Interesting Little Details Discoveries Thread (Good or Bad)
03-26-14, 07:58 AM
#436
I just received a 2014 IS250 AWD as a loaner for some service on my 2012 CT200h. I don't have nav on my car so I was wondering when (what year) did the mouse like controller become dynamically resistive? By that I mean when in nav the pointer is free to move through the screen but when in a screen with limited options, the controller settles in and resists movement to the next selection then clicks or settles in to that option. As an electrical engineer this blew my mind, I wish I had it on my CT.
03-26-14, 08:07 AM
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Thanks for the info. It's a shame I won't even be able to retrofit one. Oh well I guess I can can get it on my next car.... 10 years from now.
03-26-14, 08:13 AM
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took me a while to figure this out, but when the car is in reverse and I'm backing out of a parking space, it starts beeping repeatedly if it detects a car approaching from either side. I've tested this and it will detect movement a long time before a car comes into your field of vision. Saved my a$$ a time or two.
03-26-14, 08:23 AM
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took me a while to figure this out, but when the car is in reverse and I'm backing out of a parking space, it starts beeping repeatedly if it detects a car approaching from either side. I've tested this and it will detect movement a long time before a car comes into your field of vision. Saved my a$$ a time or two.
It's particularly useful when you can't see over/thru those large SUV's & trucks parked next to you.
You're no longer forced to backup almost blindly until you can see past them.
I noticed it starts beeping even before the car or person shows up on the backup camera.
I wonder if there's another sensor for it somewhere.
03-26-14, 08:35 AM
#440
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It's the Rear Cross Traffic Alert system, and it's pretty cool. I believe it uses the Blind Spot Monitor sensors located in the rear bumper. Info here:
http://drivers.lexus.com/t3Portal/do.../sec_04-05.pdf
http://drivers.lexus.com/t3Portal/do.../sec_04-05.pdf
03-26-14, 08:53 AM
#441
About the sound volume. There's a setting controlling of each source has its own level, or all has the same.
It's the bottom one on the display where you select surround sound. If the setting is "off", each source has its own level.
It's the bottom one on the display where you select surround sound. If the setting is "off", each source has its own level.
03-26-14, 09:45 AM
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03-26-14, 02:21 PM
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03-26-14, 03:03 PM
#447
It's been too far away to be the parking sensors. And the acoustic warning is different when it's the cross traffic alert compared to the parking sensors. It's beep-beep-beep .... beep-beep-beep.
03-26-14, 03:09 PM
#448
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Were they walking from far away and walking fast?
03-26-14, 03:27 PM
#450
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I have, however, had a time or two where it has not picked up a pedestrian, so I never rely on it for this purpose.