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And you do have a point about the BAND button even being used. Listening to the radio is probably a generational thing. How many people under 50 actually listen to the radio...they probably just listen to their digital music or stream from Pandora/Spotify/etc.
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10-20-2021, 10:09 AM | #25 |
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Hi Joe,
I think you owe it to us guys over the pond to actually press the BAND button and let us know what happens before you fit your new panel! ;o) |
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Lol! I will push it next time I take the beast out. Took the E39 today. I'm pretty positive existing band button on my US car switches between AM and FM, something that can be easily done in iDrive. The new across the pond button will be the first button I press after install. Should be here from Poland in a week or so, then my shop will be putting it in. I'll report back!
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Reading through this thread, I can offer two points of clarification related to some statements/questions presented above.
1. FM broadcast channels are centered differently in Europe vs. North America. North America uses a 200 kHz channel spacing on odd numbers; 99.1, 99.3, 99.5, etc. In Europe, channels are spaced at 100 kHz and can be on either even or odd numbers; 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, etc. Most newer radios can tune at 25 kHz resolution, and will work in both cases. Likewise, AM stations in North America are placed at 10 kHz steps and Europe are at 9 kHz steps. 2. BMW traffic info that is used to display traffic conditions on the NAV screen in the US is not provided by SiriusXM, but is a separate BMW service/subscription, or at least that was the case in my 328i a couple of years ago. I found this out when my service stopped displaying traffic data and I called SiriusXM to subscribe to the traffic service they offer only to find that my NAV system still wasn't displaying the data. After contacting BMW, they renewed my subscription to traffic info and that worked. I then had to cancel the SiriusXM traffic service. Last edited by dscabra; 10-20-2021 at 01:57 PM.. |
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Here in the UK the TP button (as it's known in our User Manuals), definitely activates traffic announcements.
It is interesting as you travel distance, like from the Highlands of Scotland down through the UK to Southern England. If left active, even if you are using a national station, you also get the local radio stations on route giving out their traffic announcements. Useful (and temporarily switchable), besides TMC and RTTI, linked to the SatNav information maps and announcements. |
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Thanks guys. My panel came yesterday. Getting it installed with oil service next week. I'm expecting the button to change bands here in the US which is AM/FM.
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I had the climate panel installed today and the first thing I did was push the magic button. I am getting updates on the London traffic situation! I pushed it again and I was getting updates on Dublin!!
just kidding, no surprise here, it did what you would expect, it cycles through bands ---- AM/FM/SiriusXM.
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Nah, I think I will keep it. It makes me feel more worldly;-). I don't need it to say "band", which is a pretty old term anyway in the states. That cool symbol indicates something similar anyway with the broadcasting radio waves. I never use it anyway. There are literally too many buttons and ways to accomplish the same thing in these cars.
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Thanks for the update...thankfully it works with no issues.
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