iPod in 2002 G1 Prius!! IT WORKS!

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  1. mlibanio

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    Hi everyone, just wanted to share with you my experience installing the USA Spec unit (got it from Toyota Dealer) in my 2002 Prius. This is amazing, it shows up on the nav display with text and everything, audio sounds amazing, I can control it through the nav display and buttons on the dash and I can even listen to movies on my iPod too! Also with the RCA jacks, I will now be able to install an aftermarket deck so I can listen to MP3 CD's, DVD audio and bluetooth from my Alpine deck. Oh my goodness I can't wait, but here are the pics to show you all how it looks. My Prius is insane, I have the Gen 4 navigation, microphone kit for the navigation system, this iPod kit, I am maxxing this prius to the limits! HAHAHA!! Let me know what you all think! Its cheap too, its only $140!!!

    Get going all you 2001-2003 G1 Prius Owners, our cars are simply incredible!
     

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    Wish I'd known about that long ago, was using an FM transmitter in my 2001 Prius up until it died. Now if I could just get the USB cable to work reliably in my new 2010 Prius, I'd be all set...
     
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    What did this upgrade cost? And does it only work with the iPod or will it work with any MP3 player? I have a Gen-1 Prius so this is of interest to me. I also have a 2010 Honda Insight and it has a USB plug in the center console that will work with any USB flash drive or MP3 player.
     
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  4. mlibanio

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    Hi there,
    yes there is an AUX input as part of the unit too! I use it for my other MP3 player as well. You simply have to select DISC 5 on the display, then press play on your MP3 player. Audio Quality is fantastic too! It cost me $100, and it was well worth the upgrade. I even attach my phone to the Aux input as well, making like a makeshift handsfree unit too. Great thing about it, is when it senses audio coming through the AUX, the iPod stops playing, so in effect, its like a bluetooth unit. When the Aux stops transmitting sound, the iPod resumes music. Simply awesome, and better than anything the Gen2 or Gen3 Prius' have! HAHAHA!!!
     
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    hi from Greece can i ask can my prius 20004 (bought from Italy) put Grreece map and second i have a iphone 3g can and how works with prius blooooth?
    thank u
    panayotis
     
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    Very nice, especially for those whose original CD players have not aged well.
     
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    Hello from Canada!!! Yes indeed your iPhone 3g should work on your Prius, if you want instructions here they are. Now, Toyota has some of the worst compatibility with bluetooth phones of any car maker. So it may take a few tries at this.

    As for the navigation in Greece, well the map for Western Europe will cover you. Go to this website, and you will find exactly which disk you need.

    TOYOTA Navigation Map Updates
     

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    Wow. That is just stunning! As a Gen 1 lover, I must say I can't believe my eyes. I searched for the kit that you showed on a Toyota USA website and the part number was not recognized. Any chance you want to do some shopping for a US guy? Let me know.

    PS: How do you add the Gen 4 nav to the car?

    :cheer2:
     
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    Does this require the 6-CD Changer? Unfortunately my 01 has only the single player. Additionally, which iPod do you have working? On a Canadian search, I found one listing where a Corolla owner had this installed by the dealer, and it would work with their Nano, but not their iPod Touch.
     
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    Hi there! Thanks for that! At any rate, if you already have nav installed, its just plug and play. Rather unplug the old, and plug in the new! If you don't I do have an extra harness I can sell to you, and using the instructions I posted a long time ago, you can put it in your car. The nav unit and GPS antenna are all you need extra. PM me if you want to go ahead.

    The changer buttons you see are Playlist buttons. So you just organize the Playlist as TOYOTA1-ROCK, TOYOTA2-FOLK, TOYOTA3-DANCE, and then you simply press the corresponding CD Changer buttons so CD1 would access the playlist TOYOTA1-ROCK and so on. Its a very cool setup. So to answer your question, no you do not need a CD changer or anything else. The little control unit it comes with activates the CD Changer mode on the display, and it only does that so you can access songs via Playlist.

    You can select CD Changer but I like MD Changer because Song Titles display on the screen which is what I like. However, if you turn off the song title display, you can listen (not watch) to movies on your iPod Touch as well. Just watch on the iPod screen.

    As for the kit itself, you can also buy it as a USA-SPEC kit. Just type that into google, and its the TOY-20 kit. Or look it up on Craigslist or Kijiji, you might find somebody selling it for much cheaper!

    Oh and I am using a 1st Gen iPod Touch. The manual states its totally compatible with any generation. Plus you can do what I did and nix the CD Player (I call it my record player because it skips all the time, despite many cleanings), and just pick up off the Y-harness that goes to the CD Player and use that instead of removing the dash to get to the back of the radio. This way the kit took about 5 minutes to install and worked right away.

    I will call Toyota and see how much they are charging for it for you! : )
     
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    Hello everyone, I forgot to include this picture of the song display! I love this car to death! HAHAHA!
     

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    Hi folks,

    I came across this thread and got excited about the possibility of doing the very same thing with my '02 Prius, but my local Toyota dealer here in Dallas, TX made some calls and cannot locate this particular Canadian part using the number supplied in the picture of the box that you nicely supplied. US and Japanese parts - no prob...but this Canadian part just doesn't seem to be available. Checking online, the closest I can find to your "TOY-20" description is one known as "US Spec PA20" (on a page that I'm not allowed to link to because I'm a newbie here), but it doesn't show it working on a first gen Prius. Has anyone here at the Forum who lives in the US tried installing this...or have another option?

    Thanks!

    Rod
     
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    Nice!

    Cant wait to get the nav!
     
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    OK, so no replies...I guess I'll get my cassette player fixed and go back to that interface for the iPod...
     
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    They sell the harness kits here on Prius chat. I'm pretty sure they work on the earlier cars too. Mine said nothing about working in a Prius at all but it works in my 2003.

    Mine is a Neucleus. There are also Dice units that apparently work in the Gen 1. Do a search for dice pod in the gen 1 section.

    Here is one. This is not the nav unit described above bit if you want your ipod to work read on... He solves the problems in the end.

    http://priuschat.com/forums/generation-1-prius-discussion/51503-dice-ipod-integration-in-g1-results.html
     
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    Interesting that the car thinks it's talking to a MiniDisc player. I wish I could get my hands on a Gen1 Prius. It's got an air of retro cool about it...
     
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    I'm even more old school. I've been using a casette adapter for my Ipod for ages.
     
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    Hi!

    I'm very interested in installing an ipod kit for my 2001 prius. What is the exact kit I need? PA20-TOY? I'm seeing that those only work on 2004-08 models...

    I'm seeing most options for $130-$150 - does that sound right?

    Thanks
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    From the pictures, it looks like this kit functions more or less identically to the Dice Electronics unit that I have in my G1, which was also only advertised to work in 2004-2008. All I had to do was a tiny bit of cable modification (nothing to the vehicle, just to the cable that came with the kit) as covered here and it was working fine in a G1.

    So if the PA20-TOY happens to come with a cable that's already wired that way, it should be fine; if not, you can always correct it yourself just as for the Dice version.

    -Chap
     
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    in my G1, in my G1
    now I'm feelin' so fly in my G1

    :cool:
     
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