BMW assist features
12-08-2008, 01:19 PM
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I only just found out that you can send locations etc direct from Google maps to the car under BMW assist. Anyone else know of other funky things about the car they wish to share? I'm not a owners manual geek so you can point out anything. I won't complain!
I only just found out that you can send locations etc direct from Google maps to the car under BMW assist. Anyone else know of other funky things about the car they wish to share? I'm not a owners manual geek so you can point out anything. I won't complain!
12-08-2008, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Yeah Man' post='740735' date='Dec 8 2008, 05:19 PM
E60 forums,
I only just found out that you can send locations etc direct from Google maps to the car under BMW assist. Anyone else know of other funky things about the car they wish to share? I'm not a owners manual geek so you can point out anything. I won't complain!
I only just found out that you can send locations etc direct from Google maps to the car under BMW assist. Anyone else know of other funky things about the car they wish to share? I'm not a owners manual geek so you can point out anything. I won't complain!
12-09-2008, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Yeah Man' post='740735' date='Dec 8 2008, 02:19 PM
E60 forums,
I only just found out that you can send locations etc direct from Google maps to the car under BMW assist. Anyone else know of other funky things about the car they wish to share? I'm not a owners manual geek so you can point out anything. I won't complain!
I only just found out that you can send locations etc direct from Google maps to the car under BMW assist. Anyone else know of other funky things about the car they wish to share? I'm not a owners manual geek so you can point out anything. I won't complain!
12-09-2008, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Glock-357' post='741622' date='Dec 9 2008, 05:08 PM
How do you do that?
However, only newer BMW's (production date I think after September 2006) with an active ASSIST account can currently use this feature.
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This is what we get in UK - possibly available in other countries/areas too.
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/connecteddrive/...G4ubmV0,00.html
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/connecteddrive/...G4ubmV0,00.html
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Originally Posted by uhn2000' post='755598' date='Dec 30 2008, 12:03 AM
Insanely sweet option. I will contact them tomorrow about it.
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Originally Posted by VirtualRain' post='756459' date='Dec 31 2008, 04:43 AM
Can you confirm what cars have this capability and which don't? I have a 04/06 build and would love to use this.
I would imagine this requires a new piece of communication hardware, otherwise, they would be able to add this to other model years via a software update.
What I am wondering is if this feature could be added via some sort of hardware retrofit. I think it would be worthwhile since attempting to enter addresses via the iDrive now really sucks and takes forever. It may require replacing the whole CCC module, which can get quite expensive. If that is the case, you might as well wait and see if you can wait to replace the whole iDrive unit to upgrade to the new version that is rumoured to show up in March builds of the 2009 e60's.
Now that is a retrofit I would definitly attempt. It would be very pricey, but very worth it IMO.
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