The seats are "Alcantara" & some sort of synthetic leather (not real leather).
There is an Alcantara web site, they just say use warm water...
http://alcantara.com/en_US/experience/manutenzione/manutenzione.shtml
Yeah, I downloaded all the version 7 stuff. I would have preferred to get it from the dealer. I spend way to long searching for the new version.
I suggest everyone get version 7 from the dealer (easier then googling for hours).
Also make sure to update your PC/MAC program to the latest version...
I'm not sure but I think this is the one you need to install, but it doesnt support TTS directly... you will need to find a hack to do that.
I wish I had bookmarked the links for the kate voice and the ttsystem that supports the TTS... you will just have to search for it yourselves :(...
I had to chime in. I bought a 2008 urban runner with the tomtom over a month a go
The tomtom is better in almost every way to the regular toyota nav...
I upgraded to a 2GB SD card of a premium brand and then found updates on the web to bring it to version 7 with text-to-speech. Use google to...