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Old 03-15-2006, 09:05 AM
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how do i get in the i-drive secret menu on my e61 520d
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Which one of the three that are known to the general public so far?
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Which one of the three that are known to the general public so far?
the three of them.thanks
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Originally Posted by nuno21' post='255192' date='Mar 15 2006, 01:05 PM
how do i get in the i-drive secret menu on my e61 520d

Press the I drive button for 6 - 8 seconds
then release it

three clicks to the left
three clicks to the right
one click left
one click right
one click left
press idrive button shortly
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Originally Posted by Justin' post='255503' date='Mar 16 2006, 08:02 AM
Press the I drive button for 6 - 8 seconds
then release it

three clicks to the left
three kliks to the right
one click left
one click right
one click left
press idrive button shortly
yep this works but dont hang about with the clicks, too slow and you will just jump into a regualr i drive menu.

Just to clarify the clicks are the click rotation of the idrive wheel
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What are the secret menus?
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A numer of lines of German Technobabble that mean little to anyone, serve little useful purpose but 'look cool'.
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The one in the tach is for testing. BMW dealers know how to access it and what to do and test there.
The one for idrive is pretty much useless for non bmw engineers.
And the one for the nav is misleading you, since informations are not correctly, some are even DIFFERENT in the submenus...
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Check out
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/archive/i...hp/t-53634.html
the comment by kowached and "To unlock these tests" it all worked for me in my E61 520d 2006 but I have to unlock it again after restarting the car.
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Originally Posted by patton' post='258770' date='Mar 23 2006, 09:02 AM
Check out
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/archive/i...hp/t-53634.html
the comment by kowached and "To unlock these tests" it all worked for me in my E61 520d 2006 but I have to unlock it again after restarting the car.
That's the one in the tach, a test menu for BMW techs.

Just as useless as the nav and idrive menu.


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