Time Display
09-04-2004, 08:45 PM
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I have had this problem since I bought the car, and it has annoyed 
me for too long now. I don?t know if there is a solution that I don?t know of, or is it one of those stupid things that BMW didn?t think of when they designed this car (referring to the cup holders).
Time is displayed in two places: iDrive and Dash board display. Every time I?m over speeding, washer low, seat belt not on, or whatever stupid reason the time display goes away and I get two warning messages instead of the time display. I think it is really stupid, I?d be driving on the highway and can?t tell what the time is unless I slow down.
This doesn?t seem practical to me at all.
What does everyone think? Shouldn?t BMW update their software to have the time displayed at all times? <_<
me for too long now. I don?t know if there is a solution that I don?t know of, or is it one of those stupid things that BMW didn?t think of when they designed this car (referring to the cup holders).Time is displayed in two places: iDrive and Dash board display. Every time I?m over speeding, washer low, seat belt not on, or whatever stupid reason the time display goes away and I get two warning messages instead of the time display. I think it is really stupid, I?d be driving on the highway and can?t tell what the time is unless I slow down.
This doesn?t seem practical to me at all.
What does everyone think? Shouldn?t BMW update their software to have the time displayed at all times? <_<
09-05-2004, 12:09 AM
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When you receive a Check Control message, all you do is hit the "Check" button to the left of your steering wheel. Doing this will again display the time both on the iDrive and the Check Control display in the instrument cluster.
09-05-2004, 05:02 AM
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As said befroe: press the "check" button and the messsage disappears. A warning triangle next to the selected gear (or mode) reminds you on a current problem, what you can manually check in idrive.
09-05-2004, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by chicosy' date='Sep 5 2004, 03:25 PM
Or you could just raise the speed limit at which the I-Drive beeps.
09-05-2004, 02:35 PM
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I agree that it's stupid though. I sometimes have to press that stupid "Check" button 3 or 4 times on longer drives because it then reverts back to the warning indication after like 15 seconds. This is also annoying to a passenger that cannot just press that check button when they want to see the time. This is flat out a stupid feature. If you press check, it should then revert to the standard display for a longer period of time. Maybe like 30 minutes at least.
09-05-2004, 09:57 PM
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Thank you guys,
Though 555 is right, most of the time my passengers complain about the time. I would like to see the time with one eye move instead of clicking on check.
it doesn't make sense to be going at 180 kph and have to take my eyes off the street to look at the check button, then whether the display changed or not.
BMW designers should have known better.
Though 555 is right, most of the time my passengers complain about the time. I would like to see the time with one eye move instead of clicking on check.
it doesn't make sense to be going at 180 kph and have to take my eyes off the street to look at the check button, then whether the display changed or not.
BMW designers should have known better.
09-07-2004, 10:15 AM
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i hate the way you get warning messages in the dash and idrive.
for example: fuel warning
you get a fuel icon in dash, an ! in dash and text message warning in idrive status bar.
for example: fuel warning
you get a fuel icon in dash, an ! in dash and text message warning in idrive status bar.
09-07-2004, 10:53 AM
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They did that for people like my father who use yellow tags with the word fuel on them on their dashboard or else they forget to go to the gasstation 
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Originally Posted by ethanbmw' date='Sep 7 2004, 08:15 PM
i hate the way you get warning messages in the dash and idrive.
for example: fuel warning
you get a fuel icon in dash, an ! in dash and text message warning in idrive status bar.
for example: fuel warning
you get a fuel icon in dash, an ! in dash and text message warning in idrive status bar.