Communications -> Contacts for your BMW 3 Series 2006-2013

Contacts*  
You can create and edit contacts. The contacts  
from the mobile phone* are displayed as well if  
this function is supported by the mobile phone.  
The addresses can be used as destinations for  
navigation and the phone numbers can be  
dialed.  
Specifying a contact as the home  
address  
A contact can be stored as a home address. It is  
placed at the top of "My contacts".  
1. Create a new contact.  
2. Open "Options".  
New contact  
1. "Contacts"  
2. "New contact"  
3. "Store as home address"  
When the home address is deleted, only the  
content of the home address entry is deleted  
and not the entry itself.  
3. If the entry fields are still filled with the pre-  
vious entries, select "Delete input fields".  
My contacts  
4. To fill in the entry fields:  
A list of all contacts in the vehicle and on the  
mobile phone*.  
Select the symbol next to the entry field.  
Displaying contacts  
"My contacts"  
5. Enter the text.  
If the vehicle is equipped with a navi-  
gation system, it is only possible to  
enter addresses that are contained in the  
navigation data in the vehicle. This ensures  
that destination guidance is possible for all  
addresses.<  
All contacts are listed in alphabetical order.  
Depending on the number of contacts, an A-Z  
6. If applicable, "Store"  
7. "Store contact in vehicle"  
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search is offered. A symbol indicates the stor-  
age location of the contacts:  
Dialing a phone number*  
1. "My contacts"  
2. Select the desired contact.  
3. Select the desired phone number.  
The connection is established.  
Symbol  
Storage location  
No symbol  
In the vehicle; the address  
has not been checked as a  
destination.  
Editing a contact  
1. "My contacts"  
In the vehicle; the address  
has been checked as a desti-  
nation.  
2. Select the desired contact.  
3. "Edit contact"  
Mobile phone*  
Displaying the detailed view*  
Select the desired contact.  
All fields that have been filled in for that contact  
are displayed.  
Selecting a contact as the navigation  
destination  
1. "My contacts"  
4. Change the entries.  
5. Move the controller to the left.  
6. "Yes"  
2. Select the desired contact.  
3. Select the desired address.  
Contacts from the mobile phone* may contain  
addresses that do not match the navigation  
data contained in the vehicle and thus cannot  
be used for destination guidance. In this case:  
Manually correct the address.  
If a contact from the mobile phone* is edited,  
the changes are not stored on the mobile  
phone. A copy of the entry is stored in the vehi-  
cle, and only this copy is displayed.  
Checking the address as a destination*  
Deleting contacts  
An address that is to be used for destination  
guidance must match the navigation data con-  
tained in the vehicle. An address that is stored  
on the mobile phone can be matched to the  
navigation data.  
Only contacts that are stored in the vehicle are  
deleted. The contacts on the mobile phone*  
cannot be deleted.  
1. "My contacts"  
2. Highlight the contact.  
3. Open "Options".  
1. Select the desired contact and highlight the  
address.  
4. "Delete contact" or "Delete all contacts".  
2. Open "Options".  
3. "Check as destination"  
4. Correct and store the address, if necessary.  
After an address has been corrected, the con-  
tact can be stored in the vehicle. The address is  
not changed on the mobile phone.  
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