Audi mmi

[Taka Mizutani]

I missed Steve's original post, but to follow up on Jon's comments, I agree-
MMI is a bit
better than iDrive, but it still sucks.

The seat heaters are not even all that bad- try manually tuning the radio-
go into the radio screen, select tuner, then turn the knob to select the
forward or backward icon and then push the knob to move a step (or more)
forward or backward. It's infuriatingly stupid.

I prefer the discrete functionality of the old layouts- consolidating the
controls makes it very difficult to access each function quickly.

How about a review of the Q7? A 4.2? Can you compare it to the Porsche
Cayenne, BMW X5 and Infiniti FX? Thanks.

Taka


On 9/18/06, Jon Linkov <jon at audiclubna.org> wrote:
>
> I'm currently driving a Q7 with it. Have extensive time in the current A6
> and A8 with MMI as well.
>
> While it's better than iDrive, it's still not great. All of these systems
> are a PITA, IMHO. Taking away buttons and simple features and placing them
> all on a knob/panel (which includes the legal disclaimer that it's
> dangerous
> to use such controls) isn't the best system.
>
> example: Audi seat heaters were a simple roller switch. Now, it's press a
> button, spin a knob, AND watch the controls on the MMI screen. Come on,
> the
> roller switch was better.
>
> The touch screens are a bit better, but all these user interfaces are slow
> to react and take your eyes off the road. Lexus has slightly better ones,
> and the current GM ones in the Tahoe/Avalanche/Escalade are pretty good.
> Mercedes Command is annoying in a different way, since it has a dozen or
> so
> buttons surrounding the screen, but doesn't have a knob.
>
> Jon