GPS Navigation

Lotus · 06-01-2009, 10:48 PM

I am a Prius Newbie and have a question about navigation (I did a search for GPS and didn’t find any matching results for my question).
Things that make my thing my car has navigation but it isn’t enabled (I purchased the car used):
1) There is a map button on my steering wheel.
2) On the rear passenger side of the car, on the outside near the top of the hatchback is a small circular “sensor”. This sensor looks like an external GPS antenna to me. I don’t see it on most other Prius cars I have looked at.
3) There is a cable that comes out of my console and runs under the driver’s seat. It terminates under the driver’s seat and kind of looks like an coaxial cable for a TV, but not quite. The cable diameter matches the diameter of the cable connected to the external “sensor”.
Basically I’m wondering if my Prius has GPS capability, but for some reason it has been disabled. Maybe it is something I could add at a Toyota dealership?
Thanks for any tips you can provide!

DaveinOlyWA · 06-02-2009, 01:28 AM

when you hit the map button what do you see?

on the 2007 i believe the DVD player is under the drivers seat. might have Nav with no Nav disc

Lotus · 06-02-2009, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveinOlyWA

when you hit the map button what do you see?

on the 2007 i believe the DVD player is under the drivers seat. might have Nav with no Nav disc

Nothing happens when I press the map button.

firepa63 · 06-02-2009, 10:29 AM

If you don't have a DVD player under the driver's seat then you don't have NAV. The 'sensor' you see near the hatch is probably for a satellite radio that the previous owner had. The NAV antenna is concealed in the dash and is not visible.

DaveinOlyWA · 06-02-2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firepa63

If you don't have a DVD player under the driver's seat then you don't have NAV. The 'sensor' you see near the hatch is probably for a satellite radio that the previous owner had. The NAV antenna is concealed in the dash and is not visible.

that sensor is not for Nav. i have it on my SPM and i dont have nav
...the Nav antenna is usually embedded into the windshield i think and the presence of it means nothing. its in all of them

06-01-2009, 10:48 PM	#1
Lotus Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 2 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: N/A Package: N/A Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	GPS Navigation I am a Prius Newbie and have a question about navigation (I did a search for GPS and didn’t find any matching results for my question). Things that make my thing my car has navigation but it isn’t enabled (I purchased the car used): 1) There is a map button on my steering wheel. 2) On the rear passenger side of the car, on the outside near the top of the hatchback is a small circular “sensor”. This sensor looks like an external GPS antenna to me. I don’t see it on most other Prius cars I have looked at. 3) There is a cable that comes out of my console and runs under the driver’s seat. It terminates under the driver’s seat and kind of looks like an coaxial cable for a TV, but not quite. The cable diameter matches the diameter of the cable connected to the external “sensor”. Basically I’m wondering if my Prius has GPS capability, but for some reason it has been disabled. Maybe it is something I could add at a Toyota dealership? Thanks for any tips you can provide!

06-02-2009, 01:28 AM	#2
DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 14,711 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 203 Thanked 519 Times in 375 Posts Friends: 14	Re: GPS Navigation when you hit the map button what do you see? on the 2007 i believe the DVD player is under the drivers seat. might have Nav with no Nav disc

06-02-2009, 10:29 AM	#4
firepa63 Former Prius Owner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: SE Pennsylvania Posts: 1,747 My Car: Other Hybrid Model: N/A Package: N/A Thanks: 9 Thanked 186 Times in 154 Posts Friends: 0	Re: GPS Navigation If you don't have a DVD player under the driver's seat then you don't have NAV. The 'sensor' you see near the hatch is probably for a satellite radio that the previous owner had. The NAV antenna is concealed in the dash and is not visible.

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