2021 TOYOTA RAV4 Owners Manual (in English)

3855-2. Basic information before operation
5
Audio
5-2.Basic information before operation
After a few seconds, the caution
screen will be displayed.
After about 5 seconds or select-
ing “Continue”, the caution
screen automatically switches to
the next screen.
When system response is
extremely slow, the system can
be restarted.
1Press and hold the “POWER
VOLUME” knob for 3 sec-
onds or more.
Initial screen
When the engine switch is
turned to ACC or ON, the
initial screen will be dis-
played and the system will
begin operating.
Caution screen
WARNING
●When the vehicle is stopped
with the engine running, always
apply the parking brake for
safety.
Restarting the system

3865-2. Basic information before operation
Operations are performed by touching the touch screen directly with
your finger.
*1: The above operations may not be performed on all screens.
*2: The Apple CarPlay Maps applicat ion is not compatible with pinch multi-
touch gestures.
Touch screen
Touch screen gestures
Operation methodOutlineMain use
 Touch
Quickly touch and
release once. Selecting an item
on the screen
Drag*1
Touch the screen
with your finger,
and move the
screen to the
desired position.
 Scrolling the lists
Flick*1
Quickly move the
screen by flicking
with your finger. Scrolling the main
screen page
Pinch in/Pinch
out
Slide fingers toward
each other or apart
on the screen.
 Changing the
scale of the
map
*2

3875-2. Basic information before operation
5
Audio
●Flick operations may not be performed smoothly at high altitudes.
●If the system does not respond to
touching a screen button, move
your finger away from the screen
and then touch it again.
●Dimmed screen buttons cannot be
operated.
●The displayed image may become
darker and moving images may
be slightly distorted when the
screen is cold.
●In extremely cold conditions, the
screen may not be displayed and
the data input by a user may be
deleted. Also, the screen buttons
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 scr een from differ-
ent angles, adjust the screen set-
tings on the display settings
screen or take off your sun-
glasses.
●When is displayed on the
screen, select to return to the
previous screen.
The operable areas of the
capacitive touch screen buttons
use capacitive touch sensors
and may not operate properly in
the following situations:
 If the screen is dirty or wet
 If a source of strong electro-
magnetic waves is brought
near the screen
 If a glove is worn during oper-
ation
 If the screen is touched by a
fingernail
 If a stylus is used to operate
the buttons
 If your palm touches the oper-
able area of another button
during operation
 If a button is touched quickly
 If the operable part of a
capacitive touch screen but-
ton is touched by or covered
Touch screen operation
This system is operated
mainly by the buttons on
the screen. (Referred to as
screen buttons in this man-
ual.)
When a screen button is
touched, a beep sounds. (To
set the beep sound:
P.418)
NOTICE
●To prevent damaging the
screen, lightly touch the screen
buttons with your finger.
●Do not use objec ts other than
your finger to touch the screen.
●Wipe off fingerprints using a
glass cleaning cloth. Do not use
chemical cleaners to clean the
screen, as they may damage
the touch screen.
Capacitive touch screen
buttons

3885-2. Basic information before operation
with a metal object, such as
the following, it may not oper-
ate properly:
• Magnetic isolation cards
• Metallic foil, such as the inner
packaging of a cigarette box
• Metallic wallets or bags
• Coins
• Discs, such as a CD or DVD
 If the operable part of a
capacitive touch screen but-
ton is wiped, it may operate
unintentionally.
 If the capacitive touch screen
button is being touched when
the engine switch is changed
to ACC or ON, the button may
not operate properly. In this
case, remove anything touch-
ing the button, turn the engine
switch to OFF and then turn it
to ACC or ON, or restart the
system by press and hold the
“POWER VOLUME” knob for
3 seconds or more.
●Capacitive touch screen button
sensor sensitivity can be adjusted.
( P.418)
1 Press the “HOME” button.
2 Check that the home screen
is displayed.
 Selecting a screen will display
it full screen.
●The display information and area
on the home screen can be cus-
tomized.
●The home screen can be set to
several types of split layouts
Home screen
On the home screen, multi-
ple screens, such as the
audio/visual system screen,
hands-free screen and clock
screen, can be displayed
simultaneously.
Home screen operation

3895-2. Basic information before operation
5
Audio
The display information/area on
the home screen and the home
screen layout can be changed.
1Press the “MENU” button.
2 Select “Setup”.
 If the general settings screen
is not displayed, select “Gen-
eral”.
3 Select “Customize Home
Screen”.
4 Select the items to be set.
Select to change the display
information and area on the
home screen.
Select to change the home
screen layout. When searching by a name or
entering data, letters and num-
bers can be entered via the
screen.
Text field. Entered charac-
ter(s) will be displayed.
Select to erase one charac-
ter.
Select and hold to continue
erasing characters.
Select to move the cursor.
Select to choose predictive
text candidate for entered
text. ( P.390)
Select to display a list of pre-
dictive text candidates when
there is more than one.
( P.390)
Select to enter desired char-
acters.
Select to enter characters in
lower case or in upper case.
Customizing the home
screen
A
B
Entering letters and
numbers/list screen
operation
Entering letters and num-
bers
A
B
C
D
E
F
G

3905-2. Basic information before operation
Select to change character
types. (P.390)
Select to make a space on
cursor.
●Keyboard layout can be changed.
(  P.418)
1 Select “Change Type”.
2 Select the desired character.
●Depending on the screen being
displayed, it may not be possible
to change keyboard characters.
When text is input, the system
predicts the text that may com-
plete the currently unconfirmed
text and displays predictive
replacement candidates that
match the beginning of the text. 1
Input text.
2 Select the desired candidate.
 To select a candidate that is
not displayed, select , and
then select the desired predic-
tive replacement candidate.
The list screen may be dis-
played after entering characters.
When a list is displayed, use the
appropriate screen button to
scroll through the list.
Changing character type
Displaying predictive text
candidates
H
I
/LVWVFUHHQ
6FUROOLQJOLVWVFUHHQ

3915-2. Basic information before operation
5
Audio
To scroll up/down the list,
flick the list up/down.
Select to skip to the next or
previous page. Select and
hold or to scroll
through the displayed list.
Indicates the position of the
displayed entries in the entire
list.
To scroll up/down pages,
drag the bar.
●If appears to the right of an
item name, the complete name is
too long to display.
• Select to scro ll to the end of
the name.
• Select to move to the begin- ning of the name.
Items are displayed in the list
with the most similar results of
the search at the top.
1 Select . 2
Input text.
3 Select “Search”.
4 The list is displayed.
Searching a list
A
B
C

3925-2. Basic information before operation
1Press the “MENU” button.
2 Select “Display”.
3 Select the desired items to
be set.
Select to turn the screen off.
To turn it on, press any but- ton.
Select to turn day mode
on/off. (
P.392)
Select to adjust the screen
display. ( P.392)
Select to adjust the camera
display.
●When the screen is viewed
through polarized sunglasses, a
rainbow pattern may appear on
the screen due to optical charac-
teristics of the screen. If this is dis-
turbing, please operate the screen
without polarized sunglasses.
Depending on the position of the
headlight switch, the screen
changes to day or night mode.
This feature is available when
the headlight is switched on.
1 Select “Day Mode”.
●If the screen is set to day mode
with the headlight switch turned
on, this conditio n is memorized
even with the engine turned off.
The contrast and brightness of
the screen can be adjusted
according to the brightness of
your surroundings.
1 Select “General” or “Cam-
era”.
2 Select the desired item.
Screen adjustment
The contrast and brightness
of the screen display and
the image of the camera dis-
play can be adjusted. The
screen can also be turned
off, and/or changed to either
day or night mode.
(For information regarding
audio/visual screen adjust-
ment:  P.427)
Displaying the screen
adjustment screen
A
&KDQJLQJEHWZHHQGD\
DQGQLJKWPRGH
$GMXVWLQJWKHFRQ
WUDVWEULJKWQ\
HVV
B
C
D