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What are your iDrive Shortcuts?

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#1 ·
Since the Night/Day nav shortcut was helpful, what are everyone's 6 button shortcuts used for? I've only done a couple of mine so far:

1. Call wife
2. Navigate home
3. EQ for the premium sound
4. Night/Day mode
5. blank
6. blank

Jay
 
#4 ·
It's supposed to show you colored lines where congestion happens - just like Google maps on your computer. But, I am yet to see if this really works. Tried it yesterday by hovering (interactive mode) over to an area of freeway where I know there's traffic, and didn't see any colored lines.
 
#7 ·
My current setup is:
1. Call home/wife.
2. Call wife's cell phone.
3. Blank
4. Change right-side of split-screen Navi to: Map, direction of travel.
5. Change right-side of split-screen Navi to: Entertainment
6. Night/Day mode.

(Note: My #4 and #5 essentially reverse each other...Can't be done on 1-button, Night/Day mode, as they're different selections. At least I didn't figure out a way for it to be a toggle!)
 
#15 ·
1. Sirius stream "Watercolors"
2. Sirius stream "Boston / Philadelphia / Pittsburg traffic".
3. Local AM news station.
4. Locate nearest Diesel station.
5. Toggle iDrive Day / Night mode.
6. Turn off iDrive Display.

#6 is my "legacy" button. Our 2007 and 2008's did not have a Night mode, so I would turn off the iDrive entirely in certain conditions - driving on a 2 lane in swirling snow or pouring rain with oncoming traffic. Though no longer essential, I still find it useful. If my X5 was built late enough to have Combox, I'd probably use this for something to do with BMW Apps.

I use voice commands for everything else.
 
#20 · (Edited)
1 - Home
2 - Wife mobile
3 - NPR
4 - Locate Chevron diesel station
5 - Enter new destination by entering street address
6 - Display off

Could use at least two more buttons . . .
7 - Nigh/day mode
8 - Split screen with turn-by-turn directions . . . yes this does show up on the HDD, but my wife likes seeing it too. :)

BMW could have added an ALT button and doubled the programmable buttons to 10.
 
#22 ·
1. - (used to be a Sirius channel before subscription expired)
2. Phonebook
3. Weather band Channel 3
4. Climate
5. -
6. iDrive screen off.
 
#23 ·
I find it interesting that so many people have the split screen. Do you use it to turn the split screen off (for larger nav) or to change the content of the split?

I haven't changed my split since delivery. Its always up on the the "Entertainment" menu. I think Nav does a good job of interupting and showing the necessary turn guidance so I haven't felt the need to mess with it.

Am I missing anything?

Jay
 
#24 ·
I always leave split screen on whether or not the sat nav guidance is in use (I do kinda like to know my current altitude......:p). When guidance is on (not often), I use the arrow display since my logic actually relies heavily on the arrow and not so much the map to get directions.
 
#27 ·
1. NAV Home
2. NAV Someplace Else
3. Stop Nav
4. Traffic Jams
5. Bring up Phone Book
6. Day/Night
 
#28 ·
just revisiting this thread. to those who use the presents for the split-screen content, how do you do that??? i tried one setting where i have nav on the main screen and the arrow directions on the split on 1 preset (i was able to do this), but i wanted nav and entertainment details on another button. i couldnt get it to do this however. any help would be appreciated. (2012 x5)

cheers!
 
#29 ·
Program a button to take you to "split screen content" then you can scroll to all the different options rather than a single option.

When in nav mode, i have my map on the left, entertainment details on the right and arrow display on my HUD.

When not using HUD, i like to be able to switch to any option on the right side hence why i have a button programmed to split screen content.
 
#32 ·
thanks for the replies. for those that use the presets to toggle night and day mode, how do you do that? i was able to set the night mode for navigation, but dont know how to make it do day mode again? do you just use the button to bring you to the night mode option then turn it on? even that doesnt seem to wanna work (saving the screen to the night mode option). i have a 2012 x5 if that helps.

cheers.
 
#33 ·
thanks for the replies. for those that use the presets to toggle night and day mode, how do you do that? i was able to set the night mode for navigation, but dont know how to make it do day mode again? do you just use the button to bring you to the night mode option then turn it on? even that doesnt seem to wanna work (saving the screen to the night mode option). i have a 2012 x5 if that helps.

cheers.
Find you way to night mode in idrive, press it or check it, can't remember, screen goes to night mode, press desired preset button and hold until it connects. Did this last night.
 
#35 ·
1 - Nav to Club House

2 - Nav to Escort Service

3 - Divorce attorney cell

4 - Apartment finders business phone

5 - Nav to Pawn shop

6 - Match Maker hotline
 
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