2001 Toyota Avalon Owners Manual - Page 155

'01 AVALON U (L/O 0008) D D D D D D D D D D Rel Talk (Religious Talk) Rock Soft Soft R&B (Soft Rhythm and Blues) Soft Rck (Soft Rock) Sports Talk Test (Emergency Test) Top 40 Weather PWR·VOL (Power and Volume) Push "PWR·VOL" to turn the audio system on and off. Turn "PWR·VOL" to adjust the volume. RDS (Radio Data System) Your audio system is equipped with Radio Data Systems (RDS). RDS mode provides you to receive text messages from radio stations that utilize RDS transmitters. If the FM radio, cassette player or compact disc player is on, pushing this button will turn RDS on or off. When RDS is on, the radio can -select only stations of a particular program type, -seek to stations with traffic announcements, -display messages from radio stations, -search for a stronger signal station, -receive announcements concerning local and national emergencies (even if RDS function is turned off) RDS features are available for use only on FM stations which broadcast RDS information. ALERT: This type of announcement warns of national or local emergencies. You will not be able to turn off alert announcements. Alert announcements will come on even if RDS mode is turned off. "Alert!" appears on the display when an alert announcement plays. The radio uses TA volume during these announcements. When an alert announcement comes on the tuned radio station or a related network station, you will hear it even if the volume is muted or a cassette tape or compact disc is playing. If the radio tunes to a related network station for an alert announcement, it will return to the original station when the announcement is finished. If the cassette tape or compact disc player is playing, play will stop for the announcement and resume when the announcement is finished. 2001 MY AVALON (OM22491U) 155