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11-05-2007, 10:22 AM | #1 |
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Assist window problems
Well, my first idrive related problem...
A couple of times recently, my idrive has had an issue. I try to move into the assist window (the small 1/3 scren on the right) and my idrive knob will not let me get to it. It will work perfectly within the larger screen (2/3 window size), but will not allow me to get to the right to change it. Its not all the time, but ocassionally. I brought in my car a few weeks ago and was hoping to get a software update, but they would not give it to me. Im somewhat hoping it happens again so I can show the dealership, but is this going to be something that will be fixed through new SW??? |
11-05-2007, 11:38 AM | #2 | |
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So you push the idrive knob to the right and the assist screen never get the focus?
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11-05-2007, 12:57 PM | #3 |
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Sometimes the interface is so damned slow that it doesn't recognize -- or seems like it doesn't recognize -- the "push" motion. For me, this happens mainly while things are still booting up, while BT is still pairing, etc. It is annoying, but I've learned to live with it. Trying again after I know everything has "booted" has always worked for me.
It sounds like your issue is worse than that. You're saying you are locked out from moving to the assistance window. If that's the case, it could be either a h/w or s/w issue. To check if it is h/w-related, I'd go to the map screen on the main screen and see if I could move to the icons on the left of the map, then back again. If you can, but you can't go to the assistance window, at least you know it's a s/w issue, not a h/w issue. Assuming this is a s/w issue, yours is the first report of this behavior I have seen. I'd absolutely insist on a s/w update to see if that fixes it. In the meantime, if you cannot get over to the assistance window, remember that you can use voice commands to change it if you need to -- "Assist window, [command]."
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11-05-2007, 02:22 PM | #4 |
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I would push it to the right, and it would never move to the assist window. I would have all functionality of the left screen, but nothing on the right.
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11-05-2007, 02:29 PM | #5 | |
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It is certainly being locked out from the assistant window. It has only happened a few times. Not every time I start it up, but twice in the past week or so. I will certainly be asking for a SW upgrade. My E92 is going in for its 15k service soon. I just hope that the dealership isnt going to give me the runaround again because I could not replicate it at the dealership. If it happens again, Im running straight over there... |
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11-09-2007, 06:56 PM | #6 |
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Well, now Im having all sorts of problems. First, my ipod menus froze up. My ipod would still play, but the idrive menus froze.
Also, my bluetooth connectivity goes in and out. I took it to the dealership Wednesday when I was having the ipod menu problem. Its looking like I will finally get the SW upgrade. They are creating a PUMA for my problems... |
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11-18-2007, 06:45 PM | #7 | |
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FWIW, when I couldn't get the controller to go to the Assistance Window, I used voice commands, and they *did* work. "Assistance window; perspective view"
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11-20-2007, 06:57 PM | #8 | |
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My idrive was freezing in the ipod menu, this assistant window problem, and the occasional incredibly slow (up to 60 seconds) response to controller inputs... |
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11-20-2007, 07:24 PM | #9 | |
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11-23-2007, 01:50 PM | #10 |
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Even my written letter (email) to the head of the service department has gone nowhere... Looks like Im looking for a new dealership... Its a shame because I have had a good working relationship with my current dealership until now...
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