Counterfeit Navigation DVD on eBay

Counterfeiting products of this kind are very common and common practice out side the USA borders.

 

Counterfeit DVDs on ebay...what?

 

$99 is probably the right price-point to get people to believe it's a legit sale, especially this time of year. Kudos to you for your honesty, most would just keep it and be happy they put one over on Toyota. I will admit Toyota's upgrade price is way too high and $99 would probably get them a lot more sales.

 

When does the 2015 version become available ?

 

I've always been curious about these updates. Are they really worth the money, and what are you actually getting from an update? I know I had a very early GPS and it didn't include a recent road change. But it wasn't a problem as the GPS eventually picked up the correct route.

I can see getting upgrades if one is constantly on the road covering large distances that haven't yet been traveled. But if you basically stay in one area I don't see it being worth the money.

 

Man, for that cost, I might just stick to a smartphone navigation app. At best I'd update it every 6-8 years in the car.

There's some major reconstruction going on in my area right now. So I think I'll wait until a year after it's done to update my car's navigation. Otherwise it might drive me off a cliff or something due to all the changes going on the road.

 

When will the new 2015 version become available for my 2010 Prius ??

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It isn't. But the in-dash NAV isn't worth the price to begin with either.

 

IMHO, the value of in-car navigation is very subjective. I love mine in spite of outdated maps and crippled capabilities when the car is moving. Just having the directions integrated in the audio system has value to me. Also, it was part of the package I wanted and I would probably have paid the same price without the nav part of the system. Looking at it that way, I can consider the nav as being "free".

Now, when it comes to upgrading the DVD, I don't know when or if I'll ever do that. I augment the Prius nav with a Garmin Nuvi that we already had. Even though that has unlimited map updates, it is not always up-to-date either, so it is further augmented with Google Maps on my Razr. However, no matter which device I use to find something, I still use the Prius to do the actual navigation (because of the integrated audio). If the Prius can only get me close because the map is that outdated, I then let the Nuvi or Razr take me the rest of the way. I didn't have to do that on our trip last Aug/Sep, but I will when we visit our daughter in GA this Aug. She is having a home built in a new subdivision and I'm not even sure Google Maps will be updated in time. Fortunately, we're visiting them in Mar and again in May, so we'll already know where the new home is.

 

New latest version out now is U96 v 14.1 I was just able to find it online burn it to DVD installed like a charm

Last year bootleg copies were selling on Ebay for $15

 

Pretty much my sentiment on the the NAV system. It sure beats the old Tom Tom one I had.

 

I wonder if it's possible to use the bluetooth to feed the Garmin audio into the car system? Best of both worlds?

 

I have wanted that for a LONG time but found that the Garmin is designed to be the audio device for hands-free operation of a phone......where I want it to be the source of the signal and not the receiver.

AFAIK, none of the GPS units will operate in that direction.
But I haven't gotten a new one in about 3 years.

If they DID have that capability, it would pretty much mean a death sentence for the $700 built-in ones.

 

I wouldn't put a legit upgrade dvd in my car even if it was free (which it should be). big middle finger to toyota for putting the worst nav they could find in my car. i haven't even bothered looking at the map screen on that thing since the day I bought it.