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Old Nov 18, 2015 | 09:29 AM
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Radio station control on steering wheel, Backwards ?

I have a 2016 Mini,
What's with the radio station controlling on the wheel ?????
I press the down button and the stations numbers go up.
I press the up button and they go down.
Anyone else have this going on, seems backwards to me ?
 
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Old Nov 19, 2015 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Baby Six
I have a 2016 Mini,
What's with the radio station controlling on the wheel ?????
I press the down button and the stations numbers go up.
I press the up button and they go down.
Anyone else have this going on, seems backwards to me ?
Perfectly normal (well, for the F56 anyway).

In the menus, the stations are listed going up and down and they get higher as you go down. Hence, the reason down goes up and up goes down.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2015 | 04:34 PM
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if you need to change stations while parallel parking they are just right
 
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 12:29 PM
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Funny guys.
Really, aren't the up and down buttons backwards.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 02:05 PM
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You must be a retired person.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2015 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Baby Six
Funny guys.
Really, aren't the up and down buttons backwards.


They aren't backwards. It's a MINI/BMW thing. If you look at a list from top to bottom, you would arrow down to the next item on your list. Your radio stations/music list in the MINI start from the top. Skipping to the next station or title is the next item down, so you tap the down arrow or to go up a station or title you use the up arrow to go to the previous item on your list.


Most people are programmed to pushing the up arrow to go to the next station or title since we associate up as an increase or next item. In the MINI, you are using the arrows to navigate your list, starting from top to bottom.


You'll get used to it.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2015 | 02:13 PM
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Its a MINI thing.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2015 | 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Baby Six
I have a 2016 Mini,
What's with the radio station controlling on the wheel ?????
I press the down button and the stations numbers go up.
I press the up button and they go down.
Anyone else have this going on, seems backwards to me ?
I have a 14S and the buttons are correct... up goes up and down goes down, I get into my wifes 15S and it's backwards like you say. I'm all screwed up then. lol

Wonder why they changed it.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2016 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Bnutz78
I have a 14S and the buttons are correct... up goes up and down goes down, I get into my wifes 15S and it's backwards like you say. I'm all screwed up then. lol

Wonder why they changed it.
If all else fails just use the ****! I do that all the time!
 
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Old Feb 12, 2016 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bnutz78
I have a 14S and the buttons are correct... up goes up and down goes down, I get into my wifes 15S and it's backwards like you say. I'm all screwed up then. lol

Wonder why they changed it.
Odd, my early 2014 CooperS follows the directions of the Screen Menus (aka backwards)
 
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