10-01-2014, 03:32 PM | #1 |
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Ceramic iDrive controller LEDs
I recently drove a courtesy BMW with non-ceramic iDrive controller and noticed that the top of the knob has an LED outline which lights up nicely at night. Once I got in my own vehicle I noticed that my knob does not seem to have this and I'm wondering if the light is not working or just not there with these ceramic variants. Just to be clear i'm not talking about the lighting which outlines the knob at the base but a circular light on top of the knob.
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10-02-2014, 09:48 AM | #2 | |
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Was the courtesy an F15 or something else, maybe it didn't have the touchpad on top of the iDrive control which makes the difference? |
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10-02-2014, 11:00 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for posting the picture. The courtesy vehicle I drove was an F15 X5 and looked exactly like your picture. My ceramic knob does not have the ring light on top - is it supposed to have one? Anyone out there with a ceramic knob and a light??
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10-02-2014, 03:43 PM | #5 | |
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10-02-2014, 05:12 PM | #8 |
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Interesting. I wonder if it's an M-Sport feature. I have an X-line 50i.
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10-02-2014, 05:58 PM | #9 |
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Hi Opasha, the courtesy X5 I drove was 2014 and was not M-Sport.
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10-02-2014, 06:01 PM | #10 |
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Nothing blows like unexplained inconsistency. I hope it is tied to a set of features, and explained away.
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10-02-2014, 07:54 PM | #12 |
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Hm...maybe. I don't have LED lighting package.
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10-02-2014, 08:02 PM | #13 |
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Not LED lighting package, but lights package (Code 563) that lets you change your interior dash lighting from red, blue, etc.
I'm not sure (I don't yet own an X5), but have been toiling over the options / option codes. |
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10-02-2014, 08:04 PM | #14 |
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You mean Ambient lighting? That's standard, so that can't be it. As far as the other lighting, I have 4-zone climate control so all my knobs light up, so that can't be it either.
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10-02-2014, 11:43 PM | #15 |
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It looks like only two variants of the controller, depending on the market:
Units 1 and 2 here, and one is not touch based: http://www.etk.cc/bmw/EN/search/sele...SA/65/65_2485/ |
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That's E70 and F15. I don't think any F15 has the one on the left. All Fxx's I test drove has the one on the right, the beefy one which made my E70 one feel like a toy after driving Fxx. I also remember seeing one with a cross on it. Another question, doesn't the base of the dial light up anymore? On my E70 the base has an orange LED tint, not the ring, so maybe some of F15's has an LED tint at the base while others on the ring depending on year? Perhaps we need a new thread asking people to post a picture of their iDrive dial with lights on. http://www.bmwblog.com/wp-content/uploads/idrive-1.jpg
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10-03-2014, 12:31 AM | #17 | |
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So far in this forum I have seen one case of a wrong inside panel on a rear door (was not leather like the rest), one LED ambient light connector left unconnected, and universal garage door opener missing on a US model (standard). |
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10-03-2014, 12:50 AM | #18 | |
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It's a really expensive part: http://www.bmwpartsupply.com/OEMPart...829327170.html. Price is around $600-$700.
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As for missing homelink, is it possible that SA revised an order that was meant for Canada and SC forgot to add the mirror.. anyway I should post this in his thread.
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10-03-2014, 10:47 AM | #21 | |
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Is this a Canada thing? Maybe they still don't get the knob even with Lighting/LED package? (Do you mean LED Ambient?
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10-03-2014, 11:17 AM | #22 |
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I just checked my 2014 X5 50i/LED M-Sport and doesn't have the lighted ring. Looked at all of the settings and there is nothing I can do to turn it on, assuming if I have that option.
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