Traffic information – BMW X6 M 2011 User Manual
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Viewing the map
1.
Select the
symbol.
2.
Select a setting:
>
"View facing north"
>
"View in dir. of travel"
>
"Perspective view"
>
"Arrow display"
3.
Press the controller.
Changing map scale
Select "Interactive map".
>
Moving map: move the controller in the cor-
responding direction.
>
Shifting map diagonally: move the control-
ler in the corresponding direction and turn
the controller.
Changing scale
1.
Select the symbol.
2.
Turn the controller to change the scale.
Automatic scaling of the map
In the map display facing north, turn the control-
ler in any direction until AUTO is displayed as
the map scale.
The map shows the entire range from your loca-
tion to the destination.
Settings for the map display
The map appears on the Control Display.
1.
Open "Options".
2.
"Settings"
3.
Set the optimum map view.
>
"Day/night mode"
Select and create the necessary settings
depending on the light conditions. If
"Traffic conditions/gray map" is acti-
vated, this setting is disregarded.
>
"Satellite images"
Depending on availability and resolution,
satellite images
*
are displayed at scales
of 1 mile to 600 miles/2 km to 1,000 km .
>
"Perspective view in 3D"
Displays a spatial view. Prominent land-
marks contained in the navigation data
are displayed on the map in 3D.
>
"Traffic conditions/gray map"
The map is optimized to display traffic
information. Symbols for the special
destinations are no longer displayed.
Map view for the split screen display
The map view for the split screen can be
selected separately from the main screen.
1.
Open "Options".
2.
"Split screen"
The split screen is switched on.
3.
Move the controller to the right repeatedly
until the split screen content is selected.
4.
Select the map view:
>
"Arrow display"
>
"Map facing north"
>
"Map direction of travel"
>
"Map view with perspective"
>
"Exit ramp view"
Changing scale
1.
Move the controller to the right until the
split screen is selected.
2.
Turn the controller.
Traffic information*
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
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