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Old 05-06-09, 07:53 PM
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I have the mp3 sound system that comes with the premium (not luxuary) package.

I wonder whether there is a way to make it display foreign characters (say Chinese). Do I need to save the filenames/mp3 tags in a special encoding (e.g. unicode 8/16)? Or there is no way it will work?

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Old 05-06-09, 08:16 PM
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ermms.... i doubt it would but not too sure though... i don't have ipod integration
Old 05-06-09, 08:35 PM
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i wanna know too!
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no.. it will not work.
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Originally Posted by AlienX
I have the mp3 sound system that comes with the premium (not luxuary) package.

I wonder whether there is a way to make it display foreign characters (say Chinese). Do I need to save the filenames/mp3 tags in a special encoding (e.g. unicode 8/16)? Or there is no way it will work?

Thanks in advance.
It doesn't answer your question (I suspect the answer is no)- but FYI, the radio has nothing to do with your package... having ML or not is a separate option from any of the "packages"
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I have emailed Lexus, and it says that foreign characters can't be read =.=||
So I don't think that the factory IPod kit will help (originally was planning to get one). =(
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sorry to bring this question back alive again.....
does flashing our EMV help??
obviously overseas Lexus can read every character
they can read Japanese, Korean, both type of Chinese
i guess it's either replacing our EMV with foreign model or flash our EMV
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I know BMW can read chinese....but not lexus
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Foreign tags in unicode will not work. Will show up as "*****"
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Originally Posted by kickin8
I know BMW can read chinese....but not Lexus
how ironic is that...I bet our cars can read German
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Originally Posted by RsSharKy
sorry to bring this question back alive again.....
does flashing our EMV help??
obviously overseas Lexus can read every character
they can read Japanese, Korean, both type of Chinese
i guess it's either replacing our EMV with foreign model or flash our EMV
What's EMV? Do you mean the firmware of our navigation system?

I think that flashing the firmware might work. But I haven't seem anyone online trying it, nor do I see any firmware available.
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