Has Anyone Changed out the Head Unit on their 2010 Prius II?

[chancejd]

I am thinking about changing mine out for the Alpine IVA-W505 or the Kenwood equivalent. If you've changed it out, what did you use, and how is it functioning for you?

[spiderman]

Originally Posted by chancejd

I am thinking about changing mine out for the Alpine IVA-W505 or the Kenwood equivalent. If you've changed it out, what did you use, and how is it functioning for you?

Waterbedwarrior is right in the middle of an upgrade: removing front door 6x9 speakers

I would also like to upgrade the system myself someday so I am watching with great interest.

Peter

[frenchie]

I changed the radio for a Kenwood DNX 9240BT (US model is 9140).

Tecnically, it is not so difficult:
You need this part 55405-47080 to fill the place of the radio.

FYI , the steering control is standard on Prius 2010 (same as rav 4).

The sound is excellent, the Ipod works fine.

The BT sucks : frequent loss of adress book.

The Nav is buggy :
No tachymeter , so the Nav is blind when you are in a tunnel.
The Nav reboots irregularly but at least every hour.
The refresh of the map is slow and shaky.
No lane assist. you have this feature on very cheap GPS.
Functionnality to load POIs does not work.

A software update is planned for "end of summer". (dixit kenwood france this morning)



I installed a backup cam (1,5 hour to put it in place and pull the cable until the driver seat) and I will connect it in a few days.

Before buying this bad and expensive product, read completely this thread

[Sphyrna]

LOOKat those HUD controls, sitting there just mocking their US cousins that don't have HUD!

[banshee08]

Hi Frenchie,

Nice setup. I am very new to this forum and Car. I have been driving Altima Hybrid for a while and changing the Head unit was easy in that car due to the Altima having a Double Din Face plate available from Nissan.

I was wondering if you got that faceplate and kit from Toyota and is that the Part Number. I am guessing that the part number should be the same for US 3GEN II owners???

Thanks for the info and that is the kenwood I wanted to install. Also, where did you put the voice button and the microphone??

-Chan

[frenchie]

Hello Chan
To replace the head-unit have a look there to get some inspiration.

Some pictures here and here.

Yes the part is OK for US gen III prius; it is OEM from Toy.
The opening a bit too wide, so I carefully handcrafted 2 wood parts to fill the gaps (width : 15 millimeters ) and I sprayed black paint.

It was necessary to use a dremel to "open" the fixing holes on the flanges because the new unit was too high for 5 millimeters.

I will replace next week the kenwood by a pioneer AVIC-Z110BT because the kenwood is really too buggy for my taste.
For instance , the reverse cam will not be activated before 40 seconds, the time for this unit to boot up .....

Microphone was at the same place than on the above toy's doc.
I did not use the Voice button ...

Good Luck

[gobears]

Thanks for the information Frenchie, Please keep us updated on the performance of that Pioneer. I'm thinking of installing the avic-x910bt and am interested in your impressions of the z110bt especially it's navigation system.

[banshee08]

Wow, thanks for the install guide. I am heading to the stealership to order the parts tomorrow. Cannot wait.

[radioprius1]

Why would Toyota go through all the trouble to make the replacement thing for basically a double-DIN unit, but not make it actually the correct double-DIN size?

[shawnb2]

Originally Posted by radioprius1

Why would Toyota go through all the trouble to make the replacement thing for basically a double-DIN unit, but not make it actually the correct double-DIN size?

Because it is for their NAV headunit which doesn't have the same features as ours do here in the U.S. It's not to mount an aftermarket 2-DIN stereo unit. It's a factory piece for a factory part. Now if you're looking for something, the company Scosche makes a replacement for the Venza which uses the same Gen. 6 NAV headunit as our cars so it would almost be worth a look to see if it mounts the same. I can't imagine that it wouldn't. If it doesn't, I can't imagine it would be too much longer before they'd have something for our cars. They make high quality dash kits. It was about $30 at Crutchfield I believe.