Navigation System: input address when driving?

Should be good using voice commands. Works great on our Gen III / IV

 

Thankfully, almost got side swiped by a "texter" on the I 15. Then they just look at you like "whaaaat?" when you get their attention. Our kids are out on their own now but anyone with teenagers should be lobbying to ban cell phone use while driving.

Manual input while driving for Nav or text is equal to drunk driving in most studies.

 

I am pretty sure the vee model 3 does not have voice command on the nav system, the vee 5 does have voice command on its nav.. No it is not possible to enter address info., unless the car motion is stopped.

 

On Gen 2's nav, you could use it if you were going either <3 mph or <=3 mph. You didn't need to be stopped. Gen 2's nav did have voice command so you could enter the address by voice. I've done it numerous times.

 

Yes, you can enter destinations by voice on both the Display Audio (v 3 system). You can press the talk switch and say destination and the full address, i.e. "Destination 1234 Street City, State". There are more commands too. You can say "More Commands" then I think "Navigation Commands" and it will list them for you. All can be used when driving.

 

don't expect too much!

 

Might be worth mentioning that you can enter saved destinations (favorites) while the car is moving. I have a v Three BTW.

 

I'm eagerly waiting for Coastal to come out with a Lock Pick for the Prius V. I had the Ultimate Lockpick on on my 2010 Prius and It was great. One could input destination and more from the passenger seat of course.



TOYOTA LOCKPICKS

 

I was mistaken in my previous post when I said I thought the vee mod 3 did not have voice recognition. It indeed does have it, and it is applicable to the bluetooth phone system and the nav. system. I spoke with a prius salesman today at the local dealer, and he verified this, and demonstrated the system on my vee 3.

 

My 09 Prius has the voice activated Nav but if the city or address is not a somewhat common name the Nav gets "confused" and enters a city or street that isn't even close no matter how clear I pronounce the words. Seriously makes me want to scream some times. My cell phone voice Nav works better but that defeats the purpose of having a car with factory navigation and the safety issues.

 

If you have an iPhone and use Entune, you can search for an address in the Bing section of the Entune app on your phone. Then connect it to the Prius and load saved destinations into the nav unit. Then you should have the new address available.

It's a couple of steps, and it's annoying to have to find a workaround like this, but if you have a passenger doing it it shouldn't be too bad.

 

Same with a Droid