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Is there a way to Force enable the GPS while driving

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by kaiotes, Dec 5, 2013.

  1. kaiotes

    kaiotes Junior Member

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    This inability to use it is driving me nuts and rendering the device useless.
    I am on the verge of using my personal GPS in place of this overpriced GPS
     
  2. markabele

    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    Not understanding. Please explain the situation a little better. I personally have never had any trouble with the GPS.
     
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    I cant use the gps when i'm driving. Cant input address etc
     
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    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    You have to be stopped to enter an address. You can say it using voice, but no typing it out. That would be fairly unsafe, don't you agree?
     
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    All factory installed navigation units (all car makers) do not let you enter an address while driving. There might be a few aftermarket in-dash double din units that can have that feature overridden. While on the move, your only option is voice controls.

    I had an Eclipse 7" in-dash navigation in a 2004 Tundra a long time ago. Eclipse made all Toyota navigation units up until a few years ago (maybe they still do for some models), so this was exactly the same as a factory unit. I installed it myself. There was a wire that had to be connected to the parking brake during install. this would prevent you from watching DVD's, entering nav destinations, etc, unless the parking brake was on. You could simply ground that wire and be good to go.

    From experience of messing with navigation while driving, its as bad as texting while driving.
     
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    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    I always enter any address's in my favorites that I might use for the day. Then I can use voice activation like,
    " Favorites > Ice cream house" and it routes me.
    Other wise I stop and enter a new address. To hard for me to do more than one thing at a time.
     
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    90 bucks, defeats the whole purpose i guess i will have to get out my old trusty gps. never liked the way the navi displayed it in the first place.
     
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    It took me a few tries to understand it, but inputting an address by voice command while driving has been accurate for me.
     
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    It's only unsafe if the driver is inputting an address. If I need the GPS, I am generally going somewhere with my wife, who could enter the address while we drive down the street. Instead, I normally end up stopping at the end of our street and waiting for her to finish entering it so that I can drive again (eventually I might remember to wait in the driveway). They should hook it up to the passenger airbag sensor and only disable it while driving with no passenger.
     
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    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    They should hook it up to the passenger airbag sensor and only disable it while driving with no passenger.

    So we all just put 25 pounds in the passenger seat! :)
     
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    The system is hopeless at understanding street names in Hawaii. :confused:

    No Main, First streets here lol.

    SCH-I535
     
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    That has always been the main reasoning behind unlocking it all. I get it, but its purely a liability issue for auto makers. There is a reason why it is the way it is and that reason is that they had the crap sued out of them enough to put it in.
     
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    and it is also unsafe to talk on the phone yet many does it. imo using a bluetooth doesn't help either as your focus is reduced by talking on the phone than driving~
     
  15. markabele

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    If you use that logic, then you should never have anyone that travels with you talk to you. It's more about the eyes then anything, what are they doing.