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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 10:44 AM
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Hi,

Am I doing something wrong or are there a total of only 8 presets across all "Radio" functions? I would have imagined the 8 preset buttons would have been context sensitive, so I'd be able to store 8 Sirius presets, 8 FM presets, and so on, but that doesn't seem to be the case (At least in my case) where the 8 preset buttons are "global" and will change the "Radio" function according to the preset band.

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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 10:47 AM
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No, they are 8 presets for whatever you want but they are not for each band. You can have a mix of AM,FM, and XM.
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 10:50 AM
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No, they are 8 presets for whatever you want but they are not for each band. You can have a mix of AM,FM, and XM.
That's a let down for a car that is so technologically advanced. I don't mind reprogramming my brain to associate stations to new preset numbers, but the problem is now choosing which stations get cut from the presets all together.
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by s_Fanous
That's a let down for a car that is so technologically advanced. I don't mind reprogramming my brain to associate stations to new preset numbers, but the problem is now choosing which stations get cut from the presets all together.
I guess, I had a hard time filling 4 spots. I only listen to two stations on XM and the rest is Pandora.
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by s_Fanous
That's a let down for a car that is so technologically advanced. I don't mind reprogramming my brain to associate stations to new preset numbers, but the problem is now choosing which stations get cut from the presets all together.
That's only for the hard button presets. You can store a lot of favorites in the radio menu.
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 11:03 AM
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I believe there are 50 total presets that can be stored among AM, FM and Sirius/XM. They only have 8 physical buttons which are shortcuts to the first 8 presets.
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 03:05 PM
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I was slightly disappointed that the presets are global to the car and can't (as far as I can tell) be associated with two different drivers the way that most other stuff (seat position, climate control, etc) is. Not a big deal but it'd be nice to have different values for at least the 8 with the hard buttons.
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Old Oct 6, 2016 | 07:36 AM
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I just wish they could be used for other things... like switching to CarPlay or other screens.
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Originally Posted by zillerkaz
I just wish they could be used for other things... like switching to CarPlay or other screens.
+1. That's the way my '13 BMW 328 was...the 10 presets could be used for almost any function or command available on the iDrive controller.
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Old Oct 6, 2016 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by AndrewInMO
+1. That's the way my '13 BMW 328 was...the 10 presets could be used for almost any function or command available on the iDrive controller.
Same with my '14 328. It comes in handy to one touch a lot of features/functions.

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