Audi mmi

[Jon Linkov]

On 9/18/06 3:30 PM, "Michael Murphy" <murph101 at optonline.net> wrote:
> Oh come on now, just how intuitive does it have to be?  And the Owner's
> Manual, not the MMI manual has fairly extensive instructions on the CC's
> operation.

It was better when it was a scroll wheel. THAT is how intuitive it should
be. It wasn't broken.

> 
> What year is your parents car?  In 06+ cars, radio memory is accessed
> from the scroll wheel on the left spoke of the steering wheel.
> Regardless, press the radio memory button on MMI and use the steering
> wheel scroll wheel mentioned above to wade thru your presets.
> 
> In general, it would help if customers RTFM, just a bit before going on
> a rant.  Jeez, you guys are like an automotive lynch mob.

It's a system that takes driver's eyes off the road and on to a myriad of
screens and buttons. Some features use the climate knobs, some use MMI, some
the steering wheel. It's overkill and taking away from driving.

For companies (Audi, BMW, M-B, Porsche) that wouldn't put a friggin' cup
holder in their cars because it interfered with driving, the addition of
iDrive, Command, MMI, etc is purely laughable and infuriating.

> 
> Oh, BTW, I'm an ABS in the NE so I've had a bit of exposure to MMI.  If
> it really stunk then the 200+ customers I have driving around in 2005+
> A6s and 2004+ A8s would have killed me by now.

Plenty of people are in iDrive-equipped 7-, 5- and 3-Series vehicles.
Doesn't make it a good system either.

Jon