yup, that would work. but by doing that, might as well just burn a mp3 cd

 

Well, the goal is to not have to keep swapping discs. By ripping them to the hard drive, I can save the spots in the changer for my favorite DVD-A and DVD-V discs.

 

I finally got a Blackberry (8830) that will transfer all the contacts to the car. Here is a tip (learned the hard way). You probaly have hundreds of numbers you don't want on the car but the cell phone transfers all at once. Tranfer all your contacts to ANOTHER GROUP (01,02,etc) and don't use the default "No Group" 00. This way you can reassign the numbers you want to keep to new groups and then DELETE the download group with all the contacts you don't want in one pass. If you dump into Group 00 (default No Group), you have to delete one at a time!!

 

i try to transfer my contacts to the car, when i hit the transfer button, my phone's bluetooth was disconnect from the car by itself and on the nav screen it show phone's transfer but it took forever to finish the transfer, I could not wait that long so I press the cancel button. I try this like 10 times already and they was took so damn long. why is this happen? anyone know?

 

^^ this happened to me too. i think that it just dont work with some phones. but i would like to know this too.

 

too add to this > automatic air filter DOESN'T work when outside temperature is lower then 5 degrees of celcius. It doesn't work on ALL lexus models. Only in LS it is possible to make it work is to turn the "Air Purifier" off if your ls has it.

In other way it shows that it works in auto mode but all the time it takes air from outside.

I founded this out after several months of complains of my ls, and at last Japanese answered that it should be like this. Going to complain dealer for lower price for next lexuses for this not fully working option..

 

Update on the cell phone transfer. When I first told thephone to transfer, the NAV system popped up the transfer in progress screen - BUT the phone then immediately said bluetooth connection lost. I found out by accident that I just had to hit the file transfer selection ON THE PHONE again and suddenly the NAV showed the transfer going on. I transferred over 550 contacts in about one minute.

Prior to that, I thought the bluetooth was really lost - apparently it was not and hitting the file transfer instead of messing with "re-linking" the bluetooth, it worked.

Hope that helps. Again it was Blackberry 8830 - Verizon (supposedly the worst one to do file transfers)

 

is there a quick way to close all windows and sunroof at the touch of one button? Like the roll down option works by holding the unlock button down on smart key.

 

i believe press and hold the lock button on the door? that's my guess, can't remember. otherwise you can put in the mechanical key and turn/hold in the lock position, which can be quite troublesome

 

Nope, Lexus disabled this feature on the US spec cars. Same deal on my IS - what goes down does not go up.

Interestingly, Lexus has most of the features discussed across the model line. My IS has the rear sunshine with auto retract, the smog detector w/sensitivity settings, ventilated seats, etc. Of course, no auto trunk.

 

that works on my car...

 

you sure? i am almost 100% sure the mechanical key will work (on my gs400, is300, and sc430, they worked fine)

and sbdan confirmed the lock button works?

 

i will try that tomorrow. wow 550 contact, i only got like 150.

 

Yes, the mechanical key will work, but by the time I disengage it from the fob, pop the cover off the door, and sit there holding the key to the correct position, I could just open the driver's door and press all four auto "up".

Overseas the remote works for auto up and down. In the US Lexus is too paranoid about litigation.

 

Serendipity today. If you press the "telephone call" button on the steering wheel TWICE, the system will automatically dial the last number called.