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Convert Japanese Prius software to english

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by charcoled, Feb 7, 2006.

  1. charcoled

    charcoled New Member

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    Hi everybody
    I am looking at a 2nd hand imported 2003 prius, drives well and I have been hanging out to get one!.
    Unfortunately all menus in the LCD screen are in japanese, and the guy who is importing them here in Auckland, said he could not find a way to convert them.

    I dont think the hardware would have been built differently for the japanese to the UK and US markets , so I am thinking there could be some way to upload/reset the computers software with the English version.
    any ideas??
    regards
    K
     
    #1 charcoled, Feb 7, 2006
  2. pfile

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    go to yahoo groups and join the group called prius-technical-stuff. you might find more help there. there is one guy on the list who is japanese and in japan, so he may have some insight.

    edit: its prius_technical_stuff, with underscores. sorry.

     
    #2 pfile, Feb 9, 2006
  3. alertdriving

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    Any Lucky getting a english version of the software?
     
    #3 alertdriving, Jun 28, 2007
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    The computer systems are very different between the Asian and NA spec computers.
     
    #4 Vagabond, Jun 28, 2007
  5. alertdriving

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Vagabond @ Jun 29 2007, 04:46 AM) [snapback]469471[/snapback]</div>
    I just figured it was something like that. At least they use graphs and diagrams that are easy to understand ;)
     
    #5 alertdriving, Jun 29, 2007
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