Recent content by BasildonBrian

The software controlling the main centre screen certainly isn't perfect or easy to use. On 'light' theme setting the nav is ok but could do with more contrast regardless of brightness. Its too bright for me at night so I change to 'dark' theme with max brightness , which is just about ok for...

Its perhaps strange that the software in the MG5S defaults differently but that's life! I have set up the right hand star button (lower of three) so two presses move the regeneration to level 3 which suits me. The behaviour of the car in its first 100 yds soon reminds me to do this.

I asked MG Customer service whether the regeneration strength resets to low every time you restart the car (was I missing a setting) and if so were they considering upgrading the software to correct this. The response was "It is recommended that you take your vehicle to a MG dealership for a...

From the usual home screen, 'themes' for dark or light overall are accessible by swiping left bringing up a second home screen. 'brightness' settings are accessed by swiping down. In my opinion the dark is too dark making the nav screen illegible regardless of brightness setting. The...

So how do you exit the screen to save anything? Just press home button, or long press? neither seems to save anything.

New MGS5 How do you save preferences? Want to set regenerative braking to strong (as in my ZS), adjust in 'settings' but doesn't save when I exit. Must be a save button or something somewhere? Also want to darken the main screen - as it stands, not very legible for nav section. Can't...

Thanks for the help. Strangely, yesterday I started the car up and the phone for calls in and out worked perfectly without me doing anything to the settings! I'll just accept some glitch has gone away!

I seem to fail at the simplest job of the phone connection in my recently purchased ZS Trophy - connected bluetooth but after hitting phone icon on main screen, it shows my phone as connected but in another box on the same screen says says disconnected. And it won't connect with phone for even...

Thanks very much - yes that works and gives me the info that I couldn't find. Brian

Where is the odometer - miles driven? It's not in the place on main dash screen as depicted by the manual.

Apple iPhone - up to date IOS It has another problem in that just phoning recents, I get 'the number does not exist' - ridiculous as the phone on its own works perfectly. My Skoda and Mercedes interfaces have always worked perfectly, this MG one seems flawed. Most car phone interfaces...

I find the phone interface poor and not conducive to handling calls on the move. Am I doing something wrong - is there a better guide? Need to access a favourites screen with say 5 numbers for easy access without too much time for eyes away from the road.