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Owner's Manual
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Owner's Manual for Vehicle
A-Z
The Ultimate Driving
Machine
THE BMW 3 SERIES SEDAN.
OWNER'S MANUAL.
3 Series
Owner's Manual for Vehicle
Thank you for choosing a BMW.
The more familiar you are with your vehicle, the better control you will have on the road. We therefore strongly suggest:
Read this Owner's Manual before starting off in your new BMW. Also use the Integrated Owner's Manual in your vehicle. It con‐ tains important information on vehicle operation that will help you make full use of the technical features available in your BMW. The manual also contains information designed to en‐ hance operating reliability and road safety, and to contribute to maintaining the value of your BMW.
Any updates made after the editorial deadline for the printed or Integrated Owner's Manual are located in the appendix of the printed quick reference for the vehicle.
Supplementary information can be found in the additional bro‐ chures in the onboard literature.
We wish you a safe and enjoyable drive.
BMW AG
© 2013 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Munich, Germany Reprinting, including excerpts, only with the written consent of BMW AG, Munich. US English X/13, 11 13 490 Printed on environmentally friendly paper, bleached without chlorine, suitable for recycling.
Addendum
ADDENDUM TO BMW 3 SERIES SEDAN OWNER’S MANUAL 1402926810
We wanted to provide you with some updates and clarifications with respect to the printed BMW Owner’s Manual. These updates and clarifications will supersede the materials contained in that document.
1. Where the terms “service center,”
“the service center,” “your service center,” “service specialist,’ or “service” are used in the Owner’s Manual, we wanted to clarify that the terms refer to a BMW dealer’s service center or another service center or repair shop that employs trained personnel that can perform maintenance and repair work on your vehicle in accordance with BMW specifications.
2. Where the text of the Owner’s
Manual contains an affirmative instruction to contact a “service center” or “your service center,” we wanted to clarify that BMW recommends that, if you are faced with one of the situations addressed by that text, you contact or seek the assistance of a BMW dealer’s service center or another service center or repair shop that employs trained personnel that can perform maintenance and repair work on your vehicle in accordance with BMW specifications.
While BMW of North America LLC, at no cost to you, will pay for repairs required by the limited warranties provided with respect to your
vehicle and for maintenance under the Maintenance Program during the applicable warranty and maintenance coverage periods, you are free to elect, both during those periods and thereafter, to have maintenance and repair work provided by other service centers or repair shops.
3. Where the Owner’s Manual makes
reference to parts and accessories having been approved by BMW, those references are intended to reflect that those parts and accessories are recommended by BMW of North America LLC. You may elect to use other parts and accessories, but, if you do, we recommend that you make sure that any such parts and/or accessories are appropriate for use on your vehicle.
4. At page 7, under the warranty
section’s discussion of homologation, where it states that you “cannot lodge warranty claims for your vehicle there,” the text should read that you “may not be able to lodge warranty claims for your vehicle there.”
5. At page 7, under the “Parts and
Accessories” section, in the fifth sentence, the word “cannot” should read “does not.”
6. At page 53, in the “Checking and
replacing safety belts” section, the
Addendum
text beginning, “Have the work performed only by your service center . . .” should be disregarded and the following text should be read in lieu thereof: “BMW recommends having this work performed by a service center as it is important that this safety feature functions properly.”
7. At page 90, under the heading:
“Special windshield,” the paragraph beginning, “Therefore have the special windshield . . .” should be disregarded and the following text should be read in lieu thereof: “BMW recommends that you have the special windshield replaced by the service center.”
8. At page 168 under the heading:
“Objects within the range of movement of the pedals” and at page 226 under the heading: “Carpets and floor mats,” the paragraph that begins: “Only use floor mats . . .” should be disregarded and the following language should be read in lieu thereof: “The manufacturer of your vehicle recommends that you use floor mats that have been identified by it as appropriate for use in your vehicle and that can be properly fixed in place.”
9. At page 195, under the heading:
“Mounting,” the paragraph beginning, “Have mounting and balancing . . .” should be disregarded and the following text should be read in lieu thereof: “BMW recommends that you have mounting and balancing performed
by your service center or a tire mounting specialist.”
10. At page 196, under the heading:
“Approved wheels and tires,” the term “Approved” should be disregarded and in lieu thereof, the term “Recommended” should be read in its place. In addition, the text of that section should be disregarded and the following text should be read in lieu thereof:
The manufacturer of your vehicle strongly suggests that you use wheels and tires that have been recommended by the vehicle manufacturer for your vehicle type; otherwise, for example, despite having the same official size ratings, variations can lead to body contact and with it, the risk of severe accidents.
The manufacturer of your vehicle does not evaluate non­recommended wheels and tires to determine if they are suitable for use on your vehicle.
11. At page 197, under the heading:
“Snow Chains,” the text should be disregarded and the following text should be read in lieu thereof:
Only certain types of fine-link snow chains have been tested by the manufacturer of your vehicle and are determined by the manufacturer of your vehicle to be road safe and are recommended by the manufacturer of your vehicle.
Addendum
Information about recommended snow chains is available from a service center.
12. At page 199, under the heading
“Hood,” the sentence beginning, “If you are unfamiliar” should be disregarded.
13. At page 202, under the heading:
“Approved oil types,” the references to “Approved” should be read as “Suitable.” Immediately preceding the “Gasoline engine” chart, the following sentence should be inserted: “Add engine oils that meet the following oil rating standards: . . .”
14. At page 202, under the heading:
“Alternative oil types,” the text preceding the chart should be disregarded, and in lieu thereof should be read as follows: “If an engine oil suitable for continuous use is not available, up to 1 US quart/liter of an engine oil with the following oil rating can be added: . . .” The reference to “specification” should be read as “rating.”
15. At page 202, under the heading:
“Engine oil change,” the text should be disregarded and in lieu thereof should be read as follows:
BMW recommends that you have the oil changed at your BMW dealer’s service center or at another service center that has trained personnel that can perform the work in accordance with BMW specifications.
16. At page 204, under the heading:
“Service and Warranty Information Booklet for US models and Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models,” the second paragraph should be disregarded and the following text read in lieu thereof:
The manufacturer of your vehicle recommends that you have maintenance and repair performed by your BMW dealer’s service center or another service center or repair shop that employs trained personnel that can perform maintenance and repair work on your vehicle in accordance with BMW specifications. The manufacturer of your vehicle recommends that you maintain records of all maintenance and repair work performed on your vehicle.
17. At page 207 and page 210, where it
reads: “Do not perform work/bulb replacement on xenon headlamps,” that text should be disregarded and in lieu thereof the following text should be read: “Xenon headlamp work or replacement can cause serious and fatal injuries.” In the text that follows, where it reads: “[h]ave any work on the xenon lighting system . . . ,” the following words should be read as preceding that passage: “It is strongly
suggested that you . . . .”
18. At page 215, under the “Battery
replacement” section, the text should be disregarded and in lieu
Addendum
thereof the following text should be read:
Use of recommended vehicle batteries
The manufacturer of your vehicle recommends that you use vehicle batteries that it has tested and recommends for use in your vehicle; otherwise the vehicle could be damaged and systems or functions may not be fully available.
After a battery replacement, the manufacturer of your vehicle recommends that you have the battery registered on your vehicle by a service center to ensure that all comfort functions are fully available, and that any “check control” messages of these comfort functions are no longer displayed.
Contents
The fastest way to find information on a partic‐ ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to page 234.
6 Notes
At a glance
14 Cockpit 18 iDrive 26 Voice activation system 29 Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle
Controls
34 Opening and closing 49 Adjusting 59 Transporting children safely 63 Driving 75 Displays 91 Lamps 96 Safety 116 Driving stability control systems 121 Driving comfort 144 Climate control 151 Interior equipment 159 Storage compartments
Mobility
180 Refueling 182 Fuel 187 Wheels and tires 198 Engine compartment 200 Engine oil 203 Coolant 204 Maintenance 206 Replacing components 217 Breakdown assistance 223 Care
Reference
230 Technical data 234 Everything from A to Z
Driving tips
166 Things to remember when driving 169 Loading 172 Saving fuel
Notes
Notes
Using this Owner's Manual
Orientation
The fastest way to find information on a partic‐ ular topic is by using the index.
An initial overview of the vehicle is provided in the first chapter.
Updates made after the editorial deadline
Any updates made after the editorial deadline for the Owner's Manuals are located in the ap‐ pendix of the printed quick reference for the vehicle.
User's manual for Navigation, Entertainment, Communication
The topics of Navigation, Entertainment, Com‐ munication and the short commands of the voice activation system are described in a sep‐ arate user's manual, which is also included with the onboard literature.
Additional sources of information
The service center will be happy to answer any other questions you may have.
Information on BMW, e.g., on technology, is available on the Internet: bmwusa.com.
Symbols
Indicates precautions that must be followed precisely in order to avoid the possibility of personal injury and serious damage to the ve‐ hicle.
◄ Marks the end of a specific item of informa‐ tion.
"..." Identifies Control Display texts used to se‐ lect individual functions.
›...‹ Verbal instructions to use with the voice ac‐ tivation system.
››...‹‹ Identifies the answers generated by the voice activation system.
Refers to measures that can be taken to
help protect the environment.
Symbols on vehicle components
Indicates that you should consult the rele‐ vant section of this Owner's Manual for infor‐ mation on a particular part or assembly.
Vehicle equipment
This Owner's Manual describes all models and all standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series. Therefore, in this Owner's Manual, equipment is also described and illustrated that is not available in your vehicle, e.g., because of the selected optional equipment or the country­specific variants.
This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.
For any options and equipment not described in this Owner's Handbook, refer to the Supple‐ mentary Owner's Handbooks.
On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are arranged differently than shown in the illus‐ trations.
Status of the Owner's Manual
Basic information
The manufacturer of your vehicle pursues a policy of constant development that is con‐ ceived to ensure that our vehicles continue to embody the highest quality and safety stan‐
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Notes
dards. In rare cases, therefore, the features de‐ scribed in this Owner's Manual may differ from those in your vehicle.
Updates made after the editorial deadline
Any updates made after the editorial deadline for the Owner's Manuals are located in the ap‐ pendix of the printed quick reference for the vehicle.
For your own safety
Warranty
Your vehicle is technically configured for the operating conditions and registration require‐ ments applying in the country of first delivery ­homologation. If your vehicle is to be operated in a different country it might be necessary to adapt your vehicle to potentially differing oper‐ ating conditions and permit requirements. If your vehicle does not comply with the homolo‐ gation requirements in a certain country you cannot lodge warranty claims for your vehicle there. Further information can be obtained from your Service Centre.
Parts and Accessories
BMW recommends using parts and accessories approved by BMW for this purpose.
Your BMW center is the right contact for genuine BMW parts and accessories, other products approved by BMW and related qualified advice.
BMW has tested these products for safety and suitability in relation to BMW vehicles.
BMW can assume responsibility for them. However, we cannot assume any responsibility whatsoever for parts and accessories that have not been specifically approved by BMW.
BMW cannot evaluate whether each individual product from another manufacturer can be used with BMW vehicles without presenting a safety hazard. This guarantee is also not applicable when country-specific government approval has been granted. Testing of this kind may fail to embrace the entire range of potential operating conditions to which components might be exposed on BMW vehicles. Such products could conceivably fail to comply with BMW's own stringent quality standards.
Maintenance and repairs
Advanced technology, e.g., the use of modern materials and high-performance electronics, requires suitable maintenance and repair methods.
Therefore, have this work performed only by a BMW center or a workshop that works accord‐ ing to BMW repair procedures with appropri‐ ately trained personnel.
If this work is not carried out properly, there is the danger of subsequent damage and related safety hazards.
California Proposition 65 Warning
California laws require us to state the following warning:
Engine exhaust and a wide variety of automo‐ bile components and parts, including compo‐ nents found in the interior furnishings in a vehi‐ cle, 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
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Notes
chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other repro‐ ductive harm. Battery posts, terminals and re‐ lated accessories contain lead and lead com‐ pounds. 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.
Service and warranty
We recommend that you read this publication thoroughly. Your vehicle is covered by the fol‐ lowing warranties:
▷ New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
▷ Rust Perforation Limited Warranty.
▷ Federal Emissions System Defect War‐
ranty.
▷ Federal Emissions Performance Warranty.
▷ California Emission Control System Lim‐
ited Warranty.
Detailed information about these warranties is listed in the Service and Warranty Information Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.
Your vehicle has been specifically adapted and designed to meet the particular operating con‐ ditions and homologation requirements in your country and continental region in order to de‐ liver the full driving pleasure while the vehicle is operated under those conditions. If you wish to operate your vehicle in another country or region, you may be required to adapt your ve‐ hicle to meet different prevailing operating conditions and homologation requirements. You should also be aware of any applicable warranty limitations or exclusions for such country or region. In such case, please contact Customer Relations for further information.
Maintenance
Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the road safety, operational reliability and the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
Specifications for required maintenance meas‐ ures:
▷ BMW Maintenance system
▷ Service and Warranty Information Booklet
for US models
▷ Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for
Canadian models
If the vehicle is not maintained according to these specifications, this could result in seri‐ ous damage to the vehicle. Such damage is not covered by the BMW New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
Data memory
Many electronic components on your vehicle are equipped with data memories that tempo‐ rarily or permanently store technical informa‐ tion about the condition of the vehicle, events and faults. This technical information generally documents the state of a component, a mod‐ ule, a system or the environment:
▷ Operating states of system components,
fill levels for instance.
▷ Status messages for the vehicle and from
its individual components, e.g., wheel rota‐ tion speed/ vehicle speed, deceleration, transverse acceleration.
▷ Malfunctions and faults in important sys‐
tem components, e.g., lights and brakes.
▷ Responses by the vehicle to special situa‐
tions, e.g., deployment of an airbag, en‐ gagement of stability control systems.
▷ Ambient conditions, such as temperature.
This data is purely technical in nature and is used to detect and correct faults and to opti‐ mize vehicle functions. Motion profiles over routes traveled cannot be created from this data. When service offerings are used, e.g., re‐ pair services, service processes, warranty claims, quality assurance, this technical infor‐ mation can be read out from the event and fault memories by the service personnel, in‐
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Notes
cluding the manufacturer, using special diag‐ nostic tools. You can obtain further information there if it is needed. After a fault is corrected, the information in the fault memory is deleted or overwritten on a continuous basis.
When the vehicle is in use, situations are con‐ ceivable in which it might be possible to asso‐ ciate this technical data with individuals if it is combined with other information, e.g., an acci‐ dent report, damage to the vehicle, eye wit‐ ness accounts — possibly with the assistance of an expert.
Additional functions that are contractually agreed with the customer, such as vehicle lo‐ cating in an emergency, enable certain vehicle data to be transmitted from the vehicle.
Event Data Recorder EDR
This vehicle is equipped with an event data re‐ corder EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa‐ tions, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in under‐ standing how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:
▷ How various systems in your vehicle were
operating.
▷ Whether or not the driver and passenger
safety belts were fastened.
▷ How far, if at all, the driver was depressing
the accelerator and/or brake pedal.
▷ How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better under‐ standing of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data, e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location, are recorded.
However, other parties, such as law enforce‐ ment, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely ac‐ quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehi‐ cle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the ve‐ hicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
Reporting safety defects
For US customers
The following only applies to vehicles owned and operated in the US.
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause in‐ jury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis‐ tration NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of North America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, West‐ wood, New Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone 1-800-831-1117.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign.
However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or BMW of North America, LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to http:// www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washing‐ ton, DC 20590. You can also obtain other in‐ formation about motor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov.
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Notes
For Canadian customers
Canadian customers who wish to report a safety-related defect to Transport Canada, De‐ fect Investigations and Recalls, may telephone the toll-free hotline 1-800-333-0510. You can also obtain other information about motor vehi‐ cle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety.
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Notes
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At a glance

These overviews of buttons, switches and displays are intended to familiarize you with your vehicle. You will also become quickly acquainted
with the available control concepts and options.
At a glance Cockpit

Cockpit

Vehicle equipment

All standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series is described in this chapter. Therefore, equip‐

All around the steering wheel

ment is also described that is not available in a vehicle, e. g., because of the selected optional equipment or country variant. This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.
1 Roller sunblinds  47
2 Rear window safety switch  46
3 Power windows  45
4 Exterior mirror operation  56
5 Glove compartment on the driver's
side  159
Driver assistance systems
14
Active Blind Spot Detec‐ tion  114
Intelligent Safety  104
Collision warning with City Brak‐ ing function  105.
Lane departure warning  112
6 Lamps
Cockpit At a glance
Front fog lamps  94
Parking lamps  91
Low beams  91
Automatic headlamp con‐ trol  92
Daytime running lights  92
Adaptive Light Control  92
High-beam Assistant  93
Instrument lighting  94
7 Steering column stalk, left
Turn signal  68
High beams, head‐ lamp flasher  68
High-beam Assistant  93
Reduce distance  124
Increase distance  124
Cruise control rocker switch  129,  123
9 Instrument cluster  75
10 Steering wheel buttons, right
Entertainment source
Volume
Voice activation  26
Telephone, see user's manual for Navigation, Entertainment and Communication
Thumbwheel for selection lists  85
11 Steering column stalk, right
Windshield wipers  68
Roadside parking lamps  92
Computer  86
8 Steering wheel buttons, left
Store speed  128,  121
Resume speed  129,  121
Cruise control on/off, interrupt‐ ing  128
Active Cruise Control on/off, in‐ terrupting  121
Rain sensor  69
Clean the windshields and head‐ lamps  70
12 Start/stop the engine and switch
the ignition on/off  64
Auto Start/Stop function  65
13 Horn
14 Steering wheel heating  58
15 Adjust steering wheel  58
16 Unlock hood  199
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At a glance Cockpit

All around the center console

1 Headliner  17
2 Control Display  18
3 Ventilation  149
4 Hazard warning system  217
Central locking system  37
5 Glove compartment  159
6 Radio/CD/Multimedia, see user's manual
for Navigation, Entertainment and Commu‐ nication
7 Climate control  144
8 Controller with buttons  18
9 Parking brake  67
10 PDC Park Distance Control  130
Rearview camera  133
Parking assistant  138
Surround View  132
11 Driving Dynamics Control  118
DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐ trol  116
12 Automatic transmission selector
lever  71
Manual transmission selector lever  71
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All around the headliner

Cockpit At a glance
1 Intelligent Emergency Re‐
quest  217
2 Glass sunroof, powered  47
3 Indicator lamp, front passenger
airbag  98
4 Reading lamps  94
5 Interior lamps  94
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At a glance iDrive

iDrive

Vehicle equipment

All standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series is described in this chapter. Therefore, equip‐ ment is also described that is not available in a vehicle, e. g., because of the selected optional equipment or country variant. This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.

The concept

The iDrive combines the functions of a multi‐ tude of switches. Thus, these functions can be operated from a central location.
Using the iDrive during a trip
To avoid becoming distracted and pos‐ ing an unnecessary hazard to your vehicle's occupants and to other road users, never at‐ tempt to use the controls or enter information unless traffic and road conditions allow this.◀

Controls at a glance

Controls
Control Display
Hints
▷ To clean the Control Display, follow the
care instructions.
▷ Do not place objects close to the Control
Display; otherwise, the Control Display can be damaged.
Switching off
1.
2. "Switch off control display"
Press the button.
Switching on
Press the controller again to switch the screen back on.
1 Control Display
2 Controller with buttons and, depending on
the equipment version, with touchpad
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Controller with navigation system
The buttons can be used to open the menus directly. The controller can be used to select menu items and create the settings.
Some iDrive functions can be operated using the touchpad on the controller.
iDrive At a glance
1. Turn.
2. Press.
3. Move in four directions.
Press the but‐ ton
TEL Opens the Telephone menu.
BACK Displays the previous panel.
OPTION Opens the Options menu.
Function
Controller without navigation system
The buttons can be used to open the menus directly. The controller can be used to select menu items and create the settings.
Turn.
1.
2. Press.
Buttons on controller
Press the but‐ ton
MENU Open the main menu.
RADIO Opens the Radio menu.
MEDIA Opens the CD/Multimedia
NAV Opens the Navigation menu.
Function
menu.
3. Move in two directions.
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At a glance iDrive
Buttons on controller
Press the but‐ ton
MENU Open the main menu.
Audio Open audio menu last lis‐
TEL Opens the Telephone menu.
BACK Open previous panel.
OPTION Opens the Options menu.
Function
tened to, switch between au‐ dio menus.

Operating concept

Opening the main menu
Press the button.
The main menu is displayed.
All iDrive functions can be called up via the main menu.
Selecting menu items
Highlighted menu items can be selected.
1. Turn the controller until the desired menu
item is highlighted.
2. Press the controller.
Menu items in the Owner's Manual
In the Owner's Manual, menu items that can be selected are set in quotation marks, e.g., "Settings".
Changing between panels
After a menu item is selected, e.g., "Radio", a new panel is displayed. Panels can overlap.
▷ Move the controller to the left.
The current panel is closed and the previ‐ ous panel is displayed.
The previous panel is opened again by pressing the BACK button. In this case, the current panel is not closed.
▷ Move the controller to the right.
A new panel is opened on top of the previ‐ ous display.
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iDrive At a glance
White arrows pointing to the left or right indi‐ cate that additional panels can be opened.
View of an opened menu
When a menu is opened, it generally opens with the panel that was last selected in that menu. To display the first panel of a menu:
▷ Move the controller to the left repeatedly
until the first panel is displayed.
▷ Press the menu button on the controller
twice.
Opening the Options menu
Press the button.
The "Options" menu is displayed.
Additional options: move the controller to the right repeatedly until the "Options" menu is displayed.
Options menu
The "Options" menu consists of various areas:
▷ Screen settings, e.g., "Split screen".
This area remains unchanged.
▷ Control options for the selected main
menu, e.g., for "Radio".
▷ If applicable, further operating options for
the selected menu, e.g., "Store station".
2. Turn the controller until the desired setting
is displayed.
3. Press the controller.
Activating/deactivating the functions
Several menu items are preceded by a check‐ box. It indicates whether the function is acti‐ vated or deactivated. Selecting the menu item activates or deactivates the function.
The function is activated.
The function is deactivated.

Touchpad

Some iDrive functions can be operated using the touchpad on the controller:
Selecting functions
"Settings"
1.
2. "Touchpad"
3. Select the desired function.
▷ "Speller": enter letters and numbers.
▷ "Interactive map": operating the inter‐
active map.
▷ "Browser": enter Internet addresses.
▷ "Audio feedback": the entered letters
and numbers are announced.
Changing settings
Select a field.
1.
Entering letters and numbers
The entry of the letters requires some practice at the beginning. In the entry, pay attention to the following:
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At a glance iDrive
▷ For the input of upper/lower case letters
and numbers, it may be necessary to switch via the controller to the correspond‐ ing Input mode, refer to page 25, e.g. when the spelling of upper and lower case letters is identical.
▷ Enter characters as they are displayed on
the Control Display.
▷ Always enter accompanying signs, such as
accents or periods so that the letter can be clearly recognized. The possibility of input depends on the set language. Where nec‐ essary, enter special characters via the controller.
▷ To delete a character, slide to the left on
the touchpad.
▷ To enter a blank space, slide to the right in
the center of the touchpad.
▷ To enter a hyphen, slide to the right in the
upper area of the touchpad.
▷ To enter an underscore, slide to the right in
the lower area of the touchpad.
Using interactive map and Internet
The interactive map in the navigation system and Internet sites can be moved via the touch‐ pad.
Function Controls
Changing settings
Settings on the control display, such as the volume, can be made via the touchpad. To do this slide to the left or right accordingly.

Example: setting the clock

Setting the clock
1.
2. Turn the controller until "Settings" is high‐
3. If necessary, move the controller to the left
4. Turn the controller until "Time/Date" is
Press the button. The main menu is
displayed.
lighted, and then press the controller.
to display "Time/Date".
highlighted, and then press the controller.
Move interactive map or Internet sites.
Enlarge/shrink interac‐ tive map or Internet sites.
Display the menu or open a link in the Inter‐ net.
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Slide in the corre‐ sponding direction.
Drag inwards or outwards on the touchpad with the fingers.
Tap once.
iDrive At a glance
5. Turn the controller until "Time:" is high‐
lighted, and then press the controller.
6. Turn the controller to set the hours and
press the controller.
7. Turn the controller to set the minutes and
press the controller.

Status information

Status field
The following information is displayed in the status field at the top right:
▷ Time.
▷ Current entertainment source.
▷ Sound output, on/off.
▷ Wireless network reception strength.
▷ Telephone status.
▷ Traffic bulletin reception.
Status field symbols
The symbols are grouped as follows.
Radio symbols
Telephone symbols
Symbol Meaning
Incoming or outgoing call.
Missed call.
Wireless network reception
strength.
Symbol flashes: network search.
Wireless network is not available.
Bluetooth is switched on.
Roaming is active.
Text message was received.
Check the SIM card.
SIM card is blocked.
SIM card is missing.
Enter the PIN.
Entertainment symbols
Symbol Meaning
CD/DVD player.
Music collection.
Gracenote® database.
AUX-IN port.
USB audio interface.
Mobile phone audio interface.
Symbol Meaning
Satellite radio is switched on.
Additional symbols
Symbol Meaning
Spoken instructions are switched
off.
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At a glance iDrive

Split screen

General information
Additional information can be displayed on the right side of the split screen, e.g., information from the onboard computer.
In the divided screen view, the so-called split screen, this information remains visible even when you change to another menu.
Switching the split screen on and off
1.
2. "Split screen"
Selecting the display
1. Press the button.
2. "Split screen"
3. Move the controller until the split screen is
4. Press the controller or select "Split screen
5. Select the desired menu item.
Press the button.
selected.
content".
tions, phone numbers and entry points into the menu.
The settings are stored for the remote control currently in use.
Without navigation system and telephone
Only radio stations can be stored on the but‐ tons, refer to user's manual for Navigation, En‐ tertainment, Communication.
Saving a function
1. Highlight the function via the iDrive.
2.
Press the desired button for more
than 2 seconds.
Running a function
Press the button.
The function will run immediately. This means, for example, that the number is dialed when a phone number is selected.
Displaying the button assignment
Use a finger to touch the buttons. Do not wear gloves or use objects.
The key assignment is displayed at the top edge of the screen.

Programmable memory buttons

General information
The iDrive functions can be stored on the pro‐ grammable memory buttons and called up di‐ rectly, e.g., radio stations, navigation destina‐
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▷ To display short information: touch the
button.
▷ To display detailed information: touch the
button for an extended period.
iDrive At a glance
Deleting the button assignments
1. Press buttons 1 and 8 simultaneously for
approx. five seconds.
2. "OK"

Entering letters and numbers

General information
1. Turn the controller: select letters or num‐
bers.
2. Select additional letters or numbers if
needed.
3. "OK": confirm the entry.
Symbol Function
Press the controller: delete the let‐
ter or number.
Press the controller for an extended
period: delete all letters or numbers.
Switching between cases, letters and numbers
Depending on the menu, you can switch be‐ tween entering upper and lower case, letters and numbers:
Symbol Function
The entries are continuously compared to the data stored in the vehicle.
▷ Only those letters are offered during the
entry for which data is available.
▷ Destination search: town/city names can
be entered using the spelling of language available on the Control Display.
Enter the letters.
Enter the numbers.
or Move the controller up.
Without navigation system
Select the symbol.
Entry comparison
Entry of names and addresses: the selection is narrowed down every time a letter is entered and letters may be added automatically.
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At a glance Voice activation system

Voice activation system

Vehicle equipment

All standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series is described in this chapter. Therefore, equip‐ ment is also described that is not available in a vehicle, e. g., because of the selected optional equipment or country variant. This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.

The concept

▷ Most functions that are displayed on the
Control Display can be operated by spoken commands via the voice activation system. The system prompts you to make your en‐ tries.
▷ Functions that can only be used when the
vehicle is stationary cannot be operated using the voice activation system.
▷ The system uses a special microphone on
the driver's side.
▷ ›...‹ Verbal instructions in the Owner's
Manual to use with the voice activation system.

Requirements

Via the Control Display, set a language that is also supported by the voice activation system so that the spoken commands can be identi‐ fied.
Set the language, refer to page 88.

Using voice activation

Activating the voice activation system
1.
2. Wait for the signal.
3. Say the command.
This symbol in the instrument cluster indi‐
cates that the voice activation system is active.
If no other commands are available, operate the function in this case via iDrive.
Press the button on the steering
wheel.
The command is displayed in the instru‐ ment cluster.
Terminating the voice activation system
Briefly press the button on the steer‐ ing wheel or ›End‹.

Possible commands

Most menu items on the Control Display can be voiced as commands.
The available commands depend on which menu is currently displayed on the Control Dis‐ play.
Short commands exist for many functions.
Some list entries, e.g., Phone book entries, can also be selected via the voice activation sys‐ tem. Speak these list entries exactly as they are displayed in the respective list.
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Having possible commands read aloud
You can have the available commands read out loud for you: ›commands‹
For example, if the "Settings" menu is dis‐ played, the commands for the settings are read out loud.
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