2007 BMW M5 SEDAN wheel

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Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Contents
The fastest way to find specific topics is to use
the index, refer to page234.
Using this Owner's Manual
4Notes
7Reporting safety defects
At a glance
10Cockpit
16iDrive
23Voice command system
Controls
28Opening and closing
41Adjusting
52Transporting children safely
55Driving
65Everything under control
77Technology for comfort, convenience
and safety
91Lamps
95Climate
102Practical interior accessories
Driving tips
112Things to remember when driving
Navigation
120Starting navigation system
122Destination entry
134Destination guidance
143What to do if …
Entertainment
146On/off and tone
150Radio
159CD player and CD changer
165AUX-In connection
166 USB/audio interface
Communications
172Telephoning
187BMW Assist
Mobility
196Refueling
198Wheels and tires
203Under the hood
208Maintenance
210Replacing components
219Giving and receiving assistance
Reference
226Technical data
229Short commands of voice command
system
234Everything from A to Z
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Notes
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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 optimum performance 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 damage
resulting from installation of parts and accesso-
ries 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 vehi-
cle, its operation or its occupants.
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-talkies, ham radios or
similar accessories, may cause extensive dam-
age to the vehicle, compromise its safety, inter-
fere with the vehicle's electrical system or affect
the validity of the BMW Limited Warranty. See
your BMW center for additional information.<
Maintenance, replacement, or repair of
the emission control devices and sys-
tems may be performed by any automotive
repair establishment or individual using any cer-
tified automotive part.<
California Proposition 65 Warning
California law requires us to issue the following
warning:
Engine exhaust and a wide variety of
automobile components and parts,
including components found in the interior fur-
nishings in a vehicle, contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to cause cancer
and birth defects and reproductive harm. In
addition, certain fluids contained in vehicles and
certain products of component wear contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm.
Battery posts, terminals and related accesso-
ries contain lead and lead compounds. Wash
your hands after handling.
Used engine oil contains chemicals that have
caused cancer in laboratory animals. Always
protect your skin by washing thoroughly with
soap and water.<
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Cockpit
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Cockpit
Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
1Rear window safety switch38
2Sun blind
* for rear window103
3Opening and closing windows37
4Adjusting exterior mirrors48
Automatic curb monitor
*48
5Folding exterior mirrors in and out
*48
7Shift paddles60
6
Turn signals61
High beams, headlamp flasher93
Roadside parking lamps93
Check Control70
Computer66
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At a glance
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8Buttons on steering wheel
9Instrument cluster12
12Ignition lock55
13Horn, entire surface16Releasing hood203
17Opening luggage compartment lid33
Mobile phone
*172:
>Press: accepting and ending
call, starting dialing
* for
selected phone number and
redialing if no phone number is
selected
>Press and hold: redialing
Volume
Activating/deactivating voice
command system
* 23
Changing radio station150
Selecting music track160
Scrolling in phone book and in lists
with stored phone numbers
MDrive, call up individual
settings50
Individually programmable49
10
Windshield wipers62
Rain sensor62
11Starting/stopping engine and
switching ignition on/off 55
14
Steering wheel heater
*49
Steering wheel adjustment49
15
Cruise control63
18
Head-Up Display*88
19
Parking lamps91
Low beams91
Daytime running lamps
*92
Automatic headlamp control91

Daytime running lamps*92
Adaptive Head Light
*93
20
Instrument lighting94
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Mobility
Voice command system
The concept
The voice command system allows you to con-
trol operation of various vehicle systems with-
out ever removing your hands from the steering
wheel.
Individual menu items on the Control Display
can be spoken as commands. This frees you of
having to use the controller.
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 uses a special
microphone located in the area of the interior
rearview mirror, refer to page14.
Precondition
Via iDrive, set the language that applies for the
voice command system in order to enable iden-
tification of the spoken commands. To set the
language of iDrive, refer to page76.
Symbols in Owner's Manual
Voice commands
Activating voice command system
1.Press the button.
This symbol on the Control Display and
an acoustic signal tell you that the voice
command system can respond to com-
mands.
2.Say the command.
The command is displayed on the Control
Display.
This symbol is shown on the Control Display
when you can input additional commands.
*
{...} Say the specified commands word for
word.
{{...}} Indicates responses of the voice
command system.
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Voice command system
24 If no other commands are possible, then oper-
ate the equipment via iDrive.
Terminating or canceling voice
command system
Press the button on the steering wheel
or
Commands
Having possible commands read aloud
You can have the system read aloud the possi-
ble commands related to the selected menu
item on the Control Display.
To have the system list the possible com-
mands:
For example, if you have selected "CD", the
system will read aloud the possible commands
for operating the CD player and the CD
changer
*.
Opening help
Using alternative commands
There are often a number of commands to run a
function, e.g.:
Running functions directly with short
commands
With short commands you can run certain func-
tions directly, regardless of which menu item is
selected, refer to page229.
Opening start menuExample: selecting a track
1.Switch on Entertainment sound output if
necessary.
2.Press the button on the steering wheel.
5.Press the button on the steering wheel. {Cancel}
{Options}
{Help}
{Radio on} or {Turn radio on}
{Main menu}
3.{Entertainment}
The system says:
{{Entertainment}}
4.{CD}
The system says:
{{CD on}}
6.Select track, e.g.:
{Track 1}
The system says:
{{Track 1}}
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Remove the adapter from the holder in the
glove compartment and slide the spare key into
the adapter before use.
Personal Profile
The concept
You can set a number of functions of your BMW
individually according to your preferences. Per-
sonal Profile ensures that most of these set-
tings are stored for the remote control currently
in use without you having to do anything. When
the vehicle is unlocked, the corresponding
remote control is detected and the settings
stored for it are called up and carried out.
This means that you will always find your BMW
set to your own personal settings even if
another person with his/her own remote control
and settings has used the vehicle since the last
time you drove it. The individual settings are
stored for a maximum of four remote controls.
Personal Profile settings
Details on the settings are provided on the
specified pages.
>When unlocking with the remote control,
either unlock only the driver's door or the
entire vehicle, refer to page30
>Locking the vehicle after a short time or
after starting off, refer to page32
>Programming button on steering wheel,
refer to page49
>Individual settings for MDrive, refer to
page50>Settings for the display on the Control Dis-
play:
>Brightness of the Control Display, refer
to page75
>Measuring units for consumption, route/
distances, temperature, and pressure,
refer to page75
>Language on Control Display, refer to
page76
>12h/24h mode of the clock, refer to
page74
>Date format, refer to page75
>Lighting settings:
>Pathway lighting, refer to page92
>Daytime running lamps
*, refer to
page92
>Triple turn signal activation, refer to
page62
>Welcome lamps, refer to page91
>Drivelogic driving program in the Sequential
mode, refer to page60
>Showing optical warning for PDC Park Dis-
tance Control
*, refer to page78
>Selection and brightness of display in
Head-Up Display
*, refer to page88
>Air distribution, temperature in the upper
body area and intensity of the automatic cli-
mate control, refer to page96
>Setting voice instructions for destination
guidance in the navigation system
*, refer to
Starting navigation system, page120
In addition, the following, most recently
selected settings are recalled during unlocking:
>Positions of driver's seat, outside mirrors,
and steering wheel
*, refer to page43
>Audio sources, volume and tone settings,
refer to page147
>Radio:
>Display of stored stations, refer to
page150
>Switching RDS Radio Data System on/
off
*, refer to page153
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buckle4 must be guided between the seat
bench and the backrest when doing so.
Do not twist the center belt buckle,
otherwise correct operation of this
safety equipment is not ensured.<
2.Press the rear seat downward into the
mounts at the front until it audibly engages.
Alarm system
The concept
The vehicle alarm system responds:
>When a door, the hood, or the luggage com-
partment lid are opened
>To movements in the vehicle: interior
motion sensor, refer to page35
>To changes in the vehicle's tilt if someone
attempts to steal the wheels or tow the
vehicle
>To interruptions in battery voltage
Unauthorized operations are briefly signaled by
the alarm system:
>with an acoustic alarm
>by switching on
the hazard warning flashers
>by flashing the high beams
Arming and disarming alarm system
When you lock or unlock the vehicle, either with
the remote control or at the door lock, the alarm
system is armed or disarmed at the same time.
The luggage compartment lid can also be
opened with the system armed with the but-
ton on the remote control, refer to page33.
When the luggage compartment lid is closed, it
is locked and monitored again.
Switching off alarm
>Unlock the vehicle using the remote control,
refer to page30.
>Insert the remote control all the way into the
ignition lock.
Indicator lamp displays
>The indicator lamp under the interior rear-
view mirror flashes continuously: the sys-
tem is armed.
>The indicator lamp flashes after locking:
doors, hood or luggage compartment lid are
not properly closed. Even if you do not close
the alerted area, the system begins to mon-
itor the remaining areas, and the indicator
lamp flashes continuously after approx.
10 seconds. However, the interior motion
sensor is not activated.
>The indicator lamp goes out after unlocking:
your vehicle has not been disturbed while
you were away.
>The indicator lamp flashes after unlocking
until the remote control is inserted into the
ignition lock, however for a maximum of
approx. 5 minutes: your vehicle has been
disturbed while you were away.
Tilt alarm sensor
The tilt of the vehicle is monitored. The alarm
system reacts, e.g. in case of an attempted
wheel theft or towing.
Interior motion sensor
In order for the interior motion sensor to func-
tion properly, the windows and glass sunroof
*
must be completely closed.
Avoiding unintentional alarms
The tilt alarm sensor and interior motion sensor
may be switched off at the same time. This pre-
vents unintentional alarms, e.g. in the following
situations:
>In two-level garages
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