2006 BMW 650I COUPE&CONVERTIBLE Owners Manual

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.
At a glance

Cockpit
10
Cockpit
Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
1Convertible: opening and closing rear
window39
2Convertible: opening and closing windows
together39
3Convertible: opening and closing rear
windows38
4Opening and closing front windows38
5Adjusting exterior mirrors52
Automatic parking function536
Turn signals64
High beams,
headlamp flasher101
High-beam assistant
*102
Roadside parking lamps101
Check Control79
Computer75

At a glance
11Reference
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
7Buttons on steering wheel
8Instrument cluster12
11Ignition lock58
12Horn: entire surface15Releasing hood194
16Opening luggage compartment lid34 Mobile phone
*166
>Press: accepting and ending
call, starting dialing
* for
selected phone number and
redialing if no phone number is
selected
>Press longer: redialing
Volume
Activating/deactivating voice
command system
* 22
Changing radio station
Selecting music track
Scrolling in phone book and in lists
with stored phone numbers
Individually programmable
*54
Individually programmable54
9
Windshield wipers65
Rain sensor65
10Starting/stopping engine and
switching ignition on/off 58
13
Steering wheel heater
*54
Steering wheel adjustment53
14
Cruise control66
Active cruise control
*67
17
Head-Up Display
*95
BMW Night Vision
*97
18
Parking lamps100
Low beams100
Automatic headlamp control100
Adaptive Head Light
*101
High-beam assistant
*102
19
Instrument lighting103
Front fog lamps103

Cockpit
12
Instrument cluster
1Indicator lamps for turn signals
2Speedometer
3Indicator and warning lamps13
4Displays for active cruise control
*70
5Tachometer74
6Engine oil thermometer75
7Display for
>Time/date74
>Outside temperature74
>Indicator and warning lamps79
>Speed for cruise control67
>Desired speed for active cruise
control
*708Displays for
>Odometer and trip odometer74
>Computer75
>Date and remaining distance to be
driven for service requirements77
>Automatic transmission
with Steptronic
*62
>SMG Sequential Manual
Transmission
*61
>Dynamic Driving Control64
>High-beam assistant
*102
> Check Control message present79
9Fuel gauge75
10Resetting trip odometer74

At a glance
13Reference
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Indicator and warning lamps
The concept
Indicator and warning lamps can light up both in
the display area1 and in the display2 in various
combinations and colors.
When the engine is started or the ignition is
switched on, some lamps are checked for
proper operation and light up briefly in the pro-
cess.
Explanatory text messages
Text messages at the bottom edge of the Con-
trol Display explain the meaning of the indicator
and warning lamps displayed.
You can consult Check Control for additional
information, e.g. regarding the cause of a mal-function or the appropriate actions to take, refer
to page79.
In cases of corresponding urgency, this infor-
mation is immediately displayed when the
associated lamps light up.
Indicator lamps without text messages
The following indicator lamps in the display
area1 indicate that certain functions are active:
Handbrake set60
Handbrake for Canadian models
Front fog lamps103
DTC Dynamic Traction Control87
High beams/headlamp flasher101
Lamp flashes:
DSC or DTC is controlling the drive
and braking forces to maintain vehicle
stability87

Cockpit
14
Around the center console: controls and displays

At a glance
15Reference
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
1Coupe: glass sunroof, electric with raise
function
*40
2Microphone for handsfree mode for
telephone
*
and voice command system*22
Convertible: microphone on steering
column
3Reading lamps103
4Interior lamps103
5Coupe: initiating
an emergency call206
6Indicator lamp
for front passenger
airbags93
7Convertible: initiating emergency
call
*206
8Control Display16
9Hazard warning flashers
10Central locking system32
11Automatic climate control10412Changing
>radio station149
>track144
13Ejecting
>navigation DVD
*124
>audio CD144
14Player for navigation DVD in Professional
*
navigation system124
15Drive for audio CDs144
16Entertainment sound output on/off
and adjusting volume145
18Bracket for cup holder113
19Controller16
Turn, press or move horizontally in four
directions
20Activating voice command system
*22
21Opening start menu on Control Display17
22Dynamic Driving Control64 Temperature setting,
left/right104
Automatic air distribution and
volume105
Cooling function106
AUC Automatic recirculated-air
control107
Recirculated-air mode107
Maximum cooling107
Residual heat mode107
Switching off automatic climate
control107
Air volume106
Defrosting windows and removing
condensation106
Rear window defroster104
17
Heated seats52
PDC Park Distance Control
*85
DTC Dynamic Traction Control87
Convertible: opening the convert-
ible top42
Convertible: closing the convertible
top42