Navigation - Cell Phone / Carrier?
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07runner
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It has nothing to do with the cell phone carrier, Toyota specifies certain blue tooth enabled phones to be most compatable with their blue tooth nav system. Check the owners manual that comes with the nav system for the cell phone models.
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07runner
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I have a friend that has a Lexus GX 470 with the nav system, and he told me the blue tooth nav system is nice, but using it with the cell phone is not all its cracked up to be.
The dealer will gladly give you the nav owners manual so you can choose a phone before you get your baby. From what my friend told me your better off just using your cell phone with out the nav system. Operation is not all that great, gets confusing, and he has more dropped calls connected to the nav system then without. Some day they will work out the bugs, but it wont be in the 2006 model year, that by the way is the year he has. He has complained to the dealer and did not get any satisfaction, he was told it is what it is, and there is nothing they can do for him and no fix is issued by lexus.
The dealer will gladly give you the nav owners manual so you can choose a phone before you get your baby. From what my friend told me your better off just using your cell phone with out the nav system. Operation is not all that great, gets confusing, and he has more dropped calls connected to the nav system then without. Some day they will work out the bugs, but it wont be in the 2006 model year, that by the way is the year he has. He has complained to the dealer and did not get any satisfaction, he was told it is what it is, and there is nothing they can do for him and no fix is issued by lexus.
Uneek
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kubes71 said:
Bluetooth (BT) is an open standard governed by a SIG (special interest group). What it comes down to is not so much the carrier, but what the manufacturer of the phone has decided to implement for the Bluetooth profiles. Arguably, there are some phones and headsets that have better Bluetooth performance than others.
What I mean by profiles is there has to be certain functionality for BT to work, i.e. all phones will have the headset profile, which allows BT to send and received audio, earpiece and mic sounds. There are other profiles, like on computers transferring files, printing, etc. that may or may not be supported by the phone. Depending on the BT profiles implemented on the phone and Toyota's nav unit is what will limit the functionality and interaction on between phone and nav.
I believe this is what the class action suit against Verizon was about. Verizon was sued because one of their Motorola phones has limited BT profiles and it did not allow the transferring of contacts/phonebook over BT. If the Toyota nav or your phone doesn't support this, it would mean you would not be able to dial contacts frorm the nav system (assuming the Toyota nav did support it and the phone does not).
I'm currently using a Treo650, so most BT profiles are supported because it's a PDA phone. Some of the camera phones my carrier (Sprint) has supports PictBridge printing and file transfer over BT--it really depends on the phone. But if it's a regular phone you may want inquire about the BT profiles that is supported by the phone and match it up to the BT profiles the Toyota nav has.
Ask around with people in the areas you're most frequently in and see how they like their coverage with their carrier. Most carriers offer some type of trial period for their service. So if the phone or the coverage doesn't work out for you, you can always cancel and avoid the early termination fees.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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