One MBrace feature that works very well ...
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One MBrace feature that works very well ...
I was in a restaurant with my wife earlier today when I realized I had forgotten to lock the car. My wife said I'd better go out and lock it, since we had just been shopping and the car was full of packages.
I remembered I had the MBrace app installed on my iPhone. I opened the app, saw the image of the remote and pressed the LOCK button. A few seconds later I got a confirmation message. When I got back to the car, it was locked. When in the car, I was greeted with a "Car Locked Remotely" message on the display. Very useful, and it worked perfectly.
Still have never been able to use the Locate function ... that always just times out. The app obviously can find the car, so I have no idea why the Locate function never works.
I remembered I had the MBrace app installed on my iPhone. I opened the app, saw the image of the remote and pressed the LOCK button. A few seconds later I got a confirmation message. When I got back to the car, it was locked. When in the car, I was greeted with a "Car Locked Remotely" message on the display. Very useful, and it worked perfectly.
Still have never been able to use the Locate function ... that always just times out. The app obviously can find the car, so I have no idea why the Locate function never works.
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I installed the MBrace app last weekend and played with locking and unlocking the doors while watching the car from a restaurant window. I was going to locate it but for some reason I expected that locating it would activate the lights or horn and I didn't want to disturb anyone. Just tried locating it upon reading your post. It took a couple of minutes and it brought up a map on my phone with my location and the cars location with dots indicating each. I am at home and the car is in the attached garage so the dots are pretty close. Not what I expected but useful.
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The MBrace app works way better than Lexus Enform. Locking the car (or just confirming the car is actually locked) is easy and swift. Locating the vehicle does take a minute or so, but it shows both your position and the vehicle position on a map. I've tried it several times and "most" times it works.
One feature which should be very useful is the ability to send an address from the phone app to the vehicle Nav system.
The more I drive this car, the more I like it.
One feature which should be very useful is the ability to send an address from the phone app to the vehicle Nav system.
The more I drive this car, the more I like it.
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Locate was always hit and miss for me.Sometimes it worked,sometimes it didn't.And,curiously,it's the same with my current BMW,sometimes success,sometimes failure.Remote lock always worked for me and tried remote unlock once just out of curiosity and it worked.Another thing about mBrace that works well is automatic accident notification.I had an accident that caused the airbags to deploy and about 20 seconds after the accident they contacted me asking if I needed help.
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The Send2Benz feature also works very well, and is an easy way of finding points of interest and/or sending locations directly to your car's navigation system.
All these features work very well ... except the Locate one. The app obviously can see my location and it knows where the car is, since the Send2Benz and locking features work perfectly. The Locate worked once a couple of months ago, but that was the only time I ever saw it find the car. I tried it again last night, with the car parked about 100 feet away from me. It timed out every time with no success. I'll call MB today and see if they have any ideas.
Here's another thought: I wonder if the app can be used to unlock the doors when the fob isn't recognized? That might be an easy way of getting into the car without using the emergency key. I'll try that next time my Keyless Go acts up again.
All these features work very well ... except the Locate one. The app obviously can see my location and it knows where the car is, since the Send2Benz and locking features work perfectly. The Locate worked once a couple of months ago, but that was the only time I ever saw it find the car. I tried it again last night, with the car parked about 100 feet away from me. It timed out every time with no success. I'll call MB today and see if they have any ideas.
Here's another thought: I wonder if the app can be used to unlock the doors when the fob isn't recognized? That might be an easy way of getting into the car without using the emergency key. I'll try that next time my Keyless Go acts up again.
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The Send2Benz feature also works very well, and is an easy way of finding points of interest and/or sending locations directly to your car's navigation system.
All these features work very well ... except the Locate one. The app obviously can see my location and it knows where the car is, since the Send2Benz and locking features work perfectly. The Locate worked once a couple of months ago, but that was the only time I ever saw it find the car. I tried it again last night, with the car parked about 100 feet away from me. It timed out every time with no success. I'll call MB today and see if they have any ideas.
Here's another thought: I wonder if the app can be used to unlock the doors when the fob isn't recognized? That might be an easy way of getting into the car without using the emergency key. I'll try that next time my Keyless Go acts up again.
All these features work very well ... except the Locate one. The app obviously can see my location and it knows where the car is, since the Send2Benz and locking features work perfectly. The Locate worked once a couple of months ago, but that was the only time I ever saw it find the car. I tried it again last night, with the car parked about 100 feet away from me. It timed out every time with no success. I'll call MB today and see if they have any ideas.
Here's another thought: I wonder if the app can be used to unlock the doors when the fob isn't recognized? That might be an easy way of getting into the car without using the emergency key. I'll try that next time my Keyless Go acts up again.
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6 months. I called MBrace yesterday to ask a question and during your first call you have to go through the registration process, during which time they offer an additional 18 months of MBrace...the fee was $350 or thereabouts, don't recall the exact figure.
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I completely forgot about the Mbrace free trial so I haven't registered yet (probably will today). Can remote lock/unlock work if the car is in an underground garage with no satellite, radio, or phone signal?
