02-01-2014, 05:27 PM | #1189 |
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It was cold enough here in the Pacific Northwest for me to finally turn on the steering wheel heat. It warms up pretty quickly. The button is on the steering column on the driver's side. I found it without too much fumbling.
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02-01-2014, 05:45 PM | #1190 |
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If you hit the phone button on the wheel, your recently called numbers will appear in the gauge cluster and you can use the scroll wheel to select between them. This saved me a preset button for calling my wife. Quite handy.
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02-01-2014, 06:24 PM | #1191 | |
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02-02-2014, 01:34 AM | #1192 |
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Haven't seen this posted yet, but just as well known with previous 3 series cars,
you can extend the range of the remote fob by pushing it against you chin... essentially using your head as an antenna.
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02-02-2014, 04:34 AM | #1193 |
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LOL I was just telling somebody that the other day. It does work.
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02-02-2014, 01:43 PM | #1194 |
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That's common knowledge and works with any key remote haha
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02-02-2014, 01:58 PM | #1195 |
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I didn't think there was a way to turn off the iDrive control screen, but when I activate voice and say "heads up display", it toggles off the screen. Do anything with the iDrive controller and it toggles back on. Is that supposed to happen? If so, then I like it.
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02-02-2014, 02:29 PM | #1196 |
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I have my iDrive in split screen mode, where it shows album art on the left side, and GPS on the right.
I don't normally use GPS since I know where places I need to go are but the other day I had to go somewhere I've never been. The GPS is setup with top down view, north oriented. What happened is that when I was approaching a turn off, the view changed, and it turned into a lane-assisted view. Showed me what lane I needed to get into. Never saw that before. |
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02-02-2014, 03:56 PM | #1197 | |
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I programmed shortcut button 5 to turn the display off as I don't always want the screen on. The shortcut button also acts like a toggle and will turn it on if the display is off. If the display is off and you have the rear camera and put the car in reverse, the display will automatically turn itself on to show your the camera view; very nice design! P.S. you can also press the voice command button and say "display off" and that will do it too! |
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02-02-2014, 03:57 PM | #1198 | |
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05-17-2014, 09:35 AM | #1201 |
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If you press and hold the talk button on the steering wheel, you activate Siri instead of the car's voice recognition system (iPhone only).
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05-17-2014, 01:35 PM | #1202 |
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My 2014 335 I xdrive luxury line comes with sports+ mode and it's fantastic
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05-17-2014, 05:50 PM | #1204 |
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I read thru the ENTIRE post...
, nice idea to create this post, even if you see the same thing posted very often. 1 thing I didn't see is the explanation why for some the 1-kick trunk opening works everytime (me now), why for some it works sometimes (me before), and why for other it doesn't work (me 1st). There's another sensor for this system. This one detect of you're too close of the lid, and it will disable the opening. Saw on another post that it was to prevent people being hit by the cover if they were too close ! Now, that's brilliant I know the position's a little weird and unnatural, but when you want to open the truck, lean back a little, should work anytime now.
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05-17-2014, 08:17 PM | #1206 |
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Don't know if this was mentioned in here or if this is known by everyone but me...but I just learned that there's a humidity sensor of some sort, which automatically turns on the AC compressor and tries to defog your windows. I hit a sudden downpour on a humid afternoon and the thing kicked in. This is with Auto mode turned off and AC set to off.
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05-18-2014, 03:27 PM | #1208 |
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How did you program sport display? For me it stated it cannot do it...
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05-18-2014, 03:44 PM | #1209 |
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Inadvertently held the unlock button down on the key fob today and the windows and sunroof opened before I got in the car. Very cool.
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