Hack '06 SERVICE SCREENS (w/pics)

This link was compiled and provided by PriusChat member RonM, and is the best compilation of how to navigate through the 2006 Service Screens. OUR THANKS TO RonM! He has also provided a link that tells one how to MASTER voice commands, a tool very overlooked in our cars. With this AMAZING LIST of commands, you can do everything from numbered address destinations to POI's and anything else you can think of...all while the car is moving. So, until we figure out how to override the NAV system touchscreen ops, at least for now, we have a HUGE fully functional other option. Here is the link to the Voice Command list. The link below this is how to navigate the Service Menus.

http://priuschat.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=1360

AGAIN, THANKS TO RonM for his amazing efforts. The time, the pics, and the pioneering efforts are greatly appreciated! Y'all should check this guy out for his other amazing insights and knowledge he so freely provides. We should all follow his lead!

Please keep updating. I will also list what I have discovered and experiments I have run. Forgive any duplication on other parts of the site. I am just trying to get this seen by as many eyes as possible. The information is out there but scattered. I feel if we put all known facts in one place, NAV override WILL be discovered. Respond to this thread so it stays in the forefront of the main page (responses put any thread at the top of the list.) The more eyes it crosses, the quicker it will be discovered. Your response can be as short as "got it."

I will continue to edit the main page here with updates until we crack the code. If anyone else knows a better way to do this...feel free to do it, or tell me. I am not looking for any credit here. just answers.

http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=1...agnostic+screen

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT! This info needs to be combined and highlighted with all other known SERVICE MENU navigation techniques. Please, someone take this and post it in all areas where folks are looking for this. Many folks who are working on this NAV override issue don't have all of the known facts yet. I am seeing this more and more, and trying my best to corner all info. I am attaching a post I sent recently. Please thumb through, and someone with more posting experience please compile in a neater fashion. Thanks so much!
It seems you know how to access several service menus. I am trying to compile a list and sort of "map out" the waters of the service menus. If you know more than I list here, would you kindly list all ways to access service menus? Bits of info seem to be scattered throughout this site. I am trying my best to compile into one place so one of us can figure it out. And like I said before, I have spoken to someone who does have the info...and they say it is indeed possible with the touchscreen...he just would not divulge the info. Hopefully, one of these programmers will pissed off enough at someone to spill the beans! Until then, lets work together on this.
So far, the menus I know how to access are:
1) Hit "Display" button. When yellow lines appear, on the left of your screen, touch just under the top yellow line, and just above lower yellow line, 3 times each starting with the top, alternating.
2)When in this service menu...touch "menu" button in upper right, and it will bring you to "DIAGNOSIS MENU."
3)Touch the upper left, and lower right of this screen one time each, and it will bring you into YET ANOTHER SECRET SERVICE MENU. In this menu, the lower right button (I forget what it says...will update later) doesn't seem to do anything when I press it. Hmmmm...when I HOLD it down, however, after about 5 secs it beeps, kinda like the old override button in the pre 06's. I tried driving right afterwards, and it still did not override the system...but something tells me there is more to it.
I'm just trying to document any and all experimentations. I will copy and paste a previous post with all I know about the SERVICE MENUS. FOLLOWING IS THAT POST.
Howdy folks. This is my first post not only on this site, but anywhere ever...so please bare with me. I, like many of you, have been trying to defeat the motion sensors that "grey out" the main NAV functions while the car is moving. It took loads of searching, but I found on this site a way to at least hack into the "SERVICE MENU SCREEN."
Basically, you hit the "display" button from any screen, and when the two yellow lines appear that seperate top from bottom, on the left side of the screen, touch just under the top yellow line...then just above the bottom yellow line. Go back and fourth for a total of 6 times starting with the top (3 top, 3 bottom). For a more detailed description with pics, go to http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=15018
****To exit this screen, the guy says you must turn the car on and off again. You simply have to hold down the "display" button for just over 5 seconds.************
Now, from here, no one has figured it out yet. I have, however, contacted the makers of the software, and they assured me there is a way to do it by simply touching the screen, they just absolutely won't divulge it...yet. It took a lot just to get the guy to admit that...even that he said could have gotten him fired. So our thanks to him for at least saying it is possible.
Now then, here is my theory. First, go into the service menu screen. It will say "SYSTEM CHECK MODE." Click "MENU" in the upper right corner. The next screen, you will see "DIAGNOSIS MENU." Click on "NAVIGATION CHECK," then click "VEHICLE SENSORS."
You will see a screen that shows a digital speedometer, voltage meter, a bunch of other things, AND A VERY INTERESTING "RESET" BUTTON. My theory was this: While the car is moving and you are on this screen, you will see the digital speedometer matching of course the one in your dash. I thought, if ...let's say you are driving 25 mph, and hit the reset button...would it be like a digital "tare" button on a digital scale? Meaning, would it make the computer think the new "zero MPH" was now 25mph? Allowing you to use the NAV system for anything under 25mph? Or whatever speed you wanted to set it at? I tried it last night...not knowing if it would work or screw up my whole system. The answer was NEITHER.
All it did was reset everything EXCEPT the mph, and something called "PULSES." When I held down the reset button instead of just touching it, the pulses kept increasing. I stopped after about 5 seconds...not knowing if I was screwing anything up. (I don't think I was...it all resets everytime you stop the car and turn it on and off again.) I have tried it since while the car is in park, and it seems the pulse meter simply measures any electricity being used in the car. For example, the V (which I assume means voltage) reads while the car is resting at 1.501. When I hit the reset button, it jumps to 1.504, and back when I release it.
I know this isn't much to go on, but I feel if people know how to hack into that screen, the rest will come easy if we put our heads together. I am also including a link to show new folks how one was able to hack into the pre-2006 service menu screen and successfully override the NAV motion sensors without doing anything except touching invisible buttons in their screen. You can bet, (and like I said, I had someone back it up) it can be done in the 2006's. LETS DO IT EVERYBODY!
HERE IS THE LINK ON HOW TO DO IT IN THE 2005'S AND BELOW:
http://www.wikihow.com/Override-Toyota-Pri...gation-Gray-out
***********UPDATE*************
HERE IS MORE GREAT INFO I GOT INTO NAVIGATING THE STRANGE WATERS OF THE SERVICE MENUS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT IF IT'S ALL IN ONE PLACE, I'M SURE ONE OF US WILL FIGURE IT OUT. ANY EXPERIMENTS SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED FOR ALL TO SEE HERE.
Touch screen diags, for 2004 or newer
Use of this information might result in disabling your vehicle, use it at your own risk.
• Hold Info button while turning the lights on and off 3 times, you can wait for system checks. -OR-
Press the display button, then press the left upper and lower corners within the display settings box 3 times.
o If codes exist press LAN Mon, then CHEK to show codes or hold code clr to clear codes.
• From the initial screen, hold Info button while turning the lights on and off 3 times
for Model Info Set Up (type) screen. I do not know what these do, use at your own risk.
o Types are : 690N 740N 836N 783N 620N 808N 480X 900N 382X 290X
Types are : 901N EMV AVX(ten) AVX(nat) AVX_HV(ten) AVX_HV(nat) 749N
• Use the Menu button to reach the Diagnosis Menu, press the Display Check and then
Vehicle Signal Check to show the accessory battery voltage and other information.
• From the Diagnosis Menu press upper-left then lower-right screen corners for PDM menu.
o All buttons except for perhaps the Init. BackUp may be safe to use.
• From PDM screen, hold Info button while turning the lights on and off 3 times for an untitled screen.
o Here you find a number of options stating success or PGM rqd including TKM, Flicker,
setting:Tape/MD, setting Address:110H/120H, setting ACff/on, and setting Autoff/on
• Hold the physical Display button to exit at any time, or simply power off the car.
For those of you who understand "postings," as I am a novice, please post this under any category you feel will generate all of the information into one page...I know we are close to an answer!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ May 30 2006, 02:50 PM) [snapback]262912[/snapback]</div>

2 years true for the pre-2006 models (NAV override), but yet undiscovered for the 2006. the point of this thread is to put it in front of the eyes of folks who CAN figure out useful things to do with them, and more importantly, figure out the FOCUS of this thread which is 2006 NAVIGATION OVERRIDE. I will read up on CAN-View (I have no idea what that is) but thanks for the tip.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aaf709 @ May 30 2006, 04:06 PM) [snapback]262984[/snapback]</div>

I have no idea. If anyone out there knows, please let us know...and if you do know, are the 2006 Lexus Nav systems identical to Prius? or only in some aspects?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Greenfoot @ May 30 2006, 03:07 PM) [snapback]262929[/snapback]</div>

apparently CAN-view is not available for 2006.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hschuck @ May 30 2006, 09:54 PM) [snapback]263192[/snapback]</div>

First of all, there are no "mistakes." The override was in a deliberate place, in a deliberate menu...they just never meant for the laymen to discover or use it. That was the "mistake." For 2006, being the way to do it was so widespread, they changed it. Like I said in the thread, I was able to BS my way to speaking to one of the programmers, and when he saw how persistant I was being...he simply said it was possible, there was just no way he was gonna tell me. He also said with persistant complaints to Toyota and our dealers (we paid good money for the computer to work as programmed), it would eventually get released. So, it's in there...and after playing around and discovering hidden menus, it's only a matter of time before us Gen Xers figure it out...IT'S LIKE VIDEO GAMES BABY! CONTRA! left right left right, a, b, a, b...remember?

I will never mess with a hardware override, which involves messing with wires and setup. I know it is relatively easy to do, and works according to all I have read...but ripping out wires is just not my bag baby. I will wait for the soft key info to get released. I just don't want to take the chance of messing with my warranty, or screwing everything up. Bottom line, with voice controls, in an emergency, you can still use the NAVI in motion if you have to.

But you can bet...overriding the NAV, Bluetooth, and anything else, can be done. To quote Ross the Boss (Robert Vaughn) from Superman III,..."it's just like everything else in the twentieth century Gus...you push buttons."

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rick Auricchio @ May 30 2006, 10:37 PM) [snapback]263210[/snapback]</div>

Unless I am mistaken about what you all are talking about...EMERGENCY is the one thing you CAN use on the NAV system while the car is driving. In fact, just last week my friend borrowed my car to take his Dad to the hospital, got lost, got frantic, called me...and over the phone it was so easy. Hit "Destination." Hit, Emergency...BOOM...the nearest hospital came up, and got him to the emergency room in 5 minutes...all while the car was in motion.

 

This same thing can be accomplished in an even safer way by hitting the "voice prompt" button on the steering wheel, and simply saying, "Emergency" into the mic.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sarge @ May 31 2006, 11:49 AM) [snapback]263444[/snapback]</div>

Once in that screen as mentioned above, click "menu" in upper right corner. Then, in next screen, hit TL (top left) BR (bottom right) to go to another secret screen. This screen has all kinds of goodies. I also believe, as others do...different sequences of invisible touches on that main screen will get you to all kinds of different screens. Lets all play around and find out. I've done a lot of playin, haven't come up with anything yet.