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Lexus LS 460 Suggested Improvements
rennybosch
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The CD player should be able to remember where you left off FOR EACH CD SEPARATELY.
For example, I am listening to an audio book on CD #1. Then a friend joins me and I play music on CD #2. After he has left I want to resume CD #1 where I left off. Currently, it starts all over at the beginning of the CD. If I was smart enough to notice where I left off I can manually resume there, but I would like the machine to remember that for me.
Naturally if I remove the CD and then re-insert it, it should start at the beginning, but since the machine can hold 6 CD's, it should allow switching among them without losing its place.
I would think this would be just a fairly simple firmware enhancement. I hereby authorize Lexus to implement this idea without paying me any royalties.
For example, I am listening to an audio book on CD #1. Then a friend joins me and I play music on CD #2. After he has left I want to resume CD #1 where I left off. Currently, it starts all over at the beginning of the CD. If I was smart enough to notice where I left off I can manually resume there, but I would like the machine to remember that for me.
Naturally if I remove the CD and then re-insert it, it should start at the beginning, but since the machine can hold 6 CD's, it should allow switching among them without losing its place.
I would think this would be just a fairly simple firmware enhancement. I hereby authorize Lexus to implement this idea without paying me any royalties.
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Presumably there would need to be some safety precautions. Perhaps it should only work from a rather limited distance, and only with a line-of-sight connection. And maybe only if the car is locked and without occupants. Or something else.
But the basic idea would be that in very hot or very cold weather, the initial comfort level when entering the car would be much improved.
Do their back seats recline?
Huh? As an Add On? Or what?
Great - the lawyers strike again!!
http://lexus.jp/models/is/spec/accessory/safety.html
(bottom left item)
http://www.lexus-parts.com/partlist.asp?SubCategoryID=22&ModelID=151
There is an effort to import them into the US, but so far still waiting (on ClubLexus):
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202758
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :mad:
In my '03 LX, the CD player does remember the exact part of a song I was playing before I switched to something else. Everytime I switch back, it starts from the next lyric on the song I was playing earlier... Can your LS not do this already ?
On your LX do you have a multiple CD player? If so, what brand is it?
What you are seeking is a request for the electronics world, not Lexus, and I doubt it's worth the investment or if it's even possible. I didn't understand what you were requesting until your last post. I had thought the same as OAC - that you couldn't come back to the spot in your CD if you switched modes.
DVR's work the same way as far as I know. Switch off a recorded show to a live one and your exit spot is preserved. But switch to another recorded show and it's probably lost. I'm not 100%v sure on this as I don't remember having tested this. I do have a multiple disc DVD player at home and it also only keeps track of one DVD's exit position, not multiple DVD exit positions. Again - I don't even know if what you want is possible.
It's possible a DVR does what you want though or will do so in the future. I can see it happening there, and if that's the case then it's possible the new LS460L or future models of it and other cars will be able to do it off the hard disk.
I guess you are right, ljflx. Thanks for your reply.
As far as home DVR's are concerned, mine (a Motorola unit furnished by Adelphia, which recently became Time Warner) does remember position for each program separately. I had recorded "Ocean's 11" (the original with the Sinatra rat pack), along with several other programs. After starting to watch the movie for a while, I switched over to watch a stored Seinfeld episode, and then a stored news program, and the next day I went back to the movie and it resumed exactly where it left off. Of course the unit wasn't reading different CD's, it was just reading from different locations on the hard disk, but it did have to remember "current position" for each recorded program.
That's what I would like to see in the Mark Levinson.
Mine does as well - just tested it. So if you can store your music in CD groupings than the hard disc should be able to do the same thing with music that the DVR does with video.
You may have to buy that 2007 LS afterall !
Yes, mine already does that, and also when the phone rings, the CD stops and resumes right where it stopped after the call is through.
I'm planning on it. Around next May, when I can get about 10% off MSRP.
You're gonna need a lot of prayers to get 10% off this car in the this model year. Be hopeful they are discounting at all.
I don't see any downside to this, and it surely can't be very expensive to make the program change (except for the Quality Control costs). So, Mark Levinson, or whoever does the Nav program, please consider this in the next generation.
Example, the other day on the way to a Miami Heat game I entered "American Airlines Arena" -- Nothing. I input "American" and then hit "List" -- BINGO!!
Luckily we can bypass the "no input while driving" feature so my wife can play with the name/address while on the way to the location.
Denso, I think.....
Does any car provide this feature?
Does any car provide this feature?
Ford has had that for years. After 10 minutes, if there is an abnormal drain on the battery, inside light left on, for instance, the Body Control Module cuts power to all auxiliary functions (leaving power to clocks, alarm, etc.) until the car is unlocked - when all power is restored. Not an original idea, but a good one, and I too wonder why my Explorer has this - but my Lexus doesn't :confuse:
Sam
Sam
Thanks for the info.
Renny
ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION
 The electric power control system is provided to supply power constantly to the vehicle equipped with
many electronic systems.
 The electric power control ECU always monitors the battery condition. In accordance with the battery
condition, the electric power control ECU implements various control measures on systems that operate
while the vehicle is parked or systems that require a large amount of power in a short period of time.
 System Image 
Charging Control
Outputs the charging control request to the ECM in accordance with
the battery status.
Load Control
Limits the operation of the ECU in order to suppress discharge of the
battery and voltage drop.
Control While Parked
Cuts parasitic current of switches in order to prevent the battery from
being degraded while the vehicle is parked for a long period of time.
2. Charging Control
General
This control lowers the generated voltage when the vehicle is idling or is being driven at a constant speed,
and raises the generated voltage when the vehicle is decelerating. This reduces the load on the engine as
a result of the electric generation of the generator, thus contributing to the fuel economy of the engine.
During acceleration, this system regulates the generated voltage in order to place the amperage estimation
value close to the target value.
 This system consists primarily of ECM, generator, electric power control ECU, battery current sensor,
and battery temperature sensor.
 The electric power control ECU detects the state of charge and discharge of the battery based on battery
voltage and the signals from the battery current sensor and battery temperature sensor. Then, it calculates
the accumulated amperage and sends a charging control request signal to the ECM.
 Based on the charging control request signal from the electric power control ECU, the signals from
various sensors and switches, and the charging state signal from the generator, ECM outputs signals to
the generator (IC regulator). Thus, the ECM controls the generated voltage to be optimal for the driving
condition.
 Under the following conditions, the electric power control ECU sends a request signal to the ECM so
that the ECM stops charging control and switches the generator to normal power generation mode.
- Various electrical loads are input.
- Failures of various sensors and switches are detected.
This is no German or American junk.
Of course having the time-to-arrival, we can ourselves add that to the current time, but on a car like this, should we have to do mental arithmetic? Also, observing the ETA over a longer period and noting whether it is staying approximately constant or advancing or retarding, would give us a little extra information.
And why did they give the LS rear seat memory and not the passenger seat????
sgjohn, it is based on inputs that you put into the system to tell it how fast you normally drive, on three kinds of roads, just like the Time-to-Go does. To me that's a good thing, not a problem.
And Len, they even took care of your concern in Post 41. It displays Estimated Time of Arrival along with the Time Zone indication. For instance, it told me "ETA 12:35 PM PT" (I'm in Pacific Time zone). I am guessing it will display "PD" when we switch to Daylight Saving Time. I'll let you know in April :-)
Renny
Aside from its advantage in keeping all the controls in their standard positions, it would also add a novelty/cuteness factor to the Lexus. If they patent the deign, they'd be able to license it to all the other manufacturers, who would undoubtedly want to have the same thing. (I hope Daimler-Benz doesn't read this site.)
with both packages which include the cd/dvd/nav-traffic ...etc .
yes i am happy . no i tried 3 LS 460's . one 2007 , and two 2008's .
they were combo platters of camry's and avalon's with a sprinkling of fairy dust .
mitchell rowe
happy thanksgiving
The paint doesn't seem to be holding up well either. Great driving, lots of miles to the gal. easy to work everything; just cheap paint and plastic which makes the car look older than it is.