BMW X3 2014 User Manual

Contents

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Owner's Manual for

Vehicle

The Ultimate Driving

Machine

THEBMWX3.

OWNER'SMANUAL.

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X3 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

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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 198.

6Notes

At a glance

12 Cockpit

16 iDrive

24 Voice activation system

27 Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle

Controls

32 Opening and closing

48 Adjusting

57 Transporting children safely

61 Driving

74 Displays

89 Lamps

94 Safety

107 Driving stability control systems

113 Driving comfort

124 Climate control

131 Interior equipment

138 Storage compartments

Driving tips

144 Things to remember when driving

147 Loading

150 Saving fuel

Mobility

156 Refueling

158Fuel

159Wheels and tires

167Engine compartment

169Engine oil

171Coolant

172Maintenance

174Replacing components

182Breakdown assistance

187Care

Reference

194 Technical data

198 Everything from A to Z

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Notes

Notes

Using this Owner's Manual

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

Should you have any questions, your service center will be glad to advise you at any time.

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 options and equipment not described in this Owner's Manual, please refer to the Sup plementary Owner's Manuals.

On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are arranged differently than shown in the illus trations.

Status of the Owner's

Manual

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.

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		Notes
	Updates made after the editorial	alarms, radios, amplifiers, radar detectors,
	deadline	wheels, suspension components, brake dust
	Any updates made after the editorial deadline	shields, telephones, including operation of any
	for the Owner's Manuals are located in the ap	mobile phone from within the vehicle without
	pendix of the printed quick reference for the	using an externally mounted antenna, or trans
	vehicle.	ceiver equipment, for instance, CBs, walkie-
		talkies, ham radios or similar accessories, may
	For your own safety	cause extensive damage to the vehicle, com
		promise its safety, interfere with the vehicle's
		electrical system or affect the validity of the
	Maintenance and repairs	BMW Limited Warranty. See your BMW center
	Advanced technology, e.g., the use of modern	for additional information. Maintenance, re
		placement, or repair of the emission control
	materials and high-performance electronics,
		devices and systems may be performed by any
	requires suitable maintenance and repair
		automotive repair establishment or individual
	methods.
		using any certified automotive part.
	Therefore, have this work performed only by a
		California Proposition 65 Warning
	BMW center or a workshop that works accord
	ing to BMW repair procedures with appropri	California laws require us to state the following
	ately trained personnel.
		warning:
	If this work is not carried out properly, there is
		Engine exhaust and a wide variety of automo
	the danger of subsequent damage and related
		bile components and parts, including compo
	safety hazards.
		nents found in the interior furnishings in a vehi
	Parts and Accessories	cle, contain or emit chemicals known to the
		State of California to cause cancer and birth
	For your own safety, use genuine parts and ac	defects and reproductive harm. In addition,
	cessories approved by BMW. When you pur	certain fluids contained in vehicles and certain
	chase accessories tested and approved by	products of component wear contain or emit
	BMW and Genuine BMW Parts, you simultane	chemicals known to the State of California to
	ously acquire the assurance that they have	cause cancer and birth defects or other repro
	been thoroughly tested by BMW to ensure op	ductive harm. Battery posts, terminals and re
	timum performance when installed on your ve	lated accessories contain lead and lead com
	hicle. BMW warrants these parts to be free	pounds. Wash your hands after handling. Used
	from defects in material and workmanship.	engine oil contains chemicals that have caused
	BMW will not accept any liability for damage	cancer in laboratory animals. Always protect
	resulting from installation of parts and acces	your skin by washing thoroughly with soap and
	sories not approved by BMW. BMW cannot	water.
	test every product made by other manufactur	Service and warranty
	ers to verify if it can be used on a BMW safely
	and without risk to either the vehicle, its opera	We recommend that you read this publication
	tion, or its occupants. Genuine BMW Parts,	thoroughly. Your vehicle is covered by the fol
	BMW Accessories and other products ap
		lowing warranties:
	proved by BMW, together with professional
		New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
	advice on using these items, are available from
	all BMW centers. Installation and operation of	Rust Perforation Limited Warranty.

non-BMW approved accessories such as

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Notes

	Federal Emissions System Defect War	Data memory
	ranty.	Many electronic components on your vehicle
	Federal Emissions Performance Warranty.
		are equipped with data memories that tempo
	California Emission Control System Lim
		rarily or permanently store technical informa
	ited Warranty.	tion about the condition of the vehicle, events
	Detailed information about these warranties is	and faults. This technical information generally
	listed in the Service and Warranty Information	documents the state of a component, a mod
	Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and	ule, a system or the environment:
	Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.	Operating states of system components,
	Your vehicle has been specifically adapted and	fill levels for instance.
	designed to meet the particular operating con	Status messages for the vehicle and from
	ditions and homologation requirements in your	its individual components, e.g., wheel rota
	country and continental region in order to de	tion speed/ vehicle speed, deceleration,
	liver the full driving pleasure while the vehicle	transverse acceleration.
	is operated under those conditions. If you wish	Malfunctions and faults in important sys
	to operate your vehicle in another country or	tem components, e.g., lights and brakes.
	region, you may be required to adapt your ve
		Responses by the vehicle to special situa
	hicle to meet different prevailing operating
	conditions and homologation requirements.	tions, e.g., deployment of an airbag, en
	You should also be aware of any applicable	gagement of stability control systems.
	warranty limitations or exclusions for such	Ambient conditions, such as temperature.
	country or region. In such case, please contact	This data is purely technical in nature and is
	Customer Relations for further information.	used to detect and correct faults and to opti
	Maintenance	mize vehicle functions. Motion profiles over
		routes traveled cannot be created from this
	Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the	data. When service offerings are used, e.g., re
	road safety, operational reliability and the New	pair services, service processes, warranty
	Vehicle Limited Warranty.	claims, quality assurance, this technical infor
	Specifications for required maintenance meas	mation can be read out from the event and
	ures:	fault memories by the service personnel, in
	BMW Maintenance system	cluding the manufacturer, using special diag
		nostic tools. You can obtain further information
	Service and Warranty Information Booklet
		there if it is needed. After a fault is corrected,
	for US models	the information in the fault memory is deleted
	Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for	or overwritten on a continuous basis.
	Canadian models	When the vehicle is in use, situations are con
	If the vehicle is not maintained according to	ceivable in which it might be possible to asso
	these specifications, this could result in seri	ciate this technical data with individuals if it is
	ous damage to the vehicle. Such damage is	combined with other information, e.g., an acci
	not covered by the BMW New Vehicle Limited	dent report, damage to the vehicle, eye wit
	Warranty.	ness accounts — possibly with the assistance
		of an expert.

Additional functions that are contractually agreed with the customer, such as vehicle lo

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	Notes
cating in an emergency, enable certain vehicle	Reporting safety defects
data to be transmitted from the vehicle.	For US customers

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.

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 [phone].

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 telephone the toll-free hotline [phone]. You can also obtain other information about motor vehi cle 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 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.

All around the steering wheel

1	Rear window safety switch  45	Front fog lamps  92
2	Power windows  44
3	Exterior mirror operation  54	Parking lamps  89
4	Lane departure warning  104
	Collision warning  102	Low beams  89
		Automatic headlamp con
5	Lamps	trol  90

Daytime running lights  90

Adaptive Light Control  90

High-beam Assistant  91

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Headlamp range control  91

Instrument lighting  92

6Steering column stalk, left Turn signal  67

High beams, head lamp flasher  67

High-beam Assistant  91

Roadside parking lamps  90

Computer  85

7Steering wheel buttons, left

Store speed  114

Resume speed  114

Cruise control on/off, interrupt ing  113

Cruise control rocker switch  85

8Instrument cluster  74

9Steering wheel buttons, right

Entertainment source

Volume

Voice activation  24

Telephone, see user's manual for

Navigation, Entertainment and

Communication

Thumbwheel for selection lists  114

10 Steering column stalk, right

Windshield wipers  68

Rain sensor  68

Clean the windshields and head lamps  69

Rear window wiper  69

11Start/stop the engine and switch the ignition on/off  62

	Auto Start/Stop function  63
12	Horn
13	Steering wheel heating  56
14	Adjust steering wheel  56
15	Open the tailgate  38
16	Unlock hood  167

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All around the center console

1	Headliner  15	10	PDC Park Distance Control  115
2	Control Display  16		Rearview camera  117
3	Glove compartment  138		Top View  120
4	Air vent  129		HDC Hill Descent Control  108
5	Hazard warning system  182
	Central locking system  35	11	Driving Dynamics Control  110
			DSC Dynamic Stability Con
6	Automatic climate control  124		trol  107
7	Radio/multimedia, see user's manual for	12 Automatic transmission  71
	Navigation, Entertainment and Communi

cation;

8Controller with buttons  16

9	Parking brake  65
	Auto Hold  66

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Cockpit At a glance

All around the headliner

	1	Emergency Request  182	4	Reading lamps  93
		Intelligent Emergency Re
		quest  182	5	Interior lamps  93
	2	Panoramic glass sunroof  46

3Indicator lamp, front passenger airbag  96

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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.

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

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.

1. Press the button.

2."Switch off control display"

Controls at a glance

Controls

1Control Display

2Controller with buttons and touchpad

The buttons can be used to open the me nus directly. The controller can be used to select menu items and create the settings.

Switching on

Press the controller again to switch the screen back on.

Controller with navigation system

Select menu items and create settings. 1. Turn.

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iDrive At a glance

2. Press.

3. Move in four directions.

Buttons on controller

Press the but	Function
ton
MENU	Open the main menu.
RADIO	Opens the Radio menu.
MEDIA	Opens the CD/Multimedia
	menu.

1. Turn.

2. Press.

3. Move in two directions.

NAV	Opens the Navigation menu.
TEL	Opens the Telephone menu.
BACK	Displays the previous panel.
OPTION	Opens the Options menu.

Controller without navigation system

Select menu items and create settings.

Buttons on controller

Press the but	Function
ton
MENU	Open the main menu.
Audio	Open audio menu last lis
	tened to, switch between au
	dio menus.
TEL	Opens the Telephone menu.

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Press the but	Function	Menu items in the Owner's Manual
ton		In the Owner's Manual, menu items that can be
BACK	Open previous panel.	selected are set in quotation marks, e.g.,
		"Settings".
OPTION	Opens the Options menu.

		Changing between panels
	Operating concept	After a menu item is selected, e.g., "Radio", a
		new panel is displayed. Panels can overlap.
		Move the controller to the left.

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

Menu items shown in white can be selected.

1.Turn the controller until the desired menu item is highlighted.

2. Press the controller.

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.

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.

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iDrive At a glance

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".

The function is deactivated.

Touchpad

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

Selecting functions

1."Settings"

2."Touchpad"

3.Select the desired function.

"Speller": letters and numbers, enter ing.

"Map": operating the interactive map.

"Browser": enter Internet addresses.

"Audio feedback": the entered letters and numbers are announced.

If applicable, further operating options for the selected menu, e.g., "Store station".

Changing settings

1.Select a field.

2.Turn the controller until the desired setting is displayed.

3. Press the controller.

Activating/deactivating the functions

Entering letters and numbers

The entry of the letters requires some practice at the beginning. In the entry, pay attention to the following:

For the entry of large/small letters and numbers, first convert via iDrive to the cor responding Input mode, refer to page 22.

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.

To delete a character, slide to the left on the touchpad.

Operating the interactive map

The interactive map in the navigation system can be moved via the touchpad.

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.

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Function	Controls
Interactive map.	Slide in the correspond
	ing direction.

Enlarge/shrink in Drag the display inwards teractive map. or outwards with the fin gers.

Display menu.

Tap once.

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. Press the button. The main menu is displayed.

2.Turn the controller until "Settings" is high lighted, and then press the controller.

3.If necessary, move the controller to the left to display "Time/Date".

4.Turn the controller until "Time/Date" is highlighted, and then press the controller.

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.

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				iDrive	At a glance
Radio symbols
			Symbol Meaning
				USB audio interface.
Symbol	Meaning
	HD Radio™ is switched on.			Mobile phone audio interface.
	Satellite radio is switched on.		Additional symbols
Telephone symbols
			Symbol Meaning
				Spoken instructions are switched
Symbol	Meaning
				off.
	Incoming or outgoing call.
				Request of the current vehicle posi
	Missed call.
				tion.
	Wireless network reception
	strength.		Split screen
	Symbol flashes: network search.
	Wireless network is not available.	General information
	Bluetooth is switched on.		Additional information can be displayed on the
			right side of the split screen, e.g., information
	Roaming is active.
			from the computer.
	Text message was received.		In the divided screen view, the so-called split
			screen, this information remains visible even
	Check the SIM card.
			when you change to another menu.
	SIM card is blocked.		Switching the split screen on and off
	SIM card is missing.
		1.		Press the button.
	Enter the PIN.
		2.		"Split screen"
Entertainment symbols
			Selecting the display
Symbol	Meaning	1.		Press the button.
	CD/DVD player.
		2.		"Split screen"
	Music collection.	3.		Move the controller until the split screen is

selected.

Gracenote® database.

AUX-IN port.

USB audio interface/mobile phone audio interface.

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	At a glance	iDrive
4.	Press the controller or select "Split screen		Displaying the button assignment
	content".		Use a finger to touch the buttons. Do not wear
5.	Select the desired menu item.		gloves or use objects.

The key assignment is displayed at the top edge of the screen.

	Programmable memory		To display short information: touch the
	buttons		button.
	General information		To display detailed information: touch the
			button for an extended period.
	The iDrive functions can be stored on the pro
	grammable memory buttons and called up di	Deleting the button assignments
	rectly, e.g., radio stations, navigation destina	1.	Press buttons 1 and 8 simultaneously for
	tions, phone numbers and entry points into the
	menu.		approx. five seconds.
		2.	"OK"
	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.

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.

Depending on the menu, you can switch be tween entering upper and lower case, letters and numbers:

Symbol Function

Press the controller: delete the let ter or number.

Press the controller for an extended period: delete all letters or numbers.

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iDrive At a glance

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	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.

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.

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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. Press the button on the steering wheel.

2.Wait for the signal.

3.Say the command.

The command is displayed in the instru ment cluster.

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.

Terminating the voice activation system

Briefly press the button on the steer ing wheel or ›Cancel‹.

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.

Having possible commands read aloud

You can have the available commands read out loud for you: ›Voice commands‹

For example, if the "Settings" menu is dis played, the commands for the settings are read out loud.

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		Voice activation system		At a glance
	Executing functions using short	Via short command
	commands	Playback of the CD can also be started via a
	Functions on the main menu can be performed	short command.
	directly by means of short commands, nearly	1. Switch on the Entertainment sound output
	irrespective of which menu item is currently
			if necessary.
	selected, e.g., ›Vehicle status‹.
	List of short commands of the voice activation	2.	Press the button on the steering
	system, see Navigation, Entertainment, Com
			wheel.
	munication Owner's Manual.
		3.	›C D drive track ...‹, e.g., CD track 4.

Help dialog for the voice activation system

Calling up help dialog: ›Help‹

Additional commands for the help dialog:

›Help with examples‹: information about the current operating options and the most im portant commands for them are an nounced.

›Help with voice activation‹: information about the principle of operation for the voice activation system is announced.

Setting the voice dialog

You can set whether the system should use the standard dialog or a shorter version.

In the shorter variant of the voice dialog, the announcements from the system are issued in an abbreviated form.

On the Control Display:

1."Settings"

2."Language/Units"

3."Speech mode:"

Example: playing back a CD

Via the main menu

The commands of the menu items are spoken just as they are selected via the controller.

1.Switch on the Entertainment sound output if necessary.

2. Press the button on the steering wheel.

3.›Multimedia‹

The medium last played is played back.

4.›C D‹

5.›C D drive‹

6.›Track ...‹, e.g., CD track 4.

4. Select the setting.

Adjusting the volume

Turn the volume button while giving an in struction until the desired volume is set.

The volume remains constant even if the volume of other audio sources is changed.

The volume is stored for the remote con trol currently in use.

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Notes on Emergency

Requests

Do not use the voice activation system to ini tiate an Emergency Request. In stressful situa tions, the voice and vocal pitch can change.

This can unnecessarily delay the establish ment of a telephone connection.

Instead, use the SOS button, refer to

page 182, in the vicinity of the interior mirror.

Environmental conditions

Say the commands, numbers, and letters smoothly and with normal volume, empha sis, and speed.

Always say commands in the language of the voice activation system.

Keep the doors, windows, and glass sun roof closed to prevent noise interference.

Avoid making other noise in the vehicle while speaking.

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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.

Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle

The Integrated Owner's Manual can be dis played on the Control Display. The equipment and functions that are in the vehicle are descri bed therein.

Components of the integrated Owner's Manual

The integrated Owner's Manual consists of three parts, which offer various levels of infor mation or access possibilities.

Quick Reference Guide

Located in the Quick Reference is important information for the operation of the vehicle, the operation of basic vehicle functions or for what to do in the event of a flat tire. This information can also be displayed during driving.

Search by pictures

Information and descriptions based on illustra tions can be searched via search by pictures. This is helpful, for example, if the description of an outfitting package that cannot be named is needed.

Owner's Manual

Information and descriptions can be searched by direct entry of a search term via the index.

Select components

1. Press the button.

2.Turn the controller: open "Vehicle Info".

3.Press the controller.

4.Selecting desired range:

"Quick reference"

"Search by pictures"

"Owner's Manual"

Leafing through the Owner's Manual

Page by page with link access

Turn the controller until the next or previous page is displayed.

Page by page without link access

Leaf through the pages directly while skipping the links.

Highlight the symbol once. Now simply press the controller to leaf from page to page.

Leaf back.

Leaf forward.

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Context help - Owner's Manual to the temporarily selected function

The relevant information can be opened di rectly.

Opening via the iDrive

To move directly from the application on the Control Display to the options menu:

1. Press the button or move the control ler to the right repeatedly until the "Options" menu is displayed.

2."Display Owner's Manual"

Opening when a Check Control message is displayed

Directly from the Check Control message on the Control Display:

"Display Owner's Manual"

Changing between a function and the Owner's Manual

To change from a function, e.g., radio, to the Owner's Manual on the Control Display and to switch between the two displays:

1. Press the button or move the control ler to the right repeatedly until the "Options" menu is displayed.

2."Display Owner's Manual"

3.Select the desired page in the Owner's Manual.

4. Press the button again to return to the function displayed last.

5. Press the button to return to the page of the Owner's Manual displayed last.

To switch back and forth repeatedly between the function displayed last and the page of the Owner's Manual displayed last, repeat steps 4 and 5. This opens a new panel every time.

Programmable memory buttons

General information

The Owner's Manual can be stored on the pro grammable memory buttons and called up di rectly.

Storing

1."Owner's Manual" Select via the iDrive.

2. Press the desired button for more than 2 seconds.

Executing

Press the button.

The Owner's Manual is displayed im mediately.

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