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That makes sense - thanks, Fergy Tony

When you say vertical net - which four points does the net anchor with ? Tony ← Vertical sits at back of boot, right against tail gate...and only goes up about the height of a bottle of coke.... no use to stop anything higher.... though very handy to keep carry out food upright :D ← Thanks. What I was looking for the anchor points that it ties up to at the top end. Tony

Yes - there is an option on the GS to turn them off/on on the touch screen and adjust other criteria (cannot remember) - from memory it did not cause a nusciance in traffic .... Tony

I believe the overall (front and back) sensors kit actually integrates into the on board computer that allows the sensor data to be dislayed throught the sat nav screen as on the GS 300 so that besides having sound warnings, an overlay is provieded on the screen. Hence cost and time......... Not many dealers do this installation on the RX as yet. Tony

I have a 2005 SEL and it has a adaptive speed setting (MENU, Volume) to turn on/off. Check if you have the same. Else I guess it is to the dealer .... Tony

When you say vertical net - which four points does the net anchor with ? Tony

← Thanks for your narrative. Following inspection of the subject matter, the matter has been accepted by the dealership as stated and work (replacement) carried out under warranty.

I have had no problems with CD-R's in my player - however I recall seeing a thread either here or on the US forum where members have discussed this issue. You may want to do a search to get a wider view on the subject. Tony

This should get the stereo unit out - I believe there is commonality in the RX330/300/400 in this matter. http://www.carstereohelp.com/stereoremovalLexusRX330Str.htm Tony

Interesting - I had my RX in for some warranty work to be done on it. Bluetooth related issues were on the list - conectivity, compatibility and sound quality/volume. Now I seem to have stable connections with a 6310i, V3 and HP H6365 PDA and sound quality is good with scope to increase volume without distortion. Good yours is working and hope it stays that way - in traditional terms it sounds line a loose connection (!) problem. Tony

Kinda hard for the car to upgrade the software by itself... unless someone from Lexus came out in the middle of the night, broke into the car and upgraded it that way ;) The name of the pairing is configurable from the telephone settings menu... Handsfree Bluetooth Handsfree Integrated Handsfree and something else which I can't remember off the top of my head. I've been using the name "Integrated Handsfree" from the day I got the car. Still.. it's been working perfectly all day today as well.. must have been a bunch of gremlins who decided to :tsktsk: off and find another car to mess up :) Leland ← Very clever, still laughing !? anyway, my car has been to the dealership and been upgraded. That has also resulted in the identifier being changed. Drove a brand new GS last week and that had the same identifier as what mine now has after the upgrade - just putting 2 and 2 together. No changes carried out by me.

You will find perhaps that the software is now upgraded - I say this because my original paring was under the name of "Handsfree" and now under "Bluetooth handsfree". Care to check ? Tony

Right - my local Lexus dealer has given me some information that may help you select what BT phone you may want to pair with the current RX 300 (which in software terms should be the same as the 400h). Lexus award a star system and 3 star is the most compatible to the RX system whilst 1 star is ok. These are the phone that are available (to my knowledge) in the UK that are in the 3 star category - Sony Erricsson K700, K750i, S700, T68i, T610, T630, Z600, Z1010 Siemens S55 So there you have it. Hope it works for you. Tony

As you, I am in the 2005 class of RX300 and this workaround does not work for me either. I am sure there is a way to disable this protocol that dealers are aware of - it is just a matter of getting/squeezing it out ... Tony

Get nothing of the sort on the sel - may be it is due to the mark levinson sytem in lieu of the Lexus standard fit - This may sound absurd but adjust the treble/bass settings to your liking and FM/AM will sound just about as good as CD. Tony

Sony Ericssons work very well. T610 that's way too old. I recommend one of the following: Sony Ericsson K750i, K600, V600, V800. ← My Sony Ericsson K750i is 'paired' with the car, but as soon as I try to send contacts from the phone to the car, the connection drops. Sony, Lexus Customer Services and my dealer have not been any help at all in offering any suggestions as to what the problem could be. ← The connection is meant to drop so that you can transmit data to the car base unit - once transfer is complete, normal BT connection should be re-established in 5-10 seconds. Problem generally you will find is that after transfering 3-4 line items (say on a 6310i), the phone and car need to be re-set to work normally. Tony

All that talk about rubber items - I am sure it is giving the RX a good image and guiding the new ones on the way forward !

Good luck Billy - I have been there any know what it is like .,... Tony

Same here - I would have thought that we would have the right direction to break through the phone/satnav block by now, be it from the maintenance manuals or something ! Is there a maintenance manual for the 300/400 ? Is there nobody out there who has some inside info on this - key is it is software driven and there has to be a code to "fix" it ...... Tony

1.5 hours - that is not much battery power ! I better be carefuly when I next go "fiddling" ! Tony

Thanks, Billy. Yes, However I would rather no use the insurance path for obvious reasons - most likely a warranty matter for reasons stated above. I was just curious as to whether anyone had had such an incident and what the level of "damages" were.

Colin No visible damage in the area that could suggest a chip or sort - that would surely leave a dent or something. That is why I suspect that the use of the heaters earlier in the week when we had some frost could have triggered it. It will be interesting to see what the dealership say - this sort of thing can easily fall into no mans land .... Thanks. Tony.

Hi I have a 2 month old 300 SEL and have just noticed that the windscreen has developed a crack coming from the driver side pillar two inches below the top - the crack starts from the heated element inwards. No visible external damage that could explain the crack. Anyone else had something similiar to this ? Also for replacement, would it be advisable to go to dealer or windscreen replacers for replacing and from experience how much ? Thanks

In my opinion sounds very much a busted problem. Tony

Thanks, Colin. I will give it a shot ! Tony