Anyone have a bluetooth phone that works good w/ their car???
07-02-07, 05:06 AM
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BlackBerry 8703e/Sprint - and everything works great but I could not transfer the address book over to the car. Same for the LGVX8100/Verizon that I have paired as a 2nd phone as well [not at the same time of course].
07-02-07, 05:23 AM
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Nokia 6630 and it works great but doesn't show the caller's id.
quick question.. i have to have the caller stored on the car's memory or it will not show his id when he calls am i right?
quick question.. i have to have the caller stored on the car's memory or it will not show his id when he calls am i right?
07-02-07, 06:04 AM
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I use a Razor V3 and it works fine, caller ID and all. Never had any problems.
07-02-07, 06:11 AM
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With regard to caller ID, remember two things:
1. Lexus blanks out the caller ID number when the vehicle is in motion. So if you want to test whether caller ID is being passed, make sure the vehicle isn't moving when you check.
2. Lexus does show caller ID name when the vehicle is in motion, but only if the name is in car's phonebook, and only if the number is an EXACT match, including details like the presence or absence of the leading "1" before the number.
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07-02-07, 06:13 AM
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07-02-07, 07:20 AM
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The wife uses a Sanyo Katana (Razr knockoff) on the Sprint network and it works perfectly. The phone was realatively new when we got the car in October '06 and the salesperson said it was one of the few phones she had seen that worked seemlessly with it.
If you go here http://www.lexus.com/models/IS/acces...bluetooth.html you should find all the phones that Lexus says will work.
If you go here http://www.lexus.com/models/IS/acces...bluetooth.html you should find all the phones that Lexus says will work.
07-02-07, 07:29 AM
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I have a Cingular 3125 smartphone through AT&T and I have never had a single problem with it. Only things it wont do is transfer the entire phone book to the car (via bluetooth) and of course it doesnt sync the signal strength and battery life to the nav display, but I really dont think any phone out there works with that Lexus feature.
07-02-07, 07:45 AM
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My Verizon V3c Razr shows the battery and signal strength on the display, both with the original Verizon firmware, as well as with the Alltel firmware that I flashed to enable phonebook transfer (one contact at a time, which is better than not being able to do it at all).
07-02-07, 08:55 AM
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I have the LG vx8600 from verizon and it works great.
Funny story, I was following my wife who was driving the lexus and my phone was connected to the car while I was driving...needless to say, she thought the car had come alive when I started making a phone call to her phone...haha.
but anyways, the phone connects well, clarity is great, only wish the A2DP profile was accepted for the car, man I wish I could listen to MP3's from the phone.
Funny story, I was following my wife who was driving the lexus and my phone was connected to the car while I was driving...needless to say, she thought the car had come alive when I started making a phone call to her phone...haha.
but anyways, the phone connects well, clarity is great, only wish the A2DP profile was accepted for the car, man I wish I could listen to MP3's from the phone.
