Steering Wheel Buttons
05-02-2004, 02:24 PM
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Unfortunately it is true! I came to the same conclusion when playing around with it last week. One of the two buttons has a fixed function, which is repeat last instruction & disable voice instructions when holding it down longer.
IMHO again a poor implementation of BMW, why assign this as a fixed function when most people only activate their nav system only something like 10% of the time??? This will render the nav button unuseful 90% of the time!
IMHO again a poor implementation of BMW, why assign this as a fixed function when most people only activate their nav system only something like 10% of the time??? This will render the nav button unuseful 90% of the time!
05-02-2004, 11:32 PM
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Hmmm...
Both my steering wheel buttons are programable and I have Nav (Business Navigation).
Before the latest software update only one of the buttons where programable but now both of them are.
Both my steering wheel buttons are programable and I have Nav (Business Navigation).
Before the latest software update only one of the buttons where programable but now both of them are.
05-03-2004, 01:12 AM
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Hey Beemer - Do you also know which version you had on your car & which version has been loaded now? Just wondering if you could be more specific so that I can tell this to my dealer. I will take delivery of my E60 in a couple of hours and requested them to load the latest software on it but they told me that it was not necessary because I already have the latest version and there would be no real issues with it 
If I can tell them that if they load version x on it and it resolves the fixed nav button problem I might be able to convince them to load this new version. 
If I can tell them that if they load version x on it and it resolves the fixed nav button problem I might be able to convince them to load this new version.
05-03-2004, 04:13 AM
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both my old version and the new 11.1 allow both buttons as programmable but the functionality is limited...
i think it is, off the top, mute, next source/device, next track/station, repeat nav ... i can't think of more, and that is for my config which does not have all the bells and whistles maybe related to other programmabilities
the actual issue is that, as originally announced in 2003 there were to be two programmable buttons AND one of the other buttons would, apparently, repeat the last Nav instruction... which is not how it was implemented in the end
i think it is, off the top, mute, next source/device, next track/station, repeat nav ... i can't think of more, and that is for my config which does not have all the bells and whistles maybe related to other programmabilities
the actual issue is that, as originally announced in 2003 there were to be two programmable buttons AND one of the other buttons would, apparently, repeat the last Nav instruction... which is not how it was implemented in the end
05-03-2004, 06:48 AM
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My Ride: 06 535d silver grey, night vision, comfort access, pro nav, HUD, Logic 7, M-sport
Originally Posted by Beemer' date='May 3 2004, 01:32 AM
Hmmm...
Both my steering wheel buttons are programable and I have Nav (Business Navigation).
Before the latest software update only one of the buttons where programable but now both of them are.
Both my steering wheel buttons are programable and I have Nav (Business Navigation).
Before the latest software update only one of the buttons where programable but now both of them are.
Lars
Gothenburg Sweden
