Sentences with phrase «idrive knob»

There's an 8.8 - inch Navigation System Professional with the big touch - enabled iDrive knob — the pre-facelift 125i M Sport had it too.

The system uses a 10.2 - inch touchscreen which can also be operated via the console - mounted iDrive controller and a touchpad on the iDrive knob can be used to write, swipe and pinch, or voice command.

The system's 10.2 - inch touchscreen can also be operated via the console - mounted iDrive controller and a touchpad on the iDrive knob can be used to write, swipe and pinch, or voice command.

The infotainment system, meanwhile, offers an 8.8 - inch screen, controlled by the familiar iDrive knob just south of the gear shifter.

Really liked the iDrive knob in the center console, and for once, changing stations was easy for me in a Bimmer.

As we've seen on other spyshots, these include a silver starter button, a shorter, stumpier gearlever and a large knurled iDrive knob.

Goodwin took up the iDrive knob again, going straight to the entertainment menu.

An electronic emergency brake lever is standard fair as well as the iDrive knob sitting next to the leather - booted shifter.

To change audio settings while selecting music, you have to push the menu button, then push the iDrive knob down, then down again to get to the audio settings.

That said, other manufacturers» systems offer a few more buttons that might not be as easy to find as the iDrive knob but ultimately allow for quicker access and action, as well as a return to full road concentration.

And lastly, a new touch pad surface on the iDrive knob is new and acts much like Audi's system, letting the driver scroll easily through menu options.

Instead, it worked better if we gave it top - level commands to get to the function we wanted to use, and then used the iDrive knob to fine tune.

The navigation system also comes with a touchpad on iDrive knob that allows you write phone numbers, your contact names and all your navigation destinations.

That vehicle had the old iDrive system, but thankfully this 2010 model had the newer system, which is quicker, easier to use, and has more buttons surrounding the iDrive knob.

Not exact matches

BMW iDrive In 2007 BMW attempted an ambitious project: It assigned nearly 700 of the car's functions to a crazily complicated knob between the two front seats — a knob that you could turn, push or bump in any of eight directions.

BMW's well publicized problems with both iDrive's software and its interface — a single knob atop the center console — began from the system's introduction for the 2001 BMW 7 - Series.

We notice the command driving position, the slim yet supportive seats, and the new iDrive with its fixed, 10.2 - inch video screen protruding from the dash and a control knob onto which you can scribe a letter with your finger and trigger a reaction.

The available navigation system gets the latest version of iDrive, which includes a text - input touchpad on the knob controller.

The standard sedan has a 7 - inch display and an abbreviated version of the iDrive control system, which employs a multifunction knob / joystick and a cluster of buttons on the center console.

Ergonomics & Electronics BMW's iDrive multimedia system, which consists of a knob - style console controller and buttons that operate a 10.2 - inch dashboard screen, is standard.

I miss some of the features I've come to expect in $ 60,000 sports cars — an iDrive - like knob I can spin, a touchscreen I can grease up with my dirty digits, and a massaging seat that gropes me — but not nearly as much I thought I would.

The same goes for the iDrive system, the knob - based interface that controls the navigation system, stereo and more.

The severe dashboard angles and technology - laden center console — which features a joystick - style gear selector for the automatic transmission and the iDrive control knob — might be intimidating to some drivers, but the rich, upscale materials like wood, aluminum and soft leather invite you in a way that the design might not.

A rotary knob on the center console of the CX - 5 controls the audio and navigation systems, much like BMW's iDrive and Audi's MMI.

Audi Connect integrates with the MMI system, which is Audi's version of the knob - based control systems — like BMW's iDrive and Mercedes» Comand — that have swept the luxury - car market in recent years.

You'll push it and watch a large, knurled knob in the narrow center console — looking every bit like BMW's dreaded iDrive controller — rise up and present itself.

The associated iDrive controller knob mounted low on the center console is easy to use without having to hunt for buttons.

Inside, there are aluminium pedals, a key holder, a digital gear display and options for a leather or aluminium gear knob, handbrake and iDrive controller cover.

The multifunction navigation screen won't dazzle you with its graphics and the touch points are small but there is a redundant iDrive - style knob controller on the console that works well.

There's the X5's updated iDrive controller, with not only seven surrounding buttons but also a touch - sensitive knob - top that can read handwriting, for such duties as calling up phone numbers or writing navigational addresses.

Also, note the iDrive - like knob between the front and the rear seats.

The rest of the interior is a typical BMW and you don't get some of the more modern interior bits such as the shift by wire gear knob and the Black Panel multi-info LCD, but you do get the new hard disk based iDrive system.

Push the BMW iDrive - style knob to toggle Intelligent mode and the electronic control unit tells the engine and electronic throttle to adopt a relaxed attitude.

The iDrive controller is a solid metal knob located on the console, while the LCD flips up from the center of the dashboard.

Galvanized pearl gloss surfaces adorn the interior door handles, the glove compartment handle, the radio's rotary knobs, the knobs of the automatic air conditioning system, the iDrive controller, and the ornamental trim strips featured on the sport steering wheel.

BMW's iDrive infotainment system is housed in this 10.2 - inch touchscreen that can also be controlled via rotary knob on the center console.

The two main interfaces of iDrive have been upgraded substantially — the iDrive controller knob and the iDrive display.

The iDrive controller knob now has three modes of input — turning, pushing and tipping.

It still uses the iDrive - like rotary knob and adjacent shortcut keys for menu navigation, and even if the submenu structure is slightly tedious to move through, it can not be accused of not being logically designed.

Rather than using touchscreen controls, it employs an iDrive - system rotary knob and hard button interface on the center console to navigate its menu system.

The asymmetric dashboard and the forward - pushed windshield create an airy, show car feel, while more classic BMW traits like the 10,2 - inch iDrive screen or the rotary control knob (virtually identical to the ones found in any other BMW) keeps the ambience grounded to the present.

There's a wide - view display mounted high on the dash, the iDrive control knob alongside BMW's unique gear selector, and the same ergonomics of the BMW ownership experience for the past couple of decades.

Compared to some rival systems, though, iDrive typically takes a few more clicks and twists of the control knob to get what you want.

The interior is beautifully thought out and well finessed, with plenty of soft - touch material and a nicely intuitive placement of controls for the driver, including the iDrive - style centre control knob for sat - nav, audio, phone and other functions.

The Panamera lacks a knob - based control system like BMW's iDrive, and as a result, there are more than 80 buttons and knobs littering the cockpit.

BMW's iDrive and its control knob was exciting in 2003 as well.

Included in the standard specification are sat - nav (viewed via Mazda's smartphone style free - standing seven - inch screen located in the centre of the dash and controlled via a neat iDrive - like rotating knob in the centre console), reversing camera, internet radio with six speakers and keyless start — and that's just naming a few.

The front - row iDrive system is also touchscreen - operated, with a knob for scrolling and selecting with a pad for handwritten input on top.

If you're an inveterate channel - hopper (like several of our staffers), the iDrive system might be a major irritant compared to a simple tuning knob and a few buttons.

The good news is that while you can program innumerable functions for the climate system using the iDrive mouse, you still have simple control knobs in the dashboard to make basic adjustments.