F10 M5 Sport Display??

F10 M5 Sport Display??

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W8PMC

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3,345 posts

237 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I have a feeling this may be a feature that simply isn't on UK models, but I've seen it mentioned on M5Board so thought I'd check.

Basically it's a screen option that displays power & torque on the iDrive split screen. Seems it's accessed from Vehicle Info settings. Also appears it was only introduced on MY15 (which mine is).

That said, US cars don't have the Dynamic Gearshift Display which was also introduced on MY15 so perhaps that's the trade off.

Anyone aware of this feature & if yes then where can I find it & how do I access it? Thanks in advance.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Can't help with the M5 but it's definitely there in my 530. Used it a couple of times but it's just a gimmick. Can't remember how one accesses it but it wasn't hard.

W8PMC

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3,345 posts

237 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Found a youtube clip of said feature in action & whilst it's unlikely to offer any real world benefits, i don't like knowing something may be on my car but not knowing where the hell it issmile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjhfg8bo6Ro&fe...

Got a feeling it's a US feature, however oddly enough my wife's new Mini Cooper S Countryman has a very similar feature.

chris5150

740 posts

199 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Nope its not a USA only feature, I have it on my UK M5 30 Yr Jahre....collected my car Oct 14 and it has it...very nice feature actually, use it a lot as a screen saver on the screen , as the red dials on the background make it nice & dim when night driving
Its in idrive menu its called 'sports display'....cannot recall which menu it is on as I have one of the short cut buttons assigned for it.

Edited by chris5150 on Monday 26th January 09:45

JMBMWM5

2,283 posts

197 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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My New M6 GC CP has it, the car was delivered October 2014.
I never use it, but will have another look just in case.


"screen saver" !! thats a new one on me.

W8PMC

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3,345 posts

237 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Thanks. If possible, could someone let me know where in the iDrive menu this feature is?

Now raised a 2nd question regarding the Assigned/Unassigned buttons. I had (wrongly) assumed these were purely used for Radio Station presets & as i rarely listen to the radio i never use them, however above i see you've assigned Sports Display to a button so i assume these buttons are more a shortcut to change features/displays & not radio presets? Please could you explain how you assign these buttons & what can be assigned to them?

I know i could RTFM, but it's cold in the garagesmile

JMBMWM5

2,283 posts

197 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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W8PMC said:
Thanks. If possible, could someone let me know where in the iDrive menu this feature is?

Now raised a 2nd question regarding the Assigned/Unassigned buttons. I had (wrongly) assumed these were purely used for Radio Station presets & as i rarely listen to the radio i never use them, however above i see you've assigned Sports Display to a button so i assume these buttons are more a shortcut to change features/displays & not radio presets? Please could you explain how you assign these buttons & what can be assigned to them?

I know i could RTFM, but it's cold in the garagesmile
IDrive< Vehicle Information< Sport displays

chris5150

740 posts

199 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Easiest way to programme the shortcut buttons is to just select something you want to do and then when that is displayed on the screen press one of the SC buttons and hold for a few seconds & it assigns it to it
It is really useful...my button 1 is assigned to call the MRS mobile ( as it needs to be no 1! ), home is no 2, sports displays no3, bang & olufsen settings 4, home postcode for nav 5, etc etc ...I assign no 8 to switch off the display..that is really useful one button to just turn it off and on
if you lightly touch any of the buttons you can see what function is assigned without actually going into it, =handy so you don't have to remember where you put them all!!
SC buttons are one of the great useful ideas ,get them used!
Try anything, once its on the screen press a sc button, if you cannot allocate a sc button to it, it tells you ' cannot assign button to this function' so really just muck about with it and see whats what

RichardM5

1,733 posts

135 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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My October 2013 M6 does NOT have this display, it was only available on the non M 6 series at the time. Another reason to get the software updated!

Andy M

3,755 posts

258 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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RichardM5 said:
My October 2013 M6 does NOT have this display, it was only available on the non M 6 series at the time. Another reason to get the software updated!
Can you request BMW do a software update?

RichardM5

1,733 posts

135 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Andy M said:
Can you request BMW do a software update?
I'm going to try at the first service which is due soon. There are a couple of things that are 'possibly' software related: occasional battery drain warning (even when connected to a trickle charger), flickering monitor, jerky when cold on a hill start ...

I think the bigger question is are there hardware changes to enable the Sport Display or is it just software. Same question with the heated wheel message - my car just lights up an LED on the switch, which you can't see unless you put your head under the dash!

Andy M

3,755 posts

258 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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RichardM5 said:
There are a couple of things that are 'possibly' software related: flickering monitor
I've had this, but it doesn't happen often and I only ever see it out of the corner of my eye (so never 100% sure that it wasn't the sat-nav moving around).

Possibly it's connected to this: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... ?

Also, other than for the drivers seat, none of the passenger seatbelt warnings work. Service isn't due for a few thousand miles yet and can't stand to be without the car just to get little niggles sorted wink

W8PMC

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237 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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chris5150 said:
Easiest way to programme the shortcut buttons is to just select something you want to do and then when that is displayed on the screen press one of the SC buttons and hold for a few seconds & it assigns it to it
It is really useful...my button 1 is assigned to call the MRS mobile ( as it needs to be no 1! ), home is no 2, sports displays no3, bang & olufsen settings 4, home postcode for nav 5, etc etc ...I assign no 8 to switch off the display..that is really useful one button to just turn it off and on
if you lightly touch any of the buttons you can see what function is assigned without actually going into it, =handy so you don't have to remember where you put them all!!
SC buttons are one of the great useful ideas ,get them used!
Try anything, once its on the screen press a sc button, if you cannot allocate a sc button to it, it tells you ' cannot assign button to this function' so really just muck about with it and see whats what
Thank you Sir, I'll be giving that a go. Love learning stuff about my Car I had no idea about.

W8PMC

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Monday 26th January 2015
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I think I may have found (been told on another forum) the answer.

Me thinks it's only CP & Jahre M5's that have this functionality as far as M5/6 goes, so nothing to do with MY which would naturally make sense.

RichardM5

1,733 posts

135 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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My M6 has the Competition Pack and no Sport Display.

W8PMC

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237 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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RichardM5 said:
My M6 has the Competition Pack and no Sport Display.
The plot thickens. Is yours one of the 1st CP's? Perhaps it's still limited to CP's but was only applied in later software updates.

RichardM5

1,733 posts

135 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Late September 2013 build, so not the first, but quite early.

chris5150

740 posts

199 months

Tuesday 27th January 2015
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And oddly my power dial shows power in KW, and the one posted below on M5 board shows it in HP. Would much rather see mine in HP, but haven't seen anywhere to allow configuration of it..hmmm will have to have a look about in various settings menu's and see if its configurable like 12 or 24 hr clock etc

Andy M

3,755 posts

258 months

Tuesday 27th January 2015
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640bhp??

Funnily enough this is the figure my dealership indicated - off the record- that the M5 may have.


W8PMC

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Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Andy M said:
640bhp??

Funnily enough this is the figure my dealership indicated - off the record- that the M5 may have.
I can concur that 600+ is the norm & approaching 640 stock isn't unheard of. Seems crazy that BMW didn't state a more accurate output but i'm sure their's some EU reason or gentlemen's agreement with other German marques for that.