
Autoreverse feature: After the cassette
player reaches the end of a tape, it auto-
matically reverses and begins to play the
other side, regardless of whether the cas-
sette was playing or fast forwarding.
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81.If a cassette is already in the slot,
push the “DISC/TAPE” button on the
“TAPE” side.
77.Cassette tape player
operation