What is the "RM" button for on stock stereo?

[JCruse]

There's a button labeled RM on the stock radio in my '97 fj80 and I can't figure out what it's for. What does it do?

 

[rusty_tlc]

RTFM
http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM60708U/pdf/omsource/1997om/97cruise/sect1/17a.pdf

R.M. (Radio monitor)
The radio monitor feature allows you to
listen to
the radio while a cassette is being
rewound or fast forwarded.
Push “R⋅M”. “R⋅M” will appear on the dis-
play. Any time you are rewinding or fast
forwarding a cassette tape, the radio will
play the station that was set most recent-
ly. (You can not change the radio station
unless
you switch out of the cassette play-
er function.)

 

[JCruse]

So that's what it does...

These darn new fangled contraptions.







.

 

[Cracker]

Been a LONG time since I heard someone refer to a piece of equipment that has a "cassette tape player", as a "new fangled contraption"...

 

[rusty_tlc]

Been a LONG time since I heard someone refer to a piece of equipment that has a "cassette tape player", as a "new fangled contraption"...

Probably had something to do with an Atari computer.

 

[Cracker]

Probably had something to do with an Atari computer.

Hey!!...I still have one of those!!..WITH A TAPE DRIVE, even...
Anyone wanna buy it?

 

[JCruse]

Been a LONG time since I heard someone refer to a piece of equipment that has a "cassette tape player", as a "new fangled contraption"...

Aaah you kids, you're walkman's and your complicated shoes.








Actually, what the RM button does is let you listen to static while the antenna slowly goes up.





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