Entune...would you buy it if you were buying a 2012?

Only some of the features require a paid subscription after 3 years. I don't plan on paying anything after the free service is up, but the Nav, bluetooth, Pandora, and otherthings are still free. I'll take it.

 

I ha in my 2012- u don't have to buy anything came in mine u just have to have the app- but I can't get the Internet to work on it- it works through the data on ur phone--- I can't get weather sports bing - its a pain I spent hrs messing with it sat nite and nothing

 

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Looks like it does a lot of things you don't need to be dealing with while driving. If you just want navigation, ATT sells a great sucker-cup iPhone windshield mount - $30. For another $40 you can get the Garmin Street Pilot app - navigation in your rig for just $70, and it's mounted where you don't have to take your eyes off the road.

 

It's worth it for the upgraded sound and touch screen, IMO. No need to do any type of aftermarket stuff. I don't use the entune apps at all but I love the screen and having the backup camera display on it vs the mirror. It's nice to be able to control my iPod without having to pick it up or mess around with a holder.

 

I have it and the entune is not worth ten cents. They should have just used android instead of making some new crap.

 

Can I buy your unit for 10 cents?

 

10,000 dimes and it is all yours.

The stereo part is great. It is by far the best stock stereo system I have ever had. But the navi part is retarded. I give it a SLC address and it tries to look in Florida or puerto rico. The dealer is "getting a part to fix it" its been 2 months

 

Non-Entune radio also controls an ipod (if you have the version with the usb connection).

 

We should compare sometime at a Utah get together. I didn't get the Entune and didn't even see one on the lot to try out (Toyota of bountiful). I like the regular system. Sounds great, lets me use bluetooth, I still use Pandora via my phone, etc. My phone still has a touch screen, so I'd like to see how much better it really is. I've heard good things.

 

Indeed, but I like the album art and display features. It's more inline with controlling an iPod.

 

I don't need it or want it. Had it been installed in the truck I was going to buy anyway, it's not like I would have asked them to remove it, but that's about it.

 

Bottom line is if you pay an extra $2000 for Entune, it will help resale value later on. Also, when I look at used truck and see an aftermarket stereo installed, a red flag goes up. Who installed it, a professional or some zit covered 18 year old. What's going on behind the dash where someone cut wires and installed an aftermarket unit... I'd pass on any truck/car I see with an aftermarket unit.

Also...so many mentioned it's just another item to break. We're talking Toyota here, not chevy...

 

Yeah.. let's fill the whole windshield with phone holders, GPS holders, wallet holders, and lets thorw in another cup holder... That will look cute....

 

I had no interest in entune when I was shopping for my 2012. Unfortunately, the only TRD Sport 4x4's I could find, all had entune. So I ended up with the Entune system. And I have to admit, I can't imagine not having it. It has it's little quarks, but it is a nice system. I drive all over the DFW area 3-4 days a week for work, doing insurance inspections, so a gps is a MUST for me. The fact that I can just speak the address and it leads me there's awesome.

 

I get all the latest electronics offered when I buy new vehicles... Toyota should have done this back in 08!

 

Really? I mean its just a freaking stereo!

 

The wife got her Prius with Entune and she loves it. When I told her I was going to go get a Tacoma she agreed as long as it also had Entune, so I had no choice.

 

It came on the 2012 I wanted so why not? Now I can't imagine not having it.

 

IMO I didn't get Entune because it was something else that could break. I've had in-car nav in other vehicles and don't see the point unless you live in a major city like San Fran, Boston, etc., but even then you'd get used to where things were and I doubt the map updates would keep up.

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