Interesting Little Details Discoveries Thread (Good or Bad)
08-11-14, 07:56 PM
#512
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I didn't see this mentioned in this thread but I found it in the 2IS forums...
If you would like to unlock all 4 doors at once when you touch the handle of the driver side door, you just need to use your fob to press and hold the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons at the same time until you hear two quick beeps. Once you hear the beeps, the programming is done. If you'd like to undo this, you can just repeat the same step. Hope this helps someone else since you might not venture into the 2IS forums!
If you would like to unlock all 4 doors at once when you touch the handle of the driver side door, you just need to use your fob to press and hold the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons at the same time until you hear two quick beeps. Once you hear the beeps, the programming is done. If you'd like to undo this, you can just repeat the same step. Hope this helps someone else since you might not venture into the 2IS forums!
08-11-14, 08:38 PM
#513
I didn't see this mentioned in this thread but I found it in the 2IS forums...
If you would like to unlock all 4 doors at once when you touch the handle of the driver side door, you just need to use your fob to press and hold the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons at the same time until you hear two quick beeps. Once you hear the beeps, the programming is done. If you'd like to undo this, you can just repeat the same step. Hope this helps someone else since you might not venture into the 2IS forums!
If you would like to unlock all 4 doors at once when you touch the handle of the driver side door, you just need to use your fob to press and hold the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons at the same time until you hear two quick beeps. Once you hear the beeps, the programming is done. If you'd like to undo this, you can just repeat the same step. Hope this helps someone else since you might not venture into the 2IS forums!
08-12-14, 07:24 AM
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08-12-14, 06:59 PM
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To access this menu:
1) Your car must be on with the engine running.
2) On your Nav screen, go to the main menu.
3) Click on Settings (forgot the actual name but you'll find it).
4) Click on Vehicle Settings.
08-12-14, 09:54 PM
#516
08-13-14, 09:55 AM
#517
Thanks for the tip sdotk! I didn't even know this menu existed before because it was grayed out when I initially started fiddling with the menus and forgot about it.
To access this menu:
1) Your car must be on with the engine running.
2) On your Nav screen, go to the main menu.
3) Click on Settings (forgot the actual name but you'll find it).
4) Click on Vehicle Settings.
To access this menu:
1) Your car must be on with the engine running.
2) On your Nav screen, go to the main menu.
3) Click on Settings (forgot the actual name but you'll find it).
4) Click on Vehicle Settings.
Thanks a lot!
08-13-14, 12:30 PM
#518
I LOVE my IS 250 F Sport but just have a few things to gripe about. I quickly scrolled through all of the pages of this post and didn't see if these already mentioned but I apologize if they have:
1) When in Accessory Mode with the engine off and listening to music from any source, the car shuts off completely to save battery power after about 15 minutes. Can this be overridden? For example, I was at a drive-in movie last week and the movie audio was broadcast over an FM radio station. The car would shut off every 15 minutes so I had to press the Start/Stop button again each time to put the car back into Accessory Mode.
2) In the General Settings, there's an option to turn off the NAV display but while in Accessory Mode, I tried to shut the screen off (again because I was at the drive-in movie and it was too bright in the car) but the screen won't actually turn off completely. It continued to show the "F Sport" logo. I had to place an object physically in front of the screen to block the glare.
3) Like a previous person already mentioned, the intermittent wiper graphics on the wiper stalk are backwards. For shorter interval wipes on this car, you move the dial to the longer dash indicators. That's completely opposite to every other car I've ever owned. It's reversed. I think this is a complete goof and mistake by Lexus.
4) Bluetooth audio notifications for messages/texts etc from my iPhone to the car are hit or miss. I understand what settings need to be enabled on the car and the phone but sometimes it works, sometimes it just doesn't.
1) When in Accessory Mode with the engine off and listening to music from any source, the car shuts off completely to save battery power after about 15 minutes. Can this be overridden? For example, I was at a drive-in movie last week and the movie audio was broadcast over an FM radio station. The car would shut off every 15 minutes so I had to press the Start/Stop button again each time to put the car back into Accessory Mode.
2) In the General Settings, there's an option to turn off the NAV display but while in Accessory Mode, I tried to shut the screen off (again because I was at the drive-in movie and it was too bright in the car) but the screen won't actually turn off completely. It continued to show the "F Sport" logo. I had to place an object physically in front of the screen to block the glare.
3) Like a previous person already mentioned, the intermittent wiper graphics on the wiper stalk are backwards. For shorter interval wipes on this car, you move the dial to the longer dash indicators. That's completely opposite to every other car I've ever owned. It's reversed. I think this is a complete goof and mistake by Lexus.
4) Bluetooth audio notifications for messages/texts etc from my iPhone to the car are hit or miss. I understand what settings need to be enabled on the car and the phone but sometimes it works, sometimes it just doesn't.
Last edited by ancpratt; 08-13-14 at 12:38 PM.
08-14-14, 07:57 AM
#519
Is it only me? I noticed that when I press the on and off button on the rear view mirror I barely notice the difference on the mirror. I believe the button should dim the mirror at night.
08-14-14, 08:07 AM
#520
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Pushing the button only turns the dimming function and sensors on. It dims "on demand", so by having it on, you won't notice a difference unless there are bright lights shining on it, while in dark conditions. Once those conditions are removed, it returns to normal mode. It's kind of like putting it on standby. Hope that makes sense.
08-14-14, 08:15 AM
#521
Pushing the button only turns the dimming function and sensors on. It dims "on demand", so by having it on, you won't notice a difference unless there are bright lights shining on it, while in dark conditions. Once those conditions are removed, it returns to normal mode. It's kind of like putting it on standby. Hope that makes sense.
08-14-14, 08:20 AM
#522
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It is a pretty gradual fade when you turn it off. There's a decent difference when I tested it out with a car blinding me from behind.
08-20-14, 09:17 AM
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It's there you can try it out with a SUV behind you where the headlights are above an average sedan shining at both your exterior and rear view mirror.