Sirius Text Truncation

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DavidTO @ Sep 22 2006, 02:17 PM) [snapback]323483[/snapback]</div>

Join the crowd.....we've all been bemoaning this limitation for quite some time now.
A company called Vais is working on an interface ("SLS") that will give you 16 characters, but I don't
know when they have availability. I've heard that the newer XM tuners do get 16 already.
Short answer.....no, no dip switches, firmware flashes, etc. that will do what you want.

Give it time, it will become even more annoying than it is right now.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DavidTO @ Sep 22 2006, 03:10 PM) [snapback]323504[/snapback]</div>

I googled Vais and came up with this:

http://www.vaistech.com/sls.html

Has anybody tried this product. Seems to be a bit steep in price for just adding 6 characters on the display.

 

The Prius is designed to only display 10 characters.

That said, it is capable of displaying ALOT more, but the computer is set to limit it.

 

If that's the case, then why is the cars computer capable of displaying upwards of 32 characters per line times 2 lines when displaying data off CD encoded with CD text and/or MP3 burned CD's?
I only mention it because I've observed this myself in my 06 non-JBL Prius.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GeoGeek @ Sep 26 2007, 04:29 PM) [snapback]518209[/snapback]</div>

Ask Toyota but I'm sure they'll cite safety concerns. And with CD's it will only display those characters when the car isn't moving.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(syclone @ Sep 26 2007, 09:35 AM) [snapback]517832[/snapback]</div>

I have it and it works well, but a little expensive for just the additional 6 characters--but definitely less truncation and therefore less annoying.