Remapping the "Map" button

You cant do it unless you want to do a lot of hacking, soldering, and possibly making your own circuit board. I wont go into details. Short answer is no.

 

My Map button on my steering wheel switches my screen to the Navigation screen. Doesn't yours?

 

It does on mine, too, but that is because we have the Navigation option. He has package #3 which doesn't include Nav.

 

Well that makes sense. Lol. I would use it for the Nitrous solenoid!

But backup camera would be sweet. Where there is a will, there is a way.

 

It would make a great location for an EV button.

 

Maybe you can map it to a video generator the puts "Should have bought the NAV feature" on the screen when you press it. <smirk>

Tom

 

I've always thought that about the blank switch locations that manufacturers include but cover with a plastic plug. It just says "You were too cheap to get the option that should be located here"

Even the (US and Canadian) Prius with every option available still has two blank spots in the dash: one is the EV button that we don't get and the other is the Auto Park feature that we don't get.

I need to fill those two spots so I don't look like a cheap SOB.

 

We could take a page out of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: When you press the button the MFD could light up with: "Never push the red button!"

Tom

 

Maybe you can change the word "Map" to "Ejection Seat" or "Smoke Screen", or "Rockets" and see what your passengers say. Lol.

 

Or "Arm Warhead"

 

"Too close for missles, switching to guns!!!"

 

I'll see about looking it up in TIS tomorrow when I'm at work... I have a feeling that it might not be too horrible to splice into the system to get some kind of functionality out of the switch...

 

Well this might save you some time.

From what I remember the buttons on the wheel use some kind of switching device that uses different resistance values for each button. So unless you can make your own interpreter that can hook into the wire harness you will have to do some direct soldering on the map button pad. It can be done but it requires a lot of work. Or it might not depending on your skill level. If I did not have NAV I would try to hack the thing myself.

 

Because the TIS system is meant for technicians to repair and debug, I think those resistances are listed for the up and pressed positions...

 

Ask, my children, and ye shall receive... (Map Button specifications attached)