Mini Connected Owner's Manual

Owner's

Handbook

MINI Connected

MINI Connected

About this Owner's
Handbook

Symbols used

* Identifies optional extras or specific national-

market items of equipment, as well as equip­ment and functions not yet available at the time
of printing.

"..." Identifies menus or options on the control
display or iPhone for selecting functions.

Overview

Principle

MINI Connected integrates iPhone apps into
your car.

> The apps are shown on the car's control dis-

play.

> They are controlled by means of the

MINI joystick.

Some of the functions on the iPhone can be used
without a connection to the vehicle.

Starting up

Connection options

> Video/audio adapter for Apple iPod/iPhone*
> USB Snap-in adapter*
> Apple USB lead*

Connecting

1. Plug audio/video lead into the iPhone, see

arrow 1.

2. Plug audio/video lead jack plug into the car's

AV-IN connection, see arrow 2.

3. Plug audio/video lead USB connector into

the car's USB interface, see arrow 3.

Please also refer to the information on MINI
Connected in the Owner's Handbook for your
car.

Requirements

> A compatible iPhone: 3GS or 4

> Compatible software

> Corresponding mobile phone contract

Extra charges may be incurred due to use of
broadband data services.

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Activating

1. Connect iPhone.

2. On iPhone: select MINI Connected app.

3. On on-board computer: "MINI Connected"

Functions

To enter a space: select the symbol.
To delete letters, if necessary:

Web radio

Principle

Enables transmission of internet radio stations.

The reception quality is dependent on the loca­tion of the vehicle and the broadband data con­nection.

Favourites

You can store up to 50 stations as favourites.

Opening favourites

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Favourites"

4. Select favourite.

Saving favourites

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Add to favourites"

The currently selected station is saved to the list
of favourites.

> To delete individual letters:

Turn the MINI joystick to select , then
press in the MINI joystick.

> To delete all letters:

Turn the MINI joystick to select , then
press and hold the MINI joystick.

6. "OK"

7. Select station.

Station search: by location

Searching for stations in particular geographical
locations.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Search for station"

4. "By location"

5. Select continent.

6. Select country.

7. Select state/city.

8. Select station from alphabetically arranged

list.

Station search: by genre

Deleting favourites

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Delete from favourites"

The currently selected station is deleted from
the list of favourites.

Station search: A-Z search

Searching for specific station names.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Search for station"

4. "A-Z search"

5. Select at least three letters.

Searching for stations featuring specific genres.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Search for station"

4. "By genre"

5. Select genre.

6. Select station from alphabetically arranged

list.

Station search: in the local area

Searching for stations close to the vehicle's
present location.

Deactivation of search option possible

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Search for station"

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4. "Local stations"

Switching to MINI Connected menu

5. Select station.

Station search: MINI Top Stations

Searching for favourite stations and MINI web
radio stations.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Search for station"

4. "MINI Top stations"

5. Select MINI web radio station or Top Station.

Station search: latest results

Displaying the latest search results

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Last search results"

4. Select station.

Similar stations

When you exit web radio, the system automati­cally switches to the Radio menu. To continue,
switch to the main menu and select MINI
Connected again.

Switching from web radio to iPhone
music player

Music playback starts as soon as a track is
selected or when a different track is selected.

News

Principle

> RSS news feeds can be received.

> They are shown on the control display/

iPhone.

> Settings/entries are made directly on the

iPhone.

> Read out loud function of voice control sys-

tem* can be used.

Displaying stations similar to the station cur­rently selected.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Similar stations"

4. Select station.

Station details

Displaying additional information on the station
currently selected, e.g. station name, logo,
address or phone number.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Station details"

Sound quality

Bit rate, format and overall quality can be
selected.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Web radio"

3. "Audio quality"

4. Select sound quality.

Viewing preset news items

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "News"

3. Select news item.

Selecting an RSS feed

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "News"

3. "Source/RSS feed"

4. Select RSS feed.

5. Select news item.

Scrolling is not possible while you are driving.

Changing news item

> Previous news item: select the symbol.

> Next news item: select the symbol.

Reading news out loud

> To start reading out loud: select the

symbol.

> To restart reading out loud: select the

symbol.

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> To read out the previous paragraph: select

the symbol.

> To read out the next paragraph: select the

symbol.

6. Connect iPhone.

7. "Twitter"

User name and password are automatically ver­ified.

Adding an RSS feed

Settings are entered on iPhone.

1. Unplug iPhone.

2. "MINI Connected"

3. "News"

4. "Edit"

5. "+"

6. Select "RSS feed URL" or "Website/URL".

7. Select RSS feed.

8. "+"

Deleting an RSS feed

Settings are entered on iPhone.

1. Unplug iPhone.

2. "MINI Connected"

3. "News"

4. "Edit"

5. Select RSS feed.

6. "Delete"

7. "Done"

Reading tweets

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Twitter"

3. Select news item.

Changing tweet

> Previous news item: select the symbol.

> Next news item: select the symbol.

Viewing tweet history

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Twitter"

3. Select sender.

4. "Timeline"

Setting favourite

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Twitter"

3. Select news item.

4. "Favourite"

Twitter

Principle

Allows you to display tweets and send prede­fined tweets from the vehicle.

To do so you must be a registered user on
Twitter.

Logging on

Settings are entered on iPhone.

1. Unplug iPhone.

2. "MINI Connected"

3. "Twitter"

4. "Log into Twitter"

5. Enter user name and password.

Sending a predefined tweet

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Twitter"

3. "Post tweet"

4. Select news item from list.

5. "Post tweet"

Retweeting

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Twitter"

3. Select news item.

4. "Retweet"

5. "Post tweet"

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Setting update interval

1. "MINI Connected"

Settings are entered on iPhone.

1. Unplug iPhone.

2. "MINI Connected"

3. "Twitter"

4. "Update interval"

5. Select interval.

Google™ Send to Car

Principle

Destinations selected in Google Maps can be
transferred to the car's navigation system with
the aid of the iPhone.
Manual entry of the destination in the car is not
required.

Requirements

To receive destinations via the iPhone and trans­fer them to the navigation system:
Active MINI Connected user account.

2. "Google™ Send to Car"

3. Select destination from list.

4. "Call"

Google™ Local Search

Google™ Local Search allows you to search for
places by location. By entering keywords you
can search for nearby places for the following
locations:

> The current location of the vehicle

> The current navigation system destination

> A location entered manually

Local search for: current location

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Google™ Local Search"

3. "At current location"

4. Enter keyword for places to be searched for.

5. "OK"

Selecting the desired destination

1. Select destination in Google Maps.

2. Send selected destination to a MINI

Connected user account.

Transferring destination to navigation
system

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Google™ Send to Car"

List of all available destinations. The destina­tion last received is at the top of the list.

3. Select destination from list.

4. "Start guidance"

The destination co-ordinates are transferred to
the MINI navigation system and set as a new
destination.

Dialling the destination's phone number

If the destination details include a phone
number, you can dial that number directly from
the MINI Connected app.

6. Select place from list.

Address, phone number and website
address are displayed if available.

Local search for: current destination

Requirement: route guidance must be active.

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Google™ Local Search"

3. "At destination"

4. Enter keyword for places to be searched for.

5. "OK"

6. Select place from list.

Local search for: a different location

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "Google™ Local Search"

3. "At different location"

4. Enter address of required location.

5. Enter keyword.

6. "OK"

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7. Select place from list.

Transferring address to navigation
system

1. Select desired destination from list.

2. "Start guidance"

Viewing high score

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

3. "My High Score"

Dialling the destination's phone number

If the destination details include a phone
number, you can dial that number directly from
the MINI Connected app.

1. Select desired destination from list.

2. "Call"

MINIMALISM Analyser

This function analyses how efficiently the driver
accelerates, brakes and changes gear.
MINIMALISM points can be gained by adopting
as efficient a driving style as possible. They indi­cate how fuel-efficient the current driving style
is in comparison with the average MINI driver.
The number of stars indicates how well you have
rated in the category concerned in the last ten
minutes.

Requirements

To be able to make full use of the MINIMALISM
Analyser, your agreement to local storage of the
driving style data on your iPhone is required.

Confirming data storage

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Settings"

3. "Activate Analyser"

Activating MINIMALISM Analyser

1. "MINI Connected"

2. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

3. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

The following details of the current journey are
shown:

> The absolute MINIMALISM score.

> The average MINIMALISM score per km.

> The mileage for the current journey.

The average MINIMALISM score is not calcu­lated until you have driven a distance of at
least 5 km.

The list below shows the previous trips with the
highest average points scores in descending
order.

Stopping trip analysis

1. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

The current trip analysis is stopped.

Starting a new trip assessment

1. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "MINIMALISM Analyser"

Analysing your journeys on the iPhone

You can analyse your journeys on your iPhone.

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Overview"

In the top part of the screen, you can scroll
through all stored trips.
The number of stars shows the rating in the cat­egory concerned. The lower part of the screen
details the average MINIMALISM scores
achieved per km and trip over time.

A tick is shown as confirmation. The MINIMAL­ISM Analyser then starts assessing your driving
style.

A trip analysis is not stored until you have driven
a distance of at least 5 km. A maximum of 100
journeys can be stored on the iPhone. When that
number is reached, each time a new trip is
stored, the oldest one is deleted.

Sorting the saved trips

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Journey"

The saved trips can be sorted by the following
two criteria:

> The average MINIMALISM score per km.

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> The date of the trip.

Selecting a specific trip opens the corresponding
detailed view.

Online ranking

Once five trips have been stored, you can com­pare your own high score with other MINI driv­ers. For that purpose, your average score per
100 km is calculated from your best five trips.

> The MINI Connected app is not necessary.

Activating

1. Connect iPhone using audio/video lead.

2. On control display: "MINI Connected"

3. "PlugIn"

4. "Activate PlugIn"

Operation

Online ranking: viewing the ten best
MINI drivers

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Ranking"

3. "Top 10"

Online ranking: viewing your own
ranking position

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Ranking"

3. "My position"

Deleting saved trips

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Settings"

3. "Delete all data"

Viewing MINIMALISM tutorial on the
iPhone

1. On iPhone: "MINIMALISM Analyser"

2. "Tutorials"

PlugIn

Principle

This function allows you to play back music on
your iPhone/iPod via the MINI control display. It
is controlled by means of the MINI joystick and
the MINI buttons.

When PlugIn is activated, the graphical interface
of the connected device is shown on the control
display. As a result, the control functions of the
MINI Joystick and the MINI buttons are different
and remain so until PlugIn is deactivated again.

The PlugIn controls depend on the iOS version
used, e.g. iOS 4.1.

Controls: HOME button

> Press once: opens the display menu bar.

> Press twice: opens the main menu.

> Press once and tilt MINI Joystick once to the

left: opens MINI Connected menu.

> Press once and tilt MINI Joystick twice to the

left: opens the main menu.

Controls: Toggle button

> Press once: returns to next higher menu

level on iPhone/iPod.

Controls: MINI Joystick

> Press: select/play/pause.

> Turn: navigate through lists.

> Tilt to the left: skip to the beginning of the

current music track or to previous music
track in the playlist.

> Tilt to the left and hold: rewind.

> Tilt to the right: skip to the next music track

in the playlist.

> Tilt to the right and hold: fast forward.

Requirements

> A compatible iPhone or iPod:

e.g. iPhone 3GS / iPhone 4 or iPod touch
with iOS 4.1 or later.

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Deactivating PlugIn

There are several ways of deactivating PlugIn
and returning to the MINI control environment:

Deactivating using the Home button

> Press once: returns to Activate PlugIn.

> Press twice: opens the main menu.

> Press once and tilt MINI Joystick once to the

left: opens MINI Connected menu.

> Press once and tilt MINI Joystick twice to the

left: opens the main menu.

Deactivating using the button: change
Audio Source

Press once: switches to audio source last
selected.

1. Unplug iPhone, arrow 1.

2. On iPhone: "MINI Connected"

3. "Info"

4. "Check connection"

Help with problems

Malfunction

In the event of malfunctions or error messages,
proceed as follows:

1. Unplug iPhone.

2. Reconnect iPhone.

3. Restart MINI Connected app.

If the problem persists, proceed as follows:

1. Switch off iPhone.

2. Switch on iPhone again.

3. Restart MINI Connected app.

If the problem still persists, reset the iPhone. To
do so, simultaneously press and hold the follow­ing buttons for at least ten seconds:

> Home

> Standby

If the problem still persists, initiate a self-diagno­sis.

Self-diagnosis: carrying out

5. "Self-diagnosis"

6. Reconnect iPhone, arrow 2.

Self-diagnosis: result

> Successful connection: "Connection OK"

> No fault present: "OK"

> Self-diagnosis failed:

> Fault present: self-diagnosis aborts.

Self-diagnosis: fault rectification

1. "Information"

2. Follow the instructions.

If the problem persists, go to the MINI
Connected support page at www.mini.com/
connectivity or contact your MINI Service.

Self-diagnosis: connection failed

1. "Information"

2. Follow the instructions.

If the problem persists, go to the MINI
Connected support page at www.mini.com/
connectivity or contact your MINI Service.

The self-diagnosis tests the connection between
the car and the iPhone.

Limitations with iPhone software
version iOS 4.0

> After restarting iPhone: unplug then recon-

nect iPhone.

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What happens if ...

> an incoming call is answered?

The MINI Connected app is closed and then
restarted after the phone call is finished.
There can be delays in the process.

> an outgoing call is made?

The MINI Connected app is closed.

> a video is started?

The MINI Connected app is closed.

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