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Owner's Manual for Vehicle
A-Z
The Ultimate
Driving Machine®
THE BMW 7 SERIES.
OWNER'S MANUAL.
7 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 can be found in the appendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.
Supplementary information can be found in the additional bro‐ chures in the onboard literature.
We wish you a safe and enjoyable ride
BMW AG
The Owner's Manual is available in many countries as an app. Additional information on the Internet:
www.bmw.com/bmw_drivers_guide
© 2015 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Munich, Germany Reprinting, including excerpts, only with the written consent of BMW AG, Munich. US English VI/15, 07 15 490 Printed on environmentally friendly paper, bleached without chlorine, suitable for recycling.
Contents
The fastest way to find information on a partic‐ ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to page 302.
6 Information
At a glance
14 Cockpit 19 Idle state, operating and drive readiness 21 iDrive 30 BMW gesture control 33 Voice activation system 36 BMW Touch Command 38 General settings 49 Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle
Controls
54 Opening and closing 76 Adjusting 93 Transporting children safely 97 Driving 113 Displays 129 Lights 136 Safety 163 Driving stability control systems 168 Driver assistance systems 200 Driving comfort 203 Climate control 215 Interior equipment 225 Storage compartments
Mobility
250 Refueling 252 Fuel 254 Wheels and tires 271 Engine compartment 273 Engine oil 277 Coolant 279 Maintenance 281 Replacing components 286 Breakdown assistance 291 Care
Reference
298 Technical data 301 Appendix 302 Everything from A to Z
Driving tips
234 Things to remember when driving 237 Loading 240 Saving fuel
Information
Information
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 can be found in the appendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.
User's manual for Navigation, Entertainment, Communication
The Owner's Manual for Navigation, Entertain‐ ment, and Communication is available as printed book at your service center.
The topics of Navigation, Entertainment, and Communication can be retrieved on the Con‐ trol Display via the Integrated Owner's Manual and in the BMW Driver’s Guide app.
Additional sources of information
A dealer’s service center or another qualified service center or repair shop will be glad to an‐ swer additional questions at any time.
Information on BMW, e.g., on technology, is available on the Internet: www.bmwusa.com.
Symbols and displays
Symbols in the Owner's Manual
Indicates precautions that must be followed precisely in order to avoid the possibility of personal injury and serious damage to the vehicle.
◄ Marks the end of a specific item of information.
Refers to measures that can be taken to help protect the environment.
"..." Identifies display texts in vehicle used to select individual functions.
›...‹ Verbal instructions to use with the voice activation system.
››...‹‹ Identifies the answers generated by the voice activation system.
Action steps
Action steps to be carried out are presented as numbered list. The steps must be carried out in the defined order.
First action step.
1.
2. Second action step.
Enumerations
Enumerations without mandatory order or al‐ ternative possibilities are presented as list with bullet points.
▷ First possibility.
▷ Second possibility.
BMW Driver’s Guide App
The Owner's Manual is available in many coun‐ tries as an app. Additional information on the Internet:
www.bmw.com/bmw_drivers_guide
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Symbols on vehicle components
Indicates that you should consult the relevant section of this Owner's Manual for information on a particular part or assembly.
Information
Vehicle features and options
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, we also de‐ scribe and illustrate features that are not avail‐ able in your vehicle, e.g., because of the se‐ lected optional features or the country-specific version.
This also applies to safety-related functions and systems.
The respectively applicable country provisions must be observed when using the respective features 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 from what is shown in the illustrations.
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‐ 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 can be found in the appendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.
Own safety
Warranty
Your vehicle is technically configured for the operating conditions and registration require‐ ments applying in the country of first delivery also known as homologation. If your vehicle is to be operated in a different country it might be necessary to adapt your vehicle to potentially differing operating conditions and permit re‐ quirements. If your vehicle does not comply with the homologation requirements in a cer‐ tain country you may not be able to lodge war‐ ranty claims for your vehicle there. Further in‐ formation on warranty is available from a dealer’s service center.
Maintenance and repairs
Advanced technology, e.g., the use of modern materials and high-performance electronics, requires suitable maintenance and repair work.
The manufacturer of the vehicle recommends that you entrust corresponding procedures to a BMW dealer’s service center. If you choose to use another service facility, BMW recom‐ mends use of a facility that performs work, e.g. maintenance and repair, according to BMW specifications with properly trained personnel, referred to in this Owner's Manual as "another qualified service center or repair shop".
If work is performed improperly, e.g. mainte‐ nance and repair, there is a risk of subsequent damage and related safety risks.
Parts and accessories
BMW recommends the use of parts and ac‐ cessory products approved by BMW.
Approved parts and accessories, and advice on their use and installation are available from a BMW dealer's service center.
BMW parts and accessories were tested by BMW for their safety and suitability in BMW vehicles.
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BMW warrants genuine BMW parts and acces‐ sories.
BMW does not evaluate whether each individ‐ ual product from another manufacturer can be used with BMW vehicles without presenting a safety hazard, even if a country-specific official approval was issued. BMW does not evaluate whether these products are suitable for BMW vehicles under all usage conditions.
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 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 records the state of a component, a module, a system or the environment:
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Information
▷ Operating mode 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 such as airbag deployment or engag‐ ing the stability control system.
▷ 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 employees of the dealer’s service center or another qualified service cen‐ ter or repair shop, including the manufacturer, using special diagnostic tools. You can obtain further information there if you need it. After an error is corrected, the information in the fault memory is deleted or overwritten on a continu‐ ous basis.
With the vehicle in use there are situations where you can associate these technical data with individuals if combined with other infor‐ mation, e.g., an accident report, damage to the vehicle, eye witness accounts — possibly with the assistance of an expert.
Additional functions that are contractually agreed with the customer - such as vehicle emergency locating - you can transmit certain vehicle data from the vehicle.
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.
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‐
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Vehicle identification number
The vehicle identification number can be found in the engine compartment.
The vehicle identification number can also be found behind the windshield.
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.
For Canadian customers
Canadian customers who wish to report a safety-related defect to Transport Canada, De‐ fect Investigations and Recalls, may call the toll-free hotline 1-800-333-0510. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety.
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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 features and options

This chapter describes all standard, country­specific and optional features offered with the series. It also describes features that are not necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to

All around the steering wheel

the selected options or country versions. This also applies to safety-related functions and systems. The respectively applicable country provisions must be observed when using the respective features and systems.
1 Seating comfort features
Gentleman function  78
Seat, mirror, and steering wheel memory  87
Massage function  88
2 Roller sunblind in the rear win‐
dow  72
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3 Safety switch for the windows
and roller sunblinds  71
4 Power windows  70
5 Exterior mirror operation  85
6 Lights
Front fog lights  132
Night Vision  147
Cockpit At a glance
Lights off
Automatic headlight con‐ trol  130
Daytime running lights  131
Parking lights  129
Automatic headlight con‐ trol  130
Adaptive Light Control  131
High-beam Assistant  132
Low beams  129
Instrument lighting  133
Right roadside parking lamp  130
Left roadside parking lamp  130
7 Central locking system
Unlocking  63
Cruise control on/off  175
Active Cruise Control on/off  168
Resume speed   175 ,  168,
Pause or continue cruise con‐ trol   175 ,  168
Increase distance  168
Reduce distance  168
With steering and lane guidance assistant: adjust speed  168
Steering and lane control assis‐ tant on/off  177
Cruise control rocker switch   175,  168,
10 Instrument cluster  113
11 Steering wheel buttons, right
Entertainment source
Lock  63
8 Steering column stalk, left
Turn signal  103
High beams, head‐ light flasher  103
High-beam Assistant  132
On-board computer  122
9 Steering wheel buttons, left
Volume
Voice activation system  33
Telephone
Thumbwheel for selection lists  121
12 Steering column stalk, right
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At a glance Cockpit
Wiper  103
Rain sensor  104
Cleaning the windshield and headlights  105
13 Start/stop engine  97
Auto Start/Stop function  98

All around the center console

14 Horn
15 Steering wheel heating  87
16 Adjust steering wheel  87
17 Unlock hood  272
18 Open/close trunk lid  64
19 Glove compartment  226
1 Control Display  21
2 Fan  206
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3 Hazard warning system  286
Intelligent Safety  139
NFC antenna  43
Cockpit At a glance
4 Glove compartment  225
5 Radio
Multimedia
6 Automatic climate control  203
7 Controller with buttons  22
8 Parking brake  100
Automatic Hold  101
9 PDC Park Distance Control  180
Without Surround View: rearview camera  184
Surround View  187
Cross traffic warning  197
Parking assistant  193
Surround View: Panorama View  187
HDC Hill Descent Control  165
Air suspension  200
10 Driving Dynamics Control  110
DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐ trol  163
11 Steptronic transmission selector
lever  106
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At a glance Cockpit

All around the roofliner

1 Intelligent Emergency Re‐
quest  286
2 Glass sunroof  73
3 Indicator lamp, front-seat pas‐
senger airbag  138
4 Reading lights  133
5 Open rear sliding visor  74
Close rear sliding visor  74
6 Interior lights  133
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Idle state, operating and drive readiness At a glance

Idle state, operating and drive readiness

Vehicle features and options

This chapter describes all standard, country­specific and optional features offered with the series. It also describes features that are not necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to the selected options or country versions. This also applies to safety-related functions and systems. The respectively applicable country provisions must be observed when using the respective features and systems.

General information

Depending on the situation, the vehicle is in one of the three states:
▷ Idle state.
▷ Operating readiness.
▷ Drive readiness.

Idle state

The concept
The vehicle is switched off in idle state. All electronic systems/power consumers are de‐ activated.
General information
The vehicle is in idle state prior to opening from the outside and after exiting and locking.
Information
WARNING
An unsecured vehicle can put itself into motion and roll away. There is risk of an acci‐ dent. Before exiting, secure the vehicle against rolling.
In order to ensure that the vehicle is secured against rolling away, observe the following:
▷ Set the parking brake.
▷ On uphill grades or on a slope, turn the
front wheels in the direction of the curb.
▷ On uphill grades or on a slope, also secure
the vehicle, e.g. with a wheel chock.◀
WARNING
Unattended children or animals can move the vehicle and endanger themselves and traffic, e.g. with the following actions:
▷ Pressing the Start/Stop button.
▷ Releasing the parking brake.
▷ Opening and closing of doors or windows.
▷ Shifting the selector lever into neutral.
▷ Using vehicle equipment.
There is risk of accidents or injuries. Do not leave children or animals unattended in the ve‐ hicle. Carry remote control along when exiting and lock the vehicle.◀
Idle state automatic
The idle state is automatically established:
▷ After several minutes, if no operation takes
place on the vehicle.
▷ If the charging state of the vehicle batteries
is low.
▷ If one of the front doors is opened, de‐
pending on the setting via iDrive,
The idle state is not automatically established while a phone call is active.
Establishing idle state when opening the front doors
About iDrive:
"My Vehicle"
1.
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Doors/Key"
4. "Turn off after door opening"
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At a glance Idle state, operating and drive readiness
Idle state manual
Establish idle state in the vehicle after trip end:
Hold button down until the OFF indicator on the instrument clus‐ ter goes out.

Operating readiness

The concept
When operating readiness is switched on, most functions can be used while the vehicle is stationary. Desired settings can be adjusted.
General information
The vehicle is in operating readiness state af‐ ter opening via the front doors.
Information
Some functions, such as DSC, can only be used in drive readiness state. Observe further hints regarding drive readiness, refer to page 97.
Activating drive readiness
Drive readiness is switched on via the Start/Stop button:
1. Depress the brake pedal.
2. Press the Start/Stop button.
Display
READY is displayed in the in‐ strument cluster.
Switch off drive readiness
Press the Start/Stop button to switch off the drive readiness. The vehicle switches into op‐ erating readiness state.
Display
OFF is displayed in the instru‐ ment cluster. The drivetrain is switched off and operating read‐ iness switched on.

Drive readiness

The concept
Activating drive readiness corresponds to switching on the engine.
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iDrive

iDrive At a glance

Vehicle features and options

This chapter describes all standard, country­specific and optional features offered with the series. It also describes features that are not necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to the selected options or country versions. This also applies to safety-related functions and systems. The respectively applicable country provisions must be observed when using the respective features and systems.

The concept

The iDrive combines the functions of many switches. These functions can be operated via controller or touchscreen.

Information

WARNING
Operating the integrated information system and communication devices while driv‐ ing can distract from traffic. It is possible to lose control of the vehicle. There is risk of an accident. Only use the systems or devices when the traffic situation allows. If necessary stop and use the systems and devices while the vehicle is stationary.◀

Control elements

Overview
1 Control Display with touchscreen
2 Controller with buttons and touchpad
Control Display
Information
▷ To clean the Control Display, follow the
care instructions, refer to page 294.
▷ Do not place objects close to the Control
Display; otherwise, the Control Display can be damaged.
▷ In the case of very high temperatures on
the Control Display, e.g. due to intense so‐ lar radiation, the brightness may be re‐ duced down to complete deactivation. Once the temperature is reduced, e.g. through shadow or climate control system, the normal functions are re-established.
Switching on
Turn on operations.
1.
2. Press the controller.
Switch off
1. Press button.
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At a glance iDrive
2. "Turn off control display"
Buttons on controller
Controller
General information
The buttons can be used to open the menus directly. The controller can be used to select menu items and enter the settings.
Some iDrive functions can be operated using the touchpad on the controller, refer to page 26.
▷ Turn.
▷ Press.
Press button Function
Press once: call up main menu.
Press twice: open recently used menus.
Open the Communication menu.
Open the Media/Radio menu.
Open destination input menu for navigation.
Open navigation map.
Open previous panel.
Open Options menu.

Operating with the controller

Opening the main menu
Press button.
▷ Move in four directions.
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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.
Turn the controller until the desired menu
1.
item is highlighted.
iDrive At a glance
▷ Move the controller to the right.
New display is opened.
White arrows pointing to the left or right indi‐ cate that additional panels can be opened.
Opening recently used menus
The recently used menus can be displayed.
Press button twice.
Opening Options menu
Press button.
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. "System settings".
Changing between panels
After a menu item is selected, e.g., "System settings", a new panel is displayed.
▷ Move the controller to the left.
Closes current display and shows previous display.
▷
Press button.
The previous display opens.
The Options menu is displayed.
The Options menu consists of different areas:
▷ Screen settings, e.g., "Split screen".
▷ Control options for the selected main
menu, e.g., for "Media/Radio".
▷ If applicable, further operating options for
the selected menu, e.g., "Save station".
Changing settings
Select a field.
1.
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At a glance iDrive
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. The checkbox indicates whether the func‐ tion is activated or deactivated. Selecting the menu item activates or deactivates the func‐ tion.
Function is activated.
Function is deactivated.
Entering letters and numbers
General information
Letters and numbers can be entered using the controller or the touchscreen.
The keyboard's display changes automatically.
Entry
Turn the controller: select letters or num‐
1.
bers.
2. : confirm entry.
Symbol Function
Press the controller: delete the let‐
ter or number.
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
Enter the letters.
Enter the numbers.
or
Change between capital and lower-case letters.
Entry comparison
When entering names and addresses, the choice is narrowed down with every letter en‐ tered and letters may be added automatically.
Entries are continuously compared with data stored in the vehicle.
▷ Only those letters are offered during input
for which data is available.
▷ Destination search: names of locations
may be entered in languages available through iDrive.
Using alphabetical lists
For alphabetical lists with more than 30 en‐ tries, the letters for which there is an entry are displayed at the left edge.
Turn the controller to the left or right
1.
quickly.
All letters for which there are entries are displayed on the left side.
2. Select the first letter of the desired entry.
The cursor jumps to the first entry of the selected letter.
Hold controller down: delete all let‐
ters and numbers.
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Operating via touchscreen

General information
The Control Display is equipped with a touch‐ screen.
Touch touchscreen with your fingers. Do not use any objects.
iDrive At a glance
Opening the main menu
Tap symbol.
All iDrive functions can be called up via the main menu.
Selecting menu items
Tap desired menu item.
The white arrow indicates that additional pan‐ els can be called up.
▷ Swipe to the left.
▷ Tap symbol.
New display is opened.
Opening recently used menus
Tap symbol twice.
Changing settings
Settings such as volumes can be changed via the touchscreen.
▷ Slide in the selected field to the right or
left, until the desired setting is displayed.
▷ , Tap symbol.
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. "System settings".
Changing between panels
After a menu item is selected, a new panel is displayed.
Activating/deactivating the functions
Several menu items are preceded by a check‐ box. The checkbox indicates whether the func‐ tion is activated or deactivated. Selecting the menu item activates or deactivates the func‐ tion.
Function is activated.
Function is deactivated.
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At a glance iDrive
Entering letters and numbers
General information
Letters and numbers can be entered using the controller or the touchscreen.
The keyboard's display changes automatically.
Symbol Function
Tapping the symbol: delete the let‐
ter or number.
Tapping the symbol for an extended
period: delete all letters or numbers.
Switching between cases, letters and numbers
Symbol Function
Enter the letters.
Enter the numbers.
or
Change between capital and lower-case letters.
Operating navigation map
The navigation map can be moved with the touchscreen.
Function Controls
Enlarge/shrink map.
Rotate map. Move fingers in a circle.
Drag in or out with the fin‐ gers.

Touchpad

General information
Some iDrive functions can be operated using the touchpad on the controller.
Selecting functions
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "System settings"
3. "Touchpad"
4. Select desired setting.
▷ "Speller": enter letters and numbers.
▷ "Interactive map": viewing the interac‐
tive map.
▷ "Browser": enter Internet addresses.
▷ "Search fields": write letters without
selecting the list field.
▷ "Audio feedback": pronounces entered
letters and numbers.
▷ "Two-finger scrolling": operate lists.
Entering letters and numbers
Entering letters requires some practice at the beginning. When entering, pay attention to the following:
▷ The system recognizes capital and lower
case letters. For the input of upper/lower case letters and numbers, it may be neces‐ sary to switch to the corresponding input mode, e.g. when upper and lower case let‐ ters are written the same way. Switching between cases, numbers and letters, refer to page 24.
▷ Enter characters as they are displayed on
the Control Display.
▷ Always enter associated characters, such
as accents or periods so that the letter can be clearly recognized. Possible input de‐ pends on the set language. Where neces‐ sary, enter special characters via the con‐ troller.
▷ To delete a character, swipe 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.
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iDrive At a glance
▷ To enter an underscore, swipe to the right
in the lower area of the touchpad.
Using interactive map and Internet
Via touch-pad move the interactive map in the navigation system and Internet sites.
Function Controls
Move interactive map or Internet sites.
Enlarge/shrink interactive map or Internet sites.
Display the menu or open a link in the Inter‐ net.
Swipe in the ap‐ propriate direc‐ tion.
Drag in or out on the touchpad with fingers.
Tap once.
Changing settings
You may change control display settings via touchpad. Slide left or right accordingly.

Split screen

General information
Additional information can be displayed on the right side of the split screen, e.g., information from the on-board comupter.
In the divided screen view, the so-called split screen, this information remains visible even when you change to another menu.
3. Press the controller.
4. Select desired setting.
Specifying the number of displays
It is possible to specify the number of displays.
Move the controller to the right until the
1.
split screen is selected.
2. Press the controller.
3. "Personalize menu"
4. Select desired setting.
5. Move the controller to the left.

Status information

Status field
The following information is displayed in the status field:
▷ Messages.
▷ Wireless network reception strength.
▷ Current entertainment source.
▷ Time.
Switching the split screen on and off
1. Press button.
2. "Split screen"
Selecting the display
1. Press button.
2. Move the controller to the right until the
split screen is selected.
Status field symbols
The symbols are grouped as follows.
Radio symbols
Symbol Meaning
HD Radio station is being received.
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Telephone symbols
Symbol Meaning
Incoming or outgoing call.
Missed call.
Wireless network reception
strength.
Symbol flashes: network search.
Wireless network is not available.
Roaming is active.
Text message was received.
Message received.
Reminder.
Sending not possible.
Contacts are imported.
Entertainment symbols
Symbol Meaning
CD/DVD player.
Music collection.
Additional symbols
Symbol Meaning
Check Control message.
Spoken instructions are turned off.
Request of the current vehicle posi‐
tion.

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‐ tions, phone numbers and menu entries.
Settings are stored for the profile currently used.
Saving a function
Select function via iDrive.
1.
2.
Press and hold the desired button
until a signal sounds.
AUX-IN port.
AUX-IN port in the front or in the rear.
Bluetooth audio.
USB audio interface.
Mobile phone audio interface.
Online Entertainment.
WLAN.
iPod.
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Running a function
Press button.
The function will work immediately. This means, e.g., that the number is dialed when a phone number is selected.
Displaying the button assignment
Touch buttons with bare fingers. Do not wear gloves or use objects.
The key assignment is displayed at top edge of screen.
Deleting the button assignments
1. Press buttons 1 and 7 simultaneously for
approx. five seconds.
2. "OK"
iDrive At a glance
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BMW gesture control

Vehicle features and options

This chapter describes all standard, country­specific and optional features offered with the series. It also describes features that are not necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to the selected options or country versions. This also applies to safety-related functions and systems. The respectively applicable country provisions must be observed when using the respective features and systems.

The concept

Several iDrive functions can be operated using BMW gesture control.

Overview

The gestures are captured by a camera in the roofliner.
Perform gestures underneath the interior mir‐ ror.

Activation/deactivation

About iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "System settings"
3. "Gestures"
4. "Gesture control"

Adjusting

▷ "Display tips": the possible gesture is
shown on the Control Display.
▷ "Audio feedback": an acoustic signal is
outputted once the gesture is recognized.
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