Do your phone still works in your LS 400
03-04-10, 10:16 PM
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Do your phone still works in your LS 400
I just got my LS 400 1993 and the phone system still works but no service.
Just curious how many people still have the phone in their car and if their Control on the steering still works..
Just curious how many people still have the phone in their car and if their Control on the steering still works..
03-04-10, 10:19 PM
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Still have to phone in my car. Everything on it stil works and the controls on the steering wheel work as well. There will NEVER be service available for that phone as it is an analog phone and technology has LONG since passed it by. Now it is just a novelty item.
03-04-10, 10:27 PM
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Great! I like the look of it.. I think I have a plan for it.. I will see what I can do with it to make it work.. or usefull.. I was just curious how many people still have it in their car and if it works...
03-04-10, 11:12 PM
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Give me a few months. I think I will have some good new soon...
I guess I will post the good new here along with a youtube video.
I guess I will post the good new here along with a youtube video.
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03-05-10, 07:23 AM
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No. They are not the same. I lost count of the different phone systems available in the LS400 over the 11 model years. Five? Six? 1993 was the first model year a portable handset as well as a fixed handset was available in the LS400.
Attached are diagrams for the phone systems in the 93 and 96 LS -- locations of some components are different between the two systems. 95 was the first year the phone antenna was imprinted on the rear window eliminating the need for an external antenna.
My recommendation is to carefully unplug all the Lexus phone components and free up some space in your console and trunk. Leaving the remote on the steering wheel doesn't seem to hurt anything although you can probably buy a plastic blank to cover the hole left by removing it.
A few aftermarket Bluetooth phone kits have remote controls that can be mounted on a steering wheel. Attached is a diagram showing the remote for the Parrot 9000 Series Bluetooth kits. If I was installing one of those, I might try to fabricate a bracket and install it where the Lexus phone remote is attached.
I don't see much advantage ... its easy enough to mount a phone kit microphone on the headliner or elsewhere. Aftermarket phone kits can be particular about microphones -- it's not like you can plug in any microphone and expect it to work with any phone kit.
Attached are diagrams for the phone systems in the 93 and 96 LS -- locations of some components are different between the two systems. 95 was the first year the phone antenna was imprinted on the rear window eliminating the need for an external antenna.
My recommendation is to carefully unplug all the Lexus phone components and free up some space in your console and trunk. Leaving the remote on the steering wheel doesn't seem to hurt anything although you can probably buy a plastic blank to cover the hole left by removing it.
A few aftermarket Bluetooth phone kits have remote controls that can be mounted on a steering wheel. Attached is a diagram showing the remote for the Parrot 9000 Series Bluetooth kits. If I was installing one of those, I might try to fabricate a bracket and install it where the Lexus phone remote is attached.
I don't see much advantage ... its easy enough to mount a phone kit microphone on the headliner or elsewhere. Aftermarket phone kits can be particular about microphones -- it's not like you can plug in any microphone and expect it to work with any phone kit.
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03-05-10, 07:57 AM
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Thanks for the diagrams
I have been searching all night for that.. Thanks..
I will let you know how it goes.. but I'm working on something that I think everyone who have that system in their car would love..
and not at a hight price.. So I will get working on it... thanks for your feedback.
I will let you know how it goes.. but I'm working on something that I think everyone who have that system in their car would love..
and not at a hight price.. So I will get working on it... thanks for your feedback.
03-05-10, 11:37 AM
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I worked for BellSouth Mobility that became Cingular that became At&T...Then after they pissed me off I went to work for Verizon as a store manager...Analog service is gone gone...Shut down...closed..Even tho your phone has no service plan and no telephone number...IF there was analog signal in the area the phone WOULD have the indication bars on the display indicating signal. I am assuming it is a motorola handset. I have heard in extreme rural areas in Wy and MT and a few coastal communities there are mom and pop cell providers that offer analog service but I think they have all been gobble up by the bigboys..
Heck my mother has a 2003 Mercedes clk320 cabrio that has a digital motorola Timeport in it and she cant get it activated because of the age of the phone and 911 gps shananagans..
Heck my mother has a 2003 Mercedes clk320 cabrio that has a digital motorola Timeport in it and she cant get it activated because of the age of the phone and 911 gps shananagans..
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Hi I also have one of the anolog phones in my car. When the car was new I used it for about a year. It was a nice thought. Tecnology went past that so fast it was left in the dust. I should have ripped it out years ago. Now that I have lost my fear of the car I'm thinking I will remove it soon. It's not worth the effort of saving.
