Get Navigation Guide for BMW M6 4 Door Second Generation (2005-2010)

Navigation

This chapter describes how you can

enter destinations and specify your route

so that your navigation system guides you

reliably to your destination.

Starting navigation system*

Your navigation system can use satellites to

Display in the assistance

ascertain the precise position of your vehicle

and guide you reliably to any destination you

enter.

window

You can display the route or the current position

in the assistance window. This display remains

visible even if you switch to another application.

Navigation DVD

The navigation system requires a special navi-

gation DVD. The latest version is available at

your BMW center.

1. Move the controller to the right to enter the

assistance window.

Inserting navigation DVD

2. Press the controller.

Other menu items are displayed.

3. Select the desired route view or "Current

position".

1. Insert the navigation DVD with the labeled

side up. The DVD is automatically pulled in.

2. Wait several seconds for the system to scan

the data from the DVD.

Removing navigation DVD

1. Press button 1.

The DVD emerges slightly from the drive.

2. Remove the DVD.

If the DVD is not ejected from the drive, it is pos-

sible that it is jammed. A message appears on

the Control Display.

4. Press the controller.

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Destination entry

In entering your destination you can select from

among the following options:

1. Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

>

Entering a destination manually, see below

2. Move the controller to the right to call up

"Navigation".

Entering destination via voice*, refer to

page 110

>

Selecting destination using information,

refer to page 112

Selecting destination from a list, refer to

Destination list, page 113

Selecting destination from address book,

refer to page 114

Selecting home address, refer to page 116

After selecting your destination you can pro-

ceed to start the destination guidance, refer to

page 118.

3. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

Operating navigation system

Enter data only when the vehicle is sta-

tionary, and always obey the traffic regu-

lations and road signs in the event of any con-

tradiction between traffic and road conditions

and the instructions issued by the navigation

system. If you do not observe this precaution,

you may be in violation of the law, and can

endanger vehicle occupants and other road

users.<

Entering a destination

manually

The system's word-matching principle makes it

easier for you to enter the names of streets or

towns, refer to page 117. This allows you to

enter different spellings and completes your

entry automatically so that stored names can be

called up quickly.

iDrive, for explanation of principle, refer to

page 16.

1. Change to upper field if necessary. Turn the

controller until "Navigation" is selected and

press the controller.

"New destination" is selected.

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2. Press the controller.

A list of available countries appears on the

display.

3. Select "Enter address" and press the con-

troller.

2. Select the country of destination and press

the controller.

In order to be able to start the destination guid-

ance, at least the town/city of the destination or

its zip code must be entered.

Entering destination via town/city

name

1. Select "Town / City" or the displayed town/

city and press the controller.

2. Select the first letter and press the control-

ler.

The system also assists you with the following

features:

A list of all towns/cities starting with this let-

ter appears on the Control Display.

>

If you do not enter a street, the system will

guide you to the downtown area of a town or

city.

3. To delete the letter entered if necessary:

>

You can skip the entry of country and town/

city if the current entries are being retained

for your new destination.

Selecting country

1. Select "State / Province" or the displayed

country and press the controller.

> Delete individual numbers or letters:

Move the controller toward the right to

select

and press the controller.

> Delete all digits or letters:

Move the controller to the right to select

and press the controller, holding it

down.

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4. Enter additional letters if necessary.

The list gradually grows smaller each time

you enter a new letter.

> To enter a blank space:

Select the symbol and press the con-

troller.

> To enter blank space if necessary:

Select the symbol and press the con-

troller.

> To delete individual digits or letters:

Move the controller toward the right to

select

and press the controller.

> To delete all digits or letters:

Move the controller toward the right to

select

down.

and hold the controller

3. Select the zip code and press the controller.

The corresponding town/city of destination

is displayed.

4. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until the destination is

selected and press the controller.

5. Change to the third field from the top if nec-

essary. Turn the controller until the town or

city name is selected from the list and press

the controller.

Entering street, house number and

intersection

After the street you can also enter the intersec-

tion or the house number.

Entering street and intersection

1. Select "Street" or the displayed street and

press the controller.

2. Enter the street.

The street is entered in exactly the same

way as the destination town/city.

Entering town/city of destination via

zip code

1. Select "Town / City" and press the control-

ler.

2. Enter the zip code:

Select the individual digits and press the

controller.

The intersection is entered in the same way as

the street.

Entering a street without entering

destination

You can also enter a street without entering

a destination. In this case all streets of the

entered country are offered for selection.

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The related town/city is displayed after the

street name.

Starting destination guidance with

manual destination entry

If a town/city has already been entered, you can

undo this entry. This may be practical if the

desired street does not exist in the entered des-

tination, because, for example, it belongs to

another part of the town/city.

1. Change to upper field.

The

arrow is selected.

>

Select "Start guidance" and press the con-

troller.

Destination guidance starts immediately.

If destination guidance is not to be started

immediately:

Select "Add to destination list" and press

the controller.

The destination is stored in the destination

list, refer to page 113.

2. Turn the controller to the right until the

request for the entry of a street in the coun-

try appears and press the controller.

Entering destination via

voice*

In conjunction with the Professional navigation

system, you can enter the desired destination

via the voice input system. When entering the

destination, it is possible to change between

speech input and iDrive at any time. Reactivate

the speech input function for this purpose if

necessary.

3. Change to the second field from the top and

enter the street.

With {Options} you can have the system

read aloud the possible commands.<

1. Press the

or in the center console.

2. {Enter address}

button on the steering wheel

Entering house number

All house numbers stored for the street on the

navigation DVD can be entered.

1. Select "House number" and press the con-

troller.

2. Enter the house number:

Select the individual digits and press the

controller.

3. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until the house number

is selected and press the controller.

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Selecting country

Entering street and house number

The street is entered in the same way as the

destination.

Say country of destination.

Say the name of the destination country in the

language of the voice input system.

To enter the house number:

Say the house number.

Entering destination

Up to 4-digit house numbers can be entered.

To enter the destination, spell it using the cus-

tomary spelling of the destination country.

Say the letters smoothly and at normal volume,

avoiding excessive emphasis and pauses.

Starting destination guidance

{Start guidance}

Destination guidance starts immediately.

1. Spell town/city name:

Say at least the first three letters of the

destination. The more letters you say,

the more exactly the system recognizes

the town/city.

Saving destination

The destination is added to the destination list

or can be saved in the address book.

{Add to destination list} or

{Add to address book}

The system can suggest up to 20 desti-

nations that match your entries. Up to 6

entries are displayed at once on the Control

Display.

Map-guided destination

selection

If you only know the location of the town or

street of the destination, then you can input the

destination by using a map. You can use the

cursor to select the destination on the map and

then adopt it into the destination guidance.

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

A destination is suggested by the system.

"New destination" is selected.

2. Selecting location:

Select {Yes}

2. Press the controller.

or

Other town/city:

{No}

Select entry, e.g. {Entry 3}

The following options are available:

{Next page}: additional entries of the

list are displayed.

{Repeat}: the town/city can be

respelled.

The town/city can also be selected from the list

via iDrive:

Turn the controller until the destination is

selected and press the controller.

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3. Select "Input map" and press the controller.

> "Show destination position" places the

current destination in the center of the

map.

> "Return to map" changes back to the

"Input map".

>

Exit the menu.

A section of a map is displayed on the Con-

trol Display:

> During destination guidance, centered

around the current destination

> With the destination guidance deacti-

vated, centered around the last destina-

tion entered

7. Press the controller.

The map for destination input can also be called

up from the map view:

Select the

symbol and press the controller.

Selecting destination using

information

You can obtain a display of selected destina-

tions, e.g. hotels, sights or hospitals, and adopt

them into the destination guidance.

4. Select a destination with the cursor.

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

> Changing scale: turn the controller.

ler.

"New destination" is selected.

> Moving map: move the controller in the

corresponding direction.

2. Press the controller.

The controller can be moved to the left,

right, forward, backward and also diago-

nally.

3. Select "Information" and press the control-

ler.

5. Press the controller to accept or store the

destination in the destination guidance sys-

tem.

The selected town/city of destination and

other menu items are displayed.

6. Select the desired menu item:

> "Start route guidance" starts destination

guidance.

> "Show current position" places the cur-

rent position in the center of the map.

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4. Select a location:

> "On destination"

> "On location"

Destination list

The last 20 destinations entered into the desti-

nation list are displayed. You can select these

destinations and adopt them into the destina-

tion guidance system.

> "On a new destination"

For example, in order to plan a longer route, you

can store all of the destinations you wish to visit

in the destination list ahead of time, refer to

Entering a destination manually on page 107.

Select "Navigation" and press the controller.

5. Press the controller.

6. Make your selection, e.g. "Hotels and res-

taurants", and press the controller.

These destinations are displayed on the

Control Display.

The last destination entered is the first item in

the destination list.

This symbol indicates the current destina-

tion during destination guide.

To display other destinations in the destination

list:

Turn the controller.

Adopting the destination into the

destination guidance system

7. Select a destination and press the control-

ler.

1. Select the desired destination from the des-

tination list and press the controller.

8. Select a menu item:

> To adopt the address into the destina-

tion list and start the destination guid-

ance:

2. Select "Start guidance" and press the con-

troller.

Select "Select as destination" and press

the controller.

> To establish a telephone connection:

Select "Call" and press the controller.

To exit from the menu:

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

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Editing the destination list

1. Select the desired destination from the des-

tination list and press the controller.

2. The selected destination can be edited:

> Saving entry:

Select "Add to address book".

> Displaying information on destination:

Select "Information on destination".

> Deleting entry:

3. Select "Enter address" and press the con-

troller.

Select "Delete entry".

> Deleting all entries:

4. Enter names and addresses.

Select "Delete list". Destination guid-

ance is switched off.

5. Select "Store in address book" and press

the controller.

> Changing entry:

The entry is stored in the address book.

Select "Edit". For operation, refer to

Entering destination via town/city name,

page 108.

You can also store a destination from the desti-

nation list in the address book, refer to

page 113.

3. Press the controller.

Storing current position*

The current position can be adopted into the

address book.

Address book

1. Select "Address book" and press the con-

troller.

Opening address book

iDrive, for explanation of principle, refer to

page 16.

2. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until "New address" is

selected and press the controller.

Select "Address book" and press the controller.

3. Select "Use current location as address"

and press the controller.

Storing destinations in address book

You can store approx. 100 destinations in the

address book.

The name given can be changed. For oper-

ation, refer to Entering a destination manu-

ally, page 107.

1. Select "Address book" and press the con-

troller.

4. Select "Store in address book" and press

the controller.

2. Select "New address" and press the con-

troller.

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You can also enter your current position in the

address book if you have left the sector covered

by the navigation DVD. In this case, you must

enter a name.

3. Select "Edit address" and press the con-

troller.

Selecting destinations from address

book

1. Select "Address book" and press the con-

troller.

The stored entries are displayed on the

Control Display.

4. Change entry.

For operation, refer to Entering a destina-

tion manually, page 107.

Deleting individual destinations from

address book

1. Select "Address book" and press the con-

troller.

2. Select the entry and press the controller.

3. Select "Delete address" and press the con-

troller.

To start destination guidance:

Select "Start guidance" and press the control-

ler.

Deleting all destinations from address

book

Changing destinations from address

book

1. Open the start menu.

2. Press the controller to open the menu.

1. Select "Address book" and press the con-

troller.

3. Select "Vehicle settings" and press the

controller.

2. Select the entry and press the controller.

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4. Select "Delete data" and press the control-

ler.

To change the entry:

1. Select "Home address" and press the con-

troller.

2. Select "Edit address" and press the con-

troller. For operation, refer to Entering a

destination manually, page 107.

Selecting route

You can influence the calculated route by

choosing certain route criteria. You can change

the route criteria as often as you like when

entering the destination and whenever the des-

tination guidance is active.

5. Select "Delete address book" and press the

controller.

6. Select "Yes" and press the controller.

The route is planned according to fixed rules,

taking the road type into account, e.g. whether

it involves freeways or winding roads. The road

types are stored on the navigation DVD. As a

result, the routes recommended by the naviga-

tion system may not always be the same ones

that you would choose based on personal expe-

rience.

Storing home address

You can store your current position or the cur-

rent destination as a home address in the

address book. This entry is in the second posi-

tion in the address book.

1. Select "Address book" and press the con-

troller.

2. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until "Home address" is

selected and press the controller.

Changing route criteria

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

2. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until "Route preference"

is selected and press the controller.

3. Select "Use current location as address", or

"Save current destination" during the desti-

nation guidance, and press the controller.

To select the home address as the destination:

The various criteria are listed on the Control

Display.

1. Select "Home address" and press the con-

troller.

2. Select "Start guidance" and press the con-

troller.

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3. Select a route criterion for the route:

Word matching principle

> "With highways"

The system supports the word matching princi-

ple to make it easier for you to enter the names

of streets or towns/cities. The system runs

ongoing checks, comparing your destination

entries with the data stored on the navigation

DVD as the basis for instant response. The user

benefits include:

Freeways and major traffic arteries are

given priority.

> "Avoid highways"

Freeways are avoided where possible.

> "Fast route"

The short traveling time, being a combi-

nation of the shortest possible route and

the fastest roads

>

Names of specific locations can also vary

from the official versions, provided that the

spelling of the entry corresponds to a stan-

dard form used in another country.

> "Short route"

Short route, regardless of how fast or

slow progress will be

Example:

4. Press the controller.

Instead of "Munich", you can also enter the

German spelling "München" or the Italian

spelling "Monaco".

>

When you are entering the names of towns/

cities and streets, the system will complete

them automatically as soon as enough let-

ters are available to ensure unambiguous

identification.

The system only accepts name entries

beginning with letters that are stored on the

navigation DVD. The system will not accept

nonexistent names and addresses.

The route criterion is highlighted.

5. If necessary, select an additional route cri-

terion and then press the controller:

> "Avoid tollroads"

Tollroads are avoided where possible.

> "Avoid ferries"

Ferries are avoided where possible.

To exit from the menu:

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

The route criteria can also be changed in the

map view:

1. Select the symbol for the route criterion and

press the controller.

2. Select a route criterion and press the con-

troller.

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Destination guidance

Starting destination

guidance

Terminating/continuing

destination guidance

iDrive, for explanation of principle, refer to

page 16.

In arrow display or map view

Select the

symbol and press the controller.

1. Change to upper field if necessary. Turn the

controller until "Navigation" is selected and

press the controller.

2. Select a destination from the destination list

and press the controller or enter a new des-

tination, refer to page 107.

In destination list

This symbol marks the current destination.

1. Select the current destination and press the

controller.

3. Select "Start guidance" and press the con-

troller.

2. Select "Start guidance" and press the con-

troller.

After the route has been calculated, destination

guidance is indicated by arrows or a map dis-

play on the Control Display.

The destination guidance can also be started in

the arrow or map display:

Select the

symbol and press the controller.

During destination guidance, you can operate

other equipment via iDrive at any time. You are

notified well in advance of a necessary change

of direction by spoken instructions and the dis-

play of the direction arrows.

If the destination was not reached before the

end of the last trip, upon restarting you will

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see the question:

"Continue guidance to destination?".

3

4

5

6

7

Starting/stopping destination guidance

Arrow to destination as the crow flies

Distance to the next change of direction

Current position

The destination guidance starts automatically

after a short time.

To start destination guidance immediately:

Select "Yes" and press the controller.

Direction of travel

> Hollow arrow:

Destination guidance on the calculated

route.

Route display

You have the option of displaying various views

of the route during destination guidance.

> Solid arrow:

Arrow shows the route to be calculated

from a bird's eye view when the vehicle

is not located in an area contained on the

navigation DVD, e.g. in a multilevel park-

ing lot.

From another menu, you can switch

directly to the screen last displayed,

refer to Comfort opening of menu items,

page 18.<

Depending on the equipment, the estimated

time of arrival and the distance to the destina-

tion are displayed in the top or bottom line of the

Control Display.

Displaying arrow display

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

Before a change of direction, the appearance of

the arrow changes.

2. Change into the fourth field from the top.

Turn the controller until "Arrow display" is

selected and press the controller.

1

2

3

Street name for change of direction

Distance to change of direction

Change of direction

The arrow display is displayed.

To exit from the menu:

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

Displaying map display

You can have your current position displayed on

a map. After starting the destination guidance,

the planned route is shown on the map.

1

2

Switching voice instructions on/off

Selecting route criteria

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1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

To exit from the menu:

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

2. Change into the fourth field from the top.

Turn the controller until the desired map

view is selected:

At scales of less than 250 miles/500 km, you

have the option of deciding whether to orient

the map to north, toward your current direction

of travel, or show the map in perspective. At

scales of 250 miles/500 km or greater, the map

always points toward north.

> "Map facing north"

> "Map direction of travel"

> "Perspective"

Changing map view

Select the corresponding symbol and press the

controller.

The next map view is displayed.

Changing scale

Turn the controller to change the scale.

Displaying towns/cities and streets of

the route

3. Press the controller.

You can have the roads and towns along the

route displayed during destination guidance.

The distances remaining to be traveled on each

individual road are also displayed.

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

2. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until "Route list" is

selected and press the controller.

1

2

3

4

Switching voice instructions on/off

Starting/stopping destination guidance

Selecting destination using map

Showing/hiding information last selected,

refer to Selecting destination using infor-

mation on page 112

5

Changing map view

>

"Map facing north"

"Map direction of travel"

"Perspective"

To exit the menu:

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

6

7

Changing route criteria

Arrow to destination as the crow flies

The estimated time of arrival and the distance

to the destination are shown in the bottom line

of the Control Display.

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5. Select "Navigation voice instructions on"

and press the controller.

Destination guidance

through voice instructions

Switching voice instructions on/off

The voice instructions are switched on.

The setting is stored for the remote control cur-

Voice instructions can be switched on or off

during the destination guidance in the arrow or

map view:

rently in use*.

Repeating and canceling voice

instructions

Select the

symbol and press the controller.

To switch the voice instructions on/off at any

time:

With the programmable button on the steering

wheel you can also make the following settings,

refer to page 45:

1. Open the start menu.

>

Repeat the voice instruction:

Press the button.

2. Press the controller to open the menu.

3. Turn the controller until "Display settings"

is selected and press the controller.

>

Switch voice instructions on/off:

Maintain pressure on the button for several

seconds.

4. Change to upper field if necessary. Turn the

controller until "Languages" is selected and

press the controller.

Setting volume of voice instructions

The volume can only be adjusted during a voice

instruction.

1. Repeat the last voice instruction, if required.

2. Turn the knob during the voice instruction

to select the desired volume.

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This volume is independent of the volume of the

audio sources.

Displaying current position

You can also display your current position with

the destination guidance switched off.

The setting is stored for the remote control cur-

rently in use.

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

2. Change into the fourth field from the top.

Turn the controller until "Current position"

is selected and press the controller.

Bypassing route sections

During destination guidance, you can revise the

navigation system's route recommendations to

avoid particular stretches of road. Enter the

number of miles/kilometers that you want to

travel before returning to the original route.

1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-

ler.

2. Change into the third field from the top.

Turn the controller until "New route" is

selected and press the controller.

The current position of your BMW is displayed.

3. Turn the controller to enter the desired

number and press the controller.

If the navigation system is unable to identify a

town or city, your current map coordinates will

appear.

The route is recalculated.

To exit from the menu without changing the

route:

To exit from the menu:

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

Select the

arrow and press the controller.

You can also have the current position dis-

played on a map, refer to page 119.

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What to do if …

>

the system stops furnishing directions on

which way to turn as you approach intersec-

tions?

>

a navigation DVD is inserted, but the

request to insert the DVD is displayed on

the Control Display?

You are driving in an area that has not yet

been completely recorded on the naviga-

tion DVD. Instead of an arrow indicating a

turn, you will see an arrow which indicates

the general direction of your planned route.

Or you have left the recommended route

and the system requires a few seconds to

calculate a new recommended route.

The navigation DVD may not be the right

DVD for the navigation system. The DVD is

labeled accordingly.

>

you request the current position of your

vehicle, but do not receive a precise dis-

play?

The system is unable to receive enough

GPS signals at your current position due to

obstructions, your position is not yet avail-

able on your navigation DVD, or the system

is in the process of calculating your posi-

tion. As a rule, reception is guaranteed in

the open air.

>

the navigation system does not react to

entries?

If the battery has just been reconnected

after having been disconnected, it then

takes up to 10 minutes before the system is

once again operational.

>

the destination guidance does not accept a

destination?

The data of the destination is not stored on

the navigation DVD that is loaded. Select a

destination that is as close as possible to

the original.

>

the destination guidance does not accept a

destination without the street name?

On the navigation DVD, no downtown area

can be determined for the city or town

entered. Enter any street, or a destination

such as the railway station etc., then start

the destination guidance.

>

you want to enter a destination for the des-

tination guidance, but it is not possible to

select the letters for your desired entry?

The data of the destination is not stored on

the navigation DVD that is loaded. In this

case, the system will not offer you any let-

ters to choose from. Select a destination

that is as close as possible to the original.

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