Entertainment -> Satellite radio for your BMW 5 Series 2004-2010
Satellite radio*
You can receive over 100 different channels
with high sound quality.
Enabling
1. Select a channel that has not yet been
enabled and press the controller.
The channels are offered to you in predefined
packages. To receive the channels of your
choice, you must have this package enabled.
A telephone number and the electronic
serial number, ESN, are displayed.
With this new technology the signal may
The electronic serial number is
fail, causing interruptions in reception.<
required for enabling or disabling.<
2. To enable the channels:
Dial the phone number.
Enabling or disabling
channels
Disabling
1. Select an enabled channel and press the
controller.
iDrive, for operating principle refer to page 16.
1. Press the
button.
This opens the start menu.
2. Move the controller backwards to open
"Entertainment".
3. Select "SAT".
2. Select "ESN" and press the controller.
The electronic serial number, ESN, is dis-
played.
The electronic serial number is
required for disabling.<
4. Press the controller.
3. To disable the channels:
Dial the phone number.
The channels are displayed.
These channels are enabled.
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The channels of this category are displayed.
Selecting and storing channel
1. Select "SAT" and press the controller.
5.
Select a channel marked with this sym-
bol.
Channels or categories appear in the Con-
trol Display.
6. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.
2. Select a menu item:
7. Select "Play" and press the controller.
> "Presets":
Up to twelve channels you have stored
previously.
> "All channels":
All channels are displayed.
> "Categories":
All channels, sorted by categories, e.g.
news, jazz.
Additional information
The name of the channel and additional infor-
mation on the current track are displayed, e.g.
the name of the artist.
3. Press the controller.
4. If "Categories" has been selected:
Select the desired category and press the
controller.
1
2
Artist
Track
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Storing channel
Notes
1. Select desired channel.
If no signal can be received for more than 4 sec-
onds, a message is displayed on the Control
Display.
2. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.
Reception may not be possible for certain
reasons, e.g. environmental influences or
topographical conditions. The satellite radio
has no influence on this.
3. Select "Store" and press the controller.
The signal may not be available in tunnels or
underground garages, next to tall buildings,
near trees, mountains or other sources of radio
interference.
Reception is usually possible again as soon as
the signal is available again.<
"Presets" is displayed.
4. Turn the controller to select a memory loca-
tion and press the controller.
The channel is stored. The channels of the last
selection criterion are displayed once again
after a short time.
Changing channel with buttons next to
CD player
Press the
direction.
button for the corresponding
The system changes to the next enabled chan-
nel.
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