I don’t have one of these and have not tested this yet. …and then, I’m guessing, get a male USB-to-Male USB cable. Sadly, you can’t go straight from a lightning connection on an iPad, say, to the unit: You have to be in park, with the emergency brake on, for the video to show.
#PRIUS ETUNES SYSTEM UPDATE#
The Prius has a USB input and a minijack audio input on the dashboard the USB can be used to update the radio firmware, change the starting screen, and play video into the unit. They had to wire it directly into the radio and bypass the Maestro. On a Prius, you don’t really get anything that helpful. So he hid the “gauges” icon and all is well. Best guess is that the radio needs a firmware update. The guy at Best Buy spent the whole day on the phone with the guys at Maestro trying to get the “Gauges” icon to work. The camera is now powered on all the time, so if I’m driving down the highway and want to watch the car behind me for some reason, I just hit the button. Here’s what I ended up with:Īll the icons work now. So I scheduled a return visit to Best Buy to get it fixed up as best as I could. Still, of the four icons on the main screen (Radio / CarPlay / Camera / Gauges), only the first two did anything. The AM/FM radio also seemed to work well. What worked great was the wireless CarPlay, which was the main thing that this radio was supposed to provide. And the “Camera” icon was there all the time, but never showed anything, because the camera was only powered on when the car was in reverse (and then you didn’t need to hit the “Camera” button…) The “Gauges” icon was there, but the gauges (fuel, RPM, speed, etc.) weren’t showing anything. The “AUX” icon wan’t showing on the main screen. When it was done, some things worked great, and others had problems.
#PRIUS ETUNES SYSTEM INSTALL#
The install cost $99 for the radio and $59 for the Maestro programming and install. The guys at Best Buy had not seen this radio before.
Surprisingly, it was one of the cheaper parts on this list: This is the Toyota-specific wiring harness. This is the Toyota-specific installation harness: It’s supposed to do a few other things also, but could not be made to do so: This is a major piece – The Maestro connects the steering-wheel controls to the radio. This thing connects the USB port on the dashboard to the radio: Here’s what I started with: the stock Prius v radio: I thought I’d take a few pictures and video to better demonstrate some of the details of how all this works. In doing my research on the system, there were some questions I couldn’t get answered. It was released, I ordered one from NewEgg that came with a $200 gift card I used to buy the installation accessories, and I trucked it all over to Best Buy to have their guys install it. I’d been waiting for Alpine’s ILX-107 to come out with its fancy wireless CarPlay, because I’m an Apple guy and it looked promising. I was surprised at just how ungainly Toyota’s Entune system is.
My lovely wife and I recently bought a used 2014 Toyota Prius v.
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