[MEBII]

I've had my M235i a few days now and spent a good hour this morning tinkering with the various settings (seat, sat radio, etc). Later I head out but grabbed the other fob and all setting were gone. Turns out the key fob is your "personal settings" identifier. Thought I would pass that on.

[overcoil]

And when you go in for service the service advisor wil request your key and insert it into a receptacle that reads the key and displays your cars info on there computer.

[CalCarNut]

Originally Posted by MEBII

I've had my M235i a few days now and spent a good hour this morning tinkering with the various settings (seat, sat radio, etc). Later I head out but grabbed the other fob and all setting were gone. Turns out the key fob is your "personal settings" identifier. Thought I would pass that on.

Your screen should pop up asking which settings you'd like to use..then you can click on your profile and the seats etc all move if you grabbed the wrong fob

[Pyewacket69]

Originally Posted by MEBII

I've had my M235i a few days now and spent a good hour this morning tinkering with the various settings (seat, sat radio, etc). Later I head out but grabbed the other fob and all setting were gone. Turns out the key fob is your "personal settings" identifier. Thought I would pass that on.

This info is clearly stated in the owner's manual.

It really shouldn't be any news (or any surprise) to any owner that made a minimal attempt at reading over it.

[BMW GENIUS]

It is based on which key fob unlocks the car.
So if you accidently grab the wrong key fob and unlock the car, but do not start it you will need to relock the car and unlock it with the correct key.

[MEBII]

Originally Posted by Pyewacket69

This info is clearly stated in the owner's manual.

It really shouldn't be any news (or any surprise) to any owner that made a minimal attempt at reading over it.

Reading any owner's manual always a last resort. I did read through it on the plane back from my European Delivery but skipped the personalization part. I don't share my car. But in my defense, I had nothing attached to my keys, so the looked exactly the same.

[Cyberdemon]

Assign and name a profile for yourself and anyone else who might share the car in the settings->Profiles menu. You can prompt to have it automatically bring that up when starting the car, otherwise it will use the key for the ID.

There is some way to "Confuse it" though if you switch profiles while using the keys - I switched keys with my wife by mistake and by manually setting the profile at some point it refused to want to switch back...still not sure if I've actually fixed it properly.

[moldcad]

Originally Posted by BMW GENIUS

It is based on which key fob unlocks the car.
So if you accidently grab the wrong key fob and unlock the car, but do not start it you will need to relock the car and unlock it with the correct key.

So - assuming this info is accurate - it's they key fob (you used for unlocking) which will pick a profile and adjust everything adjustable in the car accordingly... Good to know, as I always wondered which takes precedence: the key fob or the actual settings in the car. BUT still:

- what happens to the other key fob if you have them both with you (may happen), and use the right one to unlock the car so the right profile is picked? Does the other key fob get reprogrammed to have exactly the same settings now (passed over to it through the car profile, activated by the unlocking key)? Or does it stay intact?

[yeezy]

Originally Posted by moldcad

So - assuming this info is accurate - it's they key fob (you used for unlocking) which will pick a profile and adjust everything adjustable in the car accordingly... Good to know, as I always wondered which takes precedence: the key fob or the actual settings in the car. BUT still:

- what happens to the other key fob if you have them both with you (may happen), and use the right one to unlock the car so the right profile is picked? Does the other key fob get reprogrammed to have exactly the same settings now (passed over to it through the car profile, activated by the unlocking key)? Or does it stay intact?

I believe I drove with both key FOBs when I first got my car and the other stayed in tact when I drove with both but one was used to unlock my car. I'm the sole driver so I just programmed both keys to read the same profile so I don't have this problem anymore

[Cyberdemon]

I've had instances where my wife has had her key, and as far as I can tell (with zero science to back this up) the car will use the profile of the keyfob that unlocks the drivers door. If she opened up the passenger door it would not take her profile, even if she got to the car first.