I recall others in the forum complaining that there wasn't a MUTE button to mute or pause the audio; well, I found the answer to that- The answer is on pg. 21 in the Quick Reference Guide- Steering wheel switches & telephone controls (Bluetooth® ) I can't upload the picture (for some reason). All you have to do is on the right side of the steering wheel, push the MODE button and hold it to MUTE or PAUSE the audio. I haven't tried it yet, but will be trying it next weekend.
I use the Mode button to mute regularly. One quirk is that you don't push it again to un-mute. If you do it acts as a Mode switch and changes the audio source. To un-mute you must use the volume control that's on the other side of the steering wheel. If you forget and hit Mode to un-mute you will have to hit it multiple times to scroll back to your original audio source.
Thank you for this tip. I hadn't read through the manual yet, but this will save me the trouble. I confirmed in my '24 this works. Push and hold the Mode button to mute/pause, then push and hold it again to unmute/resume.
Hey there, I mute by pressing down on the knob that adjusts the volume. Whenever you want to unmute, you can just press the knob again. Cheers!
Yeah, turning the volume down to zero is not what I was looking for; pressing on the volume button only does that. I did try out holding the MODE button for the 'radio', and it worked. The only thing is if you don't hold it down long enough, it will change your mode. Also, pressing and holding it will bring it back as well. Thanks to all that solved that one for me. It's such a common thing on cars that I didn't believe Toyota came up with a solution for that.
Thanks everyone for this. I checked and it is also (sort of) on page 30 of the multimedia guide. Thought I had checked (the pdf with search), but apparently I missed it.)
Ideally Toyota should have designed the volume nub on the steering wheel such that pressing down on it = mute.
Pressing the volume knob (next to the screen) does pause audio playback. Pressing it again resumes audio. Have tested this with multiple Android Auto apps.
