navigation system BMW X5 4.8I 2008 E70 Owner's Manual

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Contents
The fastest way to find specific topics is to use
the index, refer to page270.
Using this Owner's Manual
4Notes
7Reporting safety defects
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10Cockpit
16iDrive
23Voice command system
Controls
28Opening and closing
42Adjusting
55Transporting children safely
59Driving
71Everything under control
84Technology for comfort, convenience
and safety
102Lamps
106Climate
115Practical interior accessories
Driving tips
128Things to remember when driving
Navigation
136Starting navigation system
138Destination entry
150Destination guidance
159What to do if …
Entertainment
162On/Off and settings
166Radio
172Satellite radio
175CD player and CD changer
181DVD changer
188AUX-In connection
189USB audio interface
192DVD system in rear
Communications
208Telephoning
223BMW Assist
Mobility
232Refueling
234Wheels and tires
241Under the hood
245Maintenance
247Replacing components
255Giving and receiving assistance
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262Technical data
265Short commands of voice command
system
270Everything from A to Z

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Service and warranty
We recommend that you read this publication
thoroughly.
Your BMW is covered by the following warran-
ties:
>New Vehicle Limited Warranty
>Rust Perforation Limited Warranty
>Federal Emissions System Defect Warranty
>Federal Emissions Performance Warranty
>California Emission Control System Limited
Warranty
Detailed information about these warranties is
listed in the Service and Warranty Information
Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and
Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.
Reporting safety defects
For US customers
The following applies only 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 injury
or death, you should immediately inform the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of North
America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, Westwood, New
Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone 1-800-831-
1117.
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: Adminis-
trator, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain
other information 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,
Defect Investigations and Recalls may call
1-800-333-0510 toll-free from anywhere in
Canada or 1-613-993-9851 from the Ottawa
region and from other countries, or contact
Transport Canada by mail at: Transport
Canada, ASFAD, Place de Ville, Tower C,
330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0N5.
You can also obtain other information about
motor vehicle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca

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9Instrument panel12
12Ignition lock5913Buttons on steering wheel
14Horn, entire surface
17Releasing hood241 5
Instrument lighting105
Fog lamps105
6
Parking lamps102
Low beams102
Automatic headlamp control
*102
Adaptive Head Light
*104
7
Head-Up Display
*99
8
Turn signals66
High beams, headlamp flasher66
Roadside parking lamps
*104
Time, date, outside temperature,
Check Control71, 79
Computer73
10
Windshield wipers67
Rain sensor67
Rear window wiper68
11Starting/stopping engine and
switching ignition on/off 59
Telephone*:
>Press: accepting and ending
call, starting dialing
* for
selected phone number and
redialing if no phone number is
selected
>Press longer: redialing
Volume
Activating/deactivating voice
command system
* 23
Changing radio station
Selecting music track
Scrolling in phone book and in
lists with stored phone numbers
Individually programmable53
Individually programmable53
Steering wheel heating
*53
15
Steering wheel adjustment52
16
Cruise control
*69

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1Microphone for hands-free mode for
telephone
* and for voice command
system
*23
2Initiating
an emergency request255
3Reading lamps105
4Panorama glass sunroof
*39
5Interior lamps105
6Passenger airbag status lamp97
7Control Display16
Displays for menu navigation
8Hazard warning flashers
9Central locking system29
10Opening glove compartment118
11Automatic climate control107
12Ejecting audio CD
13Changing
>radio station162
>track162
14Selecting radio, CD and CD changer
15Selecting AM or FM waveband16Ejecting navigation DVD with navigation
system
*136
18Controller16
Turn, press or move horizontally in four
directions
19Opening start menu on Control Display17
20Automatic Hold61
21Parking brake60
22Adaptive Drive
*91
23Programmable memory/direct selection
buttons21
24Switching Entertainment sound output
on/off and adjusting volume162 Manual air distribution108
Automatic air distribution and
volume107
Cooling function109
AUC Automatic recirculated-air
control109
Maximum cooling109
Air volume108
Residual heat utilization110
Defrosting windows and removing
condensation108
Rear window defroster108
Seat heating
*50
Active seat ventilation
*50
17
Opening liftgate33
Active seat
*51
PDC Park Distance Control
*84
Rear view camera
*86
DTC Dynamic Traction Control89
HDC Hill Descent Control90

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Menu overview
Communication
>Telephone*
>BMW Assist* or TeleService*
Navigation or onboard information
>Navigation system*
>Onboard information, e.g. for displaying
the average fuel consumption
Entertainment
>Radio
>CD player and CD changer
*
>External audio device
Climate
>Vent settings
>Seat heater distribution
*
>Automatic programs
>Parked car ventilation
*
menu
>Switching off Control Display
>Tone and display settings
>Settings for traffic information
*
>Settings for your vehicle, e.g. for the central
locking system
>Display of maintenance intervals and dead-
lines for legally mandated inspections
>Settings for telephone
*
Operating principle
From radio readiness, refer to page59, the fol-
lowing message is shown on the Control Dis-
play:
To hide the message:
Press the controller.
This displays the start menu.
On vehicles with a single drive, the message
automatically disappears after approx. 10 sec-
onds.
Start menu
You can call up all the functions of iDrive using
five menu items.
Opening start menu
Press the button.
To open the start menu from the menu:
Press the button twice.

iDrive
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Status information
1Display for:
>Entertainment:
Radio, CD
>Telephone
* in "Communication":
Name of linked mobile phone, network
search or no network
>"BMW Assist"
*:
Existing voice connection with a service
from BMW Assist
2Entertainment sound output off
3Display for traffic information
*, TI:
Traffic information for the navigation sys-
tem can be received and transmission is
switched on
4Display for:
> New entries present in "Missed calls"
*
> Roaming active
5 Telephoning
* possible if the mobile
phone is logged-on in the vehicle
Mobile phone network reception
strength, display dependent on mobile
phone
6Time
Other displays:
The status information is temporarily hidden
when there are Check Control instructions or
inputs via the voice command system
*.
Assistance window*
Additional information can be displayed in the
assistance window:
>The computer or the trip computer
>The arrow or map view with a navigation
system
*
>The current position
Selecting display
1.Move the controller to the right to change to
the assistance window and press the con-
troller.
2.Select a menu item.
3.Press the controller.

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Switching assistance window off/on
1.Move the controller to the right to change to
the assistance window and press the con-
troller.
2.Select "Assist. window off" and press the
controller.
To switch on, change to the assistance window
and press the controller.
Switching Control Display
off/on
1.Press the button.
This opens the start menu.
2.Press the controller to open the menu.
3.Select "Display off" and press the control-
ler.
To switch on, press the controller.
Programmable memory/
direct selection buttons
You can store and run certain functions of iDrive
on the direct selection buttons:
>Destinations of navigation
>Telephone, phone numbers
*
>Entertainment:
>Radio station
>CD
>CD compartment of CD changer
*
>AUX
The assignment of the direct selection buttons
is stored for the remote control currently in use.
Saving function
Destinations of navigation
1.Select destination, e.g. in the destination
list or the address book.
2.Press the ... button longer
than 2 seconds.
Special features:
>With the destination guidance system and
the map view started, the current destina-
tion is stored.
>During destination entry via a map, the
coordinates at the cursor are stored, not the
current destination.
Telephone, phone numbers
1.Enter the phone number or select it in a list
of the stored phone numbers, e.g. of the
"A - Z" list.
2.Press the ... button longer
than 2 seconds.
If a name is assigned to the phone number, the
name will also be stored.

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Entertainment
In the Entertainment menu, the sound source
currently heard, e.g. a radio station, is stored,
regardless of the selection on the Control Dis-
play.
1.Select the desired function, e.g. radio sta-
tion or CD.
2.Press the ... button longer
than 2 seconds.
If the vehicle is equipped with two drives,
the current track is stored for CDs with
compressed audio files.<
Running function
Press the ... button.
The function is run immediately. This means,
for example, that when a phone number is
selected, the connection is also established, or
when a navigation destination is called up, des-
tination guidance is started.
Displaying button assignment
You can display the assignment of the buttons
by touching them with your finger. Please do
not wear gloves when doing so. Touching with
an object, e.g. a pen, does not function.
Displaying short info
Touch the ... button.
The assignment of the buttons is displayed.
Destination of navigation system
Entertainment source
Telephone, phone number
Not assigned
Displaying detailed information
Touch and hold the ... button.
Deleting button assignments
1.Press the button.
This opens the start menu.
2.Press the controller to open the menu.
3.Select "Settings" and press the controller.
4.Select "Vehicle / Tires" and press the con-
troller.
5.Select "Programmable Memory Keys" and
press the controller.
6.Select "Delete assignment of all memory
keys" and press the controller.
7.Select "Yes" and press the controller.

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Voice command system
The concept
The voice command system allows you to con-
trol operation of various vehicle systems with-
out ever removing your hands from the steering
wheel.
Individual menu items on the Control Display
can be spoken as commands. This frees you of
having to use the controller.
The voice command system transforms your
oral commands into control signals for the
selected systems and provides support in the
form of instructions or questions.
The voice command system uses a special
microphone located in the area of the interior
rearview mirror, refer to page14.
Precondition
Via iDrive, set the language that applies for the
voice command system in order to enable iden-
tification of the spoken commands. To set the
language of iDrive, refer to page83.
Symbols in Owner's Manual
Voice commands
Activating voice command system
1.Press the button on the steering wheel.
This symbol on the Control Display and
an acoustic signal tell you that the voice
command system can respond to com-
mands.
2.Say the command.
The command is displayed on the Control
Display.
This symbol is shown on the Control Display
when you can say additional commands.
If no other commands are possible, then oper-
ate the equipment via iDrive.
*
{...} Say the specified commands word for
word.
{{...}} Indicates responses of the voice
command system.

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Notes
The mobile phone can also be operated
with voice commands, refer to
page219.<
For voice commands, bear the following in
mind:
>Say the commands and numbers smoothly
and at normal volume, avoiding excessive
emphases and pauses. This also applies to
spelling when entering the destination.
>Always issue commands in the language of
the voice command system.
>When selecting a radio station, use the
common pronunciation of the station name.
>For entries in the voice-activated phone
book, only use names in the language of the
voice command system and no abbrevia-
tions.
>Keep the doors, windows and panorama
glass sunroof
* closed to prevent interfer-
ence from ambient noise.
>Avoid making other noise in the vehicle
while speaking.