PIP Advanced Map Update

Have you noticed any difference in the maps etc?
How do they update the maps?
Thanks

 

GPS/NAV map updates (actual new road additions and points of interest changes etc) are very slow to be added. I wouldn't rush out and spend $169 for the next update, just to be disappointed.

 

I got the map update for my Advanced. The versions of all the components are now as listed by the OP. First, they had to place an order to the vendor (Denso) for a pamphlet with a license key. So I had to come back when that "part" came in. I waited while the update was done; it took them 4 hours. They are essentially loading what would have been on the Navigation DVD over the USB connection onto the hard drive in the car. I don't know if it actually took that long to load, or if they had some false starts while they figured out how to do it. This was the first such update that my dealership has done, and it involved the shop foreman along with the "techie" technician. My PiP was the first one they sold, so my car has been a learning experience for their service department from the start.

 

Are you happy with the results?

 

Just got it, so all I can say is that it doesn't seem to have broken anything. The Bluetooth app and phone functionality work as before on my Droid Maxx, and the maps look the same. I walked through the various settings menus quickly, but I didn't notice anything new.

 

Thanks for the reply. I am thinking about getting the update just for the map data. Be interesting to see just what has changed. Mine came with the 6-1-2012 maps.

 

Just don't plan to wait at the dealership while the update is done. It is like filling a swimming pool with a lawn hose.

 

Just an oil change is a project at the dealer. Get to go shopping with the better half while waiting. That'll cost me

 

If I take the car in early enough, there are several boxes of donuts with absolutely no redeeming health aspects. So I can just plop down with a handful and read online forums on my phone.

 

I have recently done a map update on my PiP here in the UK. I did it myself, but I guess I could have taken it to the dealer. The new map is downloaded from a Toyota site onto a USB memory stick and from that into the car. It worked well. The download from the Toyota site was slow (something like 30 minutes) but it is a big file - 7.4 gb from memory, covering the whole of Europe. I think the read/write speed of the USB memory stick may be the critical factor. I used a 16 gb Kingston Data Traveler G4. It updated Grace Note and the device software at the same time. The car comes loaded with Touch and Go Plus, which includes the first map update (and maybe more - it is unclear at the moment) so it didn't cost anything. It appears to be a huge improvement over the dealer managed system for my Gen 3 T-Spirit, but it surely wouldn't be difficult to improve on that . . .

A Happy New Year everyone - ours has arrived - I suspect you are still waiting.

 

Thank you for the information. I see a number of changes to maps in states we frequent, so it would seem to be a good idea to do the update. I have a Garmin that has free upgrades but having the unit installed in the dash is preferable and adds a certain amount of security to the car not having to remove and replace the Garmin every time we leave the car.

 

Doesn't Lexus use a different mapping package than the PiP? I know that Entune is different. The package that the OP and I got is dated 2013-06-1.

 

So Sagitar, did you have to pay to download the map from the Toyota web site? At what URL can this update be found? My dealer ordered a DVD for me (for USD $169). Since I know DVD to be maximum 4 GB, is it certain this is the wrong thing? Did you put it in the same USB port as I put MP3 audio files to play?

 

I cannot speak about newer models, but updating the map data on the 2012 PiP Advanced in the U.S. is a dealer-only process, where the dealer has to buy a super-secret one-use activation key and use it to do the update from a USB. I had mine done about two years ago, and the dealer was so clueless about how to do it that they did it for free, billing it as internal training.