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GeneralsettingsVehiclefeaturesandoptions
Thischapterdescribesallstandard,country-spe#jcificandoptionalfeaturesofferedwiththeseries. Italsodescribesfeaturesandfunctionsthatare
notnecessarilyavailableinyourvehicle,e.g.,due totheselectedoptionsorcountryversions.Thisalsoappliestosafety-relatedfunctionsandsys#j
tems.Whenusingthesefunctionsandsystems,
theapplicablelawsandregulationsmustbeob#j
served.
Messages
Concept
Themenucentrallydisplaysallmessagesarriv#j
inginthevehicleinlistform.
Generalinformation Thefollowingmessagescanbedisplayed:
'xTrafficmessages.'xCheckControlmessages.'xMessagesonservicenotifications.'xCommunicationmessages,forexamplee-
mails,SMStextmessagesorreminders.'xMessagesfrom,e.g.,theConciergeservice
ortheBMWConnectedapp.'xMessagesfromthevehiclemanufacturer.
Thenumberofmessagesisadditionallydis#j
playedinthestatusfield.
TheMessagesmenucanalsobecreatedas
Widget.
Retrievingmessages
ViaiDrive:1.TiptheControllerup.2."Notifications"3.Selectthedesiredmessage.
Deletingmessages Allmessages,exceptCheckControlmessages
ormessagesfromthevehiclemanufacturer,can
bedeletedfromthelist.
CheckControlmessagesormessagesfromthe vehiclemanufactureraredisplayedaslongas
theyarerelevant.
ViaiDrive:
1.TiptheControllerup.2."Notifications"3.Selectdesiredmessage,forinstance.SMS.4.Pressthebutton.5.'x"Deletethisnotification"'x"Deleteallnotifications"
Adjusting
Thefollowingsettingscanbeadjusted:
'xSelecttheapplications,fromwhichmes#jsageswillbepermitted.'xAllmessagesoralimitedtimeperiodforre#j
ceivedmessages.
ViaiDrive:
1.TiptheControllerup.2."Notifications"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5.Selectthedesiredsetting.Seite61(eneralsettingsCONTROLS61
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Time
SettingthetimezoneViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dateandtime"5."Timezone:"6.Selectthedesiredsetting.
Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Settingthetime ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dateandtime"5."Time:"6.TurntheControlleruntilthedesiredhoursaredisplayed.7.PresstheController.8.TurntheControlleruntilthedesiredminutesaredisplayed.9."OK"
Settingthetimeformat
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dateandtime"5."Timeformat:"6.Selectthedesiredsetting.
Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Automatictimesetting
Dependingonyourvehicle'soptionalfeatures,thetime,dateand,ifneeded,thetimezoneareupdatedautomatically.
ViaiDrive:1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dateandtime"5."Automatictimesetting"
Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Date
Settingthedate
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dateandtime"5."Date:"6.TurntheControlleruntilthedesireddayis displayed.7.PresstheController.8.Makethesettingsforthemonthandyear.9."OK"
Settingthedateformat
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dateandtime"5."Dateformat:"6.Selectthedesiredsetting.Seite62CONTROLS(eneralsettings62
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Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Language
Settingthelanguage ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Language:"5."Systemlanguage"6.Selectthedesiredsetting.
Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Settingthevoicedialog Setthevoicedialogforthevoiceactivationsys#jtem.
Additionalinformation:
Settingthevoicedialog,refertopage 50.
Settingtheunitsof measurement
Dependingonthecountryversion,youcansettheunitsofmeasurementforsomevalues,forin#j
stanceconsumption,distances,andtempera#j
ture.
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Units"5.Selectthedesiredmenuitem.6.Selectthedesiredsetting.
Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Tripdatasettings
Concept
Theintervalsinwhichthetripdatawillberesetcanbeconfigured.
Resettingtripdata ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Resettripdata"5.Selectthedesiredsetting.
Speedwarning
Concept
Aspeedlimitcanbesetthatwhenreachedwill
causeawarningtobeissued.
GeneralinformationThewarningisrepeatedifthevehiclespeedex#j
ceedsthesetspeedlimitagain,afterithasdrop#j
pedbelowitby3mph/5km/h.
Adjusting
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Speedwarning"5."Warningat:"6.TurntheControlleruntilthedesiredspeedis displayed.7.PresstheController.Seite63(eneralsettingsCONTROLS63
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Activating/deactivatingViaiDrive:1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Speedwarning"5."Speedwarning"
Settingyourcurrentspeedas
thespeedwarning
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Speedwarning"5."Selectcurrentspeed"
DriverAttentionCamera
Concept
Acamerathatmonitorsdriveractivityislocated
intheinstrumentcluster.Thecameraevaluates theheadpositionandeyeopeningandusesthedatatoanalyzetheattentionofthedriver.Thissystemsupportsvariousvehicleassistancesys#jtems,e.g.:
'xFatiguealert.'xSteeringandtrafficjamassistantwithEx#j
tendedTrafficJamAssistant.
Activating/deactivating
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."DriverAttentionCamera"5.Selectthedesiredsetting.Systemlimits TheDriverAttentionCameramaynotbefullyfunctionalinthefollowingsituations:'xWhentheDriverAttentionCameraiscovered
bythesteeringwheelrim.'xWhenthedriveriswearinginfraredimperme#j ablesunglasses.
Activating/deactivating
popupwindows
Forsomefunctions,popupwindowsaredis#j
playedautomaticallyontheControlDisplay.
Someofthesepopupwindowscanbeactivated
ordeactivated.
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Pop-ups"5.Selectthedesiredsetting.
Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
ControlDisplay
Brightness ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Displays"4."Controldisplay"5."Brightnessatnight"6.PresstheController.7.TurntheControlleruntilthedesiredbright#jnessisset.8.PresstheController.Seite64CONTROLS(eneralsettings64
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Thesettingisstoredforthedriverprofilecur#j
rentlyused.
Dependingonthelightconditions,thebright#j
nesssettingsmaynotbeclearlyvisible.
Resettingthevehicleconfiguration
Allindividualsettingscanberesettothefactory
settingswhenthedrive-readystateisswitched
off.
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Resetvehicledata"5."Resetvehicledata"
Whenthestoredsettingsinadriverprofileare
synchronizedwiththeConnectedDriveaccount,
thesesettingswillremainintheConnectedDrive account.
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PersonalsettingsVehiclefeaturesandoptions
Thischapterdescribesallstandard,country-spe#jcificandoptionalfeaturesofferedwiththeseries. Italsodescribesfeaturesandfunctionsthatare
notnecessarilyavailableinyourvehicle,e.g.,due totheselectedoptionsorcountryversions.Thisalsoappliestosafety-relatedfunctionsandsys#j
tems.Whenusingthesefunctionsandsystems,
theapplicablelawsandregulationsmustbeob#j
served.
Dataprotection
Datatransfer
Concept
Thevehicleoffersdifferentservices,whoseuse
requiresadatatransfertoBMWoraservicepro#j
vider.Thedatatransfercanbedeactivatedfor
someservices.
Generalinformation Whenthedatatransferisdeactivated,there#j
spectiveservicecannotbeused.
Onlymakethesesettingswhilestationary.
Adjusting Thedatatransfercanbeconfiguredindifferent
stagesorindividuallyforseparateservices.
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Dataprivacy"5.Selectthedesiredsetting.Deletingpersonaldatainthe
vehicle
Concept
Dependingontheusage,thevehiclestoresper#j
sonaldata,suchasstoredradiostations.This
personaldatacanbepermanentlydeletedusing iDrive.
Generalinformation Dependingontheequipmentpackage,thefol#jlowingdatacanbedeleted:'xDriverprofilesettings.'xStoredradiostations.'xStoredprogrammablememorybuttons.'xTravelandOnboardComputerinformation.'xMusicharddisk.'xNavigation,forinstancestoreddestinations.'xPhonebook.'xOnlinedata,forinstanceFavorites,cookies.'xOfficedata,forinstancevoicenotes.'xLoginaccounts.
Altogether,thedeletionofthedatacantakeupto15minutes.
Functionalrequirement Datacanonlybedeletedwhilestationary.
Deletingdata
Thepersonaldatainthevehiclewillbedeleted whenthevehicleisresettothefactorysettings.
Additionalinformation:
Resettingthevehicleconfiguration,referto
page 65.
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Driverprofiles
Concept
Driverprofilescanbecreatedtostorepersonal
vehiclesettings.Ifthevehicleisusedbymultiple
drivers,eachdrivercancreatehispersonaldriver profile.Whenadriverprofileisselected,thevehi#j
clewillautomaticallyapplythestoredsettingsin thedriverprofile.
Generalinformation Threepersonaldriverprofilescanbecreated.
Inaddition,aguestprofileisavailablethatcanbe selectedbyanydriver.Theguestprofileisactivewhenapersonaldriverprofilehasnotbeense#j
lected.
Changestothevehiclesettingsareautomatically
storedintheactivedriverprofileorintheguest profile.
Therecognitionviaavehiclekeycanbeas#j signedtoadriverprofilesothatthevehiclewill
applythesettingsassoonasthedriverunlocks
thevehicle.Assoonasthevehiclerecognizes
thevehiclekey,thecorrespondingdriverprofile
willbeactivated.
ConnectedDrivecountries:Thesettingsstored
inthedriver'sprofilecanbesynchronizedwith
thepersonalBMWConnectedDriveaccount.Itis
therebypossibletousethesesettingsinother
BMWvehiclesaswell.
FunctionalrequirementsWhenswitchingthedriverprofile,thevehiclemustmoveatamaximumofwalkingspeed.
Welcomescreen AftertheControlDisplayisswitchedon,theWel#jcomescreenwillbedisplayed.
Thefollowingactionscanbecarriedoutonthe
Welcomescreen:
'xSwitchingthedriverprofile.'xStartingtheset-upassistant.Thisoptionisofferedinnewvehicleforalim#j itedperiodoftime.
Assoonastheengineisstartedoranybuttonis
pressed,theWelcomescreenwillbehidden.
Setupassistant Thesetupassistantisofferedinnewvehiclesfor
alimitedperiodoftimeontheWelcomescreen toconfigurethemostimportantsettingsforthevehicle.
"Gettingstarted"Selecttostarttheset-upassis#j tant.
Theset-upassistantcanbestartedviaiDriveat anytime.
1."CAR"2."Settings"3."Generalsettings"4."Gettingstarted"
Thedriverisguidedstepbystepthroughthefol#j
lowingfunctions:
'xSettingthesystemlanguage.'xConnectedDrivecountries:
Iftheset-upassistantwasopenedinthe
guestprofile:createdriverprofile.'xPairingmobiledeviceswiththevehicle.'xIftheset-upassistantwasopenedfromanal#j readydefineddriverprofile:setuppersonal
assistant.'xDependingonwhethertheset-upassistant
wasopenedfromanalreadydefineddriver profileoraguestprofile:setupservicesorconfirmtheexplanationforthetransmissionofvehiclerelateddata.'xSetupothermethodsforuse.
Theselectedsettingsarestoredintheactivedriver'sprofile.
Guestprofile Theguestprofilecanbeactivatedbyanydriver.
Vehiclesettingsthatareenteredwhentheguest
profileisactivewillbestoredintheguestprofile.
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Inthefollowingcasestheguestprofileisauto#jmaticallyactive:'xAdriverprofilehasnotbeencreatedyet.'xNodriverprofilehasbeenassignedtotheve#jhiclekeythatwasusedtounlockthevehicle.
Thefollowinglimitationsapply:
'xTheguestprofilecannotberenamed.'xItisnotpossibletoassigntherecognitionto
theguestprofile.'xItisnotpossibletoassignaPINtotheguest
profile.'xConnectedDrivecountries:Itisnotpossible tosynchronizewithaConnectedDriveac#j
count.
TheguestprofileisselectedontheWelcome
screenorviaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"
AsanalternativeforSteps1and2,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.3."Guest"4."OK"
Creatingadriverprofile
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.4."Adddriverprofile"
ConnectedDrivecountries:AnexistingConnec#j tedDriveaccountmustbeassignedtoadriver
profile.IfaConnectedDriveaccounthasnotyet
beencreated,theaccountcanbecreatedviaa
smartphone.AQRcodewillbedisplayedonthe
ControlDisplayforthispurpose.Thecreationof
thedriverprofilecancontinuewiththeaccess
dataofthecreatedConnectedDriveaccount.
Selectingrecognition
Thesettingsfortherecognitionareenteredvia
iDrive:1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.4."Driverrecognition"5."withvehiclekey"
Thevehiclekeythatisrecognizedinthecar's interiorisassignedtothedriverprofile.Ifmul#j
tiplevehiclekeysaredetected,theunin#j
tendedvehiclekeysmustberemovedfrom thecar#ssinterior.6."Activatelinkage"
Assoonasthevehiclerecognizesthevehicle
key,thecorrespondingdriverprofilewillbeacti#j vated.Ifthevehiclekeyisnotcarriedwithyouor
thevehiclekeyisnotrecognized,thedriverpro#j
filecanonlybeselectedontheWelcomescreen
whenaPINhasbeensetup.
SettingupaPINAdriverprofilewithrecognitioncannotbeacti#j
vatedwithoutvehiclekey.Inthiscase,aPINcan
besetuptoactivatethedriverprofile.
Non-ConnectedDrivecountries:IfaPINwasnot
setuporthePINisnotknown,thedriver'sprofile
cannotbeactivated.
ConnectedDrivecountries:IfaPINwasnotset
uporthePINisnotknown,thedriver'sprofile
canbeactivatedwiththeaccessdataofthecor#j
respondingConnectedDriveaccount.
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
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4."Driverrecognition"5."usingPIN"
Changing/cancelingthe
recognitionfunction
Ifanothervehiclekeyisassignedtoadriverpro#j file,thecurrentassignmentmustbecanceledfirst.
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.4."Driverrecognition"5."withvehiclekey"6."Activatelinkage"
Whenthevehicleandvehiclekeywillbehanded
over,suchasformaintenance,carryoutthefol#j lowingstepsfirst:
'xSettingupPIN.'xCancelingrecognitionusingthevehiclekey.'xSwitchingtotheguestprofile.
Thehandedovervehiclekeycanthennolongerbeusedtoaccessthepersonaldriverprofile.
Selectingadriverprofile Dependingontherecognitionsetting,thedriver
profilewillbeselectedautomatically.
Iftheguestprofileisactive,thedriverprofilewill
beselectedontheWelcomescreenorviaiDrive:
APINmayhavetobeentered.
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"
AsanalternativeforSteps1and2,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.3.Selectdriverprofile.4."OK"Allsettingsstoredintheselecteddriverprofile
areautomaticallyapplied.
Switchingsynchronizationwith
theConnectedDriveaccount
on/off
ConnectedDrivecountries:Thesettingsstoredinthedriver'sprofileare
synchronizedwiththepersonalConnectedDrive account.ThismeansthatitispossibletousethepersonalsettingsinotherBMWvehicleswith
ConnectedDriveaccessaswell,ifthisfunctionis
supported.
ThesynchronizationwiththeConnectedDrive accountisenabledwhenadriverprofileiscre#jatedorviaiDrive:1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.4."Settings"5."Synchronizedriverprofile"6."Synchronizedriverprofile"
Renamingadriverprofile
CountriesinwhichConnectedDriveisnotavaila#j
ble:
Thenamethatwasassignedwhenthedriver profilewassetupcanbechangedviaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"
AsanalternativeforSteps1and2,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.3.Selectdriverprofile.4."Settings"5.Enteraprofilename.6.Selectthesymbol.Seite69PersonalsettingsCONTROLS69
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Selectingaprofilepicture
CountriesinwhichConnectedDriveisavailable:
TheprofileimageistransferredfromtheCon#j
nectedDrivecustomerportalortheBMWCon#j
nectedapp.
CountriesinwhichConnectedDriveisnotavaila#j ble:
ViaiDrive:1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.4."Avatar"5.Selectthedesiredprofilepicture.
Deletingthedriverprofile
ViaiDrive:
1."CAR"2."Driverprofiles"3.MovetheControllertotheright.
AsanalternativeforSteps1to3,theprofile
imagecanbetappedinthetopstatusbar.4."Settings"5."Removedriverprofile"6.Selectthedesireddriverprofile.7."Deletenow"
ConnectedDrivecountries:Ifthedriverprofile
wassynchronizedwithaConnectedDriveac#j
count,thestoreddataintheConnectedDriveac#j
countwillberetained.
Systemlimits
Acleardetectionofthedesiredvehiclekeymay
notbepossibleinthefollowingcases,e.g.:
'xThedriverunlocksthevehicleviaComfort
Access.'xThedriverchanges,butthevehicleisnot
lockedandunlocked.'xWhenmultiplevehiclekeysarelocatedout#j sideonthedriver'ssideofthevehicle.
ConnectedDrivecountries:
Adriverprofilecanonlybecreatedand
synchronizedwiththeConnectedDriveaccount whencellularnetworkreceptionisavailable.
Theuseofpersonalsettingsthatarestoredin
theConnectedDriveaccountinothervehiclesis
subjecttotechnicallimitations.Forexample,set#j
tingsmaybestoredforasystemthatisnotavail#j
able,oravailableinanon-compatibleversion,in
othervehicles.
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