Toyota tech cannot turn off reverse beep

LOL! If you open the driver's door while the car is in gear (reverse?), the beeper will go continuous.

The tech was probably sitting in the driver's seat, laptop on the passenger seat, and the door open. Every time he put it into reverse, the beeper went continuous.

You want the reverse beep set to "single". And the door closed while in gear.

As long as the tech is working on the backup beeper, you might have him turn off the passenger seat "no seatbelt" beeper. If you have a package, dog, whatever on the seat, the default is to require a seatbelt on it. Two settings, one for the driver and another for the passenger.

 

Good clarification. It would make sense that the ScanGauge is changing the same setting as that used by the Techstream tool.

The Prius itself generates the beeping. All a tool can do is select from the available options. The single beep is what the OP wants.

Tom

 

Very old thread, I know, but I wanted to let you guys know that I've made an Android app that disables the beep (well, actually, turns it to a single beep) without any codes or expensive equipment. It's called Carista and it can also change lots of other settings. All you need is a $10 bluetooth dongle from Amazon, ebay, etc. and another $10 for the app. Should work on all Gen III Priuses (Prii?). Lemme know if you need more info.

 

Thanks for the news

 

Besides the beep, what else can it change?

 

Any chance it could be ported to iOS and available for the iPhone as well?

 

post a link to your app. do you have an iOS version as well?

 

Here's the link: Carista OBD2 - Vehicle Diagnostics and Customization | brew your own car
Or just search for "Carista" on Google Play Store.

No iOS version yet, but yes, we do have plans to make one. The main problem is that Apple doesn't allow communication with standard Bluetooth devices. But there is a solution: use WiFi devices instead of Bluetooth. So a few months down the road, we'll hopefully have an iOS version as well.

In terms of what else you can configure: there are more than 100 possible settings, but each Toyota model supports a different set of them. A Gen-3 Prius usually supports around 30-40 settings related to door locks, windows, remote, instruments/beeps, lights, A/C, etc. I don't have a definitive list posted online. You can see some examples in the screenshots on Google Play Store... or just try it out - it's free to see the settings, you only need to buy the Pro Package if you want to change them. Of course you do need an ELM327 bluetooth adapter.

 

I found the instructions for the Toyota tec to only make it 1 beep , soon as you put it in reverse.
I found it on line, not sure if I have the Email still that was 3 years ago.

 

I know this is an ancient thread but has anyone thought to just physically disconnect the speaker that emits the beep? I was a tech rep for Xerox for 15 years and worked on production laser printers. The ones that print your power bills and such. They were equipped with scanners that would beep about every 3 minutes if the CCD detected something was out of spec. 99.9% of the time it wasn't an issue, the tolerances were just very, very tight and the official fix was to replace a logic power supply. I got tired of replacing power supplies, located the speaker in the power supply and disconnected it. Problem solved. It still flagged a fault message in the top corner of the monitor and a fault code in diagnostics but caused no ill effects at all.

 

Yes! a number of people have unpluged it.

 

Wonder if that is the same buzzer that is used for the seat belts. I'd like to know the location although I changed the reverse to one beep.

 

I believe it is the same piezo electric speaker.

You could dab a bit of silicone glue or hot melt glue on the metal speaker, that would attenuate the speaker a lot, maybe even to the point where you couldn't hear it anymore. Or place a tiny bit of tape on it, probably not as effective, but easier to remove later.

Here's a Gen 2, but the speaker should look about the same.

Reverse beep disabled! (Australia/Europe) | PriusChat

The tape or glue goes in the hole, in the middle of the round piezo speaker.

SCH-I535

 

I was just about to edit this comment and say it would probably take care of the seat belt beep and the beep you get when kicked out of EV mode.

 

There is no scangauge code (that I know of) to completely silence the reverse beep in the G3. It makes it a single beep of short duration. The seat belt chime code changes it to stop after about 10 seconds.

 

Copy that.

 

I used the torque app with the current PID list to change it to a single beep and turn off the seatbelt warning.

Show the tech your owners manual, it's on page 592 : http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM47668U/pdf/sec_06-02.pdf

 

Will I be able to able to do this with my Samsung Galaxy S3 ?

Do I need to buy some kind of adapter ?

 

Yea, any android will work. You need a bluetooth OBD adapter, this is the one i used, $11