Menu Overview; Operating Principle - BMW 2006 5 Series Owner's Manual

Menu overview

Communication
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> Telephone
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> BMW Assist or TeleService
Navigation or onboard information
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> Navigation system
> Onboard information, e.g. for displaying
the average fuel consumption
Entertainment
> Radio
> CD player and CD changer
> External audio device
Climate
> Air distribution
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Seat air conditioning
> Automatic program
> Parked car ventilation
menu
> Switching off Control Display
> Tone and display settings
> Settings for your vehicle, e.g. for the central
locking system
>
Display of service requirements and dates
for statutory emission and vehicle inspec-
tions
> Settings for telephone
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Operating principle

From radio readiness, refer to page 58, the fol-
lowing message is shown on the Control Dis-
play:
To clear the message:
Press the controller.
This displays the start menu.
On vehicles with a single drive, the message
automatically disappears after approx. 10 sec-
onds.
Start menu
You can call up all the functions of iDrive using
five menu items.
Opening start menu
Press the button.
To open the start menu from the menu:
Press the button twice.
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