PeOR

I do not have any experience for the SatNav problem. I gave up and bought a hand held device. On the radio problem I bought my shifter from http://www.edl.co.nz/ConvertersHP/pb1000-10Mhz.htm They were very good to talk to and shipped to Sweden within five days. It works good but not until I realized the radio unit uses two antennas. So firstly I attached the shifter to only one antenna with lots of noise as a result. But when I finally found out I disconnected the second antenna and now have a good sound. Be aware that the radio will not have the same sensitivity as standard. So driving far from cities will mean bad radio reception. Also the RDS does not work and the radio scanning has problems due to the shifter creating two carrier frequencies for each channel. PeO.

That is very good information. However, I gace up and bought a handheld device. I still think it is interesting information though since Lexus in Sweden were not able to change the car parameters such as how the locks should act, follow-me-home-light etc. That probably should work again if I got a European computer/nav system. Not a bad idea at all! PeO.

I have been in contact with Lexus US, Lexus Sweden, Denso Netherland and Denso U.K. The message I have gotten is that a Navtec map DVD that fits my Lexus RX 330 does not exist. All have provided good answers. I am positively surpriced about customer service from all of the companies. However I still think this is a market limiting decision more than anything else. I have looked at Navtech DVD's for Europe (not working in my unit though) and compared file structure with myUS DVD. It is the same type of files, same structure, everything. If they wanted to provide a Denso compatible European map I really think they could do so with a minor effort. The reason Aisin is not pin compatible is due to TP-RDS enabling traffic jams to affect the navigation routes. That is only available in Europe. So even if I would spend £4,000 I have no solution. The only remaining alternative is to buy a £200 unit and have it loose in the car. PeO.

Agree with you. GPS is global. My handheld GPS worked in both Europe and US. I assume it is just a matter of maps. I will try your suggestion. Perhaps there is something to find. I have also tried to contact the manufacturer but don't keep my hope very high. They will probably not respond directly to an end customer. http://www.globaldensoproducts.com/ic/car_nav.html If I am successful I will write about my findings. Until then I appreciate all help. PeO.

As I understand this product it is a video switch. To get a navigation you then have to buy a 3rd party nav system and hook it into this video switch. I have a hard time understanding why there would not be a map for Europe on the Dense system... Does anyone know why there are two different GPS systems? The GPS signals are global so I assume it is only the maps. PeO.

I just received the same message from the Swedish representative. I have brought a Lexus RX330-05 from US to Sweden when moving. The Navigator will not work here and the Swedish dealer do not know how to convert. They state the electronic and connectors are different. If anyone has seen a solution to this problem I would be very interested to the degree where I replace the electronic. PeO.

Got the right contacts today and they could help me out. Now I am "safe". Can really recommend these headrests. If someone else has the same problem, let me know or contact the vendor. PeO.

I have just bought a RX330 05 from Lexus in US. We will have the car here for a year and then move back to Sweden. We have added all the stuff we can in the car and are very happy with it so far. I just got the headrests DVD (INHRDVD1000) installed and tried to get guidence of how we should do when moving to Europe where the region code is 2 instead of 1. They didn't know so I called the company providing the headrest. They told me it was just to change region on the remote. This showed to be a wrong statement. I will call them again and see if I can get better information. Then I thought it might be someone on this forum that already have done this effort. I don't necessarily have to have the DVD region free. Just to be able to change the region would be ok. PeO