Again the prius seems to have pleasant surprises...I was pushing the power switch on the radio am/fm/cd stock radio...to turn it off ...as one would normally do...then instead of pushing the power button again to turn it on...as i normally do...i just hit the "AM" button instead, and the radio came to life..."FM" ,of course, does it too...just a nice surprise ...seing how no other vehicle of mine would ever do that... :wave: :wave:
In case this wasn't generally known, if you hold the up or down button on the steering wheel while listening to a CD it will change CDs.
Yep, that too =) All this can be found in john1701a's website. If he doesn't mind, here's the pdf file that he and a number of Prius owners compiled.
Here are a few more button features I don't see on John's list: - You can tune to any radio station you want (not just presets) from the steering wheel up/down switches. Just hold the button down for a while and it starts tuning in the chosen direction. - If you press and hold the INFO button on the steering wheel it toggles between CONSUMPTION AND ENERGY screens every 5 seconds. - If you press and hold the MAP button (assuming you've got NAV) on the steering wheel, it will update the street address display every 5 seconds.
You can turn the radio-cd etc. ON by pressing the MODE button. As stated earlier, if you hold down the MODE button you wil turn OFF the device that's playing. This is very handy when a phone call comes in.
If you use the Prius' Handsfree Bluetooth system the audio system automatically mutes when the phone is in use.
Thanks for pointing to the pdf. I just saved this to a file I started named Prius Info. Can never have to much info. I am sure John doesn't mind. I went to his site last week and looked around,but not long enough to see everything
Since last week (on Sunday, Feb. 27 in fact), john1701a has posted a new PDF file with updated guide information for the 2004-05 Prius. While we're admitting which things in this thread are new to us, I was surprised by the updating street address (by holding the MAP button). It's great to share discoveries.
