audio TOYOTA tC 2016 Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)

1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION 3. MEDIA OPERATION



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 sess ion between Premium Audio System and the phone.
Please disconnect and reconnect the phone.
“Please 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
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Some functions of the audio system
can be adjusted using the switches on
the stee ring wheel.





 Avai lab ilit y, act ual des ig n and bu tton
pos it io n m ay dif f e r depe ndi ng on vehi cle
m ode l o r grade.
 De ta ils o f th e specif ic sw it c hes , co ntro ls ,
a nd fe atu re s a re descr ibe d be lo w .

No. Switch
Volume control swit ch
“ ” s w it c h
“M ODE” sw it c h
V olum e c o ntr ol swi tch
 Pres s th e “ +” s id e t o in crease t h e v ol ume.
Th e vo lum e con tin ue s to increa se wh il e
t h e swi tc h is b ei ng pressed .
 Pres s th e “-” sid e to decre ase th e
vo lu me . The volum e continues to
d ecrease whil e th e sw it c h is bei ng
pr essed. “
” “ ”
s w it c h
 Radio
To select a pr eset statio n: P ress the
“ ”
or “ ”
switch.
To s eek a r a dio statio n: Press and h old

th e “ ” o r “ ” switch until y o u hea r a b eep .
I f you p ress either the
“ ” o r “ ” s w itc h in
seek mode, th e s eek mo de will be
c a ncelle d.
 aha
T o sele ct a d esi re d co nten t: Press the
“ ” or “ ” switc h.
 iPod
To select a de sir e d s o ng : Press the “ ”
o r “ ” sw it c h .
 USB memory
To select a desir ed file : Press the
“ ” o r
“ ”
switch.
 Bluetoot h
® audio player
To selec t a desired tra ck: Press the
“ ”
or “ ”
switch. “MODE ” switch
 Pres s th e “MODE ” sw itch to s elect an
audio mo de. Each pres s ch anges th e
mod e se quen tial ly through the audio
sources r e ady to u se.
 T o tu rn th e a u di o sys te m o n, p re ss th e
“MODE”
switch.
 Pres s an d h old th e “MODE” sw itch until
yo u hea r a b eep an d th e m usi c wi ll pau se
o r b e mut ed. B y th e sam e op era tion, th e
mus ic w ill p la y o r un -mu te .
1
2
3
1. STEERING SWITCHES (IF EQUIPPED)

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5. AUDIO SETTINGS

SOUND SETTINGS




1 Select from the top screen
of any of the active audio sources
(below example is from USB memory
playback) .



2 Use the available buttons to adjust
the Equalizer (Treble, Mid, Bass) ,
Balance (L, R) , Fade (Front,
Rear) , Scion Sound Processing
(SSP) or Automatic S ound
Levelizer (ASL) .




For more details about effect of
each setting, please see under
SETUP
(→P.103) and the Base
Display Audio owner’s manual.

Change the sound settings of the
Premium Audio System.
1. SOUND SETTINGS

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5. TIPS FOR OPER AT ING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
1. OPERATING INFORMATION



6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM

NOTICE To avoid dam agi ng t h e a u di o s yst em:
• Be caref ul no t to s p ill beverages o ver
t h e a udi o sy ste m.

INFORM ATION
The us e of a ce llu la r phone in si de or
ne ar th e ve hic le ma y ca use a noi se fr om t he
sp eaker s of th e aud io system wh ich yo u
ar e list eni ng to . Howeve r, th is does no t
in dic ate a ma lfu nctio n.

1. OPERATING INFORMATION

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6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM

iPod
 App le is not respo nsibl e for th e
op era tion of thi s dev ic e o r it s c o mpl ian ce
wi th sa fe ty and regu la tor y stand ards .
P lea se note t hat th e use of thi s
a ccesso ry w it h iPo d or iPh one ma y a ff ec t
w ir e le ss p erf orm ance.
 iPh one , iPod , iP od class ic , iPo d nan o,
and iPo d to uch ar e tr adem ark s of App le
I nc ., regi stered in th e U.S . and ot her
c ount ries. Ligh tn in g is a tr a demar k of
Ap ple I nc.
 The Light nin g conn ect or work s with
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPh one 5S ,
iPhone 5C , iPhone 5, iP od tou ch (5 th
g e nerat io n) and iPo d na no (7th
g enerati on).
 The 30-pi n connec to r work s with
iP hone 4S , iP hon e 4, iPh one 3GS ,
i Ph one 3G , i Phone , iP od tou ch (1 st
t h roug h 4th genera tion) , iPo d classic
(ex cep t 5th gener ation), an d iPo d n an o
(1s t, 3rd, 4t h, 5 th and 6 th gen erat ion).
COMPATIBLE MODELS
Most Apple devices are compatible with this
Premium Audio System.
De pen ding on di ffere nces betw een mo dels
or s o ftware versi ons etc., some models might
be incompatible with this system.
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6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM

FILE INFORMA TION COR
RESPON DING BIT RATES

COMPATIBLE USB DEVICES Bit
rate (kbps) U
S
B

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n
terface f ormats
COMP ATIBLE COMP RESSED FILE S
Item
CO RRE SPO NDING S AMPLING
F REQUENCY

File type F requency (kHz)
File type Bit rate (kbps)

MP3 files:
MPEG 1 LAYER 3 32 - 320
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF LAYER 3 8 - 160
WMA files:
Ver. 7, 8 CBR 48 - 192
WMA files:
Ver. 9 (9.1/9.2) CBR 48 – 320
AAC files:
MPEG4/AAC -LC 16 - 320
USB communication formats
USB 2.0 HS (480Mbps) and FS (12Mbps)
File formats FAT 16
FAT 32
Correspondence class Mass storage class
File type Bit rate (kbps)
Compatible file format MP3/WMA/AAC
Folders on the device Maximum 3000
Files on the device Maximum 9999
Files per folder Maximum 255
File type Bit rate (kbps)
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 (9.1/9.2) 32/44/1/48
AAC files:
MPEG4/AAC -LC
11.025/12/16/
22.05/24/32/
44.1/48
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6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
 MP 3 (MPE G Audio La ye r 3), WMA
(W indow s Med ia Audi o) and AAC
(A dvance d Aud io Cod ing ) are aud io
compres sion st andards.
 T his sy ste m can p la y MP3/WMA/AA C fi le s
on USB memor y.
 W hen n amin g a n MP3 /WMA /AAC f il e , add
a n appropr ia te file extens ion
(.m p3/.wma /.m 4a).
 T his syst em pla ys bac k file s
with
. mp3 /.wma /.m4a file exte nsio ns as
MP3/WMA /AA C file s re spec tive ly . T o
pr eve nt n ois e a n d pl ayback e rrors , us e
t he
a p propri ate f ile ex tens ion.
 MP 3 fi le s ar e c o m patib le with th e ID3 T ag
V er. 1. 0, V er. 1 .1 , V er. 2 .2 a nd V er. 2 .3
f o rma ts . Thi s syste m cannot disp la y
A lbum tit le , tra ck ti tle and ar tis t n am e in
o the r f o rma ts .
 WMA/AAC file s ca n co ntain a WMA /AAC
t a g that is us ed in th e sam e wa y a s a n ID3
t ag. WMA /AAC tag s carr y in fo rm ation
su ch a s tr ac k t itle a nd art is t n ame.
 T he e mphasis fu nct io n is ava ila ble only
whe n p lay in g MP3 /WM A file s recorde d a t
3 2, 44 .1 an d 4 8 kHz.
 This syste m ca n pla y bac k AAC file s
e ncode d b y i Tunes.
 The so und qu al it y of MP3 /WM A file s
general ly improves with hi ghe r b it ra tes .
In orde r to ac hie ve a reason able level o f
so un d qu alit y , file s cre ate d wit h a b it ra te
o f a t leas t 1 28 kbp s ar e rec ommend ed. 
MP3 i (MP 3 in terac tiv e) an d MP3PR O
f o rm ats a re not c o m patib le wit h th e a u dio
p la ye r.
 Th e player is co m patib le with VB R
( V ar ia bl e B it Ra te ).
 When p lay in g b ac k file s re corded as VBR
( V ar iable Bit Ra te ) file s, th e p la y tim e wi ll
n ot be correctl y disp lay ed if th e fa st
fo rwar d o r r e vers e op erat ion s ar e u sed.
 It is not po ssi ble to ch eck fo ld ers th at do
n ot inc lud e MP 3/W MA /A AC f iles.
 MP3 /WMA /AAC file s in fo ld ers u p to 8
l e ve ls dee p ca n be playe d. Howe ve r, the
s tar t o f pl aybac k ma y b e de laye d when
t her e a re n umerous l evels o f fo ld ers . F or
t h is reason , we re comme nd usin g no
m ore t han 2 levels o f fol ders.
 Th e order chang es de pen din g on th e
p ers o na l com pute r an d MP3/WMA /AAC
e ncod in g so ft w are y o u use.
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TERMS
ID3 T A G  T his is a meth od of embe ddin g tr ack-
rel ate d in format ion in an MP 3 file . Th is
embe dded informat io n can incl ude the
tr ack tit le , th e art is t’s name, th e album
t it le , th e mus ic genre , th e ye ar of
p ro du ction, commen ts , co ver art and
ot her dat a. T he co nt ents can be fr e ely
e dit e d us ing sof tware wi th ID 3 ta g ed itin g
f unc tions. A lthough th e ta gs ar e re str ic te d
to the num ber of ch arac ters , th e
i n format ion c an be v iewe d w hen th e tr ack
is p la ye d bac k.

WMA TAG  WM A file s c a n co ntai n a WM A ta g tha t is
use d in t h e s a m e w ay a s a n ID3 ta g. WMA
ta gs carr y inf orm atio n su ch a s tr ack title,
ar tis t n ame.
WMA  WM A (W i ndow s Med ia Aud io ) is an
au dio com press io n format d eve lope d b y
Microsof t
®. It compres ses file s in to a
s ize smalle r th a n tha t o f MP 3 files . Th e
decoding f orma ts fo r WM A file s are
V er. 7 , 8
a nd 9 .
 Thi s produ ct is prot ecte d by cer ta in
i n tel lec tua l prope rty righ ts of Micro so ft
Corp ora tio n an d th ir d par tie s. Us e or
d is trib ution of suc h techn ology ou ts id e o f
t h is produ ct is prohi bite d withou t a lice nse
fr om Micr oso ft o r a n au thor ized Micros oft
su bsi diary an d th ird p art ies.

AAC  AAC is s h or t fo r Ad vanced Aud io Cod ing
a nd re fer s to an au di o compress io n
t echn olo gy stand ard use d w ith MPEG 2
and MPEG4.

m3u 
Play list s created usi ng “WINAMP”
so ftwar e hav e a play lis t file exte nsi on
( .m3u).

MP3 
MP 3 is an au di o compress io n sta n dard
de term ine d b y a work in g gr oup (MPEG ) of
t h e ISO (Interna tion al Sta ndar d
Organ iz a tion) . MP 3 compres se s audio
d ata to about 1/1 0 th e siz e of tha t on
c o nven tion al C Ds.
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1. BASIC INFORM AT ION BEFORE OPERATION
1. QUICK REFERENCE



“Phone” MENU SCREEN






















No. Function Page
Select to display the “ Phone book” screen. An entry from the list of contacts c an be selected and called. 69
Select to display the “Dial” screen. A call can be made by dialing the number. 68
Select to d ispl ay the “ Favo rites ” screen listing the cont acts stored within the Premium Audio System . 69
Select to display the “Messages” screen. A list of received and sent short messages and a menu to create new short messages can be displayed. The sender of the message can also be called.
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Select to display the “ Call lists” screen. An entry from the “Al l ” “ Missed ”, “Received ” or “Dialed” call lists can be selected and called. 70

Pressing the button allows access to the “Phone” screens.
Each time the button is pressed, the “ Phone” screen that was last
displayed will be shown.
Press from the “Phone” screen other than the “ Phone” menu scr een
to display the “Phone” menu screen.
1
2
3
4
5
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1. BASIC INFORMATION BEFORE OPERATION
CONNECTI NG A Bluetoot h®

PHONE

In order to u se the hands -free system,
it is necessary to pair the phone and
connect the phone’s profile (HFP) with
the system.
Once the profile has been connected,
hands -free calls can be made.
If you have not yet connected any
Bluetooth
® phone s with phone profile
(HFP), yo u must first conn ect yo ur
phone with phone profile (HFP)
according to the following procedure.
Connect your Bluet ooth
® pho ne with
phone profile (HFP) after bringing the
vehicle to a complete stop.

1
Pre
ss the button.









2 Select “Yes ” if prompted (if no phone
p aired to the Premium Audio System
the following screen will be shown) .

 If there are no paired devices t his
s creen ca n b e d is pla ye d b y pres sing
t h e
s w it c h o n th e s te erin g whe el
(IF EQIUPPED) .

3 Follow th e steps “ PAIRING A
Bl uetooth
® DEVICE ”. (→P. 97, 101)
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