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Where is Navigation HDD Located?

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#1 ·
I have seen innumerable references to my 2013 Avalon Limited having an HDD based Navigation system, but I am unable to find anything in the Navigation manual, or online, that indicates where the hard disk drive is actually located in the car. I am assuming it is not user accessible, but I am curious to know where it is. I suppose the answer is "somewhere behind the dashboard." Can anyone do better than that?

Robert N.
 
#5 ·
OK, I think it really is Hard Disk Drive. This is cut & pasted from a Toyota.com blurb about the Land Cruiser (bold added by me):

"For the 2013 model year, Land Cruiser receives exterior and interior styling enhancements. Additionally, Land Cruiser will now come with all features as standard equipment, including new driving performance features, and an array of significant safety and convenience features. Among the many popular features that were formerly available as options, but are now standard, are rear-seat DVD entertainment system, color-keyed rear spoiler, rain-sensing windshield wipers, center-console cooler box, headlamp cleaners, leather-trimmed steering wheel, multi-information display, voice and Bluetooth® hands-free controls, leather-trimmed shift lever and heated second row seats. Toyota’s Premium Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Navigation with Entune multi-media system and JBL® audio is also standard."

Robert N.
 
#8 ·
I was at the dealer today and asked. The service writer (not a tech) said it was under the head unit; attached to it but not part of it. He gave me the impression that it was mounted on the head unit.
It seems that my guess of "somewhere behind the dashboard" is pretty much correct.

Robert N.