Saturday, April 18, 2009

What are those buttons for?

After you purchase your Toyota Alphard, you will want to familiarize yourself with all the features available in the interior. Many owners may have a hard time trying to figure out what are all those buttons on the dashboard as well as on the center console since the manual are in Japanese. I will provide a brief description on those black buttons in this post.

Behind the steering wheel, on the right hand side of the dashboard there are five buttons.

Toyota Alphard Button on Right of Dashboard
Referring to the photo above, from left to right these buttons are the switches for:
  1. AC 100V switch - This button turn on the accessories power supply. Passenger at the middle row can then connect devices to the power outlet located behind the central console between the front seats.

  2. AFS OFF switch - For model fitted with AFS HID light, pressing this button will turn off AFS function

  3. Left Power Door switch - This button control the opening and closing of the left power door.

  4. Right Power Door switch - This button control the opening and the closing of the right power door

  5. Rear Fog Lamp switch - for model fitted with rear fog lamp (typically for location with winter season), this switch will turn on the rear fog lamp

On the left hand side of the dashboard behind the steering wheel, there are also five buttons.

Toyota Alphard Button on Left of Dashboard Refer to the photo, from top to bottom these buttons are the switches for:
  1. Power Door Off switch - When this button is pressed, the power door will not be activated. This is to prevent rear passenger to open the power door

  2. Power Boot switch - This button open and closes the power boot for car fitted with Power Boot

  3. H-TEMS switch - This button allow you to switch the adjustable absorbers into one of the 3 mode - Normal, Sport (S) and Comfort (C ). This button is only available on model equipped with adjustable suspension

  4. Lane Monitoring Switch - This button turn on/off the lane monitoring system.

  5. TRC Off switch - When this button is pressed, traction control will be turned off. This button is only available on model equipped with TRC feature.

On top of the center console, there are also 5 buttons.

Toyota Alphard Button on Center Console
From left to right, these button are the switches for:

  1. Passenger seat heater switch - This button turn on/off the heater under the passenger seat. This button is only available on model equipped with heater feature such as a MZG model
  2. Driver seat heater switch - This button turn on/off the heater under the driver seat. This button is only available on model equipped with heater feature such as a MZG model
  3. Backdoor curtain switch - This button open/close the curtain mounted at the boot
  4. Side curtain switch - This button open/close the side curtain on both side of the car
  5. Rear sunroof switch - This button open and closes the rear sunroof

Hope this help.

6 comments:

  1. Still waiting for the comparison between the G and the V.

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  2. Thanks for the reminder. I have been slack in my posting lately.

    I finally posted it after some editing. Read it here http://eightseaters.blogspot.com/2009/06/whats-different-between-g-or-v.html

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  3. Hey Nighto Chan, I was wondering if there is any way to extend the 100w power supply unit so it could protrude outwards abit? cause the plastic cover covering the power unit is blocking the way ... I tried finding socket coverters which are smaller, but so far all are still too big and can't fit cause of the plastic cover ... thanks

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  4. Hi,

    Unfortunately those are the sockets for Japanese spec two flat-pin connector.

    If you are not willing to peel off the plastic cover, then the only option is to change your appliance to those flat-pin conncetor.

    Cheers

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  5. Hello Nighto Chan, Is it possible if you could come up with a post on how to operate the cruise control function on the giant? Thanks

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  6. Hi,

    The last time I operate a cruise control was when I drove my Proton Wira!

    My giant has no cruise control function so I haven't been thinking of writing a post on how to use it.

    I guess I'll have to find a fellow giant owner to test out the cruise control.

    Let see how it go.

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