2005 TOYOTA RAV4 Owners Manual

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CD OPENº: The compact disc changer
lid of separate unit is open. Close the
compact disc changer lid.
If the malfunction still exists, take your
vehicle to your Toyota dealer.
 DISC

With compact disc changer onlyÐ
Use these buttons to select a disc you
want to listen to.
Push  º (preset button 3) or 
º (preset
button 4) until the number of the disc you
want to listen appears on the display.
FM1 FM2
Push the FM1º or FM2º button to turn on
the radio and select the FM band. FM1º
or FM2º will appear on the display. This
system allows you to set twelve FM sta-
tions, two for each of the preset button.
PWR´VOL (Power and Volume)
Push PWR´VOLº to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn PWR´VOLº to adjust the
volume. RAND (Random)
There are two random featuresÐyou can
either listen to the tracks on one compact
disc in random order, or listen to the
tracks on all the compact discs in the
magazine in random order.
To play the tracks on one disc in random
order:
Quickly push and release RANDº (preset
button 1). 
º will appear on the
display and the player will perform the
tracks on the disc you are listening to in
random order. To turn off the random fea-
ture, push this button again.
With compact disc changer onlyÐ
To play all the tracks in the magazine in
random order:
Push and hold RANDº (preset button 1)
until you hear a beep. 
º will ap-
pear on the display and the player will
perform all the tracks on all the discs in
the magazine in random order. To turn off
the random feature, push this button
again. RPT (Repeat)
There are two repeat featuresÐyou can
either replay a disc track or a whole com-
pact disc.
Repeating a track:
Quickly push and release RPTº (preset
button 2) while the track is playing.

º will appear on the display. When
the track ends, it will automatically replay.
To turn off the repeat feature, push this
button again.
With compact disc changer onlyÐ
Repeating a disc:
Push and hold RPTº (preset button 2)
until you hear a beep. 
º will ap-
pear 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.

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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 the SCANº button until
you hear a beep. The radio will tune in
the next preset station up the band, stay
there for 5 seconds, and then move to the
next preset station. To stop scanning,
push this button again.
To scan all the frequencies:
Quickly push and release the SCANº but-
ton. The radio will find the next station up
the station band, stay there for 5 seconds,
and then scan again to the next station.
To stop scanning, push this button 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 the SCANº but-
ton. SCANº will appear on the display
and the player will scan all the tracks on
the disc you are listening to. To stop
scanning, push this button again. If the
player scanned all the tracks on the disc,
it will stop scanning.
With compact disc changer onlyÐ
Scanning the first tracks of all the discs
in the magazine:
Push the SCANº button until you hear a
beep. 
´SCANº will appear on the dis-
play and the player will scan the first
track of the next disc. To stop scanning,
push this button again. If the player has
scanned all the di scs, it will stop scan-
ning. SEEK/TRACK (Seeking/Track up/down)
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 

º or  º side of the SEEK/
TRACKº button. Do this again to find the
station after that.
Compact disc player
Use this button to skip up or down to a
different track.
Push 
º or  º side of the SEEK/
TRACKº button until the number of the
track you want to listen to appears on the
display. If you want to return to the begin-
ning of the current track, quickly push the
down side of the button one time.
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.

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TEXT
This button is used to change the display
for the compact disc that contains text
data.
To change the display, quickly push and
release the TEXTº button while the com-
pact disc is playing. The display changes
in the order from the elapsed time to disc
title to track title, then back to the
elapsed time.
If this button is pushed while a compact
disc that does not contain text data is
playing, NO TITLEº will appear on the
display.
If the entire disc or track title does not
appear on the display, push and hold the
button until you hear a beep. The rest of
the title will appear.
TUNE (Tuning)
Turn the TUNEº knob clockwise to step
up the frequency. Turn the knob counter-
clockwise to step down the frequency.

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Details of specific buttons, controls and
features are described in the alphabetical
list that follows.


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1 2 3 4 5 6 (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
SEEK/TRACKº.) Push and hold down the
button until you hear a beepÐthis will set
the station to the button. The preset but-
ton number will appear on the display.
To recall a preset station: Push the button
for the station you want. The preset but-
ton number and station frequency will ap-
pear on the display.
This radio can store one AM and two FM
stations for each button. (The display will
show AMº, FM1º or FM2º when you
push AMº or FMº button.)
(Eject button)
This button is used to eject one or all
compact discs.
To eject the current compact disc, push
and release the compact disc eject button.
To eject a specific disc, push  º (preset
button 3) or 
º (preset button 4) until the
number of the disc you want to eject is
displayed. Push and release the eject but-
ton. To eject all discs at a time, press and
hold the eject button until you hear a
beep. The last compact disc played before
pushing the button will be ejected first. If
the ejected disc is not removed for a long
time, the eject function will be cancelled.
(Reverse/Fast- forward button)
Push and hold 
º (preset button 6) or

º (preset button 5) to fast forward or
reverse within a compact disc. When you
release the button, the compact disc play-
er will resume playing.
AM
Push the AMº button to turn on the radio
and select the AM band. AMº will appear
on the display. AUDIO CONTROL (Tone and sound bal-
ance adjustment function)
Each time you push the AUDIO
CONTROLº knob, the mode changes. To
adjust the tone and balance, turn the
knob.
BAS: 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.
TRE: Adjusts high- pitched tones. The dis-
play ranges from -5 to 5.
FAD: Adjusts the sound balance between
the front and rear speakers. The display
ranges from F7 to R7.
BAL: Adjusts the sound balance between
the right and left speakers. The display
ranges from L7 to R7.
DISC (Compact disc)
Push the DISCº button to play a compact
disc.
When the audio system is set into com-
pact disc operation, the display shows the
track, or track and disc number currently
being played.

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Error messages
If the player malfunctions, your audio sys-
tem will display one of the six following
error messages.
WAITº: The compact disc player unit
may be too hot. Allow the player to cool
down.
ERROR 1º: The disc may be dirty, dam-
aged or inserted incorrectly (up- side
down). Clean the disc and re- insert it.
NO DISCº: The compact disc changer of
separate unit is empty. Insert a disc.
ERROR 3º: There is a problem inside
the system. Eject the disc or magazine.
Set the disc or magazine again.
ERROR 4º: Over- current. Ask your
Toyota dealer to inspect.
CD OPENº: The compact disc changer
lid of separate unit is open. Close the
compact disc changer lid.
If the malfunction still exists, take your
vehicle to your Toyota dealer.
 DISC

Use these buttons to select a disc you
want to listen to.
Push  º (preset button 3) or 
º (preset
button 4) until the number of the disc you
want to listen appears on the display. FM
Push the FMº button to turn on the radio
and select the FM band. FM1º or FM2º
will appear on the display. This system
allows you to set twelve FM stations, two
for each of the preset button.
LOAD
This button is used to load the compact
discs in the compact disc player. This
player can store up to six discs.
To load one compact disc only, quickly
push and release the button, then 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.
To load multiple compact discs, push and
hold the button (until you hear a beep
when the audio system is on), then insert
the first compact disc. After the disc is
loaded, the shutter of the slot will close.
After a few seconds, the shutter will auto-
matically open again so the next disc can
be inserted. The same process can be
applied for loading the rest of the di
scs.
If the player is full of discs, DISC FULLº
will appear on the display.
If no compact disc is inserted, the shutter
will close after 15 seconds. PWR´VOL (Power and Volume)
Push PWR´VOLº to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn PWR´VOLº to adjust the
volume.
RAND (Random)
There are two random featuresÐyou can
either listen to the tracks on one compact
disc in random order, or listen to the
tracks on all the compact discs in the
magazine in random order.
To play the tracks on one disc in random
order:
Quickly push and release RANDº (preset
button 1). 
º will appear on the
display and the player will perform the
tracks on the disc you are listening to in
random order. To turn off the random fea-
ture, push this button again.
To play all the tracks in the magazine in
random order:
Push and hold RANDº (preset button 1)
until you hear a beep. 
º will ap-
pear on the display and the player will
perform all the tracks on all the discs in
the magazine in random order. To turn off
the random feature, push this button
again.

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RDS (Radio Data System) display
The radio will automatically switch to the
RDS mode to receive an RDS station
while tuned to FM broadcasts. RDSº will
appear on the display.
RPT (Repeat)
There are two repeat featuresÐyou can
either replay a disc track or a whole com-
pact disc.
Repeating a track:
Quickly push and release RPTº (preset
button 2) while the track is playing.

º will appear on the display. When
the track ends, it will automatically replay.
To turn off the repeat feature, push this
button again.
Repeating a disc:
Push and hold RPTº (preset button 2)
until you hear a beep. 
º will ap-
pear 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 the SCANº button until
you hear a beep. The radio will tune in
the next preset station up the band, stay
there for 5 seconds, and then move to the
next preset station. To stop scanning,
push this button again.
To scan all the frequencies:
Quickly push and release the SCANº but-
ton. The radio will find the next station up
the station band, stay there for 5 seconds,
and then scan again to the next station.
To stop scanning, push this button 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 the SCANº but-
ton. SCANº will appear on the display
and the player will scan all the tracks on
the disc you are listening to. To stop
scanning, push this button again. If the
player scanned all the tracks on the disc,
it will stop scanning.
Scanning the first tracks of all the discs
in the magazine:
Push the SCANº button until you hear a
beep. 
´SCANº will appear on the dis-
play and the player will scan the first
track of the next disc. To stop scanning,
push this button again. If the player has
scanned all the di scs, it will stop scan-
ning.

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SEEK/TRACK (Seeking/Track up/down)
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 
º or  º side of the SEEK/
TRACKº button. Do this again to find the
station after that.
Compact disc player
Use this button to skip up or down to a
different track.
Push 
º or  º side of the SEEK/
TRACKº button until the number of the
track you want to listen to appears on the
display. If you want to return to the begin-
ning of the current track, quickly push the
down side of the button one time.
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. TEXT
Radio
This button is operational only in RDS
mode.
When an RDS station transmits a text
message, MSGº will appear on the dis-
played.
To display the text message, first push
the TEXTº button to change the radio
station display. Then push the TEXTº but-
ton once more to display, and the mes-
sage will appear on the display.
If the entire the message is not displayed,

º will appear on the display. To display
the rest of the message, push and hold
the TEXTº button until you hear a beep.
After the entire message has been dis-
played, the message will disappear.
The message display will be canceled if
any button that affects the display is
pushed.
If no messages are received, NO
MESSAGEº will appear on the display, and
the display returns to the previous mode.
The message display will be canceled if
you activate any function that affects the
display. Compact disc player
This button is used to change the display
for the compact disc that contains text
data.
To change the display, quickly push and
release the TEXTº button while the com-
pact disc is playing. The display changes
in the order from the elapsed time to disc
title to track title, then back to the
elapsed time.
If this button is pushed while a compact
disc that does not contain text data is
playing, NO TITLEº will appear on the
display.
If the entire disc or track title does not
appear on the display, push and hold the
button until you hear a beep. The rest of
the title will appear.