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

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4-6.Tips for operating the audio/visual system
●The use of a cellular phone inside
or near the vehicle may cause a
noise from the speakers of the
audio/visual system which you are
listening to. However, this does
not indicate a malfunction.
Usually, a problem with radio
reception does not mean there
is a problem with the radio  it
is just the normal result of condi-
tions outside the vehicle.
For example, nearby buildings
and terrain can interfere with FM
reception. Power lines or phone
wires can interfere with AM sig-
nals. And of course, radio sig-
nals have a limited range. The
farther the vehicle is from a sta-
tion, the weaker i ts signal will
be. In addition, reception condi-
tions change constantly as the
vehicle moves.
Here, some common reception
problems that probably do not
indicate a problem with the radio
are described.
■FM
Fading and drifting stations:
Generally, the effective range of FM is about 25 miles (40 km).
Once outside this range, you
may notice fading and drifting,
which increase with the distance
from the radio transmitter. They
are often accompanied by dis-
tortion.
Multi-path: FM signals are
reflective, making it possible for
2 signals to reach the vehicle’s
antenna at the same time. If this
happens, the signals will cancel
each other out, causing a
momentary flutter or loss of
reception.
Static and fluttering: These
occur when signals are blocked
by buildings, trees or other large
objects. Increasing the bass
level may reduce static and flut-
tering.
Station swapping: If the FM sig-
nal being listened to is inter-
rupted or weakened, and there
is another strong station nearby
on the FM band, the radio may
tune in the second station until
the original signal can be picked
up again.
■AM
Fading: AM broadcasts are
reflected by the upper atmo-
sphere  especially at night.
These reflected signals can
interfere with those received
directly from the radio station,
causing the radio station to
sound alternately strong and
weak.
Operating infor mation
NOTICE
●To avoid damage to the
audio/visual system:
• Be careful not to spill beverages
over the audio/visual system.
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Station interference: When a
reflected signal and a signal
received directly from a radio
station are very nearly the same
frequency, they can interfere
with each other, making it diffi-
cult to hear the broadcast.
Static: AM is easily affected by
external sources of electrical
noise, such as high tension
power lines, lightening or electri-
cal motors. This results in static.
■SiriusXM
 Cargo loaded on the roof lug-
gage carrier, especially metal
objects, may adversely affect
the reception of SiriusXM Sat-
ellite Radio.
 Alternation or modifications
carried out without appropri-
ate authorization may invali-
date the user’s right to
operate the equipment.
■Certification
Audio
 Use of the Made for Apple
badge means that an acces-
sory has been designed to
connect specifically to the
Apple product(s) identified in
the badge and has been certi-
fied by the developer to meet
Apple performance stan-
dards. Apple is not responsi-
ble for the operation of this
device 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 clas-
sic
®, iPod nano®, iPod
touch
®, and Lightning® are
trademarks of Apple Inc., reg-
istered in the U.S. and other
countries.
Audio Plus/Premium Audio
 Use of the Made for Apple
badge means that an acces-
sory has been designed to
connect specifically to the
Apple product(s) identified in
the badge, and has been cer-
tified by the developer to meet
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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/
48

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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

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disc title, track title and artist
name in other formats.
 WMA/AAC files can contain a
WMA/AAC tag that is used in
the same way as an ID3 tag.
WMA/AAC tags carry infor-
mation such as track title and
artist name.
 The emphasis function is
available only when playing
MP3 files.
 This system can play back
AAC files encoded by iTunes.
 The sound quality of
MP3/WMA files generally
improves with higher bit rates.
 m3u playlists are not compati-
ble with the audio player.
 MP3i (MP3 interactive) and
MP3PRO formats are not
compatible with the audio
player.
 The player is compatible with
VBR (Variable Bit Rate).
 When playing back files
recorded as VBR (Variable Bit
Rate) files, the play time will
not be correctly displayed if
the fast forward or reverse
operations are used.
 It is not possible to check fold-
ers that do not include
MP3/WMA/AAC files.
 MP3/WMA/AAC files in fold-
ers up to 8 levels deep can be
played. However, the start of
playback may be delayed when using USB memory
containing numerous levels of
folders. For this reason, we
recommend creating USB
memory with no more than 2
levels of folders.
 The play order of the USB
memory with the structure
shown above is as follows:
 The order changes depending
on the personal computer and
MP3/WMA/AAC encoding
software you use.

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Compatible video format
FormatCodec
MPEG-4
Video codec:
H.264/MPEG-4
AV C
 MPEG4
Audio codec:
 AAC
 MP3
Corresponding
screen size:
 MAX
19201080
Corresponding
frame rate:
 MAX 60i/30p
AVI Container
Video codec:
 H.264/MPEG-4
AV C
 MPEG4
 WMV9
 WMV9
Advanced pro-
file
Audio codec:
 AAC
 MP3
 WMA9.2 (7, 8,
9.1, 9.2)
Corresponding
screen size:
 MAX
1920 1080
Corresponding
frame rate:
 MAX 60i/30p
Windows Media
Video
Video codec:
WMV9
 WMV9
Advanced pro-
file
Audio codec:
 WMA9.2 (7, 8,
9.1, 9.2)
Corresponding
screen size:
 MAX
1920 1080
Corresponding
frame rate:
 MAX 60i/30p
FormatCodec

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■ID3 tag
 This is a method of embed-
ding track-related information
in an MP3 file. This embed-
ded information can include
the track number, track title,
the artist’s name, the album
title, the music genre, the year
of production, comments,
cover art and other data. The
contents can be freely edited
using software with ID3 tag
editing functions. Although
the tags are restricted to a
number of characters, the
information can be viewed
when the track is played back.
■WMA tag
 WMA files can contain a
WMA tag that is used in the
same way as an ID3 tag.
WMA tags carry information
such as track title and artist
name.
■MP3
 MP3 is an audio compression
standard determined by a
working group (MPEG) of the
ISO (International Standard
Organization). MP3 com-
presses audio data to about
1/10 the size of that on con-
ventional discs.
■WMA
 WMA (Windows Media Audio)
is an audio compression for- mat developed by Microsoft
®.
It compresses files into a size
smaller than that of MP3 files.
The decoding formats for
WMA files are Ver. 7, 8 and 9.
 This product is protected by
certain intellectual property
rights of Microsoft Corporation
and third parties. Use or distri-
bution of such technology out-
side of this product is
prohibited without a license
from Microsoft or an autho-
rized Microsoft subsidiary and
third parties.
 Trademark Acknowledgement
Windows Media is either a
registered trademark or trade-
mark of Microsoft Corpora-
tion in the United States
and/or other countries.
 This product includes technol-
ogy owned by Microsoft Cor-
poration and cannot be used
or distributed without a
license from Microsoft Licens-
ing, Inc.
■AAC
 AAC is short for Advanced
Audio Coding and refers to an
audio compression technol-
ogy standard used with
MPEG2 and MPEG4.
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■USB
■iPod
■Bluetooth® audio
●If the malfunction is not rectified,
take your vehicle to your Toyota
dealer.
Error messages
MessageExplanation
“USB Error”
This indicates a
problem in the
USB memory or
its connection.
“No music files
found.”
This indicates
that no compati-
ble files are
included in the
USB memory.
“No video files
found.”
This indicates
that no video
files are included
in the USB mem-
ory.
MessageExplanation
“iPod Error”
This indicates a
problem in the
iPod or its con-
nection.
“No music files
found.”
This indicates
that there is no
music data in the
iPod.
“Please check
the iPod firm-
ware version.”
This indicates
that the firm-
ware version is
not compatible.
Perform the iPod
firmware
updates and try
again.
“Unable to
authorize the
iPod.”
This indicates
that it failed to
authorize the
iPod.
Please check
your iPod.
MessageExplanation
“Music tracks not
supported.
Please check
your portable
player.”This indicates a
problem in the
Bluetooth
®
device.
MessageExplanation

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