ClearSong

ok...I thought it was kinda' odd that one needed to push the Start button again after you turned off the engine to continue listening to audio...you know those, "...bottom of the ninth, two on, two out, a two two count and......" voila! no-audio moments.

I found that if you put the tranny in neutral, and THEN push the start/stop button the audio continues to play..

Thought others might find this little trick of use.

meadoel

Very cool. Does this work for Bluetooth as well

MD350

Thanks for sharing!!

amf1932

Great idea.....thanks!

jerfitz

Thank you ClearSong! In our previous car the music kept playing until you opened a door and we missed that feature.

Gumball

If you slip it back into Park from Neutral, the audio continues to play.

NoiseFree

That's good to know.
I was just going to ask what you'd do if you parked on an incline and wanted to listen to the radio (and not use the park brake).

sarge43

This topic was also discussed here previously https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=277574.

jerfitz

Can anyone duplicate this?

Today I stopped the car (with a CD playing), put the parking brake on, shifted into neutral and shut down the engine. Then I shifted into Park. As expected the CD kept playing.

Then I decided to go into the store so I turned off the CD by pressing the radio dial button and audio systen turned off so the CD stopped.

When I opened the door to get out a buzzer-tone was playing and the car would not lock.

I think Mrs. Lexus' overwhelming set of restrictions was confused by this trick to keep the audio system playing when you park.

ESsearch

Did you turn off the ignition? When shutting off in neutral it goes directly into "accessory" mode. When you were ready to exit, you should have pressed the start button twice (once for the "on" position, once more for off)to turn off the car. Sounds like all you did was turn off the radio (CD) and it wouldn't let you lock the car with the ignition on.

Pete

jerfitz

Thanks Pete for the suggestion, I'll try it the way you suggest.

sarge43

This is what I've found also. One needs to turn off the ignition before exiting the vehicle or else you're still in ACC mode.