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349 messages, Last post on Nov 09, 2009 at 4:13 AM
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I have a 2003 Avalon XLS with JBL AM,FM/CD/Tape. I’d like to install a nav/CD/AM,FM/Bluetooth in the stock position. Anybody have any suggestions?
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Replying to: ghammond (Aug 28, 2008 3:53 pm) Check crutcfield.com, they have an in-dash unit with GPS and XM radio capability. |
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I think I'm reasonably intelligent but I can't figure out how to save or store a destination for future use. I've gone through the manual many times and can't find the answer. Can anyone help?
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Replying to: flagman1 (Oct 30, 2008 11:16 am) Unless you have reached or cancel your destination (route), the navigation system will keep that route active. Turning off/on the car a thousand times won’t do the trick; the system will still remember that there is a “pending” route (the one you haven’t reached for whatever reason; or the one(s) you entered without realizing it). Since this is how the system works in this respect, I realized that if I want to go to point “A” a week from now I can enter my destination right at this moment and have the system trace the route immediately. Go ahead; modify the route if you don’t like the one the system offered you. However, once the car is in motion you’ll soon realize there is a little problem: Until the day of your trip “A”, every time you ride your avy, the navigation system will be constantly re-routing you to the route leading to point “A”. But there is an easy fix for this, which is the direct answer to your question: once you enter your destination beforehand and the system draws the route, “SUSPEND” the guidance (either issue the voice command or hit the Menu button and choose “Suspend Guidance” option). When the day of the trip comes, issue a “RESUME GUIDANCE” command or use the Menu button. The route to point “A” will be there waiting for you. In the meantime, if you need to issue other destinations (routes) while route “A” is pending you can do that too. I think you can save up to 6 or 7 routes for future or immediate use (even reorder them as you please). I have done it up to 4. Search backward this tread. I have made some comments on the capability of the system. The Navigation excels in some areas, but it lags in others as well. And I also tell you this: The nav system is not as bad as many Avalon owners think. Amaury '08 Limited
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Replying to: amauhry (Oct 31, 2008 6:41 am) '08 Limited Why you are so accepting of a grossly unsatisfactory system baffles me. Do you work for Toyota or are they paying you to campaign for them? To have paid the absurd price for a system that doesn't compare favorably with over the counter systems selling in the $300 range and still be enamored with the inferior overpriced system tells me that your reasoning has some other factor affecting it.
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Replying to: generose (Oct 31, 2008 7:06 am) I make a living dealing and solving difficult things on paper and out in the field. With this, I tell you that the Avalon's GPS is a bit cumbersome whereas most portable units dominating the market are not. Therefore this is a MINUS for Toyota. Although I have found most if not all the capabilities of the Avalon's GPS that does not necesseraly mean that I'm in love with it. And, no, I do not work for Toyota. My paycheck comes from a totally different institution. Amaury '08 Limited |
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| One small complaint -- The clock in the Avalon with nav gets its time from the GPS system. Daylight Savings Time has ended, but the GPS time did not change. I had to change the time on my clock manually. | |
| Does anyone know if the 09 map disk is available and if it is an improvement on the 06 version?? | |
If you gathered all the idiots in the world in one place and told them to design a navigation system what they would come up with is now on the Toyota Avalon.
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Replying to: fmfl (Nov 26, 2008 10:02 am)  and the 2005,2006,2007,2008 ...all the same junky system
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