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Your answer prompted me to read page 260. I don't know why I locked my brain on 92-93 Octane.
Well, I'll now be able to save a few bucks on gasoline.
Octane grades (87,91,93) don’t represent “good, better, best”; they simply measure the fuel’s resistance to pre-ignition, which is a condition present in engines with an 11 or higher compression ratio. The 2GR-FE on the Avalon has a 10.8 compression ratio; nearly there but not quite. If the manual say premium fuel is “required” then I’d use 93; otherwise I wouldn’t. Switch to regular my friend and start saving money.
About your wipers: the story given to you by the dealer is all B.S. When replacing this part on the Avalon, only the rubber blades (without the metal structures) need to be replaced. Cost per blade? About $7 at the Toyota dealer in my city.
Amaury (mechanical engineer)
’08 Limited
Assuming you have the POI icon displayed:
1) Press "Enter" to display a set of menu options. Depending on your current map mode, you may have “Map Scroll” as one of your menu choices. Select this option to start moving the cursor. Please note that map modes (displays) affect which options are available at a given time, since the menu is not static but dynamic. Your target here is to be able to move the cursor (your black circle w/four small lines) anywhere on the current map display
2) Place cursor over POI.
3) Press “Enter”. To the right of the map display a set of options will appear, “Guide” is one of them. Choosing “Guide” will display the name of the POI.
4) Press “Enter” (again) to display all information about that POI (location, telephone no., etc.)
The GPS manual does not say everything; in fact, it says very little about how to get the most out of the GPS. If you live in NYC, I’ll be more than happy to show you all the INs and OUTs of this system.
Amaury
’08 Limited
The next time my wife leaves it in the garage long enough, I'll see if I can locate that spot, by the switch.
Sounds like we should put some kind of raincoat over that cardboard box, to protect it better?
Thanks...
Thanks for the information.
Strange. I do the same procedure at a different time, and don't get to see the full information about the POI (different POI).
We just need to play with it more, and re-read the book a few more times.
Thanks for offering to give us some help. We are just west of there (you)....we are in Tucson.
Who ever wrote the NAV Guide Book, doesn't speak our English. It appears that someone translated it from another language. It makes understanding the information difficult at times.
Thank you...
I got another opportunity to look at the NAV unit in the trunk.
I was unable to locate any type of "spot under the left side of the slide switch". I even used a mirror and flashlight.
This will have to continue to be a mystery for now. It's not urgent. I'll just wait until I'm at the dealer, and ask them to show me.
Thanks for the help....
Tony
Could we be talking about different year Avalon's?
Ours is a 2008, and I didn't see any button in/around the slide cover.
Would it be inside the area, just uncovered by the opened slide?
If so, that could be why I missed it. Is it on the bottom or top of that opened area?
If it's in there, it must be painted the same color as the surrounding stuff.
I guess they try to hide it, so that us owners won't see it and play with it!
Second, it the correct DVD is loaded the navigation computer is starting to fail. Toyota does offer an out of warranty exchange unit but it will be pricey. The part number is 86841-53030-OW.
Worth considering, if you deem it justifiable, is swapping the ECUs (old and new). It’s quite simple doing it.
Amaury
’08 Limited
However, by replacing the new Nav ECU with an older unit you will be loosing the benefit of having a new laser pickup unit along with all its tracking drives, motors, gears, laser lens, etc. etc. etc. And these items do deteriorate over time.
As I said previously, it is up to the owner to weight the options.
Amaury
’08 Limited
I have a 2006 Limited.
Thanks,
Jim
1) Hit the "Menu" button
2) Choose "Setup"
3) Within "Setup" locate the "Distance" option and highlight the "Miles" unit.
Done!
Amaury
'08 Limited
Even with the directions, I still had trouble locating the "distance" option....didn't know there was a scroll function on that screen! And mine was scrolled down past that option!
Well, it's done now........
* PLEASE SEE MY POSTS 212& 215 REGARDING SOME FORM OF RESOULTION I GOT FROM TOYOTA. IT DIDN'T SOLVE THE POOR PERFORMANCE BUT I GOT A MONETARY RESOLUTION AFTER FIGURING OUT WHO TO CALL AND WHAT TO SAY.
THEY ARE NOT VERY HELPFUL NOR ARE THEY WILLING TO ADMIT THAT THEIR PRODUCT IS FAIRLY CRAPPY TO SAY THE LEAST.
Toyota is going by the way of other car dealers. After awhile, people will stop buying the cars, and as a result, sooner or later, Toyota will suffer the financial consequences.
Check crutcfield.com, they have an in-dash unit with GPS and XM radio capability.
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
'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.
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
:mad: and the 2005,2006,2007,2008 ...all the same junky system
MANY TIMES- SEE MY EARLIER POSTS
Thks,
Russ
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
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
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?
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
Russ
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.
http://www.navigationbypass.com/products/toyota_avalon.php