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Old 03-17-2019, 07:00 PM
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reversing direction on steering wheel button

When in the Radio mode, as well as having the display in between the gauges on radio, I like to use the left center multifunction button to scroll through XM stations. What I don't like is scrolling up to go to a lower station, and down to go to a higher channel.

Anyone know if this can be reversed so I can scroll up for higher stations?
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That is an issue on many devices. What is up? Moving higher on a list or moving down to a higher number, i.e., an ascending list of numbers.
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Both fair points. It's unintuitive at first, but I've gotten used to it.
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Originally Posted by West_Coaster
When in the Radio mode, as well as having the display in between the gauges on radio, I like to use the left center multifunction button to scroll through XM stations. What I don't like is scrolling up to go to a lower station, and down to go to a higher channel.

Anyone know if this can be reversed so I can scroll up for higher stations?
Yeah, it's completely counterintuitive and a bit annoying. True, you can get used to it. But if anyone knows of a fix, I'd welcome hearing it.
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IMO with an ascending list it is natural to scroll down the same way one does on a computer.
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IMO with an ascending list it is natural to scroll down the same way one does on a computer.
Ahh yes, but do you have your mouse configured to scroll in "natural" direction, or the opposite?

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I always scroll down to reach a higher number on a list. IMO it is mostly forums and news feeds that use a descending list sequence. I spend most of my time working with spreadsheets where cell numbers are always ascending. Hardware such as frequency/channel numbers are ascending as well.

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