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2002 Prius: TV Menu Found!!!

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by mlibanio, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. mlibanio

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    Hi guys, I love playing with the MFD on my 2002 Prius and finding all the secret /hidden menu's. I just found another for what appears to be the TV Screen mode!!! Can somebody translate this japanese stuff?
    Here is how to access it yourself.
    Go to the Diagnosis Menu.
    Go to Display Settings
    Then hold the Top left Corner of the display for 10 seconds.
    You will hear a beep and VOILA! TV Menu!

    Here are pictures to look at what it is. I have tried all the menu's so don't worry about screwing up your MFD, it will be fine. TRUST ME! From what I can translate it can change up to 88 channels! Pretty outstanding. When I press TV, the screen goes black. To get out. Press DISPLAY on your dash.

    Everyone please have a look and let me know if you can make heads or tails of this stuff. I would love to hook up the TV function to it. Too cool!
     

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    Didn't work on my '07. :(
     
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  3. mlibanio

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    Ahh shucks too bad. Play around with it. I have found the key presses in the navigation system to cause a master reset. It completely resets your navigation system to completely bone stock. You can even downgrade to an older version too!
     
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    I think this is the first 'new' thing discovered about the NHW11 in quite a long time. However, also betting that you need a box containing a TV tuner to make it work. That would be compatible with the A/V LAN and not readily available.

    Possibly we can get some help from our Japanese members?
     
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    nice, I will try it on mine later.. :)

    For the TV, I think it is unique for japanese market since they use our fm radio frequency as tv signal and their fm frequency for radio is 76.0-88.9...

    off topic for op: you are from toronto too? maybe we should have a small meeting since you have a gen 1 as well...:)
     
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  6. mlibanio

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    Yeah, I really want to meet with Toronto members! I am available when you want to meet. Maybe we can discuss more stuff. But this MFD has tons of secrets that are locked in there. An old friend (whom I recently lost touch with for some reason) told me that this MFD has many hidden submenu's that have certain key presses that unlock features. Some you hold for a few seconds, some in corners, some with certain button presses at certain times. Its crazy. Apparently you can even change the background colour on ours from Beige to Grey too! When you look at the Lexus IS300 and LX470, the background colour is grey on theirs. There is even a method of changing the display to read in Celcius and L/100km vs mpg. I am desperately trying to find them.

    One thing that is confirmed though, the Nav is the key to unlocking the TV function. You press the DISC button twice to access it. Now what the wiring is for it is anyones guess, but I will find it!
     
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    I am going to try a set of key presses I thought of last night that should work. I am thinking that there maybe a hidden menu in the Maintenance screen too. I never thought of that.
     
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    I try some button today...the top right corner is the back button. The tv button do bring me to the black screen and I can return to that japanese screen by pressing display button (as mentioned by mlibanio). the SW button is called "SW discussion (just try to use my very very limited japanese skills, maybe I'm wrong)" and in there ther are whole bunch on unclickable button on it. Also, the last one I try today was the one on the bottom right corner and in there there are a whole bunch of "wingdings" characters on it. Those two menus cannot be back unless you switch off your car. I am not sure if I want to try more since I do have navigation systems in my prius and I read somewhere in the web just now someone playing the same thing on their lexus and they end up reformat their nav ecu only accept japan DVD map.
     
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    A bit late response from Japan.
    Please refer to attached picture.
    I don't know anything about the "TV sync" menu.
    I think it's not fun at all. :)

    Ken@Japan

    [​IMG]
     

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    Wow Ken thank you so much for that! Interesting though. I wonder what else is locked in this little MFD! I am intrigued by stuff like this. I wonder how to take advantage of this. hmmm.... Thanks everyone!
     
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    more pics add!!

    SW examination:
    [​IMG]

    option addon:
    [​IMG]

    memory dump:
    [​IMG]

    font:
    [​IMG]
     
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    Well, it's obvious that those screens are the memory dump. Doesn't do much, since we don't know what we're seeing anyway.

    I do know, from my limited knowledge of Katakana, that the button on the top right is labeled "return." Of course, you knew that based on its behavior.
     
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  13. mlibanio

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    I am going to study this font today. memory dump yielded no results anyway.
     
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    hello
    this menu is available in my2004 prius
    it behaves the same way you described...if i push tvsync ,the disply goes black
     

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    but if i keep font button pressed for 10 seconds other menu appears
     

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    by pressing back button you go to this new menu
     

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    i was trying to switch from mpg to l/100km,and farenheit to celsius
    no success yet
    :(
     
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