First day questions

My iPhone syncs with the NAV just fine, and the 3G or 3GS with the 3.0 software transferred the contacts no problem.

Programming the Homelink worked just fine on my IV.

To adjust the seat up or down crank that lever in an up and down motion.

By turn off Navigation do you mean stop the turn-by-turn guidance? I use the Voice Command "Pause Guidance" to stop it.

 

i have synced the LG 10000 Voyager, the Palm Centro, the Blackberry Storm and the LG 11000 EnV Touch all without a hitch. all verizon, maybe you need to look at another carrier?? (just kidding!!). what i do like is the ease of switching back and forth between phones...one thing you might try is syncing your phone book while parked. i had issues until i realized that those functions are locked out when you are moving...so much for getting everything set up on the initial drive home!!

on seat adjustment, the lever does vertical adjustment pull up to move seat up, push down to move seat down...pretty intuitive.

home link did not work for me either. manual says something about if your opener uses rolling codes, you must program the home link with the program button on the opener itself... have not done that yet since that involves getting a step stool, etc... one of these days maybe. not that critical since we have 3 garage door openers anyway...in fact, one is on my bike. the other was moved from the SPM which might have used the garage door opener maybe 10 times in nearly 2 years... and even those times will be greatly reduced since the SPM is now strictly a commuter car and the 2010 is the new family car.

as far as the extent of the voice commands, dk. you can configure the amount of talking the Nav gives you all the way down to a single beep a few blocks from a turn and a double beep right at the turn if you dont like the sound of the various voices available.

as far as turning off Nav. simply hit the Nav buttton at the top is a cancel button.

 

There is also a buried on screen pause command. Turn the bottom commands on, hit Route, and then there is either a pause command there or on another buried options screen. It's in the manual somewhere.

I think Razr is one of the phones noone has been able to make work. Both the phone and the car unit have to support the correct protocol. iphone works great. For verizon I'm sure there are lots of other choices of more up to date bluetooth phones.

They did not want to add the weight (or take up space) of full power seats. 6-way? not sure how they are counting -
raise up/down,
tilt back/forward,
slide forward/back,
lumbar increase/decrease.

I got homelink working just with the fixed code hold the current remote near the mirror method (while pressing the remote button and the car's homelink button). I think my rolling code is no longer working on my main opener unit. Manual says for rolling code you do the current remote step first, then do the learn rolling code step (press red learn/reset button on main unit, then you have x seconds to press the car homelink button until it does whatever blinking it's supposed to do).

 

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Was looking up phone compatibility last night. This site is referenced by Toyota:

Toyota Bluetooth Phone

Tells you what phones are compatible and to what degree. Seems to have a lot to do with your carrier.

 

That is very interesting, Next time I buy a new car I guess one of the main determining factors in my selection will be - "Is my new car's electronics compatible with my cell phone and cell phone service provider?".

Maybe Sprint, Verizon, ATT, and T-Mobile should start selling automobiles along with their cellular services.......

Keith

 

Oye! A car by Verizon!? No thanks! BUT, it would be useful to have this info in the phone store so that when I'm shopping for a phone I could see that it is/isn't compatible with my car before I buy the phone!!

 

Most, if not all, Verizon phones will not allow an automatic transfer of the phonebook. Same model phone under a different carrier will allow you to upload the phonebook. If your plan is coming due, you may have to consider another carrier in order to take advantage of this feature.

 

Hi MaggieMay,

I think that it would be good for a cell phone carrier to offer automobiles as their electronic communications device (as well as their physical transportation device). Look at it this way, instead of having 2 vendors pointing fingers at each other (ATT vs. Toyota, eg.) because their service doesn't work. You just have to point at one vendor and tell them it is their problem to fix it.

I'd sign-up in a flash for a 3-year phone contract if they threw in a Prius for free.

Keith

 

Actually check out the website - it says several DO including the Versa and the Blackberry Storm and one of the Motos - I think there are a few others - but you're right, Verizon is definitly behind on this. I get the best reception from Verizon in my little area here and loading up the system is a one-time issue. For me it doesn't warrant a change.

 

Well, heck - if ya put it that way!! Sign me up!!

 

Same here as far as switching from Verizon - no can do. My particular phone doesn't sync with the Prius Bluetooth, but it's certainly no biggie. I just programmed in my most used numbers manually.

 

i connected 4 verizon phones no issues. in fact, after they were connected (would have done more but only can do 4 so did the 4 most likely to be in the car). open phone panel, hit the contacts button, a message comes up "phonebook not available, would you like to upload contacts?"... select yes, its done.

well i have done all the major providers and Verizon works the best i think. now have heard that Att has improved in this area (it was still cingular when i was with them) but who knows. have stuck with verizon for going on 5 years...which is 3 years longer than i have stayed with any other provider. nextel was so pathetic, i paid the penalty to bail after 5-6 months with them. t-mobile had great pricing but their service sucked around here and would not work in 2 of my immediate family's home so had to forward my cellphone to their home or cell phone while visiting... that SUCKED!!

 

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I have a Verizon LG phone, My wife has a Verizon Samsung and both phonebooks loaded automatically. A piece of cake really, also I have the rolling codes on my home link and it worked the first time codes were entered. I did however read the instructions before trying. Hozz

 

That sounds hopeful! Which LG do you have? Mine's a year+ old I'm afraid it's not hip enough for the Gen III.

 

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I have the LG VX970V03 touch screen. Hozz