Most Obscure Prius Facts (Way out there)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cheap! @ Dec 9 2006, 01:34 AM) [snapback]359642[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(busyrosy @ Dec 9 2006, 06:13 PM) [snapback]359882[/snapback]</div>

The same holds true when pressing the Audio button.

And here I thought I'd found something new. :lol:

 

hmmm i thought heated mirrors only worked on the rear defrost setting?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ Feb 27 2007, 09:49 AM) [snapback]397230[/snapback]</div>

I thought the same thing, go figure

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ Feb 27 2007, 11:49 AM) [snapback]397230[/snapback]</div>

Yup. According to p 118 of the 2006 owner's manual and also p. 297. And also the circuit diagram in the service manual wiring diagrams. I guess some obscure facts are more obscure than others.

I have had 5 cars now with heated mirrors and they have all worked this way. Seems to be sort of a standard.

That is a great thing about this forum - it generally quickly dispels mistaken notions we all pick up from time to time.

- Tom

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TomorrowMatters @ Feb 8 2007, 05:25 PM) [snapback]387149[/snapback]</div>

That is that buttons only purpose isn't it? Kind of like saying "The headlight switch turns on and off the headlights."

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rest @ Feb 27 2007, 04:49 PM) [snapback]397541[/snapback]</div>

Well, it does have another purpose, but only for CAN-View users. It'll take you from the CAN-View screen (the model in the MFD) to the ENERGY or CONSUMPTION screen. Of course, the cruise control will take you to the CAN-View screen, if you have the EV mod installed and use the CC stick to go into EV. Then it'll switch to the CAN-View display after making the other switch.

I guess this is obscure, but only because only a relatively few have CAN-View (V3).

Dave M.

 

Saw it hinted at, but not explicitly mentioned. The Dome lights switch for the front and back seat are not standardized. I think it goes, for the front seat, ON is towards the passenger side. In the back seat, ON is towards the driver side. OFF is still on the opposite side as ON, and DOOR is in the middle.

My initial thoughts were that this was an intentional ergonomic setting. The logic goes as follows. If you touch the front switch with your palm facing you (knuckles facing front window) then turn ON the light you slide towards you thumb. If you then reach to the back dome light with your palm facing you (knuckles towards rear window) to turn on, you still push towards your thumb.

I may have the positioning completely inverted since I'm not at my car, but I know the two switches are different in the '07.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Feb 27 2007, 12:32 PM) [snapback]397408[/snapback]</div>

Well, color me stupid... *blush*

 

The felt liner in my second glovebox (below the CD player) is not attached and slides out when I slide out my garage door opener.

Pressing the map or info button will also cancel voice command mode.

Recieving a phone call on the bluetooth also pre-empts the back-up cam.

Making a phone call less then two parking spaces away from the Prius, with the Prius shut off, will still route the call through the bluetooth.

 

I don't know if this happens every time or was just a fluke:

When listening to a CD in shuffle mode, when it finished, it started playing itself again (as opposed to going on to the next CD).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Mar 4 2007, 11:02 AM) [snapback]399944[/snapback]</div>

I think that's the way it always works.

There are two random or shuffle modes, all the track of a disc repeated indefinitely or all tracks of all the discs. THe second mode is enabled by pressing and holding the random button of the MFD audio section. I really like that mode. It's now my favorite as I'll put in six discs by the same or similar artists.

 

While traveling with using ur ICE and not electric, but suddenly you are going slower, but u dont want to coast...you can "reset" the computer into using the same power but from the electric engine by letting go of the gas and tapping the pedal again. I have no idea why but it works

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sarge @ Nov 21 2006, 02:20 PM) [snapback]352628[/snapback]</div>

Try opening the hood, removing the fuse block cover on the driver's side and accessing the 12v power point (red plastic cover) for a jump start.....

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(windstrings @ Dec 12 2006, 06:34 AM) [snapback]360817[/snapback]</div>

Prius doesn't HAVE an alternator. The invertor/convertor recharges the 12v batt. and without the 12v batt you cannot power any of the systems.

 

Everytime you press "I agree" on the screen before using the navigation system, it activates a hidden camera that is directly connected to Toyota's law offices.

The Lone Ranger
Rides Again!

 

CAUTION

When jump starting a Prius with non-rechargeable batteries, place a diode in series with one battery terminal. You don't want current flowing back into your battery. You'll lose 0.7 Volt over the diode.

Rechargeable batteries shouldn't have a problem.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(donee @ Nov 20 2006, 06:49 PM) [snapback]352339[/snapback]</div>

You are right, it looks the width diameter is a couple of inches greater than that of the height. Doing this with the steering wheel is not a completely new idea. Our 1963 Chrysler New Yorker also has a steering wheel that is more or less flat on the top and bottom.

I am new at posting on this forum, but I will try to attach a photo of the flat top wheel. Hope this works.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(windstrings @ Dec 20 2006, 11:20 AM) [snapback]364605[/snapback]</div>

You can just say "cancel". I don't get to play with the voice commands that much since I don't have navigation, but I took a shot on that one and it worked.

- Marci