section 5 Lexus GX470 2003 How To Use This Manual / LEXUS 2003 GX470 (OM60979U) User Guide

SECTION 1 – 5
82
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
Exterior equipment
Hood83
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Fuel tank cap 84
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Moon roof 86
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Quarter windows 89
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Roof luggage carrier 90
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Rear step bumper 92
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SECTION 1 – 6
94
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
Comfort adjustment
Seats95
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Front seats 95
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Rear seats 100
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Head restraints 111
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Armrests 11 3
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Tilt and telescopic steering wheel 11 4
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Outside rear view mirrors 11 5
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Inside rear view mirror 11 8
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Seat belts 123
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SRS airbags 134
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Child restraint 150
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Driving position memory system 171
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COMFORT ADJUSTMENT
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Compass
The compass indicates the direction in which the vehicle
is heading. The illustration shown above indicates the
vehicle is heading north.
Push the “COMP” switch to turn the compass system on
and off.
If the ignition switch was turned off with the system on, the
system will automatically turn back on when the ignition switch
is turned on. Displays
Directions
N
NE E
SE S
SW W
NWNorth
Northeast East
Southeast South
Southwest West
Northwest
The compass may not show the correct direction in the
following conditions:
 The vehicle is stopped immediately after turning.
The compass does not adjust while the vehicle is stopped.
 The ignition switch is turned off immediately after turning.
 The vehicle is on an inclined surface.
 The vehicle is in a place where the earth’s magnetic field is
subject to interference by artificial magnetic fields
(underground parking, under a steel tower, between
buildings, roof parking, near a crossing, near a large vehicle,
etc.).
 The vehicle is magnetized. (There is a magnet or a metal
object on or near the inside rear view mirror.)
 The battery has been disconnected.
Your vehicle is out of the set zone. Refer to the “Calibrating the
compass” in this section to set the zone number.
The compass works to calibrate the direction automatically
while the vehicle is in motion, if deviation is small.

COMFORT ADJUSTMENT
150
The surface of the seats with the side airbags or the pad
section of the steering wheel or front passenger airbag
cover (shaded in the illustration) is scratched, cracked, or
otherwise damaged.
 The portion of the front pillars and roof side rail garnish
(padding) containing the curtain shield airbags inside
(shaded in the illustration) is scratched, cracked, or
otherwise damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables before contacting
your Lexus dealer.
CHILD RESTRAINT
Child restraint precautions
Lexus strongly urges the use of child restraint systems for
children small enough to use them.
The laws of all 50 states in the U.S.A. now require the use of
a child restraint system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAE J1819.
If a child is too large for a child restraint system, the child should
sit in the rear seat and must be restrained using the vehicle’s
seat belt. See “Seat belts” on page 123 for details.
CAUTION
 For effective protection in automobile accidents and
sudden stops, a child must be properly restrained,
using a seat belt or child restraint depending on age
and size. Holding a child in your arms is not a
substitute for a child restraint system. In an accident,
the child can be crushed against the windshield, or
between you and the vehicle’s interior if you are
unrestrained.
 Lexus strongly urges use of a proper child restraint
system which conforms to the size of the child
installed on the rear seat. According to accident
statistics, the child is safer when properly restrained
in the rear seat than in the front seat.

SECTION 1 – 7
174
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
Theft deterrent
Theft deterrent system175
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Theft prevention labels 177
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SECTION 2 – 1
178
AIR CONDITIONING AND AUDIO
Air conditioning
Automatic air conditioning controls179
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Rear cooler controls 192
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For vehicles equipped with Navigation System,
please refer to the separate “Navigation System
Owner’s Manual”.

SECTION 2 – 2
194
AIR CONDITIONING AND AUDIO
Audio
Audio system195
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Rear seat audio system 220
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Rear seat entertainment system 233
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For ”Audio system” instructions for vehicles
equipped with Navigation System, please refer to
the separate ”Navigation System Owner’s Manual”.

AUDIO
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Using your audio system: some basics
This section describes some of the basic features of the Lexus
audio system. Some information may not pertain to your
system.
Your audio system adjusts to the optimum volume and tone
quality automatically. While the system is adjusting the audio
sound, the audio sound fades out and then fades in.
Your audio system works when the ignition switch is in the
“ACC” or “ON” position.
NOTICE
To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not
leave the car audio on longer than necessary when the
engine is not running.
(a) Turning the system on and off
Push this knob to turn the audio system on and off. Turn
this knob to adjust the volume.
The system turns on in the last mode used.

AUDIO
219
 Labeled discs
NOTICE
To prevent damage to the player or changer, do not use
special shaped, low quality or labeled discs such as
those shown in the illustrations.
 Correct  Wrong
 Handle compact discs carefully, especially when you set
them into the player. Hold them on the edge and do not bend
them. A void getting fingerprints on them, particularly on the
shiny side.
 Dirt, scrapes, warping, pin holes, or other disc damage
could cause the player to skip or to repeat a section of a
track. (To see a pin hole, hold the disc up to the light.)

AUDIO
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Using your rear seat audio system: some
basics
The following instructions are for the rear passengers.
Please let the rear passengers read and follow the
instructions when the rear passengers use the rear audio
system.
This section describes some of the basic features of the Lexus
audio system. Some information may not pertain to your
system.
Your audio system adjusts to the optimum volume and tone
quality automatically. While the system is adjusting the audio
sound, the audio sound fades out and then fades in.
Your audio system works when the ignition switch is in the
“ACC” or “ON” position.
NOTICE
To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not
leave the car audio on longer than necessary when the
engine is not running.
Turning the system on and off
Push “ON/SOURCE” button to turn on the rear seat audio
system.
Use “ON/SOURCE” button to select an audi o mode when the
rear seat audio system is on. Each time you push this button,
the system changes between the radio, cassette player and
compact disc player.
When you change the mode, the display indicates which mode
is selected.
When a cassette tape and compact discs are not loaded in the
front audio system, only a radio mode can be selected in the
rear seat audio system.
If you push “ON/SOURCE” button on rear seat audio system
controller to select the casette tape player mode or compact
disc player mode in that case, a beep sounds from front audio
system and “INVALID” flashes on the screen for 6 seconds,
and then the rear audio system returns to the radio mode.