iDrive delay on start up
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Hi,
My iDrive takes a good 20 seconds to "boot up" when I start the car which is very annoying...the dealer realoded the software which did little to alleviate the problem, maybe a slight improvement. My car is fairly high spec in terms of iDrive useage i.e. Bluetooth,Professional Satnav and the upgraded Climate Control..all of which give iDrive more things to do. Anyway, I had a 530i loan whilst my car was in which had a very basic spec (only had Bluetooth) and the iDrive started absolutely instantly and the response from the controller was also much quicker (i.e. instant) where mine definitely has a bit of time lag. Do other people experience similar problems, would particularly like to hear from you if you have a similar spec car.
My car is an Oct 04 build and had the latest software loaded in Jan.
Thanks
My iDrive takes a good 20 seconds to "boot up" when I start the car which is very annoying...the dealer realoded the software which did little to alleviate the problem, maybe a slight improvement. My car is fairly high spec in terms of iDrive useage i.e. Bluetooth,Professional Satnav and the upgraded Climate Control..all of which give iDrive more things to do. Anyway, I had a 530i loan whilst my car was in which had a very basic spec (only had Bluetooth) and the iDrive started absolutely instantly and the response from the controller was also much quicker (i.e. instant) where mine definitely has a bit of time lag. Do other people experience similar problems, would particularly like to hear from you if you have a similar spec car.
My car is an Oct 04 build and had the latest software loaded in Jan.
Thanks
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My Ride: 04 545i Titanium Silver/Black, Sport, Premium, L7, Cold
I'm betting the 530 loaner did not have NAV?
Seems that is the difference in bootup time and also other quirky bugs. I don't have NAV and iDrive has always booted instantly.
Seems that is the difference in bootup time and also other quirky bugs. I don't have NAV and iDrive has always booted instantly.
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From: Fairfax, VA
My Ride: Born Date 9, 1 2004. 2005 530i, silver gray, steptronic, nav, Adaptive xenon, premium pkg, cold weather pkg, premium sound pkg, Euro rear reflector. MP3 Enabled
I do have nav and Idrive is very slow when I start the car. especially in cold days. 
Kind of annoying..
Kind of annoying..
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From: Toronto, Canada
My Ride: 2006 BMW M5, Silverstone with black extended leather, brushed aluminium trim, Nav Pro, Logic 7, PDC, 35 % tint.
I think it is general consensus that everyone with NAV has slow start up times, it may need software or hardware reworking in the future.
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My Ride: 2005 545i step, nav, sport, 166 wheels, premium sound, don't need nothin' else.
Yes. Very slow start up compared to my 04 530 w/o nav. Voice command response time much slower also (I had the CPT9000 in the 530).
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Originally Posted by uukahn' date='Feb 25 2005, 08:06 PM
I do have nav and Idrive is very slow when I start the car. especially in cold days. ? Kind of annoying..
? Kind of annoying..[snapback]94516[/snapback]
and that's scary 
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Mine is pretty slow too.. but usually while waiting for the computer to load i'll just do some cleaning in my car..
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My dad have next options; phone pro, nav pro, advanced climate control, 6disc changer,pdc and voice control. I-drive takes sometimes 40-55 sec. Longest was a min. Its not handy if you are comming out a small parking place cause you can't see the pdc monitor. And also you have not radio directly.
Hope sofware 16 fix this
Hope sofware 16 fix this
