I have the Lexus installed XM radio on my '04 LS430. When I hit the text button to view the name of the song and the artist, it only allows 10 characters so many of the titles and song names are cut off. There's certainly enough space on the screen for more characters. My Lexus dealer told me to call XM because it was their issue.

I checked with XM and they told me they send out 16 characters, so it was a Lexus issue. My friend has an Acura TL with XM and he gets 16 characters, so XM was correct.

Anyone out there who has XM get more than 10 characters on their screen or is this a limitation of the Lexus system?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Stan

 

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Thanks. I guess the Acura has a different unit because it picks up all 16 characters that XM sends out.

 

my vaistech xm mod installed as a md changer gives more than 10 characters too.

 

I traded an 04 tl for my current ls 430 and the tl nav/xm system is far better than the ls combo. well the oem combo anyway. the voice commands for changing stations and the overall integration is terrific. the ls 430 overall is a much better car though.