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ConnectionsVehiclefeaturesandoptions
Thischapterdescribesallstandard,country-spe#jcificandoptionalfeaturesofferedwiththeseries. Italsodescribesfeaturesandfunctionsthatare
notnecessarilyavailableinyourvehicle,e.g.,due totheselectedoptionsorcountryversions.Thisalsoappliestosafety-relatedfunctionsandsys#j
tems.Whenusingthesefunctionsandsystems,
theapplicablelawsandregulationsmustbeob#j
served.
Connectingmobiledevices tothevehicle
Concept
Variousconnectiontypesareavailableforusing
mobiledevicesinthevehicle.Theconnection typetoselectdependsonthemobiledeviceandthedesiredfunction.
Generalinformation Thefollowingoverviewshowspossiblefunctions
andthesuitableconnectiontypesforthem.The
scopeoffunctionsdependsonthemobilede#j
vice.
FunctionConnecj
tiontypeMakingcallsviathehands-free
system.
UsingphonefunctionsviaiDrive
ortouchscreen.
Otherfunctions,e.g.Contactsor
SMS.Bluetooth.Playingmusicfromthesmart#j
phoneortheaudioplayer.Bluetoothor
USB.FunctionConnecj
tiontypeUSBstoragedevice:
Playingmusic.USB.Playingvideosfromthesmart#j
phoneortheUSBstoragede#j
vice.USB.UsingthevehicleInternetac#j
cess.WiFihotspot
viaWLAN.UsingAppleCarPlayappsvia
iDriveandvoiceoperation.Bluetooth
andWLAN.ScreenMirroring:
Showingthesmartphonedisplay
ontheControlDisplay.WLAN.
Thefollowingconnectiontypesrequireone-time
pairingwiththevehicle:
'xBluetooth.'xWiFihotspot.'xAppleCarPlay.'xScreenMirroring.
Paireddevicesareautomaticallyrecognizedlater
onandconnectedtothevehicle.
Safetyinformation
Warning
Operatingtheintegratedinformationsystems
andcommunicationdeviceswhiledrivingcan distractfromtraffic.Itispossibletolosecontrolofthevehicle.Thereisariskofaccident.Onlyusethesystemsordeviceswhenthetrafficsit#juationallows.Aswarranted,stopandusethesystemsanddeviceswhilethevehicleissta#jtionary.
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CompatibledevicesGeneralinformation
Informationonmobiledevicescompatiblewith
thevehiclecanbefoundatwww.bmwusa.com/
bluetooth.
Malfunctionsmayoccurwithdevicesnotlisted ordeviatingsoftwareversions.
Displayingthevehicleidentification
numberandsoftwarepartnumber
Whenlookingforcompatibledevices,youmay
havetostatethevehicleidentificationnumber
andthesoftwarepartnumber.Thesenumbers
canbedisplayedinthevehicle.
ViaiDrive:1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5."Bluetoothninfo"6."Systeminformation"
Bluetoothconnection
Functionalrequirements
'xCompatibledevicewithBluetoothinterface.
Compatibledevices,refertopage 72.'xThevehiclekeyorBMWdisplaykeyisinthe
vehicle.'xThedeviceisreadyforoperation.'xBluetoothisswitchedoninthevehicleand
onthedevice.'xThepairingreadinessisdisplayedonthe
ControlDisplay.'xBluetoothpresettings,suchasvisibility,may
berequiredonthedevice;refertotheown#j
er'smanualofthedevice.SwitchingonBluetooth
ViaiDrive:1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5."Bluetoothn"6.Selectsetting.
Activating/deactivating
telephonefunctions
Touseallsupportedfunctionsofamobile
phone,activatethedesiredfunctionsinthevehi#j
clepriortopairingthemobilephonewiththeve#j
hicleasneeded.
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Personalizemenu"3.Selectthedesiredsettings,forinstance"Text messages".
Pairingthemobiledevicewith
thevehicle
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Newdevice"5."Phonecallsandaudio"
Thevehicle'sBluetoothnameisdisplayedon
theControlDisplay.6.Onthemobiledevice,searchforBluetooth
devicesinthevicinityandselectthevehicle.
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onthedisplayofthemobiledevice,andcon#j
firmthatthetwomatch.8.SelectBluetoothconnectionifnecessary:
"UseBMWiDriveforphonecalls,Bluetoothn audio,andapps."
Themobiledeviceisconnectedtothevehicleanddisplayedinthedevicelist.
FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Allrequirementsaremetandallrequiredsteps
werecompletedinthespecifiedorder.Despite
that,themobiledevicedoesnotfunctionasex#j pected.
Inthiscase,thefollowingexplanationscanhelp: Whycouldthemobilephonenotbepairedor
connected
'xTherearetoomanyBluetoothdevicescon#j nectedtothemobilephoneorvehicle.
Inthevehicle,deleteBluetoothconnections
withotherdevices.
DeletetheBluetoothconnectionfromthede#j
vicelistonthemobilephoneandstartanew
devicesearch.
ToomanyBluetoothdeviceswiththesame
functionarepaired.'xThemobilephoneisinpower-savemodeor
hasonlyalimitedremainingbatterylife.
Chargethemobilephoneanddeactivatethe
power-savemodewhererequired.
Whydoesthemobilephonenolongerreact
'xTheapplicationsonthemobilephonedonot
functionanymore.
Switchthemobilephoneoffandonagain.'xToohighortoolowambienttemperaturefor
mobilephoneoperation.
Donotsubjectthemobilephonetoextreme
ambienttemperatures.
WhycanphonefunctionsnotbeusedviaiDrive
'xPhonefunctionsarenotconfiguredforthe
mobilephone.Connectthemobilephonewiththetele#j phonefunction.
Whyarenoornotallphonebookentriesdis#j
playedorwhyaretheyincomplete
'xTransmissionofthephonebookentriesis notyetcomplete.'xItispossiblethatonlythephonebookentries
ofthemobilephoneortheSIMcardare transmitted.'xItmaynotbepossibletodisplayphonebook
entrieswithspecialcharacters.'xItmaynotbepossibletotransmitcontacts
fromsocialnetworks.'xThenumberofphonebookentriestobe
transmittedistoohigh.'xDatavolumeofthecontacttoolarge,forin#j stanceduetostoredinformationsuchas
notes.
Reducethedatavolumeofthecontact.'xAmobilephonecanonlybeconnectedas
audiosourceorastelephone.
Configurethemobilephoneandconnectit
withthetelephonefunction.'xContactwascreatedinthecontactlistofthe
phoneafterthelastsynchronization.
Synchronizecontactsagain:"Reload
contacts"
Howcanthephoneconnectionqualitybeim#j proved
'xAdjustthestrengthoftheBluetoothsignalon
themobilephone,dependingonthemobile
phone.'xInsertthemobilephoneintothewireless chargingtray.'xAdjustthevolumeofthemicrophonesepa#jratelyinthesoundsettings.
Ifallpointsinthislisthavebeencheckedandtherequiredfunctionisstillnotavailable,contactthe
hotline,adealer#ssservicecenteroranotherquali#j
fiedservicecenterorrepairshop.
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USBconnection
GeneralinformationThefollowingmobiledevicescanbeconnected
totheUSBport:
'xMobilephones.'xAudiodevicessuchasMP3players.'xUSBstoragedevices.
Commonfilesystemsaresupported.FAT32
andexFATaretherecommendedformats.
AconnectedUSBstoragedevicewillbesup#j pliedwithchargecurrentviatheUSBportifthe
devicesupportsthis.Followthemaximum
chargecurrentoftheUSBport.
ThefollowingusesarepossibleonUSBports
withdatatransfer:
'xPlayingmusicfiles.'xPlayingvideos.
Followthefollowingwhenconnecting:
'xDonotuseforcewhenpluggingtheconnec#j
torintotheUSBport.'xUseaflexibleadaptercable.'xProtecttheUSBstoragedeviceagainstme#j
chanicaldamage.'xDuetothelargenumberofUSBstoragede#j vicesavailableonthemarket,itcannotbeguaranteedthateverydeviceisoperableon
thevehicle.'xDonotexposeUSBstoragedevicestoex#j
tremeenvironmentalconditions,suchasvery
hightemperatures;refertotheowner's
manualofthedevice.'xDuetothemanydifferentcompressiontech#j niques,properplaybackofthemediastoredontheUSBstoragedevicecannotbeguar#j
anteedinallcases.'xToensurepropertransmissionofthestored data,donotchargeaUSBstoragedevicevia
theonboardsocket,whenitisconnectedto
theUSBport.'xDependingonhowtheUSBstoragedeviceis
beingused,settingsmayberequiredonthe
USBstoragedevice,refertotheowner's
manualofthedevice.
NotcompatibleUSBmedia:
'xUSBharddrives.'xUSBhubs.'xUSBmemorycardreaderswithmultipleslots.'xHFS-formattedUSBstoragedevices.'xDevicessuchasfansorlamps.
Functionalrequirement
CompatibledevicewithUSBport.
Additionalinformation:
Compatibledevices,refertopage 72.
Connectingthedevice ConnecttheUSBdeviceusingasuitableadapter
cabletoaUSBport.
TheUSBdeviceisdisplayedinthedevicelist.
Additionalinformation:
USBport,refertopage 300.
WiFihotspot
Concept
CompatibledeviceswithWLANinterfacecan usetheInternetconnectionofthevehicleviathe
WiFihotspot.
Generalinformation Upto10devicescanbeconnectedtothe
WiFihotspotsimultaneously.
Functionalrequirements
'xCompatibledevicewithactivatedWLANin#j
terface.
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'xInternetuseisactivatedforthevehicle.'xRegistrationanddatacontractwithaserviceproviderwhererequired.'xStandbystateisswitchedon.
Connectingadevicetothe
InternetviatheWiFihotspot
UsingtheInternetforthefirsttimeviathe
WiFihotspotrequiresregistrationandpossiblya
datavolumepurchasefromaserviceprovider.
Dependingonthecountryversion,datavolume canbepurchasedviatheconnectedmobilede#j
viceorfromtheConnectedDriveStore.
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Newdevice"5."Internet,apps"
Hotspotnameandhotspotcodearedis#j
playedontheControlDisplay.6.ActivateInternetusageviaWLANifneces#j sary.
"Opensettings"7.ActivateInternetusage.
"Internetconnection"8.MovetheControllertotheleft.9.SearchforWLANnetworksonthemobilede#j vice.Selectnetworknameonthedevice.10.Enterhotspotcodeonthedeviceandcon#jnect.
Thedeviceisdisplayedinthedevicelist.
Additionally,aQRcodewillbedisplayedonthe
ControlDisplay.Alternatively,thisQRcodecan
beusedtopairthemobiledevicewiththehot#j spot.
Alldevicesconnectedviathehotspotusethis
datavolume.
DeactivatingInternetusagevia
theWiFihotspot
Internetusagemaybedeactivatedifthedatavolumeisusedup,forinstance.
ViaiDrive:1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5."Internetconnection"6.Selectthedesiredsetting.
AppleCarPlaypreparation
Concept
CarPlayallowscertainfunctionsofacompatible
AppleiPhonetobeusedviaSirivoiceoperation andiDrive.
Functionalrequirements
'xCompatibleiPhone,iPhone5orlaterwith
iOS7.1orlater.
Compatibledevices,refertopage 72.'xCorrespondingmobilecontract.'xBluetooth,WLAN,andSirivoiceoperation
areactivatedontheiPhone.'xBookingtheConnectedDriveservice:Apple
CarPlaypreparation.
SwitchingonBluetoothand
CarPlay
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5.Selectthefollowingsetting:Seite75ConnectionsCONTROLS75
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"AppleCarPlay"6.Activatethefunction.
PairingtheiPhonewithCarPlay
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Newdevice"5."Phonecallsandaudio"
Thevehicle'sBluetoothnameisdisplayedon
theControlDisplay.6.Onthemobiledevice,searchforBluetooth
devicesinthevicinityandselectthevehicle.
Acontrolnumberisdisplayed.7.Comparethecontrolnumberdisplayedon
theControlDisplaywiththecontrolnumber
onthedisplayofthemobiledevice,andcon#j
firmthatthetwomatch.8.SelectCarPlay:
"ConfirmnoteandconnecttoAppleCarPlay"
TheiPhoneisconnectedtothevehicleanddis#j playedinthedevicelist.
Operation Formoreinformation,refertotheIntegrated
Owner'sManualortheOwner'sManualforNavi#j
gation,Entertainment,Communication.
FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Allrequirementsaremetandallrequiredsteps werecompletedinthespecifiedorder.Despite
that,themobiledevicedoesnotfunctionasex#j pected.
Inthiscase,thefollowingexplanationscanhelp: TheiPhonehasalreadybeenpairedwithApple CarPlay.Whenanewconnectionisestablished,CarPlaycannolongerbeselected.
'xDeletetheiPhoneconcernedfromthedevice
list.'xOntheiPhone,deletethevehicleconcerned
fromthelistofstoredconnectionsunder BluetoothandunderWLAN.'xPairtheiPhoneasanewdevice.
Ifthestepslistedhavebeencarriedoutandthe
requiredfunctionisstillnotavailable:contactthe hotline,adealer'sservicecenteroranotherquali#j
fiedservicecenterorrepairshop.
ScreenMirroring
Generalinformation
ScreenMirroringenablesmirroring(outputting)
ofthesmartphonedisplayontheControlDis#j play.
Functionalrequirements
'xCompatiblesmartphonewithScreenMirror#jinginterface.
Compatibledevices,refertopage 72.'xScreenMirroringisswitchedononthe
smartphone.'xWLANisswitchedoninthevehicle.
ActivateWLANinthevehicle
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5."Wi-Fin"
Pairingasmartphonewith
ScreenMirroring
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Newdevice"Seite76CONTROLSConnections76
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5."ScreenMirroring"
TheWLANnameofthevehicleisdisplayed ontheControlDisplay.6.SearchforWLANdevicesinthesurroundings
ofthesmartphone.
TheWLANnameofthevehicleappearson thedevicedisplay.SelecttheWLANnameofthevehicle.7.ConfirmtheconnectionviaiDrive.
Thedeviceisconnectedanddisplayedinthe
devicelist.
Managingmobiledevices
Generalinformation
'xAfterone-timepairing,thedevicesareauto#jmaticallyrecognizedandreconnectedwhenstandbystateisswitchedon.'xAfterstoredcontentontheSIMcardorthemobilephone,suchascontacts,hasbeendetected,thedataistransmittedtothevehi#j
cleandcanbeusedviaiDrive.'xForsomedevices,certainsettingsareneces#j sary,forinstanceauthorization;seetheown#j
er'smanualofthedevice.
Displayingthedevicelist
Alldevicespairedwithorconnectedtothevehi#j
clearedisplayedinthedevicelist.
Amaximumof4devicescanbeconnectedto
thevehicleviaBluetooth,andamaximumof10
devicescanbeconnectedtothevehiclevia WLAN.Amaximumof20deviceswillbede#j
tected.
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"
Asymbolindicates,forwhichfunctionadeviceis
used.Whentheiconisdisplayedinwhite,this functionisactivelyconnectedtothevehicle.The
iconisdisplayedingraywhenthefunctionofthe
deviceisinactive.SymbolMeaningTelephone.Bluetoothaudio.WiFihotspot.AppleCarPlay.ScreenMirroring.
Configuringthedevice
Functionscanbeactivatedordeactivatedforpairedandconnecteddevices.
Ifafunctionisassignedtoadevice,thefunction willbedeactivatedwhereappropriateforade#j
vicethatisalreadyconnectedandthedevicewill
bedisconnected.Followtheinformationonthe ControlDisplay.
ViaiDrive:
1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.Selectthedesireddevice.4.Selectthedesiredsetting:'x"Disconnectdevice"
Thedeviceremainspairedandcanbe
connectedagain.'x"Connectdevice"
Thefunctionsthatwereassignedtothe devicebeforedisconnectingareassigned
tothedevicewhenitisreconnected.The
functionsmaybedeactivatedonadevice alreadyconnected.'x"Deletedevice"
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PriorityofthephonesWhentwomobilephonesareconnectedtothe
vehicle,youcanspecifythepriorityofthemobile phonesforreconnection.
ViaiDrive:1."COM"2."Mobiledevices"3.MovetheControllertotheright.4."Settings"5."Prioritiesfortelephones"6.Selectthedesireddevice.7.Turnthecontrollertoselectthepriorityfor
theselectedmobilephone.
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OpeningandclosingVehiclefeaturesandoptions
Thischapterdescribesallstandard,country-spe#jcificandoptionalfeaturesofferedwiththeseries. Italsodescribesfeaturesandfunctionsthatare
notnecessarilyavailableinyourvehicle,e.g.,due totheselectedoptionsorcountryversions.Thisalsoappliestosafety-relatedfunctionsandsys#j
tems.Whenusingthesefunctionsandsystems,
theapplicablelawsandregulationsmustbeob#j
served.
Vehiclekey
Generalinformation Thevehicleissuppliedwithtwovehiclekeys
withintegratedkey.
Eachvehiclekeycontainsareplaceablebattery.
Dependingontheequipmentandcountryver#j
sion,varioussettingscanbeconfiguredforthe
buttonfunctions.
Adriverprofilewithpersonalsettingscanbeas#j
signedtoavehiclekey.
Toprovideinformationonmaintenancerequire#j
ments,theservicedataisstoredinthevehicle
key.
Topreventpossiblelockinginofthevehiclekey, takethevehiclekeywithyouwhenexitingthevehicle.
Safetyinformation
Warning
Peopleoranimalsinthevehiclecanlockthe
doorsfromtheinsideandlockthemselvesin.In
thiscase,thevehiclecannotbeopenedfrom
theoutside.Thereisariskofinjury.Takethe
vehiclekeywithyousothatthevehiclecanbe
openedfromtheoutside.
Warning
Forsomecountryversions,unlockingfromthe
insideisonlypossiblewithspecialknowledge.
Personswhospendalengthytimeinthevehi#j
clewhilebeingexposedtoextremetempera#j turesareatriskofinjuryordeath.Donotlockthevehiclefromtheoutsidewhenthereare
peopleinit.
Warning
Unattendedchildrenoranimalsinthevehicle cancausethevehicletomoveandendanger themselvesandtraffic,forinstanceduetothefollowingactions:
'xPressingtheStart/Stopbutton.'xReleasingtheparkingbrake.'xOpeningandclosingthedoorsorwin#j
dows.'xEngagingselectorleverpositionN.'xUsingvehicleequipment.
Thereisariskofaccidentsorinjuries.Donot
leavechildrenoranimalsunattendedintheve#j hicle.Takethevehiclekeywithyouwhenexit#j
ingandlockthevehicle.
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Overview1Unlocking2Locking
StationaryclimatecontrolthroughRemote
EngineStart#\#_ 2863Openingthetrunklid4Pressandholdorpressthreetimesinquick
succession:panicmode
Pressbriefly:pathwaylighting
Unlocking
Generalinformation
Thebehaviorofthevehicleduringunlockingus#j
ingthevehiclekeydependsonthefollowingset#j
tings:
'xIfonlythedriver'sdoorandthefuelfillerflap orallaccesstothevehiclewillbeunlocked.'xIftheunlockingofthevehicleisconfirmed
withalightsignalorasoundsignal.'xIfthewelcomelightisswitchedonwhenthe
vehicleisbeingunlocked.
Unlockingthevehicle
Pressthebuttononthevehiclekey.
If,duetothesettings,onlythedriver'sdoorand
fuelfillerflapwereunlocked,pressthebuttonon thevehiclekeyagaintounlocktheothervehicleaccesspoints.
Inaddition,thefollowingfunctionsareexecuted:
'xIfadriverprofilewasassignedtothevehicle
key,thisdriverprofilewillbeactivatedandthe
settingsthatarestoredinitwillbeapplied.'xTheinteriorlightsareswitchedon,unless theyweremanuallyswitchedoff.'xFoldedinexteriormirrorsarefoldedout.
Iftheexteriormirrorswerefoldedinviathe
buttoninthecar'sinterior,theywillnotbe
foldedoutwhenunlocking.'xTherearsunprotectionoftheglasssunroof ismovedintothepositionwhereitwaspriortolocking.'xWithanti-theftprotection:Anti-theftprotec#jtionisswitchedoff.'xWithalarmsystem:Thealarmsystemwillbeswitchedoff.
Afteropeningoneofthefrontdoors,thevehicle
isreadyforoperation.
Thelightfunctionsmaydependontheambient
brightness.
Convenientopening Pressandholdthebuttononthevehi#j
clekeyafterunlocking.
Thewindowsandtheglasssunroofwithsun
protectionareopened,aslongasthebuttonon
thevehiclekeyispressed.
Locking Generalinformation Thebehaviorofthevehicleduringlockingusing
thevehiclekeydependsonthefollowingset#j
tings:
'xIfthelockingofthevehicleisconfirmedwith
alightsignalorasoundsignal.'xIftheexteriormirrorsareautomaticallyfolded
inwhenthevehicleislocked.Theexterior
mirrorsarenotfoldedinwhenthehazard
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