BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[Andrew Dwyer]

So, set up the auto on and auto off options and also the pin to drive 4 digit option.

With the remote control:

You unlock the car and it only starts when you open the door.

Put your foot on the brake and the keypad pops up for your pin .

Put in your pin and drive away.

Stop the car.

Open the door and exit the car, the car only stops when you lock it.

 

With your phone:

Strangely enough, if you use your phone ( digital key ) the auto on/off function works as above but it doesn’t bring up the pin keypad and you can drive away without any PIN number !!-

 

Haven’t tried NFC but suspect will be same as phone !

 

Will take a while to not press the stop button when exiting but it doesn’t affect anything if you do .

[Andrew Dwyer]

26 minutes ago, UWEB said:

Thanks for posting, just have started my ones as well. The Download has taken not even 5 minutes and has started with the Installation now.

As have noticed before with OTA downloads the estimated time is usually much longer than actual time taken and quite erratic.

 I checked mine after 34 minutes and it said it still needed 91 minutes !!

Checked 30 minutes later and it had finished !!

 

The 99 minutes guesstimate probably came from BYD China experience ( download speed ) as I have noticed Aus, UK and EU all quoting the same time.

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Forgot to check out if route planning is available in the Navigation app or see if there is anything new in the BYD store.

[mistral53]

20 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Another change is to the volume of Vehicle Prompt , seat belt warning, indicators etc.

Changes the indicator quite a bit, you would have to be deaf to put it on high ?

 

 

If I wouldn't know any better, I would claim BYD reads our comments........

This is one of the complaints I made about the consumption screens - I am very happy to see that the graph has grown in size to become much more useful. It would be even better if BYD could explain to me what the Y-axis from -X to +60 means?

[Andrew Dwyer]

So, had another look at stuff on the info screen just now as it is quite different, some symbols have changed, descriptions have changed, layout is different ( wouldn’t say better just different ).

 

For example: 

The car symbol, bottom right, has gone so now use the generic gear symbol ( settings  ) on bottom row to enter all the pages.

The general a/c page shortcut has gone from Home Screen but you can put one of the a/c adjustment symbols on the bottom row to access a/c settings.

For example, I use this:

 

 

It shows you where your air is directed and also opens the settings page.

 

In general they have tidied the Home Screen and made shortcuts available on the bottom row.

 

Incidentally, you can move the bottom row symbols within the row as well as deleting or adding, long press to highlight then drag 

i.e. my Home Screen symbol was far right and obscured by the steering wheel.

 

My Home Screen:

 

 

First thing i did was remove the rear demister symbol, hit it by accident in a previous car …. have you ever wondered why you see all those bubbles on rear car windows film ??

Checked out the BYD store as some new additions:

 

 

The arcade has some simple games , tested one out but couldn’t exit !!

 

You have to swipe down to bring the bottom row briefly.

 

 

Suppose this will apply to other pages also, swipe down to access bottom row options if not shown.

 

The Calm Radio app is a Spotify type app with a nice interface ( which can be changed ) and a good selection of music.

 

 

YouTube opens and plays okay, only in P gear as expected but i agree with this, YouTube is handy while charging but a definite hazard while driving, imho.

These latest additions to the BYD store can be moved to Home Screen if desired.

 

Finally, the Navigation app has a new look and a route planner has been added.

An example:

 

 

Of course how reliable it is is another question .

I am willing to give it a try as still find it preferable over the CarPlay Google maps.

[Andrew Dwyer]

So, the PIN to drive keypad only appears when using the remote, when using your phone, as a Digital Key, or the NFC card the keypad doesn’t appear and you can drive off without entering a PIN.

In reality the system hasn’t changed for Phone or NFC and only improved for the remote control entry ( despite some netizens getting outraged on FB ! )

 

Note: when using an iPhone ( can’t speak for Android ) you should disable the option that allows you to open your car without unlocking your iPhone anyway.