ESP LEXUS LX470 2006 Service Manual

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IF YOU CANNOT INCREASEENGINE SPEED
If engine speed does not increase when the accelerator
pedal is depressed, the electronic throttle control system
may be faulty. Move the vehicle to a safe place by means
of creeping and call a Lexus dealer for assistance:
1. Depress the brake pedal and shift to the “D” position.
2. Gradually release the brake pedal, and the vehicle starts to
move by creeping. After arriving at a safe place, stop the
vehicle and call a Lexus dealer for assistance.
CAUTION
 The above method of moving the vehicle is for
emergency. Use it only for moving minimum
distances to a safe place.
 Be especially careful to prevent erroneous pedal
operation.
IF YOUR VEHICLE OVERHEATS
If your engine coolant temperature gauge indicates
overheating, if you experience a loss of power, or if you
hear a loud knocking or pinging noise, the engine has
probably overheated.
When the engine overheats
Pull safely off the road, stop the vehicle and turn on your
emergency flashers. Put the transmission in “P” and apply the
parking brake.
A: If steam is coming from your engine:
Turn off the engine. Leave the hood closed until there is no sign
of steam or coolant. Your engine could have been seriously
damaged already. Call your Lexus dealer for assistance.
CAUTION
To help avoid personal injury, keep the hood closed until
there is no steam. Escaping steam or coolant is sign of
very high pressure.

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In some cases, even if your subscription has expired, the
indicator light may come on. This is due to the time delay
required to process the deactivation of your Lexus Link
System. During this period, when you push the “SERVICES”
button, your call will be forwarded to enrollment. Once the
deactivation process has been completed, the indicator light
will go off.
NOTICE
The indicator light is the
primary means to let you know
the status of your subscription. It is important to be
aware that an active subscription is required to receive
safety and security services. If the indicator light is
disabled, your subscription has expired. If you would
like to renew your subscription for Lexus Link services,
please contact Lexus Link Call Center by pushing the
“SERVICES” button twice, dial toll free 180025 Lexus
(TollFree) (18002553987) and select the option for
Lexus Link, or contact your Lexus dealer.
Automatic notifications of airbag deployment
If an airbag deploys, an emergency signal is sent automatically
to the Lexus Link Call Center. In your vehicle, the system
announces “Impact detected, connecting to Lexus Link
Emergency.” In response to the signal, the Lexus Link Advisor
will a ttempt to communicate with you first. If the advisor cannot
get any response from you, the advisor will locate your vehicle
through the GPS, call the nearest emergency services
provider, describe the situation and your location. If necessary,
the advisor will transfer your call to the emergency services
operator.
NOTICE
This system is only operational in GPS and cellular
coverage areas. Upon subscription expiration, all
Lexus Link services (i.e. automatic notification,
emergency call functions, service call functions,
remote door locking/unlocking function, remote horn
and lights function) are deactivated.

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368To play back (only when the Lexus Link System is not in
a call):
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Advisor playback”.
The playback will start.
To stop the playback (partially through):
1. Press the phone* button.
The system will terminate the playback and return to audio
system control.
*: The PTT button cannot be used instead of the phone button.
To resume the playback:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Advisor playback”.
You will hear “Play or resume?”.
3. Say “Play” or “Resume”.
If you say “Play”, the playback will start from the beginning. If
you say “Resume”, the playback will start from where it had
been previously stopped.
PERSONAL CALLING
As a Lexus Link subscriber
, the personal calling capability
is there for you just in case your handheld cell phone is
lost, forgotten, or has a low battery. Personal calling is
integrated into your vehicle and can be activated during
your Lexus Link account activation or by pressing the
blue “SERVICES” button at any time and telling the
advisor that you would like to activate personal calling.
You can prepurchase a package of minutes that works best for
you. They are easily billed to a credit card that you can keep
on file so no separate phone bill is needed. Plus, you will not
have to pay an activation fee, and there are no additional long
distance or roaming charges.
Personal calling universal commands:
“Help”
The system will provide a list of available commands.
“Clear”
When you are entering digits, this command will erase the last
digit entered.
“Cancel”
This command takes you from the current function to the
“Lexus Link ready” prompt. If the last response from the
system was “Lexus Link ready ”, this command will exit
personal calling.

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PLACING A CALL:
There are 5 ways to place a call.
1. To dial a specific telephone number, say “Dial”.
2. To dial a specific telephone number, say “Digit dial”.
This option
is specifically used in noisy situation when the dial
command is not performing well.
3. To use a stored nametag (speed dial), say “Call”.
4. To dial the last number called, say “Redial”.
5. To dial a number a Lexus Link Advisor downloaded to
your vehicle, say “Number recall”.
To dial a number using “Dial”:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Dial”.
You will hear “Phone number to dial, please”.
3. Say the entire phone number you wish to dial with no
pauses.
Lexus Link will repeat the number, then you will hear “Yes or
No”.
4. Say “Yes” (or “No” to try again).
You will hear “Dialing” and your call (or “No” to try again) \
will be
connected.
INFORMATION
 If you get a “Pardon” response as soon as you begin
saying the number, this means you spoke too quickly
after the “Phone number to dial, please” response.
Just repeat the entire number again.
 If you gave the entire number to dial and you received
a “Pardon” response, that means the system did not
hear all the digits of the phone number. Say the
number again and be sure you do not pause between
digits.
 After 3 unsuccessful tries (pardons), you will be
prompted to the digit dial format. This lets you dial
each digit individually and should be more
successful for you.

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370To dial a number using digit dial:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Digit dial”.
You will hear “First digit to dial, please”.
3. Say the number to be dialed, one digit at a time.
Lexus Link will confirm each digit by repeating it back to you.
Wait for confirmation before going on.
4. When finished, say “Dial” again.
You will hear “Dialing” and your call will be connected.INFORMATION

If the number you spoke is repeated incorrectly, just
say “Clear” and the last number will be erased. Try
saying the number again.
 If you get a “Pardon” response, no digit was recorded
by the system; just try again. See “VOICE
COMMANDS/SPEECH RECOGNITION” on page 377
for more tips.
 If you have trouble getting numbers correctly into the
system, store up to 20 frequently called numbers
using the nametag feature directory, so the system
will remember them. After you have stored a number
with a nametag, then you simply say “Call” and the
nametag in order to call the number.
 To differentiate pound and star from other numbers
and commands, you must use the commands
“Pound key” and “Star key”.

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372ACCESSING VOICEMAIL AND SENDING NUMBER
TONES TO AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
The voiceactivated key pad feature of personal calling
allows access to most voicemail system. It also allows
you to respond to number requests from computer
systems, such as “Press 1 for sales; press 2 for service”.
Once
you receive the request for a number while in a call, press
the PTT button on the overhead console. Note that this feature
works only during a call.
If you press the PTT button and do not speak a command
within 5 seconds, or if you press the button a second time, the
system will respond with “Good− bye”. This means the system
exited the PTT command and your original call is still
connected. Press the PTT button to try again.
Voice activated keypad example:
1. Connect a call using the personal calling.
2. Press the PTT button.
You will hear “First digit to send, please”.
3. Say the first number.
You will hear the number you said or tone.
4. Say the second number.
You will hear the number you said or tone.
5. Continue to say the succeeding numbers one by one
until finished.
Lexus Link will confirm each number by repeating it back to
you. 6. Say “Dial”.
Lexus Link sends the numbers requested, then returns to the
call.
Voicemail example:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Call”.
You will hear “Nametag, please”.
3. Say “Voicemail” (previously stored).
You will hear “Calling voicemail”. You will hear ringing and then
“You have reached the voicemail for company. If you are
subscriber, press pound.”
4. Press the PTT button.
You will hear “First digit to send, please”.
5. Say “Pound key”.
You will hear “Pound key”.
6. Say “Dial”.
Lexus Link sends tone and you will hear “Mailbox number,
please”.
7. Press the PTT button.
You will hear “First digit to send, please”.
8. Say “Four”.
You will hear “Four”.

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9. Say “Six”.
You will hear “Six”.
10. Say “Zero”.
You will hear “Zero”.
11. Say “Eight”.
You will hear “Eight”.
12. Say “Dial”.
Lexus Link sends tones. Voicemail will respond to 4608.
Automated system example:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Call”.
You will hear “Nametag, please”.
3. Say “Business”.
You will hear “Calling business”. “To talk to engineering, press
1; to talk to sales, press 2; to talk to customer care, press 3.”
4. Press the PTT button.
You will hear “First digit to send, please”.
5. Say “One”.
You will hear “One”.
6. Say “Dial”.
Lexus
Link sends tone. The system will respond to the number
1.
INFORMATION
 To differentiate pound and star from other numbers
and commands, you must use the commands
“Pound key” and “Star key”.
 The Lexus Link voiceactivated keypad understands
only numbers, star key and pound key. It does not
understand stored nametags.
 You can erase the last number entered by saying
“Clear”.

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376VERIFYING REMAINING UNITS (MINUTES)
Lexus Link keeps track of the amount of calling time you
have purchased and used in units. The number of total
remaining units is stored within the Lexus Link System,
and can be accessed easily. Lexus Link will also notify
you at the beginning of a call if you have 10 or fewer calling
minutes remaining.
To verify remaining minutes:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Units”.
You will hear “Verify or add”.
3. Say “Verify”.
You will hear “You have <#> units remaining”.
To add more calling units (minutes):
You can charge additional calling units by connecting Lexus
Link.
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Units”.
You will hear “Verify or add”.
3. Say “Add”.
You will hear “Connecting to the Personal Calling Center”.
AUTOMATIC CONTACT TO LEXUS LINK FOR
REPLENISHMENT
If you run out of units during a call, your call will be
terminated and you will be connected to Lexus Link to
replenish minutes.
RETRIEVING YOUR PHONE NUMBER
To determine your phone number so that others can call your
vehicle.
To retrieve your phone number
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “My number”.
Lexus Link will respond with your number.

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SECURITY CODE/LOCKING YOUR SYSTEM
You can set up a 4digit personal security code to ensure
that
unauthorized people do not use the calling capability
of your system. With security code set to on, the system
will respond with “Security code on” to any personal call,
including 911, or an advanced services request. With the
security code on, only calls from the Lexus Link Call
Center will be presented.
Before calls can be made or received, you must turn the
security code off.
To turn on/off the security:
1. Press the phone button.
You will hear “Lexus Link ready”.
2. Say “Security”.
You will hear “Enter first digit of code, please”.
3. Say your 4digit code one digit at a time.
Lexus Link will confirm each digit by repeating it back to you.
After the fourth digit, you will hear “Security (Code ####) is now
on/off”. VOICE COMMANDS / SPEECH RECOGNITION
Operation of the Lexus Link
speech recognition systems:
Speech recognition allows the user to speak to a computer.
The computer tries to understand the user’s command, and
responds by speaking back or by taking the appropriate action
(e.g., dialing the phone).
Personal calling uses a speech recognition system that is built
in the vehicle. When the user presses the phone or PTT
button, the system says “Lexus Link ready”, and listens for the
user’s command. The user can speak commands to control
the hands− free wireless phone.
Performance of speech recognition:
The Lexus Link speech recognition systems use speech
technology that is designed to understand a wide range of
speakers of American English. However, the technology does
not work equally well across all regional and ethnic accents.
The Lexus Link voice recognition system may not work with all
voices.
Although there is no one right way to speak English, the system
will work best when you try to modify their pronunciation in
response to system errors. If you do not obtain good results,
try the tips found on the following pages.

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378Voice command error messages:
“Pardon”
The system has not been able to match your command with a
word that it knows. Repeating the command distinctly should
fix the problem. After 3 pardon responses, the system will try
to guess the command you are requesting. If correct, say
“Yes”, if not, say “No” and the system will prompt you with its
next−best guess.
“Slower, please”
Repeat the command after a short pause. This response
normally happens if you say a command before the system is
ready for it or if there is substantial background noise.
General tips for better speech recognition:

Noise may confuse the speech recognition system. You
usually get better performance from the system in quieter
conditions:

The air conditioning/heater fan creates noise. Turn it down
or off for better speech system performance.
 Driving at high speeds creates louder engine noise and
wind noise. You may get better results at lower speeds.
 An open window or an open moon roof results in more noise
in the vehicle. Close all windows for better results.
 Noisy rainstorms can also reduce performance.
 If passengers are talking while you use the speech system,
it may be confused by their speech. You will get better
results if all occupants of the vehicle are quiet while the
system is listening for commands.

Personal calling—the system is only listening for about 5
seconds aft er it prompts you to speak. If the system does not
hear a response, it will prompt you again, or cancel the
transaction. If you begin to speak too soon, it will tell you
“Slower, please”. Try pausing for a half second before
speaking.