How do most of you use the rotary temp control knob between center dash vents???
 

I'm just curious to know how most people use the temp control knob between the center dash vents. I'm cold natured and keep my climate control set around 76-80 degrees normally and I use the temp adjustment knob between the vents to make small adjustments to the temperature when adjusting the actual climate control (digital display) isn't really necessary. Am I using it correctly? If the rotary knob won't give me the warm or cold air are I want, then I adjust the digital display, but usually I just set the digital display and use the temp knob to make little adjustments when I get chilly or too hot; it works fine for me using it that way. My neighbor, who has a 740iL, just leaves that knob in the middle, or neutral, zone and adjusts his digital display to get the desired temp, whereas I pretty much do the opposite. So what do you guys think?

That thing sucks. I hate the BMW climate control knob... It just doesn't work. It is supposed to be the air coming to the face that it controls and not the climate but as we all know it changes the whole temp. There is no point to even change the temp degrees.

You can have it at three blue dots and at 90 degrees and it would be cold.
Or you can have three red dots and at 60 degrees and it would be hot.

The temp degrees doesn't even work well with that.

My HVAC system works great, no problems at all. Rotary knob between the top vents stays on one blue dot, always. I only ever adjust the driver side of the digital climate control, between 19C and 20C. Air conditioning stays on year round. Occasionally I move the climate setting up to 20.5, but that is about it, it holds it perfectly.

If you treat the top vent temperature adjustment as a cabin temp setting, you will defeat the purpose of the auto climate control and in effect you won't have auto climate control.

That's nice. I think I might just leave mine in the neutral position from now on since yours works fine on one blue dot. Sometimes it's just easier to use the knob to get a blast of cool or warm air when I get uncomfortable.

Mine on the X3 work...

Whenever I want heat, but don't want to fall asleep I put the heat on 91˚F (I like it hot) and the knob to 3 blue dots... Cold air on the face + heat it works.

Otherwise, when I run the A/C its on 3 blue dots, or very early in the morning when its cold its on 3 red dots. Towards the middle of the day I adjust it as I see fit...

bmw missed on the climate control.... Not one of there strong points...

I always thought the rotary temp was a function of the digitally set temp, ie. three blue dots at 85 degrees isn't as cold as three blue dots at 60 degrees, this is because of the air mixture. In the manual it says that the digital temp is a reference for the interior temperature and that the rotary knob should be used for minor adjustments for upper body comfort.

:iagree: My Volvo system worked much better.

The fan speed in my X5 never (on Auto) goes below half speed, what about other members

The only time I use it is in the winter, which here in SC ain't excactly nippy.

When I got it back from the dealer a couple of weeks ago, they had run the temp control all the way down, and the adjusment knob all the way to coldest. I don't know why, but when I got in I re-centered the knob and put the temperature adjustment back where I normally do.

I hate the way the heater works in the winter, though. I don't like hot air blowing on my feet while cold blows on my upper body. I usually take it off "auto" for that reason in the winter.

I rarely see the fan speed below half, myself.