What's the big deal about RDS?
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Thanks! Been lurking around for the past 2 weeks while finalizing what options I should get on the car. Can't wait! 
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Originally Posted by ricochet' date='Oct 15 2004, 01:49 AM
Thanks! Been lurking around for the past 2 weeks while finalizing what options I should get on the car. Can't wait!? ? ?
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What options are you ordering?
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Originally Posted by Jimbo' date='Oct 14 2004, 11:20 PM
[quote name='ricochet' date='Oct 15 2004, 01:49 AM']Thanks! Been lurking around for the past 2 weeks while finalizing what options I should get on the car. Can't wait!? ? ?
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What options are you ordering?
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[/quote]that's right. we all want to know and we can help you decide
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My Ride: 2005 Sapphire Black 545i, Auburn interior, PDC, Fold-down rear seats, Nav, Premium sound
I actually ordered the car just a few days ago already. I'm getting just the bare essentials. Black sapphire 545i, auburn interior, nav, prem sound, fold down rear seats. Was going to get HUD, but after seeing it, I decided it wasn't really worth it (even though its very cool).
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Originally Posted by ricochet' date='Oct 15 2004, 08:35 AM
I actually ordered the car just a few days ago already. I'm getting just the bare essentials. Black sapphire 545i, auburn interior, nav, prem sound, fold down rear seats. Was going to get HUD, but after seeing it, I decided it wasn't really worth it (even though its very cool).
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The big deal with RDS is for me is not the radio stations but the title of the the song playing on the current CD. This is very nice when you stick a new CD in.
This feature disappears along with the RDS for radio.
This feature disappears along with the RDS for radio.
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Originally Posted by Hormazd' date='Oct 15 2004, 06:14 PM
The big deal with RDS is for me is not the radio stations but the title of the the song playing on the current CD.? This is very nice when you stick a new CD in.
This feature disappears along with the RDS for radio.
This feature disappears along with the RDS for radio.
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Are you serious? I didn't realize that with the CD. I knew I had it before but haven' tried it since the update.
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Originally Posted by skipper' date='Oct 16 2004, 11:56 AM
[quote name='Hormazd' date='Oct 15 2004, 06:14 PM']The big deal with RDS is for me is not the radio stations but the title of the the song playing on the current CD.? This is very nice when you stick a new CD in.
This feature disappears along with the RDS for radio.
This feature disappears along with the RDS for radio.
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Are you serious? I didn't realize that with the CD. I knew I had it before but haven' tried it since the update.
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[/quote]Skipper, totally serious. Had an older version on my car in July in Europe. It did not give me song titles of CDs in the changer but did for the one in the dash. I thought that was a bug that would be fixed to give it to us for all Cds, but they took it away with V12 that got at VDC, I complained about it and the Assist was not functioning so they gave me V13.2. Which sucks, its really slow to boot and hasn't fixed !@#$
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The Cd titles only come when you have a cd in the CD player not the changer and when you are on the entertainment menu. Even then if you do not have the text of a song on the cd it will on display "Track 1" and so on.