![]() ![]() Examples of such CAN messages are those sent from the rotary control on the central console as well as the steering wheel user controls. It will also interpret the CAN messages to and from the in-car iDrive user controls. The IMI-1000 Retrofit Kit adds the necessary hardware to your vehicle in order to process information streamed to and from your phone. A software update alone is not enough to “enable” Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. ![]() Please note that BMW do not support android auto so if you want android auto in your BMW you will require the IMI-1000 for that.ĬCC, CiC and NBT iDrive Systems were not originally equipped with the electronics required run Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The EVO system does not require the IMI-1000 to activate CarPlay/Android Mirroring, Integrated Automotive can offer an alternative upgrade path which “activates” CarPlay/Android Mirroring for NBT-EVO equipped vehicles, contact us for more information regarding NBT-EVO Apple Carplay activation. After 2016/2017 most BMW models migrated over to the “EVO” iDrive System. ![]() These systems are fitted to BMW vehicles manufactured between the years 2004 to the present day (2019). These are the CCC, CiC and NBT iDrive systems. There are three generations of iDrive system which are compatible with the IMI-1000 Retrofit CarPlay multimedia interface. Using the simple steps outlined in this article, you will be able to destrrmine your iDrive version. Mercedes: NTG4.5 and NTG5.0 Systems The IMI-1000 Retrofit CarPlay and Android Auto System adds CarPlay and Android Auto to your car Why do I need to know my iDrive version?įor us to configure your retrofit system correctly with a genuine BMW NBT-EVO iD6 retrofit it one of our compatible IMI-1000 interfaces (including a plug-and-play wiring loom) for your car, we will need to know what version of iDrive you have installed in your vehicle. It adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Range Rover, Mini and Porsche vehicles. Would be interested to hear if anyone has used iDrive for enough time to have thoughts on it.The IMI-1000 is a mini-computer which is installed behind your head unit. I just removed it from my Finder configuration, and right clicking on files in the Sync folder does show some contextual menu items, so I suspect they HAD to make the icon to enable a Finder extension, but couldn’t 't figure out what to do with it. I have pointed out that is seems brain damaged to me to put an icon that is intended NOT to do anything into my Finder windows, and they don’t seem to get that. I have emailed the iDrive support team several times, and their response is repeatedly to tell me that that is the way it is designed to work (!!!). However, clicking on that icon does NOTHING. iDrive throws an icon into the Finder windows icon bar with it’s icon and iDriveFinderSync written underneath, just as other sync services like Dropbox and Sync do. – There is one very significant issue that bugs me, not because it affects functionality, but because it suggests the iDrive people might be a bit out of touch. Not sure if that will help compared to iCloud backup. – It is also backing up data from my iPad. I am not using this as iDrive, like other zero-knowledge sync systems I have tested, does NOT sync extended attributes, such as Finder tags, which is crucial for me. – You get a Sync store equal in size to the backup store, but as a separate amount of space which is nice. ![]() Presently, my desktop is doing its initial backup of some 2TB of data and my laptop has put its fairly small amount of data into iDrive as well. – You can add multiple computers to one account and share the backend storage, which is a big advantage for me over BackBlaze. – It appears that you can save versions as far back as you like (subject to a pruning policy which is pretty well delineated on the support pages) subject to total space allowance. – I do like the web interface for restoring, especially its method for browsing back to previous versions. There is an option to set up continuous backup limited to 500MB (!!) / day, which I have enabled, but I cannot tell what if anything that is actually doing. – It is not a true continuous backup like BackBlaze supposedly is, but rather it runs once a day for a full backup. – On the good side, it seems to be working well for doing backups on a daily basis, and as far as I can tell (looking at files via the web interface, I have not tried a restore) it looks like all of the data I have asked it to backup. So far, I have found some good, and some bad: I figured I can always cancel in a year if I don’t like it. I received yet another of their promotional emails, this time $1.00 for a 1 year 5TB subscription, so I decided to bite and see how it works out. I wonder if anyone else has played with iDrive? ![]()
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