Current Position - BMW ONBOARD COMPUTER Owner's Manual

Current position

Current position display
Before starting off, you would like to
have a look at the map to determine
your current position.
To view this map:
Select "Map".
The current position of your vehicle is
indicated on the map.
To store this position:
1. Press the right-hand rotary button.
A selection menu appears on the
screen
2. Select "Dest. Input Map".
A map showing current position and
destination appears along with a cur-
sor
3. Select "Position".
The current position of your vehicle is
indicated on the map.
If the display is set to a scale of 1 mile
or 2 km or less, you can use "Save
dest." to enter your current position in
the address book, refer to page 39.
Entering the current position
A correction of the position is only rec-
ommended in exceptional cases
because the GPS receiver only requires
a few minutes to find the position, for
example, after the vehicle is transported
with a car-carrying train.
To enter your current position:
1. Select "Information"
2. Select "Input Position"
3. Select city and street if desired.
Enter your current position with the
same procedure used to enter desti-
nations, refer to page 24
4. Select "Intersection ?".
The information "Crossing intersec-
tion" is output and the current posi-
tion is copied from the navigation
system.
If the GPS navigation system was
able to determine the current
position itself, this will be copied to the
system.<
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