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#307 of 349 Couldn't take it any longer by flagman1 Feb 02, 2009 (1:48 pm)
I finally had it up to here with the nav system. I purchased a Garmin Nuvi 750 and it's fantastic! User friendly, accurate and dependable. I hate to think of the expensive piece of junk that sits unused behind my dash now, but that's too bad.
#308 of 349 Day Mode on Navigation?? by rscofield Jun 24, 2009 (4:56 am)
We have a new '09 Avalon with Navigation. I drove the car in the dark for the first time and expected that the Nav screen would darken. Not so. It remained in Day mode and I had to turn the screen off as it was distracting. The manual tells how to set the screen to Day mode all the time but does NOT tell how to undo this feature unless I have missed it. The car was a demonstrator and I guess someone may have set this or we may have done so inadvertently. How do I retrieve the setting where the screen darkens when driving at nite? Thks, Russ Replies to this message: fin (Jun 24, 2009 5:42 am) rscofield (Jun 24, 2009 8:57 am)
#309 of 349 Re: Day Mode on Navigation?? [rscofield] by fin Jun 24, 2009 (5:42 am)
Replying to: rscofield (Jun 24, 2009 4:56 am) Check the "instrument briteness knob" on the dash. If it is set to the max, plus a little click, the Nav screen will never go to nite mode. Turn it back to a more normal dash light setting and the Nav screen will resume the normal day/nite function. This works on the '07, not sure about yours, try it and see. Enjoy your Avy, great cars.. Replies to this message: rscofield (Jun 24, 2009 8:57 am)
#310 of 349 Re: Day Mode on Navigation?? [fin] by rscofield Jun 24, 2009 (8:57 am)
Replying to: fin (Jun 24, 2009 5:42 am) fin, Right you are my friend. Put a black sock over the dashboard sensor and voila! Night mode was working because I had backed off the "click" on the brightness knob. Turned it to the click and back to day mode. I really appreciate your help. I have read both the nav & owner's manuals and did not see anything about that feature in them. Thanks again! Russ
#311 of 349 Toggle Knob on 2005 Avalon Navigation by mike4217 Jun 25, 2009 (5:45 am)
Hi, Recently, vandals threw bricks through my side windows and I believe some of the smaller pieces of glass somehow lodged under the toggle knob on the navigation system. Now, when I try to press enter, it almost never works (it ends up scrolling right, left, up, down-switching to French- ARGH). I tried taking the unit out and apart, but it seems the toggle is connected to the circuit board. Any ideas? Thanks
#312 of 349 Have nav problems been solved on the '09 Avalons? by jwbooth Jun 25, 2009 (3:16 pm)
I see tons of posts thru the 08 Avalons, and then there are almost no posts beginning in 09.   Did Toyota change/upgrade the Nav system including the voice recognition?   Just test drove an 09 Avalon Limited with nav and loved it, but now considering passing if the Nav system is still a piece of junk.   09 owners - are you happy with it? Replies to this message: tdemoully (Aug 20, 2009 5:22 am) fmfl (Aug 20, 2009 5:39 am) generose (Aug 20, 2009 6:06 am) and 2 more...
#313 of 349 How do you change the voice in an '08? by seb5 Jun 27, 2009 (11:00 am)
I bought an 08 and absolutely love it, except for the nav system. The woman's voice drives me up a wall. Searched the manual but could not find how to change the voice. Does anyone know?
#314 of 349 Bernard Winterman by bwinter314 Jul 07, 2009 (11:56 am)
I have a 2007 Toyota Avalon. The Navigation manual is the worst thing I have ever seen.  I succeded in entering some points of interest as "Marked", but I don't know how to activate a particular markd to begin taking me there. Can anyone help?   Bernie Replies to this message: flagman1 (Jul 07, 2009 2:50 pm)
#315 of 349 Re: Bernard Winterman [bwinter314] by flagman1 Jul 07, 2009 (2:50 pm)
Replying to: bwinter314 (Jul 07, 2009 11:56 am) The factory installed system in my 2008 Avalon is gathering dust as I've been using and enjoying my Garmin Nuvi for the past six months -- so user friendly and satisfactory in every way. What a waste the Toyota system is!
#316 of 349 Edit Route by rscofield Jul 13, 2009 (12:50 pm)
OK, my '09 Avy Nav sucks - no argument there. I have a registered mark for my sons home in Raleigh, NC and it routes me down I-75. I would rather use I-64 and I see that I can modify my route after it's pulled up but then how do I save/register that preferred route? It's one of the 5 preset settings. Russ

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