With the development of automotive technology, there are more and more car features, especially in high-grade cars. GPS satellite navigation, DVD video systems, TV, radio, traffic information display, and so on which bring drivers greater convenience and better entertainment, but also raised problems to designers of manufacturers, and that is how to integrate these with easy driver operation. German luxury car design in this area were once again walk in the forefront of the world auto industry, they developed a variety of operating systems to facilitate the comprehensive category, the i-Drive BMW and Audi MMI is one of the typical representative.

BMW i-Drive: Its advantage is powerful function, the lack is cumbersome operation
If you are accustomed to the luxury of those on board the full complexity of chaotic centre console button, to see the latest in a line of BMW models now control panel will be very surprised, a large screen, three air-conditioning controls, a CD slot, the simple skill, so where are the many configurations in the vehicle? Where is the control key? The answer is simpler, just behind the knob of gear. This is the BMW proud of i-Drive system, all the functions to a centralized control system so that drivers do not have to bother to find amid the corresponding button in the switch.

i-Drive system first showed in 1999 on the Frankfurt auto show model, and the first product model in 2001, the Frankfurt Motor Show to meet with the public. It is the biggest characteristic is no longer dazzling switches and buttons, with i-Drive BMW seats divided into two parts: the regional and comfortable driving the region. Driving the region is driving all the necessary installations, and comfortable to use a console to the region and facilitate the smooth control of the vehicle comfort features. i-Drive system is divided into two parts display and control panel.

Display and control knob of i-Drive system
i-Drive all the features of the safety of drivers and the most important part in the vicinity of the driver, while driving on all the most important function is directly on the steering wheel, available to the driver the most direct control, such as the sound volume control And so on.

The second level features can use the switch on the dashboard, such as lighting control, air-conditioning temperature settings. The rest of the other features are the use of a large multi-function knob completed its seat in the front row between the two gears, through the press and rotation to select the function, the whole selection process on display on the screen. Users can change the function, communication, access to vehicle information, navigation to entertainment, these features just pushed through before, after the pull, rotate button on the menu on the mobile, and by pressing the button on the controller can check the function.

i-Drive may control comfort, communication and driving very little regulation of the driver Accessibility. Through the central console unit operating on the driver can directly regulate driving Accessibility and communication options, and so on. The system provides up to hundreds of functions.