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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 07:01 AM
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My car never shows the name of the radio stations (via RDS). Do I need to turn it on somewhere?

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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 07:15 AM
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RDS was disabled with version 12 software. There were some problems with it so instead of having it "kinda work," they turned it off until they could fix it.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Sep 19 2004, 10:15 AM
RDS was disabled with version 12 software. There were some problems with it so instead of having it "kinda work," they turned it off until they could fix it.
I'm not sure that's true for everyone. I, for example, have version 12.2 (at least that's what the Tech said -- and I seem to have a lot of the "functions" of 12 so I guess I believe it) and my RDS works just fine. Radio stations and song titles and year are displayed in the lower left bar of the iDrive.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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I picked up my car from the dealer yesterday (Saturday), they updated the iDrive software with the latest version (Not v.13), my RDS used to work before leaving the car there, now it does not.
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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My RDS works for one of my keys but not for the other......a bit odd!!! I just bought it a month ago.
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by drjochen' date='Sep 19 2004, 10:01 AM
My car never shows the name of the radio stations (via RDS). Do I need to turn it on somewhere?

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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Wiu-Bimmer' date='Sep 19 2004, 10:38 PM
I picked up my car from the dealer yesterday (Saturday), they updated the iDrive software with the latest version (Not v.13), my RDS used to work before leaving the car there, now it does not.
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Do you navigation in the car? If you have nav and v 12, rds dosent work.
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 05:52 PM
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Mine doesn't work either.
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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I get the radio station but not the name opf the song like I use to in my e39
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Guest_friedt_*' date='Sep 22 2004, 07:52 PM
[quote name='Wiu-Bimmer' date='Sep 19 2004, 10:38 PM']I picked up my car from the dealer yesterday (Saturday), they updated the iDrive software with the latest version (Not v.13), my RDS used to work before leaving the car there, now it does not.
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No Nav. RDS worked before, now it does not. I've read on this forum that v.12 will do that to your car, it seems like they turned that option off and it will be back with v13.1
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