Storing Contact Data; Reading Out Loud; Start Audio Readout - BMW iDrive Owner's Manual

Communications

Storing contact data

1. "Use contact data"
2. Highlight the phone number or e-mail ad‐
dress.
3. Open "Options".
4. "Add to existing contact" or "Store as new
contact"

Reading out loud

General information
Text messages, e-mails, appointment entries,
tasks, notes and voice notes can all be read
out or played back.

Start audio readout

1. Select the desired element:
2. "Text-to-speech"
The following options are available during
reading or playback:
▷ "Pause"
Pause reading. Select again to restart
reading.
▷ "Back to beginning"
Start reading again from the beginning.
▷ "Next paragraph"
Skip a paragraph.
▷ "Previous paragraph"
Go back one paragraph.
▷ To end reading or playback, tilt the control‐
ler to the left.
What to do if...
Information on suitable mobile phones, refer to
page 78.
Appointments, tasks, reminders, notes or mes‐
sages from the mobile phone cannot be dis‐
played?
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▷ The mobile phone is not capable of the
missing function or is not connected cor‐
rectly.
▷ The mobile phone is connected via WLAN
at the same time.
▷ The Office function is deactivated.
▷ The mobile phone was not selected for
transferring the desired elements.
▷ Appointments are older than 30 days or
are more than 90 days in the future.
▷ Tasks have been marked as completed.
▷ Depending on the number of stored ap‐
pointments, task notes, and messages in
the mobile phone, not all are displayed in
the vehicle.
Not all appointments, tasks and reminders
from the mobile phone are displayed at the
right time?
▷ The time zone, time or date is incorrectly
set on the Control Display and mobile
phone.
The e-mail attachment is not displayed.
▷ E-mails are transmitted without an attach‐
ment.
Entries are not displayed in full length.
▷ Text was already transmitted from the mo‐
bile phone in a shortened form.
▷ Synchronization between the mobile
phone and vehicle may take several mi‐
nutes.
The contact pictures are not being displayed?
▷ A maximum of 200 contact pictures can be
transferred to the vehicle from each paired
mobile phone.
The e-mail is displayed with a delay?
▷ Check the e-mail settings on the mobile
phone and adjust if necessary.
If all points in this list have been checked and
the required function is still not available, con‐
tact Customer Relations or the service center.