09-30-2012, 05:30 PM | #1 |
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Radio: 40 Memory Presets?
I just got a new 328i a few weeks ago, and at the time, the dealer mentioned that up to 40 stations could be programmed into the memory presets. There are only 8 buttons. Does anyone know how to access additional presets?
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In the radio menu, there is a preset list; that's where the 40 stations are. You can program a button to bring up the preset list if you want. Last edited by Frogman; 10-01-2012 at 12:01 AM.. |
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If you go into Radio > Presets in iDrive you can scroll through the list of radio stations. If you have the Head Up Display, turning the dial in the steering wheel brings them up on the windshield. BMW did a great job in 'pushing' all the stations together as you don't have to choose AM or FM or Satellite first; the preset list mixes them all together. The 1-8 buttons are shortcuts to anything in iDrive like calling home, turning on split-screen, etc. I have a 18- button programmed to my one favorite radio station because once I'm listening to it the 40 presets get called up on the HUD and I can access the rest from there. BJ |
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1: Split-screen off 2: Split-screen on, arrow mode 3: Split-screen on, entertainment details. 4: AM, Station WFAN 5: Sirius, Station 20 on 20 6: iPod, Play Last Position 7: Nav, Stop Guidance 8: Nav, Start Guidance Home I use the nav a lot, so having the split-screen options as well as going Home and stopping guidance one touch away is a big deal to me. I listen to sports radio on AM and music on Sirius, so one button each to get me into each mode, use the thumbwheel to see all 40 radio presets thereafter. iPod right next to the radio presets to get me into my collection. You can assign shortcuts to practically any menu or submenu item, telephone numbers too. BJ |
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10-01-2012, 04:26 PM | #6 | |
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Navigate to the option you want with the iDrive controller, such as trip information, but don't click on it, just highlight it. Now press and hold one of the 1-8 buttons on the dash for a couple of seconds, until you hear a beep. That button will now do whatever it is you were highlighting- from anywhere in the iDrive screens. With your home address, for example, navigate to Recent Destinations, highlight your home address, and press/hold a 1-8 button. For radio stations, navigate to Radio Presets and highlight the station on that list as it'll set your HUD in the Preset list. Another Hint: If you don't remeber what you assigned to number, just gently rest the finger on the number button, but don't press, it has touch sensor and it will show you assigned function in the top line of iDrive. BJ |
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10-01-2012, 06:41 PM | #7 |
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I use button #1 to call up "sport mode configuration".
It's very handy if you have the adaptive suspension, as you can switch between modes by easily and quickly accessing the config screen. #2 is radio/sat stations #3 is tone/eq settings #8 is the trip info The rest are some random things. I don't have NAV. Great functionality to cut down on having to scroll and push a number of buttons just to get to what you use regularly.. The light touch to show function is very cool and handy. |
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10-01-2012, 07:28 PM | #8 |
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The buttons can also be programmed to one of the toggle functions.
I programmed a button to toggle "Traffic conditions/gray map". I switch between "Traffic conditions/gray map" and "normal" as the traffic conditions are much easier to see in the gray map display. Unfortunately, that screen suppresses POI display and is generally ugly to look at. One push and I can see traffic conditions, another push of the same button and I'm back to the normal nav screen display. Really neat! Last edited by Frogman; 10-01-2012 at 10:36 PM.. |
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10-01-2012, 08:03 PM | #9 |
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Really need to mention this.
After programming hot keys, if you don't remember where you programmed your favorite feature on, simply touch buttons without pressing it. Slide thru buttons will show you what you've programmed on those buttons. Yes, I am telling those buttons are TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED BUTTONS! |
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Click the Media button > Hover over "Nitz iPhone" > Press and hold a 1-8 button. Now any time you are listening to the Radio, just hit the new button and the iPhone will start playing music instantly without having to switch from Radio to Media and drilling down through menus. For music, the best use of the 1-8 buttons is to get you through the different sources. Assign one button for your favorite radio station (important: hover over it on the Presets list to set it) and then you'll use the steering wheel scroll wheel to toggle through the Presets list which mixes together all the AM/FM/Satellite stations. Much easier than using the iDrive controller. By giving one preset to your iPhone and another preset to a single radio station, you never really have to use iDrive and all the complicated menus again. If you do it right, you'll never have to use the iDrive controller buttons at all. All those different source buttons like menu, radio, media, navigation all can be accomplished more efficiently by setting the right shortcuts using the 1-8 buttons. BJ Last edited by boltjames; 10-11-2012 at 08:44 AM.. |
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While I have every Beatles song ever recorded on my iPhone in my car, it's my 6 Beatles playlists I listen to, I never drill down through menus to Albums in iDrive. Examples: Best of the Beatles (Early Years) Best of the Beatles (Later Years) Best of the Beatles (Solo) Psychedelic Beatles Beatles - White Album Beatles - Abbey Road These Playlists cover my Beatles nut for me. All the bad songs on the albums are gone, every cut that plays is a personal fave, they display in one-click in iDrive. Note that I have two complete albums as Playlists, again just easier to access them that way. Note that an iTunes Playlist does not "double-up" your songs on your iPhone. Playlists are just shortcuts to the songs. So I can have "Hey Jude" on six different Playlists, but the song file only appears once on the iPhone, isn't hogging space. Think of a Playlist as the old mix tape from your youth. I have about 100 of them. To get started, try this: Create a Playlist called "High School Mix". Pick your 10 favorite groups. Pick the 5 best songs from each. Drag them into the Playlist folder. Hit Shuffle. Wham, you've now got your 50 favorite tracks from high school, shuffling away randomly for the next 4 hours. "College Mix", "Best Of The Who", "Dance Tracks", "Summer 1982" you get the idea. BJ |
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Once in a Playlist, you can scroll through the songs with the thumb wheel on the steering wheel and see the songs on the HUD. BJ |
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10-12-2012, 01:35 AM | #16 |
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Great info! Thanks boltjames!
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One of the things that's not explained really well is the "Option" button on the iDrive controller. This acts like a computer's right-click button, brings up a submenu with options specific to the screen you're on. So you navigate to any Media > iPhone list you like (album, all-by-artist, Playlist, etc.) select a song to start hearing music, and then hit the Option button on the iDrive controller. Top of the menu, choose "Random". So long as you remain on that list (album, all-by-artist, Playlist, etc.) the Random function will continue the next time you start the car. The moment you switch to another Playlist or Album, turns Random off. As I said, beyond this example, practically every screen in iDrive that you wind up on has additional functionality once you hit the "Option" button on the iDrive controller. It's how you enable split screen when Navigating, how to change the view in Maps, and on and on. BJ |
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I have some questions about the 40 radio station presets.
Can you sort these in order of your liking? I don't see a way to drag/move your stations from one slot to another. I guess you can only save them in the slot they are originally assigned? I guess when saving you could space you stations out leaving blank slots in between so if you wanted to add one in between you could. Also, is there a way to get the station to display the band number (i.e. 107.3) or does it only display the call letters? I don't usually know my stations by call letter so it is a bit confusing until pay closer attention and learn them. |
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