![]() I was hoping more detailed XM traffic would be permitted, but that may be as much a function of XM rather than the map data. ![]() Those of us w/ Android phones - this update still doesn't fix the music player disconnect timeout issue (phone disconnects the media player connection after a period of idle time) - that's likely an Android problem. It would also seem I stumbled on an auto re-route around traffic feature I don't recall being there in 8.1 (it might have been, but I didn't have it on). In addition to some streets I use regularly finally being present, the annoying 2-3 second delay answering an incoming call via Bluetooth phone is now gone! Callers can now hear you just about as soon as you answer! Caller information on outgoing calls also remains entirely on the screen (name, number, timer) - only the transfer button dims when you're > 5mph. Also worth remembering, the updates used to be $249 or higher - $199 is $50 less than we used to pay.Īs is, my dealer doesn't sell enough to keep this version in stock - I had to order mine and it took about a week to arrive.įor the good news - along w/ that revised, yet outdated information is also slightly updated software. The suggested $50 would need to be in the form of a significant price reduction coming from Toyota itself, which would likely need to originate downstream fro Navteq or whomever their map provider is. While there's some wiggle room for the dealer, it's clear that the dealers are paying a significant amount for the update as well. Flipping the math, Toyota gets 80%, dealer gets 20%. I was also betting on it solving a couple of Bluetooth problems (it did solve one, more on that later).įor everyone's reference, the dealer's cost was $159.20 (they forgot to remove their own order receipt). Being one of the first 2010s, I was endowed with version 8.1 from the start, so 2 years was a good time to upgrade considering some of the outdated and inaccurate roads I've found. ![]() I'm not sure, think it may vary in different parts of the world.Īnyway, it's clear Toyota thought it was cheaper to just update their hardware in 2012 to require license codes, than pay their lawyers to play whack-a-mole with eBay sellers.I just purchased the DVD at $199.00. That makes it more complicated for the 2012+ owners to use eBay copies for updates.Īs for legality, there is little doubt that the eBay seller is liable to Toyota for copyright infringement (unless they somehow, legitimately, bought a bunch of the genuine disks at such an incredible discount they can sell them for less than a tenth of list and profit? hmm).Īs to whether you're breaking any law by buying their copy. It is only if you had the newer, 2012+ unit, that you would need to have the Toyota-generated license code, based on the update media serial number and your nav unit's unique ID, to be able to load the update. It is just as easy whether you bought an official one from the dealer (suggested price $169.95) or a cheaper copy from eBay. In 2012+ there are also 6.1 inch displays with nav, made by a different maker and how those are updated, I haven't looked into.Īccording to your profile, you have a 2010, so as expected, you were able to simply slip the DVD in the slot. The copy can take up to an hour, so there's likely a charge for shop time, even though most of the time it's just doing its own copy thing after the tech starts it off.īut this unit won't begin an update until given a license code obtained from a Toyota web site based on the dealer's DVD or USB key serial number and the unique id in your nav unit, so it's no longer as simple to just buy an eBay copy and pop it in. Since it gets copied, the dealership only needs one it just lives in their special-service-tools cabinet. In an update, it copies new map data from either a map DVD that you put in the (only) slot, or a USB key. The 2012+, 7 inch unit has just one slot, no changer, can play CDs and DVDs, and keeps the map data on an internal hard drive. The map DVD is physically in the slot at all times. It can't tell whether bought a real one at the dealer or a pirated one for $12.95. All you do to update the maps is put a new DVD in the slot. ![]() The 2010-11, 7 inch nav unit has a 4 CD changer and a separate map DVD slot. It changed mid-Gen 3, for the 2012 facelift. ![]()
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