I found a cool feature by accident last night...

paulisme · 06-26-2004, 12:11 PM

Forgive me if you already knew about this, but I found a cool feature on my Prius last night. I went out to my garage last night to get a CD out of my car (Danny knows how many CDs there are in my car

. I went to open the door using the Smart Entry and the interior light came on before I touched the door handle! It sensed that I was near the car with the key and like Motel 8 it turned the light on for me. I thought that was so cool and had no clue that it worked that way.

Tempus · 06-26-2004, 01:04 PM

Yes. If you look at the Front and Rear Dome Lights, there is a switch by each.

You can choose independently which, if either, turns on when you approach.

htmlspinnr · 06-26-2004, 01:07 PM

Most, if not all dome lights have a "door" setting. Part of the SE/SS feature is that when the FOB is detected nearby, it starts up the lighting.

Toyota can program the duration of the lighting with a miniscanner.

06-26-2004, 12:11 PM	#1
paulisme Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 169 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I found a cool feature by accident last night... Forgive me if you already knew about this, but I found a cool feature on my Prius last night. I went out to my garage last night to get a CD out of my car (Danny knows how many CDs there are in my car . I went to open the door using the Smart Entry and the interior light came on before I touched the door handle! It sensed that I was near the car with the key and like Motel 8 it turned the light on for me. I thought that was so cool and had no clue that it worked that way.

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06-26-2004, 01:04 PM	#2
Tempus Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,693 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Yes. If you look at the Front and Rear Dome Lights, there is a switch by each. You can choose independently which, if either, turns on when you approach.

06-26-2004, 01:07 PM	#3
htmlspinnr Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Surprise, AZ (Phoenix) Posts: 1,304 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Pioneer #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Most, if not all dome lights have a "door" setting. Part of the SE/SS feature is that when the FOB is detected nearby, it starts up the lighting. Toyota can program the duration of the lighting with a miniscanner.