Navi screen glare

This is a link to a “NavCap,” sun visor which provides navigation screen glare protection but is made specifically for the 2010-2011 Prius. It is molded of high-temp, 1/8-inch thick ABS plastic. Maybe they’ll come out with a 2012 version.

http://www.priusaccessory.com/2010-2011-Prius-NavCap-Sun-Viso-Displayr-p/navcap10.htm

 

The navigation screen is almost unreadable during the day. I called Toyota, and they claimed that no one else had complained. I doubt that, since the customer service person knew that not wearing sunglasses made it easier to see the screen. In any event, I suggest that others who hate the glare register a complaint with Toyota. In the meantime, I use a piece of cardboard anchored in my CD slot to keep the sun off of the screen.

 

Great solution!

 

tell me more about the Garmin system you added--i hate the limits of the NAV system--I often end up using my phone. As per glare, I live in bright sunny CA --what worked best for your Prius V 5?

 

LOL-good idea. Maybe Toyota engineers are listening (or at least I hope).




iPhone ?

 

Sounds like this is what you want:

 

No problem here in the UK, it's always cloudy

 

could you purchase a nonglare screen protector for a tablet thats a static cling type and just trim it to fit?

 

I live in Texas where the sun is extremely strong in the summer and sometimes in the winter. But I have no problem reading the screen, probably because I use the max legal tint on the side and rear windows. Occasionally, I may take off the sunglasses to read detail on the nav, but that's more of an issue of bad text style when set for North up screens which I prefer. Actually the "3D" nav screen types have better text boxes.