Prius 2010 Navigation 10.1 gen 6 update DVD

Someone needs to hurry up. LOL! I don't plan on keeping my factory NAV in the car but just a couple to few more months and would at least like to have the latest updates in the meantime, especially for the bluetooth change in lag time.

 

OOPS, I meant 10.1

 

Does anyone know what navigation system version is running in the 2009 (GEN II) Prius?

 

I seem to recall reading that it was Gen5, but a search here or at Google may be better than my (failing) memory....

 

If you post in the Gen II area, you are likely to find alot of people who know the answer to that question.

 

I just did some more searching with no luck again.

 

Here the info on my NEW? NAV DVD: U92 v10.1 (7 Months old!) in the new car I bought last week:


Volume in drive E is 464210-1741

09/08/2010 04:56 PM <DIR> IDX
09/08/2010 04:56 PM <DIR> COVERAGE
09/08/2010 04:56 PM <DIR> ASYNTH
09/08/2010 04:56 PM <DIR> DATA
06/22/2010 01:00 PM 768,288 05.CMP
06/22/2010 12:58 PM 34 SPEC.KWI
06/22/2010 01:00 PM 17 VERSION.TXT
06/22/2010 10:59 AM 218 COVERAGE.TXT
06/22/2010 10:59 AM 2,048 COVERAGE.BIN
06/22/2010 12:57 PM 70 METADATA.KWI
06/22/2010 10:58 AM 2,582,325,248 ALLDATA.KWI
05/29/2001 03:10 AM 458,752 VIRTUAL0.DAT
05/29/2001 03:10 AM 458,752 VIRTUAL1.DAT
06/22/2010 12:20 PM 1,672,230,912 DICVCE56.KWI
06/22/2010 01:00 PM 145,915,904 STDVCE.KWI
06/22/2010 12:57 PM 2,048 INDEXDAT.KWI
08/28/2010 06:24 AM 81,260,544 LOADING.KWI
06/22/2010 12:58 PM 174 PCT2MNG.KWI
06/22/2010 12:58 PM 473,088 PCT2DAT.KWI
06/22/2010 12:58 PM 35,938,304 PCT256D.KWI
06/22/2010 12:57 PM 4,096 KPCT2DT.KWI
06/22/2010 12:57 PM 55,296 KPCT256.KWI
06/22/2010 12:57 PM 55,296 KGRA256.KWI
06/22/2010 12:20 PM 13,494,272 GRA256D.KWI
06/22/2010 01:00 PM 288,768 VAR256D.KWI
21 File(s) 4,533,732,129 bytes
4 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
Used Space 7,841,118,208 bytes
372 Files
22 Folders




I agree that $200 is a steep price for a NAV DVD. Mercedes wanted over $250 for theirs. I posted this info just to show PC the latest info from the disk (which the info is still 7 months old by now) that came with my new car. I found a new Mercedes disk on eBay for $60 once. I do not know why these disks are so expensive considering a blank DVD costs about 10 cents, other than all parties involved want a piece of the profits and the end users pay for it. I do not plan to get any updates or subscribe to XM either. I payed $ for Sirius thinking I would get commercial free music. Instead I got a extra bill for royalty fees for the artists, and just as much yacking as commercial radio. Like another post said, if you call them, they will not work on the price. If you hold out they will come to you. As far as making and posting copies of copyrighted map data, I do not think that is what the PC community is about, and the cost of a new disk does not justify it either.

 

I do wonder why the price is so high too. Why is it that a nav DVD is so much money when Garmin and others can sell an entire North American PND for far less than $200? (Example is a Nuvi 1200 for $80 at http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-n%C3%BCvi-3-5-Inch-Portable-Navigator/dp/B001U0O7QW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1303100434&sr=1-1.)

Surely, the cost of goods and services for a PND including paying for the map data is MUCH higher than a DVD.

On Garmin's site, I see one time City Navigator North America updates for $80 for my Nuvi 1200. (I use this in my Z which has no nav) I see lifetime updates for $89 at https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=33379 and $79 at http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-n%C3%BCMaps-Lifetime-America-Updates/dp/B001PKTFM8.

As to calling them, for those who are upset about the update prices, it might do a little bit of good to call Toyota to voice your dissatisfaction on the price. At least it'll be logged and in their database. Perhaps someone will take action based upon actual metrics instead of anecdotal reports here and via word of mouth. I think if the update price were dropped to say $50 or less, for a one time update, people would be a lot less upset.

Maybe Toyota and/or Denso need to negotiate better deals w/Tele Atlas and/or Navteq?