[pweber84]

I have deleted $851 and added $8A5 (Slovak) - It is CIC, not NBT.
Do I need to recode something somehow after new VO is added?

 

[milkyway]

Hello!

If you did it vo-code Kombi and CIC (mark the folder Kombi, not the cafd and press "code" on the right side, do the same for CIC)

CU Oliver

 

[pweber84]

Hi,

Thanks, I did it, but language didn't show up anyway. Car software is from 2011 and I think that Slovak language showed up on a market a bit later so probably I will have ti update CIC unit and KOMBI. What do you think? Can i do it using E-sys and ICOM A+B?

 

[Makky]

New challenge for you. In Denmark, which is a small country, came in 7/2014 Danish language as an option SA8A8. I know that it is coded in a 430 coupe from 4/2014 with NBT. Can the Codes in a CIC with latest firmwaer from PZDaten 54. as add language.

Shawn has been a huge help, but I can not get it to work, there are some who can help me. Have given the SA8A8 code and it stands in FA option Danish language but comes not as option in Idrive

Hi,
Have you had any luck with Danish language?

 

[ap90500]

New languages introduced on 7/2014 (Finnish, Danish, maybe others too) require NBT or ENTRYNAV head unit and new enough software. Psdzdata V53.0 is enough for F020 and F025, F001 and F010 maybe require v 53.2. This means that i-step (current) is F0xx-14-07-xxx. It is also possible that older softwares like 52.x are okay but I am not sure about this. After head unit (and probably kombi too) has been flashed with new enough software, new languages can be coded in by changing language option code and maybe zeitkriterium.

 

[Makky]

New languages introduced on 7/2014 (Finnish, Danish, maybe others too) require NBT or ENTRYNAV head unit and new enough software. Psdzdata V53.0 is enough for F020 and F025, F001 and F010 maybe require v 53.2. This means that i-step (current) is F0xx-14-07-xxx. It is also possible that older softwares like 52.x are okay but I am not sure about this. After head unit (and probably kombi too) has been flashed with new enough software, new languages can be coded in by changing language option code and maybe zeitkriterium.

Norwegian is also added.
So to test I would need to change build date and VO code the language, then FDLcode KOMBI and NBT?

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[milkyway]

Hello!

Soren has a CIC and due to the this it was impossible. With 54.1 and NBT you have nearly every language you want.

CU Oliver

 

[johndong888]

Hello!

Soren has a CIC and due to the this it was impossible. With 54.1 and NBT you have nearly every language you want.

CU Oliver

I have 54.2 and NBT. I tried doing the chinese via FDL but it didn't work. I believe I have added 866 then coded but it didnt work.

PS: Is there a difference in hitting code on the top lvl vs inject CAFD?

Thanks

 

[f30jojo]

Does this also change the navigation voice instructions?

 

[alocksley]

Newbie at this. Excited and confused about this whole process, especially the possibility of language options.
Questions:
On a USA 2015 335xi can I change the language shown on iDrive to something other than NAFTAspeak, like German?
Will the car's NAV system still function, i.e. are the maps recognized? Will the voice instructions be in German, English, or not available at all?
Will voice commands also be in German? Do I get to respond to the car in German (!) ?
Are other functions that might go along with German, like defaulting to metric and celsius measurements also going to happen? (I think I can change some of that thru normal settings)

One other question...if all this is available, why wouldn't a dealer offer to "customize" the car to the new owner's preferences as part of prep? What am I missing here? At delivery of my first bimmer, a 1997 528i, there was a whole sheet of "preferences" I had to fill out, similar to some of the codings here. Is this just not done anymore?

 

[R1nZX]

One other question...if all this is available, why wouldn't a dealer offer to "customize" the car to the new owner's preferences as part of prep? What am I missing here? At delivery of my first bimmer, a 1997 528i, there was a whole sheet of "preferences" I had to fill out, similar to some of the codings here. Is this just not done anymore?

Coding is not officially supported, although some dealers will do simple things like disable the auto start/stop feature, etc.

My personal theory is that BMW allows this stuff to leak out because it gives customers great flexibility while absolving them of any legal liability. They don't want to annoy people with legal disclaimers, etc., but they're required to put them in.

Similarly, if they have a feature that isn't quite ready for prime time customers can still try it out if they wish. For example, most of the things I coded on my '13 F06 are now standard on my '15 F06.

Coding gives people a back door so that everyone's happy. BMW meets their legal obligations while customers are able to rid their cars of annoying nanny messages and try "hidden" features at their own risk.

Of course, I could be wrong. The way they trimmed the CAFD files implies that they're trying to end coding. I hope they never succeed.

 

[dmnc02]

My personal theory is that BMW allows this stuff to leak out because it gives customers great flexibility while absolving them of any legal liability. They don't want to annoy people with legal disclaimers, etc., but they're required to put them in.

It does seem to be a win-win situation. Maybe TokenMaster and ShawnSheridan are actually BMW employees?

 

[shawnsheridan]

It does seem to be a win-win situation. Maybe TokenMaster and ShawnSheridan are actually BMW employees?

Not me. I work in Oil & Gas. It pays better.

 

[R1nZX]

For any of you who are using non-default language settings and encountering the problem with entering nav destinations, there was an answer on another thread. Code:

HU_NBT:3000:NAVI_DESTINATION_INPUT_US to nicht_aktiv

Full credit for this goes to user 'mostness', see the original thread:

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8838226

I was a bit skeptical, but I coded it and it worked great. The satellite radio still shows as "n.t.a. SDARS" but that's a minor annoyance compared to the navigation problem.

Note that I coded LANGUAGE_ENGLISH_UK to 'master' and LANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US to 'nicht_aktiv' rather than the specific codes discussed in this thread, but the results seem to be virtually identical, so hopefully the above fix will work for either scenario.

 

[alb7ar]

thank you a lot, i will try to do research abt coding and try this on my car, im trying to install arabic language in the screen

 

[alocksley]

For those in North America who are stuck with English, Spanish, and French for the iDrive language, if you'd like to have any other languages (for instance German, Polish, Russian, Arabic, etc.) the following steps need to be taken:

KOMBI -> 3008 PIA_Einheiten -> Funktionen -> Sprache -> uk / werte 1
HU_CIC -> 3000 HMI -> Funktionen -> LANGUAGE_MASTER -> english_uk
HU_CIC -> 3000 HMI -> Funktionen -> LANGUAGE_1 -> english_uk / werte 2
HU_CIC -> 3000 HMI -> Funktionen -> LANGUAGE_2 -> fransoesich / werte 6
HU_CIC -> 3000 HMI -> Funktionen -> LANGUAGE_3 -> spanisch / werte 4
HU_CIC -> 3000 HMI -> Funktionen -> LANGUAGE_4 to LANGUAGE_16 to all the other languages that are available in the system.

Apparently having the main language as UK English allows the car to display other languages, but if it's set to US English, then only English, French and Spanish.

Note: did not test for Asian languages!

All well and good, bu what about HU_NBT 3000 LANGUAGE_ENGLISH_UK -> master
LANGUAGE_GERMAN -> list, LANGUAGE_FRENCH -> list etc...
do these make any difference? Do they need to match the other settings?

 

[paulgsm]

Is there a list of all languages available for CIC/NBT systems ? In a post above somebody wrote: LANGUAGE_4 to LANGUAGE_16 . Which are all of 16 languages ? Is there a standard procedure (with E-sys or other program) to activate any language from 16 available ?

Thx

 

[alocksley]

Is there a list of all languages available for CIC/NBT systems ? In a post above somebody wrote: LANGUAGE_4 to LANGUAGE_16 . Which are all of 16 languages ? Is there a standard procedure (with E-sys or other program) to activate any language from 16 available ?

Thx

This is coded thru esys.

Language 1 etc are all drop down boxes. Choose what you want for each language 1-16.

If you switch the master to english_UK english_US will have no effect.
See other threads in this forum about changing character sets for Arabic Chinese russian etc.

 

[tou]

Display Chinese

It works when playing songs through bluetooth from Samsung S5.

 

[kkkevon]

Wow! I will try this later

@fhinfo
Excellent work! I have the same problem trying to display different languages(other than English French and Spanish ) in my iDrive. Where do you edit those coding? Also I couldn't see those pictures you attached in your post.