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| 01-14-2013, 08:05 AM | #1 |
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BMW Remote APP on US Spec car in Europe
For those in Europe, how did you set up your BMW assist? I guess it's different for a Euro Spec car to a US Spec car. I will have my car this week and it is a US Spec car but I'm stationed in Italy. I'm being told the Remote APP wont work on my car since it's US Spec and I'm not in the states...but I want to clarify this.
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| 01-17-2013, 05:27 AM | #2 |
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My dealer told me essentially the same thing. It's a US spec car, so the BMW assist, satellite radio, etc. cannot be activated til you're in the states. That means there's no way to sync the app with your car. I'm currently wondering about the software updates myself. I think there's one available, but I haven't taken the time to try and run it...
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| 01-17-2013, 09:14 PM | #3 | |
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For ED cars, BMW loads EU maps, then reloads North American maps when the car is redelivered. If you have HUD and speed-limit info, those will both work and you can simply set the units to kilometers in iDrive. It's a little bit of a pain, but since it is effectively impossible to get a non-US spec car imported into the US, it's worth the inconvenience.
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| 01-20-2013, 03:39 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the info. Like you said, a pain but it it's still worth it. I've found other apps at least to stream music from and of course using a usb for a ton of music. The remote app deal is kind of a bummer but nothing to crazy, I just liked the feature to be able to send yourself GPS coordinates a head of time but I'm finding the voice activation is pretty efficient and easy to use for the Nav as well. The assist not being able to work also sucks as that is a nice feature to have cause you never know what can happen on some of these crazy roads but o well....I only have two years left here.
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| 01-24-2013, 11:35 AM | #5 |
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When do you guys think BMW assist will come to Europe?
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| 01-24-2013, 11:42 AM | #6 |
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Pretty sure it's in Europe, but if you buy US spec car, it's built to talk to the US network and vice versa. Kind of like a cell phone, but I don't think the transition would be as simple as changing out a SIM card
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| 01-24-2013, 12:55 PM | #7 |
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Can we remote start our cars in the US?
All I've seen is lights, honking, and lock/unlock... How can a GM Envoy have remote start and we don't?
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