map display but no directions? - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

ZiM · 03-06-2007, 01:21 PM

(sorry about all these q's - new car and all that)

is there any way just to display a perspective map of where i am without actually following a route? (my thinking is even when i know where i'm going i'd like a map showing all the speed cams etc...)

i'm sure its dead easy, i just havn't got my head around iDrive yet...

Si.

booforty · 03-06-2007, 01:42 PM

Yes you can.

Go into Navigation. Then move down to the bottom of the screen and select perspective map, push down to select - perspective map appears in the main screen! And you don't even need to have a route. You can have this on all the time and other information on the smaller right hand screen if you want.

NathanJT · 03-06-2007, 02:07 PM

Or just press the voice control button followed by saying "Perspective"

However I normally have the Perspective map showing in the info window (as beauforty mentioned) as it's then available in "entertainment" etc.

ZiM · 03-06-2007, 02:38 PM

sweet! and to make sure my new speed camera locations are there i just make sure it was the last "information" item that i looked at and then make sure the "i" isnt crossed out on the nav screen... am i right?

booforty · 03-07-2007, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ZiM

am i right?

Your're not wrong!!!

vivekk · 03-07-2007, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ZiM

sweet! and to make sure my new speed camera locations are there i just make sure it was the last "information" item that i looked at and then make sure the "i" isnt crossed out on the nav screen... am i right?

The boy's learning!

Viv

ZiM · 03-07-2007, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by vivekk

The boy's learning!

Viv

i'll get there

NFS · 03-07-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ZiM

sweet! and to make sure my new speed camera locations are there i just make sure it was the last "information" item that i looked at and then make sure the "i" isnt crossed out on the nav screen... am i right?

Just press voice control - wait for the speech icon to appear (about 1/2 sec afterthe beep) and say 'information on screen'.

If you use the voice control 'map' at any stage the map screen will pop for whatever view you selected last..

Did you get the speed camera stuff working then ?

ZiM · 03-07-2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by needforspeed

Just press voice control - wait for the speech icon to appear (about 1/2 sec afterthe beep) and say 'information on screen'.

If you use the voice control 'map' at any stage the map screen will pop for whatever view you selected last..

Did you get the speed camera stuff working then ?

yep... its alllll good works a treat

the problem was (needforspeed) that the file you gave me the .url file actually had 2 extensions (so was 0100.url.url) - that was all - easy fix, thanks a bundle

03-06-2007, 01:21 PM	#1
ZiM First Lieutenant Drives: E92 335d Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 300 iTrader: (0)	map display but no directions? (sorry about all these q's - new car and all that) is there any way just to display a perspective map of where i am without actually following a route? (my thinking is even when i know where i'm going i'd like a map showing all the speed cams etc...) i'm sure its dead easy, i just havn't got my head around iDrive yet... Si. __________________ *could the class please open your Feats of Engineering* textbooks to page 335, section D.**
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NathanJT Techie Geek Drives: 330d M Sport Manual Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 681 iTrader: (0)	Or just press the voice control button followed by saying "Perspective" However I normally have the Perspective map showing in the info window (as beauforty mentioned) as it's then available in "entertainment" etc. __________________ 330d M-Sport \| Sapphire Black \| Black Dakota \| Nav Pro \| iDrive \| Bluetooth \| PDC \| Xenons \| Hot Seats \| Tracker \| Blacklines

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ZiM First Lieutenant Drives: E92 335d Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 300 iTrader: (0)	sweet! and to make sure my new speed camera locations are there i just make sure it was the last "information" item that i looked at and then make sure the "i" isnt crossed out on the nav screen... am i right? __________________ *could the class please open your Feats of Engineering* textbooks to page 335, section D.**

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booforty Major General Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,813 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 E92 M3 [0.00]	Yes you can. Go into Navigation. Then move down to the bottom of the screen and select perspective map, push down to select - perspective map appears in the main screen! And you don't even need to have a route. You can have this on all the time and other information on the smaller right hand screen if you want.