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Destination guidance
that you would choose based on personal expe-
rience.
Starting destination
guidance
The settings are stored for the remote control
currently in use.
1. "Navigation"
2. "Enter address"
3. Select the destination.
4. "Accept destination"
5. "Start guidance"
Changing route criteria
1. "Navigation"
2. "Map"
3. "Route preference"
4. Selecting a criterion:
The route is displayed on the Control Display
after it is calculated.
> "Fast route": time-optimized route,
which is a combination of the shortest
possible route and the fastest roads
Terminating destination
guidance
> "Efficient route": optimized combination
of the fastest and shortest roads
1. "Navigation"
> "Short route": short distance, irrespec-
2. "Map"
tive of how fast or slow progress will be
3. Select the
symbol.
> "Alternative routes": other suggested
alternative routes while destination
guidance is active
4. "Stop guidance"
Continuing destination
guidance
If the destination was not reached during the
last trip, destination guidance can be resumed.
"Resume guidance"
Route criteria
5. Select additional route criteria, if desired.
Where possible, the selected criteria will be
avoided on the route.
General information
You can influence the calculated route by
choosing certain route criteria. You can change
the route criteria as often as you like during des-
tination entry or during destination guidance.
> Avoid highways where possible:
"Avoid highways"
> Avoid toll roads where possible:
The route is planned according to fixed rules.
The type of road is taken into account, e.g.
whether it is a highway or a winding road. As a
result, the routes recommended by the naviga-
tion system may not always be the same ones
"Avoid toll roads"
> Avoid ferries where possible:
"Avoid ferries"
The setting applies to the current route and to
the planning of future routes.
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number of miles/kilometers that you want to
travel before returning to the original route.
Dynamic destination guidance
"Dynamic guidance" is switched on:
The route is automatically changed in the event
of traffic obstructions. The system does not
point out traffic obstructions along the original
route.
1. "Navigation"
2. "Route information"
3. "New route for:"
Depending on the type of road and the nature
and length of the traffic obstruction, the route
can also be calculated so that you travel
through the traffic obstruction.
1. "Navigation"
2. Open "Options".
3. "Dynamic guidance"
If the "Avoid highways", "Avoid toll roads"
or "Avoid ferries" route criteria are
selected, route calculation may take consider-
ably longer.<
4. Turn the controller: enter the desired num-
ber of miles.
5. Press the controller.
Resuming the original route
Route
If the route section should no longer be
bypassed:
General information
1. "Navigation"
Depending on the equipment in your vehicle,
various views of the route are available during
destination guidance.
2. "Route information"
3. "Remove blocking"
>
>
List of streets and towns/cities
Map view, refer to page 136
Gas station recommendations
The remaining range is calculated and gas sta-
tions along the route are recommended.
Displaying a list of the streets or towns/
cities on the route
1. "Navigation"
When destination guidance is started, a list of
the streets and towns/cities on the route is dis-
played. The driving distances and traffic bulle-
tins are displayed for each route section.
2. "Route information"
3. "Recommended refuel"
A list of gas stations is displayed.
4. Select a gas station.
1. "Navigation"
5. Select the
symbol.
2. "Route information"
6. "Start guidance" or "Add as another dest.".
3. Highlight a section.
The section is displayed in the preview map.
Destination guidance
Bypassing a section of the route
through voice instructions
During destination guidance, you can revise the
navigation system's route recommendations to
avoid particular stretches of road. Enter the
Switching voice instructions on/off
Voice instructions can be switched on or off
during destination guidance.
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1. "Navigation"
2. "Map"
Map view
Displaying the map view
3. Select the
symbol.
You can have your current position displayed on
a map. After starting the destination guidance,
the planned route is shown on the map.
Symbol
Meaning
Voice instructions are
switched on
1. "Navigation"
2. "Map"
Voice instructions are
switched off
The following functions are directly available in
the map view:
For rapid access, the feature can be stored on a
programmable memory key, refer to page 20.
Symbol
Function
Starting/stopping destina-
tion guidance
Repeating a voice instruction
1. "Navigation"
Switching voice instructions
on/off
2. "Map"
3. Highlight the
symbol.
Changing route criteria or
selecting route alternatives
4. Press the controller twice.
Special destinations
Displaying traffic bulletins
Interactive map
Adjusting the volume of voice
instructions*
The volume can be adjusted only while a voice
instruction is being issued.
Map view settings
Changing scale
1. Have the last voice instruction repeated, if
necessary.
2. Turn the button during the voice instruction
to select the desired volume.
Information in the map view:
>
>
>
Time, entertainment source, sound output,
map orientation
Distance from destination, estimated time
of arrival, if destination guidance is active.
Any traffic obstructions are highlighted in
color.
To show/hide information on the map:
Press the controller.
Viewing the map
The setting is stored for the remote control cur-
rently in use.
1.
Select the symbol.
2. Select a setting:
> "View facing north"
> "View in dir. of travel"
> "Perspective view"
> "Arrow display"
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3. Press the controller.
1. Open "Options".
2. "Split screen"
Changing the map section
The split screen is switched on.
Select the interactive map.
3. Move the controller to the right repeatedly
until the split screen content is selected.
>
>
To shift the map: move the controller in the
required direction.
4. Select the map view:
> "Arrow display"
To shift the map diagonally: move the con-
troller in the required direction and turn it.
> "Map facing north"
> "Map direction of travel"
> "Map view with perspective"
> "Exit ramp view"
Changing scale
1. Select the
symbol.
2. Turn the controller to adjust the scale.
Changing scale
Automatic scaling of the map
1. Move the controller to the right until the
split screen is selected.
In the map view facing north, turn the controller
in any direction until AUTO is displayed as the
map scale.
2. Turn the controller.
The map shows the entire range from your loca-
tion to the destination.
Traffic bulletins*
Settings for the map view
The map is shown on the Control Display.
1. Open "Options".
You can display the traffic bulletins from radio
stations that broadcast the TMC (Traffic Mes-
sage Channel) of a traffic information service.
This information from the traffic information
service is continuously updated on the basis of
measurement data from traffic control centers
and information on traffic congestion.
During destination guidance, traffic bulletins
that are relevant to areas along the route are
automatically displayed and taken into account
in the route planning. You can open all traffic
bulletins manually via iDrive.
2. "Settings"
3. Set the optimized map view.
> "Day/night mode"
Select and create the necessary settings
depending on the light conditions. When
the traffic bulletin map is activated, this
setting is disregarded.
> "Satellite images"
Satellite images* are displayed depend-
ing on availability and resolution.
The traffic bulletins are shown in the map view.
> "Perspective view in 3D"
Real Time Traffic Information End-User
Provisions
Displays a spatial view. Prominent areas
that are contained in the navigation data
are displayed on the map in 3D.
Certain BMW models equipped with navigation
have the capability to display real-time traffic
information. If your system has this capability
the following additional terms and conditions
apply:
> "Traffic Info map"
The map is optimized for displaying traf-
fic bulletins. Symbols for the special
destinations are no longer displayed.
An End-User shall no longer have the right to
use the Traffic Data in the event that the End-
User is in material breach of the terms and con-
ditions contained herein.
Map view for the split screen display
The map view for the split screen can be
selected separately from the main screen.
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A. Total Traffic Network, a division of Clear
Channel Broadcasting, Inc. ("Total Traffic Net-
work") holds the rights to the traffic incident
data and RDS-TMC network through which it is
delivered. You may not modify, copy, scan or
use any other method to reproduce, duplicate,
republish, transmit or distribute in any way any
portion of traffic incident data. You agree to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless BMW of
North America, LLC. ("BMW NA") and Total
Traffic Network, Inrix, Inc (and their affiliates)
against any and all claims, damages, costs or
other expenses that arise directly or indirectly
out of (a) your unauthorized use of the traffic
incident data or the RDS-TMC network, (b) your
violation of this directive and/or (c) any unautho-
rized or unlawful activities by you in connection
herewith.
including, without limitation, claims in contract
and tort (such as negligence, product liability
and strict liability). Some states do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of incidental or conse-
quential damages, so those particular limita-
tions may not apply to you.
Activating/deactivating reception
1. "Navigation"
2. Open "Options".
3. Activate/deactivate "Receive Traffic Info".
In many metropolitan areas you can receive
traffic information broadcast by radio stations.
The traffic conditions are monitored by traffic
control centers and the traffic information is
updated periodically.
During destination guidance, the traffic bulle-
tins relevant to your planned route are automat-
ically shown. Whether destination guidance is
active or not, you can have the traffic bulletins
displayed in the map view or in the traffic info
list.
B. Total Traffic Network traffic data is informa-
tional only. User assumes all risk of use. Total
Traffic Network, BMW NA, and their suppliers
make no representations about content, traffic
and road conditions, route usability, or speed.
C. The licensed material is provided to license
"as is," and "where is". Total Traffic Network,
including, but not limited to, any and all third
party providers of any of the licensed material,
expressly disclaims, to the fullest extent permit-
ted by law, all warranties or representations
with respect to the licensed material (including,
without limitation, that the licensed material will
be error-free, will operate without interruption
or that the traffic data will be accurate), express,
implied or statutory, including, without limita-
tion, the implied warranties of merchantability,
non-infringement fitness for a particular pur-
pose, or those arising from a course of dealing
or usage of trade.
Traffic bulletins in a list
A list of the traffic bulletins can be opened via
the menu or map view.
Opening traffic bulletins
1. "Navigation"
2. "Map"
3. Move the controller to the left, if necessary.
4. Select the
symbol: "Traffic Info"
First, the traffic bulletins on the planned
route are displayed. The traffic bulletins are
sorted in the order of their distance from the
current vehicle position.
5. Select a traffic bulletin.
D. Neither Total Traffic Network, Inrix, Inc. nor
BMW NA will be liable to you for any indirect,
special, consequential, exemplary, or incidental
damages (including, without limitation, lost rev-
enues, anticipated revenues, or profits relating
to the same) arising from any claim relating
directly or indirectly to use of the traffic data,
and even if Total Traffic Network, Inrix, Inc., or
BMW NA are aware of the possibility of such
damages. These limitations apply to all claims,
Additional information can be displayed for
some traffic bulletins:
1. Select the
symbol.
2. Additional information is displayed.
3. To exit from the menu:
Move the controller to the left.
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>
>
Traffic bulletins on incidents along the route
are always displayed.
Traffic bulletins in the map
When the traffic bulletin map is activated, the
Control Display changes to a grayscale display.
This enables a better view of the traffic bulle-
tins. The day/night mode is disregarded in this
setting. The symbols for the special destina-
tions are no longer displayed.
For your own safety, traffic bulletins that
notify you of potentially dangerous situa-
tions, such as wrong-way drivers, cannot be
hidden.
Traffic bulletins during destination
guidance
1. "Navigation"
2. "Map"
System response will vary depending on
whether or not "Dynamic guidance" is selected,
refer to page 135.
3. Open "Options".
4. "Settings"
5. "Traffic Info map"
During destination guidance, traffic obstruc-
tions on the route are taken into consideration.
Symbols in the map view
Information on sources of great danger, such as
wrong-way drivers, is displayed regardless of
the setting.
Depending on the scale of the map and the
location of the traffic obstruction along the
route, the symbols for the traffic obstructions
are displayed.
Displaying traffic obstructions
When the navigation system receives a traffic
obstruction message and "Dynamic guidance"
is not selected, you will be shown certain infor-
mation, such as the length of the traffic conges-
tion, when you are approx. 30 miles/50 km away
from the traffic obstruction.
Additional information in the map view
Depending on the map scale, a traffic obstruc-
tion's length, direction and impact are displayed
on the map using triangles or gray bars along
the calculated route.
The last possible detour exit is indicated just
before you reach it.
Filtering of traffic bulletins
You can filter which traffic bulletins are to be
displayed by the system:
This information is displayed even if you have
called up another application on the Control
Display.
1. "Navigation"
2. "Map"
Selecting a detour
3. Open "Options".
4. "Traffic Info categories"
5. Select the desired categories.
Select the
symbol: "Detour".
"Dynamic guidance" is activated for the current
destination guidance.
Dynamic route planning
When "Dynamic guidance" is selected, the
route will be changed automatically in the event
of a traffic obstruction. The system will not point
out traffic obstructions on the original route.
Depending on the road type and the kind and
extent of the traffic obstruction, the newly cal-
culated route may lead through the traffic
obstruction.
Traffic bulletins of the selected categories are
displayed.
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