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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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I was pressing the SSP button on my stock radio and held it down for about 5 to 10 seconds and noticed that it showed the car that it was to be in. Mine was reading "Tc", so I adjusted it to Xd, but Xb was also an option. Anyone know what the differences are between them? Maybe and EQ change? It definitely sounded better when I adjusted it and others might have the wrong setting too.
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Whoa--I just went outside to try that in my xb, and my ssp was set on tc also. It does sound much better on xb...is this in the owners manual?? I don't remember seeing it...

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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by chibox
Whoa--I just went outside to try that in my xb, and my ssp was set on tc also. It does sound much better on xb...is this in the owners manual?? I don't remember seeing it...

Thanks for discovering this vfrjim!
I do not know if it is in the manual, since I really never read much of it, just skimmed through the important areas. I am guessing when the radio is first powered, it is set to tC by default.
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There is a topic about this already since some members complained that their speakers in the rear didn't sound all that good.
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ChelsDS
There is a topic about this already since some members complained that their speakers in the rear didn't sound all that good.
yup back in 04 :-P
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 01:06 AM
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does tC do that too??
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 01:09 AM
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yeah. press and hold SSP on the radio and select your vehicle!
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by firesquare
Originally Posted by ChelsDS
There is a topic about this already since some members complained that their speakers in the rear didn't sound all that good.
yup back in 04 :-P
...huh?

Audio Fade Question

... I fixed it by changing the audio mode by holding down the SSP button for a couple seconds. There you can set the audio for the different models, xA, xB, tC, xD. Each one uses the speakers differently.
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 02:21 AM
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oh well, it should be a sticky then since I cannot be the only one that just became a recent member of the Scion family and dealer prep is lacking....
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 02:28 AM
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cool ima go check it out!!
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 02:28 AM
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Yeah, the dealers tend to be out of the loop. All Scion OE head units do that.
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 02:30 AM
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lmao at thread
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 02:32 AM
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El oh well.
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Yeah it's mad old guys. I have mine set to xA, seems to be the best sound, did this in both my boxes.
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 03:08 AM
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haha^
Old May 11, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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ei guys, does this works on 05 tC HU?

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Old May 12, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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it should, but it doesnt solve the rear speakers in the xD still sounding muted.
Old May 12, 2008 | 08:18 AM
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it's on every stock scion radios. this has been covered many times.
Old May 12, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by mwuf15
it's on every stock scion radios. this has been covered many times.
exactly.
Old May 12, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Oops my bad...

Since the 05 stock HU is diff from the later models, it has diff procedure... Oh well...

Thx guys!



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