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I'm new to this. My previous satnav was a PDA (handheld sort of glorified calculator) with a tiny screen and charging cables waiting to snare anything close.

I now have the inbuilt version which is impressive. It has a posh voice. The children christened the old satnav 'Doris' and have decided on 'Cynthia' for the new lady. She is quite clonky to interface with though, some girls are like that. She sometimes refuses to take directions to anywhere other than home, which is touchingly emotional but not what I need. She also doesn't use postcode programming. This coupled with the fact that you need to specify the 'city' first can lead to issues....for instance

I took the family to a wedding on Saturday. The church thought it was at Whittle-Le-Woods in Lancashire. Cynthia didn't recognise the street name in Whittle-Le-Woods so Google was employed to get directions and I got Cynthia to accept a street on the route. I found out later that Cynthia reckons that the church is resident in nearby Wheelton. I'm not arguing with her (I have 2 daughters and a wife and experience has taught me the futility of arguing with the fair s*x) but it would be handy to either plug in the postcode or not have to guess the town city.

Anyone know if I can re-educate Cynthia? Is there a way of sorting by roadname?

Also has anyone out there had the screen plugged into a reversing camera, DVD or TV?

Finally, I noted yesterday that the radio arial elevates on ignition aux position. I replaced the arial on my Mark 3 and wired it to elevate on radio only (decends on CD or tape). Are all Mark 4's like this or has someone been playing?

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I'm new to this. My previous satnav was a PDA (handheld sort of glorified calculator) with a tiny screen and charging cables waiting to snare anything close.

I now have the inbuilt version which is impressive. It has a posh voice. The children christened the old satnav 'Doris' and have decided on 'Cynthia' for the new lady. She is quite clonky to interface with though, some girls are like that. She sometimes refuses to take directions to anywhere other than home, which is touchingly emotional but not what I need. She also doesn't use postcode programming. This coupled with the fact that you need to specify the 'city' first can lead to issues....for instance

I took the family to a wedding on Saturday. The church thought it was at Whittle-Le-Woods in Lancashire. Cynthia didn't recognise the street name in Whittle-Le-Woods so Google was employed to get directions and I got Cynthia to accept a street on the route. I found out later that Cynthia reckons that the church is resident in nearby Wheelton. I'm not arguing with her (I have 2 daughters and a wife and experience has taught me the futility of arguing with the fair s*x) but it would be handy to either plug in the postcode or not have to guess the town city.

Anyone know if I can re-educate Cynthia? Is there a way of sorting by roadname?

Also has anyone out there had the screen plugged into a reversing camera, DVD or TV?

Finally, I noted yesterday that the radio arial elevates on ignition aux position. I replaced the arial on my Mark 3 and wired it to elevate on radio only (decends on CD or tape). Are all Mark 4's like this or has someone been playing?

Hi

The 2001 430 has the ability to search for street name OR town first, if you put in the street name it tells you which town has a street of that name. Maybe yours will let you do that? If I still can't find places I usually print off a Google map or something and use the "point on map" option.

You cannot get an upgrade for postcodes unfortunately.

I think yours is a CD based system and I have heard this place do updated discs cheaper than Lexus

http://www.toyotalexusspecialists.co.uk/

For the 430 you can get an interface for DVD and reversing camera from this place, maybe they do yours as well

http://www.tvandnav2go.com/

This place do Tv on various Lexii as well maybe worth a try

http://soarer.tv/

Hopefully someone with your car can answer better later

Glad you like it

Pete

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Hope you are enjoying your new car.

My aerial goes up whenever the CD,Tape or Radio is on but not by simply turning the key. My previous Mk3 only extended with the radio on.

I got a 2007/2008 sat nav cd from Cheaptoyotaparts last month for £116. ( local Lexus dealer was talking around £150). This now means I can drive on the M6 toll and not through fields as the old cd thought I was doing.

As Pete has said you cannot search by post code, I think this is due to the fact that you can't get as much information on a cd as the newer dvd based systems.

My lady hasn't got a name.

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The Series IV satnav was brilliant in it's day but things have really moved on in the 11/12 years since this was launched.

It's a CD based system, CDs don't hold anywhere near as much data as a DVD does. That's why it only covers the UK, doesn't allow postcode entry and the graphics are really clunky like a ZX Spectrum. (The LS430 is a DVD based system).

You're right, entering the destination data is a total, utter pain and don't forget that it doesn't have any traffic infomation feeds either. This means that whilst you may well be on the "shortest" route for all you know there is 10 miles of queues ahead.

Go for a TomTom or Garmin with a traffic feed - Especially at the prices they are selling for today.

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I'm new to this. My previous satnav was a PDA (handheld sort of glorified calculator) with a tiny screen and charging cables waiting to snare anything close.

I now have the inbuilt version which is impressive. It has a posh voice. The children christened the old satnav 'Doris' and have decided on 'Cynthia' for the new lady. She is quite clonky to interface with though, some girls are like that. She sometimes refuses to take directions to anywhere other than home, which is touchingly emotional but not what I need. She also doesn't use postcode programming. This coupled with the fact that you need to specify the 'city' first can lead to issues....for instance

I took the family to a wedding on Saturday. The church thought it was at Whittle-Le-Woods in Lancashire. Cynthia didn't recognise the street name in Whittle-Le-Woods so Google was employed to get directions and I got Cynthia to accept a street on the route. I found out later that Cynthia reckons that the church is resident in nearby Wheelton. I'm not arguing with her (I have 2 daughters and a wife and experience has taught me the futility of arguing with the fair s*x) but it would be handy to either plug in the postcode or not have to guess the town city.

Anyone know if I can re-educate Cynthia? Is there a way of sorting by roadname?

Also has anyone out there had the screen plugged into a reversing camera, DVD or TV?

Finally, I noted yesterday that the radio arial elevates on ignition aux position. I replaced the arial on my Mark 3 and wired it to elevate on radio only (decends on CD or tape). Are all Mark 4's like this or has someone been playing?

Hi

The 2001 430 has the ability to search for street name OR town first, if you put in the street name it tells you which town has a street of that name. Maybe yours will let you do that? If I still can't find places I usually print off a Google map or something and use the "point on map" option.

You cannot get an upgrade for postcodes unfortunately.

I think yours is a CD based system and I have heard this place do updated discs cheaper than Lexus

http://www.toyotalexusspecialists.co.uk/

For the 430 you can get an interface for DVD and reversing camera from this place, maybe they do yours as well

http://www.tvandnav2go.com/

This place do Tv on various Lexii as well maybe worth a try

http://soarer.tv/

Hopefully someone with your car can answer better later

Glad you like it

Pete

I love the car and thanks for the info Pete. Will try all of these. Rab

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Hope you are enjoying your new car.

My aerial goes up whenever the CD,Tape or Radio is on but not by simply turning the key. My previous Mk3 only extended with the radio on.

I got a 2007/2008 sat nav cd from Cheaptoyotaparts last month for £116. ( local Lexus dealer was talking around £150). This now means I can drive on the M6 toll and not through fields as the old cd thought I was doing.

As Pete has said you cannot search by post code, I think this is due to the fact that you can't get as much information on a cd as the newer dvd based systems.

My lady hasn't got a name.

Thanks Boss. I'll sort out the aerial with a minor rewire.

PS I love the car, hope you love yours too. Rab

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