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Jul 29, 2005 | 05:35 AM

OnOn

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When putting FM stations into memory, iDrive gives me the option to enable RDS and something called "favorites". Does anybody have a clue what that does? Is their a way to only surf, via the toggle on the steering wheel, through the stations I have actually set in memory. What I find now is that I end up having to surf through like 4-6 blank stations (really FM 87.8 or something likke that) to get back to the beginning of my presets, which is kind of annoying.....

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Jul 29, 2005 | 10:26 AM

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When putting FM stations into memory, iDrive gives me the option to enable RDS and something called "favorites". Does anybody have a clue what that does? Is their a way to only surf, via the toggle on the steering wheel, through the stations I have actually set in memory. What I find now is that I end up having to surf through like 4-6 blank stations (really FM 87.8 or something likke that) to get back to the beginning of my presets, which is kind of annoying.....

Thanks!

Cheers,

OnOn

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Give us a year and model with options,it would help.
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vern

Jul 29, 2005 | 10:39 AM

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Sorry....MY '06 530i w/o Naviagation or CD Changer. I beleive I have software version 18.x.

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Jul 29, 2005 | 10:56 AM

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If you have fewer favorite stations than slots available in IDrive, try replacing the blank slots, pre-programmed with 87.8 or something, with duplicates of your favorites. This should make it a little less obnoxious to scan through your list.