New iDrive - huh?

[anatolych]

I understand the button logic, although I think the right solution would have been to resort the list on the screen. Zoom - counterintuitive!!! I always get it wrong. At list it is quick to fix as the hdd-based nav is very fast.
I don;t have a benefit of the old i-Drive bootcamp, but the new one is still too complicated and requires too much attention from the driver. My old acura had the same type of a selector and it was much more intuitive. Kudos for the graphics quality and speed! Much better than what I expected.

[pocketdoc]

Coming from a Lexus, with touch screen and very intuitive, this Nav is not very easy to use. I am quite disappointed.

I tried to simply do a search for a Verizon store near me and got frustrated and just used my phone.

Maybe a firmware update will come, but I doubt it.

[noonsey]

I still can't get used to the zoom, its totally counter intuitive. Also wouldn't a touchpad mouse with a scroll area on the side by much easier than the iDrive controller. Most of us a used to that using a computer.

I am also finding the voice command difficult to use. There need to be some hot / universal commands like address and then saying the address or skip to "next track" for the music etc. Everything is based on the context of the menu and the voice recognition is poor IMO. Needs to have a training feature to train it to your voice pattern.

My 2 cents worth of rants.

[jeep]

I totally agree, frustrates the hell out of me every time I use it. I wish there was a way to customize the controls like in a game console Can't expect Germans to do high tech well, machining and mechanical tech., that's different

[rh71]

Originally Posted by noonsey

I still can't get used to the zoom, its totally counter intuitive. Also wouldn't a touchpad mouse with a scroll area on the side by much easier than the iDrive controller. Most of us a used to that using a computer.

I am also finding the voice command difficult to use. There need to be some hot / universal commands like address and then saying the address or skip to "next track" for the music etc. Everything is based on the context of the menu and the voice recognition is poor IMO. Needs to have a training feature to train it to your voice pattern.

My 2 cents worth of rants.

- mouse controller would be the same attention needed as a touch-screen which would take slightly more coordination when you should be concentrated on the road. This is why they lock you out of touch-screens when moving. I like how it's done now actually.

- voice command is inferior to even Mercedes COMAND... that thing is very good when it comes to recognizing and inputting via voice. They actually show on screen the words available to you for that particular screen.

- the search continues to frustrate me. I couldn't even get it to locate an Autozone near where I was... wtf category is it? Not under car services, not under businesses... I really hate the category thing.

[jaaX3]

Just leave categories to "All" (default) and do a name search? That's what I do if I know the name of the place I'm searching for.

[omasou]

I just noticed the zoom thing the other day. Totally agree.

In the LR I can touch or scroll the screen w/my finger to see what's off screen. Really like that.

[888x5]

Still annoying me!

[rh71]

Originally Posted by jaaX3

Just leave categories to "All" (default) and do a name search? That's what I do if I know the name of the place I'm searching for.

If you're talking about the new idrive, I don't have that. Don't think there's an "all" in the old one. Desperately needs one. Good to know they've fixed it though.

[cpiguy]

I find the new iDrive amazing compared to the older version. However, I don't get a couple of things that maybe someone can shed some light on.

• All my contacts are being inverted to last name/first name. Is there someway to reverse this. Are you guys seeing the same thing?
• We are suppose to be able to enter the entire address in a single voice command. Can't get that to work.
• On the old iDrive, I could say "call John Smith from anywhere in the system, and it dialed it after confirmation. Now it has no idea of what I'm saying unless I first say phonebook, and then call John Smith.
• When using voice commands, I can't get out of certain sections no matter what I say. Even the words "back" or "entertainment" aren't recognized. This seems to depend on where you are in the system.