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06-03-2010, 12:35 AM | #1 |
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Voice Command and Phone buttons
Ok, so I just bought my first bimmer, a 2007 328i. It's got these cool buttons on the steering wheel that look like a phone and a talking head. I have read through the user manual on these features yet the buttons seem to do nothing. The menu structure that the owner manual outlines doesn't seem to exist in my car to utilize these buttons either. There is a phone button located on the left side of my stereo also, which also does nothing.
My question is: would these buttons be present in my car if the respective features weren't included? The specs sheet seems to indicate that these are standard equipment. This is what my interior looks like. ![]() Much Thanks, Rich |
06-03-2010, 06:49 AM | #3 |
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I know mine the salesmen said it did have it, but my 2 buttons do nothing as well, so I think he lied, and I dont have the original manual for the vehicle.
So I just left mine alone.
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06-03-2010, 07:09 AM | #4 |
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I have these, they're dummy buttons. I wish i could rewire them to change the track so that its on my left side and i dont have to take my hand away from the shifter when i want to change a song.
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06-03-2010, 11:39 AM | #5 |
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They all have them, and they do nothing unless you have Bluetooth or iDrive.
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06-03-2010, 11:42 AM | #6 |
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If you have blutooth, when you push the head button, it'll prompt you by saying "Please say a command". The button with a phone answers the phone, hangs up, or dials the last number you called. The voice controls without iDrive suck anyway though. It doesn't read your phonebook, so you have to save each phone number to the car manually by saying the numbers. The manual doesn't even tell you how to do it right, either (it says you have to say "Save name" instead of "store name" or vice versa). It takes about 8 attempts to store a phone number because the voice recognition is so bad. The voice recognition on my old Motorola Razr was 10x as good.
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06-03-2010, 07:26 PM | #10 |
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Unless you have BMW Assist option (standard with ZPP, optional a la carte), you do not have Bluetooth built-in. Those buttons will do nothing other than exercising thumb muscle. That said, you can retrofit the BT and/or BMW Assist, but be prepared to shell out some serious money.
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06-03-2010, 08:00 PM | #11 |
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Yeah they just use the same wheel for many cars some with some without. My 335 has them working however the 128 has the same exact steering wheel, but those buttons don't do anything. BMW is not alone in this I've had several VWs with phone buttons on the wheel when they didnt even offer a bluetooth option on the car.
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