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06-14-2011, 01:12 PM | #1 |
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Anyone ever see or can validate this?
From a youtube video comment to get your 'GPS' digital speed to show up on your instrument cluster:
"What you do is this, get in the car, close your door, and turn on the ignition(press the start/stop button, but not the brake). Wait 10 sec or more, and then press the resetter on the speedometer and hold it until a triangle appears, then the oil, then after those you'll have something called 01.00 and something else under it. When that appears you stop pushing the button and wait like 1-2 sec for a number to appear What you do next is that you add the last 5 numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +5, after that you press the button again for 2 sec and it will display 01.__ then just press the button until you reach 19.__ And it will say lock:ON and then you just press up to the number that you got from adding the 5 numbers together. Then it's unlocked, then go to 08.__ which is the speedindicator. 08.00 is realtime gps speed, 08.01 is digital speed ridden from the needles " Anyone see/do this already? |
06-14-2011, 01:27 PM | #2 |
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Umm, if BMW put a GPS tracking link in my car and didn't tell me I will be supremely pissed off. Since I don't have nav, I need no tracking link. If there is one, it's being ripped out.
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06-14-2011, 02:20 PM | #4 |
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^^That does NOT get you a GPS signal!! ...that gets you into the Instrument Pannel secret menu/cookies! It will display the actual road speed. But you have to enter that 'add up" VIN every time you want to get into the instrument pannel. It is a PIA.
here is how... http://e90.wetpaint.com/page/BC+hidden+menus?t=anon Btw... the actual speed via the car's wheel sesnor is very accurate. You will have the same speed shown as your GPS navi will display - as long as you have OE sized tires. When I switched to 225/255's my M3 digital speedo reads lower by 1kph less than true GPS speed. Still better than the +3% of what the speedo shows/reports. BTW-II... you can always have your instrument pannel (Kombi in German) coded to have the M3's digital speedo displayed. "V = kph (or mph)" depending on what your menu settings are set too. |
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Better start ripping stuff out...lol |
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06-14-2011, 03:29 PM | #6 | |
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actually they only "look" for you when the airbags are deployed and or you press the button... But I guess someone has access to your ESN at BMW...
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06-14-2011, 03:36 PM | #7 |
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I got mine coded by a local guy in NYC. My car now reads the "V=[speed]" and I dig it. It's still not accurate according to my GPS speedo on the iphone.
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06-14-2011, 04:33 PM | #8 | |
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That is because either "that guy" coded the M3 digital speedo to read the SAME as the speedo signal. ie: "buffered value". Or... you have non OE sized tires (larger or small overall diameter.). When I had Thorsten from www.car-coding.de do mine... he asked me which I prefered. I wanted "true" vehicle speed. And ohh... even when you have the V-max removed and you do a top speed run... the digital speedo will ax out at 155mph/250kph! |
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06-14-2011, 06:56 PM | #9 |
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I had someone that does code on our cars put that feature on my car. It's stupid if you ask me. I have a digital and sweep speedo on my CTSV also. I always turn off the digi one
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06-15-2011, 08:36 PM | #10 | |
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I got my car coded by the same guy with actual road speed, and it is spot on. I'm betting it's your iPhone that is wrong.
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