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If you turn off your Heads Up Display (HUD), the information will instead appear in the screen at the bottom of the gauge cluster. This includes song titles/radio stations when scrolling with the steering wheel scroll button and arrows/street names/directions etc. when using the nav.
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08-16-2012, 01:45 PM | #378 |
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does this mean we can't "ghost ride the whip"?
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08-16-2012, 07:21 PM | #379 |
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Something we may take for granted that might be confusing some would be the difference between Radio Presets and the 1-8 Shortcut Buttons.
One of the very best features of the F30 is that fact that you have instant access to a merged list of AM, FM, and Satellite radio stations available on the scroll wheel on the steering wheel. You set this by navigating to a favorite station under AM, FM, or Sirius tuners and adding to the Presets list. This list is available on the Radio main menu and on the scroll wheel. Completely unrelated are the 1-8 Shortcut Buttons in the middle of the dash which are independent from the Radio Presets and can be programmed to execute functions in iDrive like map views, spilt-screen, voice dialing, etc. When I first got my car I didn't realize that the two were different, thought that like a conventional car radio that the 1-8 buttons were for my radio stations under each individual tuner band. Was very surprised to find that a) I could merge all favorite radio stations on one list without toggling through AM>FM>SAT and that b) I could therefore free up the 1-8 buttons for more useful functional shortcuts buried in iDrive. BJ |
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you can do anything with those buttons. they are awesome. |
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This thread has been great for preparing me for my new car. I have had my current car for over 15 years. Needless to say, it is missing a lot of the bells and whistles in the new cars. I am hoping to take delivery of my new car next Friday!
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is there a way to set the adaptive suspension to the stiffest setting at all times, even in eco mode?
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I do recall reading that if you have adaptive suspension, then you will have a setting in idrive that allows you to set the suspension independent of sport, comfort, eco. So that you can have suspension on sport but driver mode on comfort. Or, set suspension to comfort with driver mode on sport. I hope that's true. I don't have my 3 yet and I'm already tired of the button pushing gymnastics. |
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No but you can get close by changing to manual in Sport mode and driving in a high gear. Then you get the stiff steering & suspension, but low RPM with better gas mileage. But you have to move your fingers and shift the gears though, oh the horror!!!
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Fantastic post, was wondering how this worked. Was worried I'd have to decide between radio presets and useful iDrive functions. That would've limited me to only 3-4 presets for FM/sat radio. |
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Many complaints about the steering feel on the f30. I just noticed that when I place the car in sport mode the steering becomes noticeably tighter especially at lower speeds. I got the variable steering and I'm not sure if this change in sport mode only happens with this option or occurs for all models. As an mt driver the difference in throttle from comfort to sport doesn't really matter that much (I just step on the gas harder in comfort to get the same affect) but the steering change is great. I now leave it in sport all the time just for this.
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Garage door opener
Picked up my m-sport on 8.17.12. One thing that I find really frustrating is the fact that you must have the car "on" in order to use the garage door opener. Normally, I would pull into the garage, turn off the car and then hit the button to close the door as I get out but the button is useless if the car is off.
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08-29-2012, 05:13 PM | #393 | |
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Does BMW do this for security reasons? |
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Maybe it's to stop someone smashing your window and activating your garage door, enabling them to steal your car more easily? Or if your car is parked outside, maybe it's so someone can't smash your car wiondow and break into your house more easily through your garage?
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I found that with enhanced BT (included with BMW Assist), but without BMW Apps, that I can still stream Pandora from my iPhone to the car over Bluetooth.
I always though that BMW Apps was required for Pandora streaming. I was considering retrofitting BMW Apps just for this one feature as I don't want/need twitter/facebook/etc integration. I can select back/forward track via the iDirve, but not the thumps up/down, favorites, pick station, etc. that is shown in the marketing literature. I guess you need BMW Apps for that level of integration. I also downloaded the BMW Connected application for iPhone and the Web Radio part of that app streams to the car too. Last edited by Frogman; 08-29-2012 at 10:45 PM.. |
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