VXL navigation system in Prado ME version does not work in Europe

[epojawa Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close epojawa]

Hi
year ago I bought Prado 150 VXL (full version) in Middle East. Recently I moved to Europe and been surprise by simple facts that my oryginal navigations system does not work with Toyota map provided for Europe.
After talking to Toyota dealer in Europe I got the following:
"We must inform you that non European Navigation Systems are not compatible with European maps. Indeed the Navigation System supplier in Europe is Denso while outside Europe it is Aisin-Warner (AW). Therefore European maps are not compatible with the US navigation system.".

Has anybody came across such a problem? I paid over 4kEURO extra to have Toyota Nav system built in and dealer reassure me that Toyota is worldwide company and its system works worldwide ("just need to by a CD with relevant set of maps") .
Now I have CD-reader under driver seat, full maps for Middle East and .... no chance to use it in Europe :cry:

...any suggestions on how to fix that or hack it without replacing the whole multifuction device (display, Radio etc) to get European Nav system in it?

BR, J///

[dannyson Member Find all posts View Profile Close dannyson]

All I can tell you is that on UK models (and I suspect the rest of Europe) there is no CD player/reader 'under the seat' - it is all built in and any upgrade is done by a USB stick .........