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mofomat · 01-06-2008, 05:41 PM

I was wondering how the few M3 owners have allocated the 8 preset buttons for the i-drive?

Starting to think about little things like this as I'm only 7 months away from taking delivery of my new M3.

GeriFix · 01-06-2008, 09:38 PM

I have only been able to allocate entertainment functions to the buttons and have been too lazy to read the manual to see if this is all they will do.

1. ABC Newsradio (AM)
2. ABC Local Radio
3. Some FM Station
4. JJJ (FM) - So I can listen to This Sporting Life on a Sunday
5. USB Aux Audio
6. Channel Nine Digital TV
7. Nothing
8. Nothing

iDrive itself is easy to navigate through the entertainment options anyway, so I haven't used the shortcuts.

ChinoOrtega · 01-06-2008, 09:43 PM

I used it as speed dialing

mofomat · 01-06-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GeriFix

I have only been able to allocate entertainment functions to the buttons and have been too lazy to read the manual to see if this is all they will do.

Apparently you can do more than that, such as your favourite destination for example.

Champagne · 01-07-2008, 12:20 AM

These buttons are the only thing I haven't set up on my car...

13eastie · 01-07-2008, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mofomat

I was wondering how the few M3 owners have allocated the 8 preset buttons for the i-drive?

Starting to think about little things like this as I'm only 7 months away from taking delivery of my new M3.

1 Nothing
2 Nothing
3 Nothing
4 BBC Radio 4
5 Nothing
6 Nothing
7 Nothing
8 Nothing

Doesn't get more rock 'n' roll than that boys.

Ray33 · 01-07-2008, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 13eastie

1 Nothing
2 Nothing
3 Nothing
4 BBC Radio 4
5 Nothing
6 Nothing
7 Nothing
8 Nothing

Doesn't get more rock 'n' roll than that boys.

I went nearly as full on as you...

1. Nothing
2. Nothing
3. Nothing
4. Nothing
5. Aux
6. Nothing
7. Nothing
8. Nothing

JerezBlue! · 01-07-2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Champagne

These buttons are the only thing I haven't set up on my car...

Ditto, 'cause I Drive is easy to navigate, but I think speed dialing is probably a good idea (per #3) until I can think of something else.

drvai · 01-07-2008, 06:19 PM

What's the difference between connecting a USB drive with music Vs an iPod.??

GeriFix · 01-07-2008, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by drvai

What's the difference between connecting a USB drive with music Vs an iPod.??

Depends what kind of USB drive you are talking about. I have tried a couple of drives and had no problems with any of the flash memory variety. I am currently using an 8Gig Transcend JetFlash drive and it works fine ... i Drive displays the directory structure and you just navigate to the song/folder/playlist you like. As an experiment, I plugged in a 250gig Western Digital Passport hard drive and this did not work ... may not have been getting enough power from the USB port (my assumption).

Champagne · 01-08-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JerezBlue!

Ditto, 'cause I Drive is easy to navigate, but I think speed dialing is probably a good idea (per #3) until I can think of something else.

Exactly, it's truly a delight. They only wrong navigation I've done with iDrive is because of me thinking wrong.

Do you mean you've set 3: rd button to speed dial menu? Why not just say "Dial number" and it takes you there directly! I tend to use voice control quite alot.
The only thing that I could use this for mainly is dialing numbers since English is not my first number and I tend to stumble from time to time when "translating" the number to English.

ChinoOrtega · 01-16-2008, 03:52 PM

I never use voice controls, never seem to remember them, so speed dialing works nice for me.

01-06-2008, 05:41 PM	#1
mofomat Captain Drives: BMW M3 (E92) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maastricht, NL Posts: 996 iTrader: (0)	Allocation of 8 presets on i-drive? I was wondering how the few M3 owners have allocated the 8 preset buttons for the i-drive? Starting to think about little things like this as I'm only 7 months away from taking delivery of my new M3.

01-06-2008, 09:38 PM	#2
GeriFix Lieutenant Drives: BMW M3 E92; MG TF 160; C2 VTS Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 531 iTrader: (0) View GeriFix's Garage	I have only been able to allocate entertainment functions to the buttons and have been too lazy to read the manual to see if this is all they will do. 1. ABC Newsradio (AM) 2. ABC Local Radio 3. Some FM Station 4. JJJ (FM) - So I can listen to This Sporting Life on a Sunday 5. USB Aux Audio 6. Channel Nine Digital TV 7. Nothing 8. Nothing iDrive itself is easy to navigate through the entertainment options anyway, so I haven't used the shortcuts.

01-06-2008, 09:43 PM	#3
ChinoOrtega Lieutenant Drives: M3 e92 Space Gray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: anywhere, anytime Posts: 465 iTrader: (0)	I used it as speed dialing

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Champagne Second Lieutenant Drives: E92 M3 Coupé Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 271 iTrader: (0)	These buttons are the only thing I haven't set up on my car...

01-07-2008, 06:19 PM	#9
drvai Captain Drives: E92 M3 AW Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: FL Posts: 882 iTrader: (0)	What's the difference between connecting a USB drive with music Vs an iPod.??

01-16-2008, 03:52 PM	#12
ChinoOrtega Lieutenant Drives: M3 e92 Space Gray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: anywhere, anytime Posts: 465 iTrader: (0)	I never use voice controls, never seem to remember them, so speed dialing works nice for me.