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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 04:48 PM
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Default Bluetooth Integration on the 4G

Those of you who have read or applied to my post (Why am I not as EXCITED as you!!?? ) already understand my uneasiness when it comes to my new 4G.

However as most of you predicted, I like the car more and more each day. With that said, the uneasiness I feel also seems to fade more and more each day. I am not in LOVE yet, but I am making progress.

As I drive the car I am discovering more and more things to like. Yesterday I discovered how tightly integrated Bluetooth is in the 4G. It is truly on another level and unlike anything I've owned in the past. Using the controls on the steering wheel or dash, I can skip forward or backwards on almost every music source on my phone. I tried Pandora (yeah i know there's an app for that ), Slacker Radio, LastFM, and a few other streaming sources. I also tried it with files stored directly on my phone and it all works!

Why is this a big deal? With other cars/suvs I've owned, I could only skip forward and backward directly from the phone. For example, if I was streaming Slacker Radio and wanted to advance to the next track, I had to wake up my phone, swipe to unlock, enter my pass code, go to the Slacker Radio application, and then advance the track. HUGE inconvenience and certainly not the safest!

The only car/suv i've owned that came close to the 4G was a 2010 Acura MDX. I could skip forward or backwards using the controls on the steering wheel or dash but ONLY when streaming music files stored directly on the phone. Streaming music services such as Slacker Radio, Pandora, LastFM, etc was a no-go.

Not bad Lexus....not bad!

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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 05:05 PM
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seems like easily and by far the best lexus multimedia ever :-)
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO!!!!! Enjoy. I'm going on a month with my GS, 1200 miles and i'm still loving it.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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Default Did you get to adjust your mouse input sensitivity?

Originally Posted by GX4704ME
Those of you who have read or applied to my post (Why am I not as EXCITED as you!!?? ) already understand my uneasiness when it comes to my new 4G.

Not bad Lexus....not bad!
Did you look through the sub menus in settings? They have an option to change your navigation's start up image or movie.
By the way.... Did you ever adjust that mouse sensitivity?
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by a6s
Did you ever adjust that mouse sensitivity?
Yep it worked great! Thanks again.....
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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Yupp its so easy to use this system i love this car had it for 5 day and im at 700km cant wait till break in is done to see how it feels
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