Traffic Information - BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual

Altering the route
Altering the course of a route
With the Business navigation system:
During route guidance, you can specify up to
two points by which the route should pass, e.g.
places or motorway intersections. These points
are predetermined by the navigation system
and depend on the length of the route, among
other factors.
1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-
ler.
2. Move the controller back until the marker is
in the third section down. Turn the control-
ler until "Route via" is selected and press
the controller.
3. Select a point and press the controller.
4. Select "Calculate" and press the controller.
The new route is calculated.
To exit the menu:
Select the arrow and press the controller.
Avoiding sections of route
You can also instruct the navigation system to
deviate from sections of the route during route
guidance. You do this by specifying after how
many kilometres or miles of the original route
you wish to return to it.
1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-
ler.
2. Move the controller back until the marker is
in the third section down. Turn the control-
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ler until "New route for" is selected and
press the controller.
A particular section of the route can be
avoided:
> With the Professional navigation system
Along the entire route
> With the Business navigation system
For up to 50 km (30 miles)
3. Turn the controller to enter the desired
value, then press the controller.
4. Business navigation system:
Select "Calculate" and press the controller.
The route is recalculated.
To exit the menu without altering the route:
Select the arrow and press the controller.

Traffic information

At any time you can have traffic information dis-
played by radio stations that broadcast traffic
situation information: Traffic Message Channel
TMC. This traffic information is constantly
updated with the aid of measurements from
traffic control centres and congestion detec-
tors.
The traffic information is automatically shown
during route guidance. It can also be called up
manually via iDrive. With the Professional navi-
gation system, the traffic information is shown
in the map view.
Switching traffic information display
on/off
iDrive, operating principle, see page 14.
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