At a glance

This overview of buttons, switches and displays

is intended to familiarize you with your vehicle's
operating environment. The section will also
assist you in becoming acquainted with the
control concepts and options available for
operating the various systems.

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 Cockpit
Cockpit

Around the steering wheel: controls and displays

1 Rear window safety switch 39

2 Opening and closing windows 38
3 Folding exterior mirrors in and out* 51
4 Adjusting exterior mirrors 51
Automatic curb monitor* 52

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 At a glance
13 Buttons on steering wheel
5
Instrument lighting 105 Telephone*:
> Press: accepting and ending
Fog lamps 105 call, starting dialing* for
selected phone number and
redialing if no phone number is
6 selected
Parking lamps 102

Controls
> Press longer: redialing
Low beams 102

Automatic headlamp control* 102 Volume

Adaptive Head Light* 104

Driving tips
Activating/deactivating voice
7 command system* 23
Head-Up Display* 99
Changing radio station
Selecting music track
Scrolling in phone book and in
8
Turn signals 66 lists with stored phone numbers

Navigation
High beams, headlamp flasher 66 Individually programmable 53

Roadside parking lamps* 104 Individually programmable 53

Time, date, outside temperature, Steering wheel heating* 53

Communications Entertainment
Check Control 71, 79

Computer 73 14 Horn, entire surface

9 Instrument panel 12 15
Steering wheel adjustment 52

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Windshield wipers 67
16
Cruise control* 69
Rain sensor 67

17 Releasing hood 241

Rear window wiper 68

11 Starting/stopping engine and

switching ignition on/off 59
Mobility

12 Ignition lock 59
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 instrument panel
Cockpit

1 Indicator lamps for turn signals 7 Display for

2 Speedometer > Odometer and trip odometer 71
3 Indicator and warning lamps 13 > Computer 73
4 Tachometer 72 > Date and remaining travel distance
5 Energy Control 72 for service requirements 75

6 Display for > Automatic transmission positions 64

> Clock/date 71 > HDC Hill Descent Control 90

> Outside temperature 71 > Check Control message present 78

> Indicator and warning lamps 78 > Adaptive Drive* 91

> Speed of cruise control* 69 8 Fuel gauge 72

9 Resetting trip odometer 71
Displaying service requirement 71

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 At a glance
Indicator and warning lamps In the case of corresponding urgency, this infor-
mation is displayed immediately when the
The concept related lamp lights up.

Indicator lamps without text messages

The following indicator lamps indicate that cer-
tain functions are activated:

Controls
With parking brake set 61

With parking brake set for Canadian

models

The indicator and warning lamps can light up in Fog lamps 105

different combinations and colors.
Some lamps are tested for proper function by
briefly lighting up during starting of the engine
or when the ignition is switched on.
Explanatory text messages
Driving tips
High beams/headlamp flasher 104
Lamp flashes:
DSC or DTC controls the drive and
braking forces for maintaining vehicle

Navigation
stability 89

Communications Entertainment
Text messages at the bottom edge of the Con-
trol Display explain the meaning of the dis-
played indicator and warning lamps.
Mobility

Additional information, e.g. on the cause of a

malfunction and on the corresponding need to
take action can be displayed via the Check Con-
trol, refer to page 78.
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 Around the center console: controls and displays
Cockpit

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1 Microphone for hands-free mode for 16 Ejecting navigation DVD with navigation
telephone* and for voice command system* 136
system* 23
2 Initiating an emergency request 255 17
Opening liftgate 33
3 Reading lamps 105
4 Panorama glass sunroof* 39 Active seat* 51
5 Interior lamps 105
PDC Park Distance Control* 84

Controls
6 Passenger airbag status lamp 97 Rear view camera* 86
7 Control Display 16
Displays for menu navigation DTC Dynamic Traction Control 89

8 Hazard warning flashers

HDC Hill Descent Control 90
9 Central locking system 29

Driving tips
10 Opening glove compartment 118
18 Controller 16
11 Automatic climate control 107 Turn, press or move horizontally in four
directions
Manual air distribution 108 19 Opening start menu on Control Display 17

Automatic air distribution and 20 Automatic Hold 61

Navigation
volume 107 21 Parking brake 60
22 Adaptive Drive* 91
Cooling function 109
23 Programmable memory/direct selection
AUC Automatic recirculated-air buttons 21
control 109 24 Switching Entertainment sound output

Communications Entertainment
on/off and adjusting volume 162
Maximum cooling 109

Air volume 108

Residual heat utilization 110
Defrosting windows and removing
condensation 108

Rear window defroster 108

Seat heating* 50

Active seat ventilation* 50

12 Ejecting audio CD
Mobility

13 Changing
> radio station 162
> track 162
14 Selecting radio, CD and CD changer
15 Selecting AM or FM waveband
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 iDrive
iDrive

iDrive combines the functions of a large number navigation. The control of the individual func-
of switches. This allows these functions to be tions is described in connection with the rele-
operated from a central position. The following vant equipment.
section provides an introduction to basic menu

Controls

1 Control Display
2 button
Opening start menu
3 Controller
With the controller you can select menu
items and make settings:
> move in four directions, arrows 4
> turn, arrow 5
> press, arrow 6
To avoid posing an unnecessary hazard
due to inattention, both to your own vehi-
cle's occupants and to other road users: never
attempt to use the controls or make entries
unless traffic and road conditions allow.<

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 At a glance
Menu overview Operating principle
From radio readiness, refer to page 59, the fol-
Communication
lowing message is shown on the Control Dis-
> Telephone* play:
> BMW Assist* or TeleService*

Navigation or onboard information

Controls
> Navigation system*
> Onboard information, e.g. for displaying
the average fuel consumption

Entertainment

Driving tips
> Radio
> CD player and CD changer* To hide the message:
> External audio device Press the controller.
This displays the start menu.
Climate On vehicles with a single drive, the message
> Vent settings automatically disappears after approx. 10 sec-
onds.

Navigation
> Seat heater distribution*
> Automatic programs Start menu
> Parked car ventilation*

menu

Communications Entertainment
> Switching off Control Display
> Tone and display settings
> Settings for traffic information*
> Settings for your vehicle, e.g. for the central
locking system
> Display of maintenance intervals and dead-
You can call up all the functions of iDrive using
lines for legally mandated inspections
five menu items.
> Settings for telephone*
Opening start menu
Press the button.
To open the start menu from the menu:
Press the button twice.
Mobility
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 Opening menu items of start menu Displays in menu
iDrive

With the start menu you can open the menu
items Communication, Navigation, Entertain-
ment and Climate by moving the controller to
the left, right, front or rear.
You can open the menu by pressing the con-
troller.
1 Each menu is divided into fields.
The respective active field is highlighted.
2 A symbol indicates the last selected menu
item of the start menu:
Communication

Comfort opening of menu items Navigation or onboard information

Comfort opening offers you:
> Opening of a menu item of the start menu in Entertainment
the last display shown
> Direct changing between Communication, Climate
Navigation, Entertainment and Climate
without pressing the button menu
For this purpose, move the controller in the cor-
responding direction and hold it for longer than
approx. 2 seconds.

1 Menu items are usually grouped in horizon-

tal or vertical lists.
2 In these lists, arrows indicate the possibility
of accessing other menu items that are not
currently visible.
3 Settings are displayed graphically or
numerically.

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