Document Outline

• Contents
• Notes
  • About this Owner's Manual
  • Symbols used
  • The individual vehicle
  • Editorial notice
  • For your own safety
  • Service and warranty
  • Reporting safety defects
• At a glance
  • Cockpit
    • Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
    • Instrument panel
    • Indicator and warning lamps
    • Around the center console: controls and displays
  • iDrive
    • Controls
    • Operating principle
    • Status information
    • Switching Control Display off/on
    • Programmable memory buttons
  • Letters and numbers
    • Entering letters and numbers
  • Voice activation system
    • The concept
    • Voice commands
    • Notes
• Controls
  • Opening and closing
    • Keys/remote control
    • Personal Profile
    • Central locking system
    • Opening and closing: Using remote control
    • Opening and closing: Using door lock
    • Opening and closing: From inside
    • Doors
    • BMW X5: liftgate
    • BMW X5: tailgate
    • BMW X6: liftgate
    • Alarm system
    • Comfort Access*
    • Windows
    • BMW X5: panoramic glass sunroof*
    • BMW X6: glass sunroof*, electric
  • Adjusting
    • Sitting safely
    • Seats
    • Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory*
    • Head restraints
    • BMW X5: rear seats
    • Safety belts
    • Seat heating*
    • Active seat ventilation* and seat heating*
    • Active seat*
    • Mirrors
    • Steering wheel
  • Transporting children safely
    • The right place for children
    • Installing child restraint devices
    • LATCH child restraint fixing system
    • On trips
  • Driving
    • Ignition lock
    • Start/Stop button
    • Starting engine
    • Switching off engine
    • Parking brake
    • Automatic transmission with Steptronic
    • Turn signals/headlamp flasher/high beams
    • Washer/wiper system
    • Washer fluid
    • Cruise control*
    • Active cruise control*
  • Controls Overview
    • Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
    • Tachometer
    • Coolant temperature
    • Engine oil temperature*
    • Energy control*
    • Fuel gauge
    • Computer
    • Service requirements
    • Check Control
    • Speed limit
    • Settings on Control Display
  • Technology for comfort, convenience and safety
    • PDC Park Distance Control*
    • Surround View*
    • Top View*
    • Side View*
    • Rear view camera*
    • Driving stability control systems
    • Adaptive Drive*
    • Drive-off assistant
    • Self-leveling suspension*
    • FTM Flat Tire Monitor*
    • Tire Pressure Monitor TPM*
    • Lane departure warning*
    • Active steering*
    • Brake force display*
    • Airbags
    • Head-up Display*
  • Lamps
    • Parking lamps/low beams
    • Adaptive Light Control*
    • High beams/ roadside parking lamps
    • High-beam Assistant*
    • Fog lamps*
    • Instrument lighting
    • Interior lamps
  • Climate
    • Automatic climate control with 2-zone control
    • Automatic climate control with 4-zone control*
    • Parked-car ventilation*
  • Practical interior accessories
    • Integrated universal remote control*
    • Digital compass*
    • Roller sun blinds for rear side windows*
    • Glove compartment
    • Center armrest front
    • Storage compartments
    • Cupholders
    • Ashtray
    • Lighter
    • Connecting electrical devices
    • Rear center armrest
    • Cargo area
    • Storage compartments in cargo area
    • Ski bag*
• Driving tips
  • Things to remember when driving
    • Break-in period
    • Saving fuel
    • General driving notes
    • Loading
    • Roof-mounted luggage rack*
    • Driving on poor roads
• Navigation
  • Navigation system
    • Navigation data
  • Destination entry
    • Entering a destination manually
    • Address book
    • Last destinations
    • Special destinations
    • Entering the destination via map
    • Entering destination via voice*
    • Planning a trip
    • Word-matching principle
  • Destination guidance
    • Starting destination guidance
    • Terminating destination guidance
    • Continuing destination guidance
    • Route criteria
    • Route
    • Destination guidance via voice instructions
    • Map display
    • Traffic information*
  • What to do if …
• Entertainment
  • On/off and tone
    • Controls
    • Switching on/off
    • Adjusting volume
    • Tone control
  • Radio
    • Selecting a station
    • Storing stations
    • Radio Data System RDS*
    • HD Radio™ reception*
    • Stored stations
  • Satellite radio
    • General information
    • Navigation bar
    • Managing subscription
    • Selecting channels
    • Storing channel
    • Changing list view
    • Selecting category
    • Time shift
    • Storing favorites
    • Accessing favorites
    • Managing favorites
    • Traffic Jump
    • Automatic update
    • Notes
  • CD/DVD player and CD/DVD changer
    • CD/DVD playback
    • Audio playback
    • Video playback*
    • CD/DVD changer*
    • Notes
  • Music collection
    • Music, storing
    • Playing music
    • Managing music
  • External devices
    • Overview
    • AUX-IN connection
    • USB audio interface*/ extended connectivity of music player in mobile phone*
  • DVD system in rear
    • Enabling DVD system
    • Controls
    • CD/DVD player
    • Connecting headphones
    • Remote control
    • Setting the language of the DVD system
    • Sound output via speakers
    • Switching DVD system on/off
    • Playing CD/DVD
    • Playing videos from CDs/ DVDs
    • Playing audio tracks from CD/DVD
    • Displaying images from CD/DVD
    • Information on CD/DVD player
    • External device
• Communications
  • Telephone
    • The concept
    • Using a phone in your vehicle
    • Suitable mobile phones
    • Operating options
    • Commissioning
    • Operation via iDrive
    • Changing between mobile phone and hands-free system
    • Operation by voice*
    • Inserting/removing the snap- in adapter*
  • Contacts
  • BMW Assist
    • BMW Assist*
    • TeleService*
    • Concierge service*
    • Roadside Assistance
    • Activating BMW Assist*
    • BMW Search*
    • Customer Relations
    • Service Request*
    • Automatic Service Request*
    • Data transfer*
    • Service status*
• Mobility
  • Refueling
    • Fuel filler flap
    • Fuel specifications
    • BMW X5 with BMW Advanced Diesel
  • Wheels and tires
    • Tire inflation pressure
    • Tire identification marks
    • Tire condition
    • Run-flat tires
    • New wheels and tires
    • Snow chains*
  • Under the hood
    • Hood
    • Engine compartment
    • Engine oil
    • Coolant
  • Maintenance
    • BMW maintenance system
    • Socket for OBD Onboard Diagnostics interface
  • Care
    • Car-care products
    • Exterior care
    • Interior care
    • Storing your vehicle
  • Replacing components
    • Onboard toolkit
    • Replacing wiper blades
    • Lamps and bulbs
    • BMW X5: changing lamps
    • BMW X6: changing lamps
    • Changing wheels
    • Vehicle battery
    • Fuses
  • Giving and receiving assistance
    • Emergency request
    • Warning triangle*
    • First-aid kit*
    • Roadside Assistance*
    • Jump starting
    • Tow-starting and towing
• Reference
  • Technical data
    • Engine data
    • Dimensions
    • Weights
    • Capacities
  • Short commands of voice activation system
    • Useful short commands
    • CD/Multimedia
    • Radio
    • Telephone
    • Navigation
    • BMW Assist
    • Vehicle information
    • Settings
  • Everything from A - Z
    • Index