Overview -> Buttons on steering wheel for your BMW X5 2000-2006

Buttons on steering wheel*  
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The buttons integrated in the steering  
wheel are provided so that you can  
operate a number of accessories  
quickly and without being distracted  
from traffic conditions. You may oper-  
ate:  
Display/hide phonebook. Display the  
entries consecutively with the buttons  
for forward/back  
Volume  
On the sports steering wheel*, there  
are +/– buttons for volume on the left  
side of the steering wheel.  
>selected functions of the audio  
sources*  
>the recirculated-air mode of the air  
conditioner* or the steering-wheel  
heater*  
Forward:  
>Radio  
Cruise control: call up  
Press briefly: next stored station  
Extended pressure: station search  
function  
>the cruise control  
>selected phone functions* and  
>the voice command system*.  
Cruise control: store and accelerate +  
as well as decelerate and store –  
>CD  
Press briefly: track search  
Extended pressure: fast forward in  
track  
>Cassette  
Press briefly: stop track search or  
fast forward  
In order to operate a system, the  
corresponding system must be  
switched on.<  
On the sports steering wheel*, there  
are +/– buttons on the right side of the  
steering wheel for the cruise control.  
Extended pressure: fast forward  
>Portable phone  
Scroll through list of names  
Press briefly:  
Accept incoming call, start dialing, ter-  
Cruise control: activate/interrupt/deac-  
tivate  
minate call.  
Extended pressure:  
Switch voice command system on and  
off  
Reverse: functions as for fast forward  
Recirculated-air mode* and AUC auto-  
matic recirculated-air control or steer-  
ing wheel heater*: switch on/off