Navigation Hack for Accessibility
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Has anyone been successful in hacking the new LS 460 to free up the navigation from greying out? I'm really mainly interested in the phone book being freed up while driving. I just got my car last week and was surprised that Lexus had chose the phone book to lock. I guess I would have been less surprised had they provided more than 20 voice mail tags which would enable to do total voice dialing for everyone. The only work arounds if you have used all your 20 voice tags and don't know the phone number to the person is to dial through your cell phone which is a lot more cumbersome and dangerous than the large phonebook display on the navigation. Of course, you could also completely stop somewhere to access the phone book, not call anyone else but whom you have voice tagged or if you know the phone number to "dail by number" but all of those options are not either convenient or possible (in the case where you don't know the phone number to dial by number). It's all about safety...I acknowledge Lexus efforts but if this is the case, many accidents occur while in heavy stop and go traffic where they allow you active selections on the navigation for "Detour", then you either select "avoid traffic" or "reroute" your trip.
I'm just hoping someone can discover a hack so at least the phone book is accessible. Please keep those of us interested informed!
I'm just hoping someone can discover a hack so at least the phone book is accessible. Please keep those of us interested informed!
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You got approximately 18 one touch speed dials. How many you want?
You can always open your phone and speed dial from it when you're driving. that's a hell of a lot better than trying to hack the system.
You can always open your phone and speed dial from it when you're driving. that's a hell of a lot better than trying to hack the system.
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Yeah, but it would be a lot easier and safer if we could just punch the numbers in on the NAV keypad without really taking our eyes off the road.
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All 18 Lexus speed dials are available when moving. Come right up when you press the phone button on the wheel. Otherwise as mentioned must use the phone's speed dials but its all handsfree after that.
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What I do is use the blue tooth feature. I do not use Cingular, Sprint, or Verizon. My plan is US Cellular. I have the Razor phone and have enabled the blue tooth feature on both car and phone. Anytime I want to make a call I go to contacts on my phone, select who I want to speak with and press send. The Blue Tooth feature does the rest. I traveled from Wisconsin to AZ and never had a problem. I have also usd the dial by number feature from the voice activate menu, it to works fine.
I to would like to use the Nav system while in motion or the recording feature of the hard drive. Lexus won't chnage it for use but maybe for the 08 car.
I to would like to use the Nav system while in motion or the recording feature of the hard drive. Lexus won't chnage it for use but maybe for the 08 car.
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What I do is use the blue tooth feature. I do not use Cingular, Sprint, or Verizon. My plan is US Cellular. I have the Razor phone and have enabled the blue tooth feature on both car and phone. Anytime I want to make a call I go to contacts on my phone, select who I want to speak with and press send. The Blue Tooth feature does the rest. I traveled from Wisconsin to AZ and never had a problem. I have also usd the dial by number feature from the voice activate menu, it to works fine.
I to would like to use the Nav system while in motion or the recording feature of the hard drive. Lexus won't change it for us but maybe for the 08 car.
I to would like to use the Nav system while in motion or the recording feature of the hard drive. Lexus won't change it for us but maybe for the 08 car.
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