There is a guy down the road from me selling his Toyota Harrier (Lexus RX330). He had originally imported this from Japan so hence the Harrier bits and pieces.

The main issue I have with the car is that the navigation unit is all in Japanese. Hence the GPS is in Japanese, bluetooth (yes on a 2003) is in Japanese, TV is in Japanese (wrong signal), buttons for the whole nav unit (except for a few here and there) and in Japanese.

How hard is it going to be to convert from Japanese to English? Will I need a new screen? Will I just need a software update? Is it just going to be a different disc? The buttons to change menus I can live with, but it's more the touch screen functions that are a problem.

Additionally the radio, as it is Japanese, is a different source code here in Australia, so I would have to get a different unit. That bit is not overly hard to do, so it's the least of my concerns.

Anyone know anybody that has done this? Was it a pain? Should I not bother and just buy a locally delivered one?

I also found the difference between the Australian delivered RX330 and the Japanese Harrier (AIR Suspension, additional cameras on the mirrors and the front bar, some other stuff I haven't found yet).

Thoughts?

 

In short, find a domestically prepared unit for Australia and forget about all these hassles you would have to deal with otherwise. Not worth the costs nor your sanity in trying to convert.

 

^^Plus 2. Save yourself some agony. Just get some upgrades on the acc you want to install in your RX.

 

I'd be a cool collector car, even in the U.S. But can't you try swapping out the NAV DVD for an Australian one and it'd be in English?

 

This post:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...-location.html
mentions change from Jap. to Eng., among other matters. Don't recommend....

 

Thanks Paul. I created that other thread after I had done some research on the matter.