BMW M4 2015 User Manual

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THE BMW M4 COUPE.

OWNER'S MANUAL.

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Owner's Manual for Vehicle

Thank you for choosing a BMW M4.

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 M4. Also use the Integrated Owner's Manual in your vehi‐ cle. It contains important information on vehicle operation that will help you make full use of the technical features available in your BMW M4. The manual also contains information designed to enhance operating reliability and road safety, and to contrib‐ ute to maintaining the value of your BMW M4.

Any updates made after the editorial deadline for the printed or Integrated Owner's Manual are found 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 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

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ADDENDUM TO OWNER'S MANUAL

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 ser-

vice 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 con-

tains 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 refer-

ence 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 dis-

cussion 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 accesso-

ries” section, in the sixth sentence, the word “cannot” should read “does not.”

6. At page 53, in the “Check and replace

safety belts” section, the text beginning, “This should only be done 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 91, 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 158 under the heading: “Objects

within the range of movement of the pedals” and at page 208 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 164, under the heading: “Have

maintenance carried out,” the sentence beginning, “The maintenance should be carried out …” should be disregarded and the following text should be read in lieu

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thereof: “BMW recommends that you have the maintenance carried out by your service center.”

10. At page 172, under the heading “Tire infla-

tion specifications,” the sentence beginning, “Tire inflation pressure specifications apply to approved tire sizes …” should be disregarded.

11. At page 176, under the heading: “Mount-

ing,” 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.”

12. At page 176, 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 non-recommended wheels and tires to determine if they are suitable for use on your vehicle.

13. At page 180, 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.

Information about recommended snow chains is available from a service center.

14. At page 181, under the heading “Hood,” the

sentence beginning, “If you are unfamiliar” should be disregarded.

15. At page 185, 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 188, 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 191, where it reads: “Do not per-

form work/bulb replacement on xenon headlights,” that text should be disregarded and in lieu thereof the following text should be read: “Xenon headlight 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 196, under the “Battery replace-

ment” section, the text should be disregarded and in lieu thereof the following text should be read:

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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.

19. At page 196, under the heading: “Use

approved chargers only,” the sentence beginning “Only use chargers that have been approved …” should be disregarded and the following text read in lieu thereof: “BMW recommends that you only use approved chargers. Information about the approved chargers can be obtained from your service center.”

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Contents

The fastest way to find information on a partic‐ ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to page 214.

6 Notes

At a glance

14 Cockpit 18 iDrive 27 Voice activation system 30 Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle

Controls

34 Opening and closing 49 Adjusting 58 Transporting children safely 62 Driving 76 Displays 93 Lights 98 Safety 114 Driving stability control systems 120 Driving comfort 134 Climate control 139 Interior equipment 147 Storage compartments

Mobility

168 Refueling 170 Fuel 172 Wheels and tires 181 Engine compartment 183 Engine oil 186 Coolant 188 Maintenance 190 Replacing components 199 Breakdown assistance 205 Care

Reference

212 Technical data 214 Everything from A to Z

Driving tips

154 BMW M4 technology 156 Things to remember when driving 160 Loading 163 Saving fuel

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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 found 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: www.bmwusa.com.

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

Symbols

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.

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.

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.

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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 for the Owner's Manuals are found 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.

Maintenance and repairs

Advanced technology, e.g., the use of modern materials and high-performance electronics, requires suitable maintenance and repair work.

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 work is not carried out properly, there is a danger of subsequent damage and related safety hazards.

Parts and accessories

BMW recommends using parts and accesso‐ ries approved by BMW for this purpose.

Your BMW center is the right contact for genu‐ ine BMW parts and accessories, other prod‐ ucts 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 does not apply when country-specific government approval has been granted. Testing of this kind may fail to embrace the entire range of potential oper‐ ating conditions to which components might be exposed on BMW vehicles. Such products could conceivably fail to comply with BMW's own stringent quality standards.

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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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:

▷ 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 the service personnel, in‐

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cluding the manufacturer, using special diag‐ nostic 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 continuous 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.

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.

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‐

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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.

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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 Roller sunblinds 47

2 Power windows 46

3 Exterior mirror operation 55

4 Glove compartment on the driver's

side 147

Driver assistance systems

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Active Blind Spot Detec‐ tion 111

Intelligent Safety 104

Lane departure warning 110

5 Lights

Cockpit At a glance

Parking lights 93

Low beams 93

Automatic headlight con‐ trol 94

Daytime running lights 94

Adaptive Light Control 94

High-beam Assistant 95

Instrument lighting 96

6 Steering column stalk, left

Turn signal 67

High beams, head‐ light flasher 67

High-beam Assistant 95

Roadside parking lights 94

Cruise control on/off, inter‐ rupt 120

Cruise control rocker switch 120

9 Instrument cluster 76

10 Steering wheel buttons, right

Entertainment source

Volume

Voice activation 27

Telephone, see user's manual for Navigation, Entertainment and Communication

Thumbwheel for selection lists 86

11 Steering column stalk, right

Wiper 67

Rain sensor 68

On-board computer 86

7 Shift paddles 72

8 Steering wheel buttons, left

M Drive 1 activation 114

M Drive 2 activation 114

Store speed 120

Resume speed 120

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Clean the windshields and head‐ lights 69

12 Start/stop the engine and switch

the ignition on/off 63

Auto Start/Stop function 64

13 Horn, total area

14 Steering wheel heating 57

15 Adjust steering wheel 57

16 Unlock hood 181

At a glance Cockpit

All around the center console

1 Control Display 18

2 Ventilation 137

3 Hazard warning system 199

Central locking system 39

4 Glove compartment 147

5 Radio/CD/Multimedia, see user's manual

for Navigation, Entertainment and Commu‐ nication

6 Climate control 134

7 Controller with buttons 18

8 Parking brake 66

9 Drivelogic 72

10 PDC Park Distance Control 122

Rearview camera 124

Parking assistant 130

Surround View 124

Side View 127

11 DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐

trol 115

Engine Dynamics 74

Adaptive M chassis 117

Servotronic 118

12 M double-clutch transmission selector

lever 70

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Manual transmission selector lever 70

All around the roofliner

Cockpit At a glance

1 Intelligent Emergency Re‐

quest 199

2 Glass sunroof, powered 47

3 Indicator lamp, front-seat pas‐

senger airbag 100

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4 Reading lights 96

5 Interior lights 96

At a glance iDrive

iDrive

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. Thus, these functions can be oper‐ ated 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 traffic, never attempt to use the controls or enter information unless traffic and road conditions allow it.◀

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.

▷ 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

Switch on the ignition.

2. Press the controller.

Switch off

1. Press button.

2. "Turn off control display"

Control elements at a glance

Control elements

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 enter 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 button Function

BACK Displays the previous panel.

OPTION Opens the Options menu.

Controller without navigation system

The buttons can be used to open the menus directly. The controller can be used to select menu items and enter the settings.

1. Turn.

2. Press.

Buttons on controller

Press button Function

MENU Open the main menu.

RADIO Opens the Radio menu.

MEDIA Opens the Multimedia menu.

NAV Opens the Navigation menu.

TEL Opens the phone menu.

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3. Move in two directions.

At a glance iDrive

Buttons on controller

Press button Function

MENU Open the main menu.

Audio Open audio menu last listened

to, switch between audio me‐ nus.

TEL Opens the phone menu.

BACK Open previous panel.

OPTION Opens the Options menu.

Operating concept

Opening the main menu

Press 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.

Closes current display and shows previous display.

Reopens previous display by pressing BACK button. In this case, the current panel is not closed.

▷ Move the controller to the right.

Opens new display on top of previous screen.

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iDrive At a glance

White arrows pointing to the left or right indi‐ cate that additional panels can be opened.

Display of an opened menu

When selecting a menu, 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 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.

Function is activated.

Function is deactivated.

Touchpad

Some iDrive functions can be operated using the touchpad on the controller:

Selecting functions

"Settings"

2. "Touchpad"

3. Select the desired function.

▷ "Speller": enter letters and numbers.

▷ "Interactive map": viewing the interac‐

tive map.

▷ "Browser": enter Internet addresses.

▷ "Audio feedback": pronounces entered

letters and numbers.

Changing settings

Select a field.

Entering letters and numbers

Entering letters requires some practice at the beginning. When entering, 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 reel via the controller to the corresponding In‐ put 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 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, 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, 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

Example: setting the clock

Setting the clock

On the Control Display:

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 button. The main menu is dis‐

played.

lighted, and then press the controller.

to display "Time/Date".

highlighted, and then press the controller.

Move interactive map or Internet sites.

Enlarge/shrink interactive map or Internet sites.

Display the menu or open a link in the Internet.

Swipe into re‐ spective direc‐ tion.

Drag in or out on the touchpad with fingers.

Tap once.

Changing settings

You may change control display settings via touchpad. Swipe left or right accordingly.

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5. Turn the controller until "Time:" is high‐

lighted, and then press the controller.

iDrive At a glance

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.

▷ Phone status.

▷ Traffic bulletin reception.

Status field symbols

The symbols are grouped as follows.

Radio symbols

Symbol Meaning

HD Radio station is being received.

Satellite radio is switched on.

Symbol Meaning

Text message was received.

Check the SIM card.

SIM card is blocked.

SIM card is missing.

Enter PIN.

Entertainment symbols

Symbol Meaning

CD/DVD player.

Music collection.

Gracenote® database.

AUX-IN port.

USB audio interface.

Mobile phone audio interface.

Additional symbols

Symbol Meaning

Spoken instructions are turned off.

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.

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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.

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Switching the split screen on and off

On the Control Display:

2. "Split screen"

Press button.

Selecting the display

On the Control Display:

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 button.

selected.

content".

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.

Press and hold the desired button,

until a signal sounds.

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.

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 in use.

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Deleting the button assignments

Press buttons 1 and 8 simultaneously for

approx. five seconds.

2. "OK"

iDrive At a glance

Deleting personal in the vehicle

The concept

Depending on the usage, the vehicle saves personal data, such as stored radio stations. These personal data can be permanently de‐ leted through iDrive.

General information

Depending on the equipment package, the fol‐ lowing data can be deleted:

▷ Personal Profile settings.

▷ Stored radio stations.

▷ Stored Favorites buttons.

▷ Travel and computer information.

▷ Music collection.

▷ Navigation, e.g. stored destinations.

▷ Phone book.

▷ Online data, e.g. Favorites, cookies.

▷ Voice notes.

▷ Login accounts.

▷ RemoteApp smartphone tethering.

Altogether, the deletion of the data can take up to 30 minutes.

Entering letters and numbers

General information

On the Control Display:

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 reel between entering upper and lower case, letters and numbers:

Symbol Function

Enter the letters.

Enter the numbers.

Functional requirement

Data can only be deleted while stationary.

Deleting data

Heed and follow the instructions on the Con‐ trol Display.

Switch on the ignition.

2. "Settings"

3. Open "Options".

4. "Delete personal data"

5. "Continue"

6. "OK"

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or Tip controller up.

Without navigation system

Select the symbol.

Entry comparison

Entering names and addresses: choice is nar‐ rowed down with every letter entered and let‐ ters 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.

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▷ Target search: names of locations may be

entered in languages available through Control Display.

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