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To switch off spatial sound:
Select "Off" and press the controller.
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pany of the Harman International Group.
Equalizer*
You can set individual sound frequency 
ranges:
1.Select "Equalizer" and press the con-
troller
2.Move the controller to the left or right to 
select the desired frequency range
3.Turn the controller until the desired set-
ting is selected.
Resetting tone settings 
You can reset all tone settings except 
"Speed volume" to the standard default 
settings.
1.Open the start menu
2.Press the controller to open the   menu
3.Select "Entertainment settings" and 
press the controller
4.Select "Audio" and press the controller
5.Select "Reset" and press the controller. 

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CD player and CD changer  
Listening to CDs
Starting CD player
Equipment with two drives:
The upper drive is for audio CDs.
Insert the CD with the labeled side facing 
upwards.
Playback starts automatically if the sound 
output is on.
Currently not available:
The CD player can also play CDs with an 
MP3 content. Depending on the directory 
and file structure, it may take up to 50 sec-
onds to read in the data.
To start playback when there is already a 
CD in the drive:
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Press button.
The start menu is opened
2.Move the controller backwards to open 
"Entertainment"3.Select "CD" and press the controller
4.On vehicles with a CD changer, select 
"CD" and press the controller to start 
the CD player.
To eject the CD, press the button on the 
CD player:
The CD emerges slightly from the drive.
Starting CD changer 
1.Fill the CD magazine and insert, refer to 
page 140
2.Control Center, for principle details, 
refer to page 16:
Press button.
The start menu is opened
* 

Telephoning
146
Hands-free system 
Coupe:
Convertible:
The hands-free microphone is located near 
the interior rearview mirror or on the steer-
ing column.
The hands-free system is activated when-
ever you establish or receive a call using:
>The button on the steering wheel
>The Control Center
>Voice control.
Volume adjustment 
Turn the button during a call to select the 
desired volume.This volume for the hands-free system is 
maintained, even if the other audio sources 
are set to minimum volume.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
Operation using Control 
Center 
The following functions can be used via the 
Control Center as soon as the BMW porta-
ble phone has been laid in the cradle:
>Entering unlock code
>Dialing a phone number
>Phone book
>Top 8
>Redialing
>Displaying accepted calls
>Displaying missed calls
>Text messages/SMS.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Press button.
The start menu is opened
2.Move the controller forwards to open 
"Communication". 

Telephoning
152
An example: dialing a phone number
Start the dialog:
Briefly press the   button on the steering 
wheel.
Volume adjustment 
You can adjust the volume for the instruc-
tions from the system:
Turn the button during an instruction to 
select the desired volume.
This volume for the instructions is main-
tained, even if the other audio sources are 
set to minimum volume.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
First steps
Entering unlock code 
You can protect your BMW portable phone 
against misuse with a four-digit unlock 
code. 
Correcting unlock code 
After the sequence of digits has been 
repeated by the system, the unlock code 
can be corrected. 
Deleting unlock code
Canceling operation 
Calling 
Dialing a phone number 
Voice commandResponse
{Dial number}{{Please say the number}}
e.g. {123 456 7890}{{123 456 7890. Continue?}}
{Dial}{{Dialing number}}
1.{Input unlock code}.
The dialog for entering the unlock 
code is started
2.Speak unlock code
3.{Send unlock code}.
1.{Correct number}.
The block of digits is deleted
2.Speak the new unlock code on 
request
3.{Send unlock code}.
{Delete number}.
{Cancel}.
1.{Dial number}.
The dialog for establishing a tele-
phone connection is called up
2.Say the phone number.
For telephone calls abroad, say 
{Plus} and then the country code
3.{Dial}.
The connection to the desired sub-
scriber is established. 

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Everything from A to Z
Index
"..." Indicates texts on the 
Control Display for the 
selection of functions, 
pointing out where these 
are located.
A
ABS Antilock Brake 
System 76
– malfunction 78
– warning lamp 13, 78
Acceleration assistant with 
SMG 60
Accessories, refer to 
Your individual vehicle 5
Activated-charcoal filter 92
"Activation time" for 
independent 
ventilation 93
Activation times 93
– entering 93
Active roll stabilization 78
Active steering 80
– initializing the system 80
– warning lamp 13, 80
Adapting the temperature 
in the upper body 
region 91
Adaptive brake lamps, refer 
to Brake Force Display 80
Adaptive Head Light 86
"Add digits" for portable 
phone 149
"Address book" for 
navigation 114
Address for navigation
– deleting 115
– entering 110
– selecting 115
– storing current 
location 114
"Add to destination 
list" 111Adjusting the temperature 
with automatic climate 
control 89
Adjusting the thigh 
support 43
"After opening door" 44
"After unlocking" 44
Airbags 81
– deactivating, Coupe 51
– indicator lamp 82
– sitting safely 42
Air distribution
– automatic 89
– manual 90
Airing, refer to 
Ventilation 92
Air recirculation, refer to 
Automatic recirculated-
air control 89
"Air recirculation on / 
off" 49
Air vents, refer to 
Ventilation 88
Air volume 89
AKI, refer to Fuel 
specifications 163
Alarm system 32
– avoiding unintentional 
alarms 33
– interior motion sensor 33
– switching off alarm 32
– switching off tilt alarm 
sensor and interior 
motion sensor 33
– tilt alarm sensor 33
All around the center 
console 14
All around the steering 
wheel 10
"All channels" 135
"All doors" 27
All-season tires, refer to 
Winter tires 169
Altering stretch of road 120"AM", reception 
range 127, 130
Antenna for portable 
phone 144
Antifreeze
– coolant 172
– washer fluid 62
Antilock Brake System, 
ABS 76
Anti-theft alarm system, 
refer to Alarm system 32
Anti-theft system 27
Anti-trapping mechanism
– glass roof 36
– power windows 35
Approved axle loads, refer 
to Weights 190
Approved gross vehicle 
weight, refer to 
Weights 190
Armrest, refer to 
Center armrest 96
Arrival time, refer to 
Computer 70
Arrival time, refer to 
Starting destination 
guidance 118
"Arrow display" 119
Ashtray 97
Assistance systems, refer 
to Driving stability control 
systems 76
Assistance window 19
AUC Automatic recircu-
lated-air control 89
"Audio" 128
Audio 126
– adjusting the tone 127
– controls 126
– switching on/off 126
– volume 127 

Everything from A to Z
198 Automatic
– air distribution 89
– air volume 89
– cruise control 62
– curb monitor 45
– headlamp control 85
– service notification 156
– station search 131
– steering wheel 
adjustment 49
– storing stations 132
Automatic car wash 102
– also refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure
Automatic climate 
control 88
– automatic air 
distribution 89
– convertible program 91
– settings using Control 
Center 90
– switching off 90
"Automatic programs" 91
Automatic recirculated-air 
control, AUC 89
Automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 58
– convenience start 55
– Dynamic Driving 
Control 59
– interlock 54
– kickdown 59
– selector lever interlock 58
– shiftlock 58
– starting engine 55
– towing 186
– tow-starting 187
– warning lamp 59
"Automatic ventilation" 92
AUTO program with 
automatic climate 
control 89
"Autostore" on the 
radio 130, 132
"AUTO" with automatic 
climate control 91
Average fuel 
consumption 69
– setting units 72
Average speed 69"Avoid ferries" for 
navigation 116
Avoid freeways for 
navigation 116
"Avoid highways" for 
navigation 116
Avoiding unintentional 
alarms 33
"Avoid tollroads" for 
navigation 116
Axle loads, refer to 
Weights 190
"A - Z" 148
B
Backrests, refer to 
Seats 43
Backup lamps, refer to 
Reverse gear 56
– replacing the bulbs 180
Balance, refer to 
Adjusting the tone 128
Balance adjustment in 
audio mode
– right/left 128
Bass, refer to 
Adjusting the tone 127
"Bass", refer to 
Adjusting the tone 128
Battery 181
– in the remote control 26
– jump-starting 184
Being towed 186
Belts, refer to 
Safety belts 47
Beverage holder, refer to 
Cup holders 97
Black ice, refer to 
Ice warning 64
Blower, refer to 
Air volume 89
BMW Assist 155
– enabling 155
– services offered 156
BMW maintenance 
system 174
"BMW Service" 157
"BMW Service 
settings" 155Bore, refer to 
Engine data 190
Bottle holder, refer to 
Cup holders 97
Brake Assistant, refer to 
DBC Dynamic Brake 
Control 78
Brake fluid 173
– warning lamp 173
Brake Force Display 80
Brake hydraulic 
system 173
Brake lamps
– replacing the bulbs 180
– two-stage brake lamps 80
Brake pads 173
– break-in procedure 102
Brake pedal, refer to 
Brakes 103
Brake rotors 103
Brakes 103
– ABS Antilock Brake 
System 76
– brake fluid 173
– Brake Force Display 80
– brake pads 102, 173
– break-in procedure 102
– handbrake 55
Brake system 102
– brake fluid level 173
– brake pads 173
– brake rotors 103
– break-in procedure 102
– warning lamp 13, 78, 173
Brake wear warning
– brake pads 173
– warning lamp 173
Breakdown assistance 156
Breakdown services, refer 
to Roadside 
Assistance 184
Breaking-in the clutch 102
Breaking-in the 
differential 102
Break-in procedures 102
"Brightness" 72
Buttons on the steering 
wheel 11 

Everything from A to Z
206 Opening and closing
– from inside 29
– from outside 27
– rear window 35
– using door lock 29
– using the remote 
control 27
Operation via voice control 
for portable phone 151
– adjusting volume 152
– canceling 151
– correcting phone 
number 153
– correcting unlock 
code 152
– dialing a phone 
number 152
– entering unlock code 152
– making a call 152
– redialing 153
– voice commands 151
– voice phone book 153
"Options" for portable 
phone 151
Orientation menu, refer to 
Start menu 17
Output, refer to 
Engine data 190
Outside air, refer to AUC 
Automatic recirculated-
air control 89
Outside temperature 
display 64
– changing unit of 
measurement 72
– in the computer 72
P
Panic mode 28
Park Distance Control, 
PDC 75
Parking, vehicle 55
Parking aid, refer to PDC 
Park Distance Control 75
Parking brake, refer to 
Handbrake 55
Parking lamps/
low beams 85
– replacing the 
bulbs 178, 180Parts and accessories, 
refer to Your individual 
vehicle 5
Passenger-side mirror tilt 
function 45
"Pathway lighting" 85
Pathway lighting 85
"PDC" 76
PDC Park Distance 
Control 75
"Phone" 147
Phone book 146
Phone numbers
– deleting in the phone 
book 149
– dialing 147
– most recent numbers 149
– selecting in the phone 
book 149
– Top 8 149
Plasters, refer to 
First-aid kit 184
"play" in audio mode 138
Please fasten safety belt 
warning lamp 47
Pollen, refer to Microfilter/
activated-charcoal 
filter 92
Portable phone
– accepted calls 149
– adjusting volume 146
– battery 145
– calling 147
– call termination 148
– codes 147
– entering unlock code 147
– hands-free system 146
– installation position 96
– missed calls 149
– operation using 
Control Center 146
– phone book 148
– redialing 149
– refer also to separate 
Owner's Manual
– SMS 150
– Top 8 149
– touch tone dialing 150
– use in vehicle, refer to 
Mobile communication 
devices in vehicle 104Position
– displaying 109
– storing 114
Power cut 181
Power failure, refer to 
Power cut 181
Power windows, refer to 
Windows 34
"Presets" on the 
radio 130, 135
Pressure, tires 164
Pressure monitoring of 
tires, refer to 
Flat Tire Monitor 79
"Profile" 158
Protective function, refer to 
Anti-trapping mechanism
– glass roof 36
– windows 35
R
Radio
– adjusting tone 127
– Autostore 132
– controls 126
– playing stations 131
– satellite radio 133
– selecting frequency 
manually 131
– selecting 
waveband 126, 130
– station search 131
– station selection 130
– station with best 
reception 132
– storing stations 132
– switching on/off 126
– volume 127
– Weather Band 133
Radio-control key, refer to 
Master key with remote 
control 26
Rain sensor, refer to 
Wiper system 61
"Random", random 
sequence generator 140
"random directory" in audio 
mode 140 

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Random play
– CD changer 140
– CD player 140
Reading lamps 87
Rear lamps, refer to 
Tail lamps 180
Rearview mirror 48
Rear window defroster 89
"Received calls" 149
Receiving level of portable 
phone, refer to Status 
information 19
Reception
– quality 133
– radio stations 133
– regional station 132
Rechargeable flashlight 95
Recirculated-air mode, 
refer to AUC Automatic 
recirculated-air 
control 89
Recirculation of air, refer to 
AUC Automatic recircu-
lated-air control 89
Reclining seat, refer to 
Backrest 43
Recording times, refer to 
Stopwatch 72
"Redial" for portable 
phone 149
Redialing with portable 
phone 149
Refueling 162
Releasing, engine 
hood 170
"Relock door if not 
opened" 29
Remaining distance
– refer to Computer 70
– refer to Cruising range 69
Remote control 26
– garage-door opener 94
– luggage compartment 
lid 28
– malfunctions 28
"Repeat" in audio 
mode 139
"repeat track" in audio 
mode 139
Replacement fuses 182Replacement of tires, 
changing a wheel 181
Replacing bulbs, refer to 
Lamps and bulbs 178
Replacing wheels/tires 168
Reporting an accident, 
refer to Initiating an 
emergency call 183
Reporting safety defects 7
Reserve warning, refer to 
Fuel gauge 65
"Reset"
– for stopwatch 72
– in audio mode 129
Residual heat mode 90
Restraint systems
– for children 51
– refer to Safety belts 47
Retreaded tires 168
Reverse, fast
– CD changer 140
– CD player 140
Reverse gear
– automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
– manual transmission 56
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 57
Road map 120
"Roadside Assistance" 157
Roadside Assistance 184
Roadside parking lamps 86
"Roaming" 158
Rollover protection system 
on Convertible 82
– lowering 82
Rope, refer to Towing and 
tow-starting 185
Rotary pushbutton, refer to 
Control Center 16
Route
– bypassing sections 120
– changing 116, 120
– display 120
– displaying map 120
– displaying the arrow 
view 119
– list 120
– selecting 116
– selecting criteria 116"Route list" for 
navigation 120
Route map 119
"Route preference" 116
Route selection 116
Run-flat tires 168
– continuing driving with a 
damaged tire 168
– flat tire 80
– tire inflation 
pressure 164, 168
– tire replacement 168, 169
– winter tires 169
S
Safety belts 47
– damage 47
– sitting safely 42
– warning lamp 47
Safety belt tensioners, refer 
to Safety belts 47
Safety systems
– ABS Antilock Brake 
System 76
– airbags 81
– DSC Dynamic Stability 
Control 77
– rollover protection 
system, convertible 82
– safety belts 47
Satellite radio 133
– activating 134
– selecting channel 134
– storing channel 134
"SAT" on the radio 134
"Scan"
– playing stations 131
– playing tracks 139
Scan
– CD changer 139
– CD player 139
– radio 131
"scan directory" in audio 
mode 139
Screen, refer to 
Control Center 16
"Screen on / off" 49
Screw-on valve caps 181