There are many other nice features in your in-dash nav system - give it a try.
The Destination Search feature on the indash system allows you to find and "go to" destinations even when they are not in the POI database - this feature makes it less necessary (at least for us) to update the maps as often. while sitting at the breakfast table), automatically sync'ed to the indash navigation system and then selected from Stored Destinations on the indash system. Your map updates come on a micro-SD card but I don't know if applying an update is a matter of just slipping a new micro-SD card into a slot.Ī nice aspect of the generation 7 and up is that a destination can be found and stored on the Toyota Entune / Lexus Enform app running on the phone (e.g. You've got a gen 8 navigation system with free HD traffic instead of the poorer XM traffic that older generations used.
I'll bet you would appreciate the nav in your 2017 Sienna if you gave it chance, explored its features and maybe cracked its user manual. Garmin has been getting into supplying in-dash OEM nav systems the past few years but their future seems cloudy - a problem for our area since their headquarters are here and they are a big employer. Garmin has four no-cost updates per year.
I tend to dislike using navigation and Bluetooth phone features in rental cars due to the time it takes to do the set up and learn the system and the risk of leaving personal information in a rental car's in-dash system.
I don't know if the Display Navigation without Entune was available in the less expensive 2012 Sienna for Canada.Ĭlick to expand.We actually have two large screen portable Garmins that we use in rental cars when we travel. market 2012 Sienna: The JBL DVD nav system and the "Display Navigation with Entune" which is a generation 7 system which is updated through the USB port. It doesn't apply to Canada, but there were two different navigation systems available in the U.S. I'm not surprised that your Toyota dealer doesn't understand how updates work on your particular Sienna since map updates come on a variety of media types depending on vehicle year, vehicle model and navigation system. Or maybe it is like mowmow said and there is a virtual eject button on one of the setup screens - I don't remember but I do remember it was very easy. To reinstall the DVD, simply insert it back into the slot - the mechanism will "grab" it and pull it in the rest of the way. models, there will be two slots - one for the CD changer and one for the map DVD.īear with me since I've only done this twice but I think there is an obvious button that you press to eject the map DVD. Press the physical button at the lower left of the screen to flip down the screen. Based on your Sienna's build date, your DVD should be either version 10.1 (November 2010) or 11.1 (November 2011) if its the original installed at the factory. If you want to check the DVD you have now, eject it and take a look at it. Is that what you have? If so, all you need is the DVD. and which I have in my 2014 Sienna Limited: JBL 7" DVD navigation system with 4-CD changer. I've been assuming that you have the same nav system that came in the 2012 Sienna Limited in the U.S. Get your map update only from an authorized Toyota dealer either locally or online. You are more likely to see "Big Foot" or the Loch Ness Monster than you are to get a legal and current map update. Some generation 6 systems get their updates from a master DVD that the dealer retains and the updates are applied through USB with the "NUT". Not all generation 6 navigation systems use an owner purchased DVD but the Sienna does.
generation 7) come on different media depending on specific vehicle model. Updates are not just specific to generations.
Yes, your 2012 Sienna navigation is a generation 6 system. Other eBay discs have been created by burning old map updates to new physical discs and slapping fake labels on them. trade-ins) by people who have bought legal, newer updates. The eBay discs some people have bought have been original discs cast off (e.g. The most recent (November, 2016) map update would be version 16.1. Version 15.1 is the November, 2015 map update. Click to expand.Yep, there sure are a lot of scammers on eBay and eBay never does anything about it.