2012 Prius - Kenwood Navigation Install Help

So I am no expert but I have a little experience with a lot of the stuff you are inquiring about. Someone else may agree or disagree and hopefully they chime in to help you out. I can tell you that the OEM camera works off of 6 volts and you need 12 to work on aftermarket head units. Someone in the know can make it work but I don't know myself how to do this. As far as the steering wheel controls and the bypass....you want to make sure the models listed that it works for obviously match the model of head unit you are installing into your car! Not difficult and self explanatory. Kenwood makes head units with decent Navi programs. I think they still use Garmin. problem is that when you start getting into the higher model numbers say past the 6 series....they become problematic. Very glitchy, slow to respond to a lot of different things, they shut down and reboot, and freeze. This has been some negatives about kenwood for a few years now and I don't know why they can't improve that stuff! But 5 and 6 series worked and sounded pretty good to me and again while I may not be an expert....I am pretty picky with my audio equipment. I am in the middle of building a high end system right now.

 

You're very welcome! I can't comment on the quality of other cameras as I have always tried to keep my OEM unit. It's actually a pretty good camera. The stereo I am installing in my car is only a single din which means I will be losing that big screen to display the cam for me but I really want to keep it so I am installing the Gentex rear view mirror with the small LCD display and Homelink. I have it in my Tundra and it works exceptionally well! Gentex is actually the manufacturer for Toyota's OEM camera stuff so that should speak for their quality. As far as running apps....remember you are running them through your phone so really all you need is bluetooth capability and control all of your apps through the phone.