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Old 09-09-10, 01:06 PM
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I just purchased a 2008 Lexus ES 350. It has a Logic Control System (looks like a tape deck)??? Can someone please tell me what this is and what it does. Thank you
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Yes, it's a tape deck. Back in the 80s they were very popular in cars.

Back in the day it was like - "Oh man, your tape deck has auto-reverse? And Dolby noise reduction? Sweeet!!"
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Originally Posted by MadMax96
Yes, it's a tape deck. Back in the 80s they were very popular in cars.

Back in the day it was like - "Oh man, your tape deck has auto-reverse? And Dolby noise reduction? Sweeet!!"
Good times, good times. What a improvement over 8 track tapes!
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Originally Posted by MadMax96
Yes, it's a tape deck. Back in the 80s they were very popular in cars.

Back in the day it was like - "Oh man, your tape deck has auto-reverse? And Dolby noise reduction? Sweeet!!"
Lexus had cassette players in their cars as recently as 2006 - LS430 for sure.
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thank you for the replies. Just dont understand why a "tape deck" is in a 2008??? oh well. i have a service appt tomorrow I think I will ask the dealer.
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its an mp3 cassette player adapter. allows you to hook up your mp3 player to the car.
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Originally Posted by SHOES831
its an mp3 cassette player adapter. allows you to hook up your mp3 player to the car.
You can use it for that I suppose, but the car has a regular headphone jack as an aux input anyway. A USB port was added for 2010 for iPods, but any MP3 player can still use the 1/8" jack.
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Originally Posted by SHOES831
thank you for the replies. Just dont understand why a "tape deck" is in a 2008??? oh well. i have a service appt tomorrow I think I will ask the dealer.
According to this, it was an "option" all the way through 2009.
You want it - Lexus has it!

http://autos.aol.com/cars-Lexus-ES+350-2009/equipment/

Can you post a picture of the center stack?
I think many people would like to take a look at this oddity.
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Red face cassette deck

My 2009 has it and I was told that many people in the wealthy set like to listen to audio books and that is why the cassette deck. I guess if you are rich you don't have time to read a book. I sure don't know! Maybe some rich people can confirm this.
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One of the reasons for the tape deck availability may have been due to the relatively high average age of ES350 buyers.

Many of them probably had/have a lot of cassettes and wanted something to play them on without having to convert to CD's or any other format.

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LOL I guess I never thought about audio books!! ahahahaha
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Originally Posted by wilhannes
My 2009 has it and I was told that many people in the wealthy set like to listen to audio books and that is why the cassette deck. I guess if you are rich you don't have time to read a book. I sure don't know! Maybe some rich people can confirm this.
Nah -- how are we supposed to get our fill of Quarterflash and ABBA without it?
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