Msg (Message) - Toyota Avalon 2000 Operating Manual

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
"RDS"), and tune to an RDS station that
broadcasts radio text messages. When the
radio receives a radio test message,
"MSG" 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
STORED" appears on the display. Up to
three 64- character messages
stored. If 3 messages are already in stor-
age, the oldest message will be removed
to make room for a new message.
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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 STORED" 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
pressing any of the following buttons:
can be
"AM", "FM", "CD",
"SEEK", "TUNE", any preset, "SCAN", any
audio control, "RDS", "SRCH", or "<PROG
TYPES>". If the current station is not a
traffic program and traffic announcements
is off, pushing "TRAF" will cancel the dis-
play. The message will be canceled after
the entire message has been displayed.
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<PROG TYPES> (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 ("RDS" 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 "SRCH" 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
canceled by
toggle through
types. Pushing the right or left arrows
"TAPE", "LOAD",
repeatedly will increment or decrement the
display through
types in alphabetical order.
If a type search was started, it can be
canceled as described in "SRCH."
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