2012 TOYOTA AVALON ESP

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For safety reasons, this manual indicates
items requiring particular attention with the
following marks.
CAUTION
This is a warning against anything
which may cause injury to people if
the warning is ignored. You are in-
formed about what you must or must
not do in order to reduce the risk of
injury to yourself and others.
NOTICE
This is a warning against anything
which may cause damage to the ve-
hicle or its equipment if the warning
is ignored. You are informed about
what you must or must not do in or-
der to avoid or reduce the risk of dam-
age to your vehicle and its equip-
ment.
INFORMATION
This provides additional information.
To use this system in the safest possible
manner, follow all the safety tips shown be-
low.
This system is intended to assist in reach-
ing the destination and, if used properly,
can do so. The driver is solely responsible
for the safe operation of your vehicle and
the safety of your passengers.
Do not use any feature of this system to the
extent it becomes a distraction and pre-
vents safe driving. The first priority while
driving should always be the safe opera-
tion of the vehicle. While driving, be sure
to observe all traffic regulations.
Prior to the actual use of this system, learn
how to use it and become thoroughly famil-
iar with it. Read the entire Navigation Sys-
tem Owner’s Manual to make sure you un-
derstand the system. Do not allow other
people to use this system until they have
read and understood the instructions in
this manual.
For your safety, some functions may be-
come inoperable when driving. Unavail-
able touch screen buttons are dimmed.
Only when the vehicle is not moving, can
the destination and route selection be
done.
Important information about
this manualSafety Instruction

BASIC FUNCTIONS
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Maintenance information
This system informs about when to replace
certain parts or components and shows
dealer information (if registered) on the
screen.
When the vehicle reaches a previously set
driving distance or date specified for a
scheduled maintenance check, the “Infor-
mation” screen will be displayed when the
navigation system is in operation.
To disable this screen, touch “Do Not
Display This Message Again”. This
screen goes off if the screen is not op-
erated for several seconds.
To prevent this information screen from be-
ing displayed again, touch “Do Not
Display This Message Again” .
To register “Maintenance information”, see
“— Maintenance” on page 272. This system is operated mainly by the
touch screen buttons on the screen.
To prevent damage to the screen, light-
ly touch buttons on the screen with the
finger. When a button on the screen is
touched, a beep sounds. (To set a beep
sound, see page 208.)
Do not use objects other than the finger
to touch the screen.
INFORMATION

If the system does not respond to
a touch on a touch screen button,
move the finger away from the
screen and then touch it again.
 Dimmed touch screen buttons
cannot be operated.
 Wipe off fingerprints using a glass
cleaning cloth. Do not use chemi-
cal cleaners to clean the touch
screen.
 The displayed image may become
darker and moving images may be
slightly distorted when the display
is cold.
 Under extremely cold conditions,
the map may not be displayed and
the data input by a user may be de-
leted. Also, the touch screen but-
tons may be harder than usual to
depress.
 When you look at the screen
through polarized material such as
polarized sunglasses, the screen
may be dark and hard to see. If so,
look at the screen from different
angles, adjust the screen settings
on the “Display” screen, or take off
your sunglasses.
Touch screen operation

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3. Following voice guidance, say the
command displayed on the screen.
If a desired outcome is not shown, or if no
choices are available, say “Go back” or
touch “Go Back” to return to the previous
screen.
To cancel speech command recognition,
say “Cancel” , touch “Cancel” , or push
and hold the talk switch.
If the navigation system does not respond
or the confirmation screen does not disap-
pear, please push the talk switch and try
again.
If a speech command cannot be recog-
nized within 6 seconds, the voice guidance
system will say “Pardon?” (“Command not
recognized.” will be displayed on the
screen) and speech command reception
will restart.
If a speech command cannot be recog-
nized two consecutive times, the voice
guidance system will say “Paused. To re-
start voice recognition, push the talk
switch.”, then be suspended.
 Microphone
It is unnecessary to speak directly into
the microphone when giving a com-
mand.
INFORMATION
 Wait for the confirmation beep be-
fore speaking a command.
 Voice commands may not be rec-
ognized if :
 Spoken too quickly
 Spoken at a low or high volume
 The windows or moon roof are
open
 Passengers are talking while
voice commands are spoken
 The air conditioning speed is set
high
 Turning the air conditioning
vents towards the microphone

DESTINATION SEARCH
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Push the “DEST” button.
You can use one of 10 different methods to
search your destination. (See pages 52
through 69.)
INFORMATION
When searching the destination, the
response to the touch screen button
may be slow.
Change the selected region in order to set
a destination from a different region by us-
ing “Address”, “Point of Interest” or “Inter-
section & Freeway”.
1. Touch “Search Area” to display a
map of the United States and Canada
divided into 12 regions. (For map data-
base information and updates, see “Map
database information and updates” on
page 280.)
2. Touch one of “US1” through “CAN”
to select a region to search.
3. Touch “OK” and the previous
screen returns.
Destination search —— Selecting the search area

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6. Input the street name and touch
“OK”.
7. When the desired street name is
found, touch the corresponding but-
ton.
The screen changes and displays the map
location of the selected destination and the
route preference. (See “Starting route
guidance” on page 70.)
8. Input a house number.
If the same address exists in more than
one city, the current screen changes to the
address list screen.

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6. When the desired street name is
found, touch the corresponding but-
ton.
The screen changes and displays the map
location of the selected destination and the
route preference. (See “Starting route
guidance” on page 70.)
If the same address exists in more than
one city, the current screen changes input-
ting the city name or to the address list
screen.
7. Input a city name.
8. Touch the button of the desired city
name from the displayed list.
INFORMATION
You can search for a street name us-
ing just the body.
Example : S WESTERN AVE
You can input “S WESTERN AVE”,
“WESTERN AVE” or “WESTERN”

ROUTE GUIDANCE
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The XM NavTraffic service that allows the
navigation system to display traffic infor-
mation on the map is available if your satel-
lite radio tuner can receive traffic informa-
tion.
To receive the XM NavTraffic service, a
subscription to the XM Satellite Radio
with NavTraffic is necessary.
The XM  NavTraffic is available in the con-
tiguous 48 U.S. states and some Canadian
cities. For details about the XM  NavTraf-
fic service coverage area, refer to
www.xmradio.com
(U.S.A.) or www.xmra-dio.ca (CANADA).
How to activate the XM  NavTraffic
service
To receive the XM  NavTraffic service,
it is necessary to activate the service.
To activate the service, an extra fee is
required in addition to subscription
fees for the XM  Satellite Radio. For
details about service and activation,
call XM Listener Care Center at
1−800−967−2346 (U.S.A.) or
1−877−438−9677 (CANADA).
Customers should have their radio ID
ready; the radio ID can be found by select-
ing “channel 000” on the radio. For details,
see “(b) Displaying the radio ID” on page
155.
XM  Satellite Radio has the responsibility
for all fees and service, they are subject to
change. The following operations can be per-
formed.
Show XM
 NavTraffic Information
Traffic information is displayed on the map.
(See page 97.)
Auto Avoid Traffic
If any heavy congestion or moderate traffic
has been detected on the guidance route,
it may be possible for you to select another
route offered by the system. (See page
220.)
Traffic Voice Guidance
Traffic information is provided using voice
guidance. (See page 216.)
Show Free Flowing Traffic
Freely flowing traffic is shown by the arrow
on the map. (See page 221.)
INFORMATION
 Traffic voice guidance is available
only in English. To select English,
see “
 Selecting a language” on
page 209.
 When the “Traffic Information” in-
dicator is dimmed, “Auto Avoid
Traffic”, “Traffic Voice Guidance”
and “Show Free Flowing Traffic”
will not operate.
XM NavTraffic

TELEPHONE AND INFORMATION
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4Indicates the level of reception.

Poor Excellent
The level of reception does not always cor-
respond with the one of your cellular
phone.
The level of reception may not be dis-
played depending on the phone you have.
When you are out of the service area or in
a place inaccessible by radio waves, “No
Service” is displayed.
An antenna for the Bluetooth  connec-
tion is built in the display. The indica-
tion of the Bluetooth connection may
turn yellow and the system may not
function when you use the Bluetooth 
phone in the following conditions and
places.
Your cellular phone is hiding behind the
display (behind the seat or in the glove
box and console box).
Your cellular phone touches or is
covered with metal materials.
Leave the Bluetooth  phone on the place
where “Blue” indication is displayed. About the phonebook in this system
The following data is stored for every regis-
tered phone.
When another phone is con-
necting, you cannot read the registered
data.
Phonebook data
Voice tag
All of call history
Speed dial
When you delete the phone, the
above −mentioned data is also deleted.
When you release your car:
A lot of personal data is registered
when you use the Handsfree system.
When you release your car, initialize
your data. (See “ Delete personal
data” on page 212.)
If you initialize it, the former state will never
come back again. Pay much attention
when initializing the data.
You can initialize the following data in the
system.
Phonebook data
Call history data
Speed dial data
Voice tag data
Bluetooth  phone data
Volume setting
Details setting