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Post by Martin on Feb 9, 2018 12:32:42 GMT
I’m not a big user of voice control but don’t touchscreen cars have mist features controllable by voice command? I must say that I love voice control for my satnav. It is up an running with directions in seconds with no manual input at all. +1 and it’s great for the phone as well. |
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Post by Alex on Feb 9, 2018 12:39:35 GMT
Michael is absolutely correct. You will spot in Martin's picture a button just above the heater dials depicting two seats. That button opens the seating menu on the screen which can control heating, cooling or massaging of all thusly equipped seats (three rows of heated seats in a Disco!). The seats can also be folded using the screen, or a mobile app. John, this must be the button your daughter's chauffeur has been using. That still sounds too complicated for my liking. Is there a reason JLR no longer see a simple button as being the best way to turn on a heated seat? It does sound like they’ve fixed something that wasn’t broke. |
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Post by michael on Feb 9, 2018 14:31:44 GMT
That still sounds too complicated for my liking. Is there a reason JLR no longer see a simple button as being the best way to turn on a heated seat? It does sound like they’ve fixed something that wasn’t broke. I wonder if the set up on there might actually be easier in practice? My car has a button you press repeatedly until it hits the setting you want, you'd need another button for cooling seats and the button isn't that easy to find without taking your eyes off the road. In reality I'd imagine pushing the button and spinning the bezel are something you could do quite easily without taking your eyes off the road. As it stands if the outside temperature dips below 10 degrees the drivers seat goes on, the real game changer in terms of technology will be when machine learning starts to become more common place and the car will know who is driving and learn their preferred settings adjusting it before you've even realised you'd want to change it. Edit: The forum software seems to have some annoying automatic function which is replacing the word d r i v i n g with that annoying icon. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 9, 2018 15:25:22 GMT
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To an extent the 'machine learning' can already be done manually with his & hers keys which remember personal settings.
The Ford Mustang has 2 buttons for heating/cooling the seats but they are reasonably handy - at each side of the centre console button fest - and having to press the button 2 or 3 times is no real hardship.
It may be less distracting than having to look at the screen to determine your chosen temperature?
EDIT Bugger. That IS annoying! |
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Post by michael on Feb 9, 2018 15:34:29 GMT
To an extent the 'machine learning' can already be done manually with his & hers keys which remember personal settings.
That's programming and I'm glad it's not just me with that icon! Manufacturers are already working on clever stuff, I think JLR already have some machine learning technologies already out there. Some cars are able to work out when your journey is a commute and we're you're likely to be going without input and even recalculate routes, let you know if you need to divert for fuel and so on. It's getting clever. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 9, 2018 15:52:44 GMT
To an extent the 'machine learning' can already be done manually with his & hers keys which remember personal settings.
That's programming and I'm glad it's not just me with that icon! Manufacturers are already working on clever stuff, I think JLR already have some machine learning technologies already out there. Some cars are able to work out when your journey is a commute and we're you're likely to be going without input and even recalculate routes, let you know if you need to divert for fuel and so on. It's getting clever. I'm not sure clever is the word I'd choose! I think a lot of it is unnecessary complication and, for example, there's already a device to let you know if you need to divert for fuel. It's been quite successful for a lot of years (only 1 example I know).
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Post by Boxer6 on Feb 9, 2018 16:12:49 GMT
Does the thing happen on quick reply?
ETA - Yes, it does! ranting
All of a sudden, we now have rows and rows of emoticons when clicking the wee button up there ^^
Hmmm
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Post by Blarno on Feb 9, 2018 16:21:01 GMT
That's not going to get annoying. Not at all.
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Post by Tim on Feb 9, 2018 16:52:08 GMT
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Post by LandieMark on Feb 9, 2018 16:54:38 GMT
Sorry, normal service has been resumed. I'll stop fiddling with stuff I don't understand!
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Post by Boxer6 on Feb 9, 2018 18:29:17 GMT
Sorry, normal service has been resumed. I'll stop fiddling with stuff I don't understand! And here I was, happily blaming the hosts!!  |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 9, 2018 19:41:34 GMT
Sorry, normal service has been resumed. I'll stop fiddling with stuff I don't understand! Thank fuck for that. I thought everyone had gone all "yoof". |
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Post by alf on Feb 14, 2018 11:41:15 GMT
I'm quite a fan of buttons, I think I would like modern Porsche interiors as they seem to have loads down between the seats. I have found using a touch screen is better than expected but it does make you take your eyes off the road more, more than buttons in a car you are familiar with anyway. I like the metal plate with buttons around the gear selector in my car and far prefer it to the newer Jag setup.
Heated seats are a good example - I need the screen for this in mine (though it is clear and on the main screen) and if reversing - as you often are just after getting into the car - it means the reversing camera takes over the screen. Voice control I do like, but it's no good if in conversation with someone.
I attend a lot of presentations showing the aftermath of people looking at phones while driving, you can easily get as distracted by a screen whether it be iDrive, touch screen, or whatever. The ultimate sin is trying to send a message of some sort on a phone while driving, but just reading something for a split second can be a life and death difference sadly.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 20, 2018 22:30:52 GMT
Well, me and my dad tried for ages to sort out the personalisation settings for his key and my mum's key, in the Superb. And got next to nowhere. We managed to pair each key to the car but neither would put the seat and mirror settings, let alone any other individual settings, where they should have been when using each respective key. We managed to set the seat and mirror memory settings but by using Google and Skoda forums, as the handbook was incorrect and the seat settings totally disappeared from the menu. There is talk on Skoda forums of cars having to have a complete software update for the Columbus system before the system works as it should and I reckon my dad needs to take his back and have it sorted out.
Other than that, on a brief prod about and passenger ride, it seems very nice indeed!
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Post by michael on Feb 20, 2018 23:02:25 GMT
Well, me and my dad tried for ages to sort out the personalisation settings for his key and my mum's key, in the Superb. And got next to nowhere. We managed to pair each key to the car but neither would put the seat and mirror settings, let alone any other individual settings, where they should have been when using each respective key. We managed to set the seat and mirror memory settings but by using Google and Skoda forums, as the handbook was incorrect and the seat settings totally disappeared from the menu. There is talk on Skoda forums of cars having to have a complete software update for the Columbus system before the system works as it should and I reckon my dad needs to take his back and have it sorted out. Other than that, on a brief prod about and passenger ride, it seems very nice indeed! Didn’t they explain the controls at hand over? I trust he knows how to turn the lights on  |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 21, 2018 9:09:39 GMT
Only partially, it seems! Thankfully he's clued about the auto lights and the settings therein. They are actually set to come on "early" rather than "normal" or "late".
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