Had this in my Toyota Highlander and fell in love with it. My depth perception is terrible so it really helps.

 

I have this feature and had no idea it could turn on automatically each time if you set it that way. Is this for the 19’s only or will my 17 do it as well?

 

17 will as well, i just push the button if needed. i stop in traffic way more often than i park, so no auto for me. every stop sign, stop light you come to the camera will turn on the screen,

 

Perhaps someone can explain how to get the camera to stop automatically coming on when I brake? Yeah, I’m sure it’s in the book somewhere.

 

Press the button for the Panoramic View Monitor when you're in D or stopped at a light, and use the touchpad to deselect the "AUTO" at the bottom left of the screen underneath the front camera view.

 

Key to the whole operation is that the car be in drive...sitting safely in Park will not show the lower left screen button...

 

Thank you for the reply. I now am able to shut off the auto camera thing. One further question: What is the almost fully blocked out middle area of the screen. You can sort of see what's in front of you there, but it's like there are heavy sunglasses over an almost rectangular middle area from the top of the screen. ??

 

ha, I’ve wondered the same thing since buying my ‘20 450 recently. I’ve searched to no avail.

 

There's a thread somewhere way back about the dark spot on the middle of the screen when the front camera is displayed.

If I remember correctly, it's supposed to be a safety feature to prevent drivers from looking at the screen while they're driving. Although, that's a terrible excuse when other manufacturers don't have the spot on their front camera displays and the front camera only turns on when you're at low speeds or stopped anyways...

That said, it is annoying, but you can still see through it if you look hard enough and I don't find it to be too obtrusive when I absolutely need the front camera.

 

It's OK, I can see just fine...

 

My wife and I just got our 17 RX350 F-Sport. The one we originally test drove anytime you were going under 5 mph the 360 camera would come on. On the one we purchased that was not on. How do I turn that feature on?

 

With transmission in D and stopped, press the camera button on the console (bottom left, next to the steering wheel heater if I'm not mistaken). This should bring up the 360 cameras.

Now, on the screen, there should be a button called 'Auto' on the bottom left. Highlight the button with the controller and press on it. This toggles the setting for the cameras at low speed.

 

Thank you so much for the help.

 

I am facing the same issue. I will check it out today.

 

As far as I know in the 2017 MY one doesn't get the front camera unless one moves up to the highest option level, so you may have it or not depending on what option level you have.