Comments on: New iDrive Plays Movies! http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/ BMW News & Opinion, BMW M3, BMW 1M, BMW 1 Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW X5, BMW X6, BMW X3, BMW i Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-10010 Michael Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:37:08 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-10010 <p>David- You must have the newest generation of iDrive in your car. If you insert a DVD into the drive and go into Media portion of the system, car must have the parking brake on.</p> <p>The video above was shot in a 2009 3 series.</p> David- You must have the newest generation of iDrive in your car. If you insert a DVD into the drive and go into Media portion of the system, car must have the parking brake on.

The video above was shot in a 2009 3 series.

]]> By: davidkup http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-10007 davidkup Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:12:31 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-10007 <p>hello, can some one tell me how to install this future to play dvd movies in my idrive, i have a BMW 3 series 2009 with idrvie i trayed to play a dvd but it dosent work</p> <p>thanks</p> hello, can some one tell me how to install this future to play dvd movies in my idrive, i have a BMW 3 series 2009 with idrvie i trayed to play a dvd but it dosent work

thanks

]]> By: Christian http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3374 Christian Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:15:22 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3374 <p>I just checked this out on a stock unit here at the store. It works just fine on the US spec car and can decode DTS 5.1 !!</p> <p>I also checked the "handbrake click" and while driving... It does turn on the screen. So I would think that would be a very simple defeat.</p> <p>If you live in Arizona come see me.</p> I just checked this out on a stock unit here at the store. It works just fine on the US spec car and can decode DTS 5.1 !!

I also checked the “handbrake click” and while driving… It does turn on the screen. So I would think that would be a very simple defeat.

If you live in Arizona come see me.

]]> By: Video: New iDrive capable of video playback http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3373 Video: New iDrive capable of video playback Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:20:38 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3373 <p>[...] by Horatiu B. as Videos The folks at Bimmerfile, got their hands on an Youtube video showing the new iDrive playing DVD movies. The video playback [...]</p> [...] by Horatiu B. as Videos The folks at Bimmerfile, got their hands on an Youtube video showing the new iDrive playing DVD movies. The video playback [...]

]]> By: Michael http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3365 Michael Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:13:59 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3365 <p>Joe- This is a US spec car in the US and has been since verified by several others in the US</p> Joe- This is a US spec car in the US and has been since verified by several others in the US

]]> By: Joe Bimmerfest http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3361 Joe Bimmerfest Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:46:13 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3361 <p>Does the US version do this too? Sometimes only the Euro versions do this thanks to our nice aggressive product liability laws.</p> Does the US version do this too? Sometimes only the Euro versions do this thanks to our nice aggressive product liability laws.

]]> By: Draft http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3359 Draft Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:15:35 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3359 <p>"Nice to have" function... Does anyone know if it will be able to play a music DVD and (only)listen to it while driving ?</p> <p>That would be really great with the individual sound system of the 5 series. ;-)</p> “Nice to have” function… Does anyone know if it will be able to play a music DVD and (only)listen to it while driving ?

That would be really great with the individual sound system of the 5 series. ;-)

]]> By: Drill http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3358 Drill Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:55:06 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3358 <p>I seem to remember the safety lock being fairly easy to get around on some older MT Audi's. There was a switch to "defeat" somewhere near the shift lever and then all you had to do was pull the handbrake up 1 click.</p> <p>Not sure if that'll help at all, but it can't hurt ;-)</p> I seem to remember the safety lock being fairly easy to get around on some older MT Audi’s. There was a switch to “defeat” somewhere near the shift lever and then all you had to do was pull the handbrake up 1 click.

Not sure if that’ll help at all, but it can’t hurt ;-)

]]> By: eager2own http://www.bimmerfile.com/2008/10/25/new-idrive-plays-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-3357 eager2own Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:09:40 +0000 http://www.bimmerfile.com/?p=1126#comment-3357 <p>... and we all know that it's only a matter of very little time before ways around the "Park" safety feature will be devised.</p> … and we all know that it’s only a matter of very little time before ways around the “Park” safety feature will be devised.

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