2008 BMW 750I Owner's Manual

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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.

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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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Destination list
The destination list includes the last 25 destina-
tions entered. The most recently entered desti-
nation appears at the top of the list.
The system guides you to the destinations in
the sequence in which they appear in the desti-
nation list. You are thus guided first to the des-
tination in the top or first position of the destina-
tion list.
You can edit individual destinations and their
sequence in the list and delete the destination
list, refer to Editing destination list on page138.
In order, for example, to plan a longer route, you
can store all of the destinations to which you
wish to drive in the destination list, refer to
Entering destination manually on page131.
If the destination list is full, then you must
delete at least one entry in order to be
able to store a new destination in the destina-
tion list.<
1.Select "Dest. input" and press the control-
ler.
2.Select "Dest. list" and press the controller.
Importing destination into route
guidance
1.Select desired destination from destination
list and move to top or first position of des-
tination list, refer to Editing destination list.
2.Select "Route guid." and press the control-
ler.
Route guidance starts.
Using the voice command system:
Editing destination list
1.Select the desired destination in the desti-
nation list and press the controller.
2.The selected destination can be edited:
>Change entry:
Select "CHANGE" and press the con-
troller.
>Delete entry:
Select "DELETE" and press the control-
ler.
>Move the address up or down in the des-
tination list:
Select the symbols and press the
controller.
This changes the order of the destina-
tion list.
>Change back to "Dest. list":
Select the arrow and press the con-
troller.
Deleting destination list
1.Select the symbol and press the con-
troller to delete all existing entries.
2.Select "YES" and press the controller to
delete the destination list. {Route guidance on}.

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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
must enter a name.

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Selecting destinations from address
book
1.Select "Address book" and press the con-
troller.
A list of the stored addresses appears on
the right side of the Control Display.
2.Select the address and press the controller.
3.To start the route guidance:
Select "ROUTE GUIDE" and press the con-
troller.
Changing destinations in address book
1.Select "Address book" and press the con-
troller.
A list of the stored addresses appears on
the right side of the Control Display.
2.Select the address and press the controller.
Change entry, refer to Entering destination
manually, page131.
When an entry is changed, a copy of the
entry is stored.<
Deleting destinations individually from
address book
1.Select "Address book" and press the con-
troller.
A list of the stored addresses appears on
the right side of the Control Display.
2.Select the address and press the controller.
3.Select "DELETE" and press the controller.
4.Select "YES" and press the controller to
delete the address.
Deleting all destinations from address
book
1.Select "Address book" and press the con-
troller.
A list of the stored addresses appears on
the right side of the Control Display.
2.Select the symbol and press the con-
troller to delete all existing entries.
3.Select "YES" and press the controller to
delete the address book.
Home address
Storing home address
You can store your current position or the cur-
rent destination as the home address in the
address book.
1.Select the symbol and press the control-
ler.
2.To store the current position as your home
address:
>Select "LOC." and press the controller.
To store a destination already current as
your home address in the address book:
>Select "ACCEPT" and press the con-
troller.

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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}.