02-08-2013, 04:24 AM | #23 | |
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But at east song title and album artwork show up on Business? |
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02-16-2013, 01:52 PM | #24 |
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The navigation professional includes the below additional features:
- 8,8" display instead of 6,5". - Extended black panel display in the instrument cluster. - 12GB HDD storage for music. - DVD player to watch movies. - 3D navigation and Arrow view. Arrow view also shown in the extended instrument panel. - Real time traffic information (country specific). - Split screen functionality. e.g.., you can have navigation on the 2/3 of the display and in the rest 1/3 show voyage computer, entertainment details, etc. -You can save pre designed navigation Routes you made at your pc at home or use from a list of available ones in the system. - You get power & torque gauges (that i think if you also have the Sport+ function that comes with either an automatic gearbox or sports variable steering or adaptive suspension). - Idrive controller with additional shortcut buttons. - Voice Control. It also forms the base for a list of other additional features that BMW sells separately as options, namely: - Apps option where you can have facebook, twitter, web radio, news, etc. - PlugIn functionality together with Apps option and media adapter for iPhone for navigating though you music list in the phone. - Internet option. - BMW Online - BMW Assist, teleservices, emergency call. (country specific and some features need subscription) - Google search - TV function module - Safety features such as Camera speed limits, lane departure warning, etc. - Park assist. Maybe i forget something but mainly thats it. |
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02-18-2013, 03:01 AM | #25 | |
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My understanding is that voice control is tied into the advanced bluetooth option, not nav. It's fairly useless as is most voice control systems to be honest. My mom just got a 2013 528i with prof nav, it is a VERY impressive system. With an amazing screen and incredible graphics and clarity. My 125i on order has the bus nav spec'd so it will be interesting to compare the two, although I've already used the latest bus nav on rental cars, it still does stuff like show you which lanes you need to be in at a junction and has quite good graphics. In terms of other benefits of the prof nav: The hard drive, well you can only load music off a cd or DVD, not an ipod or memory stick. I haven't used CD's in years, so to make one just to load the music onto the car, what's the point? DVD player, yeah I've got movies showing on it, which turn off as soon as the car starts moving. But you can still hear the sound. Again, not really a feature that I think offers more than novelty value. It is nice to be able to show a map on the one side and other info on the other. But on bus nav you can just push the nav button on the idrive controller to bring up a map, then push say media to go back to your ipod (which shows album art and all that) Don't get me wrong, if money wasn't an issue I'd have gone for prof nav of course But there are so many options I've added to the car, and so many I also wanted but decided not to take, at some point you need to start making a few compromises. Bus nav + harman/kardon = the same money as prof nav, a better trade off for me. |
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02-18-2013, 04:12 AM | #26 |
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I was all set for business then decided the black panel display would be nice for a hundred odd quid. After that the difference between business and prof was negligible. Glad I've gone for professional now.
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02-22-2013, 09:26 AM | #27 | |
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02-22-2013, 10:08 AM | #29 |
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Albeit slightly different printing on the buttons, I think. I'm pretty sure mine says "Media" instead of "CD". I also think it says "Phone" instead of "Tel". But yeah, the controller and the layout is the same.
After just one day with my F20, I'm loving the iDrive, but I will probably soon be envious of those with the new pro navi from March. And I'll be even more envious of those with the new controller which I think will arrive with the July production. |
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02-22-2013, 10:29 AM | #30 |
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"CD" was changed to "Media" end of 2012. I guess even BMW realized that nobody uses CDs anymore in cars.
"Phone" instead of "Tel(efon)" is the difference between international / german version. But I'll check later when I drive home. |
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02-22-2013, 01:16 PM | #32 |
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02-23-2013, 03:51 AM | #33 | |
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As for the rest, thanks for the reply. I'm learning to work with the voice control, I.E. call up the relevant screen using the idrive button and then use voice control function for that. It's useful for dialling a phone number... but I've experienced a lot of cars with voice control.. it's just not quite as good as you'd hoped it would be. I expect to have it in my car with the extended bluetooth, but I'll let you know. Interestingly in my moms car, the media player in phone option wasn't selected, yet I can play music over bluetooth from my iphone no problem! Lets see if mine has the same. (on the of the rental cars I drove with bus nav and extended bluetooth selected could do it, the other without extended bluetooth but bus nav couldn't) Thanks for the info regarding the hard drive and DVD If going for the full prof nav doesn't mess with your budget, I'd say go for it, it is really cool. But I really just got the system so that I didn't have a tomtom stuck to the windscreen ruining the atmosphere of my painstakingly chosen interior. I was well over budget by the time I selected that! |
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02-23-2013, 04:36 AM | #34 |
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Does the business nav only have 2D (top-down) view for the map, or does it allow birds-eye/perspective view?
At 1:18 of the video: ...it appears to show some sort of perspective view on a navigation system with a smaller screen (albeit in a previous gen 1 series), however I haven't seen this anywhere else. Last edited by aw8; 02-23-2013 at 04:46 AM.. |
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I'm a bit of a tosser - I ordered Professional just because I feel the larger screen/better graphics make the whole interior look much better. Either option feels really expensive and not really worth it to me..
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I have a 2013 335i with what i think is the Pro Nav.
I can't see DAB radio however when i go to radio and back click. I only see AM FM ??? My friend has a 320D M sport and the smaller nav and he has DAB? Is that possible? |
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