Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Owners Manual: Using a bluetooth® phone
The hands-free system is a function that allows you to use your cellular phone without touching it.
This system supports bluetooth®. Bluetooth® is a wireless data system that allows the cellular phone to wirelessly connect to the hands-free system and make/receive calls.
Before making a phone call, check the connection status, battery charge, call area and signal strength.
If a bluetooth® device cannot be connected, check the connection status on the phone screen. If the device is not connected, either register or reconnect it.
Phone screen
To display the screen shown below, press the
switch on the steering
wheel or the v button.
Several functions are available to operate on each screen that is displayed by selecting the 4 tabs.
- Device name
- Bluetooth® connection status
Telephone switch
Microphone
The vehicle’s built in microphone is used when talking on the phone.
The person you are speaking to can be heard from the front speakers.
To use the hands-free system, you must register your bluetooth® phone in the system.
Status display
You can check indicators such as signal strength and battery charge on the phone screen.
- Connection status
- Signal strength
- Battery charge
Listening to bluetooth®
audio
The bluetooth® audio system enables the user to enjoy music
played on a portable player from the vehicle speakers via wireless
communication.
When a bluetooth® device cannot be connected, check t ...
Making a call
Once a bluetooth® phone is registered, you can make a call
using the following procedure:
Dialing
Display the phone screen.
Select the “dial pad” tab and enter a phone number.
To delet ...
Other materials:
Electronic control
Removal and installation of battery
terminal
Notice:
Certain systems need to be initialized after
disconnecting and reconnecting the cable from
the negative (-) battery terminal.
Before performing electronic work, disconnect
the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to
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Solar sensor circuit (passenger side)
Description
The solar sensor, which is installed on the upper side of the instrument
panel, detects sunlight and
controls the air conditioning auto mode. The output voltage from the solar
sensor varies in accordance
with the amount of sunlight. When the sunlight increases, the output volt ...
Driving in vehicle-to-vehicle distance control mode
This mode employs a radar to detect the presence of vehicles up to
approximately 328 ft. (100 m) ahead, determines the current vehicle-to-
vehicle following distance, and operates to maintain a suitable following
distance from the vehicle ahead. The desired vehicle-to-vehicle
distance can also be se ...
