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Originally Posted by MZWIE
As usual none you understood the question. It is not intuitive to have to split the screen to have the seconday display.
Furthermore I asked about how to show the values I want on the display. The secondary display only shows the next 'move. I am used to seeing a list of 'next moves'.
So MrOhnoez with 170 posts is suddenly an expert on BMW's. You must be one of those that got some money from mommy and daddy and bought a BMW.
Compared to other NAVIS I have used this one is not intuitive.
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I've used several aftermarket nav systems as well as a couple different ones from VW/Audi, and none of them showed a "
list of next moves" by default. You could get to that information, but you had to dig around for it. Map + next upcoming turn, sure, but map + list of several turns - not common. By comparison, it's very easy to get it by using the split-screen view and choosing the move list in iDrive. Once you have the list over there, you can tilt the wheel to that side, and easily scroll through the turn list.
Alternatively, just leave the split screen showing something else (I normally keep mine on the remaining fuel range mode). if navigation is active, as you get close to a turn, it "overrides" and shows the "lane guidance" images over there, including representations of highway overhead road signs if the map data contains it for the road you are on. You'll also get the lane guidance overrides in the cluster display, even if you don't have the next-turn option active at the time (I usually switch back to digital speedo, but when a turn is coming up, it overrides and shows the guidance instead).
I think there's another way to get the list of turns in the
main section of the iDrive screen as well though, next time I use nav I'll look for it.
I haven't tried asking it to show that list with voice commands, but it might well be able to get you there by voice as well. About 50% of the time that I use the nav, I just invoke it by voice - "navigate to [address]". I'd say 80-90% of the times I use voice, it works as I expect, or at least close enough to not be super frustrating.
Some people find anything beyond Garmin or TomTom GPS systems (which are
very basic IMO) to be too complicated. Other people actually want the ability to get more information out of the system, which I think BMW does a fairly good job of. I love the configurability of the system, the split-screen is particularly nice... although I do wish there were a few more options to show in the split screen section.
Where I get irritated with iDrive is the
boneheaded volume system...
