after market navigation through stock system

You'd have to add the NAV button around the MFD too. I suppose it's possible, but it would probably be cheaper to get a third-party portable system.

 

one option to have nav on the MFD on a non-nav equipped Prius is to us the CAN-view and add the Pioneer system. I've seen this one and it works fine. Have a look
http://www.hybridinterfaces.ca/

 

I'm adding a Pioneer AVIC N-2 into my Prius. This is done by removing the OEM radio (and relocating it below the driver's seat because it is required for the MFD screen to work) and installing a plastic KIT to house the AVIC N-2.

The only thing is that it overlaps the MFD screen, so i'd keep the MFD off unless i needed to change the AC setting or something. I'll post pics once i get the nav. fixed... it's having some problems ejecting the DVD.


Total price $1600 installed (with XM radio & live traffic module), surely beats $5000 for package6, but it doesn't look as clean.

 

The price of the NAV system on the '06 is $1900, not $5000.

 

shandrea, don't work so hard... You really should either buy it with NAV, or buy one of the
aforementioned 3rd-party aftermarket units later. I really don't think there's even a slight
chance that you will save $$.

We are still learning about the '06s, but I doubt any NAV support is there if the NAV isn't
already installed. My dealer used a NAV-equipped vehicle for demos, maybe yours did too.

The NAV unit isn't there, it goes under the driver's seat. Since it isn't there, I doubt the
wiring harness is there either. The bezel around the MFD (multi-function display) changes,
the steering wheel changes, harnesses have to be run between all of these items, and I
suspect either other computer components need to be added or swapped out to give you the
other 'advanced' features, like voice recognition, maintenance reminder screen, calendar...

In short, you would probably spend as much in labor alone pulling apart and retrofitting an
already-built vehicle as the original system would have cost as an option. And that's IF you
can actually do it. For instance, dealers will no longer install the Homelink rear-view mirror
on an airbag-equipped vehicle aftermarket (even though they sell it as an accessory),
because they would have to pass a wire too close to an installed airbag. And there are many,
many things in your way after a vehicle is built.

On another question you had, on the 2004/2005, the NAV was required to get voice
recognition. I suspect that's still true in the '06, but since you can now get Bluetooth
separately, I can't say for sure... At least not yet.

In a nutshell, after-market solutions are cheaper, although not usually as integrated. If price
is your stumbling block, after-market is probably the way to go.

Okay, third-party NAV people -- give lots of options.

 

You're right about the '06, but i have an '05 so the difference at the dealer between a pkg3 and pk6 was around $5000 (i think $4700 or so).

Too much for me! $5000 + tax + financing charges....weee....

I do agree however that the OEM navigation is top notch for being OEM. I've heard that it is built by Alpine, or was it Eclipse?

 

Costco is selling a pretty nice Tom Tom unit for $649 after rebate. I think that model even has Bluetooth and owners can download updates from their computer via a USB cable.

 

This is still invalid -- you didn't just get the NAV system for that $5,000.

The NAV unit was made by Denso.

 

I don't think the difference between those packages was $5000, either. I believe $5k was the difference between a base and a loaded (#6) 05.

 

MFD stands for Multi Functional Display.

You'd also have to pay for the DVD system that the map disc goes into, plus the harness if that isn't there. There's an upgrade of the display in the '06, so I don't know what would be available in a wrecked Prius ('04 or '05) that would work.

As for the voice command, in the '05 at least you need the NAV system for voice command. I hope it's better in the '06 as most of the time "Alma" (what I call the NAV system) won't do what I want. I'll say that "GAS STATION" and she'll show Ski Resorts. When I do it again, she'll orient the map to north, or zoom in. She does understand "POI OFF" as longs as I say it as P-O-I, otherwise I get Hawaiian restaurants.

 

Interesting. The package 5 had "DEST" and "Map" buttons?

 

what difference does it make? if you need it, add it. are you going to stop because they tell you a button isn't there?

 

The buttons on the steering wheel and around the MFD are what brings up the map and makes it work. I suppose you could mount a couple of buttons somewhere, but then it would lose the "built in" abilities (like the voice operation) plus he would lose that clean look he wanted with the built in.

 

Just get whatever you need from the junk yard and install it

 

It's seems that you don't need to relocate the OEM radio.
Look on Page 4 of:
Metra 99-8213
Now you can remove completly the OEM radio !

This is also the answer for a nice plastic KIT !

I'm adding an Alpine dvd99310r:
[Broken External Image]:http://www.jmisola.com/prius/dvd99310r.jpg

and I use a PAC solution for the compatibility beetween the factory steering wheel and my Alpine ( pac-audio SWI-ALP)

 

The pix in the 04 and 05 brochures and on the web site always showed the NAV version of the MFD.

Strange that there were four buttons because I always had the impression that non-NAVs had 5 buttons on the MFD.