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#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
#317 of 349 Avalon 2009 by tdemoully Jul 16, 2009 (5:47 am)
Does anyone have a work around for the NAV system on a 2009 Avalon, to program while driving. Thanks in advance. If I could I would give the car back to Toyota because of this problem. $2000 and a piece of junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Replies to this message: fmfl (Jul 16, 2009 7:59 am) tdemoully (Aug 18, 2009 3:12 pm)
#318 of 349 Re: Avalon 2009 [tdemoully] by fmfl Jul 16, 2009 (7:59 am)
Replying to: tdemoully (Jul 16, 2009 5:47 am) The company that makes "workarounds" is http://www.coastaletech.com/. But, they have avoided fixing the Avalon like it has bubonic plague. All the Avalon is good for is getting from point A to B. Between those two points it is pure frustration.
#319 of 349 updating 2006 NAV system by elseth Jul 19, 2009 (6:31 am)
I have a 2006 Avalon with NAV--ver 5.1 and want to upgrade since there have been many street changes. Toyota wants $265 for new disc. Anybody find the disc from a third party for less?
#320 of 349 Compare of Toyota and Honda Navigation Systems by allavalons Jul 20, 2009 (4:52 am)
I've read all the comments on the Toyota Navigation System and have not had the problems many people have commented about on my 2005 Avy LTD. True that you can not program while moving, but can of course get to the preset destinations, etc, while driving, but not programming while driving isn't an issue for me because I would never try to do that. My navigator (long suffering wife) would no sooner try to program the navigation system that she would change a tire or oil so there is no chance my passenger is going to program anything. The voice commands generally work well, maybe I have less background noise or I speak clearly enough not to confuse the system. I do not like the way that you have to set icons and it would be nice to have a touch screen option but again I have not had any real problem with the joystick. Someone mentioned the voice is annoying and that I have to agree, we call her the NAGAGATOR.   I recently purchased a 2009 Odyssey Touring which comes standard with Nav, Rear Entertainment System, Bluetooth, etc. All can be programmed with voice to some degree. The only exceptions are the required agreements when access the Nav, etc.   I find the voice recognition to be as good or better than the Toyota and the voice is much less grating, so much so, that my wife even commented. I like the touch screen programming but their toggle joystick is very small and I can't make it work correctly.   You can program while moving, and they go to great lengths to tell you that should only be done by the passenger, so I guess I will be programming when stopped, just as I do with the Toyota.   The programming allows for 200 destinations and that is nice, and it keeps track of the previous 50 destinations so you have a short list to refer to if you should happen to use a lot of pre-programmed destinations. It also has a security feature that you can enter a PIN to protect your Home address in case someone you don't want to know where you live gets hold of your vehicle.   I'm taking a 700 mile trip at the end of July, with a lot of destinations so I'll be using this system a lot and will complete my comparison after I have more experience.
#321 of 349 Re: Avalon 2009 [tdemoully] by tdemoully Aug 18, 2009 (3:12 pm)
Replying to: tdemoully (Jul 16, 2009 5:47 am) Try this web site, this worked on my 2009 Avalon. This really helps the problem.   http://www.navigationbypass.com/products/toyota_avalon.php
#322 of 349 Re: Have nav problems been solved on the '09 Avalons? [jwbooth] by tdemoully Aug 20, 2009 (5:22 am)
Replying to: jwbooth (Jun 25, 2009 3:16 pm) I just bought a 09 Avalon, and the nav system is terrible. No problems have been fix. If I could, I would return the car. It is so bad, ever time I get in the car it is frustrating. I will not buy another toyota. I have posted a web site that lists how to get to the override, this helps. But for $2000 this is terrible. Just bought a Magellan for $150 that puts the Toyota nav to shame. Good luck. I wonder if Toyota is aware of how much damage this is cause to their image. Replies to this message: fmfl (Aug 20, 2009 5:39 am) generose (Aug 20, 2009 6:06 am) tdemoully (Aug 20, 2009 6:34 am) and 1 more...

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