Can you listen to radio with car off?
Listening to your radio with the engine off for a short time shouldn’t have a massive impact on your battery. If your car battery is in good shape, you should be able to listen to your radio for hours without a problem and take off in your car again whenever you like.
How do you keep the radio in a Prius?
In 2010 Prius and newer, pressing the power button once (without pressing brake pedal) should start accessory mode and you can turn on the radio. Pressing power again should turn on all car systems without starting the engine (can operate windows, etc).
How long can you listen to the radio with the car off?
As long as the battery is sound, he can play the radio for an hour or two at a time without doing any harm. RAY: If your battery is weak, then he might kill it by playing the radio.
Can you listen to the radio in a Prius?
From time to time one or other of us find ourselves waiting in the car so it would be nice to listen to the radio. In the Rover this was fine, turn the key and the radio can start, in the Prius you press the button, turn on the radio and every so often the engine starts.
Can a Prius be charged when the car is off?
Problem is, the 12v accessory outlets are powered off when the car is off, so a solar charger plugged directly into the outlets will not work. You’d have to wire it directly to the 12v accessory battery. (The classic Prius also shuts off its outlets when the car is off. Coastaletech does have a jumper mod to make the outlet always on, though.)
Can a Prius be started without a hybrid battery?
Without the 12v battery, which powers up the car’s computers and connects up the hybrid battery, you cannot start your Prius. The hybrid battery is the one that starts the gas engine, but the hybrid battery isn’t connected until the computers are powered up by the 12v battery…
How long can a Toyota Prius sit unused?
After all the Prius is the most technologically advanced production car in the World so it should be able to do the job! It would be really useful if there was a list of which devices were driven by which battery. Click to expand…