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Hi Ed659 - see my post on siri being quiet - turns out carplay sets the voice volume to 1 by default. Not really had chance to play with it much yet - but initial impressions are it seems easier, apart from the audio level from siri which now seems ok.

ok, so I can answer my own question here.

The reason siri was so quiet is because the 'voice' setting was turned down to 1, strangely the volume for the Lexus voice was ok.

I have carplay in my new 2020 model and while the Iphone connects to it ok, I currently have a problem with low audio from siri - googling reveals I'm not alone.

Not wishing to contaminate this thread - see my post about carplay and low siri audio.

And yet another question !

I've been trying out apple car play with an Iphone 7 connected via usb and found that the volume from siri is very quiet - to point it's barely audible even with the engine off.

Googling reveals this is a common problem and the fixes mentioned turning the volume up while siri is talking  or using BT doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas ?

Regards Tim

Another 'newbee' question.

I had been using the front camera view with a full set of guide lines to manouver into our garage with about 3" to spare on either side with the wing mirrors retracted - the display was like the rear view reversing camera with lots of guide lines etc - made it so easy.

My wife said she'd like to park it in the garage (for the first time) using the same camera setup - but when she selected camera view while in drive all she could get is the birds eye view plus the forward camera but with only minimal guide lines - tried different combinations of gear slection and camera view etc but can only get the full guide lines when in reverse.

I've attached some photo's to illustrate.

I really don't want her trying to reverse park into the garage - much easier to drive straight in with camera assistance.

Any idea how I can get the front camera to display guides like the rear one does ?

Regards Tim

Guide lines from 360 view

Minimal guide lines from front facing camera

full set of reversing guide lines - this is what I'd like to see again from front facing camera

Hi Don,

thanks for the great informationand taking the time to post photo's etc - clearly I was looking in the wrong place and hadn't gone far enough with the dismantling.

I have all the cables in place and the system works fine for front and rear cameras it was just the DC power which had me beat.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Edit and 10 minutes later it was done - your photo's made it obvious what to do.

PS interesting to see you mounted your rear cam slightly to one side to miss the heating wire - just as I have done !

Hi Guys,

reading the handbook is always a good idea and it shows the fuse box is now under the bonnet on the drivers side.

So it looks like I'll have to find a switched feed inside the car as I don't fancy running a feed thru the fire wall to the fuse box !

That said, it all seems to work ok powered up all the time - just a question of how much extra discharge load is being applied to the 12V Battery.

I'll measure how much current the dashcam draws to give an idea of the risk and report back.

Hi Guys,

thanks for the replies.  Don, do I assume your fuse box wasn't in the passenger foot well ?

Luckily I'm a retired electronics engineer so can figure out where to pull power from - might look into the cigar ligher feed  if that's switched and run a fused feed from there, but ideally could do with finding the fuse box - must be somewhere or I've missed it.

The usb ports are both in use in the center console - one for smartphone USB Carplay and the other for a 64GB usb memory stick for music etc.

Hi,

I'm in the UK and have just taken delivery of a new nx300h takumi.

I bought a nextbase dashcam (front and rear) from LPD and the instructions were very clear apart from one issue - the fuse box is not where it should be, in fact I can't find it !

According to the instructions it should be behind a panel in the passenger footwell behind the glove box.  There is a fuse box of sorts but it only has two 30 amp fuses plus one slot which has no fuse fitted but which is live all the time.  As a stop gap I'm powering the dash cam from this feed, but really want it to only operate when the ignition is turned on to conserve Battery power as sometimes we go for 4 or 5 days without using the car.

I aslo had a look in the drivers footwell - not there either.

Nextbase state:

The recommend installation type is an ignition live power supply, this can be either the cigarette lighter cable or hardwire kit. An ignition live power supply means one which is only able to provide power to the Dash Cam when the vehicles ignition is on and running. The hardwire kit includes a voltage protection unit which stops the vehicle Battery becoming completely exhausted if a permanently live fuse has been selected. This ensures that you will always be able to restart your vehicles ignition and allow the vehicle Battery to recharge.

Using an ignition live feed would mean it's not active when parked on the road so maybe I should leave it powered all the time and hope it doesn't drain the 12v Battery to the point of being too low to start the engine - bit of a quandary really maybe I should just trust the nextbase low voltage protection.

Makes me wonder what the drain is from the 12v Battery is for the rest of the Lexus systems ?

One other small issue, it said to mount the rear camera in the centre, but doing so causes the heated rear windon element to appear in the picture, so I offset it slightly.

Has anyone else tried to fit a webcam to a 2020 nx300h ? I'd be interested in your experiences.

Thanks for the link - very useful.

Regards Tim

Thanks Colin, Don

I've spoken to the dealership about this but they said as it was a new feature they didn't know much about it, but one their guys was a 'techno wiz' and will help me set it up on delivery.

I used to work for Motorola / Google on cellular products in the USA so doubtless I'll figure it out once I get my hands on it !

Regards Tim

Hi Don,

Thanks for confirming my suspicions - I had taken a look at the user manual and options list but it still wasn't clear to me.

Final questions - any idea of the cost per month and is there a SIM  slot somewhere to connect to your network of choice or is it tied to a particular a carrier ?

Regards Tim

Hi Guys,

just ordered a new nx300h Takumi with panoramic roof.  This is my second Lexus having previously owned one of the first RX400h in the USA some years back, here's hoping the NX is just as good if not better.

Certainly has much more equipment and features etc which leads me to my question.

It seems to have a wifi hotspot function such that it can be used as an access point - I'd like to think using the cars internet connection would be more stable / faster than a mobile phone tucked away in the armrest.

I'm not sure if this facility is standard or an option - I read elsewhere it might be an option to have a SIM reader to connect to the chosen provider.

Any further info on this would be useful.

Thanks Tim