TOYOTA AVALON 2021 Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)

1314-1. Basic operation
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Audio/visual system
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
1Display the audio control
screen. ( P.129)
2 Select “Sound”.
3 Select the desired item to be
set.
Ty p e A
Select to set the tre-
ble/mid/bass. ( P.131)
Select to set the fader/bal-
ance. ( P.132)
Select to set the automatic
sound levelizer. ( P.132)
Ty p e B
Select to set the tre-
ble/mid/bass. ( P.131)
Select to set the fader/bal-
ance. ( P.132)
Select to set the automatic
sound levelizer. ( P.132) Select to set the surround
on/off.
This function can create a
feeling of presence items.
■Treble/Mid/Bass
How good an audio program
sounds is largely determined by
the mix of the treble, mid and
bass levels. In fact, different
kinds of music and vocal pro-
grams usually sound better with
different mixes of treble, mid
and bass.
1 Select “Treble/Mid/Bass”.
2 Select the desired screen
button.
Select “+” or “-” to adjust
high-pitched tones.
Select “+” or “-” to adjust
mid-pitched tones.
Select “+” or “-” to adjust
low-pitched tones.
Sound settings
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1324-1. Basic operation
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
■Fader/Balance
A good balance of the left and
right stereo channels and of the
front and rear sound levels is
also important.
Keep in mind that when listening
to a stereo recording or broad-
cast, changing the right/left bal-
ance will increase the volume of
1 group of sounds while
decreasing the volume of
another.
1 Select “Fader/Balance”.
2 Select 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.
Type A
1 Select “Automatic Sound
Levelizer”.
2 Select “High”, “Mid”, “Low” or
“Off”.
Type B
1 Select “Automatic Sound
Levelizer”.
2 Select to set the automatic
sound levelizer on/off.
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1334-1. Basic operation
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Audio/visual system
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
■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”.
3 Select “Audio”.
4 Select “Common”.
5 Select “Display”.
6 Select the desired item to be
adjusted.
 “Color”
“R”: Select to strengthen the red
color of the screen.
“G”: Select to strengthen the green
color of the screen.
“Tone”
“+”: Select to strengthen the tone of
the screen.
“-”: Select to weaken the tone of the
screen.
“Contrast”
“+”: Select to strengthen the con-
trast of the screen.
“-”: Select to weaken the contrast of
the screen.
“Brightness”
“+”: Select to brighten the screen.
“-”: Select to darken the screen.
●Depending on the audio source,
some functions m ay not be avail-
able.
Audio screen adjustment
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1344-1. Basic operation
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
1Press the talk switch to oper-
ate the voice command sys-
tem.
 The voice command system
and its list of commands can
be operated. ( P.168)
Voice command system

1354-2. Radio operation
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Audio/visual system
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
4-2.Radio operation
*: If equipped
The radio operation screen can
be reached by the following
methods: P. 1 2 9
Select to display the audio
source selection screen.
Select to display the preset
stations screen. ( P.136)
Select to display the cache
radio operation screen.
( P.136)
Select to display a list of
receivable stations. ( P.138)
Select to display the radio
options screen. ( P.138)
Select to display the sound
setting screen. ( P.131)
Select to tune to preset sta-
tions/channels. ( P.136)
Displays items on the chan- nels registered to smart
favorites (
P.137, 157)
Displays the artist info and
song title or album
Select to change the dis-
played information.
Displays messages when
available from RBDS.
Displays cover art, station
logo, etc.
Displays genre information
Select to display HD) multi-
cast channels available.
( P.140)
Press to seek for stations in
the relevant program
type/channel category.
Press and hold for continu-
ous seek.
Turn to step up/down fre-
quencies/channels.
Turn to move up/down the
station. Also, the knob can be
used to enter selections on
the list screens by pressing it.
●The radio automatically changes
AM radio/FM radio/
SiriusXM® Satellite
Radio(SXM)*
Overview
Control screen
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1364-2. Radio operation
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)to stereo reception when a stereo
broadcast is received.
●The radio automatically blends to
an HD Radio signal in AM or FM
where available.
Radio mode has a mix preset
function, which can store up to
36 stations (6 stations per page
x 6 pages) from any of the AM,
FM or SXM bands.
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Tune in the desired station.
2 Select and hold “(Hold Edit)”.
 To change the preset station
to a different one, select and
hold the preset station.
●The number of preset radio sta-
tions displayed on the screen can
be changed. ( P.157)
AM/FM* and SXM radio program
can be cached and played back
in a time-shifted manner.
*: Premium Audio
■Automatic playback of the
cache
If the radio broadcast is inter-
rupted by another audio output,
such as an incoming phone call,
the system will automatically
cache the interrupted portion
and perform time-shift playback
when the interruption ends. This
function is available when “Auto
Pause” is set to on. ( P.138)
■Playing back the cache
manually
The broadcast cached in the
program cache can be played
back manually.
1 Select “SXM Replay”
*1 or
“Radio Replay”
*2.
*1: Audio Plus
*2: Premium Audio
2 Select the desired cache
radio operation button.
Returns to the live radio
Presetting a station
Caching a radio program
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1374-2. Radio operation
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Audio/visual system
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
broadcast
Displays the replay offset
from the current time
Skips backward 2 minutes
(AM/FM)
Select to select current/previ-
ous track (SXM)
Fast rewinds continuously
Pauses the playback (To
restart, select )
Fast forwards continuously
Skips forward 2 minutes
(AM/FM)
Select to change the track
(SXM)
●The system can store up to 20
minutes of AM/FM and less than
60 minutes of SXM. Cached data
will be erased when the radio
mode or station is changed or
when the audio/visual system is
turned off.
●AM/FM: If noise or silence occurs
during the caching process, cache
writing will continue, with the noise
or silence recorded as is. In this
case, the cached broadcast will
contain the noise or silence when
played back.
■Smart favorites
Up to 20 channels can be regis-
tered as presets in the cache.
Caches the latest less than 30
minutes for each channel. For
channel registration, refer to
( P.157)
1 Select channels registered to
smart favorites.
2 Select “SXM Replay”
*1 or
“Radio Replay”
*2.
*1: Audio Plus
*2: Premium Audio
●Caches the lates t less than 30
minutes for each channel.
●The radio plays the track from
start when that track has not previ-
ously been heard by the user and
the station is registered as a smart
favorite.
●When “SXM Tune Start” is turned
on ( P.138), the current song is
played from the beginning when
you select the channel.
●Displays icons on the channels
registered to smart favorites.
(  P.135)
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1384-2. Radio operation
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
1Select “Station List”.
2 Select “AM”, “FM” or “SXM”.
 Select the desired program
genre when the genre selec-
tion screen is displayed.
3 Select the desired station.
■Refreshing the station list
1 Select “Refresh”.
“Cancel Refresh”: Select to can-
cel the refresh.
“Source”: Select to change to
another audio source while
refreshing.
●The audio/visual system sound is
muted during refresh operation.
●In some situations, it may take
some time to update the station
list.
1 Select “Options”.
2 Select the desired item to be
set.
Select to turn automatic play-
back of the cache on/off.
When “SXM Tune Start” is
turned on, the current song is
played from the beginning
when you select the channel.
Select to turn digital AM
Radio mode on/off.
Select to turn digital FM
Radio mode on/off.
Analog FM only: Select to
display RBDS text mes-
sages.
Select to scan for receivable
stations. (Type scan in case
SXM is current program
type/channel category.)
Selecting a station from
the listRadio options
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1394-2. Radio operation
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Audio/visual system
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
This audio/visual system is
equipped with Radio Broadcast
Data Systems (RBDS). RBDS
mode allows text messages to
be received from radio stations
that utilize RBDS transmitters.
When RBDS is on, the radio can
do the following functions.
• Only selecting stations of a particular program type
• Displaying messages from radio stations
• Searching for a stronger sig- nal station
RBDS features are available
only when listening to an FM
station that broadcasts RBDS
information and the “FM Info”
function is on. ( P.138) HD Radio™ Technology is the
digital evolution of analog
AM/FM radio. Your radio product
has a special receiver which
allows it to receive digital broad-
casts (where available) in addi-
tion to the analog broadcasts it
already receives. Digital broad-
casts have better sound quality
than analog broadcasts as digi-
tal broadcasts provide free,
crystal clear audio with no static
or distortion. For more informa-
tion, and a guide to available
radio stations and programming,
refer to www.hdradio.com
.
HD Radio features included in
Toyota radios:
 Digital Sound-
HD Radio broadcasts deliver
crystal-clear, digital audio
quality to listeners.
 HD2/HD3 Channels-
FM stations can provide addi-
tional digital only audio pro-
gramming with expanded
content and format choices on
HD2/HD3 channels.
 PSD-
Program Service Data (PSD)
gives you on-screen informa-
tion such as artist name and
song title.
 Artist Experience-
Images related to the broad-
Radio broadcast data sys-
temUsing HD Radio™ tech-
nology

1404-2. Radio operation
AVALON_AVALON HV_Navi_(U)
cast are displayed on the
radio screen, such as album
cover art and station logos.
■Certification
HD Radio Technology manufactured
under license from iBiquity Digital
Corporation. U.S. and Foreign Pat-
ents. For patents see
http://dts.com/patents
. HD Radio,
Artist Experience, and the HD, HD
Radio, and “ARC” logos are regis-
tered trademarks or trademarks of
iBiquity Digital Corporation in the
United States and/or other coun-
tries.
■Multicast
On the FM radio frequency most
digital stations have “multiple” or
supplemental programs on one
FM station.
1 Select the “HD)” logo.
2 Select the desired channel.
 Turning the “TUNE SCROLL”
knob can also select the
desired multicast channel.
■Experience
 Mismatch of time alignment- a
user may hear a short period
of programming replayed or
an echo, stutter or skip.
Cause: The radio stations analog
and digital volume is not properly
aligned or the station is in ballgame
mode.
Action: None, radio broadcast
issue. A user can contact the radio
station.
Sound fades, blending in and
out.
Cause: Radio is shifting between
analog and digital audio.
Action: Reception issue, may
clear-up as the vehicle continues to
be driven. Turning the indicator of
the “HD Radio AM” and “HD Radio
FM” button off can force radio in an
analog audio.
Audio mute condition when an
HD2/HD3 multicast channel
had been playing.
Cause: The radio does not have
access to digital signals at the
moment.
Action: This is normal behavior,
wait until the digital signal returns. If
out of the coverage area, seek a
new station.
Audio mute delay when
selecting an HD2/HD3 multi-
cast channel preset.
Cause: The digital multicast content
is not available until HD Radio
Available HD Radio tech-
nology
Troubleshooting guide