![]() I had no idea how to get back home! Having retrieved my daughter, I hastily peeked at Google Maps and spotted the A120 as a long way around diversion route home - but I needn't have worried! The return side of the M11 motorway was closed due to a terrible accident. Lastly, last Thursday, I went out of town to Stansted Airport to pick up my daughter who'd just returned from a school trip to Slovenia. Nothing beats those magic words "Suspend Guidance" when you want it to stop talking, and equally, "Resume Guidance" when you want it to start blabbing again. ![]() It's simply as original as the navigation computers you might find on the flight deck of any twin turbofan airliner. It's not a pile of rubbish by any stretch of the imagination. ![]() It's kinda "Geek" sophisticated enough, that your passengers will look at you in wonder as you punch in destinations, talk to it et al. Indeed, I find it rather quite precise when showing me where I need to go. LOL.Click to expand.Exactly! It more than fulfils the role I purchased it for, and it does work more than satisfactorily. Spanish I don't care much for because I cannot speak it. Not sure if I could do voice recognition street address while driving, but the only languages I saw were French or English. I suppose it is the latest versioln because it has the option of the ETA, as well as directions (sort of like Map-Quest style, which I think is called the 'route tracer function'). AHH! :blink: Besides, I got my '05 for MSRP and none of that Mark-UP BS.Īctually, I just checked my DVD version and it's. But I was again placed in a waiting list that would take me well into March '06 for the Prius, and I simply could not wait. With the tax break and everything, it might've been a better call. I probably should have waited for the 06 prius, since I just purchased my 05 #6 on Oct. What does this entail for us 2004/2005 Navigation prii? When we upgrade, will there also be an upgrade of the map quality as well? Or will that be an entirely different system? It offers increased map quality, over 32,000 colors, an ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) display, a route tracer function, voice recognition street address search functions that allow you to enter a destination while driving, and can now be set to operate in English, French, or Spanish languages." "The optional voice-activated DVD GPS (Global Positioning System) Navigation system is the most sophisticated yet. If you can get ahold of an '06 disk, it probably won't hurt to try it- best case, you get all or msot of the new features, but if the software is incompatible, the unit will say so, worst case, you have to get into the nav diag screens and clear the flash out and reload from the original disk. Pioneer, the maker of my aftermarket nav has been very good with making new software releases that are compatible with older navigation hardware and add new features (up to the capabilities of the hardware- eg, the latest software supports satellite traffic, but the satellite receiver is not compatible with my older nav unit, so obviously I can't get this feature the latest software also supports "memory nav", where all the maps needed for a route can be loaded into memory and the DVD ejected and the player used for video or music, but again, my older hardware doesn't have enough memory, so this feature is not available), but this is not true of most other vendors. Now this does *NOT* mean that the '06 nav disks will work in a previous year's system- this may or may not be the case. The next time, the firmware versions match, and it starts loading map data normally. Generally, what happens is that the first thing the nav system does is look for the version file on the disk and if it's different from what it is currently running, it reflashes itself with the new firmware on the disk and reboots. If the Toyota nav is anything like most aftermarket navs and uses the industry standard map disk format (and I think it does), the firmware update is usually included with the updated map and POI data.
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