Satellite Radio Character Length

dogllama · 07-20-2009, 12:53 PM

I, like many others, just got my gen III prius with the 3 months free of xm/sirius. One issue I have been having with my Nav/XM display is that when it displays band info, it will only display the first 16 characters of the names.

Example: "Red Hot Chili Peppers" would come up as "Red Hot Chlli Pe"

My screen is plenty big to accommodate the extra characters and so is the black box that displays the names. What the heck is going on here? Do all satellite displays truncate the band info to 16 characters? Why even have a huge black box for characters if you're only going to use half of it?

**Paradox** · 07-20-2009, 02:17 PM

I agree, it is annoying, quite annoying. When I had a sprotster4 in my old Prius it would just scroll everything...

Anyways, nothing is wrong with yours, mine does it too and I wish this is just one more small thing that can de addressed down the road...

dogllama · 07-20-2009, 02:30 PM

It seems like this sort of thing could be fixed in a software update. Has toyota been known to do updates on the Gen I/II?

flex · 08-17-2009, 01:35 AM

Agreed...I would love to see this fixed, it wouldn't even need to scroll...just use the entire length of the black box that is there!!

jburns · 08-17-2009, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogllama

I, like many others, just got my gen III prius with the 3 months free of xm/sirius. One issue I have been having with my Nav/XM display is that when it displays band info, it will only display the first 16 characters of the names.

Example: "Red Hot Chili Peppers" would come up as "Red Hot Chlli Pe"

My screen is plenty big to accommodate the extra characters and so is the black box that displays the names. What the heck is going on here? Do all satellite displays truncate the band info to 16 characters? Why even have a huge black box for characters if you're only going to use half of it?

It is irritating at times. I just traded in a Mazda that had a knob on the radio that would scroll the text if you needed to see the rest of it.

thecuseman · 09-11-2009, 04:33 PM

This is one of my biggest pet peeves about my gen III. It is frustrating when you don't know the name of a song, especially if you want to scan through to see what is playing. I also don't like that you don't know the channels for your presets. On the Sonata, the screen is large enough to show the channel #, artist, and song. I would love to see this fixed.

venom700 · 09-12-2009, 02:34 AM

I agree...it needs to scroll!

LoraJ · 09-12-2009, 02:01 PM

I agree as well. And I wish there was a way to have the presets and song title on the same page. it is a pain to switch back and forth.

KTPhil · 09-15-2009, 11:03 PM

Whiners!

The Gen II displayed only 10 characters with the Solara Sirius kit.

jburns · 09-16-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KTPhil

Whiners!

The Gen II displayed only 10 characters with the Solara Sirius kit.

The difference between terrible and awful.

07-20-2009, 12:53 PM	#1
dogllama Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 118 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 10 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Friends: 0	Satellite Radio Character Length I, like many others, just got my gen III prius with the 3 months free of xm/sirius. One issue I have been having with my Nav/XM display is that when it displays band info, it will only display the first 16 characters of the names. Example: "Red Hot Chili Peppers" would come up as "Red Hot Chlli Pe" My screen is plenty big to accommodate the extra characters and so is the black box that displays the names. What the heck is going on here? Do all satellite displays truncate the band info to 16 characters? Why even have a huge black box for characters if you're only going to use half of it?

07-20-2009, 02:17 PM	#2
Paradox Prius Enthusiast / Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NY Posts: 5,871 My Car: 2012 Prius Plug-in Model: Plug-in Advanced Package: Thanks: 61 Thanked 1,073 Times in 646 Posts Friends: 16	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length I agree, it is annoying, quite annoying. When I had a sprotster4 in my old Prius it would just scroll everything... Anyways, nothing is wrong with yours, mine does it too and I wish this is just one more small thing that can de addressed down the road...

07-20-2009, 02:30 PM	#3
dogllama Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 118 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 10 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length It seems like this sort of thing could be fixed in a software update. Has toyota been known to do updates on the Gen I/II?

08-17-2009, 01:35 AM	#4
flex Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brooks, Alberta Posts: 15 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: V Package: Technology Package - CA Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length Agreed...I would love to see this fixed, it wouldn't even need to scroll...just use the entire length of the black box that is there!!

09-11-2009, 04:33 PM	#6
thecuseman Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Jackson, NJ Posts: 2 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: III Package: N/A Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length This is one of my biggest pet peeves about my gen III. It is frustrating when you don't know the name of a song, especially if you want to scan through to see what is playing. I also don't like that you don't know the channels for your presets. On the Sonata, the screen is large enough to show the channel #, artist, and song. I would love to see this fixed.

09-12-2009, 02:34 AM	#7
venom700 Just call me Brian... Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 194 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: No Package Thanks: 26 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts Friends: 1	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length I agree...it needs to scroll!

09-12-2009, 02:01 PM	#8
LoraJ Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 482 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Navigation Thanks: 29 Thanked 55 Times in 39 Posts Friends: 3	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length I agree as well. And I wish there was a way to have the presets and song title on the same page. it is a pain to switch back and forth.

09-15-2009, 11:03 PM	#9
KTPhil Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,377 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Satellite Radio Character Length Whiners! The Gen II displayed only 10 characters with the Solara Sirius kit.

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