The 2022 Mini Cooper Lineup: Visual Order Guide

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I hope you all don’t mind updates on this model as I work through the features. Active Cruise Control update: We went for another ride at dusk tonight, and as soon as we turned into the sun, the active cruise control went out. So I am sure Mini would not consider this a “problem”, as it is mentioned in the user manual. But I can verify that a long press of either of the “follow distance” buttons on the steering wheel actives regular cruise control, and it works fine. So a valid work around for the limitations of the camera-based system.

Next subject: Here I give you the nominees for Most Well-Hidden Controls on the Mini SE:

Runner Up:
The three Homelink buttons under the left side of the rear view mirror.

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Grand Champion:
The completely invisible Heated Steering Wheel button! I totally forgot I even had it. Finally remembered today that I had not tested it yet and tracked the button down on the left side of the steering wheel, under the steering wheel adjustment arm.

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GvilleGuy said:
I hope you all don’t mind updates on this model as I work through the features. Active Cruise Control update: We went for another ride at dusk tonight, and as soon as we turned into the sun, the active cruise control went out. So I am sure Mini would not consider this a “problem”, as it is mentioned in the user manual. But I can verify that a long press of either of the “follow distance” buttons on the steering wheel actives regular cruise control, and it works fine. So a valid work around for the limitations of the camera-based system.

Next subject: Here I give you the nominees for Most Well-Hidden Controls on the Mini SE:

Runner Up:
The three Homelink buttons under the left side of the rear view mirror.

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Grand Champion:
The completely invisible Heated Steering Wheel button! I totally forgot I even had it. Finally remembered today that I had not tested it yet and tracked the button down on the left side of the steering wheel, under the steering wheel adjustment arm.

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Thanks for sharing! Newbie question - what are the homelinks buttons for?
 
The homelink programming instructions in the manual are incorrect. I had to resort to a youtube video to find the correct steps. The manual mentions a green light, but the light is yellow! And it is unclear (reading the manual) about whether you are supposed to "press and release" or "press and hold" the button at certain points. But youtube fixed me up. Works well now.
 
GvilleGuy said:
The homelink programming instructions in the manual are incorrect. I had to resort to a youtube video to find the correct steps. The manual mentions a green light, but the light is yellow! And it is unclear (reading the manual) about whether you are supposed to "press and release" or "press and hold" the button at certain points. But youtube fixed me up. Works well now.
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The green light is only for resetting the system. My instructions call it an orange light. Mine also mentions press and hold as well as releasing. Did they change the wording? I used the manual both times to set it up with my cars and it worked the first time. Also used the manual to release my info from the car before I sold it.
 
My LED never turned green at any point. The 2022 manual is wrong on several counts (page 200):
(1) In step 2 it says to press and hold the two buttons until it flashes green rapidly to erase previous programming. It flashed orange rapidly for me, so I thought I was doing something wrong.
(2) In step 3 it says to "press" the homelink button you are going to program and it will flash orange slowly. It actually requires a "press and hold" to get it to flash slowly for programming. (the step for pressing the transmitter button correctly says "press and hold")
(3) In step 6 (while you are pressing and holding both the homelink and transmitter buttons) it says the LED lights up green when programming is completed, and if it flashes "fast" programming is not complete. The actual result is the LED flashes orange fast when programming is successful, and there is no green indicator at all.

I watched the youtube video titled "Mini USA | Garage Door Opener", post date Aug 2, 2018, and those steps matched up to what I experienced. It's weird that this has changed!
 
GvilleGuy said:
My LED never turned green at any point. The 2022 manual is wrong on several counts (page 200):
(1) In step 2 it says to press and hold the two buttons until it flashes green rapidly to erase previous programming. It flashed orange rapidly for me, so I thought I was doing something wrong.
(2) In step 3 it says to "press" the homelink button you are going to program and it will flash orange slowly. It actually requires a "press and hold" to get it to flash slowly for programming. (the step for pressing the transmitter button correctly says "press and hold")
(3) In step 6 (while you are pressing and holding both the homelink and transmitter buttons) it says the LED lights up green when programming is completed, and if it flashes "fast" programming is not complete. The actual result is the LED flashes orange fast when programming is successful, and there is no green indicator at all.

I watched the youtube video titled "Mini USA | Garage Door Opener", post date Aug 2, 2018, and those steps matched up to what I experienced. It's weird that this has changed!
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Admittedly I did this months ago and had no issues. I do not recall being confused by the light colors. It's really freezing out for April and I'd have to find my opener again,so not really in the mood to try. I also admit I'm of the type to not question and move on, but I blame that on my IT background. As long as it tests and it works, I am fine. Could be BMWs also change colors. I really don't notice? Just for me the manual was enough to get me taken care of.

I'll dig out my manual again and see. Maybe I just gloss over stuff too much.
 
Not a bad stoplight shot of the new widget screens - allows you to see three active apps at once. And you can still touch an app or click the wheel to bring one of them up full screen. Just ignore the 2.5 efficiency - I had only driven 1 mile! Finished that trip at 4.2 mi/kwh. :)

I think it's a good software design. What do you think?

The touch button panel below the screen I have not yet played with much. But the entire panel around the power button appears to be one giant button which clicks when pressed in, with touch sensitive spots highlighted with the logos. If that makes any sense. I'll provide more detail later. My day-to-day use of the car does not really involve that panel much at all, since I use CarPlay and control music with the steering wheel buttons and the control wheel by the shifter. EDIT: And I use voice commands for navigation almost exclusively.

I find myself using the control wheel more than touching the screen, and it also keeps fingerprints away. (I think @Lainey also said she uses the control wheel more than the touch screen in her 2021)

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I actually have yet to use my touchscreen at all. Partially because I didn't have one before and know the iDrive system that well and partially because I hate finger prints.

That does look great though!
 
Lainey said:
I actually have yet to use my touchscreen at all. Partially because I didn't have one before and know the iDrive system that well and partially because I hate finger prints.

That does look great though!
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I couldn't remember "iDrive" when I was typing that post! I have never had it before, but I love it! Very user friendly.
 
GvilleGuy said:
I couldn't remember "iDrive" when I was typing that post! I have never had it before, but I love it! Very user friendly.
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I agree, very user friendly. Granted I've been using it for a long time, but I don't even need to look down to use. I have a bad feeling this will keep me in BMWs and Mini for a long time. I cannot think of a system that I felt worked better.
 
Lainey said:
I actually have yet to use my touchscreen at all. Partially because I didn't have one before and know the iDrive system that well and partially because I hate finger prints.

That does look great though!
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I’m sort of in no mans land.

I had a touchscreen (only) head unit in my RSX. I have a non-touch screen, wheel-based interface in my remaining ICE car.

So I’m sort of back and forth between the two methods
 
Puppethead said:
CarPlay works better with touch, so I use the iDrive button for SE things and touch for CarPlay. Now I have to figure out how to get the new software installed, it seems to have full-screen CarPlay.
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@GvilleGuy's CarPlay screen does look like a thing of beauty. @Puppethead, how much smaller is CarPlay on your screen? Do you think there will ever be software updates for our ancient gen-1 SEs? I don't know anything about BMW/MINI's history on software updates for their infotainment systems. Being an Android user, MINI has already dissed my phone, despite the overwhelming preponderance of Android phones in use.
 
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