Changing from 745i to 535d Touring on Monday...
08-20-2005, 02:27 PM
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Hi All,
I'm leaving the sedate world of my 745i to join you chaps.
The 745i is a great car but my particular one has had so many faults, many of which my Service Centre don't ever seem to be able to fix; I have completely fallen out of love with it.
I am picking up an a 535d with 7k on the clock on Monday. Has some nice toys on it (bar the HUD :-( ). Still it will be nice to drive something that feels fast again!
The 535d has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but does not have extended voice - anyone got any pointers to what I WON'T be able to use voice for? Also is it a retrofit ption for the car?
Hope I can contribute over the time I have the car.
Cheers
Nick (UK)
I'm leaving the sedate world of my 745i to join you chaps.
The 745i is a great car but my particular one has had so many faults, many of which my Service Centre don't ever seem to be able to fix; I have completely fallen out of love with it.
I am picking up an a 535d with 7k on the clock on Monday. Has some nice toys on it (bar the HUD :-( ). Still it will be nice to drive something that feels fast again!
The 535d has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but does not have extended voice - anyone got any pointers to what I WON'T be able to use voice for? Also is it a retrofit ption for the car?
Hope I can contribute over the time I have the car.
Cheers
Nick (UK)
08-20-2005, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by creash' date='Aug 20 2005, 05:27 PM
Hi All,
I'm leaving the sedate world of my 745i to join you chaps.
The 745i is a great car but my particular one has had so many faults, many of which my Service Centre don't ever seem to be able to fix; I have completely fallen out of love with it.
I am picking up an a 535d with 7k on the clock on Monday. Has some nice toys on it (bar the HUD :-( ). Still it will be nice to drive something that feels fast again!
The 535d has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but does not have extended voice - anyone got any pointers to what I WON'T be able to use voice for? Also is it a retrofit ption for the car?
Hope I can contribute over the time I have the car.
Cheers
Nick (UK)
I'm leaving the sedate world of my 745i to join you chaps.
The 745i is a great car but my particular one has had so many faults, many of which my Service Centre don't ever seem to be able to fix; I have completely fallen out of love with it.
I am picking up an a 535d with 7k on the clock on Monday. Has some nice toys on it (bar the HUD :-( ). Still it will be nice to drive something that feels fast again!
The 535d has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but does not have extended voice - anyone got any pointers to what I WON'T be able to use voice for? Also is it a retrofit ption for the car?
Hope I can contribute over the time I have the car.
Cheers
Nick (UK)
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08-20-2005, 03:30 PM
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I have extended voice control which is useless when you have passengers and only works when you speak like the Queen. Its just a novelty IMHO and a waste of money! All I ever get from mine is "Sorry I don't understand" and then a menu I don't want.
08-21-2005, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by creash' date='Aug 20 2005, 11:27 PM
Hi All,
I'm leaving the sedate world of my 745i to join you chaps.
The 745i is a great car but my particular one has had so many faults, many of which my Service Centre don't ever seem to be able to fix; I have completely fallen out of love with it.
I am picking up an a 535d with 7k on the clock on Monday. Has some nice toys on it (bar the HUD :-( ). Still it will be nice to drive something that feels fast again!
The 535d has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but does not have extended voice - anyone got any pointers to what I WON'T be able to use voice for? Also is it a retrofit ption for the car?
Hope I can contribute over the time I have the car.
Cheers
Nick (UK)
I'm leaving the sedate world of my 745i to join you chaps.
The 745i is a great car but my particular one has had so many faults, many of which my Service Centre don't ever seem to be able to fix; I have completely fallen out of love with it.
I am picking up an a 535d with 7k on the clock on Monday. Has some nice toys on it (bar the HUD :-( ). Still it will be nice to drive something that feels fast again!
The 535d has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but does not have extended voice - anyone got any pointers to what I WON'T be able to use voice for? Also is it a retrofit ption for the car?
Hope I can contribute over the time I have the car.
Cheers
Nick (UK)
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Welcome & congrats Nick,
Nice choice of steed, the 535d certainly won't dissapoint after your 7 series experience,
I toy-ed with the idea of retro-fitting extended voice control (for around ?250 ish in UK) but didn't do it in the end as I think I would not use it as much and for me the I Drive menu system is second-nature now.
If you have an MP3 player/Ipod then get your dealer to install an Aux Input (do a search on here for 'Aux Input' and you will find the retrofit instructions to forward to your dealer should they not know what you're talking about) for approx ?150 - it will allow you to plug in any device into the car's audio system. Also while the dealer does the install, they will have to update your software version so you'll get 'perspective' view nav thrown in for the money...
Good luck for Monday and don't forget to upload some pics...
What is the spec...?
08-21-2005, 01:28 AM
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Hi,
Thanks for all th messages welcoming me!
Seems to be mixed feeback about the extended voice control, I only really want to use it for the phone so I guess I don't need it.
Thanks for the head up on the Aux input IMU. I do have an Ipod which it would be great to connect into the car - where does the Aux input sit in the car when they have installed it?
Spec is now added to my profile which I guess should appear below!
I have to say I can't wait for tomorrow, I know I'll be impatient as hell when the dealer is boring me with his handover.
Cheers
Nick
Thanks for all th messages welcoming me!
Seems to be mixed feeback about the extended voice control, I only really want to use it for the phone so I guess I don't need it.
Thanks for the head up on the Aux input IMU. I do have an Ipod which it would be great to connect into the car - where does the Aux input sit in the car when they have installed it?
Spec is now added to my profile which I guess should appear below!
I have to say I can't wait for tomorrow, I know I'll be impatient as hell when the dealer is boring me with his handover.
Cheers
Nick
08-21-2005, 01:48 AM
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You're welcome,
The actual connector will be fitted under your glove box torch (which incidentally your dealer may not include with the car (so I just took mine from my trade in)).
You'll be lucky to come accross a dealer that actually knows what he's saying when he is making a 'handover' - mine just glossed over the basics and I had to RTM to get the information I wanted.
Once again, good luck and enjoy!
The actual connector will be fitted under your glove box torch (which incidentally your dealer may not include with the car (so I just took mine from my trade in)).
You'll be lucky to come accross a dealer that actually knows what he's saying when he is making a 'handover' - mine just glossed over the basics and I had to RTM to get the information I wanted.
Once again, good luck and enjoy!