One of the irritants on the Prius (which, I overall like quite a lot) is the loud backup beep. I've noticed that I tend now to backup faster, just to get rid of that sound. Haven't hit anything...yet.
Well, apparently, a lot of people dislike that, and it turns out that in the 'Toyota documentation', there's a method of disabling that beep. I didn't find it, but then again, I can't find a lot of stuff in there. It's pretty badly organized, and is one of the things that makes me seriously question the much vaunted 'Toyota Way'. Though that manual is likely the result of the 'Outsourced to the lowest bidder and then vetted by lawyers Way'.
But I found this, here.
Turn off the backing up beep in the Toyota Prius
I found the following hack on how to turn off the back up beep in the Toyota Prius. Source:Disable Backup Beep - GreenHybrid
1. Power on the car to IG-ON or READY. IG-ON will do for this purpose.
2. Using the Trip/ODO button, set the Trip/ODO display to ODO (not Trip A or Trip B)
3. Power off the car.
4. Now power the car to READY (brake on). This is required so that step 6 works correctly.
5. Within 6 seconds of powering on, press and hold the Trip/ODO button for 10 seconds or more (there is no indication... just count)
6. WHILE STILL HOLDING ODO *after* the 10 seconds, shift the "gear" selector to R, then press the P button. Now release the Trip/ODO button.
7. If the last step was successful, "b on" or "b off" should be displayed in the location where the Trip Odometer or Odometer is normally displayed (front dash area). "b on" is beep on (default), and "b off" is beep off.
8. Press Trip/ODO to toggle the mode.
9. Now power the car off to exit the toggle mode.
10. Power the car on to READY and confirm the reverse beep status by shifting to R. The beep should not be audible if "b off" was selected, and should be audible if "b on" was selected.
...and with the addition of a note (do the step 8 toggle quickly, likely within 3 seconds, before it resets to just trip/ODO) ...It Works!
4 comments:
YAY for you! I find any buzzer or beep particularly annoying. The seat belt buzzers make me crazy, Why must we have to endure this noise pollution in our daily lives?
Thank you == we're pretty pleased, too. As for the sound -- yeah, I agree. A simple, discreet 'ahem' from the car would be MORE than enough....
Good thought, you should write someone about that.
Well, the beeps are unquestionably computer-generated, so I'd imagine it wouldn't be a big deal to change....assuming a) its not in firmware, and b)you like doing that kind of thing. Me, I was just scared that I would screw up the car, period.
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