2006 TOYOTA RAV4 Owners Manual

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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 “TUNE·FILE” or
“SEEK/TRACK”.) 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 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 “AM”, “FM1” or “FM2” when you
push “AM”, “FM1” or “FM2” 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 “ ” (preset
button 3) or “ ” (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/Fastforward button)
Push and hold “
” (preset button 6) or
“
” (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 “AM” button to turn on the radio
and select the AM band. “AM” will appear
on the display.
AUDIO CONTROL (Tone and sound bal-
ance adjustment function)
Each time you push the “AUDIO
CONTROL” knob, the mode changes. To
adjust the tone and balance, turn the
knob.
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BAS: Adjusts low −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.
ASL: The Automatic Sound Levelizer can
be turned on by turning the knob. In addi-
tion, turning the knob allows you to select
from LOW, MID, and HIGH volume and
tone settings. The ASL system automati-
cally adjusts volume and tone in accor-
dance with the driving speed. This helps
ensure an optimal listening experience
even if noise levels rise while driving.
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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.

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ASL: The Automatic Sound Levelizer can
be turned on by turning the knob. The
ASL system automatically adjusts volume
and tone in accordance with ambient noise
levels. This helps ensure an optimal lis-
tening experience even when road, wind
or other ambient noise levels rise.
RSE: Vehicles with a rear seat entertain-
ment system—See “Rear seat entertain-
ment system” on page 191 in this Section.
DISC·AUX (Compact disc)
Push the “DISC·AUX” 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.
Vehicles with rear seat entertainment sys-
tem—
The “DISC·AUX” button may also be used
to operate the DVD player when a disc is
in the DVD player. Pressing the
“DISC·AUX” button allows you to switch
between the CD player and the DVD play-
er. When the DVD player is in operation,
“RSE DVD” appears on the display.Vehicles with AUX adapter—
To switch between CD, DVD, and AUX
(external device) modes, press the
“DISC·AUX” button. The AUX mode is only
available when AUX adapter is connected
to the system. When the AUX adapter is
in use, “AUX” will appear on the display.
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 “NO MUSIC” appears on the display,
it indicates that a disc with no MP3/WMA
data has been inserted. Remove the disc
from the player and insert an MP3/WMA
data disc.
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 “ ” (preset button 3) or “ ” (preset
button 4) until the number of the disc you
want to listen to appears on the display.
FM1 FM2
Push the “FM1” or “FM2” button 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 sta-
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FOLDER (Folder up/down)
To skip up or down to a different folder:
Push either side of the “FOLDER” several
times until the number of the folder you
want to listen to appears on the display.
To jump to the first file in the first folder:
Push and hold the “” side of the button
until you hear a beep.
When playing a disc featuring both audio
data (CD −DA) and MP3/WMA files, audio
data (CD −DA) is played.
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). When the
indicators on both sides of the slot turn
green, insert the first compact disc. After
the disc is loaded, the shutter of the slot
will close. After a few seconds, the shut-
ter will automatically open again and the
indicators will turn green so the next disc
can be inserted. The same process can
be applied for loading the rest of the
discs. 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.
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)
Compact disc player
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 1). “
” 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 “RAND” (preset button 1)
until you hear a beep. “
” 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
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MP3/WMA player
There are two random playback features—
you can either listen to all of the files on
the compact discs in random order. You
can also listen to the files in a single
folder in random order.
To randomly play the files in a folder:
Quickly push and release “RAND” (preset
button 1). “
” will appear on the
display.
To randomly play all of the files on the
compact disc:
Push and hold “RAND” (preset button 1)
until you hear a beep. “
” will
appear on the display and the player will
play all of the files on the disc in random
order. To turn off the random playback
feature, push this button again. RPT (Repeat)
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.
“
” 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. “
” 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. MP3/WMA player
There are two repeat features—you can
repeat a signal file or an entire folder.
Repeating a file:
Quickly push and release “RPT” (preset
button 2) while the file is playing.
“
” will appear on the display. When
the file ends, it will repeat automatically.
This process will be continued until you
push the button again to turn off the re-
peat feature.
Repeating a folder:
Push and hold “RPT” (preset button 2)
until you hear a beep. “
” will ap-
pear on the display. The player will repeat
all of the files in the folder. When the last
file in the folder ends, the folder will re-
peat from the beginning. 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 “SCAN” until you hear a
beep. The radio will tune in the next pres-
et station up or down 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 “SCAN”. The
radio will find the next station up or down
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 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 up or down all the tracks on the
disc you are listening to. To stop scan-
ning, push this button again. If the player
scanned all the tracks on the disc, it will
stop scanning.
The discs in the compact disc changer of
separate unit can be scanned up only.
Scanning the first tracks of all the discs
in the magazine:
Push “SCAN” until you hear a beep.
“
SCAN” will appear on the display and
the player will scan up or down the first
track of the next disc. To stop scanning,
push this button again. If the auto changer
has scanned all the discs, it will stop
scanning.
The discs in the compact disc changer of
separate unit can be scanned up only. MP3/WMA player
There are two scan features—you can ei-
ther scan the files in a folder on a specif-
ic disc or scan the first file of all the
folder.
Scanning the files on a folder:
Quickly push and release “SCAN”. “SCAN”
will appear on the display and the player
will scan all the files in the folder you are
listening to. To select a file, push the
“SCAN” again. After all the tracks on the
disc have been scanned in one pass, nor-
mal play resumes.
Scanning the first file of all the folders:
Push “SCAN” until you hear a beep.
“
SCAN” will appear on the display and
the player will scan the first file of the
next folder. To select a folder, push the
“SCAN” again. After all the folders have
been scanned in one pass, normal play
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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 “” or “ ” side of the
“SEEK/TRACK” 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 “ ” 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
beginning of the current track, quickly
push the down side of the button one
time.
Vehicles with rear seat entertainment sys-
tem—
While the rear DVD player is in operation,
the chapter or track can be changed by
pushing the “ ” or “ ” side of the
“SEEK·TRACK” button. MP3/WMA player
To file up or down to a different file:
Push either side of the “SEEK/TRACK”
several times until the file you want to
listen to appears on the display. If you
want to return to the beginning of the
current file, push the “
” side of the but-
ton one time.
To fast forward or reverse the disc:
If you want to fast forward or reverse the
disc, push and hold it until you hear a
beep. When you release the button, the
player will resume playing.
Vehicles with rear seat entertainment sys-
tem—
While the rear DVD player is in operation,
the chapter or track can be changed by
pushing the “ ” or “ ” side of the
“SEEK·TRACK” button.
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. TEXT
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
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MP3/WMA player
This button is used to change the display
for the MP3/WMA file that contains text
data.
To change the display, quickly push and
release the “TEXT” button while the
MP3/WMA file is playing. The display
changes in the order from the elapsed
time to folder name to file name to disc
title to track title to artist name, then back
to the elapsed time.
If this button is pushed while an
MP3/WMA file that does not contain text
data is playing, “NO TITLE” will appear on
the display.
If the entire text data is not displayed,
push and hold it until you hear a beep.
The rest of the text data will appear.
TUNE·FILE (Tuning and File up/down)
Radio
Turn the “TUNE·FILE” knob clockwise to
step up the frequency. Turn the knob
counterclockwise to step down the fre-
quency.
MP3/WMA player
Turn the knob clockwise to file up. Turn
the knob counterclockwise to file down.
An AUX adapter is installed in the rear
console box.
By inserting a mini plug into the AUX
adapter, you can listen to music from a
portable audio device through the vehicle’s
speaker system.
To use the AUX adapter, switch to the
AUX mode (external device mode) by
pressing the “DISC·AUX” button. When the
AUX adapter is in use, “AUX” will appear
on the display. To adjust the volume, turn
the “PWR·VOL” knob.
When using a portable audio device con-
nected to the power outlet or cigarette
lighter, noise may occur during playback.
If this happens, use the power source of
the portable audio device.If you install an audio system other than
a genuine audio system, you will not be
able to use the AUX adapter.
AUX adapter