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05-10-2007, 07:46 PM | #1 |
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iDrive MP3 CD and Nav audio no longer functions
I can get audio from radio and regular audio CD, but suddenly the Nav voice and MP3 audio can't be heard. Nav will still auto-lower the radio volume, but I can't hear the BMW nav girl anymore. MP3 CDs are still being read, but no audio. It happened during highway driving. Thinking the problem was a software glitch, I tried to "reset" the software by pulling over and turning off/on the car. Didn't help. Anyone know what happened?
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05-10-2007, 11:14 PM | #3 | |
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I had the same issue, except everything associated with my iDrive stopped working. No radio, no navi, no telephone and my iDrive knob stopped functioning. This all resulted from a SOS malfunction... It happened at night and I repeatedly tried to no avail. The next morning it magically worked...
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05-11-2007, 07:24 AM | #4 |
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I noticed that those particular audio sources (iDrive voice and MP3 audio) stopped working right after WOT. Could acceleration change the alternator voltage enough to affect iDrive RAM?
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05-11-2007, 09:19 AM | #5 |
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ran into the same issue too - just gotta turn it off, wait awhile and turn it back on
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05-11-2007, 07:11 PM | #6 |
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05-11-2007, 07:46 PM | #7 |
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Supposedly everything shuts down after about 20 minutes, but give it an hour. Where is E90Fleet when you need him?
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05-11-2007, 08:48 PM | #8 |
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I think I'm happy for not having chosen iDrive in my car.
Yes there could be a big possibility that if the alternator all of a sudden is pumping out more amperage that it could screw with sensative electronic components, especially microelectronics like the iDrive. Hopefully it's not enough to damange them. I would ask BMW about this issue and see if there's a resolution. You shouldn't have to shut off the car for a period of time just to get your iDrive working again, that's pretty silly. |
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05-11-2007, 09:00 PM | #9 |
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What about trying the iDrive reset? Press the 2 eject buttons (CD + DVD) AND the volume knob in... hold it for a few secs.
Dunno if this would do more of a complete reset than turning the car off for awhile, but once my iDrive froze up, was playing my mp3 cd but could no longer access any menus and attempting to +/- the volume did nothing either. Reset it and all was well. Never happened again.
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05-12-2007, 10:13 AM | #11 |
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Learnt about it from the forum actually Not sure if it's in the manual.
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