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Old 09-04-2011, 01:42 PM
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Steering Wheel Controls for Soft Buttons
I looked in the manual and didn't see anything--is there a way to set the Arrow Up/Down on the steering wheel to go through what you have stored on the center console soft buttons ? I know on my e53 the arrow buttons automatically went through the radio pre-sets. All of my soft buttons are either radio, Sirius or iPod.
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Not that I'm aware of. You can however set your lower button for certain functions
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No you cannot assign the Up/Down buttons to control the 1-6 buttons. That would be a shortcut for a shortcut. The E70 does not have the programmable steering wheel buttons like to older E53
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No you cannot assign the Up/Down buttons to control the 1-6 buttons. That would be a shortcut for a shortcut. The E70 does not have the programmable steering wheel buttons like to older E53
Mine does... I think they changed that feature later on but I know the 2007/2008's do (programmable buttons)
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E70 does have programmable steering wheel buttons, but only for 2 buttons I believe. They look like a snow flake or a star on the right hand side of the wheel if my memory is correct.
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E70 does have programmable steering wheel buttons, but only for 2 buttons I believe. They look like a snow flake or a star on the right hand side of the wheel if my memory is correct.
I looked those up in the manual and they weren't programmable for the 6 soft buttons--it was something else I can't remember off the top of my head.
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I looked those up in the manual and they weren't programmable for the 6 soft buttons--it was something else I can't remember off the top of my head.
That's correct. Those 2 buttons can be programmed for things like MUTE, Navi, etc. I-drive shows the limited options.
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