[rallybull]

Is it possible to somehow code this? I.e. ability to move across folders using steering wheel controls. All we need is a button to "move up" one folder.

[JesseS]

Originally Posted by rallybull

Is it possible to somehow code this? I.e. ability to move across folders using steering wheel controls. All we need is a button to "move up" one folder.

Not unless BMW already has a feature like that built in and it's just not enabled for some reason (which is unlikely).

[rxander]

When I plug in my ipod nano it works fine scrolling through my wheel in between songs. Everything else I tried = failed. Make sure random is checked in settings using y cable.

[DJHakim]

have the first 2 items in the thumb wheel song list be "Previous" and "Next", no matter what the multimedia source. If you are in random mode, then you skip to next random track. If not, then you skip to next listed track (which you could see as item 3 in the list). Boom, ISTA/P update.

It actually is a nuisance to reach over to the far side of the dash to skip tracks (randomly). Usually I have to keep one hand off the steering wheel (arm stretched out) to skip several songs in a row.

E90 steering wheel layout with cruise ctrl stalk was much better ergo design. They could have just added the thumb scroll to that basic layout.

[sophiamaria]

Originally Posted by newoldbeemer

It doesn't seem to be an Apple thing. I have a sandisk USB drive as one source, and a good old CD as another. On both, I have Random turned on. The only way I can move to the next Random song seems to be using the arrow buttons on the dash. Nothing on the wheel for that, though my E90 had it. Am I missing something?

Using the back and forwards button on the dash is the never fail solution, which you have discovered works.

To be totally honest, I find the whole system temperamental. When I roll through the toggle on my steering wheel, it doesn't change songs 100% of the time. If I'm having a good day, it will let me. Otherwise I have to fiddle around quite a lot. In my car, I'm playing a playlist, it will sometimes revert to shuffle all. Especially bad news if you are in the middle of a very good song! So - you are not alone! It is a fiddly, clunky system.

[CESIUM]

Originally Posted by JesseS

BT "browsing" (which is what would give you the feature you are talking about) requires AVRCP 1.3 and this is a relatively "new" technology. By "new" I mean that it has only been deployed and actually working correctly on media players in the past couple of years (early iOS 5s didn't implement it correctly).

Car design is a time intensive process and thus they often lag behind the latest tech a bit. However, BMW has most certainly updated with the latest MY tech and now fully supports a working AVRCP 1.4 implementation (which also gives you additional metadata like cover art).

That being said you might want to make sure you've installed the latest updates. Some updates are user installable and I recall reading that BMW has recently released an update specifically for bluetooth+smartphones. It may have fixes necessary to correct AVRCP 1.3 and IIRC, it does sound like your manufacture date falls within the supported range for the update. Whether you have the pre-requisite options I obviously cannot say.

What build date would that be? Are talking about BMW.com/update or any other update?