Controls and features -> Computer for Your BMW Z3 SUV First Generation (1995-2002)

70nClock  
Computer*  
Mode selection  
Time  
You can correct the time by pressing  
the buttons (arrows) with a sharp object  
such as a ball-point pen.  
You can call up the computer data in  
the display from ignition switch posi-  
tion 1 with the turn indicator lever.  
Press the button briefly to select the  
next display mode.  
The display is provided at ignition key  
position 1 or higher. In ignition key  
position 0, the time is displayed for  
approx. 8 seconds by pressing the  
button.  
Set the clock forward by pressing the  
right button; set the clock back by  
pressing the left button.  
In addition, you can display the time by Following a power loss, the clock auto-  
pressing the  
button.  
matically switches to the setting mode:  
the colon flashes. Two dashes are  
displayed for entering the hour.  
With the  
button, the calculations  
for average fuel consumption and  
speed are reset and begin again.  
 
Computer*  
71n  
To enter the time  
Setting the 12-hour or 24-hour  
mode  
Enter the numbers for hours and  
minutes by pressing the  
button.  
Press and hold the  
simultaneously for approx. 1 second.  
Then press the button. Now, the  
buttons  
Enter the hour first. Each time the  
button is pressed, the hour display  
increases by one. Pressing and holding mode changes from 12 to 24 hours  
the button starts the rapid advance.  
whenever you press the  
button.  
Confirm the time set with the  
button. Now enter the minutes when  
two zeros appear.  
When you select the 12-hour mode,  
AM or PM will appear on the right-hand  
side of the display panel.  
Enter the minutes in the same manner  
as the hours.  
The last mode selected is adopted  
when you press  
or automatically  
stored approx. 5 seconds after the last  
setting.  
Outside temperature  
Press the save button  
: the time is  
If the outside temperature drops to  
approx. +37.5 7 (+3 6), a warning  
signal sounds (ice warning). The  
started exactly on the second. The  
colon stops flashing.  
temperature display appears automati-  
cally and flashes for 8 seconds.  
To reset the time  
Press and hold the  
button for  
The warning is repeated whenever the  
temperature has reached at least  
+43 7 (+6 6) and then drops to  
+37.5 7 (+3 6) again.  
approx. 3 seconds: enter the hour when  
the colon begins to flash.  
Enter the numbers by pressing the  
button in the same manner as when  
entering the time.  
The ice warning does not alter the  
fact that surface ice can form at  
temperatures above +37.5 7 (+3 6),  
on bridges or shaded road surfaces, for  
instance.<  
 
72nComputer*  
Average fuel consumption  
Estimated cruising range  
Average speed  
The calculation is made when the  
engine is running. Periods when the  
vehicle is parked and the engine is not  
running are not included.  
The computer bases its calculations of  
the cruising range on the previous  
driving style and on the remaining fuel. included in the calculation.  
Periods when the vehicle is parked and  
the engine is switched off are not  
When three dashes flash in the display, At speeds below 100 mph or 100 km/h,  
New calculation:  
When this function has been activated  
the cruising range is below 9 miles  
(15 km). You should refuel as soon as  
possible.  
the display includes decimals.  
New calculation:  
When this function has been activated  
and you press the  
button, the fuel  
consumption is recalculated from that  
point in time.  
Refueling is registered by the computer and you press the  
with the ignition key in position 1 or  
higher.  
button, the  
average speed is recalculated from that  
point in time.  
If the vehicle has been parked at  
an angle, the cruising range  
cannot be displayed accurately. The  
display will be corrected while the  
vehicle is moving.<