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Navigation Unit Question

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Brucetafer, Jan 8, 2022.

  1. Brucetafer

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    I have a 2009 Touring package 6, has a nav unit version U8, and the drive won't read the dvd anymore due to a loose laser lens came out and is scratched all to hell.. does anybody know if the different versions of the drive like UW U2 etc will work? what's the difference? seems like some of the GEN 3 prius used the same U8 drive as well...
    also what's the latest version DVD? I have the U33 disc currently.

    also if anybody has a broken unit laying around lemme know..
     
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    I think that's the same thing that's in my early 2010 and the last update I see available for that was a long time ago I've seen some update DVDs on eBay that supposedly will work that are still quite old I haven't used the DVD in the car in a long time considering all my deliveries are on apps and everything else kind of wouldn't be of much used to me so it just sits there I think it's my wife's car if she wants to remove it whatever I would think a broken laser would be a part and that would fit many units etc I think most of that stuff may be machusta which is Panasonic not really sure I'll have to take a look
     
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    well the disc still reads perfectly fine in my computer so I may be in luck with the dvd..

    you are correct on the Matsushita / Panasonic rom.. fun fact, Matsushita is Panasonic lol..
     
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    Yes I knew who Panasonic was and I think over the years as I disassembled various and sundry Toyotas a lot of their silver disc readers are Panasonic some are Fujitsu 10 That's about all I remember that but I was at the junker today there may be one sitting in this 2011 I can grab for near nothing or whatever they ask for it I don't know but I would think getting a reblazer replaced in a universal type DVD reader as long as it's not a Blu-ray or something should be I don't know what $12 part or something just getting somebody to do it I know is the problem but I can't imagine using the cars nav system at this point My navs that I have are at this point 4k or whatever and starting to look reasonable going back to the thing in the car would be like going to a third world country