TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME 2021 Owners Manual
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■Air conditioning-linked set-
ting (“Climate Prep”)
When the charging mode is set 
to “Departure”, the vehicle air 
conditioning system ( P.396) 
can be set to automatically oper-
ate
* according to the set time.
By adjusting the cabin temperature 
in advance, passengers can enjoy 
a pleasant interior immediately after 
entering the vehicle.
*: Operation starts approximately  20 minutes before the set depar-
ture time.
■Turning “Charge Now” on 
and off
If even one charging schedule is 
registered, charging does not 
start until the set time, even if 
the AC charging cable is con-
nected to the vehicle. To start 
charging without changing the 
charging schedule setting, turn 
“Charge Now” on to temporarily 
cancel the charging schedule 
and enable charging after con-
necting the AC charging cable.
■Changing “Next Event”*1
It is possible to temporarily set 
the time of the next charging 
schedule without changing the 
registered repeated setting.
*2
*1: The “Next Event” refers to the  closest charging schedule from 
the current time among the regis-
tered charging schedules. 
Charging schedule is performed 
based on the “Next Event”.
*2: When “Next Event” is changed, the current charging schedule 
will be temporarily ignored and 
charging will not be carried out 
until the time specified by “Next 
Event”. (For example, when 
“Next Event” is set for 2 days 
later, even if items are registered 
on the charging schedule, 
charging will not be carried out 
until the time specified by “Next 
Event”.)
The charging schedule can be 
registered on the multi-informa-
tion display or audio system 
screen (vehicles with Premium 
Audio).
 Multi-information display 
operation:  P.133
 Audio system screen opera-
tion (vehicles with Premium 
Audio):  P.139
■Charging schedule
●The charging schedule cannot be 
set while driving.
●A maximum of 15 charging sched-
ules can be registered.
Registering the charging 
schedule 
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■To make sure that the charging 
schedule function operates cor-
rectly
Check the following items.
●A d j u s t  t h e  c l o c k  t o  t h e  c o r r e c t  t i m e  
(  P.169)
●The calendar is set to the correct 
date ( P.177)
●Check that the power switch is 
turned off
●After registering the charging 
schedule, connect the AC 
charging cable 
The charging sta rt time is deter-
mined based on the charging 
schedule at the time that the AC 
charging cable was connected.
●After connecting the AC charging 
cable, check that the charging 
indicator of the charging port 
flashes ( P.100)
●Do not use an ou tlet that has a 
power cut off function (including a 
timer function) 
Use an outlet that constantly sup-
plies electricity. For outlets where 
the power is cut off due to a timer 
function, etc., charging may not be 
carried out according to plan if the 
power is cut off during the set 
time.
■When the AC charging cable 
remains connected to the vehi-
cle
Even if multiple consecutive 
charging schedules are registered, 
the next charge will not be carried 
out according to the charging 
schedule until the AC charging 
cable is removed  and reconnected 
after charging completes. Also, 
when the hybrid battery (traction 
battery) is fully charged, charging 
according to the charging schedule 
will not be carried out.
■“Climate Prep”
●When the air conditioning-linked 
setting is turned  on, the air condi-
tioning operates until the set  departure time. Therefore, the air 
conditioning will co
nsume electric-
ity and charging may not complete 
by the set departure time.
●If the hybrid batte ry (traction bat-
tery) is fully charged, charging will 
not be carried o ut, even if the 
charging schedule is set. How-
ever, if “Climate Prep” is turned 
on, the air conditioning will oper-
ate only once when it nears the 
time set in “Departure”. If this 
occurs, the air conditioning will 
consume electricity and the 
remaining charge of the hybrid 
battery (traction battery) when 
departing may be decreased.
●When the doors are unlocked, the 
air conditioning system does not 
operate.
■Smartphone-linked operation 
(vehicles with Premium Audio)
After applying to Toyota Apps, it is 
possible to use the smartphone 
application to change charging 
schedule settings.
For details about Toyota Apps, refer 
to 
http://www.toyota.com/connectedse
rvices in the United  States and 
http://www.toyota.ca/connected
 in 
Canada.
■When charging schedules are 
ignored
When the following operations are 
performed while the charging 
schedule is on standby, charging 
schedule is temporarily canceled 
and charging is started.
●When the Remote Air Condition-
ing System ( P.405) is operated
●When turning “My Room Mode” 
on ( P.144)
●When turning “Charge Now” on 
( P.137, 142)
●When an operation that temporar-
ily cancel charging using the 
charging schedule ( P.125) 
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■Effects of outside temperature
When the charging mode is set to 
“Departure”, charging schedule may 
be ignored due to the outside tem-
perature and charging may start.
■“Battery Heater” ( P.115) / 
“Battery Cooler” ( P.116)
When charging is c arried out using 
the charging schedule, the hybrid 
battery (traction battery) heating or 
cooling function may operate 
according to the te mperature of the 
hybrid battery (traction battery).
●When the charging mode is set to 
“Start”, the function starts at the 
set charging start time.
●“Battery Heater”: When the 
charging mode is set to “Depar-
ture”, the function  starts automati-
cally to complete heating by the 
desired departure time.
●“Battery Cooler”: When the 
charging mode is set to “Depar-
ture”, cooling starts approximately 
30 minutes before the charging 
start time. However, if there is no 
time to finish charging by the 
charging schedule, the hybrid bat-
tery (traction battery) cooling time 
may be shortened and “Battery 
Cooler” may not operate.
When operating charging 
schedule, use the meter control 
switches. Meter control switches 
(
P.171)
Multi-information display
■Registering the charging 
schedule
1 Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select  .
2 Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Vehicle Settings”, and then 
press and hold  .
3 Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Charging Settings”, and then 
press  .
The “Charging Settings” screen will 
be displayed. 
4Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Charging Schedule”, and 
then press  .
The “Charging Schedule” screen 
will be displayed.
5Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Scheduled Events”, and 
then press  .
The “Scheduled Events” screen will 
Setting operations on 
multi-information display
A
B 
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be displayed.
6Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select “+”, 
and then press  .
The “Charging Mode” screen will be 
displayed.
7Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select the 
item to change with the cur-
sor, and then press   or   
to change the setting.
Set the desired charging mode and 
charging start (or departure) time.
When the charging mode is “Start”, 
this sets the charging start time. 
When it is “Departure”, this sets the 
charging end time.
After changing the settings to the 
desired settings, press  .
When the charging mode is set to 
“Departure”, the  “Climate Prep” 
screen is displayed. When the 
charging mode is set to “Start”, the  “Repeat” screen (step 
9) is dis-
played.
8 When the charging mode is 
set to “Departure”, set the 
“Climate Prep” to on or off.
*
Press   or   of the meter con-
trol switches and select “Yes” or 
“No”, and then press  .
Select “Yes” to tu rn on the air con-
ditioning system and select “No” to 
turn it off.
The “Repeat” scr een will be dis-
played.
*: When the charging mode is set to 
“Start”, “Climate Prep” screen will 
not display.
9 To activate the repeated set-
ting, press   or   of the 
meter control switches to 
select the desired day to acti-
vate for the repeated setting, 
and then press  . 
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Each time   is pressed, the 
repeated setting switches between 
on and off.
When set to on, the charging 
schedule is repeated on that day. It 
is possible to set more than one 
day to on.
If no days are set to on, charging is 
only carried out once according to 
the charging sche dule for the next 
24 hours.
After changing the settings to the 
desired settings, select “Done”, and 
then press  .
A screen where the settings can be 
saved will be displayed.
10 Select “Save” and press   
to save the settings.
The settings will be saved.
If you wish to change the settings, 
press   and perform the setting 
procedure again.
After setting operations are com-
plete, when the AC charging cable 
is connected to the vehicle, 
charging will be car ried out accord-
ing to the charging schedule set- tings.
■Switching charging sched-
ules between on and off
The registered charging sched-
ules can be turned on and off.
1 Perform step  1 to  5 of the 
“Registering the charging 
schedule” procedure 
( P.133) and display 
“Scheduled Events” screen.
A list of the registered charging 
schedule will be displayed.
2 Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select the 
item to turn ON/OFF, and 
then press  .
Each time   is pressed, the 
selected charging schedule 
switches between on and off.
When set to off, a charging sched-
ule is ignored and charging accord-
ing to the charging schedule is not  
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carried out.
■Changing the registered 
charging schedules
The registered charging sched-
ules can be modified or deleted.
1 Perform step 1 to  5 of the 
“Registering the charging 
schedule” ( P.133) proce-
dure and display “Scheduled 
Events” screen.
A list of the regi stered charging 
schedule will be  displayed.
2Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select the 
item to change, and then 
press and hold  .
The “Edit Event” s creen will be dis- played.
3
Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select the 
item to operate, press   
and perform the necessary 
operation.
 “Edit”
Change the desired settings as 
described starting from step  7 of 
the “Registering the charging 
schedule” procedure. ( P.133)
Press   to return to the previous 
screen.
 “Delete”
A deletion confir mation screen will 
be displayed.
Press   or   of the meter con-
trol switches to select “Yes”, and 
then press   to delete the 
selected charging schedule.
To cancel deletion , select “No” and  
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then press  .
Press   to return to the previous 
screen.
■Setting “Charge Now” to on
The “Charge Now” setting can 
be changed by performing one 
of the two following procedures.
Operation on “Charging 
Schedule” screen
1 Perform step 1 to  4 of the 
“Registering the charging 
schedule” procedure 
( P.133) and display 
“Charging Schedule” screen.
2 Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Charge Now”, and then 
press  .
Each time   is pressed, “Charge 
Now” switches bet ween on and off.
Operation on “Closing Dis-
play” screen
*
*: If “Closing Display” is not set to 
“Charging Schedule” on the   
screen of the mu lti-information 
display, the “Closing Display” is 
not displayed. In this case, check 
the settings on the multi-informa- tion display.
1
Turn the power switch off.
The “Closing Display” screen is dis-
played on the multi-information dis-
play. ( P.138)
2 Press   to set “Charge 
Now” to on.
Each time   is pre ssed, “Charge 
Now” switches betw een on and off.
After setting operations are 
complete, charging starts when 
the AC charging cable is con-
nected. (P.123)
■Changing “Next Event”*
*: When “Charge Now” is set to on 
or when using “My Room Mode” 
( P .1 44 ) e tc. , it  is  n ot  p os sib le to  
change the registered “Next 
Event”.
1 Perform step  1 to  4 of the 
“Registering the charging 
schedule” procedure 
( P.133) and display 
“Charging Schedule” screen.
2 Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Next Event”, and then press 
.
The “Next Event” screen will be dis-
played. 
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3Press   or   of the meter 
control switches to select 
“Yes”, and then press  .
The confirmation  message will be 
displayed on the screen.
Press  , and the “Charging 
Mode” screen will  be displayed.
Press   to return  to the previous 
screen.
4 Change the desired settings 
as described starting from 
step  7 of the “Registering the 
charging schedule” proce-
dure. ( P.133)
Press   to return  to the previous 
screen.
■When charging schedule set-
ting operations are canceled
When the vehicle is  in the following 
conditions, charging schedule set-
ting operations  are canceled.
●The power switch is operated  before the settings are confirmed
●The vehicle starts off
●A display with a higher priority 
than that of the charging schedule 
setting is shown
■“Next Event”
After charging completes, the “Next 
Event” displayed on the multi-infor-
mation display will not change until 
the AC charging cable is removed, 
even after charging is performed 
according to the “Next Event” 
schedule.
■To return to original setting 
after changing “Next Event” 
setting
Turning the setting of “Charge Now” 
on and then off can return the set-
ting of “Next Event” to its original 
setting.
■When “Next Event” is changed 
while charging
●When the charging mode is 
“Departure”, the current charging 
is interrupted or continued 
depending on the remaining time 
until the charging is completed.
●When the charging mode is 
“Start”, the current charging is 
interrupted, the  next charging will 
start at the set time.
■When the power switch is 
turned off
You can check the next charging 
schedule (“Next Event”) on the 
“Closing Display” screen
* when 
“Closing Display” is set to “Charging 
Schedule” on   screen of the 
multi-information  display and the 
power switch is turned off.
*: The “Closing Display” screen may 
not be displayed during charging. 
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For details on how to operate the 
audio system screen, refer to 
“NAVIGATION AND MULTIMEDIA 
SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL”.
Setting operations related to the 
charging schedule are per-
formed on the “Charging Sched-
ule” screen.
■Displaying the “Charging 
Schedule” screen
1 Press the “MENU” button to 
display the menu screen.
2 Select “Info” and “Charging 
Schedule”, in that order.
The “Charging Schedule” screen 
will be displayed.
■How to read the “Charging 
Schedule” screen
Charging schedules (calen-
dar display)
Displays the week-long registered 
WARNING
■Cautions while performing 
the setting operation
When performing the setting 
operation while the hybrid system 
is operated, ensur e that the vehi-
cle is parked in a place with ade-
quate ventilation. In a closed area 
such as a garage, exhaust gases 
including harmful carbon monox-
ide (CO) may collect and enter 
the vehicle. This may lead to 
death or a serious health hazard.
NOTICE
■While performing the setting 
operation
When performing the setting 
operation while the hybrid system 
is stopped, be careful that the 12-
volt battery will not be discharged.
Setting operations on the 
audio system screen 
(vehicles with Premium 
Audio)
A 
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charging schedule in a list using 
icons.
“Add” button
Press to add a new item to the 
charging schedule. (P.140)
“Edit” button
Press to change or delete regis-
tered items on the charging sched-
ule. ( P.141)
“Charge Now” button
Press to set “Charge Now” to on. 
( P.142)
Return button
Press to close  the “Charging 
Schedule” screen.
Charging schedules (icon 
display)
When an item is registered on the 
charging schedule, an icon is dis-
played on the calendar.
 Main content displayed on the 
calendar:
*1: A row with a red line indicates 
the current time.
*2: When “Charge Now” ( P.142) is 
set to on, the orange icon moves  to the position of the red line and 
changes to display “Charge 
Now”.
■Registering the charging 
schedule
1 Display the “Charging Sched-
ule” screen. ( P.139)
2 Press “Add”.
The “Edit Charging Event” screen 
will be displayed  on the screen.
3Change the schedule to the 
desired time.
Charging mode
Press “Start” or “Departure” to set 
the desired charging mode.
Start (or departure) time
When the charging mode is “Start”, 
set the charging start time (start 
time). When it is “Departure”, set 
the charging end time (departure 
time).
Press “+” or “-” to set the desired 
time.
Repeated settings
Each time the butt on is pressed, 
the repeated se tting for the 
selected day switches between on 
and off.
When turned on, the charging 
schedule is repeated on that day. It 
DisplayContent
Red line*1Current time
Orange icon*2Charging sched-
ule for Next 
Event
Green icon
The charging 
mode is set to 
“Departure”
Blue icon
The charging 
mode is set to 
“Start”
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