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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Does anyone also feel that the audio steering wheel controls have a bug and are counter-intuitive?

Here's an example:

- Press "down" to scroll to a larger preset number (e.g. Preset 1-1 to 1-2)
- Press "up" to scroll to the next track on a CD (e.g. Track 1 to Track 2)
- Press "up" to scroll to the next track via Bluetooth audio (e.g. Track 1 to Track 2)
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Old Sep 27, 2012 | 06:31 AM
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MODE and DISP buttons also seem to be reversed to me. MODE is on the left side, and controls the mode of the audio system which is on the right, while DISP is on the right side, which controls the display of information right in front of you. The buttons seem reversed to me, but it is not a big deal. I'm not going to sell my car because of this feature, or because it doesn't have a digital clock on the display. I'll suffer through both of these shortcomings.
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Old Sep 27, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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it's something i really never pay attention to. i use the SW control to switch btwn. BTA tracks,,, up next track etc. never use CD player, have watched a few movies though.
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Old Sep 27, 2012 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by faifai83
Does anyone also feel that the audio steering wheel controls have a bug and are counter-intuitive?

Here's an example:

- Press "down" to scroll to a larger preset number (e.g. Preset 1-1 to 1-2)
- Press "up" to scroll to the next track on a CD (e.g. Track 1 to Track 2)
- Press "up" to scroll to the next track via Bluetooth audio (e.g. Track 1 to Track 2)
This very issue has been bugging me for a while. Seems like it should be down for all of the above.
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