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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by RaZa, Apr 24, 2012.

  1. RaZa

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    I have a 2012 5 with tech and the 7 inch hd nav. I can't seem to find anything that turns on a 3d map mode. Does this exist? According to toyota an entune radio with display audio and nav should have this option, but i find nothing in any setting screen or the manual that mentions this...

    Map Options

    Anyone know where this hidden feature is or if it exists at all?
     
    #1 RaZa, Apr 24, 2012
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    jabecker driver of Prii since 2005

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    I found this:
    Featuring intuitive and easy-to-read-and-operate controls, Toyota’s available navigation systems allow you to:
    • View maps in 2D or 3D (3D maps only available on Display Audio with Navigation and Entuneâ„¢)
    • Zoom in and out of maps
    • Save and retrieve destinations
    • Select addresses from a Bluetooth®-compatible and connected smartphone
    • Choose from three different route preferences
    • Search for Points of Interest nearby, along a route, or at a destination
    The Five with ATP has the "Premium" HDD Nav, so 3D maps are not available.

    BTW, as far as I can determine, it's also not possible to use addresses from your phone as destinations. In fact, as far as I can determine it's not possible to access addresses in your phone's contact list at all.

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    Thanks. Yeah I had seen that too. Seems the "premium" nav has been crippled of this most basic of features.

    As far as I can determine the nav is 100% useless. Where's the 3d map, where's speedlimit display, where's being able to do anything at all while the car is moving? Any low end nav on the market has these 3 basic features.

    Since day one I have just been using my garmin. To hell with the stupid entune nav radio crap. Bluetooth audio streaming is the only useful feature I've seen so far, but didn't need this crap nav package to get that.
     
    #3 RaZa, Apr 24, 2012
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    The "premium" nav is decidedly not premium. And I agree that Entune is pretty much useless.

    On the other hand, the other day on the freeway, the XM informed me that the right lane was closed 20 miles ahead. I thought that was pretty cool. And once it warned me that there was a thunderstorm to the south.

    I really miss the nav unit from my old 2005 though. I especially miss "resume guidance" and "suspend guidance" as voice commands. And POI voice commands that would put the POI on the map instead of giving me a list that I can't stop driving to read. :(
     
    #4 jabecker, Apr 24, 2012
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    Yeah, it's interesting how Toyota is marketing these two navigation units. The Premium HDD Nav is Toyota's in-house Denso unit. I'm not sure who manufacturers the DA 6.1" version but it does appear to be Garmin-like in appearance.
     
    #5 Tideland Prius, Apr 24, 2012
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    Someone in one of the other threads said that the DA 6.1" unit is made by Harman.
     
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    Yeah I got this off ToyotaNation

     
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    The DA has my name! (Becker) No wonder it's better! :rockon:
     
    #8 jabecker, Apr 24, 2012
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