Ifo_Seeker

I need to remove my stereo and sat nav unit from console does anybody have pictures or instructions for the procedure, i am sure i have seen something on the site before but cannot find it now.

Thanks

Here goes

http://www.carstereohelp.com/stereoremovalLexusRX330Str.htm

Tony

i cab only offer you this (official lexus procedure , i have it only for the K750):

SonyEricsson K750i

Pairing

• From your phone menu, select the CONNECT icon, press YES.

• Select the BLUETOOTH option, press YES.

• Select the PAIRED DEVICES option, press YES.

• Select the ADD DEVICE option, press YES.

• Select the PHONE INITIATES option, press YES.

• Select the ALL TYPES option, press YES. (Searching...)

• Hands free system is shown from list, select and press YES.

• Enter 1212 as PASSKEY, press YES.

• Message: "Pairing Succeeded"

• Escape to the phone menu pressing NO several times.

Object Push (Sending contacts one-by-one):

Overview of pairing procedures for Bluetooth Handsets (27-4-2006)

• From the phone menu, select PHONE BOOK, press SELECT.

• Select MANAGE CONTACT, press SELECT.

• Choose SEND CONTACT.

• Select the contact you want to send over Bluetooth®, press SEND.

• Select VIA BLUETOOTH, press SELECT (searching...).

• Select Hands free, press SELECT (connecting...).

• The contact is now added to the phone book.

Object Push (Sending the whole phone book):

• From the phone menu, select PHONE BOOK, press YES.

• Select ADVANCED, press SELECT.

• Choose SEND ALL, press SELECT.

• Select the contact you want to send over Bluetooth®, press YES.

• Select VIA BLUETOOTH, press SELECT (searching...).

• Select hands free system, press SELECT (connecting...).

• All contacts are now added to the phone book.

and here is my experiance with a SE Z800/V800 i wrote to somebody, hope it gives you a hint:

After our last telephone conversation I tried to use my sonyericcson V800 with the RX400 hands free. These are my experiences:

<>After resetting (switching off and on) the telephone, binding with car hands free worked with out any problems. Normal telephone functions have been ok.

When I tried to send the telephone book to the car, the V800 refused to send it via Bluetooth and when I selected send telephone book on the car hands free the connection was terminated immediately.

At that point I was really frustrated. After cooling down I started to thinking and I found out that the V800 automatically connected to the hands free by activating the hands free profile.

Normal hands free sets are using HFP and HFP is normally not used to send/receive DataStream’s.

Question was now, how do I get the car hands free and the V800 connecting to each other by using the OPP in order to get the “send telephone book” working.

The key to success was to initiate a binding after the selection of “send telephone book” on the cars hands free system (connection terminated). When you do a binding at that point the V800 is binding with the OPP as it would be binding with a computer or PDA. Then you can transfer the telephone book. After transferring the telephone book you must delete this connection and reconnect using the HFP. From that moment on the V800 is automatically connected after switching on the car and every thing works ok.

In order to allow the automatic connection between the car and the V800 the V800 should be in the main menu (means you should not have any messages like missed calls or sms messages on the handy screen) otherwise the automatic binding is very often not working, if this happens it is best to switch the handy off and on again (this is also the case with Z600 and V800/Z800 using sonyericcson car hands free systems like HCB 30 or HCB 300)

Thanks Williz. I see some logic in the later part of your note. I will delete the pairing and try sending the phone book like a simple phone to PDA BT connection rather than a handsfree connection. Will let you know how I get along.

Thanks.

Tony

Hi, I've transferred from Sony Ericsson before and it can be tricky - I have a K800 but not actually transferred from it, as I loaded the car from my K750 in March.

You probably know this, but on the phone you need to:

Select the menu

Go down one to contacts

select options (right pushbutton)

select advanced

scroll down to send all contacts

select via bluetooth (only when car is ready to receive)

On the car you have to set it to receive the phonebook - the car then disconnects from the phone (if currently paired by bluetooth) - don't worry - and then the phone can 'find' the car and send the entire phonebook. You need to enter the pin if I remember correctly.

Took us a couple of trys, but it worked in the end. I did the wifes Sony Ericsson 520 too, so quite confident in the process.

Good luck.

Thanks, Jbanfie.

The problem I have is that that the car/phone do not "find" each other in transfer mode ..... hence the whole process gets frustrating. Have tried 10-20 times ! Normal BT connection is no problem for voice. I will give it another few goes otherwise do it with my Nokia, one by one ...

Thanks fopr your help.

Tony

Has anyone been able to transfer their phone book from a SE K800i ? If yes, it would be helpful if someone can describe the process briefly.

I am familiar with the process of sending info from Nokias but the K800 just does not link up in transfer mode. Otherwise pairing is just fine, from a mobile phone point of view.

Thanks

Tony

I have just upgraded my 53 300 SE-L for a 56 350 SE-L and the garage kindly replaced the wood with the brushed steel as found in the 400h. The wood just makes me feel old, much prefer the modern look...

Jasonco

Veering from the topic - how much did the 300 to 350 upgrade cost you ?

Thanks

Tony

A considerable wad as they say! I managed to get ~18k (this was what glaces pitched it at..) for my 300 SE-L with 31,000 on the clock along with ~£3k off the list price (what car target price of the 350 SE-L). It works out at ~6k per year depreciation. Also as mentioned they have swapped out the wood and included boot liner, bumper protector. I know the sensible thing to do was to keep my old one but there is something very nice about a new car :-)

Glad you are happy with the swap. Good to stay with a 4*4 ! I guess, the bigger they are the more harder they fall. How does the gearbox feel on the new one - any surging etc ?

I have just upgraded my 53 300 SE-L for a 56 350 SE-L and the garage kindly replaced the wood with the brushed steel as found in the 400h. The wood just makes me feel old, much prefer the modern look...

Jasonco

Veering from the topic - how much did the 300 to 350 upgrade cost you ?

Thanks

Tony

Upgrade in place. Just been up tp London and back and am delighted.Dual carriageway,motorway,stop / start,speed humps - a vast improvement.Just hope nothing changes!

I have found that things started deteriorating after around 350 miles of the upgrade, as has happened with me. At the begining it looked like a vast improvement - on the surge/hesitancy front and mpg. I would be interested to know how your RX behaves after around that sort of mileage.

Tony

Have you had legal advice on this? Wondered if there are strong grounds for taking them to court.

Hi Jroph,

Yes, there are strong grounds for court action.

One would tike to think that a major international corporation whose motto is 'Pursuit of Perfection' may actually have some small understanding of customer relations!

Perhaps they will come to their senses and sdort this out with us and all the others with the same issue before we go that far.

I see on the USA Forum that you guys have the same issues over rhere even though Lexus GB tell me that the fix is a great success in the States............maybe thats all just hogwash too!

Maybe you can make a post on the state forum telling them to look at the UK one and read this thread.

I tried but for some reason I was blocked from doing so - not sure why or by whom but I was blocked form posting on the forum there.

Best regards.

Michael

Hi Michael

Wondering how you are getting along. You have started a movement (!) and I for one want to see and support how your efforts bear fruit.

Thanks.

Tony

Hi Damian,

Good news about your car. Do let me know how you get on with it.

We have now done 20000 miles in ours.

The news is not good I am afraid.

We both find it initially more responsive but that then seems to become a bit wooly (like a flat spot) between 70/80 mph unless you kick down then its OK.

The overall fuel consumption seems about 3 mpg better as well which is good news.

SADLY THOUGH, the lurch is still there.

It is not as frequent as it used to be but on a 500 mile run yesterday when we did motorway and urban driving, the lurch was very definately with us. A passeneger in the car even commented on it so all is not as LGB had hoped.

Let me know what you think but for our part I am going to throw the car back at Lexus Southampton and insist on a refund or an exchange.

Enough is enough.

Has anyone had a new 3.5 model long enough to find out its problems????

Best regards.

Michael.

Interesting you should say that, Michael. I have mixed feelings about the situation too. However I am going to give it another week or two (as my representative miles are not as high as yours) before passing verdict.

Tony

Hi Tony.

any update on yours? Am now worried that ours will start to slide towards Michael's.

Michael, I wonder if your box was reset again would it return to its more positive state before it started to learn? If that was the case I wonder if there is a way to disable the learning aspect as I have yet to find/hear of any benefits of the learning, if anything it appears to make things worse rather than better. An explanation from Lexus as to why the learning element is there would be good.

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Damian

Hi Damian

I have mixed feelings about the change and would say that there is an improvement with pro's and cons.

To summarise my response

1. some of the low end surging/lurching has gone

2. I find that the responsiveness has been reduced, especially there are two points were the gear is not as responsive as it should be

3. have thought as to whether it would be better to revert to old software - but for the moment I am going to give it a go. I have just done over 10.5 k and find that the situation is improving as the engine is "opening" up

4. mileage has improved on the motorway driving (24-25 mpg) whilst dropped on urban (16-17 mpg)

5. to counter some of the problems above, I have moved back to a higher octance fuel (say 97 RON) which helps with further eliminating the surging problem and improve mpg. Fuel that I am finding most helpful is Shell Optimax or Sainsbury Super. I would strongly suggest you try this out for say 2-4 tank fulls before passing judgement. BP and tesco's equivalents somehow do not tickle.

Hope the above is useful

Tony

Do you mean that the 'mute on' touch button is shown or does it show 'mute off'?

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It is showing Mute On and I cannot hear anything. I can change it by touching it to Mute Off, but still cannot hear anything. Next time I dial out, it still reverts to Mute On and nothing can be heard.

I'm sure, or at least I hope, that this is going to be a 'DOH' when I find out. I will try someone elses Bluetooth today to see if it works with that

'Mute on' is normal status. It doesn't mean that the mute is on but it means that if you press it you will turn the mute on.

As for N80, I'm not aware of any issues. I can ask though. If you press *#0000# what does the phone show on its display?

br

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To my knowledge Mute On (when pressed to then show Mute off) means the other party cannot hear you talking in the car, whilst you can hear the other party. It is not a call holding facility. I would suggest you try another phone, if you have one to hand. If it does not work with that, off to the dealer I am afraid ....

Tony

anyone help me with this?

Have been using bluetooth happily since new to me about 6 weeks ago.

Suddenly all incoming and outgoing calls are automatically muted, and though i change the screen from Mute on to mute off, it still does not work, and mutes again next time i hear it.

phone (nokia n80) works fine outside of car so i am assuming its a car thing not a phone one.

i figure i must have inadvertently changed something but cant figure what - ideas???

I would suggest you delete your existing pairing and re-establish a new one - could be just a quirk .....

Tony

Tony,

I see that you are in Hampshire.

Are you by any chance also using Lexus Southampton?

If so maybe we should get together.

Michael.

Micheal

Sorry - I am towards the Eastern Hampshire border serviced by Guildford.

Tony

Hi Damian,

Good news about your car. Do let me know how you get on with it.

We have now done 20000 miles in ours.

The news is not good I am afraid.

We both find it initially more responsive but that then seems to become a bit wooly (like a flat spot) between 70/80 mph unless you kick down then its OK.

The overall fuel consumption seems about 3 mpg better as well which is good news.

SADLY THOUGH, the lurch is still there.

It is not as frequent as it used to be but on a 500 mile run yesterday when we did motorway and urban driving, the lurch was very definately with us. A passeneger in the car even commented on it so all is not as LGB had hoped.

Let me know what you think but for our part I am going to throw the car back at Lexus Southampton and insist on a refund or an exchange.

Enough is enough.

Has anyone had a new 3.5 model long enough to find out its problems????

Best regards.

Michael.

Interesting you should say that, Michael. I have mixed feelings about the situation too. However I am going to give it another week or two (as my representative miles are not as high as yours) before passing verdict.

Tony

On my car if you select the auto temp button then it runs with A/C on together.

As to the high rpm,might just need the engine idle speed adjusted down a little.Or there could some other problem causing the engine to idle faster...sensor problem or air leak etc etc

chips..

thanks chips. i think you are right as the idle speed is perfect when warm, only 600rpm

With regard to the air intake, how do i get no air in at all, have switched ac and auto off but fresh air still come thru the vents and at 70 mph it can be a cool breeze

thanks

Turn off the climate control and switch on the internal recirculation switch. That should stop the air flow.

Tony

Get the tyres swapped fronts to rears at every service (10k/1 year) and set the pressures at 36psi. Depending on driving styles should last 40-60k. The tyres that come as standard (dunlop/bridgestone) have aprrox 2mm less tread on the edges than on the centre from new!!. I hope this helps.

Hi Sendz,

hmmmmmm you are correct about tread pattern on edge of tyres ,dont know about running increased tyre pressures .I will be talking to Lexus Bristol tomorrow regarding tyre wear and all the various issues that I have with our RX ,as I have had the geomentry check it will be yet another fight with Lexus.Just to let you guys know what is not right with my used out of the box Rx to date and to be sorted

1 bag of of nails under dash

2 drivers seat memory settings not repeating

3 un even tyre wear

4 section of rear screen heater not working.

5 drivers seat rattle/knock when breaking.

6 poor cold starting

7 rear boot cover rattle

cheers

Swager

Swager

How did you get along with the dealer on the tyre issue ?

Tony

Hi Tony,

not to good,I had to replace front tyres before I got the car in for the various faults I have.

comments from dealership are as follows

1 between 10k-15k is average for this type of car and Lexus will only warrenty 10k on tyres or one year.rear tyres ok -super track comments were that rear were showing signs of feathering on outer edges.

2 electric memory on seats will not repeat over a period of time because of the type of motor /wire used

3 bag of nails still under dash.

4 rear screen heater not covered under warrenty as some sort of chemical has been used to clean the screen and damaged part of the heating elements.(i dont clean the car, Lexus Bristol wash it every two weeks)

5 cold starting ok

so I am one unhappy Lexus owner and to top it all I was offered 20500k in px for a IS250 eight months after paying top book of some 29500k .ut very much looks like its time for a move after having to fight to get the brakes sorted and having to have a new rear diff and drive shafts fitted.

going away to kick the cat now

cheers

swager

Swager

Sorry to hear that you have not had much joy - I have a showdown coming up soon with my dealer on the tyres issue - 8.5 k and both fronts have hardly any thread on the outsides, despite 2 full track checks by the dealer.

Thanks for sharing your results.

Tony

Get the tyres swapped fronts to rears at every service (10k/1 year) and set the pressures at 36psi. Depending on driving styles should last 40-60k. The tyres that come as standard (dunlop/bridgestone) have aprrox 2mm less tread on the edges than on the centre from new!!. I hope this helps.

Hi Sendz,

hmmmmmm you are correct about tread pattern on edge of tyres ,dont know about running increased tyre pressures .I will be talking to Lexus Bristol tomorrow regarding tyre wear and all the various issues that I have with our RX ,as I have had the geomentry check it will be yet another fight with Lexus.Just to let you guys know what is not right with my used out of the box Rx to date and to be sorted

1 bag of of nails under dash

2 drivers seat memory settings not repeating

3 un even tyre wear

4 section of rear screen heater not working.

5 drivers seat rattle/knock when breaking.

6 poor cold starting

7 rear boot cover rattle

cheers

Swager

Swager

How did you get along with the dealer on the tyre issue ?

Tony

39000 mls loads of tread left

And i do drive it hard

Got a nail puncture last week ATS repaired and said aleast another 10k before need to change.

Shame its on full maintenance or do they put special tyres on when its at there expense.

Shoggy

What pressure are you using and what else (besides perhaps good tracking etc) do you think is contributing to such good return ?

Just like some others here I am at around 8k miles and my front outer edges are looking very low on thread. It has been checked out by Lexus twice and given the ok.

Tony

Had the 400h for a day now and noticed an odd noise when admiring it standing in the garage.

Its a short "clicking" noise a bit like a fuel pump on an old car. 400h was parked and locked.

Any ideas?

Ali

It could be the air suspension system settling, that is if you have that on your vehicle.

Tony

Best sound quality I've ever had, even compared to my 5.1/DTS system at home... then again, I do have the Levinson in the RX400h and I admit to having not heard the standard system.

L.

Agree - but then that is what one pays for SE v/s SE-L !

Tony

Having taken legal advice today i find that Lexus do have some responsibility on this issue, if they wanted to mitigate the responsibility of any damage on the owner they should be applying warnings to the fact that the contents of the wing mirror are dangerous to the paint work and should also be applying reccomendations as what should be done if one is broken and the contents are spilt.

I will be visiting my dealer very soon and will keep you posted.

Will be interested in the results...

L.

So will I - I just cannot see Lexus being liable unless they are using prohibitive products on their cars. It is like any other fluid in the car - if it is released as a result of an accident caused by the owner, owners insurance will be liable. If they do agree to fix it FOC, I believe it will be goodwill.

Hope it works out for you.

Tony

Tony - many thanks I will try tonite.

Yes Sat Nav screen

Palace

Small correction - item 1 of my message is not required to activate item 2

Hope you have worked it out.

Tony

The "top left, bottom left" trick doesn't work on Euro RX's (or at least not the UK models)... there is, however, a service menu accessible by holding I think it's the MENU button down and turning the side lights on and off a few times. This does have a few bluetooth options on it, but I've not fiddled with them. I seem to recall seeing Bluetooth Quality as one of the options, so you could "try" it... your mileage may vary though.

L.

I have had a go at the settings within this option and there is a significant improvement by adjusting the receive/send +/- if you have a problem with the volume being too low in the car or that the other party finds hearing you too low. With respect to the "type" setting, it can be adjusted from 0-9 (my default being 5), could not figure out what it does so left it as is.

Tony

I have always struggled to see the screen clearly on a bright day and having looked at the handbook see that "day/night mode" will change dependant on the position of the headlight switch.This has never happened since I bought the car and wonder what I am missing.Have read and read handbook and fiddled in the car but there is always one display.

Is one dark and one light and which is which?If one could be dark during the day this would be a bonus!

If I have understood you question

1. Headlight switch set to AUTO on the stalk ensures that if the surrounding light is below a set treshold, the headlights will come on

2. Next to the ODO button you should find a swtch that can be clicked and allows the illuminance intensity of the instruments to adjusted - if the switch is clicked so that it is in the adjustment mode you will find that the adjustment in 1 above will also control as to whether the Sat Nav screen is in day or night mode.

Besides the above you can also set the colours of how the maps are displayed - cannot remember the menu off hand.

Hope that helps.

Tony

They swivel just a fraction to the left, and quite a bit to the right. What you're seeing is perfectly normal. They don't need to swivel very far to the left since the beam is deflected to the left already.

Leland

I believe, from memory, it is 5 degrees to the left and 15 degrees to the right for a right hand RX.

Tony

Sounds about right... though I'd say a little more than 15 degrees to the right. Either way, it's not very much to the left at all.

L.

What I have stated is the spec as per the Lexus UK website - under Technology Explorer, Intelligent Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS).

Tony

They swivel just a fraction to the left, and quite a bit to the right. What you're seeing is perfectly normal. They don't need to swivel very far to the left since the beam is deflected to the left already.

Leland

I believe, from memory, it is 5 degrees to the left and 15 degrees to the right for a right hand RX.

Tony