2004 TOYOTA AVALON CD player

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DolbyB NR∗
If you are listening to a tape that was
recorded with Dolby  B Noise Reduction,
push the “
” button. The “ B” 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.
FM
Push “FM” to turn on the radio and select
the FM band. “FM1” or “FM2” will appear
on the display. This system allows you to
set twelve FM stations, two for each but-
ton.
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 radio operation. PROG (Program)
Push “
” to select the other side of a
cassette tape. The display indicates which
side is currently selected (“
” indicates
top side, “
” indicates bottom side).
Autoreverse 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.
PWR·VOL (Power and Volume)
Push “PWR·VOL” to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn “PWR·VOL” to adjust the
volume.
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, 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.
Compact disc changer only—
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 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.

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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, 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.
Compact disc changer only—
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 first track on the disc and replay.
To turn off the repeat feature, push this
button again. 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”. 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 “SCAN” again.
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, 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
“SCAN” again. If the player scanned all
the tracks on the disc, it will stop scan-
ning.
Compact disc changer only—
Scanning the first track of all the discs in
the magazine:
Push “SCAN” until you hear a beep.
“
·SCAN” will appear on the display
and the player will perform the first track
of the next disc. To select a disc, push
the “SCAN” again. If the player has
scanned all the di scs, it will stop scan-
ning.

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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. 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 +9” to “SEEK 9” 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. 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
3” 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. 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.
TA P E
Push “TAPE” 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 “TAPE”.
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.

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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 but-
ton 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 fastforward button to fastfor-
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 fastforward-
ing, push the fastforward 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 fastforwards completely,
the cassette will play the other side of the
tape using the autoreverse feature.
Compact Disc Player
If you want to fastforward or reverse a
compact disc track, push and hold the
fastforward or reverse button. When you
release the button, the compact disc play-
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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 lowpitched tones. The dis-
play ranges from 5 to 5.
MID: Adjusts midpitched tones. The dis-
play ranges from 5 to 5.
TREBLE: Adjusts highpitched 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 (upside down).
Clean disc and reinsert.
“ERR 2”: The compact disc player is
empty. Load disc and retry.
“ERR 3” or “ERR 4”: This indicates in-
ternal error. Reload discs.
“OPEn”: The compact disc changer lid is
open. Close the compact disc 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. The “ B” 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 changer which
is integrated with the radio and cassette
player. This compact disc 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 discs. 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 the button (until you hear a beep
when the audio system is on). After push-
ing the button, 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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Rel Talk (Religious Talk)
Rock
Soft
Soft R&B (Soft Rhythm and Blues)
Soft Rck (Soft Rock)
Sports
Ta l k
Test (Emergency Test)
To p 4 0
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 first track on the disc and replay.
To turn off the repeat feature, push this
button again.