iDrive delay problems
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I was wondering if anyone else has the problem in iDrive, which I notice when I'm using NAV entry for destinations, that when I move the puck downwards to click to the next lower field, I can't get the frame highlight to move much of the time.
It most often occurs in the field where you enter a new desitination, street name, number, etc, and further down to Map Facing North.
It seems like the software is just sitting there thinking, and it's not only upon start-up of the car.
I was wondering if I have a bad software install, or are there some versions of the iDrive software known for this???? or could it even be a computer problem. Any others' experiences would be great.
It most often occurs in the field where you enter a new desitination, street name, number, etc, and further down to Map Facing North.
It seems like the software is just sitting there thinking, and it's not only upon start-up of the car.
I was wondering if I have a bad software install, or are there some versions of the iDrive software known for this???? or could it even be a computer problem. Any others' experiences would be great.
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Mine does this too. Even on reqular menu items like the brightness of the display. I can click into it and the control knob will be frozen for like 15 seconds before it will let me adjust the brightness. My software seems very buggy with all sorts of strange things happening. See my no sound post here.
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ULtraPLanet,
Thanks, I read your other post. It sounds like I should have them re-install the software. I also got a red pixel on the screen and a lopsided HUD display they can work on.....
Thanks, I read your other post. It sounds like I should have them re-install the software. I also got a red pixel on the screen and a lopsided HUD display they can work on.....
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hard to be certain from the description, but it sounds like either
- delay while device is finding the right bit of data (i find it is slower than i would have expected by far -- the delay from greyed-out/unusable to white/selectable is long indicating the supplier went cheap on the drives)
or
- info not available (never leaves greyed-out) - which is just inadequate data
- delay while device is finding the right bit of data (i find it is slower than i would have expected by far -- the delay from greyed-out/unusable to white/selectable is long indicating the supplier went cheap on the drives)
or
- info not available (never leaves greyed-out) - which is just inadequate data
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Originally Posted by skidster' date='Aug 20 2004, 07:56 PM
hard to be certain from the description, but it sounds like either
- delay while device is finding the right bit of data (i find it is slower than i would have expected by far -- the delay from greyed-out/unusable to white/selectable is long indicating the supplier went cheap on the drives)
or
- info not available (never leaves greyed-out) - which is just inadequate data
- delay while device is finding the right bit of data (i find it is slower than i would have expected by far -- the delay from greyed-out/unusable to white/selectable is long indicating the supplier went cheap on the drives)
or
- info not available (never leaves greyed-out) - which is just inadequate data
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that has happened to me, but a little worse, on a few occasions -- it just froze or died -- -- eventually it restarts
but what you describe does not happen to me - not with busNav and pre-v12 software, at least... let you know next week after i've upgraded
but what you describe does not happen to me - not with busNav and pre-v12 software, at least... let you know next week after i've upgraded
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Originally Posted by Radu530d' date='Aug 21 2004, 11:29 AM
You know what I'm asking myself..?? WHY IN THE WORLD DIDN'T BMW USE A LINUX BASED SOFTWARE???????? Why did they choose this fu*#$&^ Windows one..???
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I've had an other problem during my trip to maastricht.
I drove on a road that was rerouted. The navigation did not understand that the road was rerouted (logical) and showed me driving 500 meters next to the road. After a few km's my Navigation frose and nothing worked anymore.. I couldn't even eject the navigation DVD. I stopped at a tankstop and shut the engine. Waited a few minutes and started again. Still nothing only the BMW logo showed. I shutted everything off again and waited 10 minutes.. After that everything worked okay.
Another problem I have is when I am in the startup screen I use the I-Drive controller to the right and navigation will not start. Sometimes I have to do it 10 or 15 times before it goes to the rightside and navigation will start. All other options like entertaiiment and communication will work normal. First I thought the I-Drive knob was faulty and it just wouldn't work pushing it to the right. But in all the other screens going to the right is no problem.
I have pronav and when I am in Navigation and want to change the right side of the screen to give me the arrow routing or other info it won't go there and I first need to go to the mainmenu, then go back to navigation, then ask for the mapscreen and then try it again and most of the times I can change the right part of the screen. Anybody have an idea???
I drove on a road that was rerouted. The navigation did not understand that the road was rerouted (logical) and showed me driving 500 meters next to the road. After a few km's my Navigation frose and nothing worked anymore.. I couldn't even eject the navigation DVD. I stopped at a tankstop and shut the engine. Waited a few minutes and started again. Still nothing only the BMW logo showed. I shutted everything off again and waited 10 minutes.. After that everything worked okay.
Another problem I have is when I am in the startup screen I use the I-Drive controller to the right and navigation will not start. Sometimes I have to do it 10 or 15 times before it goes to the rightside and navigation will start. All other options like entertaiiment and communication will work normal. First I thought the I-Drive knob was faulty and it just wouldn't work pushing it to the right. But in all the other screens going to the right is no problem.
I have pronav and when I am in Navigation and want to change the right side of the screen to give me the arrow routing or other info it won't go there and I first need to go to the mainmenu, then go back to navigation, then ask for the mapscreen and then try it again and most of the times I can change the right part of the screen. Anybody have an idea???