Entune Audio: pause/mute trick

Thanks! I was wondering how to pause my tunes from the steering wheel. There are times when I really don't want to look down at the audio head. So, you hold it down to make this work?

 

Yep! Hold down mode for two to three seconds. My old car had a mute function that I adored, so it was one of the first things I learned how to do when I got my Prius.

 

I've been using the mode button to change the source... it cycles back around to where I was when I want to resume. I'm anxious to try this press and hold method!

 

I just successfully tried this. Another Prius enhancement.

 

I want to know how to get to my playlists and sorting options through a bluetooth connection to my Android phone. I'm an Apple person and I bought the Android just before the Prius. My iPod is easy through the USB connection. I haven't tried the USB connection with the Android yet, since I don't have a cable for it.

 

+1! A Most Excellent discovery, what a nice Easter Egg!

Since this car is firmware-updateable, features like this can come later, or...be removed later, since they are 'un-documented'. I have hopes for more goodies like this to both be revealed in the future, and introduced as we go with updates.

 

Is this behavior new? I think the Mode button on the Gen-2 and Gen-3 also would pause the CD or mute the radio.

 

It doesn't mute the radio, it stops/suspends it. You can pick it up from where it stopped by pushing the play button.

 

I believe the pause is on HD radio channels only, but I haven't played with AM or regular FM stations to test it. Pressing the..... I think it's eject button.... just to the right of the CD slot, accomplishes the mute as well on XM. Pretty sure this is all in the manual

 

This is exactly what I was missing yesterday! Great discovery. This is why I love this forum
Looking forward to test it tonight. How did you figure it? By experimenting? Or did something similar exist on other cars?

 

I got the AT package in my new Prius, then I bought a new phone for my new Prius, and today I bought a new watch for my new phone. Now I need to research in the tech section on here to learn how to get the screen on my phone to show up on the screen in my car. And then have all sync with my watch. . . .

 

AM yes.

 

Thanks, I'm going to have to give this a try, both with the radio and usb. I have mainly been using my ipod and a usb flash drive.

[strike] I haven't quite figured out but it seems as though pressing the volume knob just mutes the volume but doesn't stop the ipod/flash drive playback. With my old car I was used to just clicking the volume button off when I reach my destination or when I'm pulling into the parking lot and don't want to disturb my neighbors. It functioned as a power button for the whole stereo. So if the steering wheel Mode button works to actually pause the usb, I'll start using this instead. I don't like fumbling through the screen while driving.[/strike]

Never mind, the volume knob does pause the usb. Not sure why I didn't think it did.

The mode button did indeed pause live FM radio and the screen that comes up seemed to indicate a 20 minute buffer. Pressing the mode button again started up my usb drive instead of unpausing the FM radio. Tried again and there are controls on screen to unpause the FM radio but that's not safe while driving. I will probably use the mode to pause the usb now.

 

Anyone that has tested this have any idea of when you pause the live radio does it reset when the car shuts off or would you have playback capabilities the next time you drive the car?

 

It ends when the car is shut off

 

If you are listening to Pandora, and you press and hold the previous track button it will thumbs down and if you hold the next track button it'll thumbs up.