2020 TOYOTA AVALON HYBRID Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)

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AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM
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6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM
1. OPERATING INFORMATION
Fading and drifting stations: Generally, the
effective range of FM is about 25 miles (40
km). Once outside this range, you may no-
tice fading and drifti ng, which increase with
the distance from the radio transmitter.
They are often accompanied by distortion.
Multi-path: FM signals are reflective, mak-
ing it possible for 2 signals to reach the ve-
hicle’s antenna at the same time. If this
happens, the signals will cancel each other
out, causing a momentar y flutter or loss of
reception.
Static and fluttering: These occur when
signals are blocked by buildings, trees or
other large objects. Increasing the bass
level may reduce static and fluttering.
Station swapping: If the FM signal being
listened to is interrupted or weakened, and
there is another str ong station nearby on
the FM band, the radio may tune in the
second station until the original signal can
be picked up again.
Fading: AM broadcasts are reflected by
the upper atmosphere — especially at
night. These reflected signals can interfere
with those received directly from the radio
station, causing the radio station to sound
alternately strong and weak.
Station interference: When a reflected sig-
nal and a signal received directly from a ra-
dio station are very nearly the same
frequency, they can interfere with each
other, making it difficult to hear the broad-
cast.
Static: AM is easily affected by external
sources of electrical noise, such as high
tension power lines, lightening or electrical
motors. This results in static.
NOTICE
● To avoid damage to the audio/visual
system:
• Be careful not to spill beverages over
the audio/visual system.
INFORMATION
● The use of a cellular phone inside or
near the vehicle may cause a noise from
the speakers of the audio/visual system
which you are listening to. However, this
does not indicate a malfunction.
RADIO
Usually, a problem with radio reception
does not mean there is a problem with
the radio — it is just the normal result
of conditions outside the vehicle.
For example, nearby buildings and ter-
rain can interfere with FM reception.
Power lines or phone wires can inter-
fere with AM signals. And of course, ra-
dio signals have a limited range. The
farther the vehicle is from a station, the
weaker its signal will be. In addition, re-
ception conditions change constantly
as the vehicle moves.
Here, some common reception prob-
lems that probably do not indicate a
problem with the radio are described.
FM
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Cargo loaded on the roof luggage carrier,
especially metal objects, may adversely
affect the reception of SiriusXM Satellite
Radio.
 Alternation or modifications carried out
without appropriate authorization may
invalidate the user’s right to operate the
equipment.
 “Made for iPod” and “Made for iPhone”
mean that an electronic accessory has
been designed to connect specifically to
iPod, or iPhone, respectively, and has
been certified by the developer to meet
Apple performance standards.
 Apple is not responsible for the operation
of this device or its compliance with safety
and regulatory standards. Please note
that the use of this accessory with iPod or
iPhone may affect wireless performance.
 iPhone, iPod, iPod classic, iPod nano and
iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries.
 The Lightning connector works with
iPhone SE, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6s,
iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s,
iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPod touch (5th and
6th generation), and iPod nano (7th gen-
eration).
 The 30-pin connector works with iPhone
4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G,
iPhone, iPod touch (1st through 4th gen-
eration), iPod classic, and iPod nano (1st
through 6th generation). 
USB works with iPhone SE, iPhone 6s
Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6,
iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone
4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G,
iPhone, iPod touch (1st through 6th gen-
eration), iPod classic, and iPod nano (1st
through 7th generation).
 Bluetooth
® technology works with iPhone
SE, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6
Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c,
iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone
3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone, iPod touch (2nd
through 6th generation), and iPod nano
(7th generation).
SiriusXM
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The following iPod®, iPod nano®, iPod
classic®, iPod touch® and iPhone® devic-
es can be used wit h this system.
Made for
• iPod touch (6th generation)
• iPod touch (5th generation)
• iPod nano (7th generation)
• iPhone SE
• iPhone 6s Plus
• iPhone 6s
• iPhone 6 Plus
• iPhone 6
• iPhone 5s
• iPhone 5c
• iPhone 5
• iPhone 4s
This system only supports audio playback.
Depending on differences between mod-
els or software versions etc., some models
might be incompatible with this system. This device supports high-resolution
sound sources.
The definition of high-resolution is based
on the standards of groups such as the
CTA (Consumer Technology Association).
Supported formats and playable media are
as follows.
■SUPPORTED FORMATS
WAV, FLAC, ALAC
■PLAYABLE MEDIA
USB memory
COMPATIBLE MODELSHIGH-RESOLUTION SOUND
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■COMPATIBLE USB DEVICES
■COMPATIBLE COMPRESSED
FILES
*: USB video only
■CORRESPONDING SAMPLING
FREQUENCYFILE INFORMATION
USB communication
formatsUSB 2.0 HS (480
Mbps)
File formatsFAT 16/32
Correspondence classMass storage
class
ItemUSB
Compatible file for-
mat (audio)MP3/WMA/AAC
WAV(LPCM)/FLAC/
ALAC/OGG Vorbis
Compatible file for-
mat (video)*MP4/AVI/WMV
Folders in the de-
viceMaximum 3000
Files in the deviceMaximum 9999
Files per
folderMaximum 255
File typeFrequency (kHz)
MP3 files:
MPEG 1 LAYER 332/44.1/48
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF LAYER 316/22.05/24
WMA files:
Ver. 7, 8, 9*1 (9.1/9.2)32/44.1/48
AAC files:
MPEG4/AAC-LC11.025/12/16/
22.05/24/32/
44.1/48
WAV (LPCM) files*2
8/11.025/12/16/
22.05/24/32/
44.1/48/88.2/96/
176.4/192
FLAC*2
8/11.025/12/16/
22.05/24/32/
44.1/48/88.2/96/
176.4/192
ALAC*2
8/11.025/12/16/
22.05/24/32/
44.1/48/64/88.2/
96
OGG Vorbis*28/11.025/16/
22.05/32/44.1/
48
*1: Only compatible with Windows Media
Audio Standard
*
2: Sound source of 48kHz or more is down-
converted to 48kHz/24bit.

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■CORRESPONDING BIT RATES*1■COMPATIBLE CHANNEL MODES
MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3), WMA
(Windows Media Audio) and AAC
(Advanced Audio Coding) are audio com-
pression standards.
 This system can play MP3/WMA/AAC files
on USB memory.
 MP4, WMV and AVI files can use the fol-
lowing resolutions:
128x96, 160x120, 176x144 (QCIF),
320x240 (QVGA), 352x240 (SIF),
352x288 (CIF), 640x480 (VGA),
720x480 (NTSC), 720x576 (PAL)
 When naming an MP3/WMA/AAC file, add
an appropriate file extension (.mp3/.wma/
.m4a).
 This system plays back files with .mp3/
.wma/.m4a file extensions as MP3/WMA/
AAC files respectively. To prevent noise
and playback errors, use the appropriate
file extension.
 MP3 files are compatible with the ID3 Tag
Ver. 1.0, Ver. 1.1, Ver. 2.2 and Ver. 2.3 for-
mats. This system cannot display disc
title, track title and artist name in other for-
mats.
File typeBit rate (kbps)
MP3 files:
MPEG 1 LAYER 332 - 320
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF LAYER 38 - 160
WMA files: Ver. 7, 8CBR 48 - 192
WMA files:
Ver. 9*2 (9.1/9.2)CBR 48 - 320
AAC files:
MPEG4/AAC-LC8 - 320
OGG Vorbis32-500
*1: Variable Bit Rate (VBR) compatible
*2: Only compatible with Windows Media Audio Standard
File typeQuantization bit
rate (bit)
WAV (LPCM) files
16/24FLAC
ALAC
File typeChannel mode
MP3 filesStereo, joint stereo, dual
channel and monaural
WMA files2ch
AAC files1ch, 2ch (Dual channel is not
supported)
WAV (LP-
CM) /FLAC/
ALAC/OGG
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WMA/AAC files can contain a WMA/AAC
tag that is used in the same way as an ID3
tag. WMA/AAC tags carry information
such as track title and artist name.
 The emphasis function is available only
when playing MP3 files.
 This system can play back AAC files
encoded by iTunes.
 The sound quality of MP3/WMA files gen-
erally improves with higher bit rates.
 m3u playlists are not compatible with the
audio player.
 MP3i (MP3 interactive) and MP3PRO for-
mats are not compatible with the audio
player.
 The player is compatible with VBR (Vari-
able Bit Rate).
 When playing back files recorded as VBR
(Variable Bit Rate) files, the play time will
not be correctly displayed if the fast for-
ward or reverse operations are used.
 It is not possible to check folders that do
not include MP3/WMA/AAC files.
 MP3/WMA/AAC files in folders up to 8 lev-
els deep can be played. However, the
start of playback may be delayed when
using USB memory containing numerous
levels of folders. For this reason, we rec-
ommend creating USB memory with no
more than 2 levels of folders. 
The play order of the USB memory with
the structure shown above is as follows:
 The order changes depending on the per-
sonal computer and MP3/WMA/AAC
encoding software you use.
001.mp3
002.wma
Folder 1003.mp3
Folder 2
004.mp3
005.wma
Folder 3006.m4a
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This is a method of embedding track-
related information in an MP3 file. This
embedded information can include the
track number, track title, the artist’s name,
the album title, the music genre, the year
of production, comments, cover art and
other data. The contents can be freely
edited using software with ID3 tag editing
functions. Although the tags are restricted
to a number of characters, the information
can be viewed when the track is played
back.
 WMA files can contain a WMA tag that is
used in the same way as an ID3 tag. WMA
tags carry information such as track title
and artist name.
 MP3 is an audio compression standard
determined by a working group (MPEG) of
the ISO (International Standard Organiza-
tion). MP3 compresses audio data to
about 1/10 the size of that on conventional
discs.
 WMA (Windows Media Audio) is an audio
compression format developed by
Microsoft
®. It compresses files into a size
smaller than that of MP3 files. The decod-
ing formats for WMA files are Ver. 7, 8 and
9.
 Trademark Acknowledgement
Windows Media is either a registered
trademark or trademark of Microsoft Cor-
poration in the United States and/or other
countries.
This product includes technology owned
by Microsoft Corporation and cannot be
used or distributed without a license from
Microsoft Licensing,Inc.
COMPATIBLE VIDEO FORMAT
FormatCodec
MPEG-4
Video codec:
H.264|MPEG-4 AVC
 MPEG4
Audio codec:
 AAC
 MP3
Corresponding screen
size:
 MAX 1920 1080
Corresponding frame
rate:
 MAX 60i/30p
AVI Con-
tainer
Video codec:
H.264|MPEG-4 AVC
 MPEG4
 WMV9
 WMV9 Advanced
profile
Audio codec:
 AAC
 MP3
 WMA9.2 (7,8, 9.1, 9.2)
Corresponding screen
size:
 MAX 1920 1080
Corresponding frame
rate:
 MAX 60i/30p
Windows
Media Vid-
eo
Video codec:
WMV9
 WMV9 Advanced
profile
Audio codec:
 WMA9.2 (7,8, 9.1, 9.2)
Corresponding screen
size:
 MAX 1920 1080
Corresponding frame
rate:
 MAX 60i/30p
TERMS
ID3 TAG
WMA TAG
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AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding
and refers to an audio compression tech-
nology standard used with MPEG2 and
MPEG4.
AAC