I think it was on Top Gear that they showed when using the Nav in the Audi, if you touch a climate control, the display switches from the Nav map to Climate settings - whether you want it to or not.
-- ME2 On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > What reason on Earth justified tying the music player to the vehicle > > control systems? > > In some cars, what used to be "the radio" is actually morphed into a > general-purpose interface for all sorts of things. The sales VP at > $WORK has an Audi which is almost more computer than it is car. The > same 5 inch LCD in the dash accesses music, navigation, cell phone, > climate controls, seat positions, driving preferences, engine > maintenance, etc., etc. Mark my words, the day isn't far off where > we're going to have to reboot our cars. > > [insert "If Microsoft made cars" joke here] > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
