
Destination input
132 >You can skip the entry of country and city if 
the existing entries should be retained for 
your new destination.
Using the voice command system:
Entering name
You do not absolutely have to enter a name to 
use route guidance or to store an address in the 
list, but assigning each address a name can 
make it easier for you to recognize the 
addresses in a list.
1.Select "Name" and press the controller.
2.Turn to select the letters, then confirm your 
selections by pressing.
>To enter a blank space: 
Select the   symbol and press the 
controller.
>To delete the last letter entered: 
Select the   symbol and press the con-
troller.
>To cancel selection: 
Select the   arrow and press the con-
troller.
3.Select the name shown in the lower half of 
the Control Display and press the controller.
Selecting country
When the name of a country appears in white 
letters on the Control Display, this indicates that 
data for more than one country is stored on the 
navigation CD/DVD.
1.Select "State / Province" or the country dis-
played and press the controller.
A list of available countries appears on the 
display.
2.Select country of destination of state and 
press the controller.
In order to be able to start the route guidance, 
you must at least enter the town/city of destina-
tion.
Entering town/city of destination via 
town/city name
1.Select "Town/City" or the town/city dis-
played and press the controller.
2.Select the first letters and press the control-
ler. 
A list of all towns/cities starting with this let-
ter appears on the Control Display.
3.Enter additional letters if necessary. 
The list gradually grows smaller each time 
you enter a new letter.
>To enter a blank space: 
Select the   symbol and press the 
controller.
>To delete the last letter entered: 
Select the   symbol and press the con-
troller. 1.{Navigation}.
2.{Destination input}. 

Destination input
134 3.Enter the street. 
You can change to the entered town or city 
in the same way again to enter a street.
Entering intersection
The intersection is entered in the same way as 
the street.
Entering house number
You can enter the house number if the naviga-
tion CD/DVD supports this function.
1.Select "House number" and press the con-
troller.
2.Enter the house number: 
Select numbers individually and press the 
controller each time.
>To delete last digit or letter: 
Select the   symbol and press the con-
troller.
>To cancel selection: 
Select the   arrow and press the con-
troller.
If the house number entered is not stored 
on the navigation CD/DVD, then the system 
displays the closest possible number.
3.Select "Enter" and press the controller.
Starting route guidance with manual 
destination input
Select "ROUTE GUIDE" and press the control-
ler.
Route guidance starts immediately.
If the route guidance cannot be started, at least 
one entry must be deleted from the destination 
list, refer to page138.
If you do not wish to start route guidance 
immediately, you can store the address in 
the address book, refer to page139, and import 
it into the route guidance later.<
Displaying information about 
destination
Select the   symbol and press the controller.
Additional instructions about the information, 
refer to page135. 

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Map-guided destination 
selection
If you only know the street or location of the 
town/city of destination, then you can enter the 
destination using a map. You can select the 
destination on the map using crosshairs and 
then adopt it into the route guidance:
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "New dest." and press the controller.
3.Select "With map" and press the controller.
A section of a map appears on the Control 
Display:
>During route guidance, the map is cen-
tered around the current destination
>With the route guidance deactivated, the 
map is centered around the last destina-
tion entered
4.Select the destination with crosshairs.
>Changing scale: turn controller
>Moving map: move the controller in the 
corresponding direction.
The street name or town name of the point 
in the crosshairs is displayed as soon as the 
map stops moving.5.Press the controller to view other menu 
items:
>"Next" changes back to "With map".
>"Location" selects the current position 
as the center point of the map.
>"Destin." selects the active destination 
or the last town/city of destination as the 
center point of the map.
>"Save dest." imports the address 
marked by the cursor into the destina-
tion input.
If the navigation system is unable to identify a 
street or town/city, your current map coordi-
nates will appear. A street name in the vicinity of 
the selected destination will be displayed.
In order to be able to select this position as a 
destination or to store it in the address book as 
an address, a name must first be entered, refer 
to page132.
Selecting destination via 
information
You can display selected destinations, e. g. 
hotels, points of interest, or hospitals, and 
adopt them into the route guidance.
"General destination" and "Travel information" 
are essentially the same; the difference is that 
"Travel information" offers a greater selection 
of possible destinations.
General destination
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "New dest." and press the controller. 

Destination input
136 3.Select "Information" and press the control-
ler.
4.Select "General destination" and press the 
controller.
5.Select "On location" and press the control-
ler.
6.Select from the individual categories of 
information, e.g. select "Public places, busi-
ness and shopping" and press the control-
ler.
When selecting information "On 
dest.", "On country" and "On town/
city", enter destination, country, and town/
city as needed. If destinations have already 
been entered, information about the desti-
nation is displayed at the top of the destina-
tion list.<7.Make a different selection, e.g. industrial 
centers.
The destinations are displayed on the Con-
trol Display, sorted by distance, and are pro-
vided with orientation arrows that point 
toward the destination.
When selecting information "On 
dest.", "On country", and "On town/
city", the destinations are displayed sorted 
alphabetically.<
8.Select the destination and press the con-
troller.
Using the voice command system:
Travel information
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "New dest." and press the controller.
3.Select "Information" and press the control-
ler.
4.Select "Travel information" and press the 
controller.
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Information location}.
3.Enter the desired destination category:
>{Hotels}.
>{Parking}.
>{Gas stations}. 

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Different categories are shown depending 
on the map DVD, e.g. hotels and restau-
rants.
5.Select the desired category and press the 
controller.
6.Limit the selection with additional informa-
tion, e.g. enter the maximum distance to the 
desired destination or the name of the des-
tination. In addition, optional entries can be 
made, e.g. displaying BMW partner hotels.
The destinations in the surrounding area 
are displayed, sorted by distance to the 
destination and the other information.
7.Select the destination and press the con-
troller.
To exit the menu:
Select the   arrow and press the controller.
Hiding icons in the map view
In the map view, the destinations of the 
selected category are displayed in the form of 
icons as a function of the map scale and cate-
gory. You can hide them. 
Select "Hide map icons" and press the control-
ler.To display the icons, select a category again 
under "General destination" or "Travel informa-
tion".
Recent destinations
The system stores the last ten destinations 
entered. You can import these destinations into 
the route guidance and edit the entries and the 
list.
Importing destination into route 
guidance
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "New dest." and press the controller.
3.Select "Last dest." and press the controller.
A list of the destinations last reached 
appears on the right side of the Control Dis-
play.
4.Select the desired destination and press 
the controller.
5."ROUTE GUIDE" is selected. Press the 
controller.
Route guidance starts.
Editing recent destinations
You can edit the last destinations in the same 
way as the destination list, refer to Editing des-
tination list on page138. 

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Address book
You can store destinations in the address book 
and adopt them directly into the route guid-
ance. 
You can store the addresses in two separate 
address books:
>the address book of the navigation system
>the address book of the voice command 
system
Navigation system address book
The entries in the address book are sorted 
alphabetically.
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "New dest." and press the controller.
3.Select "Address book" and press the con-
troller. 
A list of the stored addresses appears on 
the right side of the Control Display.
Storing destinations in address book
You can enter the addresses manually or import 
the most recent destinations. You can store 
approx. 100 addresses in the address book.
1.Enter the desired destination manually or 
select from the destination list:
>Entering destination manually: 
Refer to page131.
>Selecting destination from among 
recent destinations:
Refer to page137.
>Selecting destination from destination 
list:
Refer to page138.2.Enter name and address if necessary, refer 
to page132.
3.Select "AS ADDRESS" and press the con-
troller.
The entry is stored in the address book.
Storing current position
The current position can be imported into the 
address book.
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "Location" and press the controller. 
The current position can be provided with a 
name and any specified name can be 
changed, refer to page132.
3.Select "AS ADDRESS" and press the con-
troller.
The current address is stored in the address 
book.
You can also import your current position into 
the address book if you have left the sector cov-
ered by the navigation DVD. In this case, you 
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The entered address or current position 
is applied as your home address.
Entering or editing your home address occurs 
in the same way as entering a destination, 
page131.
To exit the menu:
Select the   arrow and press the controller.
Selecting home address
You can import your home address stored in the 
address book into the route guidance system.
1.Select the   symbol and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "ROUTE GUIDE" and press the con-
troller. 
Route guidance starts.
To exit the menu:
Select the   arrow and press the controller.
Using the voice command system:
Voice command system address book
The house number is not stored in the 
address book of the voice command sys-
tem.<
Storing destinations in address book
The first entry of the destination list can be 
stored. To save other addresses, change the 
destination list accordingly, refer to page138.
Using the voice command system:
Selecting destinations from address 
book
Deleting destinations from address 
book
To delete individual destinations:
To delete all existing entries: 
Route selection
You can influence the calculated route by 
choosing certain route criteria.
The route is planned according to fixed rules, 
taking the road type into account, e.g. whether 
the route involves highways or winding roads. 
The road types are stored on the navigation 
DVD. As a result, the routes recommended by 
the navigation system may not always be the 
same ones that you would choose based on 
personal experience. 1.{Navigation}.
2.{Home}.
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Save destination}.
3.Say the name that is associated with 
the destination coordinates.
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Select destination}.
3.Say the name.
or
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Read out}.
>To scroll forward: {Next}.
>To scroll back: {Back}.
>To repeat: {Repeat}.
>To apply in destination list: {Select}.
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Delete}.
3.Say the name.
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Delete address book}. 

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Changing route criteria
1.Select "New route" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "Route preference" and press the 
controller.
The various criteria are listed on the Control 
Display.
3.Select one of the four route criteria of the 
route and press the controller.
>"With highway"
Highways and major traffic arteries 
receive top priority.
>"Avoid highway"
Highways are avoided where possible.
>"Fastest route" 
Takes the shortest amount of time by 
combining the shortest possible dis-
tance and the fastest roads.
>"Shortest route" 
Takes the shortest distance, without 
taking time into consideration.
 The route criterion is selected.4.Choose additional route criteria if need be 
and press the controller:
>"Avoid tolls"
Tollroads are avoided where possible.
>"Avoid ferries"
Ferries are avoided where possible.
 The supplemental criterion is selected.
To exit the menu:
Select the   arrow and press the control-
ler.
You can change the route selection as often as 
you like while entering a destination or during 
route guidance.
Using the voice command system:
Wordmatch principle
The system relies on a wordmatch principle to 
make it easier for you to enter the names of 
towns or streets. The system runs ongoing 
checks, comparing your destination entries 
with the data stored on the navigation DVD as 
the basis for instant response. The user bene-
fits include:
>Names of specific locations can also vary 
from the official versions, provided that the 
spelling of the entry corresponds to a stan-
dard form used in another country.
>When you are entering the names of cities 
and streets, the system will complete them 
automatically as soon as enough letters are 
available to ensure unambiguous identifica-
tion.
Example:
If you want to drive to Iowa Ave NW in 
Washington, D.C., by the time "o" is 
1.{Navigation}.
2.{Route selection}.
3.Enter the desired priority for your travel 
route:
>{Via freeway}.
>{Without freeway}.
>{Fastest}.
>{Shortest}.