Thanks in advance (a phrase I always spell out). I know what DVD and GPS are, but I may not know what you might think is a common abbreviation. Please spell out any non-intuitive abbreviations in any responses. Is it true that the only way to buy it is to bid on it in an auction web site? I don't do auctions, and in fact, I mainly do brick-and-mortar stores. Is it true that this costs $300 or maybe even more? 2010 Prius - replaced the 12 battery - Now issues with the 'no map DVD' everything worked fine before the battery was replaced. Is this true? Some of the stores and restaurants listed are long gone. It's my understanding that I can get a DVD to update the software. 23, 2008, through August 1, 2010! But now I am using it. I lived so many years without it that even though I bought a more expensive Prius to get it, I still didn't try it out in the whole period from Feb. It took me almost 2 1/2 years to finally use the GPS on my 2008 Package 5 Prius. I did not cross-post this, since I've gotten admonished (sometimes not so gently) on other online forums where I wasn't 100% sure where a question should go and thus cross-posted it. Just take out your old DVD and pop in the new one and it will update your firmware on your Navigation unit and provide you with the newer maps. For that price it will be a copy but it will work. If I have posted this in the wrong section, please admonish me gently. You can buy an updated Navigation DVD on eBay all day long for around 10. I'm not sure, think it may vary in different parts of the world.Īnyway, it's clear Toyota thought it was cheaper to just update their hardware in 2012 to require license codes, than pay their lawyers to play whack-a-mole with eBay sellers.Hi everyone, it's been a while since I was here. That makes it more complicated for the 2012+ owners to use eBay copies for updates.Īs for legality, there is little doubt that the eBay seller is liable to Toyota for copyright infringement (unless they somehow, legitimately, bought a bunch of the genuine disks at such an incredible discount they can sell them for less than a tenth of list and profit? hmm).Īs to whether you're breaking any law by buying their copy.
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It is only if you had the newer, 2012+ unit, that you would need to have the Toyota-generated license code, based on the update media serial number and your nav unit's unique ID, to be able to load the update. ۲۰۱۰-toyota-prius-navigation-display-photo-283478-s-1280x782Prius toyota navigation update dvd u98 gps gen map 2010 fits Generic 8 inch android 4.2. A változások minden évben az úthálózat mintegy 15 százalékát érintik, ám a Toyota Navigációs Rendszer frissítésével biztos lehet benne, hogy a lehet legpontosabb térkép alapján tájékozódik és kevésbé kell nyugtalankodnia amiatt, hogy esetleg eltévedhet. It is just as easy whether you bought an official one from the dealer (suggested price $169.95) or a cheaper copy from eBay.
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In 2012+ there are also 6.1 inch displays with nav, made by a different maker and how those are updated, I haven't looked into.Īccording to your profile, you have a 2010, so as expected, you were able to simply slip the DVD in the slot. The copy can take up to an hour, so there's likely a charge for shop time, even though most of the time it's just doing its own copy thing after the tech starts it off.īut this unit won't begin an update until given a license code obtained from a Toyota web site based on the dealer's DVD or USB key serial number and the unique id in your nav unit, so it's no longer as simple to just buy an eBay copy and pop it in. Since it gets copied, the dealership only needs one it just lives in their special-service-tools cabinet. In an update, it copies new map data from either a map DVD that you put in the (only) slot, or a USB key. The navigation system gives you turn-by-turn directions with geo-located points of interest, and useful data like speed limits of the road upon which youre driving. The 2012+, 7 inch unit has just one slot, no changer, can play CDs and DVDs, and keeps the map data on an internal hard drive. Advantages of Picking Toyota Genuine Navigation Upgrade Kit Parts. The map DVD is physically in the slot at all times. It can't tell whether bought a real one at the dealer or a pirated one for $12.95. All you do to update the maps is put a new DVD in the slot.
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The 2010-11, 7 inch nav unit has a 4 CD changer and a separate map DVD slot. It changed mid-Gen 3, for the 2012 facelift.