
At a glance
 11Reference
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
9BMW X6: upshifting or downshifting 
with automatic transmission 71
10 Instrument panel 12
13 Ignition lock 65
14 Buttons on steering wheel 15
Horn, entire surface
18 Releasing hood 258
8
Turn signals 73
High beams, headlamp flasher 73
Roadside parking lamps
*112
Time, date, outside temperature, 
Check Control 78, 86
Computer 80
11 Windshield wipers 74
Rain sensor 74
BMW X5: rear window wiper 75
12 Starting/stopping engine and 
switching ignition on/off 
65
Telephone
*:
> 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 
activation system
* 23
Changing radio station
Selecting music track
Scrolling in phone book and in lists 
with stored phone numbers
Individually programmable 59 
Individually programmable 59 
Steering wheel heating
*59
16 Steering wheel adjustment 58
17 Cruise control
*75 

Everything from A to Z
304
Height adjustment
– seats
49
– steering wheel 58
High beams 73,112
– headlamp flasher 73
– indicator lamp 13
High Definition Radio 181
High-pressure cleaning 
jets 266
Highs, refer to Treble and  bass 175
High water, refer to Driving  through water 140
Highway, refer to Route  criteria 160
Hill Descent Control HDC 98
Hills 140
Holder for cups 127
Home address 160
"Home address" in  navigation 160
Homepage 4
Hood 258
Horn 10
Hot exhaust system 139
"Hour memo" 88
"House number" for  destination entry 153
Hydraulic brake assistant,  refer to Brake assistant 96
Hydroplaning 139
I
IBOC, refer to High Definition 
Radio 181
Ice, refer to Outside 
temperature warning 78
Ice warning, refer to Outside  temperature warning 78
ID3 tag, refer to Information on  track 188
Identification, tire 257
Identification mark, run-flat  tires 256 iDrive
16
– assistance window 20
– changing language 90
– changing menu page 19
– changing settings 88
– changing units of measure  and display type 89
– confirming selection or 
entry 19
– controller 16
– controls 16
– displays, menus 17
– selecting menu item 19
– setting brightness 89
– setting date 89
– setting time 88
– start menu 17
– status information 20
– symbols 18
Ignition 65
– switched off 65
– switched on 65
Ignition key, refer to Keys/ remote control 28
Ignition key position 1, refer to 
Radio readiness 65
Ignition key position 2, refer to  Ignition on 65
Ignition lock 65
– starting engine with comfort  access 40
Indicator/warning lamps 13
– active steering 104
– airbags 107
– DSC 13,97
– DTC 97
– fasten safety belt 55
– Flat Tire Monitor 101
– fog lamps 13
– TPM Tire Pressure 
Monitor 103
Individual air distribution 117
Individually programmable 
buttons on steering 
wheel 59
Individual settings, refer to 
Personal Profile 28
I
nflation pressure, refer to Tire  inflation pressure 249Inflation pressure monitoring
– refer to FTM Flat Tire 
Monitor 100
– refer to TPM Tire Pressure  Monitor 101
Information
– on another location 156
– on country 156
– on current position 156
– on destination location 156
"Information on 
destination" 157
"Info sources" 83
Initializing
– Flat Tire Monitor 100
– refer to Power failure 278
– refer to Setting date 89
– refer to Setting time 88
– seat, mirror and steering 
wheel memory 50
Installation location
– drive for navigation DVD 148
– DVD changer 193
– mobile phone 127
Instructions for navigation 
system, refer to Voice 
instructions 165
Instrument cluster
– refer to Cockpit 10
– refer to Instrument panel 12
Instrument illumination, refer 
to Instrument lighting 113
Instrument lighting 113
Instrument panel 12
– refer to Cockpit 10
Integrated key 28
Integrated universal remote 
control 123
Interesting destination for  navigation 156
"Interim time" 87
Interior lamps 113
– switching on with remote 
control 30
Interior motion sensor 39
– switching off 39 

Everything from A to Z
310
Scan
– CD changer
189
– CD player 189
– radio 179
"Scan all"
– for DVD system in rear 212
– in audio mode 189
"Scan directory"
– for DVD system in rear 212
– in audio mode 189
Screen, refer to iDrive 16
Screw thread for tow  fitting 281
SDARS, refer to Satellite  radio 184
"Seat heater distribution" 56
Seat heating 55,56
Seats 49
– adjusting 49
– adjusting electrically 49
– adjusting manually 49
– backrest width 50
– heating 55,56
– in rear 53
– lumbar support 50
– memory, refer to Seat, mirror  and steering wheel 
memory 50
– 2nd row seats 53
– shoulder support 50
– sitting safely 48
– storing the setting 50
– thigh support 49,50
– 3rd row seats 54
– ventilation, refer to Active  seat ventilation and Seat 
heating 56
2nd row seats 53
Securing load
– refer to Securing cargo 143
– with ski bag, refer to  Securing cargo 134
"Select as 
destination" 156,239
"Select current speed" 87
Selecting audio source 174
Selecting country for  navigation 151 Selecting frequency 
manually 179
Selecting menu items 19
Selecting new scale for  navigation 164
Selector lever, automatic  transmission with 
Steptronic 70
Selector lever lock, refer to  Reverse gear 71
Self-leve
 ling suspension 100
Service, refer to Roadside  Assistance 280
Service and Warranty  Information Booklet for 
US models 263
"Service Info" 83,237
Service interval indicator, refer  to Service requirements 82
"Service Request" 230,237
"Service  requirements" 83,237, 261
Service requirements 82
– also refer to CBS Condition  Based Service 263
"SET"
– DVD changer 195
– rear seat entertainment 207
"Set" on trip computer 82
"Settings" 241
– when unlocking 30
Settings
– changing on Control  Display 88
– clock, 12h/24h mode 89
– configuring, refer to  Personal Profile 28
Setting speed limit 87
Setting time, refer to  Preselecting activation 
times 122
Shifting, automatic  transmission with 
Steptronic 71
Shift paddles 71
Short commands of voice 
activation system 291
Shortest route in navigation,  refer to Selecting route 160"Short route" in 
navigation 160
Shoulder support 50
"Show current position" 155
"Show destination 
position" 155
Shuffled, refer to Random
– CD changer 190
– CD player 190
Side airbags 105
Side marker lamps, replacing 
bulbs 270
Signal horn, refer to Horn 10
Sitting safely 48
– with airbags 48
– with head restraint 48
– with safety belts 48
Ski bag 134
Slide show, refer
  to Displaying 
images 212
Sliding/tilt sunroof
– refer to Glass sunroof, 
electric 45
– refer to Panorama glass  sunroof 42
Slope assistant, refer to  Starting assistant 99
Smokers' package, refer to 
Ashtray 128
Snap-in adapter 233
Snow chains 257
Socket for Onboard  Diagnostics interface 264
Socket for remote control, 
refer to Ignition lock 65
Sockets, refer to Connecting  electrical devices 129
Soft closure aid, refer to  Automatic soft closing 33
Song search, refer to 
Sampling tracks 189
SOS, refer to Initiating an  emergency request 279
Spare fuses 278
Spare remote control 28
Spare wheel
– refer to Changing  wheels 275
– refer to Compact wheel 275