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Controls

Opening and closing

This is the case when:

Closing

Push the doors and, if applicable, the tailgate

lightly.

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The driver is only carrying his or her own

remote control.

The closing happens automatically.

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The driver unlocks the vehicle.

The driver gets into the vehicle through the

driver's door.

Personal Profile

Settings

Concept

The settings for the following systems and

functions are stored in the active profile. The

scope of storable settings depends on country

and equipment.

Via Personal Profiles, individual settings for

several drivers can be stored and called up

again when required.

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Unlocking and locking.

Lights.

General information

There are three driver profiles with which per‐

sonal vehicle settings can be stored. Every re‐

mote control has one of these driver profiles

assigned.

Climate control.

Radio.

Instrument cluster.

Programmable memory buttons.

Volumes, tone.

If the vehicle is unlocked using a remote con‐

trol, the assigned personal driver profile will be

activated. All settings stored in the driver pro‐

file are automatically applied.

Control Display.

Navigation.

If several drivers use their own remote control,

the vehicle will adjust the personal settings

during unlocking. These settings are also re‐

stored, if the vehicle has been used in the

meantime by a person with a different remote

control.

PDC Park Distance Control.

Rearview camera.

Side View.

Top View.

Head-up Display.

Driving Dynamics Control.

Changes to the settings are automatically

stored in the driver profile currently activated.

If another driver profile is selected via iDrive,

the settings stored in it will be applied auto‐

matically. The new driver profile is assigned to

the remote control currently used.

Driver's seat position, exterior mirror posi‐

tion, steering wheel position.

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Intelligent Safety.

Active Blind Spot Detection.

Night vision.

There is an additional guest profile available

that is not assigned to any remote control: it

can be used to apply settings in the vehicle

without changing the personal driver profiles.

Profile management

Opening profiles

Functional requirements

Regardless of the remote control in use, a dif‐

ferent profile may be activated. This allows you

to call up personal vehicle settings, even if you

For the system to be able to identify the driver

profile associated to a particular driver, the de‐

tected remote control must be clearly allo‐

cated to the driver.

Opening and closing

Controls

did not unlock the vehicle with your own re‐

mote control.

Using iDrive:

1. "Settings"

Using iDrive:

2. "Profiles"

1. "Settings"

3. Open "Options".

4. "Reset current profile"

2. "Profiles"

3. Select a profile.

The following functions are executed:

Exporting profiles

Most settings of the profile currently in use can

be exported.

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All settings stored in the called-up profile

are automatically applied.

Exporting is helpful when storing and retrieving

personal settings, for instance before deliver‐

ing the vehicle to a workshop. Profiles can be

taken to another vehicle equipped with the

Personal Profile function.

The called-up profile is assigned to the re‐

mote control being used at the time.

If the profile is already assigned to a differ‐

ent remote control, this profile will apply to

both remote controls.

Using iDrive:

Using a guest profile

1. "Settings"

The guest profile is for individual settings that

are stored in none of the three personal pro‐

files.

2. "Profiles"

3. "Export profile"

4. BMW Online: "BMW Online"

USB interface: "USB device"

Using iDrive:

1. "Settings"

2. "Profiles"

3. "Guest"

Importing profiles

Profiles exported via BMW Online can also be

imported via BMW Online.

The guest profile cannot be renamed. It is not

assigned to the current remote control.

Profiles stored on a USB storage device can be

imported via the USB interface.

Renaming profiles

A personal name can be assigned to every pro‐

file to avoid confusion between the profiles.

Existing settings are overwritten with the im‐

ported profile.

Using iDrive:

1. "Settings"

2. "Profiles"

3. "Import profile"

The active profile is selected.

3. Open "Options".

4. "Rename current profile"

4. BMW Online: "BMW Online"

USB interface: "USB device"

Display profile list during start

The profile list can be displayed during each

start to select the desired profile.

Reset profiles

The settings of the profile currently in use are

reset to their factory settings.

Controls

Opening and closing

Using iDrive:

Only the driver's door and the fuel filler

flap are unlocked. Pressing again un‐

locks the entire vehicle.

1. "Settings"

2. "Profiles"

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"All doors"

3. Open "Options".

The entire vehicle is unlocked.

4. "Display user list at startup"

Tailgate

Using iDrive:

System limits

A clear assignment between the remote con‐

trol and driver may not be possible in the fol‐

lowing cases, for example.

1. "Settings"

2. "Doors/key"

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The passenger unlocks the vehicle with his

or her own remote control, but another

person is driving.

Select the symbol.

4. Select the desired function:

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"Tailgate"

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The driver unlocks the vehicle via Comfort

Access and has multiple remote controls

with him or her.

The tailgate is opened.

"Tailgate + door(s)"

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The tailgate is opened and the doors

unlocked.

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The driver changes, but the vehicle is not

locked and unlocked.

Multiple remote controls are located out‐

side of the vehicle.

Confirmation signals from the vehicle

Using iDrive:

1. "Settings"

Settings

2. "Doors/key"

3. Deactivate or activate the desired confir‐

mation signals.

General information

Depending on your vehicle's equipment and

the country version, various settings for open‐

ing and closing are possible.

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With alarm system:

"Acoustic sig. lock/unlock"

These settings are stored for the driver profile,

refer to page 46, currently used.

Unlocking is signaled by one honk of

the horn.

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"Flash when lock/unlock"

Unlocking

Unlocking is signaled by two flashes,

locking by one.

Doors

Using iDrive:

Automatic locking

1. "Settings"

Using iDrive:

2. "Doors/key"

1. "Settings"

4. Select the desired function:

"Driver's door only"

Select the symbol.

2. "Doors/key"

3. Select the desired function:

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"Lock if no door is opened"

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