Toyota Sat nav installation

[oliverb205]

Hi,

We have just bought a 2015 Verso Icon from the local Toyota agents. The car is fine, it will be a great family bus, but we had hoped for Sat Nav. There is a button marked "Map Nav" by the display, so we are assuming that it is purely lack of programming that stops the sat nav being operational. The dealers have quoted £850 to upgrade the system which seems a bit much for a car that will go to the shops and on one long journey every couple of months.

So I guess the question is, is it possible to install sat nav to our existing system for less than this, or is it just easier to use a local radio shop to install a radio/Bluetooth/sat nav etc system, or do we just go to Halfords and buy a stick on jobbie.


Our preference would be to keep the standard system, but this seems a bit pricy.


Oliver.

[cptsideways]

I'm sure you will find a genuine SD card install on ebay/amazon

[gmaz]

I looked into this when we got a Yaris hybrid. Even s/h modules are pricey on ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-TOYOTA-SAT-NAV-...

and there is not much info on how to install it.

[oliverb205]

Thanks for the replies.

A quick search brought up a few s/h head units on ebay but haven't seen an SD card yet. Will keep looking, but wonder how simple it is to install.

Oliver.

[Heidfirst]

I presume that will be a Touch 2 head unit? They all have a button because the upgrade is available as a dealer-fit.
The satnav (Go) is a separate module that plugs into the head unit (& it doesn't use SD cards).
https://www.toyota-tech.eu/aimuploads/046dfa58-539...

If you have a spare mobile kicking around just run Google Maps/Waze etc. on that or buy yourself a Garmin/Tomtom - both ways will give you more up to date maps at less cost.

Edited by Heidfirst on Wednesday 8th August 22:32

[oliverb205]

Thanks for that, seems like the best route is to just buy a separate system. I did wonder how you keep a built in system up to date.

Cheers,

Oliver.

[Heidfirst]

oliverb205 said:

I did wonder how you keep a built in system up to date.

with Touch 2 you generally update via an USB memory stick (although it is also capable of over the air update) - Toyota generally does 2 updates per year.
The best value package is £199 for 3 years of map updates & connected services.
Have you set up a MyToyota account yet?

[oliverb205]

Thanks, no we haven't, sounds like a plan. Think at the moment we have decided to just keep to a stick on the windscreen jobbie, it will be OK so long as I and my wife don't need a sat nav at the same time ('cos I'm tight like that!).

Oliver.