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Compact Disc Player
If you want to fast forward or reverse
through a compact disc track, push and
hold in the fast forward or reverse button.
When you release the button, the compact
disc player will resume playing.
AM
Push AMº to turn on the radio and select
the AM band. AMº will appear on the
display.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the radio by pushing AMº. Also, push
AMº to switch from cassette or compact
disc operation to radio operation.
AUDIO CTRL / MODE (Audio control
and mode adjustment)
Manual tone adjustment functionÐ
This knob is used to adjust the tone
manually.
For low- pitch tone adjustment, push
AUDIO CTRL / MODEº repeatedly until
BASSº appears on the display. Then turn
the knob to suit your preference.
The display will show the range from
BASS -5º to BASS 5º.For middle- pitch tone adjustment, push
AUDIO CTRL / MODEº repeatedly until
MIDº appears on the display. Then turn
the knob to suit your preference.
The display will show the range from MID
- 5º to MID 5º.
For high- pitch tone adjustment, push
AUDIO CTRL / MODEº repeatedly until
TREBº appears on the display. Then turn
the knob to suit your preference.
The display will show the range from
TREB -5º to TREB 5º.
Sound balance adjustment functionÐ
This knob is also used to adjust the
sound balance between the front and rear,
and the right and left speakers.
For front/rear adjustment, push AUDIO
CTRL / MODEº repeatedly until FADEº
appears on the display. Then turn the
knob to adjust the front/rear balance.
The display will show the range from
FADE FRONT 7º to FADE REAR 7º.
For left/right adjustment, push AUDIO
CTRL / MODEº repeatedly until BALº ap-
pears on the display. Then turn the knob
to adjust the left/right balance.
The display will show the range from BAL
LEFT 7º to BAL RIGHT 7º.CD (Compact Disc)
Push CDº to switch from radio or cas-
sette operation to compact disc operation.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the compact disc player by pushing
CDº. In both cases, a disc must already
be loaded in the player.
When the audio is set into compact disc
operation, the display shows the track or,
track and disc number currently being
played.
If the player or another unit equipped with
the player malfunctions, your audio system
will display one of the six following error
messages.
If WAITº appears on the display,
it indi-
cates that the inside of the player unit
may be too hot due to the very high ambi-
ent temperature. Remove the disc or mag-
azine from the player and allow the player
to cool down.
If Err 1º appears on the display, it
indicates the disc is dirty, damaged, or it
was inserted up- side down. Clean the
disc or insert it correctly.
If Err 2º appears on the display, it
indicates no disc is loaded inside the
magazine. Insert a disc.
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If Err 3º or Err 4º appears on the
display, it indicates there is a trouble in-
side the system. Eject the disc or maga-
zine. Set the disc or magazine again.
If OPEnº appears on the display, it
indicates the compact disc auto changer
lid is open. Close the compact disc auto
changer lid.
If the malfunction is not rectified, take
your vehicle to your Toyota dealer.
DISC
By using this button, you can select a
disc you wish to listen to.
Push either side of the button until the
number of the disc you want to listen to
appears on the display.
Dolby 
B NR*
If you are listening to a tape that was
recorded with Dolby  B Noise Reduction,
push the button marked with the double- D
symbol. The double- D symbol will appear
on the display. Push the button again to
turn off Dolby  B NR.
The Dolby NR mode reduces tape noise
by about 10 dB. For best sound reproduc-
tion, play your tapes with this button on
or off according to the mode used for
recording the tape.
*: Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. DOLBYº and the
double D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation.
FM
Push FMº to turn on the radio and select
the FM band. FM1º or FM2º will appear
on the display. This system allows you to
set twelve FM stations, two for each but-
ton.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the radio by pushing FMº. Also, push
FMº to switch from cassette or compact
disc operation to radio operation.
LOAD
This button is used to load the compact
discs in the compact disc auto changer
which is integrated with the radio and cas-
sette player. This compact disc auto
changer can store up to 6 di scs.
The key must be in the ACCº or ONº
position. Loading one compact disc onlyÐ
To load one compact disc only, quickly
push and release the button. If you hold
the button too long (if the audio system
is on at this time, you hear a beep.), the
mechanism will change to the mode for
loading multiple compact di
scs. After
pushing the button, insert a compact disc.
After the disc is loaded, the shutter of the
slot will close.
If no compact disc is inserted, the shutter
will close after 15 seconds.
Loading multiple compact di scsÐ
To load multiple compact discs, push and
hold (until you hear a beep when the au-
dio system is on). After pushing the but-
ton, insert the first compact disc. After the
disc is loaded, the shutter of the slot will
close. After a few seconds, the shutter
will automatically open again so the next
disc can be inserted. The same process
can be applied for loading the rest of the
discs.
If no compact disc is inserted, the shutter
will close after 15 seconds.
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MSG (Message)
This button is used to display a radio text
message. It is also used to store and
recall radio text messages.
To receive radio text, turn RDS on (see
RDSº), and tune to an RDS station that
broadcasts radio text messages. When the
radio receives a radio test message,
MSGº will appear on the display. Push
this button at this time to display the radio
text message. The message display will
be canceled if you activate any function
that affects the display. After the entire
message has been displayed, the mes-
sage will disappear. To view the message
again, push this button a second time.
To store a radio text message, push and
hold this button for more than 1.7 seconds
while the message is being displayed. A
beep will sound, indicating that the mes-
sage has been stored. At this time MSG
STOREDº appears on the display. Up to
three 64- character messages can be
stored. If 3 messages are already in stor-
age, the oldest message will be removed
to make room for a new message.To recall a radio text message, push this
button for less than 1.7 seconds. The
most recently received stored message
will appear on the display, even if it has
already been displayed. Pushing this but-
ton for less than 1.7 seconds while the
most recent message is being displayed
will recall the newest stored message. If
2 or more messages have been stored,
the other stored messages will be toggled
through each time you push this button
(while a stored message is on display).
If no messages have been stored, or if
there are no more messages to be re-
called, NO MSG STOREDº will appear on
the display, and the message display will
be canceled. The display then returns to
show the program service name. The
message display will be canceled if you
activate any function that affects the dis-
play.
Message display can be canceled by
pressing any of the following buttons:
AMº, FMº, CDº, TAPEº, LOADº,
SEEKº, TUNEº, any preset, SCANº, any
audio control, RDSº, SRCHº, or  TYPES>º. If the current station is not a
traffic program and traffic announcements
is off, pushing TRAFº will cancel the dis-
play. The message will be canceled after
the entire message has been displayed. (Program Types)
This button is used for program type
(PTY) search of RDS stations. 32 program
types are available as listed here.
By pushing this button, RDS is turned on
if it was off (RDSº will display), and the
radio is switched to FM type mode. If
program type search has not previously
performed, the radio will start a program
type search (see SRCHº for details on
program type search).
If a program type search has previously
been performed in FM1 or FM2, the radio
will return to the last active program type.
If you are already in FM type mode and
a program type is not already being dis-
played, pushing this button will recall the
display for the current program type.
After a program type is being displayed,
subsequent pushes within 3 seconds will
toggle through the available program
types. Pushing the right or left arrows
repeatedly will increment or decrement the
display through the available program
types in alphabetical order.
If a type search was started, it can be
canceled as described in SRCH.º
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Program Type List
The following program type names are
available. After a program type search,
the radio will display one of the following
program types for 3 seconds, then the
program type name for 3 seconds (if
available). After that, it will display the
program service name (subject to an
8- character limit) of the current station.
The following table lists each display and
its program type.Display
Program type (PTY)
None0
News1
Inform2
Sports3
Ta l k4
Rock5
Cls Rock6
Adlt Hit7
Soft Rck8
To p 4 09
Country10
Oldies11
Soft12
DisplayProgram type (PTY)
Nostalga13
Jazz14
Classicl15
R & B16
Soft R&B17
Language18
Rel Musc19
Rel Talk20
Persnlty21
Public22
College23
PTY- 2424
PTY- 2525
PTY- 2626
PTY- 2727
PTY- 2828
Weather29
Te s t30
Alert!31
PWR´VOL (Power and Volume)
Push PWR´VOLº to turn the audio system
on and off. Turn PWR´VOLº to adjust the
volume.
RDS (Radio Data System)
If the FM radio, cassette player or com-
pact disc player is on, pushing this button
will turn RDS on or off.
Turning RDS on will display RDSº and
other appropriate RDS displays including
º, TYPEº and MSGº. If the radio
is tuned to an RDS station, the program
service name, such as ROCK 107º, will
appear on the display.
When RDS is turned on, various types of
information are displayed. These include
the program type (PTY) currently being
broadcast, the program service name, traf-
fic announcements and emergency alert
message. There are five buttons that con-
trol RDS: RDSº, SRCHº,  TYPES>º, TRAFº and MSGº. (See each
button's description in this alphabetical
listing.) Emergency alert message is
broadcast when the audio is on even if
the RDS function is turned off (see Alert!
displayº). RDS is also turned on if the
audio system is on by pushing other RDS
buttons except MSGº.
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A type search in progress can be can-
celed by pushing the following buttons:
SEEKº, TUNEº, SCANº, AMº, FMº, any
preset button, CDº (if CD mode is avail-
able), TAPEº (if tape mode is available),
RDSº, SRCHº, º,
TRAFº, or LOADº. If any of these but-
tons is pressed, the search will be can-
celed and the appropriate function started.
Inserting a tape can also cancel the
search.
If no RDS stations are found, FOUND 0
RDSº will display and the radio will return
to the previous FM mode and frequency.
ST (Stereo reception) display
Your radio automatically changes to stereo
reception when a stereo broadcast is re-
ceived. STº appears on the display. If the
signal becomes weak, the radio reduces
the amount of channel separation to prev-
ent the weak signal from creating noise.
If the signal becomes extremely weak, the
radio switches from stereo to mono recep-
tion.TA P E
Push TAPEº to switch from radio or com-
pact disc operation to cassette operation.
If the audio system is off, you can turn
on the cassette player by pushing TAPEº.
In both cases, a cassette must already be
loaded in the player.
TRACK (Track up/down button):
Compact disc player
By using this button, you can skip up or
down to a different track.
Push either side of the track button until
the number of the track you want to listen
to appears on the display. If you want to
return to the beginning of the current
track, push the down side of the button
one time, quickly.
TRAF (Traffic)
This button turns the traffic announcement
(TA) feature on and off. This button can
operate in RDS mode, or if the FM radio,
cassette player or compact disc player is
on.
By pushing this button, RDS is turned on
if it was off (RDSº will display), and traf-
fic announcement feature is on. TRAFº
appears on the display when the radio is
tuned to a traffic station. When the traffic
announcement feature is on, < >º will be
displayed around TRAFº (º).If the current station is not a traffic sta-
tion, the radio will start a traffic program
search in increasing frequency order. Dur-
ing a traffic program search, Seek Trafficº
will display. If no traffic programs are
found, No Traf Infoº will display.
If the radio receives a traffic announce-
ment, it will interrupt the cassette player
or compact disc mode (if either one was
on), adjust the volume to Traffic An-
nouncement level, and broadcast the traf-
fic announcement. During a traffic an-
nouncement, Traf Announceº will appear
on the display. After traffic announcement,
it will return to the previous mode and
volume level.
TA volume memory functionÐThe volume
when receiving the traffic announcement is
memorized.
When TAº is received next time, the sys-
tem compares the volume before TAº is
received and the memorized TA volume
and automatically selects the louder vol-
ume. However, the range of volume
memory is limited: if the volume received
previously is less than the minimum, this
volume will be the minimum range.
You can adjust the volume independently
from the memorized TA volume range
while receiving a TA station.
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Traffic announcement can be canceled by
turning RDS off, or pressing the TRAFº
button again.
TUNE (Tuning)
Your Toyota has an electronic tuning radio
(ETR). Push and release the º or  º
side of TUNEº to step up or down the
station band. Do this again to find another
frequency.
If you push and hold the  º or  º side
of TUNEº, the radio will continue seeking
up or down for frequencies and will stop
at the next frequency that it finds after the
button is released. Press the button again
to resume the search.NOTICE
To ensure the correct audio system operation:

Be careful not to spill beveragesover the audio system.

Do not put anything other than acassette tape or Compact Disc into
the slot.

The use of cellular phone inside ornear the vehicle may cause a noise
from the speakers of the audio sys-tem which you are listening to.However, this does not indicate a
malfunction.
RADIO RECEPTION
Usually, a problem with radio reception
does not mean there is a problem with
your radioÐit is just the normal result of
conditions outside the vehicle.
For example, nearby buildings and terrain
can interfere with FM reception. Power
lines or telephone wires can interfere with
AM signals. And of course, radio signals
have a limited range. The farther you are
from a station, the weaker its signal will
be. In addition, reception conditions
change constantly as your vehicle moves. Here are some common reception prob-
lems that probably do not indicate a prob-
lem with your radio:
FM
Fading and drifting stationsÐGenerally, the
effective range of FM is about 40 km (25
miles). Once outside this range, you may
notice fading and drifting, which increase
with the distance from the radio transmit-
ter. They are often accompanied by distor-
tion.
Multi- pathÐFM signals are reflective,
making it possible for two signals to reach
your antenna at the same time. If this
happens, the signals will cancel each oth-
er out, causing a momentary flutter or
loss of reception.
Static and flutteringÐThese occur when
signals are blocked by buildings, trees, or
other large objects. Increasing the bass
level may reduce static and fluttering.
Station swappingÐIf the FM signal you
are listening to is interrupted or weak-
ened, and there is another strong station
nearby on the FM band, your radio may
tune in the second station until the origi-
nal signal can be picked up again.
Car audio system operating
hints
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Road tar: Remove with turpentine or
cleaners that are marked safe for painted
surfaces.
NOTICE
Do not use organic substances (gaso-line, kerosene, benzine or strong sol-vents), which may be toxic or causedamage.
3. Rinse thoroughlyÐdried soap can
cause streaking. In hot weather you
may need to rinse each section right
after you wash it.
4. To prevent water spots, dry the vehicle using a clean soft cotton towel. Do not
rub or press hardÐyou might scratch
the paint.
Automatic car wash
Your vehicle may be washed in an auto-
matic car wash, but remember that the
paint can be scratched by some type of
brushes, unfiltered washing water, or the
washing process itself. Scratching reduces
paint durability and gloss, especially on
darker colors. The manager of the car
wash should be able to advise you wheth-
er the process is safe for the paint on
your vehicle. Waxing your Toyota
Polishing and waxing is recommended
to maintain the original beauty of your
Toyota's finish.
Once a month or if the vehicle surface
does not repel water well, apply wax.
1. Always wash and dry the vehicle be- fore you begin waxing, even if you are
using a combined cleaner and wax.
2. Use a good quality polish and wax. If the finish has become extremely weath-
ered, use a car- cleaning polish, fol-
lowed by a separate wax. Carefully fol-
low the manufacturer 's instructions and
precautions. Be sure to polish and wax
the chrome trim as well as the paint.
3. Wax the vehicle again when water does not bead but remains on the sur-
face in large patches.
NOTICE
Always remove the plastic bumpers if
your vehicle is re- painted and placedin a high heat paint waxing booth.High temperatures could damage the
bumpers.
Cleaning the interior
CAUTION

Vehicles with side airbags:
Be careful not to splash water or
spill liquid on the floor. This may
prevent the side airbags from acti-
vating correctly, resulting in serious
injury.

Do not wash the vehicle floor with
water, or allow water to get onto
the floor when cleaning the vehicle
interior or exterior. Water may get
into audio components or other
electrical components above or un-
der the floor carpet (or mat) and
cause a malfunction; and it may
cause body corrosion.
Vinyl interior
The vinyl upholstery may be easily
cleaned with a mild soap or detergent
and water.
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36. TURN 7.5 A: Turn signal lights
37. A/C 10 A: Air conditioning system
38. RADIO 15 A: Audio system, multi- in-
formation display
39. PANEL 5 A: Gauges and meters, audio
system, cigarette lighter, air c ondition-
ing system, emergency flasher, elec-
tronically controlled automatic transmis-
sion system, power rear view mirrors,
multi- information display, glove box
light, instrument panel lights, instrument
panel light control, power outlet
40. FL P/W 25 A: Power window (for driv-
er)
41. PWR OUTLET NO.1 15 A: Power out-
let (ACC)
42. ECU- ACC 5 A: Audio system, power
rear view mirrors, multi- information dis-
play, shift lock system, multiplex com-
munication system
43. SRS- ACC 10 A: SRS airbag system
44. MIR HTR 10 A: Outside rear view mir-
ror defoggers, engine control system
45. PWR OUTLET NO.2 15 A: Power out-
let (IG)
46. GAUGE NO.2 10 A: Back- up lights
47. OBD- II 7.5 A: On- board diagnosis sys-
tem 48. STOP 15 A:
Stop lights, high mounted
stoplight, anti- lock brake system, shift
lock system, cruise control system, ve-
hicle skid control system, engine con-
trol system
49. DOME 7.5 A: Interior light, front per-
sonal lights, door courtesy lights, igni-
tion switch light, vanity lights, garage
door opener, open door warning light,
illuminated entry system, rear pers onal
lights, automatic light control system,
trunk light, wireless remote control sys-
tem, multiplex communication system
50. OPNER 5 A: No circuit
51. RL P/W 20 A: Power window (for rear
left passenger)
52. RR P/W 20 A: Power window (for rear
right passenger)
53. WIP 25 A: Windshield wipers and
washer
54. ECU- IG NO.2 10 A: Anti- lock brake
system, cruise control system, multi- in-
formation display, theft deterrent sys-
tem, vehicle skid control system, me-
ters, multiplex communication system
55. CIG 15 A: Cigarette lighter
56. DOOR NO.1 25 A: Theft deterrent sys-
tem, trunk opener, multiplex commu-
nication system 57. SUN ROOF 30 A:
Electric moon roof
Fuses (type B)
58. AM1 40 A: Multiport fuel injection sys-
tem/sequential multiport fuel injection
system
59. HTR 50 A: Air conditioning system
60. CDS 30 A: Electric cooling fans
61. RDI 30 A: Electric cooling fans
62. MAIN 40 A: Starter system
63. DEF 40 A: Rear window defogger,
noise filter
64. PWR SEAT 30 A: Power seats
Fuses (type C)
65. ABS 60 A: Anti- lock brake system,
ABS NO.4º fuse
66. ALT 120 A: HTRº, A/Cº, ABS NO.2º,
ABS NO.3º, RDIº, CDSº, AM1º,
ABSº and ABS NO.4º fuses
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