Newly-ordered iX 40 Sport

Bevforme said:

You can add PA Pro after your car arrives via the Connected Drive Store, and I think you may also need comfort access, which you have, as a prerequisite, and I think it costs more than if ordered from factory(?) The CD Store offers a 3 month trial for free and prices for UK are here, along with a description of the feature:

https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/shop/ls/dp/ParkingAssistant_Prof_SFA_gb

One perceived advantage in the UK, with our small parking spaces, is the ability to move the car out of a space by using your phone to move the car without getting in the car (depending on your phone compatibility). Maybe also useful for a tight garage with care.
Then there is the ability to store a number of locations where the car remembers a stored reversing path.

And the reversing path increases to 200m fwiw!!

And if using ‘automated’ parking, you can pause the operation and get out of the car and continue manoeuvring by your phone.

There are YouTube videos showing these ‘features’ not just for iX, eg. 7 series etc…

Some forum members advise caution using it, but that also applies to PA Plus.

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Danielwleigh said:

thank you for the advice! So that’s my other question - is PA Plus worth £1,000 over the PA standard system? I have 360 degree cameras in my current car and I worry about going back to just a reversing camera in such a large car?! But the car I demo’d had PA Pro and honestly the automatic view was a bit distracting!

lastly, does PA Plus give you the AR view in the Nav? Or do you need Pro for that?

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Bevforme said:

Also, Panorama View with stored gps activation points I find really useful.

see this short thread on AR:

Augmented Reality AR without HUD possible?

Anyone can confirm if the augmented reality function is available if you just have the Parking Assist Plus (front camera) or if it’s just available if you have the parking assist plus and the live cockpit professional (hud)? Most reviews I see with the AR have the HUD and in bmw sales...

www.ixforums.com

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electric_journey said:

@Danielwleigh It depends upon personal preference. Of course, it's possible to park the iX when it has a reversing camera only, but having the 360 cameras on such a large vehicle makes every day life SO much easier. That's why I made sure my iX had the 360 camera included. I park a lot on narrow streets in London and my previous (much smaller car) had 360 cameras. Once you get used to modern tech like this, it's hard to live without it going forwards.

I assumed that the 360 camera is standard equipment on the iX, but you're saying it's not?

I don't know whether PA Plus means you get Augmented Reality view in the Nav. I did spec up PA Plus, and personally I hardly use the BMW Nav (mine has the AR) as I just use Google Maps.

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Danielwleigh said:

do you know if you get this AR view with PA Plus? Or only Pro?

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Danielwleigh said:

Ah fantastic, I presumed you’d need the front camera from the 360 camera pack to get the AR view. Yes my car has the HUD as standard, so I should have it then! Thanks.

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electric_journey said:

@Danielwleigh The AR view comes from the camera towards the top of the windscreen, not the camera mounted on the front grille.

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