2003 525I upgraded to version 17
Thread Starter
Members
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 129
Likes: 0
From: Uk
My Ride: 525, Dec 2003, Silver Grey, Black Dakota Leather, Bluetooth, Satnav, 18'' Runflats, Sunroof, Folding mirrors, Automatic
I had a fault with my Idrive, had a full upgrade to version 17 last week ( 1st upgrade since new ). Most of these have been spoken about here, I only found out about most of these features from this forum, many thanks.
Many many improvements:-
Aircon:-
Now works properly, eg if it is warm & you set it to say 18 degrees, the fan blows fast until the desired temperature is reached. Then it slows to maintain it. It did not do this before, now it is correct, same as my old 3 series.
Business radio ( bus. sat nav ):-
Plays MP3 CD's on dash player, a list of all MP3 songs are listed including titles etc.
Works really well, looks good too.
Business sat nav with 2004 disc:-
TMC works!
Traffic information page lists all local delays etc.
New option to mute the sat nav. lady.
Steptronic:-
Now more responsive in D, I used to switch to DS to overtake but do not have to now.
PDC:-
I may be imagining this, but now it gives warning tone in speaker nearest obstruction, eg if front left is getting close to wall then the tone comes out of front left speaker, If right rear is close then tone comes out of right rear speaker. etc. I'm sure it didn't use to do this. Can now park with eyes closed!.
A few little things:-
Gives 3 bleeps every hour, can be switched off on clock settings.
Now a missed call icon on I drive display is call missed while phone in car.
UK member, 525I, Silver Grey, Black Dakota Leather, Star spoke 123 18''+ Runflats, Bluetooth, SatNav, 6CD, Sunroof, Folding Mirrors, Automatic
Many many improvements:-
Aircon:-
Now works properly, eg if it is warm & you set it to say 18 degrees, the fan blows fast until the desired temperature is reached. Then it slows to maintain it. It did not do this before, now it is correct, same as my old 3 series.
Business radio ( bus. sat nav ):-
Plays MP3 CD's on dash player, a list of all MP3 songs are listed including titles etc.
Works really well, looks good too.
Business sat nav with 2004 disc:-
TMC works!
Traffic information page lists all local delays etc.
New option to mute the sat nav. lady.
Steptronic:-
Now more responsive in D, I used to switch to DS to overtake but do not have to now.
PDC:-
I may be imagining this, but now it gives warning tone in speaker nearest obstruction, eg if front left is getting close to wall then the tone comes out of front left speaker, If right rear is close then tone comes out of right rear speaker. etc. I'm sure it didn't use to do this. Can now park with eyes closed!.
A few little things:-
Gives 3 bleeps every hour, can be switched off on clock settings.
Now a missed call icon on I drive display is call missed while phone in car.
UK member, 525I, Silver Grey, Black Dakota Leather, Star spoke 123 18''+ Runflats, Bluetooth, SatNav, 6CD, Sunroof, Folding Mirrors, Automatic
Contributors
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,374
Likes: 0
From: Netherlands
My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
Waiting for trunkopener button from Hobi :)
Originally Posted by BMWJIMT' date='May 31 2005, 03:08 AM
Now a missed call icon on I drive display is call missed while phone in car.
[snapback]134685[/snapback]
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post