"Info" button on steering wheel

Joel · 09-24-2004, 11:13 PM

Just noticed mine has new behavior since I had my TSB update to the ECM and my MFD replaced. Now when I press the Info button, it will toggle between "Consumption" and "Energy". Pretty cool.

**efusco** · 09-24-2004, 11:41 PM

Yea, it seems to be the MFD that is the thing for that. Maybe the ECM has a roll, but a couple other people that had to have MFDs replaced got the new functionality. Kinda wish they'd drop my MFD at the service dept. or something so I could get that!

BobA · 09-25-2004, 12:59 AM

my car has always done that...got it on 8/4... someone must have fixed it before giving it to me....

Bob Andersen

**efusco** · 09-25-2004, 10:28 AM

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my car has always done that...got it on 8/4... someone must have fixed it before giving it to me....

Bob Andersen[/b]

The later releases had that feature, us early guinea pigs don't have it and can't get it unless our MFD fails and has to be replaced. Not sure I've ever wished for my car to break before, but I sure wish I could switch b/w Energy and Consumption without touching the MFD.

BobA · 09-25-2004, 11:49 AM

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The later releases had that feature, us early guinea pigs don't have it[/b]

Evan, I think that's called TWEAKING... or up grading... or lastly...from the engineers point of view..."Damn, that's cool...we should have done it sooner"

peart75 · 09-25-2004, 01:36 PM

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The later releases had that feature, us early guinea pigs don't have it and can't get it unless our MFD fails and has to be replaced. Not sure I've ever wished for my car to break before, but I sure wish I could switch b/w Energy and Consumption without touching the MFD.[/b]

Evan, maybe you need to come up w/ a prius MFD version of the Ethernet Killer =]

-drew

hdrygas · 09-25-2004, 10:13 PM

I have to say that I don't get it. Is this not wholly managed in software. Why can't the early adopters have this done?? I would think that there is a "update" of the software. I think and I expect this to be done. I can not believe that this is hard wired!

**efusco** · 09-25-2004, 10:17 PM

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I have to say that I don't get it. Is this not wholly managed in software. Why can't the early adopters have this done?? I would think that there is a \"update\" of the software. I think and I expect this to be done. I can not believe that this is hard wired!
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hydry, I hope you're right. But, the Japanese Prius guys were, as usual, the first to discover this and aggressively looked for a way to implement it on the early versions, but were (AFAIK) unsuccessful.

It's probably one little circuit or something that makes all the difference.

09-24-2004, 11:13 PM	#1
Joel Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 108 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	"Info" button on steering wheel Just noticed mine has new behavior since I had my TSB update to the ECM and my MFD replaced. Now when I press the Info button, it will toggle between "Consumption" and "Energy". Pretty cool.

09-24-2004, 11:41 PM	#2
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 14,225 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 24	Re: "Info" button on steering wheel Yea, it seems to be the MFD that is the thing for that. Maybe the ECM has a roll, but a couple other people that had to have MFDs replaced got the new functionality. Kinda wish they'd drop my MFD at the service dept. or something so I could get that!

09-25-2004, 12:59 AM	#3
BobA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Denver CO Posts: 728 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: "Info" button on steering wheel my car has always done that...got it on 8/4... someone must have fixed it before giving it to me.... Bob Andersen

09-25-2004, 10:13 PM	#7
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: "Info" button on steering wheel I have to say that I don't get it. Is this not wholly managed in software. Why can't the early adopters have this done?? I would think that there is a "update" of the software. I think and I expect this to be done. I can not believe that this is hard wired!

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