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Selecting a channel
Selecting a channel
1."Satellite radio"
2. Select "All Channels" or the desired cate-
gory.
3. Select the desired channel.
Storing a channel
1."Satellite radio"
2. Open "All Channels" or the desired cate-
gory.
3. "Store Channel".
4. Call up the desired memory location.
The channel is stored. The channels of the last
selection criterion are displayed again after a
short time.
Displaying information about another
channel
Information about a track currently being played
on another channel can be displayed.
1. Highlight the channel on which you wish to
display information.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Channel info"
Changing the channel using the
buttons below the CD / DVD drive
Press the button for the corresponding
direction.
The system switches to the next enabled chan-
nel.
Notes
If more than 4 seconds go by and no signal is
received, a message appears on the Control
Display.
Under some circumstances, e.g. depend-
ing on environmental or topographic con-
ditions, it may not be possible to receive a sig-
nal. The satellite radio cannot influence this.
A signal may not be av ailable in tunnels or
underground garages, ne xt to high-rise build-
ings, in the vicinity of trees, mountains or other
strong sources of radio interference.
Reception usually resumes as soon as the sig-
nal becomes available again. <
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Audio CDs
Select the desired track to begin playback.
CDs with compressed audio files*
Depending on the data, some letters and num-
bers of the CD/DVD may not be displayed cor-
rectly.
1.Select the director y, if necessary.
To change to a higher level directory: move
the controller to the left.
2. Select a track and press the controller.
Displaying information about the
track*
If information about a track has been stored, it is
displayed automatically:
>Artist
> Album title
> Number of tracks on the CD/DVD
> Track file name
Random play sequence
The tracks on the current CD are played once
each in random order.
1.Open "Options".
2. "Random"
CDs/DVDs with compressed audio files: the
directories and the tracks contained therein are
played back in random sequence.
Random mode is switched off if the audio
source is changed and th e ignition is switched
off.
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Fast forward/reverse
Press and hold the button for the corre-
sponding direction.
Video playback*
Country codes
Only DVDs with the code of the home region
can be played back; also refer to the information
on your DVD.
Start playback
The video image is displayed on the Control
Display up to a vehicle speed of approx. 2 mph/
3km/h.
In some country versions, playback is either not
possible at all or only possible with the parking
brake set.
DVD video
1. "CD/DVD"
2. Select a DVD with video content.
3. "DVD menu"
4. Start the DVD via the DVD menu.
VCD/SVCD
1."CD/DVD"
2. Select a CD with video content.
3. "Select track"
4. Select the desired track.
The CD is started.
Video menu
To open the Video menu:
1. Turn the controller during playback.
2. Press the controller when "Back" is dis-
played.
CodeRegion
1USA, Canada
2 Japan, Europe, Middle East, South
Africa
3Southeast Asia
4 Australia, Central and South America, New Zealand
5 Northwest Asia, North Africa
6China
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The Video menu is displayed:
In fast forward/reverse: the speed increases
every time the controller is pressed. To stop,
start playback.
DVD menu
1.If necessary, turn the controller to open the
video menu.
2. "DVD menu"
The DVD menu is displayed. The display
depends on the contents of the DVD.
> To select menu items: move and press the
controller.
> To change to the Vide o menu: turn the con-
troller and select "Back".
DVD/VCD settings
For some DVDs, settings can only be made via
the DVD menu; refer also to the information on
your DVD.
Language*
1. Turn the controller during playback.
2. Open "Options". 3.
"Audio/Language"
4. Select the desired language.
The languages that are available depend on the
DVD.
Subtitles*
Subtitles can be selected if they are contained
on the DVD.
1. Turn the controller during playback.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Subtitles"
4. Select the desired language or "Do not dis-
play subtitles".
Brightness, contrast, color
1.Turn the controller during playback.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Display settings"
SymbolFunction
Open the DVD menu
*
Start playback
Pause
Stop
Next chapter/next track
Previous chapter/previous track
Fast forward
Reverse
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4.
"Brightness", "Contrast" or "Color"
5. Turn the controller until the desired setting
is displayed and then press the controller.
Zoom
Display the video imag e on the full screen.
1. Turn the controller during playback.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Additional options"
4. "Zoom mode"
Selecting track
DVD video:
1.Turn the controller during playback.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Additional options"
4. "Select chapter"
5. Select the desired track.
VCD/SVCD
1. "Select track"
2. Select the desired track.
Camera angle*
The camera angle depends on the DVD. 1.
Turn the controller during playback.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Additional options"
4. "Viewing angle"
5. Select the desired camera angle.
Opening the main menu, back
These functions are not contained on every
DVD. Therefore, they may not be available for
use.
CD magazine
The BMW CD changer for six CDs is behind the
left side panel in the cargo bay.
Sedan
Sports Wagon
Removing the CD magazine
To insert or remove CDs from the CD magazine,
you must first remove it from the CD changer:
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Music collection
Storing music
Music tracks from CDs and DVDs can be stored
in the music collection in the vehicle and played
from there.
>Audio CD: tracks are converted into a com-
pressed audio format when they are stored.
The CD is stored in the vehicle as an album.
If available, information on the album, such
as the artist, is stored as well.
> CDs with compressed audio files: the entire
CD is stored in the vehicle as an album.
After storing, the trac ks and directories can
be deleted individually. Files are only stored
in the WMA, MP3, and AAC formats. Tracks
with DRM copy protection can be stored in
the vehicle but cannot be played back.
Storing files from CDs/DVDs
1. Insert the CD into the CD player.
2. "CD/DVD"
3. Select the symbol for the CD/DVD
player.
4. "Store in vehicle"
The music collection is displayed and the first
track on the CD is played back. During the stor-
age process, the tracks are played in sequence.
Observe the following during the storage pro-
cess:
Do not switch to the CD /DVD player and do not
remove the CD from the CD/DVD player, as this
will interrupt the storage process. You can
switch to the other audi o sources without inter- rupting the storage process. Tracks from the
current CD that have already been stored can
be called up.
Interrupting storage
1.
"CD/DVD"
2. "Storing..."
3. "Cancel storing"
The storage process is interrupted and can be
continued at any time.
Continuing the storage process
"Continue storing"
Storage of the CD continues at the beginning of
the track at which storage was interrupted.
Album information
During storage, information such as the name
of the artist is stored with the track, if this infor-
mation is available in the vehicle database or on
the CD.
Gracenote technology
Music recognition techno logy and related data
are provided by Gracenote®. Gracenote® is
the industry standard in music recognition
technology and related content delivery. For
more information, please visit
www.gracenote.com.
Storing from a USB device
The entire content of the USB device is stored
in the music collection as an album. After stor-
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ing, the tracks and directories can be deleted
individually.
1.
Connect the USB device to the USB inter-
face in the glove compartment.
2. "Music collection"
3. Open "Options".
4. "Music import/export"
5. "Import music (USB)"
Music is stored in the vehicle. The entire con-
tent of the USB device is stored as a separate
album and is named automatically.
Playing music
Music search
All tracks for which additional information has
been stored can be accessed by the music
search. Tracks without additional information
can be called up via the corresponding album.
1. "CD/Multimedia"
2. "Music collection"
3. "Music search" 4.
Select the desired category.
All entries are displayed in a list.
5. To select the desired entry:
>Open "A-Z search" and enter the
desired entry.
or
> Select the desired entry from the list.
6. Select additional categories if desired.
The tracks found are listed in alphabetical
order.
Not all categories need to be selected. For
example, to search for all tracks by a certain art-
ist, call up that artist only. All of the tracks by
that artist are then displayed.
"Start play"Restarting the music search
"New search"
Current playback
The list of tracks that wa s generated last by the
music search or the album selected last.
1. "Current playback"
2. Select the desired track, if necessary.
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Top 50
List of the 50 most frequently played tracks.
1."Top 50"
2. Select the desired track, if necessary.
Albums
All stored albums, listed in order of their storage
dates. Symbols indicate the format.
> Audio CD
> Compressed audio files
Select the desired album.
Depending on the album, the tracks or the sub-
directories of the album are displayed. The first
track is played automa tically, if possible.
To select tracks, change directories if needed.
To go up one level in the directory, move the
controller to the left.
Random play sequence
All tracks of the select ion are played back in
random order.
1. Open "Options".
2. "Random"
Managing music
Albums
Renaming an album
The name of the album, if available, is automat-
ically entered when the album is stored. If the
name is unknown it ca n be changed later if
needed.
1. "CD/Multimedia"
2. "Music collection"
3. Highlight the album.
4. Open "Options".
5. "Rename album"
6. Select the letters individually.
Deleting an album
An album cannot be dele ted while a track from
that album is being played.
1. Highlight the album.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Delete album"
Deleting a track and directory
1.Highlight the directory or track.
2. Open "Options".
3. "Delete folder" or "Delete track"
Free memory capacity
Display the free memory capacity in the music
collection.
1. Open "Options".
2. "Free memory"
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