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      07-09-2010, 12:12 PM   #1
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Radio Favorites

The new 2011 iDrive can be set to alert you to your Favorite song playing on the radio.

BUT it DOESN'T work! I've followed the instructions meticulously and understood them as written.

Anyone else with a similar problem?
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      07-09-2010, 01:52 PM   #2
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I haven't tried it. I'll have to try it this weekend and see if it works. Only thing I can think of is maybe you need to have the RDS turned on (which I usually keep turned off)?
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      07-09-2010, 02:10 PM   #3
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That's an interesting idea. I picked alot of "favorite" songs that I knew would get a lot of air play to test it out. While you're at it, if you sync your phone and addresses, check out my other post about the street names and numbers not showing up
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      12-03-2010, 04:19 PM   #4
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Has anyone found a fix to this?

I swear it worked ONCE - on a mainstream station like The Pulse - but it hasn't worked since.

It's in the "Manage Favorites" area below "Set Sports Alert" (or favorite teams?). If it can't figure out what's playing (by Artist / Song Name), it doesn't allow you to add anything.

Which also means you can't "force fit" names - since it can't figure out what the artist/song name is, it can't LOCATE or ALERT you if those are playing.

On a somewhat related note, the "DVR-type" feature (rewind/time-shift) works splendid on BPM.
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      12-03-2010, 05:28 PM   #5
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I have been leaving the radio display in the main screen, and it will put a message that a favorites is playing, but I have not figured out how to go to that station without looking at the list of channels and searching.
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