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"Entune is a piece of cr@p! Don't put a $38 piece of garbage software into a $38K 4Runner and expect your customers to thank you for it. The Entune update in November of 2015 (that's 5 solid months ago) busted my MP3 player and because Toyota has a proprietary monopoly on the in-dash system I just have to take it from them. I hate my 4Runner! Buyers beware!"

"PC MAG NEEDS TO FIRE THEIR WRITERS, Entune is the biggest piece of crap Toyota has ever put out."

"Entune is horrendous."

"Yep. Stay away from Entune. Navigation in my 2016 4Runner is horrible. I'm back to using a Garmin GPS on a six month old vehicle."

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I feel like the nav and radio work just fine. The part I have trouble with is the voice recognition. Besides that I like it.
 
CO-Cygnus said:
"Entune is a piece of cr@p! Don't put a $38 piece of garbage software into a $38K 4Runner and expect your customers to thank you for it. The Entune update in November of 2015 (that's 5 solid months ago) busted my MP3 player and because Toyota has a proprietary monopoly on the in-dash system I just have to take it from them. I hate my 4Runner! Buyers beware!"



"PC MAG NEEDS TO FIRE THEIR WRITERS, Entune is the biggest piece of crap Toyota has ever put out."



"Entune is horrendous."



"Yep. Stay away from Entune. Navigation in my 2016 4Runner is horrible. I'm back to using a Garmin GPS on a six month old vehicle."



ETC...
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I don't agree. I have a new 2016 SR5 premium and I fine that Entune works great. The NAV has been spot on and he Entune system has worked great with Pandora, IHeart radio and Slacker.

I agree that the setup process is somewhat cumbersome, but once you are registered and all set up, all you have to do is make sure your Bluetooth is on and the Entune app is open. Works great with my iPhone6.
 
mwray8909 said:
I feel like the nav and radio work just fine. The part I have trouble with is the voice recognition. Besides that I like it.
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Did you train the voice recognition? If not, try it. After I used the voice training, I find that it works great. I use voice recognition to make calls, tune to various radio stations and enter addresses in the NAV.
 
1engineer said:
It works fine. I like it but it is what it is and that's a conduit for a phone or music device.
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That's correct...but by using your phone's data, you don't have to pay for a separate subscription. I think that's great. And it has SIRI eyes free as well.

I actually think it does too much. Between the regular radio, the HD stations, music on my iPhone, XM satellite, Pandora, Slacker and iHeart radio, I have too much music to choose from...lol
 
Hawaiian4runner said:
I don't have Entune so I really don't have an opinion but there's been a lot of Entune bashing on this forum. Follow link below...
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Need an opinion about Entune? You can borrow mine. It's terrible, even if does get the highest ratings. I think AAA also rated it most ergonomic and user-friendly a few years ago.

First of all, Toyota has never figured out whether Entune is an integrated system that includes navigation, audio, voice interface, etc., or whether it's just a set of corporate-approved apps like Bing and Pandora. Perhaps it's their OS for the system. Whatever, it's just designed to get the vehicle out of the showroom and into your garage.

Can you update anything? Not really. For example, why on earth would they design a navigation/mapping system that gets updated every decade with new out-of-date information? Any real nav system would be out of business by now. And why do you need Entune to run apps, which require your data source via bluetooth, when you could just use your own device? Would you like to run Apple CarPlay? Sorry, Entune is a closed system. And perhaps it's just me, but interacting with their voice recognition system is like trying to talk with a four-year-old about the structural intricacies of Moby Dick.

Nevertheless, it's a good radio. Sirius was fun until the free subscription ran out. The out-of-date maps are sometimes useful, especially the forest service road mapping that is available even when cell phone service is non-existant.

I have great respect for Toyota engineering. However, the Entune system really isn't a Toyota product. (Panasonic? I've forgotten).
 
Redsoxx1918 said:
Did you train the voice recognition? If not, try it. After I used the voice training, I find that it works great. I use voice recognition to make calls, tune to various radio stations and enter addresses in the NAV.
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As far as calls and radio commands it works fine. I did the voice training it's mostly the nav commands.
 
Why would you even care?

Anybody with a decent smartphone can get everything that Entune offers and more.
I drive back and forth from Seattle to New York state twice a year in my 4R and have never even thought to use Entune. My phone provides accurate maps with precise nav, satellite radio gives endless variety regardless of location, and the in-dash has a CD player. I can't ask for more.
 
As 1engineer said, It's a conduit-- and it works pretty well for me.

But the out-of-date nav and the inability for the user to update the maps is completely unacceptable. My local maps are very outdated.
 
I really don't like that Toyota is hard against Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

I agree that the head unit should just be a conduit to the phone, but entune is acting like a middle man OS and can cause some odd issues when code changes on the phone.

I'd prefer to have the head unit act as a straight pass-through with an OS native to the phone.

Edit - Full disclosure, I have not used Entune. My Ltd was the old JBL unit back when you had to chose between JBL or Entune.
 
I'm in the "**** Entune" camp. I just need to get a Trail paint matched trim piece so I can replace the OE head unit with an aftermarket. I put a Pioneer AVIC 8100 NEX in our RAV4 which I thought was great. A couple of days ago while driving my 'Runner I said "Play the artist Band of Skulls" and got "Showing locations for nearby Panda Express." That's AFTER trying the voice training. So far it's only been good for non sequitur hilarity. Right now I'm thinking I'll try the new Kenwood Excelon flagship model so that I get iPod integration, CarPlay, and Garmin navigation.
 
its ok

I think the system is ok except 2 things - the damn gps puts me 20 feet away from an intersection or a street corner. When i go to fine tune the gps to correct it - it does not save my correction. Im on the latest update btw. This is on a 2014 sr5. The voice recognition works great when the car is parked and there's no noise around - I keep trying to use it while driving and 95% of the time it does not recognize what im saying.

Im getting the 2016 premium this week so Ill see if things approve.

I like my girfiends ford sync - its very clear and voice recognition works perfect but its a bit laggy on hand input.
 
I think it does the job but leaves a lot to be desired. To be frank, I never planned on keeping it and had it replaced with a pioneer 8200nex right away. That's not perfect either but atleast it puts out good signals to my speakers and CarPlay is surprisingly handy. I'm thankful this platform makes it relativley painless to go aftermarket. Not everyone has that luxury. :music:
 
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