Hack to use phonebook in 09 Prius while driving

[katiewin]

Ok; I sent my concerns in an email to Toyota and from their comments those of us who purchased the equipment have not complained enough to get anyone's attention. Therefore it isn't likely they will chage it.

MAKE SOME NOISE AND SEE IF we can make them reconsider thier thought on the safety aspect. and provide a work around

[Vincent]

Originally Posted by stewie7669

1. I just wasted $850 on the bluetooth.... it's useless while driving. The car turns off using the keypad or the phonebook unless you stop.

Don't feel bad about the $850. The screwing Prius Navigation owners got is in the $2,000 range.

[rigormortis]

when you add the cost of a totally different display screen, the cd changer, the stereo, the speakers, going to the dealer to have the alarm system activated, having more buttons, the bluetooth is more or less free.

what bothers me about the bluetooth is why toyota/toshiba/denso's spent the money on flash memory to store the bluetooth bios if you never plan on upgrading it.

afaik the bluetooth software is probably 5 years old

the nice thing about its flash memory is you will probably never loose the phone book

call toshiba/denso instead, maybe you can score us some new bluetooth firmware, or tell us where to download it, or maybe someone will be able to edit the image file to remove the
blackout, and rewrite it to flash memory, thus making cutting the wire or installing a fix unnecessary

maybe they can add bluetooth 2.0 edr or stereo headphone support but toyota doesn't want
to pay for it

[zenMachine]

Originally Posted by katiewin

Ok; I sent my concerns in an email to Toyota and from their comments those of us who purchased the equipment have not complained enough to get anyone's attention. Therefore it isn't likely they will chage it.

MAKE SOME NOISE AND SEE IF we can make them reconsider thier thought on the safety aspect. and provide a work around

Thanks for sending an email. I doubt Toyota will do anything about it. There are many things owners have complained about for years, and loudly too, yet nothing's been done. Case in point: seat height. So I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a fix for this. I think many owners have given up a long time ago and those who really wanted to do something about it had to do so on their own (e.g. Speed Sensor Defeat or Lockpick)

I love my Prius as much as I loathe these myopic Toyota execs. I hope the new Insight can provide some real competition.

[aaf709]

Originally Posted by hill

Am I missing the obvious answer here? . . . spelled, costaletech.com lockpick??

Doing the speed sensor is one thing, if you're simply looking to carefully get more 'umph' while driving of ice (works great for our AWD 400h lexus) ... but doing it for bluetooth? IMO that's over kill.

For one thing, adding a switch is wayyyyy cheaper. Also, it's only off during the dialing, not all the time. This will also allow your passenger to see the messages an FM station has while moving. I have a 2005, but I think this also takes care of the MP3 lock as well.