Now what is going on with this? Everytime my cell phone rings or for whatever reason I mute my stereo while listening to my MP3 cds, it keeps playing. On my mercedes C240, when someone presses mute, the music pauses so that you don't miss any of it. Don't you think it would make a lot more sense for the tC to pause the CD when you press MUTE?!

 

Pause is the power button lol

 

I think if it did that they would call it the Pause button....The mute button on my tv doesn't pause the tv shows...

 

True...i mean it's pretty self explanitory.

 

That's because it's live television and it can't pause because it doesn't have the capability, unless of course you have a DVR. I'm talking about a car here...What is the point in keeping the cd going if you are not listening to it? It just makes no sense. Mercedes has the right idea. And I don't wanna hear "O well the mercedes is an expensive car". This is a small little thing that someone at toyota/scion didn't think through. Stupidity bothers me, regardless of how insignificant it is. It is like the mute button is irrelevant unless listening to the radio. Wanna call it a pause button, go ahead, I dont care what they call it, they should just change it.

 

buy another HU. [/thread]

 

Mute does just like it says, it mutes.

Why have a pause button in addition to the power button when they have the same function when listening to a CD?

 

Then what's the point of a mute button? lol

 

For muting the radio/CD in a hurry instead of holding the volume down button for a few seconds. I love the fact that it'll mute the radio in an instant and then return right to the volume I had it at. Pretty convenient if ya ask me.

 

I get what you mean though honestly. I don't even use the mute button because it's pretty much pointless. I just turn the radio off and the cd will pick up at the same spot you left it on.

What puzzles me is that my last pioneer Cd player had a pause button...GO FIGURE haaa ::

 

personally, I like the mute button, its great for a fast silence. and if you have a cd in, and you want to pause it for a second, just switch to the radio first

 

Why would someone hold down the volume buttom for a few seconds? Simply tap the power button and it is off, tap it again, the music continues from where you were with the same volume. In turn, mute does the same thing as the power button, only it does not pause the music.

Like he said, the previous pioneers had a pause button. Mute seems pretty pointless if it's not going to pause!

 

Isn't pressing the power button faster than switching to the radio then muting?

 

the diff between power button and a pause button is waiting, when a cd is paused it dosnt stop spinning, instant music when un-paused verses waiting on the power button...americans very impatiant.... i wish the mute was a pause too

 

you know, i've never played a cd in the box.

I have the iPod HU, and use the pod most of the time - BUT I think the same trick will work...

when I want to pause/mute, I hit FM and then mute. to unpause I hit mute then aux - try that I bet it would work!

 

co-signs

 

This thread is just silly. Deal with it i mean c'mon. So you press the mute button and there is magically silence. So you press the power button and *gasp* the same thing. If pressing the power button instead of the mute button gets your jollies by all means press the power button. If you are peaved that the "mute" button doesn't "pause" a CD get over it. Its a cd. Just replay the track. Evidently you like the song well enough to want to listen to all of it. Take the .5 seconds to press the button to play the track over again.

Yah know after typing all of this crap I've come to realize something. When I use my cell phone I don't even have to press ANYTHING to dial a number. Why do I have to press buttons on my head unit to play music?? GAW What kind of ghetto world are we living in?

 

The mute button for me does what's it supposed to do, mute the sound.

 

ya i hate that feature. they prob. did that b/c you can't mute live radio. so instead of puttin 2 buttons, they put 1 to cover both cd's and radio.

 

haha we are basically aruging over how long it takes to start a cd back up... I mean seriously the difference is seconds does it really matter that mcuh?