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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by Lotus, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. Lotus

    Lotus Junior Member

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    I am a Prius Newbie and have a question about navigation (I did a search for GPS and didn’t find any matching results for my question).
    Things that make my thing my car has navigation but it isn’t enabled (I purchased the car used):
    1) There is a map button on my steering wheel.
    2) On the rear passenger side of the car, on the outside near the top of the hatchback is a small circular “sensorâ€. This sensor looks like an external GPS antenna to me. I don’t see it on most other Prius cars I have looked at.
    3) There is a cable that comes out of my console and runs under the driver’s seat. It terminates under the driver’s seat and kind of looks like an coaxial cable for a TV, but not quite. The cable diameter matches the diameter of the cable connected to the external “sensorâ€.
    Basically I’m wondering if my Prius has GPS capability, but for some reason it has been disabled. Maybe it is something I could add at a Toyota dealership?
    Thanks for any tips you can provide!
     
    #1 Lotus, Jun 1, 2009
  2. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    when you hit the map button what do you see?

    on the 2007 i believe the DVD player is under the drivers seat. might have Nav with no Nav disc
     
    #2 DaveinOlyWA, Jun 2, 2009
  3. Lotus

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    Nothing happens when I press the map button.
     
    #3 Lotus, Jun 2, 2009
  4. firepa63

    firepa63 Former Prius Owner

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    If you don't have a DVD player under the driver's seat then you don't have NAV. The 'sensor' you see near the hatch is probably for a satellite radio that the previous owner had. The NAV antenna is concealed in the dash and is not visible.
     
    #4 firepa63, Jun 2, 2009
  5. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    that sensor is not for Nav. i have it on my SPM and i dont have nav
    ...the Nav antenna is usually embedded into the windshield i think and the presence of it means nothing. its in all of them
     
    #5 DaveinOlyWA, Jun 2, 2009
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