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getting annoying.Unfortunately while customers let manufacturers get away with providing out of date and locked down systems it will never get any better.
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I love the chance to moan about this subject !!Īnyone worked out a way to cost effectively update the maps? My crusade is 2015 and noticing maps need updating in any new area and many upgraded highways which have slightly changed path or exit.
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They also know that if car play or android auto was available people would use google maps or similar and they would not then be able to extort money from customers.
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exe (yes the Fujitsu Ten uses Win CE) so this is hidden and is inaccessible within the unit with only the map and a few extras on the SD card. Try doing that with the factory one.Īs for a hack as mentioned above, Toyota may have out of date and expensive maps but they are not stupid, they know that all hacked versions use a modified main program. I have added a DAB+ radio module a tyre pressure monitor and a 1920X1080 dashcam which simply plugs in the back of the head unit. My unit was designed for a left hand drive vehicle so it meant changing the "rudder" controls in the factory settings. It was a simple job to slide out the old and replace, the only small issue is that the hazard switch is on the left and the cable only just reaches, although this has a plug both ends so a longer one could be made up. Unfortunately I don't know what options are available for the Fortuner but I am delighted with my 10 inch screen in the Prado. I have lost track now as I gave up once I had fitted a new unit. It used to be only Australia where this happened, the European,Japanese and American markets could update online. I suggested to them that if that were the case they should fire the people responsible for this "integration" and employ a person who could do it as quickly as all the other manufacturers. Toyota Australia told me that it takes 12-18 months to integrate a map to their navigation system. Yes even after spending such a large sum on a "new" map customers will find that it is not "new" at all. The one I bought for the Prado cost far less than one Toyota out of date map, it has a 10 inch screen and as it is powered by android you can run whatever you like on it not just what Toyota limit you to so they can charge an extortionate price for their old maps. Toyota do not allow car play or android auto into their units, there is no chance of changing the main navigation program as it is locked down and hidden within the unit so the only alternative is to replace the whole thing with a Chinese android head unit. Toyota insisted that the three year out of date map they supply with every new vehicle was the best available and that "it takes 18 months to adapt the map to the vehicle" This was annoying and unbelievable to hear as my phone runs exactly the same iGO navigation but with a current map.Īnyway the last I read on the Prado forum about the issue was that a "new" Toyota map which is over a year out of date when released now costs around $500 The dealership were no help, saying that "all Toyota models were like this" I tried the Toyota customer "experience centre" who were as useful as a chocolate tea pot then ended up complaining to WA customer protection who couldn't do anything either. I entered my address in the new gleaming Toyota only to discover that the estate where I live, built three years previously did not exist according to the navigation system.
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I wanted a manual so I used a dealer quite a distance away. It all started at the dealership in 2015 when I was excitedly preparing to drive my new vehicle for the first time. I think as you have a Fortuner you would not have read my many and frequent posts on the Prado forum of this very issue. Please refer to for detailed installation instructions.Ah my favourite subject to have a moan about.
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