OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS - Car audio system -> Cassette tape player operation for Your Toyota Prius 4 Door First Generation (1997-2003)

Cassette tape player  
operation  
If  
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messages are already stored in  
memory, the oldest message will be over-  
written by the new message.  
To recall a radio text message, touch the  
“RECALL” switch. Each time you touch the  
switch, the display returns to the previous  
mode.  
When you touch “OK”, the available mes-  
sage will be displayed beginning with the  
newest one.  
(a) Playing a cassette tape  
If a cassette is already in the slot, push  
the “DISC/TAPE” button on the “TAPE”  
side.  
The player will automatically start when  
you insert a cassette tape. At this time,  
Tape” appears on the display.  
If a metal or chrome equivalent cassette  
tape is put in the cassette player, the  
player will automatically recognize it and  
“MTL” appears on the display.  
To eject the cassette tape, push the “  
button.  
Auto−reverse feature: After the cassette  
player reaches the end of a tape, it auto-  
matically reverses and begins to play the  
other side, regardless of whether the cas-  
sette was playing or fast forwarding.  
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If a tape rewinds completely, the cassette  
player will stop and then play the same  
side. If a tape fast forwards completely,  
the cassette player will play the other side  
of the tape using the autoreverse feature.  
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Dolbyr Noise Reduction* feature If you  
are listening to a tape that was recorded  
with Dolbyr B Noise Reduction, touch the  
switch marked with the doubleD symbol.  
(b) Manual program selection  
Reverse switch: You can reverse the tape  
by touching the “  
” switch at the same  
time. The display will show the opposite  
direction after reversing the tape. Also if  
the tape reaches the end of one side, it  
is automatically reversed to the other side.  
The “  
” switch will be highlighted in  
green. Touch the switch again to turn off  
Dolbyr B NR.  
The Dolby NR mode reduces tape noise  
by about 10 dB. For best sound reproduc-  
tion, play your tapes with this switch on  
or off according to the mode used for  
recording the tape.  
Fast forward and Rewind switches: You  
can fast forward or fast rewind by touch-  
ing the “  
To stop the tape while it is fast forward-  
ing, touch “ ”; to stop the tape while  
it is rewinding, touch “ ”.  
” or “  
” switch.  
: Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from  
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. “DOLBY” and the  
double D symbol  
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories  
Licensing Corporation.  
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“SKIP” switch: Use it for fast forward  
past long stretches of blank tape. This is  
especially useful at the end of cassettes.  
Touch the “SKIP” switch. The letters light  
up on the “SKIP” switch. The cassette  
player will keep track of how much blank  
space it plays. After it plays on the blank  
portion for about 15 seconds, it will auto-  
matically fast forward to the next track  
and play.  
Touch the switch a second time to turn off  
the skip feature.  
(c) Start of a track  
(d) Other cassette tape player functions  
You can skip forward or skip rewind by  
pushing the “ TUNE ” button on either  
side. You like to choose within previous 9  
“RPT” switch: Use it for automatic repeat  
of the track you are currently listening to.  
Touch the switch while the track is play-  
ing. When the track is finished, the player  
will automatically go back to the beginning  
of the track and play the track again. To  
cancel it, touch the switch once again.  
tracks and next  
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tracks being played.  
Press the start of track button as many  
as you like to skip (3 times if you like to  
skip to the third track).  
There must be at least 3 seconds of blank  
space between tracks in order for the re-  
peat feature to work correctly.  
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