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      10-07-2018, 12:22 AM   #1
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Anyone else pressing the (Microphone) button all of the time when trying to lower the volume??

The previous M wheel buttons were excellent.
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Anyone else pressing the (Microphone) button all of the time when trying to lower the volume??

The previous M wheel buttons were excellent.
It happened once or twice and then my mind to touch got used to the smaller buttons above.
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Anyone else pressing the (Microphone) button all of the time when trying to lower the volume??

The previous M wheel buttons were excellent.
It happened once or twice and then my mind to touch got used to the smaller buttons above.
So you're saying there's a chance.... ? I'm still under 1000 miles driven...Hope my old brain adjusts. It's just locked in on lowering volume as the lowest button.
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So you're saying there's a chance.... ? I'm still under 1000 miles driven...Hope my old brain adjusts. It's just locked in on lowering volume as the lowest button.
Yeah I hear ya---- I had to change my mindset from the lowest button to the "lower" smaller button LOL.
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Anyone else pressing the (Microphone) button all of the time when trying to lower the volume??

The previous M wheel buttons were excellent.
Yes! Did it twice on the drive home this evening.
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Yeah I hear ya---- I had to change my mindset from the lowest button to the "lower" smaller button LOL.
I find it really easy to use gestures controls to change the volume! give it a try guys!
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I find it really easy to use gestures controls to change the volume! give it a try guys!
I tried it and I felt like someone in the next lane watching me thought I was freaking out.

I stopped.

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Yeah I hear ya---- I had to change my mindset from the lowest button to the "lower" smaller button LOL.
I find it really easy to use gestures controls to change the volume! give it a try guys!
Gesture control for volume and skipping stations is really easy. You don't even have to take your palm off the shifter.
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Gesture control for volume and skipping stations is really easy. You don't even have to take your palm off the shifter.
Where is the sensor again??
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Gesture control for volume and skipping stations is really easy. You don't even have to take your palm off the shifter.
Where is the sensor again??
The sensor is on the top by the dome reading light.

I personally don't like it, because sometime it accidentally switch station when I adjust the AC.
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Where is the sensor again??
In fact the sensor is nowhere near the controls, that's what most people who get my car try to do, get as close to the screen and then do it! lol it defeats the whole purpose of being back in your seat.

The sensor is above the font of the middle console, right behind the gear selector. I noticed it does work if you're a little further back or a little closer.

Works every time for me as long as you're doing it right!
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