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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 07:43 AM
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Hey all. Just picked up my 3IS last week and this is my first post to the forum. After doing some searching on here I couldn't find any answers to this weird bluetooth problem I'm having. My iPhone connects to the unit just fine and I can make and receive phone calls as well as get my messages. However, when I go to play music over bluetooth the audio plays through the phone. The track information shows up on the car's display as well as the album art.

I've paired and unpaired several time to no avail. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 08:15 AM
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In general settings, under bluetooth, you must choose connect as 1) Phone and 2) bluetooth audio...

Then on your iphone, you must select "Lexus" as the output. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen when the music is playing on your phone and you can change from "speaker" or "iphone" to your car...
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