So... this weekend, I discovered and did something "new to me" on the car. I was sitting in traffic and little bored, so I started tinkering around as usual.
Anyway... I re-programmed the Cluster / Dash OBC display. The system allows you to select what is displayed in the Remote Dash display and in what order too.... neat!
So... I held the Turn Signal stalk (on the steering stalk on the left) in for about 3 - 5 seconds and then the display changes to: PROG _ _ _ _ 1. From here, you go to the OBC beside the radio and select what feature you want displayed and in what order. So, for wanted time first, so I press Time on the OBC, then Date, then MPG or Consumption, then Average Speed or MPH, etc. Once you have selected all the features you want, just press S/R and hey presto - You are done!
I also found a link with instructions for this in our F.A.Q. section posted by Attack Eagle:
Link to Thread: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=912536
Link to OBC Doc. PDF: http://www.mediafire.com/?cx0z1zbbmzm
Last edited by AquilaBMW; 08-02-2010 at 12:45 PM.
Hey Aquila this should help you out with your mpg readings. There's a few other cool things you can do with the OBC as well.
http://briandejong.com/MyBlog/?page_id=163
-Nick
Awesome, its funny how advanced these cars were! I love finding little tricks like that.
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That is some awesome information. I will do this once I have the cluster figured out, and can do another full tank run to get the calculation. I figure my car is about 10 MPG off.
Pretty cool with these cars. They were quite revolutionary for their time.
The "jailbreakability" is quite handy. I was talking with Sskoda about this and we think it might be a case of the car coming from Europe where their measure of a litre is more than the US. So, this might be what is affecting the reading on the car since I changed the entire cluster to a US Spec Cluster.
Yea, I know the UK gallon is larger than the US gallon. When they give the MPG ratings for things like diesel hatchbacks on Top Gear and Fifth Gear, I always crap my pants when I hear the MPG figures they get until I remind myself that their gallon is bigger than ours.
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