3 months ago, I bought a 2019 XSE with the embedded nav - it doesn't rely on your phone for nav. The radio is wonderful and my favorite thing about the car. The rest of the car is comfortable and feels solid, but due to issues I won't go into here, I am generally unhappy with it - enough so that I'm thinking of "downgrading" to an LE and taking the financial hit. The car I have in mind is a leftover '19 with "Entune Audio Plus w/Connected Navigation" ie I would need to use Scout GPS for nav. Does not have the embedded nav.
I have asked the dealer I purchased my current car from if they can simply swap out a new XLE/XSE radio for the one in the LE, ie I would of course pay for the new radio to be installed in the LE, and was told no, can't be done. I checked with that company's aftermarket place (the guys who installed my remote starter, and who do tons of aftermarket radios and such), and they also told me no. Because I don't necessarily trust this dealer (they are lazy as hell and have proven to be jerks overall), I don't therefore trust their response on this.
Meanwhile, this beautiful galactic aqua mica LE with roof and upgraded radio has popped up at another dealer in my state. Test drove it. Ride is also rough, oddly, as it is w/the XSE, but I asked them, can the XLE/XSE radio be installed in it? They checked with their aftermarket people (I don't know what else to call them), and was told yes, for $1700. I called that place myself and confirmed - says it can be installed as it's merely a "plug and play", no problem.
Meanwhile my brother checked with another Toyota dealer on this, and was also told, can't be done. Or if it is done, won't work properly.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I see that youtube has videos from some installer company that shows them step by step removing the basic entune radio and replacing it with the embedded-nav one. It shows the nav working, at least as the car sits there - they don't take it down the road and show you it in motion, but it's there on the screen.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
I have asked the dealer I purchased my current car from if they can simply swap out a new XLE/XSE radio for the one in the LE, ie I would of course pay for the new radio to be installed in the LE, and was told no, can't be done. I checked with that company's aftermarket place (the guys who installed my remote starter, and who do tons of aftermarket radios and such), and they also told me no. Because I don't necessarily trust this dealer (they are lazy as hell and have proven to be jerks overall), I don't therefore trust their response on this.
Meanwhile, this beautiful galactic aqua mica LE with roof and upgraded radio has popped up at another dealer in my state. Test drove it. Ride is also rough, oddly, as it is w/the XSE, but I asked them, can the XLE/XSE radio be installed in it? They checked with their aftermarket people (I don't know what else to call them), and was told yes, for $1700. I called that place myself and confirmed - says it can be installed as it's merely a "plug and play", no problem.
Meanwhile my brother checked with another Toyota dealer on this, and was also told, can't be done. Or if it is done, won't work properly.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I see that youtube has videos from some installer company that shows them step by step removing the basic entune radio and replacing it with the embedded-nav one. It shows the nav working, at least as the car sits there - they don't take it down the road and show you it in motion, but it's there on the screen.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.