2020 IS 350 F Sport

Apologies for asking a question that has been asked several times... I've been reading various threads on here on this topic and I'm just wondering if a solid "Go To" Apple CarPlay option has been established. I've been reading up on the Grom VL2 and on the Lexion. Curious to hear from those that have experience w/ either of those systems... or if there's another option people have tried.

 

I've had my Lexion unit with the larger screen for a little over a month. It's fantastic. No issues.
Everything is smooth, connects lightning fast (wired and wireless) and the screen makes a huge
difference. I paid $200 to have it installed. A guy on the forum came and saw it in action and loved
it as well. I'm in the Bay Area BTW. The communication is spotty with the company, but for me it was
worth the wait. I didn't want any issues and there are none.

 

There are several existing threads on same topic not sure if you did any search or read up on them. Maybe mod can combine all these separate threads.

 

Did you have a microphone installed? Do you have the mousepad or the non navigation IS? I'm really interested if you're saying it's that good.

Can you film a video of you using your trackpad and show a video of it booting up? Thanks in advance!

 

The shop did install the microphone that came with the unit and it works fine. Siri works great with it. I have a joystick in my IS with navigation. The joystick works perfectly with
both Lexus and Lexion. The only thing I cannot do is if I use any kind of sound from the Lexus side, I will not hear audio turn by turn directions
in CarPlay. Not a big deal. If I use Spotify or my radio app in CarPlay, then I will hear turn by turn directions. The screen is now 10.25 inches, so not having
audio turn by turn is not a big deal if I want to play music from the Lexus side, such as a CD, radio station that is not available in CarPlay, or my flash
drive. Here is a video done by a guy in the UK last year. The three apps you see in the video are on the left side here in the US, but other than that
it's the same. Boot time for CarPlay is lightning fast and there is a setting you can check to have it connect automatically.

 

Oh damn. That's nice! I didn't realize it came w/ touch screen.

Thanks Jazz, you Rock.

 

Forgot to mention it's a touch screen. You get what you pay for and in this case, it's worth it IMO.
I had a jazz rock fusion band at one point and now have Cream and Allman Brothers tribute bands.
Jazzrock on!

 

thanks for the info sir, did you try using google maps w/ no spotify audio and see if that worked? sometimes i like the ride to be silent while i listen to navigation only

 

Spotify works fine with audio turn by turn as it's from my phone in CarPlay. The issue is with audio from the Lexus side of music combined with audio turn by turn in CarPlay. I must have music when driving!

 

The way this system works is all audio from unit comes out in AUX input. So if you listen to OEM radio you will not hear any navigation audio from the unit until you switch back to AUX. It doesn’t work like oem navigation where you can hear both.

 

Which unit did you buy because I saw 2 on their site and how much was it w/ shipping? & does steering controls work, more specifically when you want to change it to next song?

 

There's only one unit plus the larger screen. There's no shipping cost. $850. Steering wheel controls work fine. I don't skip songs, so I can't tell you.

 

Hi Jazzrock, can you give me the name of the shop where you installed your Lexion HU? I live in Bay Area too. Thanks

 

Sorry I haven't gotten around to deleting some of my messages so I could respond to you.
This is the shop: https://hi-techcaraudio.com/
Highly recommended. I've had them do various installations with excellent results. It was $200 to do the Lexion installation.
I dropped it off at 9 and got it back about 1.
Rob

 

The Lexion unit does not work for 2018 IS 300 correct?