Displays -> Settings on the Control Display for your BMW 6 Series 2011-2017
Controls
Displays
3. "Time zone:"
Displaying, setting or changing the
speed warning
On the Control Display:
4. Select the desired time zone.
The time zone is stored.
1. "Settings"
2. "Speed"
Setting the time
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Time:"
3. "Warning at:"
4. Turn the controller until the desired speed
is displayed.
4. Turn the controller until the desired hours
are displayed.
5. Press the controller.
Speed warning is stored.
5. Press the controller.
6. Turn the controller until the desired mi‐
nutes are displayed.
Activating/deactivating the speed
warning
On the Control Display:
7. Press the controller.
The time is stored.
1. "Settings"
2. "Speed"
Setting the time format
1. "Settings"
3. "Warning"
4. Press the controller.
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Format:"
Setting your current speed as the
speed warning
On the Control Display:
4. Select the desired format.
The time format is stored.
1. "Settings"
Automatic time setting
2. "Speed"
Depending on your vehicle's optional features,
the time, date and, if needed, the time zone are
updated automatically.
3. "Select current speed"
4. Press the controller.
The current vehicle speed is stored as the
speed warning.
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Auto time set"
Settings on the Control
Display
Date
Setting the date
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Date:"
Time
Setting the time zone
1. "Settings"
4. Turn the controller until the desired day is
displayed.
2. "Time/Date"
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Displays
Controls
5. Press the controller.
Brightness
Setting the brightness
6. Make the necessary settings for the month
and year.
To set the brightness of the Control Display:
The date is stored.
1. "Settings"
Setting the date format
1. "Settings"
2. "Control display"
3. "Brightness"
2. "Time/Date"
4. Turn the controller until the desired bright‐
ness is set.
3. "Format:"
4. Select the desired format.
The date format is stored.
5. Press the controller.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Language
Depending on the light conditions, the bright‐
ness settings may not be clearly visible.
Setting the language
To set the language on the Control Display:
Head-up Display
1. "Settings"
2. "Language/Units"
3. "Language:"
The concept
4. Select the desired language.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Setting the voice dialog
Voice dialog for the voice activation system,
refer to page 27.
Units of measure
This system projects important information
into the driver's field of vision, e.g., the speed.
Setting the units of measure
To set the units for fuel consumption, route/
distance and temperature:
The driver can get information without averting
his or her eyes from the road.
1. "Settings"
Display visibility
2. "Language/Units"
The visibility of the displays in the Head-up
Display is influenced by the following factors:
3. Select the desired menu item.
4. Select the desired unit.
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Certain sitting positions.
Objects on the cover of the Head-up Dis‐
play.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
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Sunglasses with certain polarization filters.
Wet roads.
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