Just found a cool feature for cars with Nav

josephvman · 09-02-2011, 04:04 PM

My car arrived last week from my ED, though I had already put nearly 2k on it while in europe. Over there we listened to the iPod exclusively and I hadn't played with the radio much, but as soon as it arrived here I activated the satellite radio and setup the presets down by the CD slot. I noticed yesterday that when I put my finger on the preset button, without actually pushing it, the display screen shows the station that's programmed for that preset without actually changing stations. Pretty cool! One of these days I'm going to read the manual!

Wings0fRed · 09-02-2011, 04:08 PM

Oh man, that threw me off for a while because the preset radio station for my button '1' was "POWER 95.3"...but only "POWER" showed up. Confused the hell out of me as to why the car thought that was the power button when I lightly touched it... I eventually figured it out, lol.

Congrats on the 1M!

bayer · 09-02-2011, 05:10 PM

Those buttons can also be preset just about any function in the car that you would access w/iDrive, phone numbers, addresses, etc. Just highlight the function you use often and press and hold it.

josephvman · 09-02-2011, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delrin

Those buttons can also be preset just about any function in the car that you would access w/iDrive, phone numbers, addresses, etc. Just highlight the function you use often and press and hold it.

Okay, definitely reading the manual now!

Dee Pee · 09-02-2011, 09:29 PM

What is this "manual" you speak of, good sir?

Harlequin · 09-02-2011, 11:03 PM

Yeah.. I've got mine set as shortcuts for stuff like

USB Input
Tone Settings
Vehicle Status
Phone Book
etc...

Ty Vil · 09-03-2011, 12:46 AM

They're called "smart keys" or "hot buttons"...

gazz · 09-03-2011, 02:18 AM

One of mine is set for home on the nav. Another is set for phone home.

marcel b · 09-03-2011, 02:30 AM

also useful for things like:
night mode of the nav screen
switching nav screen off (I do that a lot during the night)
home address

Harlequin · 09-03-2011, 02:31 AM

Yeah,

I've got one set to night mode... pain in the arse to do it otherwise...

BMW86 · 09-03-2011, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gazz

One of mine is set for home on the nav. Another is set for phone home.

I had no idea we could do this. WIN!!

What's the process for doing it?

bayer · 09-03-2011, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harlequin

Yeah,

I've got one set to night mode... pain in the arse to do it otherwise...

Totally agree with night mode, that is definately one of mine!

clived · 09-03-2011, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMW86

I had no idea we could do this. WIN!!

What's the process for doing it?

1) Extract user manual from vehicle
2) Open user manual...

DarthColin · 09-03-2011, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMW86

Quote:

Originally Posted by gazz

One of mine is set for home on the nav. Another is set for phone home.

I had no idea we could do this. WIN!!

What's the process for doing it?

Go into iDrive menu and highlight desired function ( ie, highlight "split-screen"), but don't click controller. Then just lightly touch one of the buttons. It will either display on the top line of screen the current function assigned, or that it is empty. Press and hold and presto! I have night mode, plugin, web radio, phone home, nav home and nav to work programmed.

discoboy1 · 09-03-2011, 08:56 AM

I got one set to the message menu, when I send google maps to the car

josephvman · 09-03-2011, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by discoboy1

I got one set to the message menu, when I send google maps to the car

How do you send messages to the car? I didn't realize my car had an email address!

ChrisBuer · 09-03-2011, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delrin

Totally agree with night mode, that is definately one of mine!

If you put night mode on, do you need another button preset to put it back to day mode? Or do you just click once and it's in night mode and click the same button again and it goes back to day mode?

Apologies but I don't have my car yet, so I can't check this myself

Harlequin · 09-03-2011, 10:09 AM

Nup. It's a toggle so 1 button goes both ways...

SWINGER!!!

discoboy1 · 09-03-2011, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josephvman

How do you send messages to the car? I didn't realize my car had an email address!

It s the email address linked with your BMW assist account.
In Google maps you have the option "Send to car"

MusclezMarinara · 09-04-2011, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harlequin

Yeah,

I've got one set to night mode... pain in the arse to do it otherwise...

miula · 09-04-2011, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harlequin

Yeah,

I've got one set to night mode... pain in the arse to do it otherwise...

Isn't night mode automatic???

I thought the nav switched into night mode when the headlights came on after a certain time of the day (6pm or 8pm something like that)...

MrRoboto · 09-04-2011, 10:32 AM

Is the USB port in the glove box used for anything other then uploading to the HDD?

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josephvman Private First Class 25 Rep 154 Posts Drives: 2011 1M Valencia Orange Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX iTrader: (0)	Just found a cool feature for cars with Nav My car arrived last week from my ED, though I had already put nearly 2k on it while in europe. Over there we listened to the iPod exclusively and I hadn't played with the radio much, but as soon as it arrived here I activated the satellite radio and setup the presets down by the CD slot. I noticed yesterday that when I put my finger on the preset button, without actually pushing it, the display screen shows the station that's programmed for that preset without actually changing stations. Pretty cool! One of these days I'm going to read the manual!
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marcel b Lieutenant Colonel 132 Rep 1,898 Posts Drives: F31 340i Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Europe iTrader: (0)	also useful for things like: night mode of the nav screen switching nav screen off (I do that a lot during the night) home address
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