2005 BMW 745i wheel

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Contents
The fastest way to find specific topics is
to use the index, refer to page218.
Using this Owner's Manual
4 Notes
7 Reporting safety defects
At a glance
10Cockpit
17 Control Center
26 Voice command
Controls
34Opening and closing
46 Adjustments
58 Transporting children safely
62 Driving
81 Everything under control
91 Technology for comfort, convenience
and safety
100 Lamps
103 A congenial climate
112 Practical interior accessories
Driving tips
122Things to remember when driving
Navigation
130Starting navigation system
132 Destination entry
139 Destination guidance
145 What to do if …
Entertainment
148On/off, tone
152 Radio
158 CD Compact Disc
160 CD changer
163 TV
165 DVD changer
Communications
174Using the phone in your vehicle
182 BMW Assist
Mobility
186Refueling
188 Wheels and tires
194 Under the hood
198 Maintenance
200 Rules and regulations
201 Replacing components
209 Giving and receiving assistance
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214Technical data
218 Everything from A to Z

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Your individual vehicle
On purchasing your BMW, you have
decided in favor of a model with individual-
ized equipment and features. This Owner's
Manual describes the entire array of
options and equipment available with a
specific BMW model.
Please bear in mind that the manual may
contain information on accessories and
equipment that you have not specified for
your own vehicle. Sections describing
options and special equipment are marked
by asterisks
* to assist you in identifying
possible differences between the descrip-
tions in this manual and your own vehicle's
equipment.
Should your BMW be equipped with fea-
tures or accessories not described in this
Owner's Manual, please consult the
enclosed Supplementary Owner's Man-
ual(s).
Editorial notice
BMW pursues a policy of continuous,
ongoing development that is conceived to
ensure that our vehicles continue to
embody the highest quality and safety
standards combined with advanced, state-
of-the-art technology.
For this reason, the features described in
this Owner's Manual may differ from those
on your vehicle. Nor can errors and omis-
sions be entirely ruled out. You are there-
fore asked to appreciate that no claims can
be entertained on the basis of the data,
illustrations or descriptions in this Owner's
Manual.
For your own safety
Maintenance and repair
Advanced technology, e.g. the use of
modern materials and high-perfor-
mance electronics, requires specially
adapted maintenance and repair methods.
Therefore, only have corresponding work
on your BMW carried out by a BMW center
or a workshop that works according to
BMW repair procedures with correspond-
ingly trained personnel. If work is carried
out improperly there is a danger of conse-
quential damage and the related safety
risks.<
Parts and accessories
For your own safety, use genuine
parts and accessories approved by
BMW.
When you purchase accessories tested
and approved by BMW and Genuine BMW
Parts, you simultaneously acquire the
assurance that they have been thoroughly
tested by BMW to ensure optimized perfor-
mance when installed on your vehicle.
BMW warrants these parts to be free from
defects in material and workmanship.
BMW will not accept any liability for dam-
age resulting from installation of parts and
accessories not approved by BMW.
BMW cannot test every product made by
other manufacturers to verify if it can be
used on a BMW safely and without risk to
either the vehicle, its operation, or its occu-
pants.
Genuine BMW Parts, BMW Accessories
and other products approved by BMW,
together with professional advice on using
these items, are available from all BMW
centers.
Installation and operation of non-BMW
approved accessories such as alarms,
radios, amplifiers, radar detectors, wheels,
suspension components, brake dust
shields, telephones, including operation of
any mobile phone from within the vehicle
without using an externally mounted
antenna, or transceiver equipment, for
instance, CBs, walkie-talkie, ham radio or

Cockpit
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Cockpit
All around the steering wheel: controls and displays

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1Roller sun blind for rear window*113
2Rear window safety switch44
3Power windows43
4Exterior mirrors53
5Parking brake64
6Parking lamps and low beams100
9Steering wheel16
10Info Display12
11Automatic transmission lever6812Ignition lock62
16Horn: the entire surface
20Fog lamps101
21Unlocking the engine hood194 7Instrument lighting101
8Turn signals71
High-beams,
headlamp flasher101
Computer85
Check Control83
Computer85
Standing lamps101
13Switching ignition on/off62
and starting engine63
14Windshield wipers72
Rain sensor72
15PDC Park Distance
Control
*91
17Steering wheel heater
*54
Steering wheel adjustment54
18Unlocking luggage
compartment40
19Programmable cruise
control73
Active cruise control
*75
Front fog lamps

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1Glasses compartment116
2Storage compartment116
3Switching audio and video sources on/
off and adjusting volume149
4Telephone keypad, folding176
5Automatic air distribution and supply,
left side of passenger
compartment104
6Outside air/AUC Automatic recircu-
lated-air control/Recirculated air105
7Defrosting windshield and windows and
removing condensation105
8Control Display17
9Temperature, left side of passenger
compartment: turn
For maximum cooling: press105
10Glass roof, electric
*44
11Memory keys for integrated universal
remote control
*112
12Air supply, left side of passenger com-
partment: turn
To switch off automatic climate control:
press105,107
13Reading lamps102
14Hazard warning flashers
15Interior lamps102
16Air supply on right side of passenger
compartment10417Temperature, right side of passenger
compartment: turn
For residual heat utilization: press105
18Rear window defroster
19Air conditioning105
20Starting an emergency call177
21Opening the glove compartment
22Automatic air distribution and supply,
right side of passenger
compartment107
23Station/track search and CD
*, TV*
and DVD
*148
24Central locking system38
25Controller17
26Control Center buttons17
27Seat adjustment47
Heated seats
*52
Active seat ventilation
*52
Active seat for driver
*53
Seat, mirror and steering wheel
memory55

Cockpit
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Buttons on steering wheel
Buttons are integrated in the steering
wheel for fast operation of the following
functions without being distracted from
driving:
>The Steptronic of the automatic trans-
mission
>Selected audio source functions
>Selected portable phone functions
>The voice command system
>Selected TV and DVD functions.
The buttons on the steering wheel are
only operational when the corre-
sponding systems are switched on.<
Telephone:
Accept call, make calls, end call
Volume
Voice command system
*:
Switch on and off
Fast forward/reverse:
>Radio
Press briefly: next stored station
Extended pressure: automatic tuning
>CD
*
Press briefly: skipping tracks
Extended pressure: fast forward/
reverse
>TV
*
Select station
>DVD
*
Search for chapterAvailable for individual programming:
Programming button function, refer to
page54.
Steptronic:
Press briefly to proceed through a selection
sequence consisting of the automatic pro-
gram, the Sport program, and the manual
mode, refer to page68.
Steptronic: upshifting and downshifting,
refer to page70.

Voice command
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Voice command
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. The system oper-
ates on the basis of voice commands that
you will learn easily after using them a few
times. In many cases, the voice command
system supports you with announcements
or questions while you are making your
entries.
The voice command system transforms
your oral commands and dialog answers
into control signals for the selected sys-
tems.
Please take the time to acquaint your-
self with how a particular system
operates before proceeding to control it
using the voice command system.<
Symbols used
{...} Verbal instructions to use with the
voice command system.
{{...}} Identifies the answers generated by
the voice command system.
Systems available for use with voice
command
>{Telephone}, refer to page174
>{Navigation}, refer to page130
>{Radio}, refer to page152
>{CD}, refer to page158
>{CD changer}, refer to page160
>{Notepad}, refer to page28
>{TV}, refer to page163
>{DVD}, refer to page165. Either the system that you are now operat-
ing or any current error messages will
a ppe ar in th e I n fo Di spla y, re fer to page27.
Voice commands
Voice command system activation
Briefly press the button on the steer-
ing wheel.
A signal tone and "SVS active" in the Info
Display, refer to page27, indicate that the
system is ready for use. You are automati-
cally in the main menu.
From here, you can call up all the equip-
ment that can be operated.
Canceling voice command
Briefly press the button on the steer-
ing wheel
or
In dialogs in which any text can be spoken,
e.g. names, notes, canceling is only possi-
ble using the button.
The system automatically switches
over to its telephone mode if you
receive a call during voice command.
"SVS off" appears in the Info Display, refer
to page27.<
Voice commands
The voice command system operates on
the basis of specific, predefined com-
mands; these commands should be spo-
ken precisely as indicated. You can have
the possible commands read back at any
stage. To do so, say the command
{Options}.
In addition to the commands described,
there are often other commands that run
the same function. Instead of {Options},
you can, for example, also say {What now}.
*
These sections contain information on
using the voice command system.
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More detailed commands such as
{Change scale} instead of {Scale} are also
often possible.
Short commands
With the {Main menu} level, you can run
certain functions directly with brief com-
mands, refer to page29, without having to
open an equipment level.
For example, if you want to dial a phone
number, you do not have to say
rather you can say directly
Special commands
Special commands are available for spe-
cific systems. In this Owner's Manual you will find these commands in the sections
describing the individual systems.
Displays in Info Display
The Info Display shows you what the voice
command system has understood in line 2,
while also indicating which voice command
or question is currently active in line1.
In addition, any error messages are also
displayed.
Selecting navigation scale – an example
Start the dialog:
Briefly press in the steering wheel.
Volume adjustment
You can adjust the volume for the instruc-
tions from the voice command system:Turn the button during an instruction/
announcement to select the desired vol-
ume.
Instructions/announcements from the
voice command system will continue at this
volume level, even if the other audio
sources are set to minimum volume.
The system automatically selects your
individual volume setting each time
you unlock the vehicle using your personal
remote control.< {Telephone}
1. {Dial number}
2.Enter the phone number.
Operation with the voice command sys-
tem is always indicated with this picto-
graph.
You sayThe voice command system repliesInfo Display screen contents
"SVS active"
{Change scale}{{Please enter the desired scale}}"scale ?
change scale"
{Scale
500 feet}"ok
500 ft"