iDrive screen off

[ByeFelicia]

Was messing around with the voice activation button and said something that turned off the iDrive screen.

Did people know this was a possibility?

I had no idea and sometimes get annoyed with it at night and even at the dimmest setting, it can be bright. Had the car for three years and didn't know.

Well if you have iDrive hump and the voice activation button.

Press it and say "display off" and it will shut it off.

Cool if didn't know and you've wanted the option to shut it off from time to time.

[Shredicus]

Yeah, but....

Who is Felicia?

[ItsGary]

You can use the little scroll wheel thing too. Just go to any page, push it right once or twice (I forgot) and display off. On the map go to settings and turn it on night mode.

[roastbeef]

i've turned it off once before on a road trip at night. it was nice.

i've said it before, if i balled up my car, i'd get a car with the only option being zcp. i really wouldn't miss the idrive.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

i've turned it off once before on a road trip at night. it was nice.

i've said it before, if i balled up my car, i'd get a car with the only option being zcp. i really wouldn't miss the idrive.

i liek it cause it gives me something to do while waiting at the red light
learn whole bunch of stuff

[ByeFelicia]

I didn't even realize you can do it from the menu, so I feel a bit silly making this thread. Cool that you can turn it off nonetheless.

Also with nightmode, I dont think that turns if off. Just changes the map to a "dark" mode

[simple2010]

I turn it off at night all the time, didn't know I could do that with voice though. When I have it off, it does make me wonder what life would be like without the screen at all. I don't use it for nav, the vehicle info is pointless, media info for bluetooth streaming tends to just lock up. The only time it seems useful is when you are changing a setting.

[GT3fan]

You can program one of your radio presets to turnoff the Idrive screen. I do it every time I start my car. It helps lessen the eyesore called Idrive.

[Helmsman]

Originally Posted by AMG2M3

You can program one of your radio presets to turnoff the Idrive screen. I do it every time I start my car. It helps lessen the eyesore called Idrive.

Did the same. + turned down the brightness so less eye stress day time. All good.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by ByeFelicia

I didn't even realize you can do it from the menu, so I feel a bit silly making this thread. Cool that you can turn it off nonetheless.

Also with nightmode, I dont think that turns if off. Just changes the map to a "dark" mode

Yeah, it’s less stress on the eyes regardless

[Kamen]

It would be nice, if the display backlight was turning off, not just the imagery. I find the backlight more irritating, than having the display on.

[ByeFelicia]

Originally Posted by simple2010

I don't use it for nav, the vehicle info is pointless, media info for bluetooth streaming tends to just lock up. The only time it seems useful is when you are changing a setting.

Agree with the Nav for sure. Vehicle info... I do check the oil indicator from time to time but yeah something you can see on the dash anyway.

[modkrazy]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

i've turned it off once before on a road trip at night. it was nice.

i've said it before, if i balled up my car, i'd get a car with the only option being zcp. i really wouldn't miss the idrive.

I did ball mine up, and the one I will get won't have ZCP either. No point when I'd be running aftermarket software, coil-overs and wheels. I'd probably still want DCT. Not sure if there are such bare-optioned cars out there.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by ByeFelicia

Agree with the Nav for sure. Vehicle info... I do check the oil indicator from time to time but yeah something you can see on the dash anyway.

Easier to check in the instrument cluster that way you don’t have to take your eyes off the road.

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by modkrazy

I did ball mine up, and the one I will get won't have ZCP either. No point when I'd be running aftermarket software, coil-overs and wheels. I'd probably still want DCT. Not sure if there are such bare-optioned cars out there.

Fark... reading that again I meant DCT.

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by Kamen

It would be nice, if the display backlight was turning off, not just the imagery. I find the backlight more irritating, than having the display on.

This also drives me mad and I rather it show trip computer info than a crappy dark grey screen.

[Flying Ace]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

i've turned it off once before on a road trip at night. it was nice.

i've said it before, if i balled up my car, i'd get a car with the only option being zcp. i really wouldn't miss the idrive.

hmm makes sense. It's funny the progression of M3 ownership and the needs of owners. Back in 2010 when I bought my car, it was all about "balling it up", tick every option you can afford. But today, even legacy owners like you and I see minimum usefulness on things that go out of date quickly like navigation.

In 2008, built in navigation was still a rare option. Today, it comes standard in a lot of cars. Back in 2008, no one saw how quickly something like CCC can become outdated. Hell in 10 years, BMW has already moved 3 iterations of idrive already (CIC, NBT, and NBT Evo)


anyways...what's "balled up" mean?

[Flying Ace]

Originally Posted by modkrazy

I did ball mine up, and the one I will get won't have ZCP either. No point when I'd be running aftermarket software, coil-overs and wheels. I'd probably still want DCT. Not sure if there are such bare-optioned cars out there.

For the E9X M3, yeah, I think a ton of the option are either useless (ZCP) or gets dated quickly (navigation).


The problem is, in current generation cars, BMW has made significant differentiations in its product line. So today, ZCP cars always got a power bump (you said you were going to tune anyways), a different exhaust, suspension tweaks and steering tweaks.

Basically, the new ZCP changes are significant in which people will actually care about getting a ZCP car, unlike the E46 and E9X ZCP. This is the main reason I my M6 in ZCP

[jaehshim]

Originally Posted by AMG2M3

You can program one of your radio presets to turnoff the Idrive screen. I do it every time I start my car. It helps lessen the eyesore called Idrive.

that's a smart idea

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by Flying Ace

hmm makes sense. It's funny the progression of M3 ownership and the needs of owners. Back in 2010 when I bought my car, it was all about "balling it up", tick every option you can afford. But today, even legacy owners like you and I see minimum usefulness on things that go out of date quickly like navigation.

In 2008, built in navigation was still a rare option. Today, it comes standard in a lot of cars. Back in 2008, no one saw how quickly something like CCC can become outdated. Hell in 10 years, BMW has already moved 3 iterations of idrive already (CIC, NBT, and NBT Evo)


anyways...what's "balled up" mean?

It's when you crash it and turn it into a ball of metal. Lol I don't know where I came up with the phrase.

[MaximusB]

Originally Posted by Helmsman

Did the same. + turned down the brightness so less eye stress day time. All good.

One thing that baffles me is BMW didn't make the idrive change between day/night mode automatically. That is one thing I do miss on my Lexus, whenever the headlight turns on the screen changes to night mode. So much easier on the eye.

[Flying Ace]

Originally Posted by MaximusB

One thing that baffles me is BMW didn't make the idrive change between day/night mode automatically. That is one thing I do miss on my Lexus, whenever the headlight turns on the screen changes to night mode. So much easier on the eye.

It does now for NBT