12-07-2013, 11:09 AM | #1 |
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Presets -- Most useful feature
I took delivery of my car yesterday. The salesman spent about 20 minutes with me going over all of the features of iDrive. Not much was new to me as I had watched plenty of videos showing the features of iDrive. However, one thing I found very interesting and had not been aware of is how the presets work.
Instead of just being radio presets as every other car I've ever owned has, I love how you can use the 6 presets to store any function, like navigating to a certain address, or calling a certain phone number. I also like how you can just touch your finger to a preset if you forget its function and it shows you a preview on the screen of what the function is. I think this is a wonderful feature and is extremely useful. Not one review of any BMW I have watched even mentioned this feature. I'm guessing the reviewers have such a short time with the car they never even figure this out. |
12-07-2013, 11:41 AM | #2 |
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Yeah, I love that feature too.
The tech that came out to my car to show me the iDrive controls didn't even go over that feature. |
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12-07-2013, 08:01 PM | #5 |
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#1 for me is switching the nav to night colors.
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If you have iDrive, make sure the desired function is showing on the screen (for example if you want to save a radio station, don't have the nav map on the screen, otherwise you will save the map view instead). Then push and hold the selected preset button until you get an audible two-note tone.
You can see what your presets are set to by hovering your finger over the buttons. |
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VERY true.
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Like the others here I have it programmed to a Preset (#2). |
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12-10-2013, 08:14 AM | #14 |
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For me split screen/full screen, i have set this on #8
on #7 i have set nightmode of the navigation. i spent #1 till #6 to my favorite locations.
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I assume it then works like a toggle and turns on & off each time you press the preset? I guess the split screen is another good idea for a preset. |
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01-13-2014, 07:40 AM | #19 |
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I programmed button 1 to the "Radio Presets" screen. From there I can use the knob to dial up and down to any of the 14 or so radio presets that I have set. However for some reason, the button itself doesn't always switch directly to "Preset." Sometimes it switches to the "Radio" screen which has all the stations on whichever band I was last on. One more press of the button gets me into the actual Presets, then toggling back and forth between the two.
Out of curiosity, what's the advantage of not using the split screen, other than the obvious of more space for the map? |
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I love the presests as well. freaking great idea. I have one set to just turn off the screen to the idrive. Once I've got music going or if I'm not using it, find it nice to have it off.
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