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      01-13-2009, 10:40 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by akraptor View Post
Friend from local dealer told me that components, jacks, software are different for the
American market. Turned the engine on first time on my X6 at the showroom, and the IDrive booted in about 2 seconds. Put it in reverse, and camera loaded almost instantly. . true there was a light flicker in the image, but after cleaning up dirt from lens it got better. . not perfect, but close. Of course, brakes squeaked, but car stayed outdoor in the snow for a week.
iDrive boots very fast without Navigiation which is responsible for most of the boot time. Do you have Nav?, Sat Radio? iPOD? Bluetooth? All these options increase boot time.

Also, if the car was previously started within about 20 min, the computer is not fully shut down yet.
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