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Old 11-25-2004, 06:04 AM
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An AM?? Is that the new Aston Martin AMV8 or DB9?
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DB9 - it arrives Q1 2006.
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Abit of a long wait. Im sure the 545i will make the wait go fast.
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counting on it....
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Originally Posted by E60525d' date='Nov 25 2004, 03:50 PM
Its definetly not worth at all worth ?3k. Not a big difference between pro and buisness nav anyway.
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It's a huge difference between nav bus and nav pro, IMHO.
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I was wondering. My big diappointment of today (picked up car) was no phone voice control with Media package (Sat Nav Pro, Bluetooth, 6 Cd changer). Dealer said it was not in spec. I thought it came with basic voice phone controls. I know extend voice is an extra. What is the answer please?!

Hobi, you say it comes with retro-fit Sat Nav Pro so surely it comes with factory install?
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the voice entry work very poorly and isn't even worth the trouble retrofiting at all. In my opinion
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Hi

There was confusion within BMW I think, i that the 5 series brochures they produced originally had voice control included in Prof Nav (609) option.

They then added Extended Voice Control, made it a separate option then forced you to either have TV function and/or Prof Nav included in your order.

Basically, the current situation is that if you want extended voice control, you need to explicitly order this in addition to prof Nav.

I think that they shifted the phone voice controls to the extended voice control option (daft, because if you order the media package, then voice control of the phone should be there by default.

This is what is so bad about BMW, they keep shifting the goal posts! I don't have a 5 series brochure to hand for reference. Perhaps someone else can correct me if I am wrong.

All the Best

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I would like to know if I can get voicerecognition retrofitted with my pro-nav.

Unfortunately in holland we don't get the voicerecognition when you order a car.

Would love it if someone can find something on ETK
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Originally Posted by 530E60NL' date='Dec 2 2004, 05:00 PM
I would like to know if I can get voicerecognition retrofitted with my pro-nav.

Unfortunately in holland we don't get the voicerecognition when you order a car.

Would love it if someone can find something on ETK
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Same thing in Belgium. Jus received my E60 525dA a week ago. Mine has Nav Pro and Bluetooth but nothing in terms of Voice control. When I was ordering, the dealer told me that a limited, phone only, voice control would be included as a standard. It didn't !

Is it a software only thing to enable it?

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