iDrive 6 (mostly) working on MY2016

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by allinon72

Are there any options for iD4? Even just cosmetic?

Nothing that changes the appearance.

[BMW_M4_333]

Originally Posted by allinon72

Are there any options for iD4? Even just cosmetic?

You can do just standart options (video playback in driving, new formats support for video etc...) via coding.

[MFNATIK]

How do I get rid of the speed warning that won't allow me to back out to all 6 tiles while the car is moving?

[mstevens]

Originally Posted by MFNATIK

How do I get rid of the speed warning that won't allow me to back out to all 6 tiles while the car is moving?

I'm actually not sure. I get the warning on my M4. My wife does not on her X3. That suggests that there is a code for this.

That said, the only use I can see for that 6-tile view is to rearrange the tiles. In order to get any benefit from the "live" tiles, they need to be big enough to see. In the normal use mode, the navigation tile is actually (just) usable, but along with the entertainment tile and one other makes for a pretty busy screen. The square tile proportions fill the screen with 3 tiles, but with 6 tiles most of the screen is wasted space

Some of the tiles don't show live updates (vehicle settings, connecteddrive) or don't show anything useful (communication shows which devices are connected and wireless signal strength, but signal strength shows up everywhere anyway).

I'm not sure if the tiles update in the mode where they're all visible (because the detail is too small!), but it wouldn't make sense for this to happen since the purpose of this view is tile arrangement, not use while driving (thus the speedlock).

You can arrange the tiles into two groups of 3, and that arrangement is saved in the Driver Profile. I have my personal preference and my wife has her own (wrong) preference for how they're arranged. One group is the default or home group, shown on start-up or with a single press of the middle button. You can, of course, move between groups with a right or left click of the iDrive controller and move right or left between tiles (and to the next group, if needed) by rotating the iDrive controller.

I can get to whatever I want without taking my eyes off the road with a couple of clicks, though all of the hard buttons still work as labeled and for the most part correspond to the tiles. The main exception for me is the vehicle settings tile.

I think for most M drivers it's likely most useful to group the entertainment, notifications, and navigation tiles together in one group, because those are probably the most pertinent while driving and the ones that update dynamically in a potentially-useful way.

I only very rarely get notifications unless I've sent a destination to the car, so I have entertainment, connected, and navigation for my secondary group and communication, vehicle, and notifications for primary. The reason for having my most-used tiles as secondary is that it makes accessing the vehicle settings tile easy without looking.

[ddavtian]

Worked with Shawn though PM.

Thank you!

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by ddavtian

Worked with Shawn though PM.

Thank you!

[dbperformance]

I have tried today to code idrive 6 light but gut stuck with the same interface and the navigation asking for a activation code. I have reverted back to default factory coding and checked out the original HMI_VERSION and it says ID5.

It should be possible right?

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

I have tried today to code idrive 6 light but gut stuck with the same interface and the navigation asking for a activation code. I have reverted back to default factory coding and checked out the original HMI_VERSION and it says ID5.

It should be possible right?

Wrong code. You need HMI_ID_VERSION.

[dbperformance]

I changed HMI_ID_Version to idrive 6 light but it gives me the issues i posted in the previous post.

Originally Posted by shawnsheridan

Wrong code. You need HMI_ID_VERSION.

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

I changed HMI_ID_Version to idrive 6 light but it gives me the issues i posted in the previous post.

Previous posts shows you changing HMI_VERSION not HMI_ID_Version.

[dbperformance]

Yes that's correct! Want to show you the current iDrive version is 5 and not 4 due to changing the hmi_id_version to id6 light.

So it looks like id6 should work, right?

Originally Posted by shawnsheridan

Previous posts shows you changing HMI_VERSION not HMI_ID_Version.

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

Yes that's correct! Want to show you the current iDrive version is 5 and not 4 due to changing the hmi_id_version to id6 light.

So it looks like id6 should work, right?

You can Code ID5 to ID6. If you have ID4, you cannot change it via Coding.

[dbperformance]

I have ID5, have resetted the NBT2 to default settings and hmi_version says id5 or does that doesn’t say anything?

But I changed hmi_id_version to id6 light and my navigation got locked and no changes in the interface.

Does it need any more changes? Or should the interface changes automatic to id6 light?

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

I have ID5, have resetted the NBT2 to default settings and hmi_version says id5 or does that doesn’t say anything?

But I changed hmi_id_version to id6 light and my navigation got locked and no changes in the interface.

Does it need any more changes? Or should the interface changes automatic to id6 light?

I have no idea what you have going on there. I would reset NBT2 by VO Coding it, and then FDL Code HMI_ID_VERSION and see if it works without locking.

[dbperformance]

Tried again, no succes! How can I check out if I have the newer version of id5?

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

Tried again, no succes! How can I check out if I have the newer version of id5?

PM me your VIN (last 7).

[dbperformance]

Thank you for helping me out Shawn!

So i got ID4, that's why everything will be locked after coding...

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

Thank you for helping me out Shawn!

So i got ID4, that's why everything will be locked after coding...

[michaelcain]

I saw at a dealership that the new entry screens on new cars have either the id5 or id6 (i don't know the difference really).

I have a 2015 F30 with the entry screen. Can I somehow get an update just to get that new interface? Is it really a completely different unit?

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by michaelcain

I saw at a dealership that the new entry screens on new cars have either the id5 or id6 (i don't know the difference really).

I have a 2015 F30 with the entry screen. Can I somehow get an update just to get that new interface? Is it really a completely different unit?

They have ENTRYNAV2, which is very different hardware.

[michaelcain]

Originally Posted by shawnsheridan

They have ENTRYNAV2, which is very different hardware.

Hmm. If I somehow got the entrynav2, is it possible to get carplay on it without any additional hardware? I mean, is it possible to activate carplay on the entrynav2? I only need carplay right now so I don't want to get the NBT EVO. If I can activate carplay on the entry evo, I can find one at a pretty cheap price as most people just want to get the nbt evo and sell their small screens dirt cheap.

[Almaretto]

Originally Posted by michaelcain

Hmm. If I somehow got the entrynav2, is it possible to get carplay on it without any additional hardware? I mean, is it possible to activate carplay on the entrynav2? I only need carplay right now so I don't want to get the NBT EVO. If I can activate carplay on the entry evo, I can find one at a pretty cheap price as most people just want to get the nbt evo and sell their small screens dirt cheap.

You need Pro Nav system for Carplay.