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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 01:47 AM
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Ive just (last night) bought a 530d (2006) and it is immaculate, loads of extras, and drives like a dream,

I Love it.

Couple of gripes though I cant get the voice activation to work at all.

Handbook says push button then icon appears on idrive in corner, but this is not happening

What am I doing wrong?
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 01:52 AM
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Congrats on the purchase

You should hear a beep noise aswell when you press the button - do you get this?
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ///MrSingh' post='666842' date='Sep 11 2008, 10:52 AM
Congrats on the purchase

You should hear a beep noise aswell when you press the button - do you get this?
dont think so

if def has prof sat nav & voice activation

i couldnt find anything in the idrive either
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 03:12 AM
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I have voice activation (right name?) on my 2005 530 and have not set it up. How hard is it ??? Given my rim saga with the A/C controls I'd like to setup voice for at least the very frequently used functions.

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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 03:37 AM
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In the UK, Voice activation is included in the media pack for LCI models. For previous models, you should have that feature if you have a slit menu button under the idrive knob. If you want to retrofit it, it can be done at the dealer but they will charge you for the activation code for this software around ?200 and plus the parts around ?50 and 2 hours labour for another ?200. Which is a complete rip off I think.

Hope this help
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