Just installed new NAV/DVD head unit (with pics)

[rrolff]

Originally Posted by bagwell

what model?

same easy install?

steering wheel controls work?

thanks for the info.

For the record, there can be no install easier than the Chinese things - they plug directly into the Toyota wire harnesses - with no mods (at least for base model). Steering controls and everything work (you just need to program them). To anyone that has pulled a Prius G3 stereo, they could take 10 minutes to install...

I'm now running a Pioneer Z110BT - ironically, BT is for Bluetooth - which works great for songs, but is very poor for calls......

[bagwell]

Originally Posted by usbseawolf2000

bagwell,

You have gen2 Prius right? If you have not see my thread, it should help you out with the components you'll need and the wiring.

no, I dumped it and bought a used 3G PII and I'll replace the radio ASAP.

[bagwell]

Originally Posted by rrolff

For the record, there can be no install easier than the Chinese things - they plug directly into the Toyota wire harnesses - with no mods (at least for base model). Steering controls and everything work (you just need to program them). To anyone that has pulled a Prius G3 stereo, they could take 10 minutes to install...

I'm now running a Pioneer Z110BT - ironically, BT is for Bluetooth - which works great for songs, but is very poor for calls......

and for the surround trim plate.....did you use the original toyota trim piece and have to plug the sides or ????

[rrolff]

Originally Posted by bagwell

and for the surround trim plate.....did you use the original toyota trim piece and have to plug the sides or ????

No - I went the Metra route... New Metra surround install...

[mee081224]

Originally Posted by rrolff

Takes maybe 3-5 seconds - that was one of my criteria (for backup cam) - it comes up faster than our '05 Lexus - no backup cam yet to see that side... Guess it makes sense - WincE devices turn on quickly, and this is running a 400Mhz Samsung processor (we used a similar one in an embedded design a few years back - running Linux though). I still can't really relate much about the thing - it's too new, and the hours I've logged were driving, so I still have at best limited knowledge of ANYTHING. I was able to program AM and a few FM stations today . Funny thing - I have no idea what the model number/part number/identifying (???) is - and the support to date is nothing short of nothing...

Wait a minute, so if I get the kenwood which takes about 30 seconds to boot, I wont have a back up cam available until the cycle completes? Oh Boy.

[Jeremy Harris]

Originally Posted by mee081224

Wait a minute, so if I get the kenwood which takes about 30 seconds to boot, I wont have a back up cam available until the cycle completes? Oh Boy.

That was my experience with a Kenwood. The backup camera doesn't come on until after the system has booted, which for some reason takes a long time on the Kenwood units.

My latest Chinese unit boots in about 9 seconds, but the backup camera works immediately, the unit doesn't need to boot for the screen to display the camera image. The only odd thing is that sound is muted when the backup camera is on, for some reason.