Drive Wikipediai. Drive is a computer system used to control most secondary vehicle systems in many current BMWcars. Drive had its world premiere in 2. BMW 7 Series E6. Drive unifies vehicle systems under a single control architecture for convenient use by the driver. The i. Drive controls consists of a LCD panel mounted in the dashboard and a controller knob mounted on the center console. Drive introduced the first multiplexed. MOST BusByteflightoptical fiberdatabusses with very high bit rate in a production vehicle. These are used for high speed applications such as controlling the television, DVD, or driver assistance systems like adaptive cruise control, infrared night vision or head up display. Drive allows the driver and front seat passenger in some recent cars it is available to back seat passengers as well to control such amenities as the climate air conditioner and heater, the audio system radio and CD player, the navigation system and the communication system. Bmw X3 Software Update Usb Controller' title='Bmw X3 Software Update Usb Controller' />Drive is also used in current Rolls Royce models as Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. BMW also owns the Mini brand, and a pared down version of i. Drive is sold on those cars, branded as Connected. Drive Generationsediti. Drive 1st GeneditUpdated i. Drive controller featuring a leather top, menu as well as customization buttons. LCI i. Drive showing service items. LCI i. Drive showing climate menu. LCI i. Drive showing settings menu. An early prototype i. Drive called the Intuitive Interaction Concept was featured on the BMW Z9 concept in 1. Series production version debuted in September 2. BMW 7 Series E6. Microsoft Windows CE for Automotive. NDI3WDY0MA==/z/xH8AAOSw-81ZpnR7/$_75.JPG' alt='Bmw X3 Software Update Usb Controller' title='Bmw X3 Software Update Usb Controller' />This can easily be seen when the system reboots or restarts after a software crash displaying a Windows CE logo. The first generation of i. Drive controllers in the 7 Series was only equipped with the turn knob. The GPS computer located in the trunk was only capable of reading map CDs. NAV0. 1In October 2. The new GPS computer NAV0. DVD, featured a much faster processor and the ability to display the map in birdview perspective. The worlds best backup cameras for BMWs and MINI. Period. Navi Professional 2017 update DVD. BMW Navi Professional 2017 Update DVD. Original BMW Zubehr. BAUREIHEN BMW. BMW Niederlassungen NRW. Windows 98 Se Fr Bootable Iso Windows. BMW Niederlassung. E60. In April 2. 00. Drive controller was changed again, the turn knob having a new leather top. Bmw X3 Software Update Usb Controller' title='Bmw X3 Software Update Usb Controller' />The last hardware update of the GPS unit NAV0. The map display is antialiased. The 8. 8 wide screen display was updated, having a brighter screen and the ability to control a MP3 capable 6 CD changer or a BMW i. Pod Interface. Possible options include a TV tuner, DVD changer, BMW Night Vision, side view camera and a rear view camera. The i. Drive system on the 7 Series E6. E6. 6E6. 7E6. 8 has no special name and may not be mistaken with the newer generations called CCC Car Communications Computer and CIC Car Information Computer. This fact becomes very important with after market retrofits like multimedia and video interfaces, because the most of them are only compatible to the CCC system. But many manufactures list the 7 Series E6. E6. 6E6. 7E6. 8 with CCC in their compatibility charts although no 7 Series E6. E6. 6E6. 7E6. 8 with CCC exist. Drive Business M ASKeditM ASK stands for MMI Audio System controller and is manufactured by Becker. This is a limited version of the i. Drive computer with a small 6. Series, and the X5 or X6, without the navigation option. In addition it can optionally be ordered in Europe on the 1 Series and 3 Series as Business navigation, which has basic navigation abilities. Early versions of the Business navigation could only display directional arrows, but the latest version can also display 2. D maps. i. Drive Business Navigation uses a different map DVD than i. Drive Professional Navigation. In addition, as only one optical drive is available, one cannot use both navigation and listen to a CD simultaneously. When i. Drive Professional is ordered the M ASK system is replaced by either the CCC or CIC in addition to a larger display. Drive Business is available on the following cars Note that the above list can vary depending on the region. For instance the North American 7 Series come by default with CCC or CIC. Drive Professional Navigation CCCedit. Drive controller on a BMW 5. It debuted in 2. 00. E6. 0E6. 1 5 Series and is based on Wind River Vx. Works, a real time operating system. CCC stands for Car Communication Computer and uses a larger 8. It was available on the following cars as an option CCC based systems use a map DVD from Navteq in a dedicated DVD drive. CCC Update 1editThis is a minor update to i. Drive Professional debuted in March 2. It adds additional programmable buttons in the dashboard to directly access frequent functions and it removes the haptic feedback from the i. Drive controller. It is available on the following cars as an option 1 Series E8. E8. 2E8. 7E8. 8 manufactured between March 2. September 2. 00. 83 Series E9. E9. 1E9. 2E9. 3 manufactured between March 2. August 2. 00. 85 Series E6. E6. 1 manufactured between March 2. August 2. 00. 86 Series E6. E6. 4 manufactured between March 2. August 2. 00. 8X5 E7. MY2. 01. 0X6 E7. 1CCC Update 2editThis is a minor update debuted in September 2. Model Year 2. 00. Drive Professional that did not get the new CIC based system. These cars get the new i. Drive controller that is also used on cars with CIC. The actual i. Drive computer CCC remains the same. This update is available on the following cars 5 Series E6. E6. 1 manufactured in September 2. February 2. 00. 9 to October 2. European production6 Series E6. E6. 4 manufactured in September 2. February 2. 00. 9 to October 2. European productioni. Drive Professional Navigation CICeditIt debuted in September 2. F0. 1F0. 2 7 Series. CIC stands for Car Information Computer and is manufactured by Becker, utilizing the QNX operating system. It is available on the following cars as an option 1 Series E8. E8. 2E8. 7E8. 8 manufactured from September 2. Series E9. 0E9. 1E9. E9. 3 manufactured from September 2. Series E6. 0E6. 1 manufactured from March 2. Model Year 2. 01. E6. 06. 1 manufactured from November 2. Europe5 Series F0. F1. 0F1. 1 manufactured from September 2. Series E6. 3E6. 4 manufactured from March 2. Model Year 2. 01. E6. 36. 4 manufactured from November 2. Europe7 Series F0. F0. 2 manufactured from September 2. X1 E8. 4X3 F2. 5 manufactured from November 2. X5 E7. 0 manufactured from September 2. The CIC system is a major update to i. Drive, replacing the display, computer and the controller. The display is of a higher resolution, and is generally more responsive than CCC, to address one of the common complaints of i. Drive. Internet access is also supported. CIC based systems use maps from Tele. Atlas that are installed on an internal 2. GB Hard Disk Drive HDD. This HDD can also store up to 8. GB of music files for playback. For facilitating the uploading of music files to the HDD, a USB port is provided in the glove box. Bluetooth music streaming available through a separate accessory7Following 2. LCI production, all CIC based i. Drive systems support DVD video. This, however, is only operational when the vehicle is in the Park position for automatic transmissions, or while the parking brake is set for vehicles that have a manual transmission. DVD audio will continue to play while driving. Drive Professional Navigation CIC HIGHeditBMW introduced a further update to the i. Drive Professional System in late 2. Next Big Thing NBT. It was introduced in current generation cars as an option, including 1 Series F2. Series F2. 2F2. 33 Series F3.