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Old Jun 21, 2020 | 06:33 AM
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Hello all, I'm new here. Just picked up an 05 LS430 yesterday. Black on tan. Modern Luxury. 119k miles. Drove it 4 hours home and I've never been in a smoother car.

I would like to see what y'all recommend for a Bluetooth audio solution. Thanks in advance
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Old Jun 21, 2020 | 07:15 AM
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Hello all, I'm new here. Just picked up an 05 LS430 yesterday. Black on tan. Modern Luxury. 119k miles. Drove it 4 hours home and I've never been in a smoother car.

I would like to see what y'all recommend for a Bluetooth audio solution. Thanks in advance
This thread may be of help to start: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...-question.html
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Old Jun 21, 2020 | 05:40 PM
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This is one of the go-to solutions

Amazon Amazon
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Old Jun 23, 2020 | 10:11 AM
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Congrats. If you don't want to remove your dash and install a vais or similar unit, this is what I used before I got my recent car:
THIS THIS
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Old Jun 23, 2020 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by R Z
Congrats. If you don't want to remove your dash and install a vais or similar unit, this is what I used before I got my recent car:
May you please advise where there is an AUX port is in the LS430.... (Wouldn't one have to take the dash apart to install one if there is not one.) Or, how does it work in an LS430?
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Old Jul 28, 2020 | 05:07 PM
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I just recently installed one of these (only works with non-Nakamichi systems) .. GROM
Installation was easy - less than an hour (but I've not yet routed/installed the microphone) - and it works flawlessly.
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Originally Posted by Frankg2
I just recently installed one of these (only works with non-Nakamichi systems) .. GROM
Installation was easy - less than an hour (but I've not yet routed/installed the microphone) - and it works flawlessly.
Nice....
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Originally Posted by waynedog
I ended up ordering this unit from Amazon. It works great. Tuned it to 87.7 FM and streaming music from my iphone sounds perfect through the ML system. Bluetooth phone calls work great also. I have XM on my phone (wife has XM subscription in her car) so I can stream XM through this unit. Based on this, I am thinking about just using this and not trying to fix the SAT/XM issues in my car.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Old Jul 28, 2020 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ellesse

That's what I've got installed. Works great.
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Old Jul 28, 2020 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jabberwock
That's what I've got installed. Works great.
Nice to be able to use radio controls for calls ...
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Old Jul 29, 2020 | 05:56 AM
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bt45-toy and dont look back.
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