My voice-activation on my 2004 545i (with NAV) does not work. The dealership cannot tell if it is operational on the car. My car seems to be one of the first 545i with NAV my dealership has delivered and they are clueless. Someone told me there will be a software upgrade to active this feature. Does anyone know about this? The Idrive would be much more functionable with voice-activation.
Voice-Activation
- Thread starter pargolf
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Both the dealership and BMWUSA.com have told me that the voice-activation in the 2004 E60 will be operational with a software upgrade. They couldn't tell me when it will be available. I was getting upset because the dealership could not get me info on this issue and other cars costing much less money (Acura TL) have the NAV and voice-activation. I feel it is necessary for the voice-activation on the E60 because some simple functions that you will be able to accomplish easily with the voice-activation are a pain with the Idrive.
I was told last week by both the dealership and BMWUSA.com about the upcoming voice-activation software upgrade. This was the response from BMWUSA on 3/21 (which was similar to what the dealership told me):
"Thank you for contacting BMW North America, LLC in regards to voice activation for your 5 Series. We are currently working to develop the software to use the voice activation in your vehicle. The best suggestion I have for you is to keep in contact with your local BMW center's service department for the latest updates.
Thank you for choosing BMW. If you have any further questions, please respond to this e-mail or contact the Customer Relations Department at 1-800-831-1117, Monday through Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time."
Sincerely,
Amanda Cordell
Customer Relations and Services
Representative
My dealership is totally clueless about every issue I have asked them regarding my new 545i. This is a different dealership than I have used over the last 18 years. I love this car but I am becoming extremely frustrated about getting my questions answered. Is there someone out there who has a new E60 with the voice-activation operational?
Thanks
"Thank you for contacting BMW North America, LLC in regards to voice activation for your 5 Series. We are currently working to develop the software to use the voice activation in your vehicle. The best suggestion I have for you is to keep in contact with your local BMW center's service department for the latest updates.
Thank you for choosing BMW. If you have any further questions, please respond to this e-mail or contact the Customer Relations Department at 1-800-831-1117, Monday through Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time."
Sincerely,
Amanda Cordell
Customer Relations and Services
Representative
My dealership is totally clueless about every issue I have asked them regarding my new 545i. This is a different dealership than I have used over the last 18 years. I love this car but I am becoming extremely frustrated about getting my questions answered. Is there someone out there who has a new E60 with the voice-activation operational?
Thanks
Here's a link to one of the threads I've seen regarding voice recognition working.
http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e60/4734735-1.html
There may be other threads as well on that board or others, I just didn't have the time to search any more right now -- sorry!
http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e60/4734735-1.html
There may be other threads as well on that board or others, I just didn't have the time to search any more right now -- sorry!
Talked to my Dealer today regarding the software to activate voice commands. The service tech I spoke to just came back from training in NJ on the electronics of the acr. He said the software, version 12, is in debug mode in Germany and is scheduled for release in August. He said version 11 is very buggy.
I've seen this question asked many times but never saw the answer.
It's true that the clueless factor varies greatly between dealers. I've not had too many problems with mine but they've told me that there are times when they do everything exactly as prescribed and things don't work. Then they have to contact BMW and sometimes it takes them some time to get back to them, etc.
Version 11 may be buggy and 12 will probably be better but for now, ver 11 seems acceptable for now. Good luck with whatever ends up happening with your car.
It's true that the clueless factor varies greatly between dealers. I've not had too many problems with mine but they've told me that there are times when they do everything exactly as prescribed and things don't work. Then they have to contact BMW and sometimes it takes them some time to get back to them, etc.
Version 11 may be buggy and 12 will probably be better but for now, ver 11 seems acceptable for now. Good luck with whatever ends up happening with your car.
Help! just bought a 2004 525i without navigation and wasn't told I had to buy the cell phone for $1,000 to have the voice activation to work.
Now I find that the car is prewired for voice activation, again you need to buy the motorola v60 phone.
Any info out there?
michaelg
sandiegoeconomy@yahoo.com
Now I find that the car is prewired for voice activation, again you need to buy the motorola v60 phone.
Any info out there?
michaelg
sandiegoeconomy@yahoo.com