2005 Rx330--bluetooth Operation

[bcable]

We just bought the 2005 RX330 with navigation. One of the reasons we waited for the '05 was for the bluetooth connectivity. It does have bluetooth, but unfortunately, Lexus has really limited its use.

Here are my main complaints, and if any of you know how to fix any of them, please let me know:

-You can only have one phone connected to the car at a time (not a real big issue, and may just be a product of bluetooth only being able to connect to one device at a time);

-You cannot dial any of the numbers while the car is moving!!!!! For safety reasons, they do not let you dial on the navigation while moving;

-They do allow you to program one touch dialing into the system, which you can dial while driving; however, for some crazy reason, when you start moving it removes all of the phone numbers from the directory. So to call someone with the one touch dialing, you have to memorize all the speed dial numbers. I have to remember that one of my buddies is number 24, which maybe over time I will be able to do this, but come on. I guess this is for safety, but it is incredibly over the top and stupid. I can glance at my navigation screen to find a phone number and hit a number while driving.

-There is no voice activated dialing on the navigation. Our salesperson told us this was available, but I am pretty sure it is not. Sure would have been nice to be able to dial people with voice activation, especially if Lexus is so concerned about safety.

Other than the above, the bluetooth works really well. If there is some way to remove the sensor that turns off the dialing while you are moving, I'd love to know. Let me know if you have any thoughts. By the way, we got a great deal on the '05, I was very surprised how aggressive they were on pricing. MSRP $44,808, we paid $40,500 and they threw in all weather mats, including the mat for the very back. Very nice vehicle, just a little disappointed with the bluetooth. Thanks!

[Vicki_in_Florida]

I am supposed to pick my 2005 ES330 up tomorrow.

My salesperson told me that the bluetooth cannot be voice activated to dial phone numbers.

He said those features would be on the "higher end" cars...LOL

I guess $40,000 isn't a higher end car anymore!!!

[George L.]

I have the 2004 LX470 w/ the bluetooth/navigation system. It has voice activated dialing but I haven't messed with it yet. As far as dialing while you are driving, I do not believe there is an easy fix to this. The wiring for the navigation system used to be more basic and easy to bypass but with the newer models it is much more complex. If you try to tamper with it you are more likely to mess up the entire dash than actually fix the problem. While it is inconvient, there really isn't a worth while solution that has been found to bypass the problem. I guess we will all just have to be happy with the fact that we even have bluetooth in our cars. :)