Overseas, BMW drivers can sign up for things like on-the-road internet access. Another one of our bugbears is that the lane info, while large, is chopped off and, well, almost useless. Like many of the best portable GPS units around, the BMW system features large turn graphics for highway off-ramps and major intersections, though you'll need to enable split-screen mode to see these as well as any visual turn instructions. Despite being able to read out street names when you're issuing voice commands, turn instructions do not include spoken street names. The new iDrive system features a revamped hard-drive based nav system, which not only loads up more quickly and has virtually no lag when searching for destinations, but also features a 3D view for the first time. With calls being funnelled through the sound system augured with the general hush of the cabin, we were able to hold long discursive conversations without any problem. You can also view your phone book (oddly with our Palm Centro, the car only displayed our SIM contacts), and recently received and dialled calls, as well as make calls. Once we found all our favourite AM and FM radio stations, we assigned each of them a shortcut key - more of which below.įrom the Phone menu you can pair up Bluetooth enabled phones with your Beemer. You can also view DVD video and TV (standard-def digital and analog) when you're parked the sound continues playing without vision when you tootle off down the street. CDs can be ripped to the car's hard disk, with 8GB out of the hard disk's 80GB capacity set aside for this purpose. Most of your in-car entertainment options reside here, including CD, auxiliary jack and USB playback - the latter happily accepting iPods.
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