[cherylhome]

I just ordered the nav card from my dealer ($400) but they want to charge me $165 to install it...is installation literally just inserting the sd card?? I could do that myself, right? They want to charge me 1.5 hours of labor to install it because "sometimes they have to re-do the antenna to make it work" Advice? Thanks!!

 

[mobydee71]

Sounds like a shady dealer to me...I bought mine on ebay for $250...installed myself(just insert the card)....works fine...

 

[Moomur27]

I would cancel your order. Nav works with GPS, unless they plan on re positioning the satellite the labor is wrong as well as the price. It is a plug and play unit bought mine for $250.00 as mobydee71 put it in the slot. Viola! There are reputable dealers on Ebay where you can do much better. A shame a dealer would handout BS like that.

 

[robmerrill92]

I'm looking into the SD card as well and my dealer also said they would charge $125 for installation which is ridiculous because even a Scion iA training video on YouTube said all you do is stick it in. What a bunch of crap.

 

[Moomur27]

I'm looking into the SD card as well and my dealer also said they would charge $125 for installation which is ridiculous because even a Scion iA training video on YouTube said all you do is stick it in. What a bunch of crap.

Buy the thing on ebay, I bought mine for $250.00 plugged it in and it is perfect

 

[Frosty iA]

Buy the thing on ebay, I bought mine for $250.00 plugged it in and it is perfect


I don't think the bolded above is really what robmerrill92 wanted to see for an installation solution for navigation.

 

[Frosty iA]

Would've been cool if these Scion iA's would've been built with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto straight-from-the-factory. I would just use Google Maps on my smartphone like I do in my '11 Kia Soul if I end up getting a Scion iA.

 

[Moomur27]

Buy the thing on ebay, I bought mine for $250.00 plugged it in and it is perfect


I don't think the bolded above is really what robmerrill92 wanted to see for an installation solution for navigation.

The installation solution is buy it yourself and plug it in.... What someone wanted to see? I don't get it

 

[Frosty iA]

Yeah, sounds like someone's dealer is getting a little grabby. Just buy it yourself and plug it in, indeed!

 

[Jin]

The navigation doesn't have traffic included right? So it's just a plain GPS with no traffic/4G assist?

 

[richard_rsp]

The navigation doesn't have traffic included right? So it's just a plain GPS with no traffic/4G assist?

It has HD traffic (using HD radio signals) in some cities. It works on major roads in Atlanta, but not so much on surface streets.

 

[Jin]

It has HD traffic (using HD radio signals) in some cities. It works on major roads in Atlanta, but not so much on surface streets.

Oh I never knew there was HD traffic signal, probably won't work as good as google map/waves I'm assuming

 

[Moomur27]

It also works in Greenville,SC however I have never seen anything other than a map on the display. Updates in 5 min intervals

 

[ClydeFrog]

Works pretty well in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. I've seen Interstate 75 turn yellow and red a few times. It works often enough in this area that I typically check it if I have to get anywhere using the highway.

 

[LeonSKennedy]

I'm late to the party but I wanna get this installed too but I'm not sure which one to buy. I see one that appears to be the latest software on Amazon for $50 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B081H8TVJR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 that I've just ordered. But I don't know if I need to have the original or previous software installed first, do I? I've just contacted the dealer parts department and they said the only part number that pops-up for my vehicle is PTMZD-1M160 but the Amazon one says it replaces that version and that that version was the previous version. So once it arrives, is it plug-n-play or...? I just stick-it-in to the SD port where my USB-A port, Aux, etc. are?

 

[LeonSKennedy]

*I forgot to include this screenshot.

 

[honegod]

just plug it in, if it will work at all it will just load up and work.

the tricky bit is that the maps on the chip will be old, you are supposed to update the SD card to the latest maps using a computer.
that upgrade might be the 'installation' that the OP was wondering about.

Mazda will let you update your SD card on your computer but you have to register first, I suspect they might want a dealer to have said 'it's a real chip' .

a "Real Chip" comes with 3 years of free updates starting at purchase,

no idea if Toyota has bothered to do anything at all about this, as the SD card has never been available, at ANY price from any dealer I asked, for my '19 LE.

 

[honegod]

update
I got the amazon card https://www.amazon.com/LATEST-Toyota-Navigation-PTMZD-1M160-UPDATED
for my 2019 Yaris LE.
it loaded properly and the display correctly showed my location on the map.
I have no idea what vintage the maps are.
next is to see if I can update the maps to whatever is current.
I expect difficulty.
since toyota did not, and WILL not, sell me an approved SD card, I highly doubt that the dealer will update my "new" card, period.
since it is a mazda nav system I will see if the mazda dealer might be more helpful.
"3 years free updates" implies that there is a system to update for a fee after that period.
I want to see if I can wedge myself into that opening.
how does a person who bought a used mazda update their nav ?
shirley this is a problem that has been solved.
I am hoping that it is not a VIN registration thing.