New Range Rover can be started with the key inside the cabin, but you’ll still need to press the unlock button to unlock the doors – looks like the existing BMW hardware isn’t going to be modified, unlike the Range Rover Sport or LR4 which can unlock with a grab of the door handle.
Here’s a great video showing the Dual View screen in action. And although I would assume something like this would never show up in the US; In the Autoweek (June 1, 2009, Page 25) review of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid, which has the same technology – a Mercedes board member says their expecting US approval by the end of this year. So maybe there’s hope for the Range Rover too.
I never realized how controllable the RSE system is, you can select the source and send it to the appropriate screen and even mix and match the audio & video sources indivdually – this is the front Supervisor screen which has full control over what the people in the back are seeing, if you lock a setting in here, the rear remote control cannot bypass that setting.
Although this screen is only good while the car is in Park , the new layout is interesting. While this is graphically better then the current version, I wonder how many of the current annoyances made it through?
And just an FYI with regard to how to get the video to play on the front screen – direct from the owner’s manual:
DVD selection
DVD programmes can be viewed on the front screen while the vehicle is stationary. The park brake must be engaged and Neutral selected. Alternatively set the transmission in Park position. As soon as one of these conditions change the view will revert to a non DVD screen. A speed inhibit feature will disable the DVD preview display at a factory set speed.