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When dictating a text, say the word "period" and it places a period into the sentence. Then, it looks like you are typing full sentences, rather than run-on sentences.
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11-27-2018, 06:23 AM | #46 |
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11-27-2018, 07:20 AM | #47 |
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Push the button. Say "Send text Paul Glasspoole".
(Obviously insert the name...don't send me a text!) If there are multiple numbers for that person say the number. If it is the second in the list, say "2". It will ask you to record. Record your message. Then, stop talking. It will give you to options. Send Text or Add text. "send text" will send the text. "Add text" will get you back to the record and it will append to the end of the previous message. If, at some point you don't like a word or the whole statement, use the idrive knob to move through the sentence, then, you can add, delete, append, etc. But, I have found it too tricky, so I just start over. But, the key is: "send text Paul Glasspoole" "2" Dictate "Send Text" I love it when driving across country and need to tell people where I am. Paul |
11-27-2018, 11:06 AM | #48 | |
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I used to have one preset for day/night mode for sat nav as the E70 didn't have a auto switching mode, so at least I don't need that one anymore |
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11-27-2018, 12:33 PM | #50 |
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Has anybody found a way of dimming the control screen in daylight? Specifically the Map view?
I’ve found the adjustment for the brightness at night, but I think the map is too bright during the day Thanks
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11-27-2018, 04:53 PM | #51 | |
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To take all features ‘off’, press and hold the button for three seconds but it still didn’t deactivate the proximity warnings for parking. It seems that these cannot be turned off. Whilst reversing today, I deliberately drove at the shrubs and the car did an emergency stop. I did the same with ‘All Off’ and it did the same! The only way to avoid the sudden dead stop is to manoeuvre very slowly. It beeps like a mental thing but doesn’t jam the brakes on. |
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11-28-2018, 03:43 PM | #52 |
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Automatic seat and steering heating will only work when the temperature drops below your set point when you start your car. So it won't turn on for me in the morning after keeping the car in my 'warm' garage overnight, even though the temp quickly drops below the set point within a minute of moving the car out of the garage. It works great though coming home from work after leaving the car parked outdoor for the day. Observed this 3 days in a row this week.
Hope there is a way to activate it automatically even if the car is running... |
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11-28-2018, 07:16 PM | #56 |
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On previous models you can turn on fogs light if you move light switch to side lights (blinkers/hazard lights).
On G01 i couldnt turn on fog lights unless headlights were on. |
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11-28-2018, 09:15 PM | #57 | |
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Also, I use a lot of the punctuation in my dictation with CarPlay. I use "dot dot dot, period, comma, exclamation mark, etc" so that people think I'm typing. Unfortunately, then people think I'm not in the car, and I get paragraphs to which I need to respond. Maybe I should just respond with some bad punctuation and go from there.
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then, when he gets off work and gets in his car at 32ºF, the steering wheel and butt warmers won't come on automatically.
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No one in my family needs the heated seat to turn on if the real ambient temp is at 48F. However, once the car got out the temp inside the car got cold real quick, considering the AC took a while to work (waiting for the engine to heat up, since I never idle the car inside my garage even with the garage door open). The heated seat came on faster and is my way of keeping my kids warm in this situation. |
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11-29-2018, 07:09 AM | #62 | |
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Maybe this part was unknown by some as well.
There is a setting in idrive that allows/approves that you can talk over the Voice. In other words, as "she" is talking back to you giving options, you can talk and get "her" to do the next step without waiting for her to shut up. In stark contrast to a Ford Explorer I rented a month ago, that thing had the absolutely LOoooooooooongest winded "she". Honestly, it was ten seconds of talking once it could not figure out what you wanted. It gave you several ideas on what you should do next. But, it would not accept if you talk when it was talking. I am very impressed with the vocab of this "her". Paul Quote:
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I'd like to set it to 50, because it's nice to get a little warmth on those chilly mornings, but more often than not if the sun is shining it quickly becomes too much. Of course even at 50 it wouldn't come on in my garage, only when I exit into the driveway. |
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11-29-2018, 08:11 AM | #65 | ||
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See my new post above earlier today. BTW - This is an observation about new thing that I discovered on my X3 and I did not intend to hijack this thread... |
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11-29-2018, 09:02 AM | #66 |
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The driving mode buttons (eco, comfort, sport, and adaptive if you have it) are not separate buttons. It's one big touch pad and the whole thing moves/clicks. You can easily confuse it by putting multiple fingers down and then clicking, or put a finger slightly off target and clicking.
I am convinced this is why many people have problems with these "buttons" (I too see misfires from time to time, when I think I am selecting one mode and a different one comes up). It's not a very sophisticated touch surface and it's easy to get it to misbehave. Good example of BMW over-complicating something and not working as well as the simpler tech it replaced. |
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