1998 Toyota RAV4 Owners Manual - Page 33

[CHARGING BY TIMER] In the charging by timer on the electric vehicle RAV4, preheating/precooling system is applied to keep the interior room at comfortable temperatures in advance when starting the vehicle. CHARGING PROCEDURE 1. Push the "TIME SET" button to show the current time on the display. If the displayed time is not correct, enter the correct time with the "H" and "M" buttons. 2. Push the "TIME SET" button again to show the charging start time on the display. To change the start time, enter the desired start time with the "H" and "M" buttons. 3. Push the "TIME SET" button again to show the preheating/precooling start time on the display. To change the time, enter the desired start time with the "H" and "M" buttons in consideration with the time you start driving. Move the temperature selector of air conditioning toward "WARM" or "COLD". You do not need to operate the fan speed selector at this time. 4. Push the "TIME SET" button again. The display goes out and the timer setting completes. 5. Push the "TIMER CHARGE" button. The charger enters the timer charging mode and the "TIMER CHARGE" light comes on. 6. If preheating/precooling is required, push the "PRE A/C" button. 7. Plug in the charge connector within 3 minutes from step 5. Charging starts and stops automatically when the traction batteries are charged. To cancel the setting, push the "TIMER CHARGE" button again. If you plug in the connector after the set start charging time, charging starts at the set time of the next day. If you want to set only the time of preheating/precooling, take the same procedure from the beginning (except at step 2). (At step 2, push the "TIME SET" button again to show the charging start time on the display and push the "H" button to display "- - -".) When you push the "TIMER CHARGE" button, charging starts after a few seconds. When setting, be sure to have 45 minutes or longer between charging start time and preheating/ precooling start time. 8. When you must pull out the charge connector during charging, first push the stop switch on EVSE and pull out the connector. Preheating/precooling system To prevent the traction battery capacity from decreasing by the use of heating or cooling system at the start of vehicle after charging, heating or cooling can be set in advance. Preheating or precooling in the compartment will be completed with the traction batteries also fully charged. However, the batteries may not fully charge depending on the charging conditions, etc. during preheating or precooling. 25