For those who might not know, there is a hardware Nav override unit available for many Lexus products. It's sold by Prestigious Society (I don't name 'em, I just report 'em). I think it's actually manufactured by Coastal E-Technologies (?) in Japan. (I'm not associated with any of these companies!)

It's a plug-n-play wiring harness with a small two-button panel that mounts to the dash or wherever you want it. Push the "Nav" button and you get 5 minutes of full functionality of the Nav while moving. Search POI's, enter destinations, access previous destination, saved destinations, look at your phonebook entries, calendar ... anything you can do while stopped. Press the button again to return to the map display. If you don't press it within 5 minutes, it automatically goes back.

The good thing is that it doesn't "get lost" like the Nav hack for Infinitis does. That is, you can be going 80 mph, keep it on for the full 5 minutes, and the Nav will find its position and resume tracking within a matter of a few seconds. My old M45 would get lost and stay lost until I came to a stop with the 'wire-cut" hack, but the Lexus doesn't.

Press the "TV" button on the little switch pad and you can watch DVD videos on the Nav screen while moving. For the record, this is illegal in most states and I don't recommend doing it.

This unit costs a little over $300 including shipping, but I wouldn't have a Nav that locked me out, and it works beautifully - as I confirmed in a week-long 3500-mile trip recently.

If anyone needs more info, PM me.

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On some Lexus products there is a key stroke overide that can be done to allow input while moving.  I sent it to Magellan over on FA cause he didnt believe Lexus had one, but its true, and it worked on my Mom's LX470 and RX400h.

That's correct, but they pretty much nixed it after '07, and the trick definitely doesn't work on any '08's (I'm told). I had an '07 IS350 and it worked on that, but not on my '08 LS!

Mike

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Just FYI KPierson (Cf Sponsor) has an over ride for the G35 which bypasses the motion for 30 seconds I'm told.  I'm sure he could enlighten the members as to how this could be modified for use in an M... or he might be willing to produce it if we can convince him there is enough interest (I think there is)

emailed!

I heard back from "Chung" and he said they're looking for local test vehicles and he'd contact me when the units were available for purchase

Interesting.... I have a 2008 LS460 and a 2006 Infiniti M45. Could use this on both!
Erik

Erik - I highly recommend the Prestigious Society override for the LS460. I've had mine for about a year and a half and it turned the Lexus nav into a usable tool.

Big thumbs up!

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