[FPLeitao]

Hello,
Yesterday when I started the car engine, the head-up display went off and the engine revs started showing the navigation indications instead (see pic).
The next time I got into the car, everything had gone back to normal: head-up display on, and no nav indications in the rev counter.
Has anyone had a similar problem?
Thank you.

[ADS-UK]

Did you use different keys?

[AP]

In a word ,no.

I would flag it with the dealer in case there is a puma for it and there is a fix. At least they will have a record should it reoccur.

[pauricmcb]

Would be cool if they actually release a SW update that allowed this.

[AP]

You can certainly decide what you want the hud to display , haven't checked if the idrive allows you to deselect everything ie turn off. The f10 has a button where you could turn the hud on or off.
Obviously if the hud is off or deselected then information will appear in the instrument cluster.

Good idea about the key as these settings may have been defined in a different orofiley

[babaikram]

If you switch HUD off on Idrive, the nav normally then shows on the cockpit. This might be what happened.

[FPLeitao]

Thank you all for the comments.
I used the same key as always, and the car did it without any action from me.
Has been working fine since then.
I'll report it to the dealer at the next visit.

I have to say though, that I wasn't aware that if we turn the head-up display off, the unformation will appear in the instrument cluster. I always keep it turned on. I don't think there's a button for that, either, like in previous models.
So, it might have been a momentary head-up display failure.
Do you agree?

[AP]

Difficult to say. Not really sure why you would turn off the hud to be honest as I personally find it such a good feature. Not a gimmick, a genuine advancement in ergonomics.

[FPLeitao]

AP, I totally agree with you.

[SteveinArizona]

I agree with AP and I also agree with the OP suggestion that he had a temporary HUD failure so the display defaulted back to the instrument cluster.

[530iDriver]

Doubtful those events get logged somewhere in the system, but do keep an eye on it.

Welcome to the world of computers with 4 wheels.

[AP]

It's when the car "blue screens "you need to be concerned!

[babaikram]

Originally Posted by AP

Difficult to say. Not really sure why you would turn off the hud to be honest as I personally find it such a good feature. Not a gimmick, a genuine advancement in ergonomics.

I do it infrequently. For fun really. The graphics on the cockpit for slip roads on motorways is better than for HUD. It is a pleasure gazing at Sports Display as well.

[FPLeitao]

Originally Posted by babaikram

I do it infrequently. For fun really. The graphics on the cockpit for slip roads on motorways is better than for HUD. It is a pleasure gazing at Sports Display as well.

I'll give it a try one of these days.

[ADS-UK]

I know you said it's the same key. One other possibility is accidentally pressing the 1 or 2 Button on the door. They could have different settings depending on how you've set them up. Probably unlikely but thought I'd throw that into the mix.

[snouralla]

Btw its similar when scrolling through your music files when the HUD is off. The car will display the music source / songs in place of the rev counter.

[FPLeitao]

Thank you all. It seems that I still have a lot to explore.

[AP]

It's always nice to find something new on a car you owned for a while.

Something try if you want is to look at the hidden instrument cluster menu, post a thread about probably a year or so ago. Allows you to see things like coolant and oil temps and suchlike.

[FPLeitao]

Thanks AP.