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192 messages, Last post on Nov 22, 2009 at 11:29 PM
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Replying to: semenzato (Jul 20, 2009 9:09 am) |
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The display goes blank and none of the controls on the dash work, cannot change whatever is playing with them or control volume, the steering controls work however. I was changing something which initiated the blank screen. Sometimes it goes through random character display before it goes blank. Radio is in a 2008 XLE. If you had this problem what was the fix? Thanks.
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Replying to: gedgoudasl (Jul 21, 2009 7:21 am) Randomly spit out all 5 of my cd before dying totally. Then after a few minutes I could turn it on again, but the display was blank and none of the controls excpet the wheel mounted ones worked. Ironically, my wife is at the dealer today getting the registration and inspection on a 2009 Rav4. |
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I just purchased a 2010 sienna CE and now find I miss the stering wheel audio controls. Is there any way to buy an aftermarket controller for the stock sienna radio? If not how much would it cost to get the controls added by the dealer or buy it and install it myself?
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Replying to: jsambo1 (Jul 26, 2009 5:00 am) You saved enough on the CE to pay for it, even.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jul 27, 2009 9:56 am) Thank you
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Replying to: jsambo (Aug 01, 2009 5:06 am) If you're going to customize it, go all out and add a GPS and a backup cam as well. You can do it for 1/3rd the OE prices Toyota charges, and probably recover more than half at resale to boot. |
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I just ordered a 2010 Sienna Limited with dvd and nav and now after reading some posts I have some questions about the entertainment system. 1. If the kids are watching a movie in back with headphones can I (driver) listen to something else on the radio. 2 If I am driving and the kids (aged 1 and 3) need their movie started rewound or the volume turned up can I do that while driving. 3. what does another post mean whent they say the dvd turns on every time they start the car, is that only when there is a movie in the player. 4 Does anyone have experience using the system with young kids and how do they deal with these issues, thanks so much. |
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My 2010 Sienna Limited appears to ony have 4 cd player. Can i plug in a mp3 player to the aux jack and control it through the steering whell controls? How have people worked around the limited disc spaces and still controlled through nav or steering wheel and can music be sorted in to folders or playlists or do they just play as on elong string of music
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Replying to: nboerner (Aug 08, 2009 6:38 pm) 1. If the kids are watching a movie in back with headphones can I (driver) listen to something else on the radio A. Yes. This works quite well, although with youngsters under 2 it's pretty tough to get them to keep the headphones on. 2. If I am driving and the kids ( aged 1 and 3 ) need their movie started rewound or the volume turned up can I do hat while driving. A. There is a remote control that allows you to control everything like you would on your DVD player at home. It doesn't work great as the driver as it seems to need to be pointed at the front of the DVD player. We've had varying success while using it as without seeing the DVD screen it's hard to know what the current options are. The DVD player volume when played over the car speakers is quite soft. You'll have to crank the volume up to double the volume that you'll use when listening to the radio. ( setting 22 verses 11 ) This does cause issues when you eject a movie to put in another the entertainment system switches to the radio when no DVDs are present in the DVD player. Maybe I shouldn't mention that I've switched out the DVDs while being the only adult in the car and while driving on the highway, but it is do-able. You'll learn where the eject button is on the front of the player and be able to press it catch the DVD and replace it with a new one while driving. If your kids have the headphones on you will not be able to change the volume for them. Each headphone has it's own volume control on the unit itself. The fact that they are wireless makes them much more toddler friendly. 3. What does another post mean when they say the DVD turns on every time they start the car, is that only when there is a movie in the player. A. The DVD player will always be on while the car is on. If there isn't a movie present it just will just show a static screen on the player if the screen is down ( I believe, I didn't double check this ). If the screen is closed it will be as if the unit was turned off. If there is a movie in the player it will resume playing from the position it was in when the vehicle was turned of. This works great for us. The movie "Cars" is this month's favorite. Each time we get into the Sienna it's right were we left off and thus we're not stuck listening to only the beginning of the movie every time we get in for a while trip across town. 4. Does anyone have experience using the system with young kids and how do they deal with these issues. Well, my oldest son was about 20 months old when we bought our Sienna and we also had a 1 month old at the time. Our oldest had previously dealt with our poor man's solution of using an iPod Touch as a video player so jumping up to the larger screen was a major bonus for him. He loves getting in to the Sienna for any trip short or long. Our infant still isn't able to watch the video's yet although he'd love to. He's now 10 month old and still has to ride in a rear facing car seat which makes seeing the screen impossible. We're only about 2 months away from being able to turn him around and then we'll have to worry about finding a movie that they both want to watch. The only problems we've run into with the entertainment system is: 1. The audio video jacks in the rear of the vehicle are not hooked up to the main entertainment system in the front of the car. The audio from these inputs will only be audible through the headphones and will not play over the vehicle's speakers. 2. The remote is a little flaky. At times it just will not work. 3. Audio playing over the speakers for the DVDs is very quite and causes radio blasts when DVDs are ejected. These are fairly minor problems and wouldn't steer me away from going this route again. We did look seriously at buying a lower level Sienna and having screens put into the headrests but opted to go the full Toyota route and we're still happy with our decision. Next time we take the Sienna in for maintenance I'll mention the audio/video jack issue and see if they're able to do anything about it. I've heard a few different solutions such as running a cable from the DVD player to the auxillary jack in the main console ( which seems like something that a toddler would love to pull on) or attaching small speakers to the DVD player that hang from the ceiling. I guess if we were desperate I would just run a long cable from the rear of the Sienna where the jacks are to the front running it under the carpet and then up to the auxillary jack in front. Then you just wouldn't use the audio portion of the jack in back and would use the cable to hook it directly to the port on the front console. In your other post you mentioned being able to control an iPod or other MP3 player from the steering wheel. In our XLE this isn't doable but I'll let someone else answer for the Limited. The MP3 player uses the Auxillary jack which is only a headphone jack basically. It isn't able to control the device through it. I hope this helps and I'm sure you'll love your Sienna. We're still in very happy with ours.
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