idrive's worthless random

Mr. Clarkson · 11-04-2010, 04:17 PM

Has ANYONE figured out the reason why idrive is pretty hit and miss with its random play from an iPod?

EVERY time I start the car I have to re-activate the random I had it one prior to shutting the car off; luckily I have it bound to the 1 button on the assigned buttons row. Why can't it remember my random setting?

Even using the 1 button, I have to time it just right to get the random to work. If I do it too soon, I have to turn random on and off like three times and then switch to the next some five or six times before it stops linear playing of the songs.

Same thing with the volume; why does the volume always reset to quiet after the cars shut down?

This is the single largest problem I have with my 135i. My car is a 2011, so I assumed it has the newest firmwares available as far as idrive is concerned.

ANYONE have any light to shed on this subject?

SlicktopTTZ · 11-04-2010, 04:45 PM

BMW did it just to piss you off.

I hate it too, and on random sometimes I'll have a string of songs play, and then it will go random again. It REALLY is truly random....

If you have multiple songs with the same name it will play all of them in a row before picking the next random song.

My sound doesn't do that.

Mr. Clarkson · 11-04-2010, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlicktopTTZ

BMW did it just to piss you off.

Fact

Twenty7Delta · 11-04-2010, 04:53 PM

FWIW, I don't have iDrive and the radio behaves the same way. I set random all the time and sometimes, when I turn the car back on it is not set to random... I haven't yet figured out what specific circumstances cause this behaviour.

pinmagic · 11-04-2010, 06:10 PM

IMHO, the iDrive was programmed by a trunk monkey. It's hard to believe that German engineers couldn't do better than this.

sargetony · 03-13-2011, 06:11 AM

What I do is put everything I want to listen to in a playlist and then hit shuffle on the iPod before I plug it in then everything shows up shuffled thru the iDrive.

I have 6 different playlists set up like this.

tHegeRm · 03-23-2011, 04:32 PM

Yep same problem here. Was wondering if I was the only one. Seems that after you shut the car down the ipod stays on for a period of time. Sometimes after disconnecting and reconnecting it will stay on random for a day, then I get in the next morning and it's back to having to manually turn on random. Wonder if my ipod stays on all night then I get random in the morning? If it shuts down, then I lose the random selection? Personally not that concerned with it, just a part of my start-up procedure now.

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Mr. Clarkson Lieutenant 41 Rep 541 Posts Drives: 2011 135i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Diego iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 135i [0.00]	idrive's worthless random Has ANYONE figured out the reason why idrive is pretty hit and miss with its random play from an iPod? EVERY time I start the car I have to re-activate the random I had it one prior to shutting the car off; luckily I have it bound to the 1 button on the assigned buttons row. Why can't it remember my random setting? Even using the 1 button, I have to time it just right to get the random to work. If I do it too soon, I have to turn random on and off like three times and then switch to the next some five or six times before it stops linear playing of the songs. Same thing with the volume; why does the volume always reset to quiet after the cars shut down? This is the single largest problem I have with my 135i. My car is a 2011, so I assumed it has the newest firmwares available as far as idrive is concerned. ANYONE have any light to shed on this subject? __________________
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SlicktopTTZ Captain 11 Rep 685 Posts Drives: 91 300ZX Twin-Turbo, 2010 135i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas iTrader: (0)	BMW did it just to piss you off. I hate it too, and on random sometimes I'll have a string of songs play, and then it will go random again. It REALLY is truly random.... If you have multiple songs with the same name it will play all of them in a row before picking the next random song. My sound doesn't do that. Last edited by SlicktopTTZ; 11-04-2010 at 04:59 PM..
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Twenty7Delta New Member 0 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 128i AW 6MT Premium pkg CA Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta iTrader: (0)	FWIW, I don't have iDrive and the radio behaves the same way. I set random all the time and sometimes, when I turn the car back on it is not set to random... I haven't yet figured out what specific circumstances cause this behaviour.
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pinmagic The Only Sane One Here 61 Rep 1,135 Posts Drives: 135i Convertible Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Arlington, VA iTrader: (1)	IMHO, the iDrive was programmed by a trunk monkey. It's hard to believe that German engineers couldn't do better than this. __________________ 2011 135i VERT SGM/SB/MOONLIGHT - ED - with every single friggin' option they offered.
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sargetony Private First Class 10 Rep 124 Posts Drives: 2011 E92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00] 1989 BMW 325is [0.00] 2008 X5 3.0si [0.00]	What I do is put everything I want to listen to in a playlist and then hit shuffle on the iPod before I plug it in then everything shows up shuffled thru the iDrive. I have 6 different playlists set up like this. __________________ Tony 11 E92 ///M3 M-DCT 08 X5 3.0si 89 E30 327is 06 E60 ///M5 (retired), 08 E82 135i (retired), 86 E30 318i (retired)
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tHegeRm Got Turbs? 26 Rep 317 Posts Drives: 13' Lemans Blue 135is Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: GG iTrader: (4)	Yep same problem here. Was wondering if I was the only one. Seems that after you shut the car down the ipod stays on for a period of time. Sometimes after disconnecting and reconnecting it will stay on random for a day, then I get in the next morning and it's back to having to manually turn on random. Wonder if my ipod stays on all night then I get random in the morning? If it shuts down, then I lose the random selection? Personally not that concerned with it, just a part of my start-up procedure now.
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