
Voice command system
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Voice command system
The concept
The voice command system allows you to 
control operation of various vehicle sys-
tems without ever removing your hands 
from the steering wheel.
Individual menu items on the Control Dis-
play can be spoken as commands. Opera-
tion via the controller is not required.
The voice command system transforms 
your oral commands into control signals for 
the selected systems and provides support 
in the form of instructions or questions.
The voice command system includes a 
special microphone.
The microphone is located:
>On the Coupe near the interior rearview 
mirror, refer to page 14
>On the Convertible near the interior 
rearview mirror, refer to page 14, or on 
the steering column.
Precondition
The set language of the Control Center and 
of the voice command system should 
match so that the commands to be spoken 
can be identified more easily. Setting the 
language of the Control Center, refer to 
page 73.
Symbols used
Voice commands
Activating voice command system
Briefly press the   button on the steering 
wheel or in the center console.
 This symbol on the Control Display and 
an acoustic message indicate that you can 
enter voice commands.
*
Indicates voice commands in this 
Owner's Manual which are to be spo-
ken word for word. 

Voice command system
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Notes
Do not use the voice command sys-
tem in emergency situations. In stress 
situations, voice and pitch can change.<
The portable phone can also be oper-
ated by voice control, refer to 
page 151.<
For voice commands, bear the following in 
mind:
>Issue the commands fluently and at 
normal volume, avoiding excessive 
emphasis and pauses
>Always speak commands with the pro-
nunciation of the voice command sys-
tem, as otherwise, for example, foreign 
radio stations will not be understood
>For entries in the voice-activated phone 
book, only use names in the language 
of the voice command system and no 
abbreviations
>Keep the doors, windows and glass 
roof or convertible top closed to pre-
vent interference from ambient noise
>Avoid other sources of noise in the 
vehicle while speaking, and ask other 
vehicle occupants to refrain from talk-
ing while you are using the system. 

Controls
 73Reference
At a glance
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
4.Select the menu item to be set
5.Press the controller
6.Select the desired measurement unit 
and press the controller.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last settings are 
applied.
Language on Control Display 
The language on the Control Display can 
be set.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Open the   menu
2.Select "Display settings" and press the 
controller
3.Select "Languages" and press the con-
troller
4.Select "Text language" and press the 
controller. You can select a different 
language for the text displays
5.Select the desired language and press 
the controller.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
Setting time 
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Open the   menu
2.Select "Display settings" and press the 
controller
3.Select "Time" and press the controller
4.Select "Set time" and press the control-
ler. The hours are selected
5.Turn the controller to set the hours
6.Press the controller to apply the setting. 
The next adjustment is highlighted
7.Make the remaining adjustments. After 
the last adjustment, the time is stored.
12h/24h mode 
The mode can be set.
1.Select "Time format" and press the 
controller
2.Select the desired mode and press the 
controller.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
Switching on hour signal* 
You will hear three tones just before each 
full hour.
Select "Hour memo" and press the control-
ler.
 The hour signal is activated. 

Navigation
Driving tips
 119Reference
At a glance
Controls
Communications
Entertainment
Mobility
2.Select "Start guidance" and press the 
controller.
 The destination guidance is switched 
off.
When you park the vehicle before reaching 
the entered destination, upon restarting 
you will see the question "Continue guid-
ance to dest.?".
To restart destination guidance:
Select "Yes" and press the controller.
Destination guidance 
through voice instructions 
Switching voice instructions on/off 
Control Center, for principle details, refer to 
page 16:
1.Open the start menu
2.Press the controller to open the   menu
3.Select "Display settings" and press the 
controller
4.Select "Languages" and press the con-
troller
5.Select "Navigation voice instructions 
on" and press the controller.
 The voice instructions are switched on.Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
Repeating and canceling voice 
instructions 
With the programmable keys in the steering 
wheel, you can also make the following set-
tings, refer to page 49:
>Repeat the voice instruction 
>Cancel the voice instruction 
>Switching voice instructions on/off.
Adjusting volume 
1.Repeat the last voice instruction, if 
required
2.Turn the button during the voice 
instruction to select the desired vol-
ume.
This volume is independent of the volume 
of the audio and video sources.
Depending on which key you have used to 
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is 
applied.
Displaying route 
You have the option of displaying various 
views of the route during destination guid-
ance.
Displaying arrow view 
1.Select "Navigation" and press the con-
troller
2.Select "Arrow display" and press the 
controller. 

Short commands of the voice command system
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 menu
FunctionCommand
Opening "Door locks"27, 29{Door locks}
Opening "Steering wheel buttons"49{Steering wheel buttons}
Opening "Lighting"60, 85{Light settings}
Opening "Communication interface"155{Communication interface}
Opening "BMW Service settings"155{BMW Service settings}
Opening "BMW Service"157{BMW center}
Opening "Service requirements"65, 156{Service requirements}
Opening "Service"65, 156{Service}
Displaying "Check Control messages"68{Check Control messages}
Opening "Display settings"72{Display settings}
Adjusting the brightness of the Control 
Display72{Brightness}
Opening "Units"72{Units}
Opening "Languages"73, 119{Language}
Opening "Time"73{Time}
Opening "Date"74{Date}
Opening "Climate control"91{Climate control}
Opening "PDC"75{PDC}
Opening "FTM"79{FTM}
Opening "Entertainment settings"127{Entertainment settings} 

Reference 199
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
C
California laws
– Event Data 
Recorders 176
– Proposition 65 
Warning 176
"Call" 148
Call
– accepting 147
– display accepted 149
– ending 148
– in absence 149
– starting 147
Calling
– from phone book 148
– from the Top 8 list 149
– redialing 149
– refer to telephone 
Owner's Manual 96
"Call sender" 151
Can holder, refer to 
Cup holders 97
Capacities 193
Car battery, refer to 
Battery 181
Car care, refer to the Caring 
for your vehicle brochure
Car-care products, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
"Car data" 69
Care 175
Cargo, securing 105
Caring for artificial leather, 
refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure
Caring for leather, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
Caring for light-alloy 
wheels, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure'
Caring for plastic, refer to 
the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
Caring for the carpet, refer 
to the Caring for your 
vehicle brochureCaring for the vehicle finish, 
refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure'
Car jacking points 181
Car keys, refer to 
Key set 26
Car phone 145
– location, refer to 
Center armrest 96
– refer to 
Portable phone 144
– refer to separate 
Owner's Manual
Car radio, refer to 
Radio 130
Car wash 102
– also refer to the Caring for 
your vehicle brochure
Catalytic converter, refer to 
Exhaust system 102
"Categories" 135
CBC Cornering Brake 
Control 76
CBS Condition Based 
Service 174
"CD" 127, 137
CD changer 137
– adjusting the tone 127
– controls 126
– fast forward/reverse 140
– installation location 140
– playing a track 139
– random play 
sequence 140
– repeating a track 139
– selecting a CD 137
– selecting a track 138
– switching on/off 126
– volume 127
CD player 137
– adjusting the tone 127
– controls 126
– fast forward/reverse 140
– playing a track 139
– random play 
sequence 140
– repeating a track 139
– selecting a track 138
– switching on/off 126
– volume 127Center armrest
– adjusting the height 96
– front 96
Center console 14
"Central locking" 27
Central locking system 26
– from inside vehicle 29
Changes, technical, refer to 
For your own safety 6
Changing a wheel 181
Changing the language on 
Control Display 73
Changing the 
measurement units on the 
Control Display 72
Changing wheels 181
CHECK button 68
Check Control 66
"Check Control 
messages" 68
Check Gas Cap 162
Checking the air pressure, 
refer to Tire inflation 
pressure 164
Child's seats, refer to 
Child-restraint 
systems 52
Child-restraint system 51
Chrome parts, care, refer 
to the Caring for your 
vehicle brochure
Cigarette lighter 97
Cleaning, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure
Cleaning windshield, refer 
to Wiper system 61
"Climate" 90
"Climate control" 91
Clock 64
– 12/24 hour mode 73
– setting time and date 73
Closing
– from inside 29
– from outside 27
Clothes hooks, Coupe 96
Cockpit 10
Cold start, refer to 
Starting the engine 54
"Communication" 146 

Everything from A to Z
200 "Communication 
interface" 155
Compact disc
– refer to CD changer 137
– refer to CD player 137
Computer 69
– clock, 12/24 hour 
mode 73
– displays on Control 
Display 69
– hour signal 73
"Concert hall" 128
Condition Based Service, 
CBS 174
"Confirmation" 28
Confirmation signals for 
locking and unlocking 28
"Confirm unlock code" 147
Connecting a vacuum 
cleaner
– refer to Lighter socket 97
– refer to Power socket 97
Consumption display, refer 
to Average fuel 
consumption 69
"Continue guidance to 
dest.?" 119
Control Center 16
– adjusting the 
brightness 72
– assistance window 19
– automatic climate 
control 90
– changing settings 18, 72
– changing the menu 
page 18
– confirming selection or 
entry 18
– controller 16
– display, menus 16
– language selection 73
– menu guidance 17
– menu item selection 18
– operating elements 16
– selecting units of 
measurement and display 
format 72
– setting time and date 73
– start menu 17
– status information 19
– symbols 17Control Display 16
Controller, refer to 
Control Center 16
Controls, refer to 
Cockpit 10
Convenience operation
– convertible top 27, 29
– glass roof 27, 29
– windows 27, 29
Convenience start, refer to 
Starting engine 54, 55
Convertible program for 
automatic climate 
control 91
Convertible top 37
– care, refer to the Caring 
for your vehicle brochure
– convenience operation 29
– emergency closing 39
– manual closing in the 
event of an electrical 
malfunction 39
– opening and closing 38
Coolant 172
– level 172
Cooling, maximum 89
Cornering Brake Control, 
CBC 76
Country of destination for 
navigation 110
Courtesy lamps 87
Cruise control 62
Cruising range 69
Cup holders 97
Curb weight, refer to 
Weights 190
"Current position" 109
Current position
– displaying 109
– entering 114
– storing 114
"Customer Relations" 157
Cylinders, refer to 
Engine data 190
D
Dashboard, refer to 
Cockpit 10
Data 190
– capacities 193
– dimensions 191
– engine 190
– weights 190
"Date" 74
Date 64
– setting 74
"Date format" 74
Daytime driving lamps 85
DBC Dynamic Brake 
Control 78
Deactivating front 
passenger airbag, 
Coupe 51
Decommissioning the 
vehicle, refer to the 
Caring for your vehicle 
brochure
Defect
– convertible top 39
– door lock 29
– fuel filler door 162
– glass roof 36
– luggage compartment 
lid 30, 31
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 58
Defrosting windows 89
Defrosting windows and 
removing 
condensation 89
Defrosting windshield, refer 
to Defrosting windows 89
Defrost position, refer to 
Defrosting windows 89
"Delete address book" for 
navigation 116
"Delete address" for 
navigation 115
"Delete all numbers" for 
portable phone 150
"Delete data" for 
navigation 116
"Delete" for portable 
phone 149 

Everything from A to Z
204 Instructions for navigation 
system, refer to 
Voice instructions 119
Instrument cluster 12
Instrument illumination, 
refer to Instrument 
lighting 87
Instrument lighting 87
Instrument panel, refer to 
Instrument cluster 12
Instrument panel lighting, 
refer to Instrument 
lighting 87
Integrated universal remote 
control 94
Interesting destination 113
"Interim time" 72
Interior lamps 87
– remote control 28
Interior mirror, automatic 
dimming feature 48
Interior rearview mirror 48
Interlock, refer to 
Steering locked 54
Interlock on automatic 
transmission 54
Intermittent mode of the 
wipers 61
J
Jacking points 181
Joystick, refer to 
Control Center 16
Jump-starting 184
K
Key Memory 26
"Keypad" 150
Keys 26
Kickdown
– automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
– SMG Sequential manual 
transmission 57
Knock control 163
L
Lamps, refer to Parking 
lamps/low beams 85
Lamps and bulbs 178
"Languages" 73
– for navigation 119
Lashing down loads, refer 
to Securing the load 105
Lashing eyes, refer to 
Securing the load 105
Last destinations, refer to 
Destination list 113
"Last seat pos." 44
LATCH child-restraint 
fixing 52
LEDs light-emitting 
diodes 181
Length, refer to 
Dimensions 191
Letter symbol with portable 
phone 150
License plate lamps, 
replacing bulbs 180
Light-emitting diodes 
LEDs 181
Lighter 97
Lighter socket 97
"Lighting" 60, 85
Lighting
– instruments 87
– vehicle, refer to Lamps 85
Lights on warning 85
Light switch 85
"Limit" 71
Loading
– securing the load 105
– stowing cargo 105
– vehicle 104
Location, navigation 
drive 108
"Lock after driving" 29
Lock buttons in the doors, 
refer to Locking 30
Locking
– from inside 30
– from outside 28
Locking and unlocking 
doors
– from inside 29
– from outside 27"LOGIC7", refer to 
Adjusting the tone 128
Low beams 85
– automatic 85
– replacing the bulbs 178
Lower back support, refer 
to Lumbar support 43
Luggage compartment
– capacity 190
– emergency release 31
– hotel function 30
– increasing the capacity, 
Convertible 32
– opening/closing, refer to 
Luggage compartment 
lid 31
– opening from inside 31
– opening from outside 31
– opening with remote 
control 28
Luggage compartment 
lid 30
– emergency operation 31
– emergency release 31
– opening from inside 31
– opening from outside 31
– opening with remote 
control 28
– unlocking manually 31
Lumbar support 43
LW, waveband 130
M
M+S tires, refer to 
Winter tires 169
Maintenance, refer to the 
Service and Warranty 
Information Booklet for 
US models or to the 
Warranty and Service 
Guide Booklet for 
Canadian models 174
Maintenance system 174
Malfunction warnings, refer 
to Check Control 66
Manual air distribution 90
Manual mode with 
automatic transmission 
with Steptronic 59
"Manual" on the radio 131