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I have a hard time keeping track of which of the 16 choices for the info displayed in the 12.3" MID I last selected, and which is on which of the 3 pages, left or right display, etc. I thought it might become second nature through repetition but since any change overwrites your previous setting, there's no consistency to it. That results in too much time fishing through the menu of choices to display what I want to see, and it's a bit sketchy to do that while driving.
So I got to thinking, if I had some primary settings I could always revert to, it would make it easier to keep track, and, over time, remember which options I want in which display. The end result is I made this small 3-1/2" x 2-5/8" laminated placard that shows my baseline choices for the 3 screen pages and the left and right screens, and which options are secondary on the left and right screens, and which options I disabled. It looks like this:
And I just keep the placard at arm's length from the driver position, so I have a quick reference to know right where to go in the menus if I want to see something that isn't one of my primary choices. It's small enough to store in several places (in the ticket holder in the visor; in the sunglasses holder; in the wireless charging bay; or in the cubby on the passenger side of the center console; or you could even keep in in your wallet).
To make the placard (it's just an Excel table I printed out and laminated with a self-adhesive laminate sheet), I had to decide how I wanted to organize the 16 MID choices available on the ORP non-hybrid (there might be a different number for different models; not sure).
Here are the 16 choices for the MID screens on the non-hybrid ORP (along with what page of the manual they are described), in the order the 4runner shows them in the list of choices:
1) Fuel Economy pg92, 103
2) Eco Indicator pg93, 103
3) Driving Support p93, 103
4) Navigation p93, 104
5) Audio p94, 104
6) Drive Info p94, 104
7) Trip A p94, 104
8) Trip B p94, 104
9) Tire Pressure p94, 105
10) Traction Monitor p95, 105
11) Pitch & Roll p95, 106
12) Trailer Brake p94, 106
13) Trailer Mode BSM p94, 106
14) Auxiliary Gauges(battery_V, oil_p) p95, 107
15) Engine/Transmission Oil temp p96, 107
16) Turbo Gauge p96, 108
1. First, I had to figure out which 6 of the 16 I want readily available when I drive. Then figure out (among those 6) which ones I want to pair together on the left/right display for the 3 pages of displays.
I chose the following 6, left vs right, and MID display page 1, 2, or 3:
Fuel Economy=pg3 left
Audio=pg1 left
Drive Info=pg1 right
Tire Pressure=pg3 right
Aux Gauges(batt, oil_p)=pg2 right.
Engine/Trans Oil temp=pg2 left.
2. Next, figure out which of the 16 (if any) I won't use often, and I won't enable these.
I chose not to enable these 3:
Pitch & Roll
Trailer Brake
Trailer Mode BSM
(You can always enable them later, at any time. Pitch & Roll is already in the MTM camera display in the ORP so I don't see ever using it in the MID)
3. Next, from the remainder of the 16 info choices (16-6-3=7 remaining in my case), figure out which I want on the left or right. Unfortunately you can't assign these to specific pages, just left or right. The idea is to not select any duplicate items across the left and right.
For my remaining 7 (I chose 4 on the right, 3 on the left):
Eco Indicator=right
Driving Support=right
Navigation=left
Trip A=right
Trip B=right
Traction Monitor=left
Turbo Gauge=left
After all those choices were made, I filled in the Excel table.
In my placard shown above, the numbers 1, 2, 3 correspond to MID pages 1, 2, 3, and there's a left and a right side of the table. These are my "default" primary settings I can always go back to, if it gets messed up from viewing too many secondary choices. The black square boxes correspond to the secondary choices, and this reminds me which side of the display to enable them on if I want to see them. That way, I won't end up duplicating them across left and right or creating a jumbled mess. And there are 3 (noted earlier) I didn't enable at all.
I hope this is useful to others if you want to make your own "pocket-sized quick reference placard", though I'm sure different people will have a different 6 primary choices, and different remaining secondary choices.
So I got to thinking, if I had some primary settings I could always revert to, it would make it easier to keep track, and, over time, remember which options I want in which display. The end result is I made this small 3-1/2" x 2-5/8" laminated placard that shows my baseline choices for the 3 screen pages and the left and right screens, and which options are secondary on the left and right screens, and which options I disabled. It looks like this:
And I just keep the placard at arm's length from the driver position, so I have a quick reference to know right where to go in the menus if I want to see something that isn't one of my primary choices. It's small enough to store in several places (in the ticket holder in the visor; in the sunglasses holder; in the wireless charging bay; or in the cubby on the passenger side of the center console; or you could even keep in in your wallet).
To make the placard (it's just an Excel table I printed out and laminated with a self-adhesive laminate sheet), I had to decide how I wanted to organize the 16 MID choices available on the ORP non-hybrid (there might be a different number for different models; not sure).
Here are the 16 choices for the MID screens on the non-hybrid ORP (along with what page of the manual they are described), in the order the 4runner shows them in the list of choices:
1) Fuel Economy pg92, 103
2) Eco Indicator pg93, 103
3) Driving Support p93, 103
4) Navigation p93, 104
5) Audio p94, 104
6) Drive Info p94, 104
7) Trip A p94, 104
8) Trip B p94, 104
9) Tire Pressure p94, 105
10) Traction Monitor p95, 105
11) Pitch & Roll p95, 106
12) Trailer Brake p94, 106
13) Trailer Mode BSM p94, 106
14) Auxiliary Gauges(battery_V, oil_p) p95, 107
15) Engine/Transmission Oil temp p96, 107
16) Turbo Gauge p96, 108
1. First, I had to figure out which 6 of the 16 I want readily available when I drive. Then figure out (among those 6) which ones I want to pair together on the left/right display for the 3 pages of displays.
I chose the following 6, left vs right, and MID display page 1, 2, or 3:
Fuel Economy=pg3 left
Audio=pg1 left
Drive Info=pg1 right
Tire Pressure=pg3 right
Aux Gauges(batt, oil_p)=pg2 right.
Engine/Trans Oil temp=pg2 left.
2. Next, figure out which of the 16 (if any) I won't use often, and I won't enable these.
I chose not to enable these 3:
Pitch & Roll
Trailer Brake
Trailer Mode BSM
(You can always enable them later, at any time. Pitch & Roll is already in the MTM camera display in the ORP so I don't see ever using it in the MID)
3. Next, from the remainder of the 16 info choices (16-6-3=7 remaining in my case), figure out which I want on the left or right. Unfortunately you can't assign these to specific pages, just left or right. The idea is to not select any duplicate items across the left and right.
For my remaining 7 (I chose 4 on the right, 3 on the left):
Eco Indicator=right
Driving Support=right
Navigation=left
Trip A=right
Trip B=right
Traction Monitor=left
Turbo Gauge=left
After all those choices were made, I filled in the Excel table.
In my placard shown above, the numbers 1, 2, 3 correspond to MID pages 1, 2, 3, and there's a left and a right side of the table. These are my "default" primary settings I can always go back to, if it gets messed up from viewing too many secondary choices. The black square boxes correspond to the secondary choices, and this reminds me which side of the display to enable them on if I want to see them. That way, I won't end up duplicating them across left and right or creating a jumbled mess. And there are 3 (noted earlier) I didn't enable at all.
I hope this is useful to others if you want to make your own "pocket-sized quick reference placard", though I'm sure different people will have a different 6 primary choices, and different remaining secondary choices.
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