BMW 760LI SEDAN 2003 Owner's Manual

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Control Center
The concept
The Control Center has been designed to
avoid the unnecessary complexity created
by an extended number of switches and
controls. It consists of the controller and
the Control Display.
The controller is used to select the func-
tions that will appear in the Control Display.
In addition, the Control Display also shows
you messages from the Check Control.
Controller
You can slide, turn and press the controller
to enter commands. You can use it for all of
the functions in the Control Display.
To avoid posing an unnecessary
hazard, both to your own vehicle's
occupants and to other road users: never
attempt to use the controls or make adjust-
ments unless traffic and road conditions
allow.<
The following introduction illustrates how
easy it is to use the Control Center.
You can find detailed instructions
describing how to use the individual sys-
tems in the separate sections.
Control Display
An orientation menu is available for selec-
tion. Slide the controller
>toward the currently active menu
>twice in one direction.
Selecting menu
Slide the controller to select a menu, here:
"Settings".
The menu appears on the screen as soon
as you release the controller.
You can move directly to a different
menu by sliding the controller.<

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Selecting menu entries
Turn the controller to select the
menu entry, here: "Clock".
Confirming selection or entry
Press the controller to make a
selection, here: "Clock".

Select the desired adjustment option within
the menu item and confirm, here: "Time".
Settings
The first setting option for time is activated.
>Turn the controller to select your setting >Press the controller to confirm the new
setting Ð store Ð and to proceed to the
next highlighted position to adjust.
Changing menu page
You can select individual pages in specific
menus, here: "Climate".
Select the symbol and press the controller:
To select the second page of the menu.
To return to the first page of the menu.
Symbols and lists
The symbols in the corners and edges of
the Control Display have various functions:
1Corner symbols:
These symbols take you to the next
menu item or in a displayed list.
To do so: turn the controller
2List symbols:
Indicates that you can only move within
the displayed list, here: stored radio
stations.
Turn the controller to select an entry
from the list.

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To exit from the list, select
the symbol and confirm.
Symbols
To select the second page
To return to the first page
To exit from the list
To transfer the current display to the
assistance window. For more
detailed information on the assis-
tance window, refer to page 23
To transmit vehicle data to the
BMW Service Center
To set display units and formats,
refer to page 91
To change the language of the dis-
play texts, refer to page 91
To select settings for vehicle func-
tions
To set the brightness of the screen,
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Menus in Control Display
You can select from an extended range of
functions and setting options:
1BMW Assist178
2Communication
>To use the portable phone170
>Portable phone, refer to separate
Owner's Manual
3Car data
>Computer86
>Limit89
>Stopwatch90
>Service Interval Display83
>To access Check Control
messages854Navigation130
5Help
>Brief help text displays23
>Menu name for menu change
6Entertainment
>Radio149
>Cassette158
>CD153 155
>TV160
>DVD162
7Settings
>Vehicle functions53, 64, 93
>Time and date91
>Language91

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>Units of measure and display
format91
>Brightness92
>Lock Control Center in rear24
8Climate
>Automatic climate control105
>Heated seats51
>Parked-car ventilation system112
Assistance window*
While you use the Control Center, the
assistance window can provide you with a
parallel display for the active system.
You can use it for displays of the following:
>Short help and supplementary informa-
tion texts for selected menu entries
>A function selected in the "Car data"
menu, refer to page 90
>The route for vehicles with a navigation
system, refer to page 131.
Help texts in assistance window
You can call up and also cancel displays
containing help texts and supplementary information on selected menu entries in the
assistance window.
1.Select "Help" from the orientation menu
2.Select "Brief info" menu and confirm.
The help texts appear in the assistance
window
3.Confirm again to deactivate the auto-
matic display.
Show menu name
You can program the system to display the
menu name each time you proceed to a
new menu.
1.Select "Help" from the orientation menu
2.Select "Menu name" and confirm your
entry.

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Top and bottom status lines
1Hands-free mode active
2Portable phone reception strength
3Display for phone service provider
4Portable phone status
>Green: incoming or outgoing call
>Red: no network available
>Yellow: routed through alternate ser-
vice network Ð roaming
5Traffic Message Channel activated Ð
currently not available
6Status Check Control85
>Green: no message
>Yellow: priority 2 Ð the symbol
flashes briefly. You can use the "Car
data" menu to have the status report
shown in the Control Display
>Red: priority 1 Ð these messages
appear immediately, accompanied by a
gong and a flashing symbol
Status Service Interval Display83
>Red: at least one service interval has
been exceeded 7Temperature selection display, left-
hand side of passenger compartment
8Air supply, left-hand side of passenger
compartment
9Entertainment Ð display for radio, cas-
sette, CD, TV, DVD
10Air supply, right-hand side of passenger
compartment

11Temperature selection display, right-
hand side of passenger compartment
Assistance window
The status lines in the assistance window
show the following:
>Outside temperature
>Navigation system destination
>Time
>Date.
Control Center in rear*
Rear screen
Folding open rear screen:
1.Swing folding arm upward until it
engages
2.Fold open rear screen.
The rear screen is ready for operation.
Folding down rear screen:
1.Align rear screen straight
2.Fold rear screen downward; folding arm
unlocks
3.Swing folding arm downward.

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Swing the rear screen downward
when the ski bag is used, as other-
wise it could be damaged.
Do not swing the rear screen up or down
with the beverage holders open, as other-
wise it could be damaged.<
The rear screen switches off automat-
ically when it is swung downward.
Some functions are not available on the
rear screen, e.g. the BMW Assist function
can only be operated in the front Control
Display. Some functions only permit limited
operation on the rear screen, e.g. the
speed limit can only be displayed. Setting
is carried out via the front controller, refer
to page 89.<
Controller
The controller is located on the center arm-
rest.
Rear lock
The available functions are operated with
the respective controller.
In the Control Display you can limit or deac-
tivate operation of the rear screen.
1.Select the "Settings" menu and confirm
2.Select "Rear" and confirm.
3.Setting operation of rear screen:
>Select "Limited Release" and con-
firm to lock the functions used in the
front Control Display
When headphones are con-
nected, all audio and video func-
tions continue to be selectable in the
rear, with the exception of the audio or
video source activated in the front Con-
trol Display.<>Select "None Release" and confirm
to switch off the rear screen
>Select "Full Release" and confirm to
switch off all locks.
Headphones
1Headphone jack
2Adjusting volume
3Station scan/track search
>Station scan
>Tape, fast forward/reverse
>Music track search for CD and cas-
sette, chapter search for DVD changer
>Select TV channel.
Headphones are only intended for passen-
gers in the rear seats. Please check with
local regulations regarding use of head-
phones.

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Voice command
Voice command system
The concept
The voice command system allows you to
control operation of various vehicle sys-
tems without ever removing your hands
from the steering wheel. The system oper-
ates on the basis of voice commands that
you will learn easily after using them a few
times. In many cases, the voice command
system supports you with announcements
or questions while you are making your
entries.
The voice command system transforms
your oral commands and dialog answers
into control signals for the selected sys-
tems.
Please take the time to acquaint your-
self with how a particular system
operates before proceeding to control it
using the voice command system.<
Symbols used
{...}Verbal instructions to use with the
voice command system.
{{...}} Identifies the answers generated by
the voice command system.
Systems available for use with voice
command
>{Telephone}, refer to page 170
>{Navigation}, refer to page 130
>{Radio}, refer to page 149
>{CD}, refer to page 153
>{CD changer}, refer to page 155
>{Tape}, refer to page 158
>{Notepad}, refer to page 28
>{DVD}, refer to page 162. Either the system that you are now oper-
ating or any current error messages will
appear in the Info Display, refer to page 27.
Voice commands
Activating voice command system
Briefly press the button in the steering
wheel.
A signal tone and "SVS active" in the Info
Display, refer to page 27, indicate that the
system is ready for use. You are automati-
cally in the main menu.
From here, you can call up all the equip-
ment that can be operated.
Canceling voice command entry
Briefly press the button in the steering
wheel
or
In dialogs in which any text can be spoken,
e.g. names, notes, canceling is only pos-
sible using the button.
The system automatically switches
over to its telephone mode if you
receive a call during voice input. "SVS off"
appears in the Info Display, refer to
page 27.<
Voice commands
The voice command system operates on
the basis of specific, predefined com-
mands; these commands should be
spoken precisely as indicated. You can
have the possible commands read back at
any stage. To do so, say the command
{Options}.
In addition to the commands described,
there are often other commands that run
the same function. Instead of {Options},
you can, for example, also say {What now}.
More detailed commands such as {Change
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These sections contain information on
using the voice command system.
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scale} instead of {Scale} are also often
possible.
Short commands
With the {Main menu} level, you can run
certain functions directly with short com-
mands, refer to page 29, without having to
open an equipment level.
For example, if you want to dial a phone
number, you do not have to say
rather you can say directly
Special commands
Special commands are available for spe-
cific systems. In this Owner's Manual you will find these commands in the sections
describing the individual systems.
Displays in the Info Display
The Info Display shows you what the voice
command system has understood in line 2,
while also indicating which voice command
or question is currently active in line 1.
In addition, any error messages are also
displayed.
Selecting the navigation scale Ð an example
Start the dialog:
Briefly press the button in the steering
wheel.
Volume adjustment
You can adjust the volume for the instruc-
tions from the voice command system:Turn the knob during an instruction/
announcement to select the desired
volume.
Instructions/announcements will continue
at this volume level, even if the other audio
sources are set to minimum volume.
The system automatically selects
your individual volume setting each
time you unlock the vehicle using your per-
sonal remote control unit.< {Telephone}
1. {Dial number}
2.Enter the phone number.
Operation with the voice command
system is always indicated with this
pictograph.
You sayThe voice command system repliesInfo Display screen contents
"SVS active"
{Change scale}{{Please enter the desired scale}}"scale ?
change scale"
{Scale
500 feet}"ok
500 ft"

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Notices
Do not use the voice command
system to make emergency SOS
calls. Your voice and habitual tone could be
affected by stressful situations, as a result
of which the process of establishing the
telephone connection could be unneces-
sarily delayed. Instead, you should use the
emergency SOS button located adjacent to
the rearview mirror, refer to page 173.<
Environmental conditions
The voice command system uses a special
hands-free microphone located in the front
of your vehicle's headliner. Although the
system is designed to filter out ambient
noise, you can help ensure that your com-
mands will be understood by observing the
following instructions:
>Speak smoothly and clearly, at a normal
volume. Do not place any unusual
stress on individual syllables, and avoid
pauses
>Do not speak while the voice command
system is talking
>Keep the doors, windows and sunroof
closed to prevent interference from
ambient noise
>Avoid other sources of noise in the
vehicle while speaking, and ask other
vehicle occupants to refrain from
talking while you are using the system
>The hands-free microphone is aimed
toward the driver. This means that the
system might be unable to register the
voices of other vehicle occupants prop-
erly.
The notebook
To record a note
You can store approx. ten minutes of
spoken text Ð either as a single entry or as
multiple entries of any desired length.To terminate recording:
Press the button for a long period.
When recording notes, the voice
command system does not respond
to the {Cancel} command. The text
checking function for command words is
deactivated in this case so that you can
speak any desired text for your notes. This
feature saves you from having to concen-
trate on avoiding these words while
recording.<
Listening to a notebook entry
Listening to recorded notebook entries:
Delete notes
Clearing the notebook
To delete all contents from the notebook:
{Record note}.
1.{Read out}
Approximately the first 3 seconds of
the first note are read aloud
2.Following the inquiry {{Note and
next?}} select the next function
>To listen to the entire note:
{Read out}
>To hear the next notebook entry:
{Next}
>To hear the entry again:
{Back} or
{Repeat}.
1.{Edit}
2.{Delete}.
1.{Notepad}
2.{Delete}.