2011 BMW 3 SERIES Owners Manual

Entering a town/city
1.Select "Town/City/Postal Code" or the dis‐
played town/city.
2.Select letters, if necessary.
The list is narrowed down further with each
entry.
3.Move the controller to the right.
4.Select the town/city name from the list.
If there are several towns/cities with the same
name:
1.Change to the list of town/city names.
2.Highlight the town/city.
3.Select the town/city.
Entering the postal code
1.Select "Town/City/Postal Code" or the dis‐
played town/city.
2. Select the symbol.
3.Select the numbers.
4.Change to the list of postal codes and towns/
cities.
5.Highlight the entry.
6.Selecting an entry.
Entering a street and intersection
1.Select "Street" or the displayed street.
2.Enter a street and intersection in the same
way as you would enter a town/city.
If there are several streets with the same name:
1.Change to the list of street names.
2.Highlight the street.
3.Select the street.
Alternative: enter the street address
and house number
1.Select "Street" or the displayed street.
2.Enter the street as you would the town/city.
3."House number"
4.Select the numbers.
5.Change to the list of house numbers.
6.Select a house number or range of house
numbers.
Street does not exist in the destination
city/town
The desired street does not exist in the specified
city/town because it belongs to another part of
the city/town.
1."Navigation"
2."Enter address"
3.Select "Street" or the displayed street.
4.Change to the list of street names.
5.Select "In" the displayed country.
All streets of the selected state/province are
offered. The associated town/city is dis‐
played after the street name.
6.Select the letters.
7.Change to the list of street names.
8.Highlight the street.
9.Select the street.
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Starting destination guidance after
entering the destination
1."Accept destination"
2."Start guidance" or "Add as another
destination"
Add, refer to page 175, a destination as a
further destination.
Address book
Selecting a destination from the
address book
1."Navigation"
2."Address book"
Contacts with addresses are displayed if
these have been checked as destinations.
If the mobile phone does not display the
contacts with addresses, they must first be
checked as a destination, refer to
page 248.
3.Select a contact in the list or, if desired, with
"A-Z search".
4."Business address" or "Home address"
Storing the destination in the address
book
After entering the destination, store the desti‐
nation in the address book.
1."Navigation"
2."Map"
3. "Guidance"
4."Options" Open.
5."Store as new contact" or "Add to existing
contact"
6.Select an existing contact, if available.
7."Business address" or "Home address"
8.Enter "Last name" and, if necessary, "First
name".
9."Store in vehicle"
Storing the position
The current position can be stored in the ad‐
dress book.
1."Navigation"
2."Options" Open.
3."Store position as contact" or "Add position
to contact"
4.Depending on the selection, choose an ex‐
isting contact from the list. Select the type
of address and enter the first and last names.
5."Store in vehicle"
Editing or deleting an address
1."Navigation"
2."Address book"
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3.Highlight the entry.
4."Options" Open.
5."Edit in Contacts" or "Delete entry"
Using the home address as the
destination
The home address must be stored. Specify the
home address, refer to page 247.
1."Navigation"
2."Address book"
3."Home"
4."Start guidance"
Last destinations
At a glance
The destinations previously entered are stored
automatically.
The destinations can be called up and used as a
destination for destination guidance.
Calling up the last destination
1."Navigation"
2."Last destinations"
Starting destination guidance
1."Navigation"
2."Last destinations"
3.Select the destination.
4."Start guidance"
Editing the destination
1."Navigation"
2."Last destinations"
3.Highlight the destination.
4.Open "Options".
5."Edit destination"
Deleting the last destinations
1."Navigation"
2."Last destinations"
3.Highlight the destination.
4.Open "Options".
5."Delete entry" or "Delete all last
destinations"
Special destinations
General information
Even with the most current navigation data, in‐
formation regarding particular individual desti‐
nations may have changed. For instance, certain
gas stations may not be operating.
Opening the search for special
destinations
To select special destinations, e.g., hotels or
tourist attractions:
1."Navigation"
2."Points of Interest"
3.Select the search function.
Online Search
1."Google™ Local Search"
2.Select a special destination.
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3. Select the symbol.
4."Start guidance"
A-Z search
1."A-Z search"
2."Town/City"
Select or enter the town/city.
3."Category"
4.Select the category.
5."Category details"
For some special destinations, multiple cat‐
egory details can be selected. Move the
controller to the left to leave the category
details.
6."Keyword"
7.Enter the keyword.
A list of the special destinations is displayed.
8.Select a special destination.
Details are displayed.
If multiple details are stored, you can leaf
through the pages.
If a phone number is available, a connection
can be established if necessary.
9. Select the symbol.
"Start guidance" or "Add as another
destination"
Add, refer to page 175, a destination as a
further destination.
"Start search": if a search term is not entered,
the search is repeated with the previous search
term.
Category search
1."Category search"
2."Town/City"
Select or enter the town/city.
3."Category"
4.Select the category.
5."Category details"
For some special destinations, multiple cat‐
egory details can be selected. Move the
controller to the left to leave the category
details.
6."Start search"
A list of the special destinations is displayed.
7.Select a special destination.
Details are displayed.
If multiple details are stored, you can leaf
through the pages.
If a phone number is available, a connection
can be established if necessary.
8. Select the symbol.
"Start guidance" or "Add as another
destination"
Add, refer to page 175, a destination as a
further destination.
Display of special destinations
List of special destinations: special destinations
are organized by distance and are displayed with
a directional arrow to the special destination.
On the split screen, special destinations of the
selected category are displayed in the map view
as symbols. The display depends on the scale
of the map and the category.
Destination entry via BMW Assist
A connection is established to the Concierge
service, refer to page 251.
1."Navigation"
2."Enter address"
3."Options" Open.
4."BMW Assist dest. entry"
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Displaying special destinations in the
map
To display symbols of the special destinations
in the map view:
1."Navigation"
2."Map"
3."Options" Open.
4."Display Points of Interest"
5.Select the setting.
Destination entry by map
Selecting the destination
1."Navigation"
2."Map"
The current position of the vehicle is indi‐
cated on the map.
3. "Interactive map"
4.Select the destination with crosshairs.
▷To change the scale: turn the controller.
▷To shift the map: move the controller in
the required direction.
▷To shift the map diagonally: move the
controller in the required direction and
turn it.
Specifying the street
If the system does not recognize a street, one of
the following is displayed:
▷The name of a street nearby.
▷The county.
▷The coordinates of the destination.
Additional functions
Additional functions are available on the inter‐
active map after the controller is pressed.
▷ Select the symbol.
"Start guidance" or "Add as another
destination"
▷"Exit interactive map": return to the map
view.
▷"View in northern direction" or "View in
driving direction"
▷"Display destination": the map section
around the destination is displayed.
▷"Display current location": the map section
around your current location is displayed.
▷"Find points of interest": the search for spe‐
cial destinations is started.
Destination entry by voice
General information
▷Instructions for voice activation system, re‐
fer to page 23.
▷When making a destination entry by voice,
you can change between voice operation
and iDrive.
▷To have the available spoken instructions
read out loud: ›Voice commands‹
Saying the entries
▷The town/city, street, and house number
can be entered as a single command.
▷Countries, towns and cities, streets, and in‐
tersections can be said as whole words or
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spelled in the language of the system. Set
the language, refer to page 84.
Example: to enter a town/city in a US state
as a whole word, the language of the system
must be English.
▷Spell the entry if the spoken language and
the language of the system differ.
▷Say the letters smoothly, and avoid exag‐
gerating the pronunciation and inserting
lengthy pauses between the letters.
▷The options available for entering data de‐
pend on the navigation data and the country
and language settings.
Entering an address in a command
1. Press the button on the steering
wheel.
2.›Enter address‹
3.Wait for a request from the system.
4.Say the address in the suggested order.
5.Continue making the entry as prompted by
the system.
If necessary, individually name the separate
components of the address, e.g., the town/city.
Entering a town/city separately
The name of the town/city can be said as a
word or spelled out.
With the destination entry menu displayed:
1. Press the button on the steering
wheel.
2.›City‹ or ›Spell city‹.
3.Wait for the system to prompt you for the
town/city.
4.Say the name of the town/city, or say at least
the first three letters.
Depending on the entry, up to 20 towns/cit‐
ies may be suggested.
5.Select the town/city.
▷To select a recommended town/
city: ›Yes‹
▷To select a different town/city: ›New
entry‹
▷Select an entry: ›Entry ...‹ e.g., entry 2
▷To spell an entry: ›Spell city‹
6.Continue making the entry as prompted by
the system.
If there are several towns/cities with the same
name:
Towns/cities of the same name are grouped in a
list and displayed as one location followed by an
ellipsis.
1.Select an entry: ›Yes‹ or ›Entry ...‹ e.g., en‐
try 2.
2.Select the desired town/city.
Entering a street or intersection
separately
Enter a street and intersection in the same way
as you would enter a town/city.
Entering a house number separately
Depending on the data in the navigation system,
house numbers up to number 2,000 can be en‐
tered.
1.›House number‹
2.Say the house number.
Say each digit separately.
3.Continue making the entry as prompted by
the system.
Planning a trip with intermediate
destinations
New trip
A trip can be planned with several intermediate
destinations.
1."Navigation"
2."Map"
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3.Move the controller to the left if necessary.
4. "Guidance"
5."Enter new destination"
6.Select the type of destination entry.
7.Enter the intermediate destination.
8."Start guidance"
Entering intermediate destinations
A maximum of 30 intermediate destinations can
be entered for one trip.
1."Enter new destination"
2.Select the type of destination entry.
3.Enter the intermediate destination.
4."Add as another destination"
The intermediate destination is entered in
the destination list and is highlighted.
5.Turn the controller until the intermediate
destination is located in the desired position
in the list.
6.Press the controller.
Starting the trip
1.After all intermediate destinations are en‐
tered, highlight the first destination.
If the second destination, for example, is
highlighted when destination guidance is
started, the first destination is skipped.
2."Start guidance"
This symbol marks the active leg of the
trip.
Storing a trip
Up to 30 trips can be stored in the trip list. If
necessary, delete existing trips to be able to
store new trips.
1.Open "Options".
2."Store trip"
3.Enter the name.
4."OK"
Selecting a stored trip
1."Navigation"
2."Stored trips"
3.Select a stored trip.
4."Start guidance"
Reversing the direction of travel
Intermediate destinations are displayed in re‐
verse order in the list.
1."Map"
2. "Guidance"
3.Open "Options".
4."Reverse order of trip dest."
Intermediate destination options
1."Map"
2. "Guidance"
3."Display all trip destinations"
4.Select an intermediate destination.
▷"Edit destination"
▷"Reposition dest. in the trip": move an
intermediate destination to another po‐
sition in the list.
▷"Delete dest. in the trip"
▷"Go to next dest. in the trip"
Some options are not available for certain trips.
Deleting a stored trip
1."Stored trips"
2.Highlight the desired trip.
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3.Open "Options".
4."Delete all trips" or "Delete trip"
Calling up the last trip
1."Navigation"
2."Stored trips"
3."Last trip"
4."Start guidance"
Destination guidance
Starting destination guidance
1."Navigation"
2.Make a destination entry, refer to page 168.
3."Accept destination"
4."Start guidance"
▷The route is shown on the Control Display.
▷The distance to the destination/intermedi‐
ate destination and the estimated time of ar‐
rival are displayed in the map view.
▷The arrow view is shown in the instrument
cluster, in the Head-up Display, and on the
Control Display where appropriate.
Terminating destination guidance
1."Navigation"
2."Map"
3. "Guidance"
4."Stop guidance"
Continuing destination guidance
If the destination was not reached during the last
trip, destination guidance can be resumed.
"Resume guidance"
Route criteria
General information
▷The route calculated can be influenced by
selecting certain criteria.
▷The route criteria can be changed when the
destination is entered and during destina‐
tion guidance.
▷Road types are part of the navigation data
and are taken into consideration when plan‐
ning a route, such as when avoiding high‐
ways.
▷The recommended route may differ from the
route you would take based on personal ex‐
perience.
▷The settings are stored for the remote con‐
trol currently in use.
▷Destination guidance with traffic bulletins,
refer to page 182.
Changing the route criteria
1."Navigation"
2."Map"
3. "Route preference"
4.Select the criterion:
▷ "Fast route": time-optimized route,
being a combination of the shortest pos‐
sible route and the fastest roads.
▷ "ECO PRO route": optimized com‐
bination of the fastest and shortest
route.
▷ "Short route": short distance, irre‐
spective of how fast or slow progress will
be.
▷"Alternative routes": if available, alter‐
native routes are suggested during ac‐
tive route guidance.
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