Can someone confirm how the heat/vent controls are laid out if you have the ventilated seats? I saw some pictures online that looked like the heat and vent controls on the dash only have one LED (as opposed to 3 LEDs for low-med-high). Are you still able to control low-med-high with the ventilated seats? If so, how (iDrive?) Thanks!

 

The way they're setup is really kind of cool (no pun intended). You are correct that iDrive plays a part in the low-med-high settings but you don't have to do anything fancy. When you press a button for the seat heater or ventilation, a corresponding iDrive screen automatically pops up showing you whether you're on low, medium, or high. From this screen, you can also adjust the seat heater distribution via the iDrive controller. To turn off the seat heater or ventilatior, you can press the button repeatedly until the light goes out (you'll see on the screen pop-up where you are) or, you can simply press and hold the button and it will turn off (without having to press multiple times.)

 

Thanks Rudy! That clears it up and sounds pretty neat. Just ordered my 550i yesterday and got the ventilated seats. I assume you have them...Have you ben happy with them?

 

They're great...I use them quite often, even in the winter!