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Short commands for voice activation system

Short commands for voice activation

system

To have the available spoken instructions read

out loud: ›Voice commands‹

Vehicle equipment

This chapter describes all series equipment as

well as country-specific and special equipment

offered for this model series.Therefore, it also

describes equipment that may not be found in

your vehicle, for instance due to the selected

special equipment or the country version. This

also applies to safety-related functions and sys‐

tems.

The following short commands apply to vehicles

equipped with a voice activation system. They

have no function in vehicles in which only the

mobile phone is operated using the voice.

General information

Instructions for voice activation system, refer to

page 25.

Adjusting

Vehicle

Function

Command

Opens the main menu.

Open the options.

›Main menu‹

›Options‹

Open the settings.

›Settings‹

Settings on the Control Display.

Open the time and date.

Open the language and units.

Open the speed limit.

Open the light.

›Control display‹

›Time and date‹

›Language and units‹

›Speed‹

›Lighting‹

Open the door lock.

›Door locks‹

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Equipment

Function

Command

Open the air conditioning settings.

Open the Head-up Display.

Enable the rear.

›Climate‹

›head up display‹

›Allow rear control‹

Vehicle information

Computer

Function

Command

Open the computer.

Open the trip computer.

›Onboard info‹

›Trip computer‹

Vehicle

Function

Command

Open the vehicle information.

Open the vehicle status.

›Vehicle info‹

›Vehicle status‹

Navigation

General information

Function

Command

›Navigation‹

›Enter address‹

›City‹

Navigation menu.

Open the destination entry.

Enter the address.

Enter the town/city.

Enter the country.

›State‹

Enter the postal code.

Open destination guidance.

›Postal Code‹

›Guidance‹

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Function

Command

Start destination guidance.

Terminate destination guidance.

Open the home address.

›Start guidance‹

›Stop guidance‹

›Home address‹

Open the route criteria.

›Route preference‹

›Route information‹

›Switch on voice instructions‹

›Repeat voice instructions‹

›Switch off voice instructions‹

›Address book‹

Open the route.

Switch on the spoken instruction.

Repeat the spoken instruction.

Switch off the spoken instruction.

Display the address book.

Display the most recent destinations.

Open the traffic bulletins.

Special destinations.

›Last destinations‹

›Traffic Info‹

›Points of interest‹

Map

Function

Command

Display the map.

›Map‹

Map facing north.

Map facing the direction of travel.

Perspective map.

Automatic scaling of the map.

Scale...feet.

›Map facing north‹

›Map in direction of travel‹

›Map perspective view‹

›Map with automatic scaling‹

›Map scale ... feet‹

Scale...meters.

›Map scale ... meters‹ e.g., map scale

100 meters

Scale...kilometers.

Scale...miles.

›Map scale ... kilometers‹ e.g., map

scale 5 kilometers

›Map scale ... miles‹ e.g., map scale

5 miles

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Split screen settings

Function

Command

Split screen.

›Switch on splitscreen‹

Switch off the split screen.

›Turn off split screen‹

Adjust the split screen.

›Split screen content‹

Split screen, map facing north.

Split screen, current position.

Split screen, facing the direction of travel.

›Split screen map facing north‹

›Split screen current position‹

›Split screen map in direction of

travel‹

Split screen, perspective.

›Split screen perspective‹

›Splitscreen Exit ramp view‹

Split screen, expanded intersection zoom.

Split screen scale...feet.

›Split screen scale ... feet‹ e.g., split

screen scale 100 feet

Split screen scale...meters.

Split screen scale...kilometers.

Split screen scale...miles.

›Split screen scale ... meters‹ e.g., split

screen scale 100 meters

›Split screen scale ... kilometers‹ e.g.,

split screen scale 5 kilometers

›Split screen scale ... miles‹ e.g., split

screen scale 5 miles

Split screen, highlight the traffic situation.

Split screen, computer.

›Split screen, Traffic conditions‹

›Split screen on board info‹

›Splitscreen trip computer‹

›Split screen automatic scaling‹

Split screen, trip computer.

Split screen, scale automatically.

Destination guidance with intermediate destinations

Function

Command

Enter a new destination.

Trip list.

›Enter address‹

›Stored trips‹

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Radio

FM

Function

Command

Open a frequency.

›Frequency ... megahertz‹ e.g.,

93.5 megahertz or frequency 93.5

Open the radio.

›Radio‹

Open the FM stations.

Open the manual search.

Select a frequency range.

Open a station.

›F M‹

›Manual‹

›Select frequency‹

›Select station‹

AM

Function

Command

Open a frequency.

›Frequency ... Kilohertz‹ e.g., fre‐

quency 753 or 753 kilohertz

Open the AM stations.

›A M‹

Open the manual search.

›Manual‹

Satellite radio

Function

Command

Open the satellite radio.

Switch on the satellite radio.

Select a satellite radio channel.

›Satellite radio‹

›Satellite radio on‹

›Select satellite radio‹ e.g., satellite

radio channel 2

Stored stations

Function

Command

Open the stored stations.

Choose a stored station.

Select a stored station.

›Presets‹

›Select preset‹

›Preset ...‹ e.g., stored station 2

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CD/multimedia

CD/DVD drive

Function

Command

Select a track.

›Track ...‹ e.g., track 5

or

›C D track ...‹ e. g., CD track 5

›C D on‹

Play back a CD.

Select a CD.

›Select C D‹

Select a CD and track.

Open the CD and Multimedia menu.

CD and DVD.

›C D ... track ...‹ e.g., CD 3 track 5

›C D and multimedia‹

›C D‹

Select a DVD.

›D V D ...‹ e.g., DVD 3

›Entertainment details‹

Display the entertainment details on a split screen.

Music collection

Function

Command

Search for music, open a menu.

Open the current playback.

Open the music collection.

Play back the music collection.

Play back the most frequently played tracks.

›Music search‹

›Current playback‹

›Music collection‹

›Music collection on‹

›Top fifty‹

External devices

Function

Command

Open the external devices.

Open the Bluetooth devices.

›External devices‹

›Bluetooth‹

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Tone

Function

Command

›Tone‹

Open the tone settings.

Telephone

Function

Command

Dial a phone number.

›Dial number‹

Open the Telephone menu.

Display the phone book.

Redialing.

›Telephone‹

›Phonebook‹

›Redial‹

Display received calls.

List of messages.

›Received calls‹

›Messages‹

›Bluetooth‹

Open the Bluetooth devices.

Office

Function

Command

›Office‹

Open the Office menu.

Display Office Today.

Display the contacts.

Display the messages.

Display the calendar.

Display the tasks.

›Current office‹

›Contacts‹

›Messages‹

›Calendar‹

›Tasks‹

Display the reminders.

›Reminders‹

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Contacts

Function

Command

Select a name.

My contacts.

Open the contacts.

New contact.

›Choose name‹

›My contacts‹

›Contacts‹

›New contact‹

ConnectedDrive or BMW Assist

Function

Command

Open BMW Assist.

Open ConnectedDrive.

Open BMW Online.

›B M W Assist‹

›Connected Drive‹

›B M W Online‹

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