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Hi Instructions on pairing your phone and car stereo or GPS head unit for hands free calling in 2008-2010 model Klugers is in one of the manuals that came with the car, check in your clove box of centre console storage unit for the car service log books and manuals. Should be in a plastic cover. The first time you will need to follow a process of pushing buttons and entering a code on your phone or the car stereo/GPS unit (depending on which model Kluger you have eg KX-S, KX-R, Grande etc) so that the car knows your phone. From then on it should connect every time you have the phone close enough to the car as long as bluetooth is switched on in your phone. However if for some reason it doesn't connect or someone else has used your car and connected their phone, you can go through a menu and find your phone and select it again in a few seconds, without doing the whole pairing process over again. That's also in the manual somewhere. Hope this helps.

Hi Pretty sure now that the software in the 2008-2010 kluger grande head unit was designed before bluetooth music audio streaming and ipod integration were popular. It appears to be the same basic software as the old Prius. I have tried several iphones and have never been able to transfer the phone book, for over year now. The blue tooth audio streaming was never added to the software, the hardware might be capable, but the software is not. (bit like all the red light cameras and safety information being available on the Sat Nav Map DVD in the head unit but due to some issue between sensis maps and Toyota, the information is not able to be displayed in the GPS maps, so no alerts or warnings.) So far only hands free calling seems to work with phones and ipods/mp3 players. I have however used the bluetooth audio streaming and hands free phone connection in a Toyota Corolla, and if it is anything like that, you don't want to bother.. it was complicated and when you were streaming audio the phone wold not answer properly sometimes, and once you did take a call the audio stream was disconnected many times and you had to re connect and sometimes re pair the phone with the stereo again.. it was horrible and it also caused the phone to get very hot.. I gave up after the second day.. lucky it was a hire car! Might be better to look at getting one of these kits installed professionally: http://www.cushieaudio.com.au/vehicles/toyota-toy.html Hope this helps.

Hi :) You should look at the RTA regulations on aftermarket HID conversions, especially if you are in NSW. Technically if you were pulled up and inspected by Police or RTA you need to have done the following: Made sure the projector lenses in the headlights meet the regulations on angle and beam spread for HID in Australia. They are required to be the correct ones. Make sure that self levelling adjustment has been added (so basically tilts the lights down when the car is out of balance and the rear is lower that the front causing the lights to blind other drivers) Finally add headlight lens washers on the front bumper to wash off obstructions. (as the lenses are mush smaller in area to regular halogen lenses so can be blocked by small objects that land on head lights) Finally for your insurance and rego you need to get it updated to state your vehicle has been modified and what the modification is (In NSW) or your insurance may be void. So it gets pretty expensive if you want to do it legally. Lots of people don't do that.. The fines are not cheap.. having been pulled over for various harmless lighting changes on car before. (like interior led lighting on the floor and dash, and additional small white fog lights behind the grill etc) I am wary these days. I have put Philips crystal vision and similar globes with a much whiter 4000K-5000K xenon colour temperature look to them, and they make the road much clearer at night. The headlight kits from the USA version of the Kluger are avail in HID and are a straight swap out of the entire headlight indicator parking light unit. However the lenses and reflectors are angled for right hand drive so no good for over here. I researched the legal HID conversions for about 6 months and gave up after not being able to get the cost down. Several thousand dollars once done properly and my insurance on the car would go up too. Not sure why Toyota won't offer it as a factory option like in the USA?

Hi :) Has anyone tried this product? http://www.cushieaudio.com.au/vehicles/toyota-toy.html I have no idea how to get the head unit out of my dash safely.. looks like a lot of the dash has to come out.. but the installation looks simple enough after that.. What do you think?

Hi have any of you thought about the way the speedo works? all car makers have been adjusting speedos up for years, The magnet in the speedo device wears out over time, and over the years the speedo become more and more inaccurate. Thats why older cars need more speedo calibration. If not tested and adjusted over the life of the car, and it reads 67kmph at 60kmph now, it ten years it may read exactly 60kmph and in 30years it may read 50kmph when you are doing 60kmph. Car makers try to allow for this fade in the mechanism by adjusting up on delivery of a new car. I am assuming that speedo adjustment at each service is cost prohibitive, or there has not been strong customer demand for it. As for the GPS, yes it can be out occasionally, I have tested several units in different parts of the world in cars and boats, GPS signals can be delayed and the units show the last available data and occasionally weather and sattelite postion can affect the read out too.. usually they are very accurate, but like any system they can have faults. I had two different GPS units reading two different speeds, that were both different to the Kluger speedo, and also different to the speed read out from the digital radar safety sign on the freeway, and slightly different from the manual timings we used for testing with stopwatches and road markers... I guess it is better to be going a little slower than a little faster that you think when that blind corner comes up on you from out of nowhere.

Ok hi everyone :) I have done a lot of reading and the best way to explain the current laws on HID lamps in a car like a Kluger is at the bottom of the page on this website link: http://www.mobileelectronics.com.au/forums...howtopic=539498 You can go and have a look at eh Australian Design Rules (for Automotive vehicles) ADR, and see that in short, No you cannot fit HID lamps to any halogen lamp car in the regular low beam lights and housings. You may at considerable cost and time, look into retro fitting a whole new lighting assembly, reflectors, lenses, sockets, housing, globes and then getting it tested and certified by a registered engineer and then it may be legal in some states under certain conditions. This still may not be covered by your insurance and if you have an accident, you may no longer be covered if it is found you lied to or forgot to notify your insurance company about some part of your car. (even if that part was not involved in the accident, as you have voided your policy by having it installed and not telling them.) Australia seems to have quite a few more guidelines and rules about cars than a lot of other countries. So the best way to get HID lamps, is to buy a car that already has them. If you do long distance night driving or off road driving, look at getting HID driving/fog lamps fitted to your car instead. Get them professionally installed and get it put on to your insurance and car rego details. I am sure in time the ADR guidelines will be updated to coincide with modern technology, (I am sure power windows were a problem once), It is just a long process involving technicians, engineers, politicians, car makers, car sellers, auto industry bodies and lobby groups.. Of course if you live on a farm in the outback or high up in the mountains.. you could install strobe lights in green taken off an alien spaceship and no one would really stop you.. lol... Hope all of this has helped, I am disappointed that there is no legal way for me to adapt new wonderful technology to my brand new car in Australia.. I will add it to effective solar power, water vaporators that suck moisture/humidity out of the air to make water, fibre optic channeled sunlight in your house during daytime instead of lights, long lasting light weight batteries, flying cars, LED household globes (with the really bright LEDs used in video walls) instead of horrible compact fluorescents and internet enabled on demand TV and movies. So it is high quality halogen (philips crystal ultra) lamps for the Kluger for now.

Hi Jacki :) If you are still on this forum, I suggest going to a repco or supercheap auto or any other auto store and looking for Narva Plus or Philips Crystal vision or Crystal Vision Ultra Lamps. They are legal, will fit into your current car and are more economical to buy, They light up more of the road, look brighter and do not offend other drivers like cheap HID kits. Hope this helps.

HI Also found some other info that might be useful: http://www.lighting.philips.com.au/au/en/P...amp;div_id=cat2 this is a link to the philips Australia Auto Lighting webpage, they have a selection of different types of halogen lamps that are now much brighter and closer to that Xenon Discharge look but still street legal for you Kluger. Also see attached photo to see the difference in the type and colour of light. (Between a standard Halogen globe, not the new full on bright ones, and the HID Xenon discharge lamps) Hope this is helpful.

Hi I think I can help with explaining the headlight xenon - halogen thing Halogen: current standard headlight in most cars, they come in different wattages and brightnesses, and there are good ones and average ones. Prices vary according to brand and quality. The more expensive ones sometimes last longer and have better light output. They have a white colour which a lot of people refer to as yellow white, because when compared to the other type of light they look more yellow white. They are adequate and legal in NSW. But in city areas, the standard wattage is 55watts low beam and 65 watts high beam. Anything above that is considered a modification by the police and requires documentation, a reason for the modification and that being noted on your insurance paperwork. You are unlikely to get pulled over for this, but if a police or RTA inspector does go over your car in detail, this could cost you in fines if you don't have the proper documents. These halogen globes work like your globes in your house, they have electricity going through a wire in the globe that heats up and glows. There is gas inside the globe too (halogen gas) that makes the bulb better and brighter. Narva Plus globes have been very good for me and shown up a lot more of the road. You are allowed to use higher wattages in country or town areas of NSW. You can get many different types. For example normal city ones are 55w/65w (low and high beam) Country ones can range from 55w/75w to 90w/130w or even more. Again beware of overloading and over heating your electrical wiring and check the specifications of the plastic or glass lens cover on your headlight. You may, melt, discolour or heat damage your lens if the globe gets too hot on a long night drive. You may get away with these in the city in NSW as long as you are not pulled over for a defect check by the RTA or police, if you do you will need a good excuse or paperwork to state why you have them installed. Xenon: A newer technology in cars, (It has been around in industrial and entertainment lighting for many years). It is usually brighter and more intense than halogen. It works by having raw electricity shoot between two metal poles inside the globe, which has a gas in there (Xenon) as well. So the bright bluish coloured white light is coming from the electric discharge inside the globe. Because of the nature of these globes, they usually require a different kind of reflector set up (this is the casing that the globe sits in) You will see these lights in current model, BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and similar cars, as well as modified street racer type cars. They usually have a projector lens and reflector assembly for the globe to sit in. This means that they have a piece of glass in front of the globe inside the head light surround that focuses the light beam like a lens on a torch or camera. These are legal in cars that are approved to use them sold from the dealership. They have to be angled and installed correctly as they are so intense that if they point directly at other drivers eyes, it is dangerous for the other drivers at night, as their eyes do not re adjust in time after looking at the Xenon head light and they are blinded for a short period of time. (usually seconds) They do draw more current (amps) than halogen lights usually, and will quite often require heavier electrical wiring than what is in your car from the factory. So if you use the standard wiring and put a modified kit in that has very powerful Xenon lights you may cause the wiring to melt or catch fire at some point. Important note: Proper Xenon lamps will not have low and high beam. They have one setting only. You cannot flash them like high beam as they have a short warm up time from when you turn them on, so I guess visually a bit like when you turn on those new energy saving compact fluorescent globes in your house, they take awhile to get really bright. So you would have to have one set of Xenon lights for head lights and a second set of Halogens for high beam, or another Xenon system with some sort of smart start system to have them ready to flash on if needed. They are not legal to put into cars that were not designed for them and as such in NSW for a Kluger require a modification certificate and you need to note it on your insurance paperwork. So the others in this forum are right, beware of cheap kits, or over confident sales people who may sell you something that is not the real thing or not completely legal. There are different types and wattages of Xenons, and yes, some of the lower wattages are not as bright as the best Halogens. And sometimes you simply get a blue coloured light in your existing head light that just doesn't look right. But if you get the proper full kit and do the paper work (Suggest maybe looking at a modified Lexus RX330 or 350 Xenon headlight or similar as the Kluger and RX330-350 are built on the same platform and share lots of parts.) then you will have that expnsive blue white look to your headlights and they will give you a light more like daylight. It looks pretty cool. Make sure they do not look too blue. I have been pulled over and warned before by a policeman in the City in Sydney that my lights were too blue and there fore could be mistaken for impersonating a police vehicle. A stretch I know, but the officers seemed pretty adamant about wanting to give me a fine. I was given 24 hours to have them changed back. (This was in a hatchback car not the Kluger) Also make sure you are not being sold the regular halogen type globes with a blue gel coat on them, (looks like a regular headlight globe with clear blue paint on them) they are marketed as Xenon and may indeed have some Xenon gas in them but are not discharge lamps. They do not have the raw electric high intensity light output. They generally have less light output than your standard globes but have a blue looking colour, they never look quite right in your headlight and are not as useful. But they are more expensive than halogens too! Hope this helps. I am all for having Xenon discharge lamps in the Kluger, but I would prefer to have proper ones that will last and not get me into trouble. Wish they would offer it as an option, after they have them in the Lexus models.