2010 navigation?

I am not a Prius owner. I am a Toyota Sales professional. I joined these forums to do some research as to what my customers feelings on the new Prius are going to be. For the gentleman that said check out the nav system in the new Venza. Absolutely correct. the Nav system in that vehicle is amazing and will also provide real time traffic updates to route you around back ups. All in all, we here at the dealership are incredibly excited about this new Prius.

 

It does not require a subscription to XMNav Traffic, it simply uses the xm radio to pull in traffic data to route you correctly. Also currently on the Venza, they are giving 3 months of XM free. I don't know if this will be something they will offer on the 2010 Prius or not. i can't imagine XM wanting to lose business by not offering it. Like any good marketing thing, it's an easy sell once people are hooked on it.

 

So please tell me, does the new NAV say street names (text to speech) like a $150 garmin can. Living in NY with the number of streets, this capability is almost mandatory. If not, why not? I mean even if it was standalone option it would probably be $1,500.

 

No, like I said, there is no subscription required to get the XMnav traffic. There is only a subscription for the XM radio. If you opt out of having XM radio, you still receive the traffic nav from what I understand.

And yeah I hope we do get to have XM stick around. I would also enjoy seeing overpaid media types scale back their incomes to match the economy so that we can continue to enjoy them. Doubt it will happen but we can all dream.

 

Yup

 

Anyone with a Venza want to stick the NAV disc into a 2006-2009 Prius and see what it does/changes?

I'm guessing the traffic and some of the newer features like reading street names won't work, assuming the disc works with the older unit at all.

 

I haven't seen very many posts mentioning or complaining about the fact that the navigation is still DVD based. Seems to me a harddrive based unit would be far faster and more easily upgraded with new features or maps. Are my assumptions incorrect? Other than a slight savings in cost, what could be the justification for sticking with DVD?

 

I think DVD nav gives the ability to retrofit maps without the need to transfer files.

 

The European Prius navigation system has traffic information (RDS-TMC), from the 2006 onwards. And, as of the latest nav disc, there are no navigation operation restrictions while moving. (Although the restrictions on other functions like the telephone remain).

 

KMO:
I'm not shure you are entirely correct here.
My 2009 Prius has no restrictions whatsoever while driving. Nav, phone and every other function works the same whether moving or not.
Since Norway is not part of EU(but definately part of Europe) it's possible that there is a difference here?
Not sure about that, but like I said, no crippling of functions while driving on my car.