2006 TOYOTA AVALON Owners Manual

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AUDIO CONT (Tone and sound balance
adjustment function)
Each time you push the “AUDIO CONT”
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.
SURROUND: Turn on or off the surround
function. “SURROUND ON” or
“SURROUND OFF” on the display.
DISC (Compact disc)
Push the “DISC” button to play a compact
disc. The indicator light will come on.
When the audio system is set into com-
pact disc operation, the display shows the
track, or track and disc number currently
being played. Error messages
If the player malfunctions, your audio sys-
tem will display following error messages.
“WAIT”:
The compact disc player unit
may be too hot. Allow the player to cool
down.
“ERROR 1”: The disc may be dirty, dam-
aged or inserted incorrectly (up −side
down). Clean the disc and re −insert it.
“NO DISC”: The compact disc changer of
separate unit is empty. Insert a disc.
“ERROR 3”: There is a problem inside
the system. Eject the disc or magazine.
Set the disc or magazine again.
“ERROR 4”: Over−current. Ask your
Toyota dealer to inspect.
“CD OPEN”: 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/TYPE
Radio
When you push the “
” or “” side of
the “DISC/TYPE” button while receiving an
RDS station, the current program type ap-
pears on the display.
Each time you push “ ” or “ ” side of
this button, the program type changes as
in the following:
NEWS
SPORTS
TA L K
POP
ROCK
JAZZ
CLASSIC
OTHERS
INFORM (Information)
EASY LIS (Easy listening)
CLS/JAZZ (Classical music and Jazz)
R&B (Rhythm and Blues)
RELIGION
ALERT (Emergency message)

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With the program type displayed, push the
“SEEK/TRACK” or “SCAN” button. You can
seek or scan for the station broad casting
the same type of program.
XM satellite radio
∗—
When you push the “ ” or “” side of
the “DISC/TYPE” button while receiving a
XM channel, the current channel category
appears on the display.
When the channel category appears, push
either “ ” or “ ” side of this button to
switch to the next or previous category.
∗: Use of satellite radio r equires XM tuner
and service. Contact your Toyota deal-
er for details.
Compact disc player
Use the “DISC/TYPE” button to select a
disc you want to listen to.
Push “ ” or “ ” side of the “DISC/TYPE”
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 “
” (preset button 1). “” will ap-
pear 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 to re-
cord 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 the “FM” button to turn on the radio
and select the FM band. The indicator
light will come on and “FM1” or “FM2” 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 FULL”
will appear on the display.
If no compact disc is inserted, the shutter
will close after 15 seconds.

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PROG (Program)
Push “PROG” (preset button 4) to select
the other side of a cassette tape. The
display indicates which side is currently
selected (“
” indicates the top side, “”
indicates the 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.
PWR·VOL (Power and Volume)
Push “PWR·VOL” to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn “PWR·VOL” to adjust the
volume.
RAND (Random)
There are two random features—you 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 “RAND” (preset
button 3). “RAND” will appear on the dis-
play and the player will perform the tracks
on the disc you are listening to in random
order. To turn off the random feature, push
this button again. To play all the tracks in the magazine in
random order:
Push and hold “RAND” (preset button 1)
until you hear a beep. “
” and “RAND”
will appear 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.
RDS (Radio Data System) display
The radio will automatically switch to the
RDS mode to receive an RDS station
while turned to FM broadcasts. “RDS” will
appear on the display.
RPT (Repeat)
Cassette player
Push “RPT” (preset button 2) while the
track is playing. “RPT” will appear on the
display. When the track ends, it will auto-
matically 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 “RPT” (preset
button 2) while the track is playing. “RPT”
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 “RPT” (preset button 2)
until you hear a beep. “
” and “RPT” will
appear on the display. The player will re-
peat all the tracks on the disc you are
listening to. When the disc ends, the play-
er 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 “SCAN” 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 “SCAN” 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.XM satellite radio∗—
You can either scan the currently selected
channel category or scan only the preset
channels for that band.
To scan the preset channels:
Push and hold the “SCAN” button until
you hear a beep. “SCAN” appears on the
display. The radio will tune in the next
preset channel up the band, stay there for
5 seconds, and then move to the next
preset channel. To stop scanning, push
this button again.
To scan the currently selected channel
category:
Quickly push and release the “SCAN” but-
ton. “SCAN” appears on the display. The
radio will find the next channel in the
same channel category up the band, stay
there for 5 seconds, and then scan again.
To stop scanning, push this button again.
∗: Use of satellite radio requires XM tuner and service. Contact your Toyota deal-
er for details. 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 the “SCAN” but-
ton. “SCAN” 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 “SCAN” button until you hear a
beep. “
” and “SCAN” will appear on the
display and the player will scan the first
track on 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/Tracking up or
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 “” or “ ” side of the “SEEK/
TRACK” button. Do this again to find the
station after that.
XM satellite radio
∗—
To select the next channel within the cur-
rent channel category, push the “ ” or
“  ” side of the “SEEK/TRACK” button.
Repeat until a desired channel is found.
∗: Use of satellite radio r equires XM tuner
and service. Contact your Toyota deal-
er for details.
Cassette player
Use this button to skip up or down to
locate a song or recording.
You can select up to nine recordings (in-
cluding current one).
A blank space of at least 3 seconds is
considered to be a start of a recording.
When the 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.
In addition, the feature may not work well
with some spoken word, live, or classical
recordings.
Compact disc player
Use this button to skip up or down to a
different track.
Push “
” or “ ” side of the “SEEK/
TRACK” 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. “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 the “TAPE” button to play a cassette
tape. The indicator light will come on. TEXT
Radio
This button is operational in RDS mode.
When an RDS station transmits a text
message, “MSG” will appear on the dis-
played.
To display the text message, first push
the “TEXT” button to change the radio
station display. Then push the “TEXT” but-
ton once more to display, and the mes-
sage will appear on the display.
If the entire the message is not displayed,
“
” will appear on the display. To display
the rest of the message, push and hold
the “TEXT” 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
MESSAGE” 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.

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XM satellite radio∗1—
When you push the “TEXT” button, the
display changes as follows:
CH NAME → TITLE (SONG/PROGRAM
TITLE) → NAME (ARTIST
NAME/FEATURE) → CH NUMBER → CH
NAME
Up to 10 alphanumeric characters can be
displayed. (Some information will not be
fully displayed.)
The message display will be canceled if
any button that affects the display is
pushed.
If there is no song/program title or artist
name/feature associated with the channel
at that time, “ −−−−−” will appear on the
display.
This XM tuner supports “Audio Services”
(Music and Talk) of only XM satellite radio
and “Text Information”
∗ 2 linked to the re-
spective audio services.
∗ 1: Use of satellite radio r equires XM tuner
and service. Contact your Toyota deal-
er for details.
∗ 2: Text Information includes, Channel
Name, (Artist) Name, (Song) Title and
Category Name. 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 “TEXT” 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 TITLE” 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.
TRAF (Traffic)
This button turns the traffic announcement
(TA) feature on and off. This button is
operational only in FM mode.
By pushing the “TRAF” button, “TRAF
SEEK” will flash on the display and the
radio will seek a traffic program station.
After the traffic announcement program is
over, the display returns to the previous
mode. If no traffic program station is found, “NO
TRAF INFO” appears on the display, and
the display returns to the previous mode
and a beep sound.
To cancel the traffic announcement, push
this button again.
TUNE (Tuning)
Turn the “TUNE” knob clockwise to step
up the frequency. Turn the knob counter-
clockwise to step down the frequency.
XM satellite radio
∗—
Turn the “TUNE” knob clockwise to step
up the channel. Turn the knob counter-
clockwise to step down the channel.
∗: Use of satellite radio requires XM tuner and service. Contact your Toyota deal-
er for details.

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Some parts of the audio system can be
adjusted using the switches on the steer-
ing wheel.
Details of the specific switches, controls,
and features are described below.1. Volume control switch
2. “ ” switch
3. “MODE” switch 1. Volume control switch
Push “+” side to increase the volume. The
volume continues to increase while the
switch is being pushed.
Push “ −” side to decrease the volume.
The volume continues to decrease while
the switch is being pushed.
2. “   ” switch
Radio
This switch has the following features—
To select a preset station:
Quickly push and release the “ ” or “ ”
side of the switch. Do this again to select
the next preset station.
To seek a station:
Push and hold the “ ” or “ ” side of the
switch until you hear a beep. Do this
again to find the next station. If you push
the switch on either side during the seek
mode, seeking will be cancelled.
To step up or down the frequency, push
and hold the switch even after you hear
a beep. When you release the switch, the
radio will begin seeking up or down for a
station. Do this again to find the next
station. XM satellite radio
∗—
To select a preset channel, push the “ ”
or “ ” side of the switch. Repeat until a
desired channel is found.
∗: Use of satellite radio requires XM tuner and service. Contact your Toyota deal-
er for details.
Cassette player
This switch has the following features—
To skip up or down to a different track in
either direction:
Quickly push and release the “ ” or “ ”
side of the switch.
You can select up to nine recordings (in-
cluding current one).
A blank space of at least 3 seconds is
considered to be a start of a recording.
When the 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.
In addition, the feature may not work well
with some spoken word, live, or classical
recordings.
Audio remote controls
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To f a s t−forward or reverse:
Push and hold the “ ” side of the switch
to fast− forward a cassette tape. “FF” will
appear on the display. Push and hold the
“  ” side of the switch to rewind a tape.
“REW” will appear on the display.
To stop the tape while it is fast −forward-
ing, push the “ ” side of the switch. To
stop the tape while it is rewinding, push
the “ ” side of the switch.
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
Use this switch to skip up or down to a
different track in either direction.
Quickly push and release the “ ” or “ ”
side of the switch until the track you want
to listen to is set. If you want to return
to the beginning of the current track, push
the “ ” side of the switch once, quickly.
With compact disc changer only—
Push and hold the “ ” or “” side of the
switch until the disc you want to listen to
is set. 3. “MODE” switch
Push “MODE” switch to select an audio
mode. Each push changes the mode se-
quentially if the desired mode is ready to
use.
To turn the audio system on, push the
“MODE” switch.
To turn the audio system off, push and
hold the “MODE” switch until the system
turns off.NOTICE
To ensure correct audio system op-
erations:
 Be careful not to spill beverages
over the audio system.
 Do not put anything other than a
cassette tape or Compact Disc into
the slot.
 The use of a cellular phone inside
or near the vehicle may cause a
noise from the speakers of the au-
dio system which you are listening
to. However, this does not indicate
a malfunction.
RADIO RECEPTION
Usually, a problem with radio reception
does not mean there is a problem with
your radio—it is just the normal result of
conditions outside the vehicle.
For example, nearby buildings and terrain
can interfere with FM reception. Power
lines or telephone wires can interfere with
AM signals. The farther you are from a
station, the weaker its signal will be. In
addition, reception conditions change
constantly as your vehicle moves.
Audio system operating hints