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Alexusander

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    IS350
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    2011
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    New South Wales

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  1. Not wrong. I've tried iPhone 4's and later, but they don't work. Weird thing is sometimes the display shows the music track title/artist for a few secs but then drops out. I can not get iPhones to play at all. It's a pity there's no firmware upgrade available (?), particularly for Bluetooth streaming music. The hardware is there already.
  2. The bizarre thing is they can control iPods (remember those?) via USB but not iPhones nor Android. AND of course only have Bluetooth for calls. It's obviously just firmware that could be changed to make it integrated but that would prevent you from buying a later model Lexus... I searched Apple for an app that would make it behave like an iPod on USB but to no avail. Haven't searched if Android can trick the USB port to mimic iPod. Bluetooth would be so much simpler.
  3. Ummm, 350s aren't meant to be a tow car. My user's manual doesn't have it as an option whereas the 250 is. I figure it's got something to do with the trans tune; you may wreck the trans. I could be wrong - haven't looked that far into it.
  4. Do car controls really work? If the UE-SV1810 is connected to your phone via bluetooth and the sound goes via 3.5 mm AUX to the car audio system, how do the car controls work the phone? I thought the controls could only work the USB (iPod), as well as car CD etc.
  5. Actually this applies to the 2IS 6-speed - not sure if it's the same for 3IS 8-speed auto.
  6. IS350s are not supposed to be used for towing, according to my owner's manual (2011). I assume it has something to do with the transmission 'tune' / set-up.
  7. Looks like it. Fuel economy looks to have improved with the new plugs (standard gap).
  8. I had to reduce the gap of the 'genuine' (eBay) plugs and was a bit surprised they were out of tolerance. Otherwise, they looked OK, but appearances obviously ain't everything... Pretty annoyed at the waste of money, time and loss of fuel economy / possible damage of large plug gaps (first pic, close to 2 mm gap). I have a new set of NGK DFH6B-11A from Supercheap. The gaps are all perfect out-of-the-box (second pic).
  9. I bought what seemed genuine Denso plugs nearly 2 yrs ago. It seemed my fuel economy dropped off but I put it down to my imagination and various driving regimes. Today I pulled out a plug to find nearly all the 'iridium' tip (earth side) had gone. The gap was over 2.0 mm... I swapped for a spare new plug and checked the rest - nearly all the same! All I could do is close the gaps to ~1.1 mm and reinstall them. Seems to be running OK but will have to find genuine...
  10. Replying to my own thread - how sad. Anyhoo, after two (2) years of owning my car, I found out that if you press the 'START/STOP' (when stopped) and the trans is in anything but P (park), the engine stops AND the radio / accessories stay ON, as I wanted. Mind blown moment. Then I checked the manual... and there it was.
  11. I'm starting to find the old iPod too hard to transfer songs to - iTunes logic defies me these days - I select songs and use 'Copy to device #name' but the transfer never happens. I'd love to be totally wireless. I wonder what stops music being played over BlueTooth when voice calls are fine. Is there a magic App that fools the car's BT into thinking it's a voice call when playing music?? Searching the App Store, I can't see anything. Newer iOS devices won't talk to my 2011 IS via USB either. Again, an App that converts to an older USB comms protocol could fix it. Anyone know what the soft/firmware protocol / versions need to be?
  12. I'm so glad I could provide useful information - I'm always sponging off of others!
  13. I use an old iPod - it is loaded with my music. Plug it into the USB and it works fine - skip controls etc on the steering wheel all work. You can still pair your phone via Bluetooth at the same time of course. Not as convenient as using a single device but it's a good compromise.
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