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Radio

Your radio provides reception of the FM and AM

wavebands.

Changing stations

Listening to the radio

Turn the controller.

Buttons on the CD player

Press the button for the corre-

sponding direction.

The system switches to the next displayed sta-

tion.

You can also change the station with the but-

tons on the steering wheel, refer to page 11.

Press the button if the sound output is switched

off.

iDrive, for operating principle refer to page 16.

1. Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Changing selection criteria

2. Move the controller backwards to call up

"Entertainment".

In addition to the stations currently displayed,

you can have stations with another selection

criterion displayed.

3. If necessary, move the highlight marker to

the uppermost field. Select "FM" or "AM".

You can choose from the following selection

criteria:

>

"All stations"*:

Stations that can currently be received on

the "FM" waveband.

>

"Autostore":

Stations with the best reception on the

"AM" waveband.

For High Definition Radio: stations with the

best reception on the "FM" waveband.

4. Press the controller.

>

"Presets":

Stations are shown on the Control Display on

the basis of various selection criteria, e.g. "Pre-

sets".

Stations you have previously stored, refer to

page 168.

"Manual":

If "Autostore" does not show a station in the AM

waveband or if the displayed stations are no

longer receivable, update the stations with the

best reception, refer to page 167.

To set stations that can be received in addi-

tion to those already being displayed, refer

to Selecting the frequency manually,

page 167.

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To change the selection criterion:

To stop scanning, press the button again.

1. Move the highlight marker to the second

field from the top.

Selecting the frequency manually

With "Manual" you can select stations that can

be received in addition to those displayed.

2. Choose a selection criterion and press the

controller.

1. Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-

ler.

2. Move the highlight marker to the second

field from the top.

3. Select "Manual" and press the controller.

Sampling stations, Scan

The stations on the current waveband are auto-

matically sampled in succession.

1. Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-

ler.

4. Turn the controller to set a certain fre-

quency.

"Set" is selected.

2. Press the controller.

Other menu items are displayed.

Updating stations with best reception

3. Select "Scan" and press the controller.

If on a longer journey you move out of the

reception range of the stations originally

received, you can update the list of stations

received with the strongest signals in the AM

waveband.

1. Select "AM" and press the controller.

2. Move the highlight marker to the second

field from the top.

3. Select "Autostore" and press the controller.

"Set" is selected.

The stations are sampled.

Stop sampling:

1. Press the controller.

2. Select "Scan" and press the controller.

Station sampling is interrupted and the

selected station stays on.

Buttons on the CD player

To sample stations, press the but-

ton for the corresponding direction for an

extended time.

4. Press the controller.

Other menu items are displayed.

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5. Select "Autostore" and press the controller.

5. Select "Store" and press the controller.

The display of the stations with the strongest

reception is updated. The frequencies of the

stations are displayed.

"Presets" is displayed.

6. Turn the controller until the desired mem-

ory location is selected.

7. Press the controller.

The station is stored.

Storing stations

Via iDrive

1. Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-

ler.

2. Move the highlight marker to the second

field from the top. Turn the controller until

the desired selection criterion is chosen

and press the controller.

3. Select the desired frequency or station.

"Set" is selected.

The channels of the last selection criterion are

displayed once again after a short time.

With the ignition at radio readiness or beyond,

the stations are stored for the remote control

currently in use.

Via programmable memory keys

You can store a station on the programmable

memory keys, refer also to page 21.

1. Select a station.

2.

...

Press the desired key for a

4. Press the controller.

longer period.

Other menu items are displayed.

Changing a memory position

1. Select "Presets" and press the controller.

2. Select the desired station.

"Set" is selected.

3. Press the controller.

Other menu items are displayed.

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4. Select "Store" and press the controller.

The setting is stored for the remote control cur-

rently in use.

High Definition Radio*

Many stations transmit analog and digital sig-

nals. You can receive these stations digitally for

improved sound quality.

A digital radio network must be available to be

able to receive digital stations.

5. Turn the controller until the desired mem-

ory location is selected.

Switching digital radio reception on/off

The number of the memory location

appears beside the name or frequency of

the station.

iDrive, for operating principle refer to page 16.

1. Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

6. Press the controller.

The station is stored.

2. Press the controller to open the menu.

3. Turn the controller until "Settings" is

selected and press the controller.

4. Select "Audio" and press the controller.

Radio Data System RDS

5. Move the highlight marker to the uppermost

field. Turn the controller until "HD radio" is

selected and press the controller.

On the FM waveband, additional information is

broadcast via RDS. If the reception conditions

are good, the station names are shown on the

Control Display. Where reception is poor or in

the event of interference, it may take some time

before the station names will appear in the dis-

play.

Switching RDS on/off*

1. Select "FM" and press the controller.

"Set" is selected.

2. Press the controller.

Other menu items are displayed.

6. Select "Off" and press the controller.

Digital station reception is now switched on.

3. Select "RDS" and press the controller.

This symbol is displayed when a station is

received digitally.

RDS is activated.

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Some stations do not transmit the digital and

analog signals simultaneously. If you are in an

area in which digital reception of the selected

station is not possible continuously, reception

will alternate between analog and digital. This

can cause repetitions or interruptions. In this

case it may be preferable to switch off digital

reception.

1. Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-

ler.

Selecting the programs of a digital

station*

Some stations broadcast several programs on a

single frequency. To select one of these pro-

grams:

2. Move the highlight marker to the second

field from the top.

3. Select "Autostore" and press the controller.

1. Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-

ler.

4. Press the controller.

Other menu items are displayed.

2. Select "Manual" and press the controller.

5. Select "Autostore

troller.

" and press the con-

3. Select a station that can be received digi-

tally.

This symbol is displayed when a station

is received digitally.

4.

Change to the next program of

the digital station using the buttons on the

radio or steering wheel.

You can store a station, refer to page 168.

Updating digitally receivable stations

If on a longer journey you move out of the

reception range of the stations originally

received, you can update the list of stations

received with the strongest signals.

The display of the digitally receivable stations is

updated. This can take up to 2 minutes.

Displaying additional information

With digital stations, additional information on

the current track can be displayed, e.g. the

name of the artist.

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1. Select the station and press the controller.

2. Select "Details" and press the controller.

The information is displayed.

When you change to another digitally received

station, any additional information is displayed

after a brief interruption.

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