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Lexus LS 460 Suggested Improvements

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#11 of 60 Re: Remote Engine Start [excelsior88] by nvbanker

Nov 05, 2006 (9:35 pm)

Replying to: excelsior88 (Nov 05, 2006 9:12 pm)
It is an accessory that is available to Lexus Japan owners...
 
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

#12 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [rennybosch] by oac

Nov 06, 2006 (12:36 am)

Replying to: rennybosch (Oct 20, 2006 4:30 pm)
The CD player should be able to remember where you left off FOR EACH CD SEPARATELY.
 
In my '03 LX, the CD player does remember the exact part of a song I was playing before I switched to something else. Everytime I switch back, it starts from the next lyric on the song I was playing earlier... Can your LS not do this already ?

#13 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [oac] by rennybosch

Nov 06, 2006 (1:41 pm)

Replying to: oac (Nov 06, 2006 12:36 am)
oac, on my '04 LS430, with the Mark Levinson 6-CD changer, it remembers where it left off if I switch to a different source, i.e. AM, FM, or Tape, and then come back to Disc. But if I switch to a different CD and then come back to the one I had been playing before the switch, then it restarts at the beginning instead of continuing where we left off.
 
On your LX do you have a multiple CD player? If so, what brand is it?

#14 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [rennybosch] by ljflx

Nov 06, 2006 (3:06 pm)

Replying to: rennybosch (Nov 06, 2006 1:41 pm)
rennybosch - My home CD playesr can't do that. I don't think there is technology that does what you want it to, let alone in a car. Once you've switched CD's within the CD player source itself it's over - you've terminated the song you were playing. Switching to a different mode such as AM, FM or tape is different as you haven't terminated the song playing on the CD player.
 
What you are seeking is a request for the electronics world, not Lexus, and I doubt it's worth the investment or if it's even possible. I didn't understand what you were requesting until your last post. I had thought the same as OAC - that you couldn't come back to the spot in your CD if you switched modes.
 
DVR's work the same way as far as I know. Switch off a recorded show to a live one and your exit spot is preserved. But switch to another recorded show and it's probably lost. I'm not 100%v sure on this as I don't remember having tested this. I do have a multiple disc DVD player at home and it also only keeps track of one DVD's exit position, not multiple DVD exit positions. Again - I don't even know if what you want is possible.
 
It's possible a DVR does what you want though or will do so in the future. I can see it happening there, and if that's the case then it's possible the new LS460L or future models of it and other cars will be able to do it off the hard disk.

#15 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [ljflx] by rennybosch

Nov 06, 2006 (3:33 pm)

Replying to: ljflx (Nov 06, 2006 3:06 pm)
"What you are seeking is a request for the electronics world, not Lexus . . ."
 
I guess you are right, ljflx. Thanks for your reply.
 
As far as home DVR's are concerned, mine (a Motorola unit furnished by Adelphia, which recently became Time Warner) does remember position for each program separately. I had recorded "Ocean's 11" (the original with the Sinatra rat pack), along with several other programs. After starting to watch the movie for a while, I switched over to watch a stored Seinfeld episode, and then a stored news program, and the next day I went back to the movie and it resumed exactly where it left off. Of course the unit wasn't reading different CD's, it was just reading from different locations on the hard disk, but it did have to remember "current position" for each recorded program.
 
That's what I would like to see in the Mark Levinson.

#16 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [rennybosch] by ljflx

Nov 06, 2006 (4:18 pm)

Replying to: rennybosch (Nov 06, 2006 3:33 pm)
"As far as home DVR's are concerned, mine (a Motorola unit furnished by Adelphia, which recently became Time Warner) does remember position for each program separately"
 
Mine does as well - just tested it. So if you can store your music in CD groupings than the hard disc should be able to do the same thing with music that the DVR does with video.
 
You may have to buy that 2007 LS afterall !

#17 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [oac] by nvbanker

Nov 06, 2006 (6:00 pm)

Replying to: oac (Nov 06, 2006 12:36 am)
The CD player should be able to remember where you left off FOR EACH CD SEPARATELY.
 
Yes, mine already does that, and also when the phone rings, the CD stops and resumes right where it stopped after the call is through.

#18 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [ljflx] by rennybosch

Nov 07, 2006 (10:37 am)

Replying to: ljflx (Nov 06, 2006 4:18 pm)
"You may have to buy that 2007 LS afterall !"
 
I'm planning on it. Around next May, when I can get about 10% off MSRP.

#19 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [rennybosch] by ljflx

Nov 07, 2006 (7:51 pm)

Replying to: rennybosch (Nov 07, 2006 10:37 am)
"I'm planning on it. Around next May, when I can get about 10% off MSRP."
 
You're gonna need a lot of prayers to get 10% off this car in the this model year. Be hopeful they are discounting at all.

#20 of 60 Re: Lexus LS - Suggested Improvements [nvbanker] by rennybosch

Nov 08, 2006 (1:28 pm)

Replying to: nvbanker (Nov 06, 2006 6:00 pm)
NvBanker, you say your CD player remembers where you left off FOR EACH CD SEPARATELY. What model car and sound system do you have? Do you already have an LS460?

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