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R e f e r e n c e Ma n u a l
3 S E R I E S L C I
T e c h n i c a l T r a i n i n g
T h e i n f o r ma t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s ma n u a l i s n o t t o b e r e s o l d , b a r t e r e d , c o p i e d o r t r a n s f e r r e d
w i t h o u t t h e e x p r e s s w r i t t e n c o n s e n t o f B MW o f N o r t h A me r i c a , L L C ( " B MW N A " ) .

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  • Page 1 R e f e r e n c e Ma n u a l 3 S E R I E S L C I T e c h n i c a l T r a i n i n g T h e i n f o r ma t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s ma n u a l i s n o t t o b e r e s o l d , b a r t e r e d , c o p i e d o r t r a n s f e r r e d w i t h o u t t h e e x p r e s s w r i t t e n c o n s e n t o f B MW o f N o r t h A me r i c a , L L C ( "...
  • Page 2 Technical￿training. Product￿information. 3￿Series LCI BMW￿Service...
  • Page 3 General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2015￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿technical￿training￿of￿the BMW￿Group￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿March￿2015 BV-72/Technical￿Training...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    3￿Series LCI Content Introduction ................................................1.1. History ..............................................1.2. Models ..............................................Equipment￿Level ............................................. 2.1. Exterior ..............................................2.2. Interior ..............................................Powertrain .................................................. 3.1. Overview￿of￿engines ......................................3.1.1. Gasoline￿engines .................................. 3.1.2. Diesel￿engines ................................... 3.2. Manual￿transmission ......................................3.2.1. Gearshift￿arm￿bearing ..............................3.2.2. Engine￿speed￿adaptation￿for￿a￿gear￿change ................3.2.3. Gear￿sensor ....................................

  • Page 6: Introduction

    3￿Series LCI 1.￿Introduction In￿July￿2015,￿the￿model￿revision￿or￿Life￿Cycle￿Impulse￿(LCI)￿of￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿will￿be￿launched on￿the￿market. The￿characteristic￿BMW￿proportions,￿the￿short￿overhang￿at￿the￿front,￿the￿long￿wheelbase￿and the￿extended￿hood￿transmits￿a￿dynamic￿image,￿even￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stationary.￿The￿changes undertaken￿in￿the￿model￿revision￿add￿further￿emphasis￿to￿this￿impression. F30￿LCI/F31￿LCI To￿aid￿understanding,￿the￿model￿revision￿of￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿is￿referred￿to￿in￿this￿document￿as the￿"BMW 3￿Series LCI",￿or￿the￿individual￿development￿series￿"F30 LCI"￿and￿"F31￿LCI". The￿most￿important￿changes￿with￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿are: • Modified￿front￿and￿rear￿bumpers • More￿premium￿feel￿to￿the￿vehicle￿interior,￿e.g.￿through￿the￿use￿of￿chrome￿inlays • New￿engine￿generation • ConnectedShift • LED￿headlights • Modified￿halogen￿headlight￿with￿LED￿daytime￿driving￿lights • Modified￿rear￿lights • Enhanced￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant • New￿headunit • New￿telematics￿control￿unit In￿addition￿to￿the￿wide￿range￿of￿optional￿equipment￿available,￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿can￿also￿be individualized￿through￿the￿following￿equipment￿packages: • M￿Sport￿Package • Luxury￿Package • Track￿Handling￿Package The￿BMW Modern Line￿equipment￿package￿will￿no￿longer￿be￿available.

  • Page 7: History

    3￿Series LCI 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿History The￿first￿3-Series￿BMW￿was￿introduced￿in￿1975￿as￿a￿technical￿further￿development￿of￿the￿2-Series. This￿means￿that￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series can￿celebrate￿40 years￿on￿the￿road￿this￿year. Outlined￿below￿are￿the￿six￿generations￿of￿the￿3￿Series.￿The￿data￿is￿based￿on￿the￿four-door￿Saloon￿(with the￿exception￿of￿the￿two-door￿E21). Explanation Sales￿period 1975 1983 1991 1997 2005 since 2012 1983 1990 1998 2005 2012 1.2.￿Models The￿following￿models￿will￿be￿available￿for￿the￿market￿introduction￿as￿a￿Sedan￿and￿Sport￿wagon￿version: Gasoline￿models Diesel￿models • BMW￿320i￿/￿320xDrive • BMW￿328d￿/￿328d￿xDrive • BMW￿328i￿/￿328i￿xDrive • BMW￿340i￿/￿340i￿xDrive.

  • Page 8: Exterior

    3￿Series LCI 2.￿Equipment￿Level 2.1.￿Exterior 3￿Series￿LCI￿exterior￿trim The￿following￿features￿of￿the￿exterior￿trim￿have￿been￿redesigned￿for￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI: • Front￿bumper: New￿design￿with￿Line￿elements Improved￿integration￿of￿the￿ACC￿sensor • Rear￿bumper: New￿design￿with￿Line￿elements • New￿design￿of￿the￿Line￿badges￿(stronger￿3D￿effect) • Exhaust￿tailpipe￿with￿larger￿diameter Entry-level￿engine:￿one￿exhaust￿tailpipe,￿dia.￿75￿mm From￿BMW 328i:￿two￿adjacent￿exhaust￿tailpipes,￿dia.￿70￿mm￿each BMW 340i:￿one￿exhaust￿tailpipe￿on￿the￿left￿and￿right,￿dia.￿80￿mm￿each • New￿design￿and￿function￿of￿the￿rear￿lights.

  • Page 9: Interior

    3￿Series LCI 2.￿Equipment￿Level 2.2.￿Interior 3￿Series￿LCI￿interior￿equipment The￿vehicle￿interior￿of￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿has￿been￿enhanced￿with￿the￿following￿modifications: • Front￿fresh￿air￿grille￿with￿chrome￿inlays • New￿trim￿strips￿for￿Luxury￿Line • New￿stitching￿on￿leather￿upholstery￿with￿Lines￿(2nd￿contrasting-color￿stitching) • Chrome￿barrette￿trim￿for￿rear￿fresh￿air￿grille￿(vehicles￿with￿dual-zone￿air￿conditioning￿only) • Center￿console￿refinement￿(upper￿section,￿center￿stack) Trim￿in￿glossy￿black Chrome￿inlay￿for￿radio￿controls￿as￿well￿as￿heating￿and￿air￿conditioning￿controls Climate￿control￿display￿refinement￿(starting￿with￿dual-zone￿air￿conditioning￿upwards) Enhanced￿ambient￿lighting￿(with￿optional￿light￿package) • Center￿console￿refinement￿(lower￿section) With￿sliding￿cover￿for￿cup￿holder Removable￿ashtray￿insert￿(in￿cup￿holder) • Power￿window￿switch￿with￿chrome￿inlay To￿offer￿improved￿accommodation￿of￿child￿seats,￿the￿seat￿belt￿buckles￿of￿the￿outer￿rear￿seats￿have been￿moved￿10 mm￿closer￿to￿the￿middle.￿The￿seat￿belt￿buckles￿have￿also￿been￿redesigned.

  • Page 10: Powertrain

    3￿Series LCI 3.￿Powertrain 3.1.￿Overview￿of￿engines The￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿features￿a￿new￿engine￿generation￿6￿cylinder￿engine￿with￿a￿modular￿design (Bxx). In￿adopting￿the￿new￿engine￿generation,￿certain￿model￿designations￿have￿also￿been￿changed: • The￿BMW 335i￿is￿now￿the￿BMW￿340i (with￿an￿increase￿in￿performance￿from￿300￿hp￿to￿326 hp) 3.1.1.￿Gasoline￿engines The￿following￿table￿shows￿the￿gasoline￿engines￿that￿will￿be￿used￿in￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI: Engine Model Power￿output￿[kW￿(HP)] Torque￿[Nm￿(lb-ft)] N20B20U0 320i￿/￿320i￿xDrive 135￿(184) 270￿(200) N26B20O0 328i￿xDrive 180￿(245) 350￿(255) N26B20O0 328i 180￿(245) 350￿(258) B58B30M0 340i￿/￿340i￿xDrive 240￿(326) 450￿(332) More￿information￿about￿the￿new￿engine￿generation￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual ST141￿"B38/48 Engine"￿and￿ST1505￿"B58￿Engine". 3.1.2.￿Diesel￿engines The￿following￿table￿shows￿the￿diesel￿engines￿that￿will￿be￿used￿in￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI: Engine Model Power￿output￿[kW￿(HP)] Torque￿[Nm￿(lb-ft)] N47D20O1 328d 135￿(180)
  • Page 11 3￿Series LCI 3.￿Powertrain 3.2.￿Manual￿transmission 3.2.1.￿Gearshift￿arm￿bearing To￿minimise￿vibrations￿at￿the￿gearshift￿lever￿during￿an￿engine￿start￿and￿when￿idling,￿a￿wishbone￿has been￿fitted￿to￿the￿gearshift￿arm.￿The￿rear￿gearshift￿arm￿bearing￿as￿well￿as￿the￿gearshift￿arm￿linkage have￿been￿modified. 3￿Series￿LCI￿gearshift￿arm Index Explanation Rear￿gearshift￿arm￿bearing Gearshift￿arm￿linkage Wishbone...
  • Page 12 3￿Series LCI 3.￿Powertrain 3.2.2.￿Engine￿speed￿adaptation￿for￿a￿gear￿change During￿a￿gear￿change￿the￿engine￿speed￿is￿automatically￿adapted￿to￿the￿new￿transmission￿ratio.￿The engine￿and￿the￿transmission￿input￿shaft￿have￿the￿same￿speed￿when￿engaging￿the￿clutch.￿This￿ensures the￿clutch￿is￿always￿engaged￿smoothly. Gear￿sensor￿in￿the￿manual￿gearbox Index Explanation Gear￿sensor Magnetic￿clip Gearshift￿shaft 3.2.3.￿Gear￿sensor In￿the￿3￿series￿LCI￿manual￿transmission￿a￿gear￿sensor￿is￿used,￿which￿detects￿the￿correct￿position￿of￿the individual￿gears￿as￿well￿as￿the￿neutral￿position.￿This￿information￿is￿transmitted￿to￿the￿DME￿. A￿mechanical￿reverse￿gear￿switch￿is￿no￿longer￿required. There￿is￿a￿magnetic￿clip￿secured￿on￿the￿gearshift￿shaft.￿The￿alignment￿of￿the￿magnetic￿field￿lines￿of￿the magnetic￿clip￿are￿evaluated￿by￿the￿gear￿sensor,￿which￿is￿screwed￿to￿the￿transmission￿housing￿from￿the outside. The￿‘3D￿magnetic￿field￿sensor￿system”￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿gear￿sensor.￿This￿type￿of￿gear￿sensor measures￿magnetic￿fields￿which￿are￿aligned￿parallel￿to￿the￿chip￿surface.￿This￿ensures￿that￿every￿gear shift￿and￿engaged￿gear￿is￿recognized. The￿sensor￿is￿capable￿of￿self-diagnosis￿and￿can￿input￿a￿fault￿in￿the￿system.
  • Page 13 3￿Series LCI 3.￿Powertrain The￿information￿from￿the￿neutral￿sensor￿is￿also￿used￿for￿the￿MSA￿function￿as￿well￿as￿the￿shift￿point indicator,￿and￿engine￿speed￿adaptation￿during￿a￿gear￿change. The￿corresponding￿engine￿speed￿is￿calculated￿by￿the￿DME￿and￿held￿for￿a￿maximum￿of￿2￿seconds. The￿engine￿speed￿is￿adapted￿in￿varying￿degrees￿depending￿on￿the￿driving￿mode￿selected. For￿the￿control￿the￿clutch￿pedal￿must￿be￿fully￿pressed￿when￿shifting. The￿engine￿speed￿adaptation￿for￿the￿gear￿change￿is￿not￿active: • When￿the￿DCS￿is￿switched￿off • At￿driving￿speeds￿<￿12￿mph • When￿switching￿to￿1st￿gear The￿engine￿speed￿adaptation￿can￿be￿permanently￿deactivated￿by￿the￿diagnosis￿system. After￿replacement￿of￿the￿sensor￿it￿must￿be￿calibrated￿with￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system. 3.3.￿Automatic￿transmission The￿new￿GA8HP50Z￿automatic￿transmission￿is￿used￿in￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿with￿the￿new￿engine generation￿(B58).￿This￿is￿a￿further￿development￿of￿the￿already￿established￿automatic￿transmission GA8HP45Z￿used￿with￿the￿N20￿and￿N26￿engines.. It￿is￿characterized￿above￿all￿by￿improved￿efficiency￿as￿well￿as￿enhanced￿driving￿and￿shifting￿comfort. These￿improvements￿have￿been￿achieved￿by￿the￿following￿measures,￿to￿name￿a￿few: • Greater￿spread￿thanks￿to￿two￿changed￿gear￿sets • Mechanical￿disc￿separation￿by￿undulated￿expander￿springs￿in￿brakes￿A￿and￿B￿in￿the￿not actuated￿state • Additional￿spring￿assembly￿for￿the￿opening￿of￿brake￿B.
  • Page 14 3￿Series LCI 3.￿Powertrain 3.3.1.￿Emergency￿release The￿mechanical￿transmission￿emergency￿release￿has￿also￿been￿modified.￿For￿this￿purpose￿the￿parking lock￿lever￿must￿be￿secured￿using￿a￿new￿special￿tool￿(order￿number￿83￿30￿2￿355￿850)￿in￿the￿position pictured￿below. BMW 3￿Series LCI￿mechanical￿transmission￿emergency￿release￿GA8HP50Z Index Explanation Transmission￿parking￿lock￿engaged Transmission￿parking￿lock￿released Parking￿lock￿lever The￿mechanical￿transmission￿emergency￿release￿may￿only￿be￿operated￿by￿specially￿trained￿Service personnel.

  • Page 15: Connectedshift

    3￿Series LCI 3.￿Powertrain 3.3.2.￿ConnectedShift ConnectedShift￿uses￿navigation￿data￿for￿a￿forward-thinking￿shift￿strategy￿of￿the￿automatic transmission.￿If,￿for￿example,￿a￿sharp￿curve￿is￿detected￿ahead,￿the￿automatic￿transmission￿shifts down￿early￿and￿the￿gear￿is￿retained￿in￿the￿bend. The￿route￿guidance￿of￿the￿navigation￿system￿does￿not￿need￿to￿be￿activated￿for￿the￿function.￿However, the￿identification￿of￿a￿turn-off￿request,￿for￿example￿by￿the￿active￿route￿guidance￿or￿operation￿of￿the￿turn indicator,￿helps￿to￿control￿the￿system￿more￿accurately.￿Up-to-date￿navigation￿map￿data￿also￿influences the￿control￿accuracy. More￿information￿on￿ConnectedShift￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual￿ST1312￿"F15 Complete￿Vehicle".
  • Page 16 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.1.￿Bus￿overview 3￿Series LCI￿bus￿overview...
  • Page 17 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics Index Explanation Control￿units￿with￿wake-up￿authorisation Start-up￿nodes;￿control￿units￿for￿starting￿and￿synchronizing the￿FlexRay￿bus￿system ACSM Crash￿Safety￿Module AMPT Amplifier￿Top￿(top￿high￿fidelity￿amplifier) Active￿Sound￿Design Controller Digital￿Diesel￿Electronics Digital￿Motor￿Electronics Dynamic￿Stability￿Control Electronic￿transmission￿control EKPS Electronic￿fuel￿pump￿control Electronic￿Power￿Steering Front￿Electronic￿Module High-beam￿assistant FLEL Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left FLER Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right Roof￿function￿center Gear￿selector HEADUNIT Head￿unit Automatic￿tailgate￿operation￿(F31￿only) Integrated￿Chassis￿Management IHKA Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning KAFAS Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems KOMBI Instrument￿panel Diagnostic￿socket Park￿Distance￿Control￿(with￿OE￿5DP ,￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿integrated in￿the￿PMA￿control￿unit;￿otherwise￿integrated￿in￿the￿Rear￿Electronic￿Module) Parking￿manoeuvring￿assistant Rear￿Electronic￿Module...
  • Page 18 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics Index Explanation Touchbox Telematic￿Communication￿Box TCB2 Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2 TRSVC Control￿unit￿for￿rear￿view￿camera￿and￿SideView Vertical￿Dynamics￿Management Transfer￿box Central￿gateway￿module 4.2.￿Lighting,￿front The￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI￿has￿halogen￿headlights￿as￿basic￿equipment.￿LED￿headlights￿(OE 5A2)￿and LED￿headlights￿with￿extended￿scope￿(OE 552)￿are￿available￿as￿optional￿equipment. Xenon￿headlights￿will￿no￿longer￿be￿available￿following￿the￿model￿revision. A￿high-beam￿assistant￿(OE￿5AC)￿is￿available￿as￿optional￿equipment. LED￿fog￿lights￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿as￿standard. 4.2.1.￿Halogen￿headlights 3￿Series￿LCI￿halogen￿headlight Index Explanation High-beam￿headlight Low-beam￿headlight Turn￿indicator Parking/daytime￿lights￿(LED￿Tubes)
  • Page 19 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.2.2.￿LED￿headlights LED￿headlights LED￿headlights￿are￿standard￿on￿the￿340i￿and￿as￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5A2)￿for￿the￿other￿3￿Series LCI￿models.￿The￿low-beam￿and￿high-beam￿headlights￿are￿incorporated￿into￿a￿single￿reflector. 3￿Series￿LCI￿LED￿headlight Index Explanation Side￿light/daytime￿driving￿light Turn￿indicator Low-beam￿and￿high-beam￿headlight Adaptive￿Full￿LED￿headlight The￿full-LED￿headlights￿with￿extended￿scope￿option￿code￿(OE￿552)￿include￿an￿,￿Adaptive￿Headlight, cornering￿light￿and￿LED￿fog￿light.
  • Page 20 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 3￿Series￿LCI￿full-LED￿headlight￿with￿extended￿scope Index Explanation Side￿light/daytime￿driving￿light Turn￿indicator Low-beam￿headlight High-beam￿headlight The￿LED￿fog￿lights￿are￿standard￿on￿all￿LCI￿3￿series.
  • Page 21 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.3.￿Rear￿lights In￿the￿newly￿designed￿rear￿lights,￿every￿lighting￿function￿-￿with￿the￿exception￿of￿the￿reversing lights￿-￿is￿done￿using￿LEDs. The￿turn￿indicators￿stretch￿across￿the￿entire￿width￿of￿the￿rear￿lights￿to￿make￿them￿easier￿to￿see￿by other￿drivers. F30￿LCI￿rear￿lights Index Explanation Turn￿indicator Fog￿light Reversing￿light￿(H21W￿bulb) Tail￿light Brake￿light...

  • Page 22: Overview

    3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.4.￿Assistance￿systems 4.4.1.￿Overview The￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI￿has￿the￿following￿assistance￿systems: • Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿(SA￿5AS) Lane￿departure￿warning Pedestrian￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function Collision￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function. • Parking￿Assistant￿(OE￿5DP) • Park￿Distance￿Control￿front￿and￿rear￿(OE￿508) • Surround￿View￿(option￿5DL) • High-beam￿assistant￿(OE￿5AC) • ACC￿Stop&Go￿(SA￿5DF) • Active￿blind￿spot￿detection￿(option￿5AG) • Speed￿limit￿info￿(OE￿8TH) • Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control￿with￿braking￿function￿(OE￿544) 4.4.2.￿Lane￿change￿warning Thanks￿to￿new￿radar￿sensors,￿vehicles￿can￿now￿be￿detected￿at￿speeds￿of￿30￿km/h￿/￿18￿mph￿and￿above. 4.4.3.￿Parking￿assistant The￿first￿generation￿of￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿(OE￿5DP)￿could￿only￿park￿parallel￿to￿the￿roadway between￿two￿vehicles￿(parallel￿parking),￿the￿second￿generation￿of￿PMA￿can￿also￿park￿perpendicularly (cross￿parking)￿to￿the￿roadway. Furthermore,￿it￿is￿no￿longer￿necessary￿for￿the￿parking￿space￿to￿be￿confined￿by￿two￿vehicles.￿With￿the second￿generation￿of￿the￿system,￿it￿is￿also￿possible￿to￿park￿behind￿only￿one￿object.
  • Page 23 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 3￿Series￿LCI￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿functions In￿order￿to￿register￿a￿parking￿space￿perpendicular￿to￿the￿roadway,￿the￿3￿Series￿LCI￿needs￿two additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors.￿These￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿are￿built￿into￿the￿rear￿bumper￿on￿the￿left￿and right￿sides. F30￿LCI￿ultrasonic￿sensors,￿rear￿bumper...
  • Page 24 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics Index Explanation Ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿rear￿bumper,￿side￿(PDC￿sensors) Ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿rear￿bumper￿(PDC￿sensors) The￿acoustic￿warning￿of￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿is￿only￿issued￿if￿the￿detected￿object lies￿in￿the￿vehicle's￿path￿and￿poses￿a￿risk￿of￿collision.￿A￿continuous￿alarm￿is￿output￿once￿the￿object￿is closer￿than￿25 cm￿away. More￿information￿on￿the￿new￿generation￿of￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training Reference￿Manual￿ST1502￿"F23￿Complete￿Vehicle". 4.4.4.￿Park￿Distance￿Control Auto￿PDC The￿visual￿and￿acoustic￿warning￿of￿obstacles￿has￿been￿optimized￿in￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI.￿Park Distance￿Control￿(PDC)￿cuts￿in￿with￿the￿Auto￿PDC￿function￿automatically,￿even￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is driving￿forwards. More￿information￿on￿the￿Auto￿PDC￿function￿is￿available￿in￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual￿ST1502 “F23 Complete￿Vehicle". Side￿protection With￿the￿side￿protection,￿it￿is￿now￿possible￿to￿monitor￿the￿entire￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿rather￿than￿just￿the front￿side￿and￿rear￿side. The￿side￿protection￿is￿not￿a￿separate￿optional￿equipment￿package,￿but￿is￿included￿in￿the￿3￿Series￿LCI if￿the￿vehicle￿has￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿(OE￿5DP)￿and￿a￿Professional￿navigation system￿(OE 609)￿installed. The￿side￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿of￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿are￿used￿to￿provide￿the￿side protection￿function.
  • Page 25 3￿Series LCI 4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics Operating￿principle￿of￿3￿Series￿LCI￿side￿protection The￿side￿protection￿is￿activated￿using￿the￿PDC￿button.￿The￿side￿protection￿is￿also￿enabled￿any￿time that￿Auto￿PDC￿is￿activated.￿Once￿enabled,￿the￿side￿protection￿operates￿up￿to￿a￿speed￿of￿10￿km/h￿/￿6 mph. The￿measuring￿range￿around￿the￿B-pillar￿and￿parts￿of￿the￿doors￿is￿not￿monitored￿by￿the￿ultrasonic sensors.￿Instead￿this￿area￿is￿imaged￿using￿a￿computer￿model￿while￿the￿vehicle￿drives￿past. The￿side￿protection￿is￿not￿active￿during￿an￿automatic￿parking￿manoeuvre￿by￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring Assistant￿(PMA). An￿acoustic￿warning￿is￿only￿issued￿if￿the￿detected￿obstacle￿is￿lying￿in￿the￿path￿of￿the￿vehicle. A￿continuous￿alarm￿is￿output￿once￿the￿obstacle￿is￿closer￿than￿25 cm￿away. F30￿LCI￿side￿protection￿CID￿display...

  • Page 26: Headunits

    3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication 5.1.￿Headunits 5.1.1.￿Overview￿of￿headunits Equipment Head￿unit Controller Navigation BMW￿Professional Head￿Unit￿Basis 6,5" 5-button radio￿(standard equipment) Navigation￿system Headunit-High￿2 8,8" 7￿buttons￿with Professional￿(OE 609) touch￿control panel 5.1.2.￿Head￿Unit￿Basis The￿Head￿Unit￿Basic￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI￿as￿standard￿equipment: • BMW￿Professional￿radio￿(without￿navigation) Rear￿view,￿Headunit￿Basis Index Explanation Connection,￿main￿connector DAB￿L￿band￿aerial￿(not￿US)￿SADARS￿in￿the￿US DAB￿Band￿III￿aerial￿(not￿US)￿SADARS￿in￿the￿US AM/FM1￿aerial FM2￿aerial USB2￿connection;￿customer's￿smartphone￿via￿the￿telephone￿base￿plate USB3￿connection;￿connection￿to￿the￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB) USB1￿connection;￿customer￿access￿to￿USB￿audio￿interface...
  • Page 27 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Index Explanation APIX￿connection￿to￿central￿information￿display￿(CID) Preparation￿of￿WLAN￿aerial Connection￿for￿Bluetooth￿aerial GPS￿aerial 5.1.3.￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2 The￿Headunit￿High￿2￿is￿the￿model￿that￿succeeds￿the￿highly￿successful￿Headunit￿High.￿The￿operating principle￿and￿screen￿interface￿in￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI￿are￿taken￿over￿from￿the￿existing￿Head￿Unit High. The￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2￿is￿characterized￿by￿the￿following￿features: • 1.5"￿DIN￿device • Hard￿disk￿with￿200 GB￿storage￿capacity￿(adopted￿from￿Headunit￿High) • Automatic￿update￿of￿map￿data • New￿telematic￿control￿unit￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2). Front￿view Front￿view,￿Headunit￿High￿2 Index Explanation DVD￿drive...
  • Page 28 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Rear￿view Rear￿view￿of￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2 Index Explanation DAB￿Band￿III￿aerial￿(not￿US)￿SADARS￿in￿the￿US DAB￿L￿band￿aerial￿(not￿US)￿SADARS￿in￿the￿US FM2￿aerial AM/FM1￿aerial GPS￿aerial Connection,￿main￿connector Ethernet￿connection;￿connection￿to￿the￿Telematic Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) Connection￿for￿WLAN￿aerial Connection￿for￿Bluetooth￿aerial USB2￿connection;￿customer's￿smartphone￿via￿the￿telephone￿base￿plate USB1￿connection;￿customer￿access￿to￿USB￿audio￿interface APIX￿connection￿to￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿(KOMBI) (not￿assigned￿in￿BMW 3￿Series LCI) APIX￿connection￿to￿central￿information￿display￿(CID) More￿information￿on￿the￿new￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2,￿the￿updating￿of￿map￿data￿and￿the￿ConnectedDrive Store￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿information￿bulletin￿"Information￿and￿Communication￿System￿News￿I/15".
  • Page 29 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication 5.2.￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2 In￿combination￿with￿a￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2),￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI￿contains￿the￿Telematic Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2). Vehicles￿with￿a￿Head￿Unit￿Basic￿continue￿to￿be￿fitted￿with￿the￿TCB. More￿information￿on￿the￿functions￿of￿the￿TCB2￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual "Information￿and￿Communication￿System￿News￿I/15". 5.2.1.￿F31￿LCI The￿TCB2￿in￿the￿F31￿LCI￿is￿exactly￿the￿same￿size￿as￿the￿TCB,￿which￿is￿why￿the￿TCB2￿is￿installed￿in￿the luggage￿compartment. 5.2.2.￿F30￿LCI The￿TCB2￿in￿a￿F30￿LCI￿is￿installed￿near￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial￿between￿the￿roof￿and￿roofliner, allowing￿it￿to￿be￿directly￿connected￿to￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial.￿This￿makes￿it￿possible￿to￿reduce conduction￿losses￿and￿electrical￿interference. Installation￿location￿of￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿in￿F30￿LCI The￿TCB2￿is￿locked￿onto￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial.￿In￿doing￿so￿the￿aerial￿contacts￿of￿the￿roof-mounted aerial￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿connection￿faces￿in￿the￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2).
  • Page 30 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Connection￿between￿roof-mounted￿aerial￿and￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿in￿F30￿LCI The￿emergency￿GSM￿aerial￿is￿a￿fixed￿component￿of￿the￿TCB2￿(roof￿variant). Connector￿contacts TCB2￿contacts Index Explanation TEL1￿(telephone￿connection￿base￿plate) TEL2￿(telematics￿connection) GPS￿(navigation) SDARS...
  • Page 31 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Front￿view The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿the￿front￿view￿of￿the￿TCB2,￿including￿the￿pin￿assignment: TCB2￿Front￿view Index Explanation Emergency￿call￿LED;￿emergency￿call￿button;￿crash￿signal Emergency￿loudspeaker;￿voltage￿supply Rear￿view The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿the￿rear￿view￿of￿the￿TCB2,￿including￿the￿pin￿assignment: F30￿LCI￿TCB2￿rear￿view...
  • Page 32 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Index Explanation OABR￿Ethernet;￿K-CAN4;￿driver's￿microphone￿(input/output) SDARS Telephone￿base￿plate Not￿assigned...
  • Page 33 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication System￿wiring￿diagram F30￿LCI￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿TCB2,￿roof￿variant...
  • Page 34 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Index Explanation Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Roof￿function￿Center￿(FZD) Front￿Electronic￿Module￿(FEM) SOS￿speaker Head￿unit Center￿console￿telephone￿base￿plate Emergency￿GSM￿aerial￿(in￿the￿TCB2) Telephone￿aerial￿base￿plate￿(roof-mounted￿aerial) SDARS Telematics￿service￿telephone￿aerial￿(roof-mounted￿aerial) GPS￿aerial￿(roof-mounted￿aerial) Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) Fuse Rear￿Electronic￿Module￿(REM) Microphone,￿driver's￿side Long￿Term￿Evolution￿(LTE) Long￿Term￿Evolution￿(LTE)￿is￿a￿4th￿generation￿(4G)￿mobile￿radio￿standard.￿LTE￿can￿achieve￿a significantly￿higher￿download￿rate￿with￿up￿to￿100￿MBit/s.￿The￿basic￿diagram￿of￿UMTS￿is￿retained￿for LTE.￿A￿quick￿and￿reasonable￿changeover￿of￿the￿infrastructures￿of￿the￿UMTS￿technology￿(3G￿standard) to￿LTE￿Advanced￿(4G￿standard)￿is￿therefore￿possible. The￿frequency￿ranges￿used￿differ￿depending￿on￿the￿region,￿and￿vary￿from￿about￿700￿to￿2600￿MHz. The￿term￿"Frequency￿Division￿Duplex"￿is￿understood￿as￿transmission￿and￿receiving￿from￿cell￿and base￿stations￿on￿tow￿different￿frequency￿bands:￿The￿mobile￿device￿transmits,￿in￿the￿Uplink￿channel, while￿the￿base￿station￿transmits,￿in￿the￿Downlink￿channel.￿Each￿of￿the￿two￿frequency￿ranges￿have￿a bandwidth￿of￿5￿MHz.￿Expressed￿simply,￿this￿means￿that￿2￿transmitters￿and￿2￿receivers￿in￿each￿case transmit￿and￿receive￿simultaneously￿with￿2￿different￿frequencies. With￿MIMO￿technology￿(Multiple￿Input￿Multiple￿Output),￿it￿is￿possible￿for￿mobile￿radio￿providers￿to offer￿data￿speeds￿with￿a￿low￿error￿rate.￿MIMO￿is￿the￿basis￿for￿a￿special￿encoding￿procedure￿which￿uses both￿temporal￿and￿also￿spatial￿dimensions￿for￿information￿transfer￿(Space-Time￿Coding). As￿a￿result,￿the￿quality￿(bit￿error￿frequency)￿and￿data￿rate￿of￿a￿wireless￿connection￿can￿be￿improved significantly.￿MIMO￿systems￿can￿transmit￿considerably￿more￿Bit/s￿per￿Hz￿bandwidth￿used,￿and￿are￿thus more￿efficient￿than￿conventional￿systems.￿In￿order￿to￿realise￿the￿MIMO￿technology￿at￿BMW￿bothdata antennas￿present￿in￿the￿vehicle￿area￿used￿simultaneously￿for￿the￿first￿time￿for￿the￿LTE￿connection. MIMO￿operates￿similar￿to￿the￿antenna￿diversity￿in￿the￿radio￿system.￿The￿signal￿of￿both￿antennas￿is sent,￿evaluated￿and￿combined￿to￿minimize￿errors￿and￿optimize￿data￿speed.
  • Page 35 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication 3￿Series￿LCI￿LTE￿reception Index Explanation LTE￿aerial￿1 LTE￿aerial￿2 LTE￿transmitter￿system F30￿LCI￿roof-mounted￿aerial/F31￿LCI￿emergency￿GSM￿aerial￿for￿LTE￿reception Roof-mounted￿aerial￿(telematic￿aerial)￿for￿LTE￿reception Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) LTE￿requires￿two￿transceiver￿aerials￿for￿the￿faster￿data￿transfer￿(MIMO￿principle).￿Vehicles￿with￿a￿TCB2 in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿use￿the￿emergency￿GSM￿aerial￿next￿to￿the￿telematics￿aerial￿as￿the￿second LTE￿aerial.￿As￿the￿emergency￿GSM￿aerial￿in￿the￿F30￿LCI￿is￿a￿fixed￿component￿of￿the￿TCB2,￿all￿the aerials￿needed￿for￿LTE￿reception￿are￿built￿into￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial. UMTS￿reception￿(3G)￿is￿standard￿equipment￿in￿the￿3￿Series￿LCI.￿The￿3￿Series￿LCI￿is￿only￿equipped with￿LTE￿reception￿(4G)￿in￿vehicles￿with￿the￿optional￿equipment￿convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended smartphone￿connection￿(OE￿6NS).
  • Page 36 3￿Series LCI 5.￿Information￿and￿Communication Prerequisite￿for￿LTE￿reception￿in￿3￿Series￿LCI...
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