vents? there are vents?

As far as I can tell-- you go to the climate control screen. Tap on A/C to turn it off. Then you crank "TEMP" down to "LO" so it puts cool air through. Then select fan setting of your choice.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(esskay @ Aug 4 2006, 12:45 AM) [snapback]297514[/snapback]</div>

That's it exactly. If you turn off the A/C on the climate screen, then you are running just the fan. I use this setting on AUTO, then bump the temperature setting up and down to get whatever fan speed I want. If you want to manually control the fan speed, then press LO or one of the other speed settings.

Part of the confusion comes from Toyota's use of the term Air Conditioning. They use it in the broad sense of heating and cooling, so all climate control is Air Conditioning. They also use it in the specific sense of the A/C compressor on the climate screen, where in the lower left there is a button labeled A/C. This is what most of us think of when we say "Air Conditioner" - we think of turning on the compressor.

By default on a 2006, when you press "A/C Auto", the Prius turns on the A/C compressor setting. You can turn it off from the climate screen. Keep in mind that turning on the A/C compressor setting does not necessarily mean that the compressor is always running. The Prius is pretty smart, and will control the compressor speed as necessary.

I generally keep my climate settings in Auto, with or without the compressor, then adjust the temperature setting as needed. Once in a while I will override the auto mode to send the airflow to a different vent.

Tom

 

if you want even better mileage, just open up the vents but leave the fans off... you get decent flow through at highway speeds, and if you crack a couple of windows (2 in back, 1 in front seems to work best) you really get good air flow without a lot of wind in your face

 

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If you do that in Southeast Florida you also get the benefit of having all your groceries cooked and ready for dinner before you get home.

 

My '04 does not have a voice command for the lowest temp setting, so instead of tap, tap, tap .. from around 80, I first voice instruct to 66 degrees, then tap.