Alternative map system for Auris?

[Theale]

Having just taken delivery of my new Auris hybrid, the one thing I do not like is the map and also the fact that I will have to pay for updates.

I realise that maps are a personal choice and suspect that many people like the one that's supplied. But is it possible to install a different system - e.g. the free, and very good, Waze?

You may laugh, but at present I've got my iPhone running Waze mounted over the Auris map display. But there must be a neater way? Install Waze instead of the existing map??

Help and advice more than welcome.

[JarnoSe]

No, can't be done. Buy an Android HU if you wan't another nav software, but you can't change the one on the factory unit. It's very tightly locked system.

[Devon Aygo]

Whilst I can't help with alternative maps the latest software version of 6.7.0wl ( which should have been installed by your dealer before delivery )  includes free map updates see: http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-touch2-with-go-receives-major-software-upgrade 

[ic2]

3 hours ago, Theale said:

Whilst I can't help with alternative maps the latest software version of 6.7.0wl ( which should have been installed by your dealer before delivery )  includes free map updates see: http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-touch2-with-go-receives-major-software-upgrade

Plus, it also provides real time traffic over the internet but after the first year, it will cost £22 per year, provided by TomTom IIRC or its free via TMC.

[Theale]

Thank you for the helpful replies.

For a non-technical person what do "IIRC" and "TMC" stand for?

[FROSTYBALLS]

IIRC - if I recall correctly

 

[TomdeGuerre]

TMC = Toyota Motor Corporation. 

Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. Wikipedia

 

[ic2]

In this example I meant TMC to stand for Traffic Message Channel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_message_channel

 

 

[Theale]

Thanks for helping a newbie who is not good on acronyms!

[FROSTYBALLS]

.... and perhaps it is a pointer to not use acronyms, especially if there is more than one interpretation.