In car Internet location being interpreted as Germany

Balster · 11-20-2014, 12:45 PM

I'm trying to watch a music video in the car (I have the Internet option) on You Tube and I can watch it via my home pc. But when I try from the car it comes up with some EMA licensing your not allowed to view it in your country message. I've set the browser to UK as it was set to Germany. Any one else come across this?

GSPANNU, can this be coded?

Cheers.

wicked5 · 11-20-2014, 12:47 PM

Is this for all music videos, because I know youtube blocks certain videos in countries they do not have the licence for even on my PC.

gspannu · 11-20-2014, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Balster

I'm trying to watch a music video in the car (I have the Internet option) on You Tube and I can watch it via my home pc. But when I try from the car it comes up with some EMA licensing your not allowed to view it in your country message. I've set the browser to UK as it was set to Germany. Any one else come across this?

GSPANNU, can this be coded?

Cheers.

I have not seen any country-code in the HU_NBT module (but this is not to say there isn't one !).

Have you tried the suggestion above by wicked5?

11-20-2014, 03:23 PM

If I was to hazard a guess, it is probably going some BMW server in Germany to format the page for iDrive screen in the car.

If correct, although you are connecting via the UK, the server sees a connection from Germany.

Balster · 11-22-2014, 01:22 PM

Looks like WillieMaykit is spot on.
Google Deutschland.

Balster · 11-22-2014, 05:13 PM

I can't even change the homepage. Can this be done through coding?

m@rk · 12-02-2014, 02:47 AM

I understand that the internet connection for this service is not a connection straight to the internet! Rather a connection to the BMW back end servers which in turn connect to the Internet.

I would suggest that they are probably in Germany hence the problem you are facing.

You are not going to be able to code this easily as it is tied to the Soft SIM in the car which has it's APN set as the BMW gateway so all traffic is forced via this route.

wicked5 · 12-02-2014, 06:06 PM

Are there any configuration settings for this? Can you check - What is happening is that it has made a VPN connection to a server in Germany. This should be configurable? Maybe you can change from an configuration menu somewhere?

makkan00 · 12-03-2014, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Balster

I can't even change the homepage. Can this be done through coding?

You do not need coding for that.
Open the page which you want to start as home page.
Save that as favourite.
Then go into your favourite and when that page is highlighted, click on options and you will find an option there 'set as home page'. Click on that and job done

Balster · 12-03-2014, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by makkan00

You do not need coding for that.
Open the page which you want to start as home page.
Save that as favourite.
Then go into your favourite and when that page is highlighted, click on options and you will find an option there 'set as home page'. Click on that and job done

So thats how you do it. You have to set a page as a favourite then it opens up the set as homepage option.

Cheers.

Balster · 12-03-2014, 12:22 PM

No option to set a new homepage is available.

m@rk · 12-04-2014, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Balster

So thats how you do it. You have to set a page as a favourite then it opens up the set as homepage option.

Cheers.

It will still detect you as originating from a server in Germany so watch out for any pages that try to auto detect your location (like Google.com does) but if you can set your homepage then you can always just set it for google.co.uk and then ignore when it prompts you to change it to google.de

11-20-2014, 12:45 PM	#1
Balster Captain 109 Rep 628 Posts Drives: BMW G30 530d MSport xDrive Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leeds iTrader: (0)	In car Internet location being interpreted as Germany I'm trying to watch a music video in the car (I have the Internet option) on You Tube and I can watch it via my home pc. But when I try from the car it comes up with some EMA licensing your not allowed to view it in your country message. I've set the browser to UK as it was set to Germany. Any one else come across this? GSPANNU, can this be coded? Cheers. __________________ G30 530d M Sport xdrive, Adaptive Drive and with all of the important options.
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wicked5 Enlisted Member 0 Rep 41 Posts Drives: 520d SE Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Worcester, UK iTrader: (0)	Is this for all music videos, because I know youtube blocks certain videos in countries they do not have the licence for even on my PC.
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WillieMaykit Guest 0 Rep n/a Posts Drives:	If I was to hazard a guess, it is probably going some BMW server in Germany to format the page for iDrive screen in the car. If correct, although you are connecting via the UK, the server sees a connection from Germany.
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Balster Captain 109 Rep 628 Posts Drives: BMW G30 530d MSport xDrive Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leeds iTrader: (0)	Looks like WillieMaykit is spot on. Google Deutschland. Attached Images __________________ G30 530d M Sport xdrive, Adaptive Drive and with all of the important options.
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Balster Captain 109 Rep 628 Posts Drives: BMW G30 530d MSport xDrive Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leeds iTrader: (0)	No option to set a new homepage is available. __________________ G30 530d M Sport xdrive, Adaptive Drive and with all of the important options.
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