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Old May 4, 2020 | 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by mmhmbeer
Any idea where I can get one that ships to the US?
Message the guy, he sent it to me in the UK, no reason why he wouldn't send to you in the US.

I'd also ordered the splitter cable, when I first fitted mine the nav screen wouldn't work, had to fit this to get it working.
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Old May 5, 2020 | 01:15 AM
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That looks a good kit, you will probably need a splitter cable for it though.
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Old Jan 12, 2021 | 08:50 PM
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I purchased one of the Lsailt kits nearly two years ago. Back then they did Carplay, but not wireless Carplay. I thought I saw information on what module to purchase to add wireless Carplay, but it is buried in the thread. Has anyone purchased just the wireless module to add on to an older system lately? Can you send me in the right direction?
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Old Nov 24, 2021 | 07:13 PM
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So i purchased my headunit swap a year and half ago for my 2016 lexus from aliexpress. It was working great till recently. A few days ago the screen went gray and now you dont see anything on the screen but it turns on. anyone else experience this problem before?
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Old Dec 11, 2021 | 02:43 PM
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anyone find a different place to put the GROM box other than the glovebox? it keeps cutting in and out everytime i close and open the damn thing.
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Old May 27, 2022 | 02:08 PM
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I ordered the Roadmap kit for my 2019 F-Sport with Nav and Mark Levinson. I'lll let you guys know how it goes when I get it.
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Old May 28, 2022 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by steven4422
i have lexus rx350 2008

with mark levinson sound system

how do i play my iphone music via bluetooth thru speakers?

what do i need to buy?
The one that I installed was the US Spec BT45-TOY in my 2008 RX350. Sound is amazing and even comes with a mic for phone calls.

I’ve had it for two years now without any issues. Complete wireless Bluetooth. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face!
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Old Jan 28, 2023 | 07:35 AM
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I see that Grom has the Lexus 2014-2020 VLite VT2 CarPlay® Android® Auto Infotainment System for pre-order at $430 until February 5. Anyone had experiences with these systems? I am just looking to add CarPlay support with no stretched icons to my 2017 RX450h and not looking for the full system.
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Originally Posted by lexnewbi
I see that Grom has the Lexus 2014-2020 VLite VT2 CarPlay® Android® Auto Infotainment System for pre-order at $430 until February 5. Anyone had experiences with these systems? I am just looking to add CarPlay support with no stretched icons to my 2017 RX450h and not looking for the full system.
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Originally Posted by Boyzky350
The one that I installed was the US Spec BT45-TOY in my 2008 RX350. Sound is amazing and even comes with a mic for phone calls.

I’ve had it for two years now without any issues. Complete wireless Bluetooth. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face!
I have a 08 Rx350 AWD with Nav. Beside the kit, do I need a split cable ? If so, do you have a link ?
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Old Feb 9, 2024 | 03:12 PM
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I installed the RoadTop a few weeks ago on 2017 Lexus RX450h. The system is fine. My first power up, the screen had a flicker on the last couple of rows. It seemed the background image was trying to peek through. I switch the DIP switches to the next option and flicker was gone. Had to tweak the system settings to lower the top limit a bit so it would not cut pixels.

Overall, the system does what I want. The audio quality is good, the phone calls are good, the map is good, it connects wirelessly every time. Screen display is good without stretched icons. Siri actually understands me and gives prompt directions. Installation was quite straightforward. The instructions were a little off in the english translation, but readable.

Drawbacks:
- Joystick is very difficult to control. Right to left is the easiest movement. But it is hard to move to the next icon. Tried different settings and their suggestions, but not much difference between them.
- Every now and then, the image switches to the factory system screen with a bluetooth phone not paired error. I had removed my bluetooth paring of the phone from the car's factory system before installation of RoadTop. Pressing down the menu gets it back to Car Play.
- Cannot hear the radio at the same time as direction guidance since the CarPlay uses AUX channel. So I have to choose either radio or directions by switching the audio mode from AUX to FM Radio.
- I have the larger screen set to auto change to the 360 cameras. The split screen just shows whatever button I pressed last from the factory system. It would be really nice to have navigation on the split screen, but impossible due to the 2 mode operation: CarPlay or factory system.

For $200 it was a good buy. Wanted to get BeatSonic, but their $750 price was excessive.

I placed the control unit at the foremost part of the console next to the passenger feet. Cables were long enough to reach there and easy to pull out if something needed reconfiguration.

Wireless CarPlay is very nice. I have a MagSafe holder from Mighty Mount that powers the phone while connected to CarPlay, so it does not drain the battery: https://www.themightymount.com/colle...pro-car-mounts
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Old Feb 26, 2024 | 06:56 AM
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Roadtop installed can’t figure out the AirPlay mirroring yet though not too fussed about that really, perhaps a software update required. Needed to go back in there after initial install as needed to add the joystick extension cable and hence flick 1 ON the toggle switch settings too, think you’ll know if you need that as you’ll hear the joystick / remote lever interacting with Lexus UI simultaneously whilst navigating the CarPlay menu post install and… if you hear that, you certainly do not want to be there. After installing the joystick extension cable, navigating the CarPlay menu is much better but still mainly stick to left and right movements though.

Anyone figured out what the ‘CarPlay Optimisation setting’ in the Roadtop settings does if you change it? I haven’t bothered interacting with that setting and just left it default.
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On the RoadTop, now callers are informing me of a lot of echo during phone calls. What settings have others used to improve the echo cancelation?

On my first set of calls, it was pretty good. Now the caller volume is low and if I increase the volume, the caller's get a lot of echo.
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Old Feb 27, 2024 | 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by lexnewbi
On the RoadTop, now callers are informing me of a lot of echo during phone calls. What settings have others used to improve the echo cancelation?

On my first set of calls, it was pretty good. Now the caller volume is low and if I increase the volume, the caller's get a lot of echo.
Think some people had success by cycling through the different mic audio settings in Roadtop settings (think lx570 cured some people’s echo issues) I’d cycle through them and test the call quality.
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Old Oct 3, 2024 | 09:58 AM
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I was thinking about this mod for one of our RX350

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