Infotainment system - annoyances or just me?

[DB Go Rex]

If you think that there should be no bugs in a system at all for cars then you'd be wrong, there are always bugs, you just hope that they are all minor things which in my case they are. I worked at a large power station which was controlled by computers and we found bugs in the software there too and yes it was nuclear. If a bug causes a problem the that's what you are there for, to take over and prevent disaster.

That's not my expectation.

I've been a software developer for over 20 years.

I've worked on everything from mission critical/safety stuff to business automation.

There are levels to this stuff.

You move slower and, test more thoroughly and to more rigid processes, in more critical applications.

They've missed the mark compared to other manufacturers.

Hyundai for example, do all of this much better.

 

[fred12345]

Hyundai for example, do all of this much better.

even they suffer... the reality is that no car is perfect; look at this for example

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...over-software-problem-south-korea-2024-03-14/

Errors have been found in software of the integrated charging control units used in 170,000 Hyundai and Kia EVs, which could make it difficult to power a low-voltage battery and lead to the possibility that the vehicles could stop while driving, the ministry said.

Only had the MG ZS EV LR Trophy connect for just over a week and the one thing that is annoying me is the infotainment system.
I have tried radio, amazon music, usb stick and android auto (spotify, amazon, and my on phone music) but each time I switch off the car and then return for the next journey I have to select some music source again. It won't just allow me to carry on listening to what I was listening to last time.

I'm not keen on the way it keeps playing after I switch off until I exit and lock it but I can live with that. I can hold the home button to switch it off or press the mute if I'm that bothered.

Is this normal or am I missing a setting somewhere?

Thanks for any help.

Mine is 2022 SR and whenever I start the car, music starts; starts with radio and if my spotify is open on my phone, it will switch to spotify as soon as the phone connects ..
what I don't like is that radio volume seems to be double the phone Bluetooth music volume ... so if I switch between phone music and radio, it's quite a difference in volume ...

radio staying on after I turn the car off is fine with me, better than having to turn the radio on if I'm staying in the car for a bit longer. guess it comes down to personal preferences

 

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even they suffer... the reality is that no car is perfect; look at this for example

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...over-software-problem-south-korea-2024-03-14/

Errors have been found in software of the integrated charging control units used in 170,000 Hyundai and Kia EVs, which could make it difficult to power a low-voltage battery and lead to the possibility that the vehicles could stop while driving, the ministry said.

Of course.

A recall for a bug, doesn't tell the whole story.

If you drove and used a Hyundai EV Vs an MG it doesn't take an expert to work out which one is the more sorted car.

 

[peterseddon]

That's not my expectation.

I've been a software developer for over 20 years.

I've worked on everything from mission critical/safety stuff to business automation.

There are levels to this stuff.

You move slower and, test more thoroughly and to more rigid processes, in more critical applications.

They've missed the mark compared to other manufacturers.

Hyundai for example, do all of this much better.

I'm going off personal experience of 40 years working in the nuclear industry, the bugs were only minor and had no nuclear significance but never the less the software is written by humans and we make mistakes. The one phrase that gets my goat is "it's a computer error" it usually means that someone has put some garbage in the machine and it's spit garbage out. The horizon scandal only prove my point, if a company as big as Fugitsu can get it so tragically wrong with such horrendous consequences then errors con and do occur.

 

[Gadget Geek]

it usually means that someone has put some garbage in the machine and it's spit garbage out

I suppose that applies to typo errors as well. (No offence intended)

 

[DB Go Rex]

I'm going off personal experience of 40 years working in the nuclear industry, the bugs were only minor and had no nuclear significance but never the less the software is written by humans and we make mistakes. The one phrase that gets my goat is "it's a computer error" it usually means that someone has put some garbage in the machine and it's spit garbage out. The horizon scandal only prove my point, if a company as big as Fugitsu can get it so tragically wrong with such horrendous consequences then errors con and do occur.

I'm not sure of the point you are making regards the quality of the software in the MG ZS...

Are you saying it is acceptable or unacceptable for an automotive application?

 

[peterseddon]

I'm not sure of the point you are making regards the quality of the software in the MG ZS...

Are you saying it is acceptable or unacceptable for an automotive application?

I'm saying that it's inevitable that bugs will happen no mater how rigorous the testing is, and as long as when found they are fixed in a timely manner then that is acceptable. I've had both blind spot mirror indicators stuck on at the same time, this is probably a bug in the software, it's not happened for some time now so a fix may have been applied at service. The lane keep assist sometimes can't tell the difference between a seam in the road surface with a white line but I can. do you class that as unacceptable.

 

[DB Go Rex]

The lane keep assist sometimes can't tell the difference between a seam in the road surface with a white line but I can. do you class that as unacceptable.

Yes. This is exactly what I am saying.