Need help how to change language to English from Japanese on our 2012 Alphard 

Edited July 26Jul 26 by Bec_21
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Before someone more expert than I comes along I believe that the Japanese-fitted head units will only have Japanese, there is no switching to English.

 

You can use Google Translate (or Lens come to that) to translate and, for the buttons, you could put fresh labels over the buttons.

However the only permanent solution is to change the head unit, though people have lots of fun with these as they never seem to be a straight swap and the various functions may need particular adaptors to work:

    reversing camera,

    front side-ways cameras (if fitted)

    steering wheel controls, 

    audio / video out (some Alphards have a separate amplifier, many speakers, middle screens etc.)

   hand-free phone use

   other stuff ?

 

i would start with sticker / labels, even if they are just bits of post-it notes, and see how you get on.

Hi there!

I've used Google translate many times on ours, and we are getting pretty good at remembering what button and sub section do what!