TOYOTA GT86 2018 Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)
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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION 3. MEDIA OPERATION  
 
 
 
CONNECTING AN iPhone                 CON NECTING  AN Android 
PHONE
1   Op en  the  cover of   the  USB/AUX   port 
and  conn ect  an  iPhone  usi ng  an 
iPhone  dock connector  to  USB  
cab le
. 
 
 
 
  
In  order to  use  the Bluetooth® audio 
system  for Aha,  it  is  necessary to  pair 
an  Android  phone and  connect the  
audio  profile  (A2DP)   with the  system 
(see page  96 for procedures). 
   
Launch  Aha app on  your smar tphone.    
 
  
 
 Th e  USB/AUX  port is l ocate d  on  th e 
in strume nt  pan el,  or  near  the  shift  knob 
et c.  The  actual design  and  p ort positio n 
will  diffe r depending on the  vehicle. 
  Tu rn  on the po wer of the  iPhone  if it  is  not 
turn ed on. 
  Launch  the Aha app on  your smar tphone.
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SWITCHING TO  Aha  MODE   
1 Press the  “MEDIA”  button. 
 
 
CONNECTING  Aha 
 
In order  to  use  the Aha  audio  syst em, 
it  is  necessary  to connect  an  iPhone  or 
Android  phone. 
 
 Each  time the “MEDIA ” button is 
pressed  the system will  switch   the 
scre en betwe en MAP  and the last  audio 
mod e used.
. 
2  Select  “aha*”. 
 
  If  an  iPhone  or  Android  phone  is  not 
connect ed, the connecting for  Aha scree n 
wi ll  aut oma tica lly  appea r afte r  pressing 
“aha”. 
*  Aha  is a registe red trademark of Harman 
Int ernati onal Industry
, Inc. 
 
INFORMA
TION 
 Access  to  “aha”  is  not  av ailab le 
dur ing the  system  startu p. 
  If  b oth  iPhone  and Android  pho ne 
are connect ed, the  iPh one will  be 
used  for Ah a operati on. 
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CONNECTING APHONE                           RECONNECTI NG A PHONE
C ONNECTING AndroidPHONE
1SwitchingtoAha mode if a phone is 
not connected. (→P.42)
2Select  “Yes” .
3The fo llowing scree n will be disp layed.
If no An droidphone in pair ed device list,
pair an Android phone. ( →P.97)
 If t here are An droid phones in  p aired
dev ice l ist, select one to connect it for
mus ic. (→P.101)
CONNECTING iPhone
1SwitchingtoAha mode if a phone is 
not connected. (→P.42)
2Select “No”.
Co nnectan i Phone us ing itsdock
connector to USBcable to the
USB/AUX port
. 
If the s ystem cannot recover the
con nect ion loss, the foll owing screen is
displ ayed.
Reconn ect the iPhone USB c able if an 
iPho newas co nnec ted.
 Reconn ect the Andro idphone for musicif 
an An droidphone wascon nect ed.
 To retur n to the audio sourceselection
screen, select
“Exit”.
CONNECTING TOAha
In order to useAha application, data 
pl an isrequired on apho ne.
1Switching toAha mo de.(→P.42)
2The follow ing screen wi llbe display ed
whi le co nnecti ng to Aha.
 iPhone handset willdisplay Aha
reque st: “Ah a Radio  would li keto
c ommun icate with theAudio System ”.
 Select “ Allow” on the handset to
finish establishing the connection.
 Select “ Ignore” on the handset tostop
establishing the connection.
3Preset list stored in your Aha acco unt is 
d is play ed.
 A defau ltsta tion is pl ayed. To play
di fferent program, select the desired
st ation.
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 INFORMATION 
 Pr eset list will not be  displa yed if  t her e 
is a  st ation  cu rrently  pl aying  on  the 
h andset.  The  sta tion will star t  pl aying 
au toma tically. 
  When  Aha  is  c onne cted,  the  app 
interf ace  on  the  smartph one  will  be 
locked   and  al l con trols  wil l be 
managed  t hrough t he  Premium Audio 
system .   
PLAYING 
Aha PRESET   
PLAYING A PROGR AM 
 
The  title of  the  preset  sta tion and  the 
track  last played  will be displayed.  
(The number of preset stations 
accessible might change. Always refer 
to  www.aharadio.com
 for latest 
account details)  
 
 
PLAY AND PA USE  
   
 or : Sel ect  to  p ause/stop  the 
program  (depend ing on  prog ram type  
  
or  will  be  shown whi le  pl ayback  is 
active
).  :  Se lect to resume the 
progr am. 
   When you select              , you can adju st 
sound  settings.  (→P.51)  
 
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SELECTING A PROGRAM 
 
SELECTING BY STATION 
 
 
 
 
1  
Select  “Presets”. 
 
2  Preset  list  stored in yo ur  Aha  accou nt 
is displa yed. 
 
 Last p layed  program  is p layed.    To go  back to play  screen, t ouch 
t he butto n. 
3  Sel ect the  desired stati on to be p layed. 
 
 
SELECT ING BY  CONTE NT LIST  
 
Some  stations  pr ov ide  a list  of  content.   
1  Se lect .
 
 
2   Select the de sired c onten t. 
  
 Se lect            to  go  back  to th e  PL AY ER  
screen. 
 
 
INFORMATION  
SELECTING BY CONTENT LIST feature 
may not be available for some stations. 
 
 
 
 
Preset station can be selected 
from a program play screen or 
service location play screen. 
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PROVIDEFEEDBACK
Like and/or dislike
feedback options are 
avai lable on some content.
1Select        or       .
(Like) :Use itto report that youlike the 
conten t currently in pl ay.
Some s tation susefor Like.
 
(Dislike) :Use itto report that you
di slike t he c onten t curre nt in pla y.
Som e stat ions usefor dislike.
 
INFORMA TION
This feature ma y not be available for 
som estations.
SELECTING AhaLOCATION 
BASED SERVICE
SELECTING ASERVICE
This is adynamic list which changes by 
current location.
1Select  “Nearby POI ”.
             3
2Sel ect t he desir ed s ervice
To go back tothe play screen,
select  . 
 Th e f irstlo cat ion in the serv ice list will
be displa yedand read out.
INFORMA TION
Availab le servi ces for Aha LOCATI ON 
BASE DSE RV ICE is sub ject tochange 
wi thout noti ce.
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LISTENING TO RESULTS
: Select to stop play back. 
:Select torestart playback.
: Select tocallthe loc ation if a vailabl e.
:Select to navigate to the location if 
available.
SELECTING BYLIST
1Select.
2The list of available services in current 
location is shown.
 Select    to go back to the 
PLAYER screen
3Select the desired l ist item to display 
its location and other details
INFORMA TION
SELECTIN G BYLIST feat ure may not 
be ava ilable for some servi ces.
SELECTING Aha FEATURED 
CONTENT
SELECTING CONTENT
1Select “ Featured ”
2Select the desired item
Select  to go back to the 
PLAYER screen.
The first location in the service list 
will be shown and read out.
INFORMATION
Available services for Aha LOCATION 
BASED SERVICES (LBS) is subject to 
change without notice.
Selecttoadjustsound 
settings.(→P.103)
This is a dynamic list which can 
change based on Aha Featured 
content offering.
The results of the service selected 
will be read out and displayed.
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Message Display conditions Corrective action 
“Bluetooth music device not connected for Aha. Would you like to configure one now? (iPhone requires USB connection)” 
Aha connection cannot be initiated. 
Please connect a phone to the system. For an Android phone, connect to Bluetooth Audio.  For an iPhone, connect its dock connector to USB cable to USB port. 
“Connection to Aha is lost. Please reconnect the phone when the vehicle is safely stopped.” 
Aha connection is lost. 
For an Android phone, please make sure it is connected for Bluetooth Audio. For an iPhone, please make sure the USB connection is good. 
“Action not available” An invalid action was performed that is not supported for the content. 
Please try a valid action for the content. Supported actions can vary by station. 
“Please log into Aha” The user credentials are not valid or unable to authenticate from the handset to Aha. 
Please confirm if the correct user credentials were entered and could successfully logged into the Aha account on the phone. 
“Please make sure you have the latest version of Aha” 
The version of Aha on the phone is not supported by the Premium Audio software. 
Please download the latest version of Aha to the phone. 
“Loading” 
Loading the contents from the server / the cellular network signal is too low to stream data faster. 
Please lot into your Aha account. If already logged in, then the cellular network signal might be too low. Please try to reconnect after some time. 
“Could not relaunch Aha client” Could not start the Aha client on the phone. 
Please log into your Aha account and try again starting Aha on the phone. 
IF A MESSAGE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN 
If a problem occurs when starting up Aha, a message will appear on the 
screen. Referring to the table below to identify the problem, take the 
recommended corrective action. 
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 Message Display conditions Corrective action 
“No network – Please try again later” 
 Aha server may be down for maintenance  Premium Audio System could not find a network connection  The connection to the server was lost 
Please check signal quality and try connecting to Aha later. 
“Please reconnect mobile device” 
Could not start a session between Premium Audio System and the phone. 
Please disconnect and reconnect the phone. 
“Plea se disconnect and restart” An unrecoverable error occurred during Aha session. Please disconnect and reconnect the phone. 
“An error occurred communicating with the Aha client. Please disconnect the phone and restart this application” 
An error occurred while the Premium Audio System was communicating with the phone. 
Please disconnect and reconnect the phone. 
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4. AUDIO REMOTE CONTROLS
D
Somefunctions of theaudio system 
can be adjusted using the switches on 
the stee ring wheel.
Availabil ity, a ctual design andbutton
pos ition may differ d epending on v ehicle 
mo del or grade.
 De tails of the specific sw itches, controls,
and features a re descr ibed below.
No.Switch
Volume control switch
“ ”switch
“MOD E”switch
Volum e co ntrolswi tch
 Press the“+” side to in crease the volu me. 
Th e vol ume continues to i ncreasewhile
the switch isbei ng pressed.
 Press the “-”side todecrease the
volu me. The volum e continue s to
de crease  while the switch isbeing
pr esse d. “
” “ ”
switch
Radio
To select apr eset statio n: Pr ess the
“ ”
or “ ”
switch.
To seek a ra dio statio n: Press andhold  
the
“ ” or “ ”switch untilyouhear a b eep.
If you press either the
“ ” or “ ”switchin 
seek mode, the s eek mo dewill be
ca ncelled.
 aha
To select a de sired content : Press the
“ ” or “ ” switch.
 iPod
To select ade sired so ng: Press the“ ”
or “ ” switch.
 USB memory
To select adesir edfile: Press the
“ ” or
“ ”
switch.
 Bluetoot h
®audio  player
To select a d esiredtrack: Press the
“ ”
or “ ”
switch.
“MODE ”switch
Pres s the “MODE” switch t o select an 
aud iomode. Each press changes the
mod e se quen
tial ly through the audio 
sources re adytouse.
 To turn the audio s ystem on, press the
“MODE”
sw itch.
Press and hold the “MODE”switch until 
yo uhear a b eepand the mu sic wi llpause
or be muted. By the sameop erati on, the
mus icwill p lay or un-mute.
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1.STEERING SWITCHES (IF EQUIPPED)
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