BMW X1 Owner's Manual page 264

CONTROLS
Switching the cooling function on/off
The air conditioning can be switched on or off
via iDrive:
1. Tap the icon for the Climate menu
on the menu bar.
2. Tap the air conditioning button.
In recirculated-air mode, air conditioning is au-
tomatically switched on to dry the air and avoid
window condensation.
Depending on the weather, the windshield and
the side windows may fog up briefly when
drive-ready state is switched on.
When using the cooling mode, condensation
that will exit below the vehicle.
Maximum cooling
Principle
Maximum cooling lets you cool the vehicle in-
terior quickly and effectively.
The lowest temperature and the maximum air
flow are set automatically.
Functional requirement
The function is available at an outside temper-
ature above approx. 32 ℉/0 ℃ and with the
drive-ready state switched on.
Turning maximum cooling on/off
Maximum cooling can be turned on or off via
iDrive:
1. Tap the icon for the Climate menu
on the menu bar.
2. Tap the maximum cooling button.
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Air flows out of the air vents to the upper body
area. Open the vents.
Air recirculation mode
Principle
You may react to unpleasant odors or pollu-
tants in the immediate environment by tempo-
rarily suspending the supply of outside air. The
system then recirculates the interior air.
In automatic recirculated-air control mode, out-
side air is fed in or the interior air recirculated
depending on the outside air quality.
When the air recirculation is turned off, outside
air is directed into the interior.
General information
If there is window condensation, turn off the air
recirculation.
The interior filter cleans the incoming fresh
air or the circulated interior air in recirculation
mode.
Turning air recirculation on/off
Air recirculation mode can be switched on or
off via iDrive:
1. Tap the icon for the Climate menu
on the menu bar.
2. The current operating mode is displayed on
the climate control functions bar. Tap the
button until the desired operating mode is
set.
▷ Recirculating air.
▷ Fresh air.
▷ Automatic air recirculation.