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Originally Posted by ErnestHouse
I found out today that my 2014 F07 with NBT is part of the 60% of BMWs that had their real-time traffic discontinued and won't be provided a fix.
My head spins with all the posts in the 300+ pages of the F30 thread about audio conflicts with the Carplay MMI unit. I'm concerned about not hearing Carplay navigation alerts if using the NBT which defeats the purpose of the MMI (for me).
Since you have the unit in a car similar to mine, can you tell me:
1) If I install the unit, can I run AppleMaps/WAZE in the background while using the NBT Navi/HUD/Maps and hear AppleMaps or Waze notifications and just flip to their maps as needed?
2) And if 1) works, can I do everything else (phone calls, satellite radio, FM, and audio books) using my NBT? TIA
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1. From what I have seen you can only “listen” to one or the other. The audio from the MMI unit is played through the forward Aux. It took me a while to figure this out as when I first installed it I could not hear the Waze/Siri commands. You have to go in and turn up the volume for the forward Aux. If you want to listen to Waze/Siri you have to have the forward aux selected. There is a way to “shortcut map” this. Go into Multimedia and select Aux input/fwd aux and select it. Then long push a button on your radio (I did 8). So when I want to select the FWD aux to hear Siri read a message, I push the MEM 8 key and it will switch. To go back to the radio just select the radio mode. You can switch back and forth but cannot play both as far as I know.
2. As far as the maps/HUD go for the screen its one or the other. (Again as far as I know). Guidance will show on the HUD if you program a destination but I do not think you will hear the guidance if you have the FWD Aux selected to hear Siri. Headed out in a couple of hours and will verify this.
Also, I deleted my BMW Bluetooth from the phone and only use car play. (Mostly as a troubleshooting tool to figure why it resets). I think the CarPlay BT and Audio is better quality and have heard same from listeners on other end. Less ambient noise. I’ll report back in a couple of hours to verify all the above.