Dan512

...and when connection is established the call is handed over to the car hands free.

My Qtek 8310 works more or less fine, sound quality on the handsfree is a lot worse than with a friends Siemens S65 but I need the Qtek because of my job.

Only problem is, I always loose the first few seconds of each conversation, dialing out, as the the handfree kit kicks in with a 2-3 seconds delay, after the other side picks up. So the other side is going "hello, hello, hello" for a few seconds and I find myself always having to explain I didn't get their name etc. etc., which tends to be quite annoying in business calls, especially if you have call up the same number 10 times a day for weeks in a row and sort of make a fool out of yourself every time.

This means also that you don't get any ring or busy tone on the handsfree kit. It only kicks in "by surprise" when the other side picks up (or doesn't, if the lline is busy, and leaves you wondering why nothing happens). So I have to keep glancing at my phoen all of the time. Talk of a security bonus!

In all, the handsfree kit is absolute crap, a lot worse than the old kit in my last BMW, which dated from 2000. It really leaves my wondering if Lexus / Toyota engineers don't use handsfree kits, and though don't realize what :tsktsk: they installed.

Dan

Would this work on an 03 RX300 SE-L

Couldn't tell you. You'd have to check out with vaistech.

Dan

Does anyone know what aftermarket i-pod solutions are available for a UK 400h? I'm getting iritated by the 'tape with a wire' I've got at the moment because the sound quality is terrible...

I have trawled the interweb but there doesn't seem to be any company that will guarantee their product will work in the UK spec 400h so was just wondering if anyone has any experience?

Cheers

Check out the Vaistech adaptor at http://www.vaistech.com/sli.html

I installed it last weekend on my euroean RX400 and it works absolutly fine. Only down point being that the head unit only displays the 12 first characters of the title or tracklist name, and the next 12 if you press and hold the "text"-button, no autoscroll.

But the rest works fine.

Installation is really easy, count around 30 minutes working really slowly.

Price is around 300 US$ without shipping.

Many thanks Dan,

I've missed it a few times but finally I've got it.

So, on my car, the settings are 0 / 0 / 5 (from the top to the bottom)

Kind regards,

Patrice

Hi Patrice!

Thanks for that! I fiddled around a bit with the quality setting (the last one you mention), without noticing any difference in sound quality, no matter which setting I chose.

Anyone out there knows the meaning of this setting, and what the best set-up is?

Dan

Has someone managed successfully to get into this service menu. (I mean for european RX400 model)

If so, you would be kind to describe the process step by step!

Easy done:

- Push the "Display" button

- On the new overlay screen that appears, there are 2 bars, on the upper and lower edges of the current screen.

- What you now need to do is push alternativly three times in the upper left part then lower left part of the screen, but staying outside the 2 bars. (e.g. upper left, lower left, upper left, lower left, upper left, lower left)

- A service menu should appear, with a "Menu" button in the upper right corner. Push that one too.

- Now choose the last menu point on the new screen to get to the Bluetooth settings.

Cheers,

Dan

Hi Dan, what brand/ phone model have you tried to use?

Lexus belgium (at least) regularly issues an updated gsm list, where compatibilities, procedures to pair and syncronize etc.. are described. I use a siemens SX1 and I'm really satisfied. When someone calls me while I'm driving, it is often a surprise when I explain I'm on the move.

However, I'm really fed up whith the so-called security settings in order to limit the use of the navigation and communication system. At least, we could join and put the pressure on the belgium marketing manager...

I use a Qtek 9100. The phone works fine, dialing, takin' on calls etc. I found a compatibility list from Lexus that was posted on some forum and the QTEK appeared and was said to work.

Except that the sound quality (incoming an outgoing) is crap. Sounds like I was standing 10m away from the microphone. So my guess it's not the phone but the handsfree installation.

And of course the f... lockup of phone and navigation as soon as the car starts moving. Drives me nuts :tsktsk:

Could you perhaps check out to which settings your Bluetooth kit is set and post them (see PhoneDrome's post above). I've been playing around with different settings, without much result.

Well I guess I'll try to accees that menu and play around a bit.

I don't think it's the phone causing the problems, but still I'll get a friends phone and try that one out too.

Cheers,

Dan

I just got my car and managed pairing my phone to the Bluetooth handsfree kit.

I don't know if it's just my car, but the sound quality is bloody awful, I can hardly hear the people I call, and my voice comes through as if I was standing in an airport with engine noise all around me, barely understandable.

Anyone else experiencing these problems?

Dan

And whilst you are at it what about the infernal beeping if you dont put your seatbelt on after 10 seconds.

Please get rid of that aswell.

Finally it would be great if the doors auto locked after driving for 10 seconds (as per Mercedes).

Take these 2 requests plus the overrides above and you`ll have a perfect car !

Gazman :zee:

Hi Gazman!

I believe I read a post somewhere about how to switch off the seat belt buzzer, had something to do with pressing the ODO button, turning the key ... don't recall all the steps and of course I don't find the post right now.

But then again, who knows if that one works on the :tsktsk: european models, or has been removed for obscure reasons, as has the autolock feature.

Dan

The only trick that I've managed to get working is the maintenance menu with the reversing camera override. There's nothing in the UK model maintenance window to allow overriding the phone or navigation system... at least not that I've managed to find.

Leland

Never heard about that one, how do you get into the maintenance menu?

Dan

Come on guys!

You're not going to tell me that I'm the only one who tried those tricks? :winky:

Help me out on this one please.

Does anyone know if european models are different from the US ones?

I just tried out the "wire-cutting-trick" to get rid of the phone block while driving but it didn't work.

http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ndpost&p=164149

Also the Navigation override doesn't work on my car.

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showpost.p...512&postcount=1

Any ideas?

Dan

Fascinating ! If this is for an iPod, please let us know how you get on !!

It is for an Ipod. I will keep you informed as soon as I get it installed.

Regards,

Dan

Can anyone post instructions or a link on how to remove the headunit from the dash of my RX400 so that I can install the vaistech adaptor ?

Thanks!

Dan

Still waiting for an answer for an RX400...

Come on guys, anyone outthere, jsut stick a CD with CD-text information into your headunit and let me know.

Thanks!

Dan

Can someone confirm that, in a european model, the headunit in the RX400 supports CD-Text.

I want to get a vaistech adapter for my Ipod. Vaistech confirmed that US-Models offer CD-Text support. Just want to be sure about european models before ordering.

Dan

I know the RX300 has a button marked "text"...only CD I ever found with it encoded was the Savage Garden "affirmation" (wife's CD..) Pain that more record companies don't add the necessary info to the cd.

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I know about the RX300, just want to be sure about the RX400, before ordering a vaistech adaptor for my Ipod.

If it has CD-Text, the headunit will display track titles etc. from the Ipod. Vaistech confirmed that US-models have the feature, I just want to make sure for the european one.

Dan

Can anyone tell me if the Headunit in the RX400 displays CD-Text information?

Dan