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Watch out for other boobi traps. Check the cost of the in room wifi......

Twice now I have had this exact situation after two repeat journeys from Southampton to North Wales and back. EV Range at ZERO, fuel guage on one bar and range showing 50 to 55 miles. When filing up both times the tank took 25 litres and 27 litres. I am going to have to see realistically how far the last bar on the guage will get me and see if that resets the Range estimate.

Chance The NX media menus for the flash drive are IMO 'Clunky' Here are some screen shots from my display but I admit I cannot always find a away to navigate back to the File directory on the flash drive. Lexus in its wisdom seems to decide when IT wants tio display the flash drive contents or is taking a very long time to index the drive. Initially I was able to select the file I want to play, but could nopt always navigate back to the menu. I was able to rotate through the videos by using the Advance / Rewind Arrows either side of the pause button.

I am convinced that portions of the Phase 2 NX media system manual is a cut and paste from the last generation media manual with new images and pointers. Has no one at Lexus has really checked to see if the manual reflects the true operating specifications and capabilities of the new media system? This happens a lot in industry where the marketing / tech pubs teams dont check in with the hardware designers and software teams to cross check on what is documented.

Colin, I have a NX450H+ F-Sport MY2024, no external CD, I am not running Android Auto, No streaming service such as Spotify, No wifi connection. Phone is connected via bluetooth but no media is streaming from the phone. Just using the stock Media system with USB Flash drive plugged into the media port on the front console above the charger.

Colin With a non FAT32 the USB drive was greyed out With a FAT32 Drive I could select the drive in the Sources menu. However this discussion spiked my curiosity and for the larger audience I know from experience that by using 3rd party drive tools you can format a large flash drive >32GB using FAT32 (Not exFAT or NTFS). I took a 64GB flash drive which my 450H+ media system could not read (Greyed out), and reformated this as FAT32 using the tool 'Rufus'. I copied a series of MP4 Video files of different sizes to the drive. The media system was able to play them all and it is worth noting one of the video files 'Passengers 2016' was clearly over the Lexus stated max file size of 2GB. The quality of the audio and video playback is excellent. And before you ask, yes I am a closet Sci-Fi addict and not quite a fully fledged 'Treky' yet. And (sorry for the plug) but if you have a wicked sense of humour, search YT for full movie version of Ronal the Barbarian, the first half of the movie will make you laugh (No kids allowed). It is a license free / free to view movie.

Colin Check the formating on the Flash Drive, Max size 32GByte, Fat16 or FAT32. Maximum size of any single file is 2GB which may be a problem for any high quality video files or films. Most new flash drives today will be formated as exFAT or NTFS by default.

Looks to be about the same on my 450H+

Jon I was curious about this so I locked the car with the key this morning after a short drive (double press) and then tried the App to unlock the vehicle. It worked perfectly and the car was unlocked. Ten minutes later I succesfully locked the car through the App. I am still not convinced about the app functionality due to IMO poor Lexus cloud services reliability. Clearly there is no consistency between everyones experiences using these tools.

Jon, My car was locked last night using the key and the keys are stored in a faraday tin (out of range). I tried the app Lexus Link+ (Android version) to unlock the car as follows at lunch time today: 1) Keys out of range : App reported an error and and would not unlock the car. 2) Removed the keys from the faraday tin (now in range) : App reported an error and would not unlock the car. 3) I also verified the key would un-lock the car which it did. I then used the App to LOCK the car which it did. 4) Now, at 4:30pm today I repeated this experiment and with the keys secure in the faraday tin (out of range) the App Unlocked, and re-locked the car very quickly with immediate app notifications thatb this had been completed. Who knows why Lexus cloud services have so many issues.

I believe the Wifi issue was a firmware problem on the host (380GW/GWX device) and not the App / User device, client side. My app updated August 4th and have not seen any difference. The App version history suggests this update was for date format only. On a side note I have just noticed that NextBase Android app user reviews are very poor 2/5. Maybe they do have a lot in common with Lexus - neither company can make a good app. 🫢

It is for me. Running both side by side on an Android device.

Just installed it and first impressions are positive. Much improved. I am wondering if Lexus are launching this in stealth mode to gauge interest and measure feedback as I have not seen any news or updates about a new app from Customer Service.

Same result on both points. V4.9 is far more stable and at a level where I can browse video clips and delete locked content that is not needed. As for the settings, I was wondering if I deleted a settings / config file in the root directory of the SDCARD when I reformated it on my laptop. I also has to reset my Reg and preferences.

Correct. NextBase sent me to that link myself then when it did not work as they expected I manually searched the support site to get the lattest firmware. They are aware of that error in the instructions documentation, but clearly have elected not to do anything about it. The support ticket I raised with them was mid June this year.

This was exactly the same. Basically it was unusable.

I had a major issue with my 380GWX where Wifi was not stable and basically unusable. Support from Nextbase via the web and email was strenuos at best. The solution was to check if you had the latest firmware and perform a Firmware upgrade. To do this you will need to copy the latest firmware file to the SD Card root directory then power off and power up the camera. You can copy the firmware file to the SDCARD using the USB port underneath one of the side access ports on the camera. Nextbase Support  380GWX Firmware ( Download and install NBDVR380GWX-R4.9.zip ) 380GWX Firmware Udate Instructions

Roman The performance damper is minor and there are plenty of references are made in other forums to running the vehicle without one. There is also evidence that on some vehicles such as the NX these are even removed to allow tow bars to be fitted and this is where my experience with the Damper comes in. The underside rust looks like surface rust but I would recommend a 3rd party inspection by a trained mechanic to verify this and not lead to near term MOT failures and expensive repairs and especially if this is being bought from a private seller. I am not a CT owner and there is no reference to the age of the car and mileage so I have no frame of reference to provide advice on to buy or not. Other CT owners here could probably offer more advice on the rust question versus the age and mileage of the vehicle. As a minimum use an online tool such as Car Vertical to verify the car history since it has been in this country.

I believe it is a Yamaha Performance Damper More details in the link, and Lexus parts dept should be able to source the correct items.

@Deb If it helps as of 3.15pm BST, your ship has enterred the gulf of Aden, and ETA Suez 8pm local time on Tuesday. 800miles to reach Suez canel muster point. Expect some delays (~12hours) at Suez before Transit through the canal.

Deb Try Marine Traffic Register for the free version then search your ship name

450h+ f-SPORT. VERSION 4.18.0, no updates pending. Andriod. Could this 4.18.0 versus 4.18.1 be Andriod / Apple related?

Lexus Dash Cams are the NextBase brand, 380GW for the front only, and 380GWX for the Front and rear. Lexus dealerships can supply and fit.

Same here, broke the 50mile range today. Stats after an overnight charge showing 50.3 / 49.8

Good question. I asked my dealer about this last Saturday along with a request for information when Wireless Android Auto will be made made available. The response was predictable and I quote.... 'We have no information from head office on when those systems will be updated and to send a note to customer service' If I send the note to customer service I expect the answer will be to contact the dealership. With all the other threads on the LOC forum discussing App stability and functionality issues, will these upgrades just be pouring fuel on the fire.... 🤬