Im sorry....typo...yes I HAVE RETURNED....and I do have the above.
I will keep all news on this thread now.

I just mentioned that I had the "pop up arrow" prob ( which I did ! ) and they referred to the bulletin that was posted on this forum and did the update !

http://www.bmwtis.com/tsb/bulletins/...p/B846106g.htm

Try it your self and you may well experience the same prob....remember to choose a destination,start guidance, choose map for your main screen and then say onboard info or trip computer for small assistance window.
If the voice guidance is turned off ( because she is annoying and you dont want her to interrupt your fav song ) then the assistance window ought to pop up with the arrow for route guidance at an intersection say automatically and then disappear after you have followed it....voila....the pop up doesnt appear ( UNLESS OF COURSE YOU CHOOSE ARROW DISPLAY IN THE ASSISTANCE WINDOW....but some of us like to have teh onboard info there.....hope thats clear )