USB TOYOTA 4RUNNER 2021 Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)

1234-1. Basic operation
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Audio/visual system
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“POWER VOLUME” knob:
Press to turn the audio/visual
system on and off. The system
turns on in the last mode used.
Turn this knob to adjust the vol-
ume.1
Press the “AUDIO” button.
2 Select “Source” or press
“AUDIO” button again.
3 Select the desired source.
●Dimmed screen buttons cannot be
operated.
●When there are tw o pages, select
or to change the page.
●When an Apple CarPlay/Android
Auto connection is established,
some system functions, such as
the following, will be replaced by
similar Apple CarPlay/Android
Auto function or will become
unavailable
*:
• iPod (Audio Playback)
• USB audio/USB video
• Bluetooth
® audio
• Toyota apps
*: This function is not available in
some countries or areas.
Some basics
This section describes
some of the basic features
of the audio/visual system.
Some information may not
pertain to your system.
Your audio/visual system
works when the engine
switch is in ACC or ON.
NOTICE
●To prevent the battery from
being discharged, do not leave
the audio/visual system on lon-
ger than necessary when the
engine is not running.
Turning the system on
and off
Selecting an audio source

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1Display the audio source
selection screen. ( P.123)
2 Select “Reorder”.
3 Select the desired audio
source then or to reor-
der.
4 Select “OK”.
1 Open the cover and connect
a device.
Ty p e A
Ty p e B
 Turn on the power of the
device if it is not turned on.
●If a USB hub is plugged-in, two devices can be connected at a
time.
●Even if a USB hub is used to con-
nect more than two USB devices,
only the first two connected
devices will be recognized.
●If a USB hub that has more than
two ports is connected to the USB
port, devices connected to the
USB hub may not charge or be
operable, as the su
pply of current
may be insufficient.
1 Display the audio control
screen. ( P.123)
2 Select “Sound”.
3 Select the desired item to be
set.
Type A
Select to set the tre-
ble/mid/bass. ( P.125)
Select to set the fader/bal-
ance. ( P.125)
Select to set the automatic
sound levelizer. ( P.126)
Reordering the audio
source
USB port
Sound settings
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2Select the desired screen
button.
Select to adjust the sound
balance between the front
and rear speakers.
Select to adjust the sound
balance between the left and
right speakers.
■Automatic sound levelizer
(ASL)
The system adjusts to the opti-
mum volume and tone quality
according to vehicle speed to
compensate for increased road
noise, wind noise, or other
noises while driving.
Ty p e A
1 Select “Automatic Sound
Levelizer”.
2 Select “High”, “Mid”, “Low” or
“Off”.
Ty p e B
1 Select “Automatic Sound
Levelizer”.
2 Select to set the automatic
sound levelizer on/off.
■Screen format settings
The screen format can be
selected for USB video.
1 Press the “MENU” button.
2 Select “Setup”.
3 Select “Audio”.
4 Select “Common”.
5 Select “Screen Format”.
6 Select the desired item to be
adjusted.
Select to display a 4:3
screen, with either side in
black.
Select to enlarge the image
horizontally and vertically to
full screen.
Select to enlarge the image
by the same ratio horizontally
and vertically.
■Color, tone, contrast and
brightness adjustment
The color, tone, contrast and
brightness of the screen can be
adjusted.
1 Press the “MENU” button.
2 Select “Setup”.
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B
Audio screen adjustment
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B
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1374-3. Media operation
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Audio/visual system
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4-3.Media operation
The USB memory operation
screen can be reached by the
following methods: P. 1 2 3
 Connecting a USB memory
( P.124)
When an Apple CarPlay/Android
Auto connection is established,
this function will be unavailable.
*
*: This function is not available in some countries or areas.
USB audio
Select to display the audio
source selection screen.
Select to return to the top
screen.
Select to display a song list
screen.
Select to display the play
mode selection screen.
Select to display the sound
setting screen. ( P.124)
Select to set repeat playback.
( P.138) Select to change the
file/track.
Select and hold to fast
rewind.
Select to play/pause.
Select to change the
file/track.
Select and hold to fast for-
ward.
Select to set random play-
back. (
P.138)
Select to change the
folder/album.
Displays cover art
Select to change the artist.USB video
1 Select “Browse”.
2 Select “Videos”.
3 Select the desired folder and
file.
Select to display the audio
source selection screen.
Select to return to the top
screen.
Select to display a song list
screen.
Select to display the play
mode selection screen.
USB memor y
Overview
Control screen
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Select to display the sound
setting screen. (P.124)
Select to change the file.
Select and hold to fast
rewind.
Select to play/pause.
Select to change the file.
Select and hold to fast for-
ward.
Select to display a full screen
image.
Select to change the folder.
Press to change the
file/track.
Press and hold to fast for-
ward/rewind.
Turn to change the file/track.
Turn to move up/down the
list. Also, the knob can be
used to enter selections on
the list screens by pressing it.
●While the vehicle is being driven,
this function can only output
sound.
●If tag information exists, the
file/folder names will be changed
to track/album names.
The file/track or folder/album
currently being listened to can
be repeated.
1 Select .
●Each time is selected, the
mode changes as follows:
When random playback is off
• file/track repeat  folder/album
repeat  off
When random playback is on
• file/track repeat  off
Files/tracks or folders/albums
can be automatically and ran-
domly selected.
1 Select .
●Each time is selected, the
mode changes as follows:
• random (1 folder/album random)  folder/album random (all
folder/album random)  off
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●Do not operate the player’s con-
trols or connect the USB mem-
ory while driving.
NOTICE
●Do not leave your portable
player in the vehicle. In particu-
lar, high temperatures inside the
vehicle may damage the porta-
ble player.

1484-4. Audio/visual remote controls
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Seek switch
*1: If equipped
*2: When an Apple CarPlay is estab-lished, this function will be
unavailable.
*3: When an Android Auto is estab-lished, this function will be
unavailable.
●In the APPS mode, some opera-
tion may be done on the screen
depend on the selected APPS.
ModeOperation/function
AM/FM
Press: Preset chan-
nel up/down
Press and hold (0.8
sec. or more): Seek
up/down
Press and hold (1.5
sec. or more): Seek
up/down continuously
while the switch is
being pressed
SXM*1
Press: Preset chan-
nel up/down
Press and hold (0.8
sec. or more): Seek
for stations in the rele-
vant program
type/channel category
Press and hold (1.5
sec. or more): Fast
channel up/down
USB*2, 3,
iPod/
iPhone
*3,
Bluetooth
®
audio
*2, 3
Press: Track/file
up/down
Press and hold (0.8
sec. or more): Fast
forward/rewind
Android Auto
*2Press: Track up/down
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1494-5. Setup
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Audio/visual system
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4-5.Setup
1Press the “MENU” button.
2 Select “Setup”.
3 Select “Audio”.
4 Select the desired items to
be set.
Select to set the common
settings. ( P.149)
Select to set the radio set-
tings. ( P.150) 1
Display the audio settings
screen. ( P.149)
2 Select “Common”.
3 Select the desired items to
be set.
Select to set the cover art
display on/off.
Select to prioritize the display
of information from the Gra-
cenote database.
Select to change the screen
size.
* ( P.126)
Select to display the image
quality adjustment screen.
*
( P.126)
*: Only in USB video mode
Audio settings
Detailed audio settings can
be programmed.
Displaying the audio set-
tings screen
Audio settings screen
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1534-6. Tips for operating the audio/visual system
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Audio/visual system
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Apple performance stan-
dards. Apple is not responsi-
ble for the operation of this
vehicle or its compliance with
safety and regulatory stan-
dards. Please note that the
use of this accessory with an
Apple product may affect
wireless performance.
 iPhone, iPod, iPod nano, iPod
touch, and Lightning are
trademarks of Apple Inc., reg-
istered in the U.S. and other
countries.
■Compatible models
Made for
Audio
• iPhone X
• iPhone 8
• iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone 7
• iPhone 7 Plus
• iPhone SE
• iPhone 6s
• iPhone 6s Plus
• iPhone 6
• iPhone 6 Plus
• iPhone 5s
• iPhone 5c
• iPhone 5
• iPod touch (6th generation)
• iPod touch (5th generation)
Audio Plus/Premium Audio
• iPhone X
• iPhone 8
• iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone 7
• iPhone 7 Plus
• iPhone SE • iPhone 6s
• iPhone 6s Plus
• iPhone 6
• iPhone 6 Plus
• iPhone 5s
• iPhone 5c
• iPhone 5
• iPhone 4s
• iPod touch (6th generation)
• iPod touch (5th generation)
• iPod nano (7th generation)
●This system only supports audio
playback.
●Depending on difference between
models or software versions etc.,
some models might be incompati-
ble with this system.
This device supports high-reso-
lution sound sources.
The definition of high-resolution
is based on the standards of
groups such as the CTA (Con-
sumer Technology Association).
Supported formats and play-
able media are as follows.
■Supported formats
WAV, FLAC, ALAC, OGG Vorbis
■Playable media
USB memory
High-resolution sound
source

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*: USB video only
*1: Only compatible with Windows Media Audio Standard
*2: Sound source of 48kHz or more is down-converted to
48kHz/24bit.
File information
Compatible USB devices
USB communi-
cation formatsUSB 2.0 HS (480
Mbps)
File formatsFAT 1 6/ 32
Correspon-
dence classMass storage
class
Compatible audio format
Compatible compressed files
ItemUSB
Compatible file
format
MP3/WMA/AAC
WAV(LPCM)/
FLAC/ALAC/
OGG Vorbis
MP4/AVI/WMV
Compatible file
format (video)
*MP4/AVI/WMV
Folders in the
deviceMaximum 3000
Files in the
deviceMaximum 9999
Files per folderMaximum 255
Corresponding sampling fre-
quency
File typeFrequency (kHz)
MP3 files:
MPEG 1
LAYER 3
32/44.1/48
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF
LAYER 3
16/22.05/24
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/
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*1: Variable Bit Rate (VBR) compati-ble
*2: Only compatible with Windows Media Audio Standard
 MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3),
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
and AAC (Advanced Audio
Coding) are audio compres-
sion standards.
 This system can play
MP3/WMA/AAC files on USB
memory.
 MP4, WMV and AVI files can
use the following 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 respec-
tively. 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 formats.
This system cannot display
Corresponding bit rates
*1
File typeBit rate (kbps)
MP3 files:
MPEG 1
LAYER 3
32 - 320
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF
LAYER 3
8 - 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
File typeQuantization bit
rate (bit)
WAV (LPCM)
files
16/24FLAC
ALAC
Compatible channel modes
File typeChannel mode
MP3 files
Stereo, joint ste-
reo, dual chan-
nel and
monaural
WMA files2ch
AAC files
1ch, 2ch (Dual
channel is not
supported)
WAV (LPCM)/
FLAC/ALAC/
OGG Vorbis
2ch
File typeChannel mode