Climate control voice command?
04-21-07, 05:46 PM
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Climate control voice command?
We are about ready to buy a new 07 GX. Not that it's a deal breaker, but I cannot get a clear answer about whether it has voice commands for climate control or not. In the video on the Lexus website, it clearly states that it has the feature. However, two separate dealers have told me that it definitely does not.
I did a search on this forum prior to posting and it appears that this apparently was an upgrade from the Gen3 system to the Gen4. But I'm wondering if they discontinued it in the Gen5...
Does anyone have an answer?
I can't decide between Blizzard Pearl, Black and Ash Blue Mica... I love the blizzard pearl but there are two in my neighborhood... black is hard to maintain but gorgeous... the ash blue mica is nice in certain light but just looks gray most of the time.
I did a search on this forum prior to posting and it appears that this apparently was an upgrade from the Gen3 system to the Gen4. But I'm wondering if they discontinued it in the Gen5...
Does anyone have an answer?
I can't decide between Blizzard Pearl, Black and Ash Blue Mica... I love the blizzard pearl but there are two in my neighborhood... black is hard to maintain but gorgeous... the ash blue mica is nice in certain light but just looks gray most of the time.
04-26-07, 10:34 AM
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My 06 also supports it - but don't actually try to convince yourself that you will use it - it is barely functional - doesn't like any ambient noise and you have to adjust your speach sometimes for the car to understand.
Totally useless toy in my book - used it a couple times and then just got sick of it and found it faster to use the buttons. For some reason 50% of the things it doesn't understand just makes the Nav system put up all the Thai restaurant icons - handy if you want Thai - not real usefull when you are trying to turn up the radio! I would rather have paid $500 less for the car and not had the feature.
On the other hand - rain sensing wipers are worth every dime in my book and for the first time in years had to drive a car without them in the rain - very annoying now to have to adjust the wiper speed continuously to keep up with the weather!
Totally useless toy in my book - used it a couple times and then just got sick of it and found it faster to use the buttons. For some reason 50% of the things it doesn't understand just makes the Nav system put up all the Thai restaurant icons - handy if you want Thai - not real usefull when you are trying to turn up the radio! I would rather have paid $500 less for the car and not had the feature.
On the other hand - rain sensing wipers are worth every dime in my book and for the first time in years had to drive a car without them in the rain - very annoying now to have to adjust the wiper speed continuously to keep up with the weather!
04-27-07, 07:59 AM
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My 06 also supports it - but don't actually try to convince yourself that you will use it - it is barely functional - doesn't like any ambient noise and you have to adjust your speach sometimes for the car to understand.
Totally useless toy in my book - used it a couple times and then just got sick of it and found it faster to use the buttons. For some reason 50% of the things it doesn't understand just makes the Nav system put up all the Thai restaurant icons - handy if you want Thai - not real usefull when you are trying to turn up the radio! I would rather have paid $500 less for the car and not had the feature.
On the other hand - rain sensing wipers are worth every dime in my book and for the first time in years had to drive a car without them in the rain - very annoying now to have to adjust the wiper speed continuously to keep up with the weather!
Totally useless toy in my book - used it a couple times and then just got sick of it and found it faster to use the buttons. For some reason 50% of the things it doesn't understand just makes the Nav system put up all the Thai restaurant icons - handy if you want Thai - not real usefull when you are trying to turn up the radio! I would rather have paid $500 less for the car and not had the feature.
On the other hand - rain sensing wipers are worth every dime in my book and for the first time in years had to drive a car without them in the rain - very annoying now to have to adjust the wiper speed continuously to keep up with the weather!
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