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Just Got My Prius III

Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by frank502, May 5, 2010.

  1. frank502

    frank502 New Member

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    After much shopping around for much longer than I care to admit, I finally came around to purchasing a Prius III with NAV. The car is pearl white, with gray fabric, and it was the color that finally sold me -- ain't that silly. The sales man who sold me the vehicle came recommended to me, and it is my belief that I was only moderately screwed, some of which was my own fault because I was enthralled by the keyless option.

    I did get two years/24K worth of service.

    As for the vehicle, after 24 hours so far so good. I'm still trying to get accustom to the driving experience, which is considerably different than my '97 Lexus with its beefy power. The NAV computer is fairly intimidating, but I expect reading the owner's manual will give me a road map for understanding its functions & how to best operate it. I own a handheld Garmin and I assume the programming and routing is all similar.
     
    #1 frank502, May 5, 2010
  2. jdcollins5

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    Welcome and congratulations on your new purchase.

    As for the Nav, my recommendation is to take the time to study the Nav manual and make sure you understand the different settings and preferences. Some of the explanations in the manual are not that clear and I had to try a few of them to understand and set them the way that I wanted them.

    Some on here that have had a Garmin are disappointed in the Nav. The Nav has some restrictions that the Garmin does not, like making changes while driving.

    Once I had mine set up the way that I wanted it, I have no problems with mine. I really enjoy having the built in Nav versus the external mounted Garmin.
     
    #2 jdcollins5, May 5, 2010
  3. frank502

    frank502 New Member

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    Thank your for the welcome. I'm sure I will be satisfied with the performance of the NAV system.
     
    #3 frank502, May 5, 2010
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    congratulations on your new purchase
     
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    :welcome: and congrats! you can't get screwed with a prius!;)
     
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  6. frank502

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    set up my iphone and bluetooth easily enough. loaded my address book up to NAV system. wow!

    can't seem to get my ipod working via a USB on the auxiliary function of NAV -- system is not recognizing the ipod and vice versa -- it's not an apple cable and it's an older ipod -- i'm gonna try a different cable tomorrow. any other ideas?
     
    #6 frank502, May 5, 2010
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    Congrats and welcome to Pchat.
     
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  8. frank502

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    Okay, got may iphone working with the USB connection. G Love sounded grand while I was running errands.
     
    #8 frank502, May 6, 2010
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    Got my III yesterday w/Nav, still learning the ropes.
     
    #9 DyeLooper, May 6, 2010
  10. frank502

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    congrats ... anything you learn please feel free to share.

    i discovered how to import play lists into NAV from iphone and that USB system doesn't allow you to search your playlists when the car is in drive -- apparently the full scrolling function is disabled.

    also made a brief highway excursion that was amazing ... the jbl sound system rips.
     
    #10 frank502, May 6, 2010
  11. p3fan

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    Congrats!! I just got mine this am!

    BTW: The Nav works so much better than my wife's Honda Pilot and has a few features that I like better than my BMW's nav.

    I still haven't gotten the USB to work correctly with my IPOD, I am currently using my BMW adapter which is probably the problem.
     
    #11 p3fan, May 15, 2010
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