New owner- coding question

IAMSTIG · 04-29-2018, 08:47 AM

I bought my first BMW yesterday. I got a 2011 328ix without iDrive. I ordered the Tune2Air yesterday as a quick fix for streaming audio from my iPhone and may look at swapping the head unit for an Android model from ali express at some future date.

I've owned a number of VAG cars and liked using a bluetooth OBD & app combo such as the OBDEleven to tweak settings. The generic OBD unit I have seems to be able to get basic settings as expected using various apps but is Carly the default choice in for BMW's?

Lastly is it possible to get my car to display the speed on the digital display?

BOOF-M3 · 04-29-2018, 08:53 AM

Yes, Carly allows for V=Speed.

dpaul · 05-01-2018, 07:11 AM

Alternatively, you can activate digital speed display (set BC_Digital_V = aktiv) using NSCExpert, a BMW standard software tool which is freely available. You will need to purchase a cable ($45) and of course, do some reading to learn how to setup and use the software

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IAMSTIG Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada iTrader: (0)	New owner- coding question I bought my first BMW yesterday. I got a 2011 328ix without iDrive. I ordered the Tune2Air yesterday as a quick fix for streaming audio from my iPhone and may look at swapping the head unit for an Android model from ali express at some future date. I've owned a number of VAG cars and liked using a bluetooth OBD & app combo such as the OBDEleven to tweak settings. The generic OBD unit I have seems to be able to get basic settings as expected using various apps but is Carly the default choice in for BMW's? Lastly is it possible to get my car to display the speed on the digital display?
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BOOF-M3 Brigadier General 4452 Rep 4,014 Posts Drives: 2011 M3 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Pasadena Florida iTrader: (1)	Yes, Carly allows for V=Speed.
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dpaul Lieutenant Colonel 654 Rep 1,893 Posts Drives: 2009 E90 335xi, 2011 E93 M3 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Boston iTrader: (3)	Alternatively, you can activate digital speed display (set BC_Digital_V = aktiv) using NSCExpert, a BMW standard software tool which is freely available. You will need to purchase a cable ($45) and of course, do some reading to learn how to setup and use the software
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