06GS300

Yes just make sure your leads are all long enough to make your connections. If your hesitant, why not pull the radio out, take a look around, and if your not comfortable with cutting the wires, put it back together and think about it some more.

Yes, both are fully functional! It adds a new alias under that button that maps out to the ipod. Each time you mash the "disk" button, it toggles between your in-dash changer and your ipod. Go for it, you will be very happy, it does the job very well and the sound quality, volume, etc. is pristine.

Hey Yash, Yes, it is installed! And the audio problems from the other issue are gone! Initial thoughts are very good, I like the unit very much. It installed very easy, but I did not take any pics. I will tell you how I did it and hopefully it will be helpful for you and other people down the line. To do it, you would pull the radio out like you do for the dvd bypass, you can see that thread for the steps to get the radio out. Once its pulled out, and your sitting in the drivers seat, you move it over to the side, towards the passengers seat so you can see the back of the radio. There is a harness close to you, on the left of the radio, all the way at the bottom (below the screen) that matches the harness the dice kit comes with. Pull that out and plug it into the dice harness. Then plug the other end of the dice into where it went. There's another plug on the dice loom that has two wires going to it. I left that unplugged, wedged so it does not rattle. I think its surplus (don't you love extra parts!) for some setup that I didn't have. I do not have factory SAT fwiw, maybe it has something to do with that... Anyway once you have it plugged in, you plug the other end into the black plastic dice module, and plug in the dock connector to your ipod and the module (plug everything in). Connect your battery (yes I unplugged the battery, you may or may not - depending on how risky you feel), and turn on the car to make sure it works before you put everything back together. Click the disk button on the radio as if you want to play a disk, then press it again to switch to the ipod. CD CHANGER will appear on your screen. Navigate your ipod to some music and hit play. Confirm it works, do a little dance, and put it all back together the way it came out. I mounted the dice module in the center of the car, just south of the shifter there is a space where it fits perfectly. Then I ran the dock cable into the center console as a final resting place. I did purchase the video cradle but did not install it as I did not yet buy the $500 video tap, so ymmv here. To get the dock cable into the center console, this is what I did. Removed the seat air conditioner controls switch plate by pressing in the tabs with a flathead and prying it up. Now that that was out of the way, I took a belt hole puncher and put on the widest hole it has. This is the tool used to punch holes in a leather belt. I took the tool and punched a hole at the very top edge of the velvet center console bin where it meets the air conditioner swith plate. This is where I ran the wire through. If I did not put the hole there, the cable would have been severely pinched when I pressed the plate back down. With the module where I put it, there was plenty of cable to allow the driver or the passenger to use the ipod while your cruising around. Put it all back together and your done. What I like about it is that it turns the ipod off when you turn off the car. I still need to learn the hacks it does with the radio controls, its a learning curve to learn what does what but I have most of it figured out. I don't use playlists so I dont get a lot of song changing ability through the head unit (I probably need to learn it better, though). For now, I change my artists on the ipod and can toggle the songs with the track switches just above the ashtray, on the left by my right knee. Hope this helps and if anyone has questions, fire away.

I pulled my unit out to put in my dice ipod hookup, and now everything works again! Maybe there was a loose connection somewhere.

Hey madyash it's arrived but I did not install it yet. I have been quite busy but maybe I'll do it tonight. I plan to install the cradle between the shifter and the center console, there's enough room there and it looks like it'll fit very nicely and easy to reach and read if needed. I didn't order my video tap yet ($500!) but I did get my sound problem from the other thread fixed so now I'm not as worried about ordering it as before. Lastly, if I had to guess, I should still get use of my DVD / CD player with the DICE installed. So far, my first impression of the DICE is very good. It came in a nice packaging and seems to be built with quality.

Thanks for the info SC nice car

Wimbley, PLEASE!!!

Congrats, enjoy! btw, that's commendable of you to go through all 13 pages of the thread before cutting wires ;)

did you have to do any fender work to accommodate the drop?

front left or right or both?

I ordered the DICE along with the video cradle from PriusChat, free shipping http://priuschat.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/66 http://priuschat.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/68 I called DICE to make sure, it's the same ipod car integration unit for the Prius and the Lexus. I opted for the Dice because, among other reasons, it unlocks the ipod so you can use either the ipod or the touchscreen to interact with your files - the others on the market lock the ipod so you can only use the car's controls. I found a guy on eBay that has the video tap for the 06 GS, it's expensive though compared to the other cars that have been tapped ($500 vs $200) because according to him this car requires a unit that is digital and imitates signals as opposed to the regular analog unit. If anyone has other sources for the video tap on the 06+ GS please share as I've yet to order it but will probably order it soon.

Which company was it that bought this from you?

any rub?

oh snap that's a tight ride

http://support.diceelectronics.com/files/u...ual_rev_C01.pdf The user manual shows that you can get an optional video out cable, it's not a seamless integration that includes a harness or whatnot to bridge it in to the Lexus factory screen. Time to go back to searching for a real bridge that gives all the desired features... songs, playlists, video, touchscreen, etc., etc...

What are the options if you want one that also plays back video? The Dice states: but it's pretty vague, nowhere else do they mention the video capabilities...

Sounds like what mine was doing when my problem started... I hope if anyone else has this problem they will chime in too.

Same problem here - I get video but no sound. What do you get? And my CDs won't play sound either. But FM and AM work fine. What's the skinny with yours?

Well I disconnected the battery, had to reset three of the windows by putting them up and down three times or so from each seat, but alas the radio still does not play cds or sound on the dvds. I get video but no sound. And no sound on cds. The radio did not loose its preset stations, I figured it would. So I still think there's probably some reset thats available aside from disconnecting the battery. If anyone knows, PLEASE chime in.

Thanks Argelius, I'll give that a whirl tonight. In the meantime, if anyone else knows some secret handshake or whatnot to reset it please share.

I would like to reboot my radio, a hard reboot - I guess maybe what I want is to reset it, as turning the car on and off does not get it to the proper state. It's acting up - no sound from cds nor dvds, however I get video on the dvds. Is there anything I can do to reset it fresh, so maybe I can start to listen to my music and movies again? FM works but not the cds or dvds. :chairshot: Should I disconnect the battery for five minutes? Is there anything else one might suggest I do? I have posted in a few similar and related threads but I guess I need to rephrase what it is I want to do, hence this thread. TIA

Thanks Argelius. I wonder if there's a reset challenge one can do to reset the radio aside from wrenching off the battery.

Was GS4Fun's post actually a private message? I don't see it here in the thread. I'm having problems with a dvd-bypassed 06 GS 300 (video, but no sound. no cds make sound either) so I checked out this thread. How did you reset the windows? What other features of the car can be reset? Was it just disconnecting the battery? Now you have me thinking maybe I can reset my audio somehow. I'll try disconnecting the battery, as that I did not attempt... but please tell more.. regards

I, too, am interested in an ipod add-on and looking for feedback from anyone with the dice HD w/ipod or the vaistech or whatever else is out there. /clicks subscribe to thread

Me again (see post 167) I have this DVD bypass installed. At first it worked great but recently it does not play the sound on the dvd, I only get video. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. This has been haunting me for months now. It happened months ago, but then it started working again (I posted that I had fixed it). However, now, it's acting up again. Actually, it's been acting up since a few days after I thought I had it fixed. SO does anyone have any idea whats going on, or shall I rephrase that.. does anyone else have this problem? I get the picture but no sound. And no sound from CDs either. It's terrible! Sometimes I'll get sound for a day or two, and then it goes bad again. As if it has a mind of it's own. Please help!