2002 BMW 3 SERIES Business CD Radio Manual

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Selecting a reception range

Radio waves Ñ medium wave, long
wave and short wave Ñ offer a wide
range of reception, because the broad-
cast signals travel not only along the
ground as surface waves, but also as
waves bounced back to earth from the
ionosphere.
Frequency Modulation (FM) provides
substantially better sound quality than
Amplitude Modulation (AM). However,
because FM transmissions rely on line-
of-sight broadcast waves, their effec-
tive reception range is limited.
Select the reception range

Selecting the station manually

1. Select "manual"
"MAN" ("manual") will appear in the
display next to the frequency indi-
cator or the station name
2. Set the frequency with
Press or hold down.
Every actuation changes the
frequency in specifically defined
increments.

Scanning the stations (scanning)

Start the scan with
Press or hold down.
The scan mode begins with the
frequency that was last set.
The scan mode is stopped as soon as a
station is found.

Reception range Selecting a station by frequency

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Selecting a station by name

RDS Ñ Radio Data System

Thanks to specially designed systems,
limitations inherent in mobile reception
quality have been partially minimized:
The Radio Data System (RDS) transmits
information in the FM reception range.
RDS stations thus offer the following
characteristics:

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The station name will be indicated in
the display after the RDS signals
have been evaluated

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Additional information can be indi-
cated or called up in the display (e. g.
text broadcasts from the station,
PTY).
However, the reception of RDS data is
only possible under favorable reception
conditions. If there is weak or inter-
rupted reception, it can take quite a
while before the transmitter name
appears in the display.

Selecting a station

1. Switch on the RDS with
"RDS " will appear in the display
along with the name of the current
station, if it is broadcasting RDS
information
2. Start the scan with
Press or hold down.
The scan mode begins with the
station that was last set.
The scan mode is stopped as soon
as a station is found.
Switch off the RDS with
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Scanning and selecting a station (Scan)

You can briefly play all of the stations
that you can receive.
1. Start play with
Display, e.g.:
2. Select station with
The scan function will be interrupted,
the selected station will be retained.

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Type of program (PTY)

You can receive even more information
by using RDS. Certain stations broad-
cast the station's particular type of
program (PTY), e. g. NEWS, SPORTS,
POP MUSIC, CULTURE etc.
If there is weak or interrupted recep-
tion, it can take quite a while before
PTY is available.
PTY can also be used for catas-
trophe warnings. If the station is
broadcasting this type of program, then
"ALERT" will appear in the display.

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Request type of program

The program type will be displayed for
a few seconds.
If the specific station does not provide
PTY recognition, "NO PTY" will appear
in the display.

Automatic PTY display

Hold this key down until "PTY AUTO"
shows up in the display.
For every change of station, or if the
station changes the program type, the
type will appear automatically for a few
seconds in the display.

Switching off PTY

Hold this key down until "PTY MAN"
shows up in the display.

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Storing and calling up a stationMemory locationsYour radio can store 30 stations:
>In the FM reception range you can
store 12 stations of your choice and
in the AM reception range 6 stations
of your choice, refer to "Storing
stations"
>In addition, the radio also automati-
cally stores the 6 strongest stations
in both the FM and AM reception
ranges, refer to page 21.
The memory spaces of the indi-
vidual reception ranges are
distributed among the memory levels
FM1, FM2 and AM or FMA and AMA.<
The station buttons are each multiply
assigned due to the different memory
levels.
Select the reception range with
Each time you tap, you can switch
between the AM or FM memory levels.
The selected memory level will appear
in the left of the display.
Storing stations1. Select the reception range with
Each time you tap, you can switch
between the AM or FM memory
levels
2. Select the station, refer to pages 16
and 17
3. Store stations with
Press and hold the desired key (1...6)
until you can hear the station again
after a brief interruption. The station
has been stored.
The memory level and the selected
key number will appear in the left of
the display, e.g.:
Calling up the station1. Select the reception range with
Each time you tap, you can switch
between the AM or FM memory
levels.
2. Select the stored station with
Press the desired key (1...6).

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Storing and calling up a stationAutomatic storingAutomatic data storage (AUTOSTORE)
is advantageous if you need quick
access to the strongest station in the
area while you are doing long-distance
driving.
The 6 respectively strongest stations
can automatically be stored on the FMA
and AMA memory levels.
Select reception range/memory level
with
Press and hold the key.
Display, e.g.:
The radio automatically changes to
the FMA or AMA memory level. The
6 currently strongest stations are auto-
matically stored and the station stored
under station key 1 is then tuned into.
If you do not want to use
AUTOSTORE, you can store
another 6 stations each individually in
the FMA or AMA memory level, refer to
page 20.<

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Switching over to CD changer or CDPress repeatedly until the mode display
switches over to the desired audio
source (CD changer or CD).
With the CD magazine loaded or a CD
inserted, the sound output changes to
>CD changer operation, refer to
page 29
>CD operation, refer to page 24

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Overview
Settings
Reception
Playing
Index
CD
Starting and stopping the CD24
Mode displays24
Music track scan25
Random Play26
CD changer:
CD changer27
Starting and stopping the CD29
Mode displays29
Music track scan30
Random Play31
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