My 2004 RX330 has the version 3.01 DVD, if I bought the newer DVD ($275) would it only update the maps and Point of Interests or would it also update the software to what my wife's 2006 IS350 Nav System screen looks like? Has anyone an experience with the updated DVD's?
the nav system speaks highway names and exit numbers but not street names. do other manufacturer systems (acura, infiniti) say the street names? the only other system i've seen have it is garmin - is that exclusive to them at this point? is saying the street names something that can be added via a map update?
This may help. Lexus 5th Gen Nav Tutorial If you go to How To > Advanced System Setup it will show you how to turn off voice guidance. It seems like you select the menu button (right hand side), then click setup (on screen). Then hit the down arrow to access the second page. Go to Voice Recognition Guidance, and select off.
NAVI Commands Command Alternate Commands with same function Current position Current Location Map Cancel Zoom In Zoom Out Right Map Zoom In Right Map Zoom Out North Up Change to north up Heading Up Change to heading up Map direction Change to map direction Right map north up Right map heading up Right map direction Dual map Change to dual map Single map Change to single map Mark this point Mark Home Go Home Repeat Guidance Repeat voice, Repeat Louder Softer Arrow guidance Arrow guide, Change to arrow guidance, Change to arrow guide Turn list guidance Turn list guide, Change to turn list guidance, Change to turn list guide Entire Route map Entire route, route overview Delete next destination Cancel next destination Delete final destination Cancel final destination Delete all destinations Cancel all destinations Suspend guidance Stop guidance Resume guidance Start guidance Compass mode Change to compass mode Lane guidance Change to lane guidance, Guidance screen on freeway
AUDIO Commands Command Alternate Commands with same function Radio AM AM Radio FM FM Radio FM1 FM2 CD DVD CD Changer DVD Changer Cassette Tape Audio Audio on, Audio off Seek up Seek down Type up Type down Fast forward Rewind Reverse Program Next track Previous track Skip backward Play Track up Next track Track down Previous track Disc up Next disc Disc down Previous disc
Climate Commands Command Alternate Commands with same function Automatic Air Conditioning Automatic Air Conditioning On, Automatic Air Conditioning Off Raise Temperature Warmer Lower Temperature Cooler 65 Degrees Temperature 65 Degrees 82 Degrees Temperature 82 Degrees 83 Degrees Temperature 83 Degrees 84 Degrees Temperature 84 Degrees 85 Degrees Temperature 85 Degrees
Help Commands Command Alternate Commands with same function Help Command help, Command list
Everything but the phone commands, you can also ask it for a "command list" apparently.
Hi all, I got an IS 350 w/Navi and the Bluetooth will not automatically connect to my Motorola L7 even if I have (Auto-Connect) ON and my cellphone's Bluetooth enabled. Does anybody experience the same thing? Everytime when I am in my car, I have to connect the phone manually. :sick: Pls help!!
extremely helpful, thank you. i cant imagine why they are not in the owners manual. did you copy these from the car or get them from somewhere? are the phone codes on the nav screen help screen?
well i finally tried to input an address destination using voice input. here's what i find odd: when i say the street name, it repeats it back to me, in the nav system's voice not my voice. so, obviously, it can peak the street names. why doesn't it announce street names while driving? it appears to me it has the capability, but for some reason they have chosen to not have it active?
I'm wondering if any of you owner's know if a text message will display on the NAV screen. Will the Bluetooth interface retrieve an instant message and display it on the screen ?? I use a Motorola Pebbl phone.
I'd like to get in my car in the morning and have it tell me important messages that I have received from my job. (I've been using the bluetooth phone almost daily but I don't routinely use the text message option)
is there anyway to use the navigation while driving? can lexus take off the LOCK on the navi? it would be a lot easier to use the navi when i'm with a passenger without the hassle of stopping... thanks!
have a phone connected, is the phoen number supposed to show up on the screen only when driving, or always, or only when the number is in the phone book? or does it depend on the phone and signal strength?
this works on the 2006 but from what i hear not on the 2007. plus, it has to be re-entered every tikme you drive the car. now only if there's one to override the phone lockout.
Press Menu Press Volume Press the Top Left Corner of the Screen Press the Bottom Left Corner of the Screen Press the Top Left Corner of the Screen Press the Bottom Left Corner of the Screen
A Menu will come up.
Press and Hold Override for 5 seconds or until you hear a beep
I have my '07 IS250 AWD w/Nav,bluetooth and Razor V3 with T-Mobile.. The phone and bluetooth works fine except sometimes just suddenly lose the bluetooth signals and phone gets disconnected :mad:
I've tried to re-connect the phone with bluetooth sys. but it won't get re-connected until I re-start the engine and it gets reconnected automatically?? Please help if anyone has the same experience or there is any way to get the phone and bluetooth reconnected? Thank you.
I've had similar experiences in my '06 IS250AWD and PEBL (Motorola) with T-Mobile. On rare occasions the signal is dropped and so the phone is disconnected. It seems to happen at the same place on the same highway during my commute, so I assume it is a relative "dead zone" for T-Mobile, even though this is in the heart of a large metro area.
You said that you have "tried to re-connect the phone with bluetooth sys, but it fails". Have you tried turning the phone off and back on ?
To re-connect I usually have to physically turn off the phone and turn it back on. This way the phone re-pairs to the Bluetooth system in the car. It always works for me. Your method of re-starting the engine will do the same thing (basically a re-boot). However, if you are driving and don't want to pull over, just try the cell-phone off/on.
It would only update the map & POI data. The software is not updated to make the system look or behave like newer systems. That's a pretty old map disc so if you're going to keep the vehicle for a while (and you use the nav system regularly) it might be worth upgrading.
when multiple bluetooth phones are paired, is it possible to tell the vehicle to automatically pair with any phone it sees, rather than having to go to the screen to choose a phone. example- i have phones a and b paired. i choose phone a to connect. if i get in the car with phone b (phone a not present) it doesnt connect - i have to go to the menu and choose the phone. one would think the system would be intelligent enough to figure this out itself.
MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS STUCK IN THE DAY MODE. THE DAY MODE BUTTON DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE DISPLAY MENU(this is an IS 350)...any suggestions on how to get the day mode off when it is night time?
I'm a first time Lexus driver and have a question about the navigation system in my 2007 IS250. When I go on the freeway the nav has been telling me to exit off the wrong exit. For example, I was going to 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica the other day and it told me to exit off some exit in downtown LA, which is about 15 miles away from Santa Monica. When I don't exit, it would recalculate and tell me to exit off the following exit until I finally exited at the correct exit. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is this a system issue or is it a user error? Please advise. Thanks!!!
My guess would be that the Nav system was giving you directions for what it considered the shortest or fastest route which may not be the route you want. The Nav system uses preset speeds for freeways, surface streets, etc so it calculates freeways at 55 mph when in reality, the freeway may be only going 25 mph. When you don't follow the directions, it calculates a new route which may be reverse to the original route or all together new, depending on which it thinks is quicker/shorter, etc. You may also have input the destination incorrectly as you have to watch which city on places that have the same names, etc. Hope this helps, my NAV system has actually shown me new and better ways to get some places I have been going to for years.
It sounds like you have your Route Preferences set to not use freeways. When you're setting a route press Route Preferences and make sure the Allow Freeways setting is on. If you're already in a route, press the Route on-screen button and select Route Preferences from there.
I just keep all options on all the time. The preferences are persistent so you don't have to set these each time.
speed tones allow you to send access codes for things like voice-mail extensions or other calls that require passkey #'s. (EG: you call your office voice-mail system and it asks you to enter your password followed by the # key)that info can be set up and sent as a speed tone.
the directions for setting speedtones were not included with the owners manual. For step by step setup instructions, contact your local dealership's service manager, and ask him/her to get with their shops diag specialist for a copy of the step by step instructions issued to them by the factory.
Hi, I recently bought the IS250 2007. I have a blackberry pearl and it works great with the navigation system. I have 2 questions. Where's the DVD player located in the car that holds the map info? and since you can store info is there anyway you can inpuit your own icons or change the Voices?
I think it's behind the console somewhere. Your Navigation operating manual should tell you where it is. There is no way to change icons or voices as far as I know.
Hi Everyone, I have a 2007 IS 250 w/navigation. Playing around with the navigation I accidentally put Chinese restaurant, banks and gas station icons on the screen. All of these icons appear wherever I go now if they are in the area. I was wondering how I will be able to delete these icons without deleting my memory points such as my house and work areas. Please advise! Thanks!
I am picking up my IS 250 next week and wanted to read the Navigation/Bluetooth instructions prior to picking up the car. Short of getting the booklet from a dealer - is there anyplace online I can go to read up on the system?
Hi..By any chance do you know what the cable connector types are on the MP3 conn to aux is for the IS250 ? Are both ends same connector ? Thanks in advance
Both ends are the same, I think it is called a mini or 1/8" connector...it uses the headphone connector of your MP3 player, meaning it basically has a headphone connector at both ends. I bought one for a few bucks at Radio Shack. Hope that helps.
No I didn't. You are probably speaking to someone not familiar with the Lexus IS 250. I don't know all of the ins and outs of the system but I do know I can use a voice command to raise or lower temperature - to turn on the AC - to change a radio station, etc. All of the commands are in the book.
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Hope that helps,
Netwon
NAVI Commands
Command Alternate Commands with same function
Current position Current Location
Map
Cancel
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Right Map Zoom In
Right Map Zoom Out
North Up Change to north up
Heading Up Change to heading up
Map direction Change to map direction
Right map north up
Right map heading up
Right map direction
Dual map Change to dual map
Single map Change to single map
Mark this point Mark
Home Go Home
Repeat Guidance Repeat voice, Repeat
Louder
Softer
Arrow guidance Arrow guide, Change to arrow guidance, Change to arrow guide
Turn list guidance Turn list guide, Change to turn list guidance, Change to turn list guide
Entire Route map Entire route, route overview
Delete next destination Cancel next destination
Delete final destination Cancel final destination
Delete all destinations Cancel all destinations
Suspend guidance Stop guidance
Resume guidance Start guidance
Compass mode Change to compass mode
Lane guidance Change to lane guidance, Guidance screen on freeway
AUDIO Commands
Command Alternate Commands with same function
Radio
AM AM Radio
FM FM Radio
FM1
FM2
CD
DVD
CD Changer
DVD Changer
Cassette
Tape
Audio Audio on, Audio off
Seek up
Seek down
Type up
Type down
Fast forward
Rewind
Reverse Program
Next track
Previous track
Skip backward
Play
Track up Next track
Track down Previous track
Disc up Next disc
Disc down Previous disc
Climate Commands
Command Alternate Commands with same function
Automatic Air Conditioning Automatic Air Conditioning On, Automatic Air Conditioning Off
Raise Temperature Warmer
Lower Temperature Cooler
65 Degrees Temperature 65 Degrees
82 Degrees Temperature 82 Degrees
83 Degrees Temperature 83 Degrees
84 Degrees Temperature 84 Degrees
85 Degrees Temperature 85 Degrees
Help Commands
Command Alternate Commands with same function
Help Command help, Command list
Everything but the phone commands, you can also ask it for a "command list" apparently.
Hope that helps,
Netwon
Netwon
I'm wondering if any of you owner's know if a text message will display on the NAV screen.
Will the Bluetooth interface retrieve an instant message and display it on the screen ?? I use a Motorola Pebbl phone.
I'd like to get in my car in the morning and have it tell me important messages that I have received from my job.
(I've been using the bluetooth phone almost daily but I don't routinely use the text message option)
Thanks for the input in advance
Press Menu
Press Volume
Press the Top Left Corner of the Screen
Press the Bottom Left Corner of the Screen
Press the Top Left Corner of the Screen
Press the Bottom Left Corner of the Screen
A Menu will come up.
Press and Hold Override for 5 seconds or until you hear a beep
Hit back
I've tried to re-connect the phone with bluetooth sys. but it won't get re-connected until I re-start the engine and it gets reconnected automatically?? Please help if anyone has the same experience or there is any way to get the phone and bluetooth reconnected? Thank you.
You said that you have "tried to re-connect the phone with bluetooth sys, but it fails". Have you tried turning the phone off and back on ?
To re-connect I usually have to physically turn off the phone and turn it back on. This way the phone re-pairs to the Bluetooth system in the car. It always works for me. Your method of re-starting the engine will do the same thing (basically a re-boot). However, if you are driving and don't want to pull over, just try the cell-phone off/on.
I have been bashing my head trying to do this for too long without success !! :confuse:
also, when programming a pause into a number, it does nothing. it just dials the number like usual and doesnt send the digits.
when programming a wait, during the call you have to hit the 0-9 button and then send the tone. seems kind of odd.
I'm a first time Lexus driver and have a question about the navigation system in my 2007 IS250. When I go on the freeway the nav has been telling me to exit off the wrong exit. For example, I was going to 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica the other day and it told me to exit off some exit in downtown LA, which is about 15 miles away from Santa Monica. When I don't exit, it would recalculate and tell me to exit off the following exit until I finally exited at the correct exit. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is this a system issue or is it a user error? Please advise. Thanks!!!
When you don't follow the directions, it calculates a new route which may be reverse to the original route or all together new, depending on which it thinks is quicker/shorter, etc.
You may also have input the destination incorrectly as you have to watch which city on places that have the same names, etc. Hope this helps, my NAV system has actually shown me new and better ways to get some places I have been going to for years.
I just keep all options on all the time. The preferences are persistent so you don't have to set these each time.
the directions for setting speedtones were not included with the owners manual. For step by step setup instructions, contact your local dealership's service manager, and ask him/her to get with their shops diag specialist for a copy of the step by step instructions issued to them by the factory.
I have a 2007 IS 250 w/navigation. Playing around with the navigation I accidentally put Chinese restaurant, banks and gas station icons on the screen. All of these icons appear wherever I go now if they are in the area. I was wondering how I will be able to delete these icons without deleting my memory points such as my house and work areas. Please advise! Thanks!
Andy
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Thanks in advance
I know on the TL (with Navi), it has voice command to control the navi/audio/temperature.
How about the Lexus? Does it ONLY control the navi? Thanks
on the TL, you can say "Disc 3 Track 4" and it plays that particular song. Or say "60 F" and it turns the A/C to that temperature.
I am confused now.
Is there a setting that returns to the NAV screen and makes the audible prompts while i am on the phone using the bluetooth hands free?
This other salesperson called me and I asked him again, and he said it only controls the NAVI.
So thats why I ask if you have the Mark Levinson