Nav screen on or off
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Nav screen on or off
Which is normal? Should Nav screen be on or off after you start the car?
Only have put 2K miles on my 2011 460, so I am not used to everything yet.
But I was ready to get the dealer to program the screen to default to off. It was always showing the map every time I started the car. So every time I hit screen off. Most of the time I don’t use it and figured to save wear and tear on the screen. I checked the manual and it said the dealer had to change this. Was not one of the settings I could change. And I did not see a place to change it myself.
Now recently it may have changed itself. When I start the car the screen shows Lexus Enform for a few seconds then goes black or screen is off. Except when I use reverse and the backup camera in on. This is great and what I wanted. But why did it change and what is normal. Did I change a setting somehow that could only be done by the dealer?
Seems strange.
Thanks
Only have put 2K miles on my 2011 460, so I am not used to everything yet.
But I was ready to get the dealer to program the screen to default to off. It was always showing the map every time I started the car. So every time I hit screen off. Most of the time I don’t use it and figured to save wear and tear on the screen. I checked the manual and it said the dealer had to change this. Was not one of the settings I could change. And I did not see a place to change it myself.
Now recently it may have changed itself. When I start the car the screen shows Lexus Enform for a few seconds then goes black or screen is off. Except when I use reverse and the backup camera in on. This is great and what I wanted. But why did it change and what is normal. Did I change a setting somehow that could only be done by the dealer?
Seems strange.
Thanks
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If you manually turned it off..it will remember the setting the next time until you hit one of the buttons to turn the screen on again it will keep working that way. I run with my display off too for that exact reason
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This all started for me back in my Hyundai days..around 1992. The damn dash cluster lights would burn out fast and they were a beatch to replace..so I drove with them dimmer than normal and they never burned out lol. At night especially, if I don't need the screen on I just turn it off. When it is on, it's because I have my Android phone emulated on the nav screen via my IVIC
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This all started for me back in my Hyundai days..around 1992. The damn dash cluster lights would burn out fast and they were a beatch to replace..so I drove with them dimmer than normal and they never burned out lol. At night especially, if I don't need the screen on I just turn it off. When it is on, it's because I have my Android phone emulated on the nav screen via my IVIC
And keeping things dim might actually shorten their life.
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And I plan on keeping the car 10 years. Have not decided yet on extended warranty. But what is the price of a new screen, 8K.
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Screen on for????? To see the same map of the same street of the same town that you've lived on for the last God knows how many years? LOL. The screen comes on temporarily when I switch a channel, adjust something or whatever. That's good enough for me. However, like TEE said...screen on for IVIC etc.
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I had NAV in my two previous LS's with mileage over 120K and never turned the screen off, I think the electronics in our cars are more reliable/solid than say our German competitors. Sure components can fail or have rare bug but I'm not going to be paranoid about something breaking spoils the ownership experience so I enjoy the car and all it's features. I don't think I ever said this on CL, I have to say that I love my car!
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If it helps, my old 2003 ES300 is still in the family. 170k miles now and going on 11 years old. Screen has never been turned off, still works great. These screens are very long lived.
I like having the map up there all the time, plus its a feature of my car and I see no reason to turn off the big beautiful screen.
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I agree with this.
If it helps, my old 2003 ES300 is still in the family. 170k miles now and going on 11 years old. Screen has never been turned off, still works great. These screens are very long lived.
I like having the map up there all the time, plus its a feature of my car and I see no reason to turn off the big beautiful screen.
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