hawaiian

Know how you feel. Preparing my wife's 2004 GS300 for sale. Just got a 2014 GS350 but still going to miss the 300. I think the 300 six engine is legendary. Although rated at only 220 horsepower, out of the hole I swear it pulls harder than the 350. The 350 pretty much blows it away in every other respect but it still is a very special machine.

Spoke to my sales person and he said I can reset the entire nav/multi-media system back to factory default by going to Display, Setup, Setup. He said it will set the entire system including the nav back to factory default. Nav, phone pairing, contacts,etc will all be wiped out but not a big deal as I have not setup the nav. I have not had a chance to try it. Will do after work today.

Finally got through the number you provided. Unfortunately, after I asked my question, person said "our service department can best help you". She then transferred my call and it ended up at my local Lexus dealership's service dept. Sure enough, no one knows the answer. Said they'd call me back when they have the answer. I'm not holding my breath... I think I'll just take up the Sales Dept. offer of having the service department do it at no charge. After all, someone at the dealership input the presets as they are all local stations. It did not come from Japan this way.

Still have not gotten through on the Lexus phone line. Dealer said pulling the fuse for the sound system should work. Guy was not 100% sure. Said there may be a ECU/ECM feeding juice also but he doubts it. Said to try pulling the fuse first and if that doesn't work, disconnecting the battery will. Besides whatever I programmed, he said the power windows and sunroof may need to be reset. He told me to bring my car by and they'd do it free. That may be my best option. Thanks all!

I think your idea will work! Most of my settings are at factory default I assume since I haven't changed anything (except kill 7.1 Surround) so probably not too much harm. Is there possible downsides to the VSC and other computer fancy stuff.

Thanks. I tried the number a few times today and it's been busy. I'll try again later and keep you posted.

Might be a dumb question but it's bothering me. How do you delete preset radio stations? Just got a 2014 GS350 with Nav and Levinson. All 36 presets were already populated with the same 3 or 4 stations repeating multiple times. We don't have 36 radio stations in Hawaii much less 36 decent ones. I changed the first 22 to stations I want but now have to scroll through 14 repeating stations to get back to the begining. I know I could just start repeating the wanted stations but that would still screw up my scrolling although not as bad as it is now. I had a 2014 IS250 (no nav) loaner and it actually had a setup screen that asked how many presets I want to use. I think that would solve my issue but the system I have does not have that feature. At least I could not find it. Dealer knows nothing! I looked for a "return to factory default" type button but could not find one. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.