OBC Functions

[Kedge]

Just fitted my OBC today, just wondering how to set the time and get all the functions working, at the moment all thats coming up on the screen is _ _ _ _ (and then the abreviation for which ever function i select).

However the temp and range functions do show readings so they seem to be ok.

Cheers

[Simon]

Here you go..


















Courtesy of BMW of course!!

[Kedge]

Brilliant cheers Simon

[Kedge]

Just been out nad had a play, bit annoyed i don't seem to be able to get MPG and degress centigrade, have to have fahrenhieht(sp) instead which means diddly squat to me.

All good fun though.

[Simon]

Just been out nad had a play, bit annoyed i don't seem to be able to get MPG and degress centigrade, have to have fahrenhieht(sp) instead which means diddly squat to me.

All good fun though.

Yep, a bit stupid really, the 'lesser' 6 button is adjustable, you can change between centigrade/farenheit and 12/24hr clock, but yet the more 'upmarket' 13 button isn't adjustable!

I'm sticking with my 6 button!

[Kedge]

Never mind, give it a couple of weeks and i'll be bored of it and only use it for time anyway.

[dannosail]

My OBC reads time in "heu" (German heure I guiess) instead of hrs but reads temp in deg C. Consumption is in l/100km - this is on a South African model 325i.

I want to swap this to a UK car, is there any hope of me getting it to read in hrs and mpg?

[Brianmoooore]

You can have US units, UK units (MPG, MPH and degrees farenheit) or
European units (l/100km, km/hr and degrees celsius), but you can't mix them.
Only temp that matters on the OBC is freezing point, which is 32 degrees in farenheit. Farenheit scale has the advantage of almost twice the resolution of Celsius, as two farenheit degrees are almost one centigrade degree.

[dannosail]

So I'm stuck with a European version until I can get my hands on a UK one - mind you being of the metric generation deg C means far more to me!

[Brianmoooore]

So I'm stuck with a European version until I can get my hands on a UK one - mind you being of the metric generation deg C means far more to me!

no, you can toggle through the three settings. Look at the text beside the steering wheel picture in Simon's instructions.

[dannosail]

Brian,

got the instruction book in my car and tried that a couple of times but I still can't get the thing to change - are you sure they're all the same?

not sure if the button is bust but i can set the time all right so i assume it is.[/quote]

[Brianmoooore]

Not absolutely sure, no, but since the UK one will adjust to suit US and european markets as well as UK, then I can see no reason why there should be a different one made by BMW.

[mybmw6]

I've been looking for this information about how to setup the OBC. Thanks for posting it!!!! Finally I don't have to look at that annoying UHR!!!!