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      12-20-2020, 06:06 AM   #485
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Newbie First Post - Radio shut down with doors opening

Newbie here so be gentle with me.

Had my car since Oct 2020 so still learning stuff - my wife says I'm sad but read the manual and spent hours trying different settings on stuff (what else is there to do in lockdown?).

Well Ive read some of the posts about system (screen displays radio etc) shut down when doors are opened etc. I noticed what i first thought was odd behaviour and random shut down/not shut down.

I have realised that if I'm in the car on my own and I switch off and get out the screens shut down. Wife in the car they carry on running - but - if she then opens her door the system shuts down.

I can only assume that the system detects an seats being used/empty and produces (once you spot it) perfectly logical behaviour...leave system on for radio etc if at least one seat is occupied - clever.

Anybody else have this feature?
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      12-20-2020, 07:42 AM   #486
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Standard feature I guess that weight on seat sensors have to be present in all moders cars anyway, just to activate seatbelt reminder chime. Then its just a simple (but clever) logic coded in the system.

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Newbie here so be gentle with me.

Had my car since Oct 2020 so still learning stuff - my wife says I'm sad but read the manual and spent hours trying different settings on stuff (what else is there to do in lockdown?).

Well Ive read some of the posts about system (screen displays radio etc) shut down when doors are opened etc. I noticed what i first thought was odd behaviour and random shut down/not shut down.

I have realised that if I'm in the car on my own and I switch off and get out the screens shut down. Wife in the car they carry on running - but - if she then opens her door the system shuts down.

I can only assume that the system detects an seats being used/empty and produces (once you spot it) perfectly logical behaviour...leave system on for radio etc if at least one seat is occupied - clever.

Anybody else have this feature?
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      12-20-2020, 09:07 PM   #487
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Newbie here so be gentle with me.

Had my car since Oct 2020 so still learning stuff - my wife says I'm sad but read the manual and spent hours trying different settings on stuff (what else is there to do in lockdown?).

Well Ive read some of the posts about system (screen displays radio etc) shut down when doors are opened etc. I noticed what i first thought was odd behaviour and random shut down/not shut down.

I have realised that if I'm in the car on my own and I switch off and get out the screens shut down. Wife in the car they carry on running - but - if she then opens her door the system shuts down.

I can only assume that the system detects an seats being used/empty and produces (once you spot it) perfectly logical behaviour...leave system on for radio etc if at least one seat is occupied - clever.

Anybody else have this feature?
Yes. That's how it works My wife says it's because the car knows she's special, which is why it keeps playing music till she opens the door (which is usually long after I've opened mine)
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      12-20-2020, 09:36 PM   #488
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Learned today that the lane change assist feature I thought I purchased is not available on 3 series
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      12-21-2020, 02:01 AM   #489
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today i discovered that cant turn direction to the end when handbrake is holding the car in a hill. Only got to the end when handbrake releases and car start moving.

Also, when using cruise control, if i interrupt it pushing throttle, and then leaving pedals without press, in a few seconds cruise control takes control automatically (i thought that cruise control, upon interrupted, could only manually resumed). Surprised (frightened) me the other day in the highway
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      12-21-2020, 04:06 AM   #490
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today i discovered that cant turn direction to the end when handbrake is holding the car in a hill. Only got to the end when handbrake releases and car start moving.

Also, when using cruise control, if i interrupt it pushing throttle, and then leaving pedals without press, in a few seconds cruise control takes control automatically (i thought that cruise control, upon interrupted, could only manually resumed). Surprised (frightened) me the other day in the highway
Only disengages when you use the brake pedal.

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      12-22-2020, 08:59 AM   #491
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I bought my first ever BMW (2020 330i xDrive) in mid October, and just recently discovered the setting to auto lock the car and retract the side mirrors when you walk away. I love it. The kick feature to open the trunk is great too.
I love it a simple well....just be aware that if you get a 'battery low' message (I get this a lot at the moment due to lack of use in lockdown) the comfort access/closing disengages along with some other stuff. Quite disconcerting when you walk back to your car to find it unlocked
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      12-22-2020, 02:10 PM   #492
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Is there a feature to lock your car automatically, after a certain amount of time? I left my car completely unlocked a few times.
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      12-22-2020, 05:02 PM   #493
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Is there a feature to lock your car automatically, after a certain amount of time? I left my car completely unlocked a few times.
In my car, when I unlock the car beforehand to wash it (I unlock it to keep the mirrors open) and then keep they key out of range, I've noticed that the doors lock after a while (there's no indication that it locks though, like flashing indicators or the beep or folding mirror). The mirrors still stay open. I usually spend a few hours washing it (2-3hrs). I then have to use the key to unlock it again.
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      01-18-2021, 04:19 PM   #494
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Shift lights in manual mode

I assume someone has already mentioned this in the 23 pages of this thread, but I just noticed that, in manual mode, the car has shift lights in the dash (not HUD). Very cool, wish they were bigger though.
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      01-19-2021, 04:31 PM   #495
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I assume someone has already mentioned this in the 23 pages of this thread, but I just noticed that, in manual mode, the car has shift lights in the dash (not HUD). Very cool, wish they were bigger though.
Does in the HUD too if you switch on the sport display in the HUD settings.

It used to switch automatically based on drive mode but seems there is an idrive bug stopping this from happening.
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Does in the HUD too if you switch on the sport display in the HUD settings.

It used to switch automatically based on drive mode but seems there is an idrive bug stopping this from happening.
I don't have HUD, that's why I was so surprised to see it on the dash, and wished for it to be bigger. It's very cool though.
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      01-19-2021, 05:20 PM   #497
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Learned how to code my 2020 330,so far ive done turn signal 5x.show tire temperature with psi,remember my last setting ,shut off automatic start stop,changed instrument cluster to Alpina,and head unit is now m3.more to come
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      01-19-2021, 05:50 PM   #498
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I assume someone has already mentioned this in the 23 pages of this thread, but I just noticed that, in manual mode, the car has shift lights in the dash (not HUD). Very cool, wish they were bigger though.
Shift lights in the dash? Interesting, where exactly?
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      01-19-2021, 06:03 PM   #499
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Shift lights in the dash? Interesting, where exactly?
I'll try to take a pic, but it's on the right hand side of the gauge cluster, use the control to display the current gear, put it in manual mode (display will now say M1). Accelerate all the way to redline and the white line under the wording M1 will change to yellow then red as you approach redline (lol, a pic or video would be a lot better than this description).
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Shift lights in the dash? Interesting, where exactly?
I'll try to take a pic, but it's on the right hand side of the gauge cluster, use the control to display the current gear, put it in manual mode (display will now say M1). Accelerate all the way to redline and the white line under the wording M1 will change to yellow then red as you approach redline (lol, a pic or video would be a lot better than this description).
Description made perfect sense, I know exactly where you're talking about, thank you!
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      01-19-2021, 06:14 PM   #501
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Description made perfect sense, I know exactly where you're talking about, thank you!
Hope it works for you, let us know.
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Hope it works for you, let us know.
Is this for cars without HUD? Reason I ask is because, in my car, it shows up on the HUD but not where you said (I've seen videos where the shift light is under the M1 indicator on the dash). In my car, it stays white. Even with the HUD off, it stays white (no shift light on the dash.)
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Is this for cars without HUD? Reason I ask is because, in my car, it shows up on the HUD but not where you said (I've seen videos where the shift light is under the M1 indicator on the dash). In my car, it stays white. Even with the HUD off, it stays white (no shift light on the dash.)
I don't have the HUD so not sure if this is why I get it. It's pretty cool, just way too small to be useful during driving.
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I don't have the HUD so not sure if this is why I get it. It's pretty cool, just way too small to be useful during driving.
Ahhh. Probably that's why then. In mine, it's in the HUD.
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Drove for the first time in Polarised sunglasses. Found head up display was almost invisible & other illuminated displays like temperature was quite dim!🙁
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Drove for the first time in Polarised sunglasses. Found head up display was almost invisible & other illuminated displays like temperature was quite dim!🙁
Have you spun the wheel of brightness to maximum? We need it set to maximum 365 a year here in the UK, sunglasses are a rarely needed except in the snow 😉
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