iDrive langauge support
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Hi everyone,
I have just placed an order for a 2006 525Xi this week, and
I have a quick question regarding the language support.
Does the US spec iDrive support Chinese (Traditional)?
I have a lot MP3s with Chinese song name, and I would like
to have them displayed through the LCD screen.
Nothing major, but it would be nice to have.
Thanks.
I have just placed an order for a 2006 525Xi this week, and
I have a quick question regarding the language support.
Does the US spec iDrive support Chinese (Traditional)?
I have a lot MP3s with Chinese song name, and I would like
to have them displayed through the LCD screen.
Nothing major, but it would be nice to have.
Thanks.
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Does the 2006 E60 Support the MP3 now? I doubt the U.S version car will support the chinese unless you brought your car from oversea.
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Originally Posted by the88saint' date='May 6 2005, 03:48 PM
Does the 2006 E60 Support the MP3 now? I doubt the U.S version car will support the chinese unless you brought your car from oversea.
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I don't know about the 2006 MP3 support, maybe it is not. I won't be able to tell until July. When I test drove the 545i, the CD text show random characters for my CDs, so I am wondering if the CD text support/MP3 song will display properly, if I ask them to load the Chinese support into iDrive.
Anyway, nothing major... , I can live without it.
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='May 6 2005, 08:06 PM
i remember seeing a member from hong kong said he has chinese in idrive.? try check out the hong kong subforum .
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Thank you for the information. My friend has an E60 in Taiwan, it has the Chinese support, and I saw that . I am in the US (Maryland, near DC), so I don't know if BMW is willing to load the Chinese and English, rather then English and German, for the US Spec iDrive. I special ordered my car due to the options I wanted. It is a 2006 525Xi, with the production scheduled for the week 22. Week of May 30th.
Thank you.
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I have a 520I in China, the idrive system is in chinese, including the navigation system.
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Originally Posted by the88saint' date='May 7 2005, 01:44 AM
I have a 520I in China, the idrive system is in chinese, including the navigation system.
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market, both Chinese Traditional, and Chinese Simplified. But I am in the US, and I listen to a lot Chinese pop songs, like most Chinese that came from Taiwan. Let's say that if BMW extend the iPod interface that will work iDrive on the E60, I am expecting a full control of the iPod, even the song list.. then I will have more problem . <_<
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Originally Posted by phototalk123' date='May 6 2005, 07:00 PM
Alohalc,
Thank you for the information. My friend has an E60 in Taiwan, it has the Chinese support, and I saw that? .? I am in the US (Maryland, near DC), so I don't know if BMW is willing to load the Chinese and English, rather then English and German,? for the US Spec iDrive. I special ordered my car due to the options I wanted. It is a 2006 525Xi, with the production scheduled for the week 22.? Week of May 30th.
Thank you.
Thank you for the information. My friend has an E60 in Taiwan, it has the Chinese support, and I saw that? .? I am in the US (Maryland, near DC), so I don't know if BMW is willing to load the Chinese and English, rather then English and German,? for the US Spec iDrive. I special ordered my car due to the options I wanted. It is a 2006 525Xi, with the production scheduled for the week 22.? Week of May 30th.
Thank you.
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='May 7 2005, 09:25 PM
i guess you won't be able to get chinese in your idrive if you are in the states :'(.? another option is you can check out the loooooong singaporeans post.? you might find some info from there .
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If it is too much trouble.. well, I think is ok, I am going to just stick with
English. I will change the song title into English. ....
And also the 2006 should come with voice command right ? I did not order Nav with my 525Xi. I am going to buy a portable GPS.
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Originally Posted by phototalk123' date='May 7 2005, 04:56 PM
[quote name='the88saint' date='May 7 2005, 01:44 AM']I have a 520I in China, the idrive system is in chinese, including the navigation system.
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market, both Chinese Traditional, and Chinese Simplified. But I am in the US, and I listen to a lot Chinese pop songs, like most Chinese that came from Taiwan. Let's say that if BMW extend the iPod interface that will work iDrive on the E60, I am expecting a full control of the iPod, even the song list.. then I will have more problem . <_<
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[/quote]That would be great, because i also listen to chinese music
What artist do you like??Aaron, Leon, Andy Hui?