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Owner's Manual for your

BMW Business CD Car Radio.
For your listening enjoyment.

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This Owner's Manual is intended to familiarize you with the details of your BMW car
radio. In addition, we recommend that you read the instructions for using the car
radio in the vehicle Owner's Manual. In it, you will receive helpful information for
reception and playing quality.

We wish you an enjoyable listening experience.

BMW AG

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Notes on this Owner's Manual Should you sell your BMW at a later Symbols used
In order for you to use and enjoy your date, please remember to pass this These sections contain vital infor-
car radio with a minimum of delay, the Owner's Manual on to the next owner – mation – please read the accom-
first chapter contains an overview of the it represents a legally-required element panying text passages carefully, both
displays and controls, as well as infor- of the vehicle. for your own safety and to prevent
mation about frequently used functions. damage to your vehicle or to your car
Status at time of printing radio.<
You will find specific topics most
quickly by referring to the "Index" at the The advanced technological features
end of the manual, while information and high quality standard of BMW These passages contain informa-
concerning the technology and the care equipment are maintained by an ongo- tion on special and unique fea-
of this unit may be found in the chapter ing development process. This may tures of your vehicle.<
on "Technical features in detail." lead to discrepancies between the in-
formation in this Owner's Manual and < Indicates the end of a note.
The car radio and the instructions can
the actual equipment installed in or on
be regarded as a single unit: Whenever
the car. Nor can errors and omissions * Indicates special equipment, country-
the radio itself guides you through the
be entirely ruled out. You are therefore specific equipment and optional extras.
various functions, these details are not
asked to appreciate that no legal claims
repeated in the manual. The same ap-
can be entertained on the basis of the If you have additional questions, your
plies to self-explanatory screen dis-
data, illustrations or descriptions in this BMW center will be glad to advise you.
plays.
manual.

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Displays and controls 4 Overview

Displaying the time 7

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Sound quality 7
Operation from the MFL 8

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4 Displays and controls

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1 Rotary knob for volume adjustments

and On/Off switch:

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> Press to turn the unit on and off
> Turn to adjust the volume for the
radio and CD
2 Display: Display for frequency band,
radio station for RDS stations,
program, frequency, CD functions
and volume adjustments

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3 CD compartment
4 Display of the variable key functions.
Assigned functions and selection
options are displayed above the key,
depending on the operating mode
5 Indicator lamp for anti-theft
protection

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6 Function key for radio and CD modes
7 Station keys for the radio mode.

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CD direct selection keys in the CD
changer mode.

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6 Displays and controls
Listening to the radio Searching for a track or a station Changing modes

Changing the frequency band: Search mode for radio and CD opera- Press right:
FM: With each touch actuation, you can tion. To switch from the radio mode to the
change between the FMI, FMII and FMA CD mode and to select between the CD
(AUTOSTORE) FM memory areas. and CD changer modes.
AM: With each touch actuation, you
can change between the AM and AMA Radio mode: Switch on the manual
(AUTOSTORE) AM memory areas. search mode with frequency display. CD ejection
Each actuation of the search mode keys
RDS* PTY changes the frequency in specifically- Adjusting sound quality
defined increments.
CD mode: Switch on the manual search
Press left: mode.
Call up sound quality adjustment and
Switches the RDS function on/off. You can initiate fast forward or reverse
select between: bass, treble, fader,
by pressing the search mode keys.
Press right. balance and flat.
The radio program type will be
displayed for a few seconds.
Press left:
SCAN search, switching on/off. Sound quality adjustment:
Station keys: Press left/right or continue to hold.
RND
There are 18 storage positions for
FM stations and 12 for AM stations.

CD mode:
Press left to switch Random play on/off.

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Displaying the time Sound quality 7

You can overlay the time in the radio Midrange settings for bass, treble, Changing the sound quality
display. fader and balance. The principle of sound quality adjust-

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ment is explained for changing the bass
tones.

Press left briefly. Press and hold for more than 2 seconds
Display: Display:
Press.

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Display:

When switching on the radio or when

switching over to another function, the
time briefly disappears. The current
To change the setting:
radio operating mode is shown in the

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display.
To clear the time from the display again:

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Press left/right or continue to hold.
To select the other sound quality set-
tings, press the respective center key.
Press left briefly.

To set clock, refer to the vehicle

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8 Operation from the MFL
You can perform the following radio and
CD functions safely and comfortably
from the multifunction steering wheel
(MFL).

Adjusting volume

Changing to the next station

or track

Change to the next station in the

selected frequency band (FMI, FMII,
FMA, AM and AMA) or to the next music
selection:
> Press briefly.
Fast search mode (radio) or fast
forward/reverse (CD):
> Press and hold the key.

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Selecting a station by name 10 Overview

Sampling and selecting 11

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Storing and retrieving a
station 11

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10nSelecting a station by name
When the RDS function is activated, Automatic PTY display: Automatic station selection
RDS stations will be displayed with their
names during FM reception. RDS* PTY

RDS* PTY Press left/right or continue to hold.

Press and hold right until "PTY-AUTO" The search mode begins with the
appears in the display. frequency that was last set. The search
Press left in order to activate RDS. mode is stopped as soon as a station is
For every change of station, or if the
RDS is displayed with an asterisk. located.
station changes the program type, the
type will appear automatically for a few
Call up PTY (program type) seconds in the display. Manual station selection
Some radio stations broadcast the sta- Switching off PTY:
tion's program type - news, sports, jazz,
etc. - via RDS (Radio Broadcast Data RDS* PTY
System). Press the "m" key:
"MAN" appears in the display next to
Call up PTY:
the frequency.
RDS* PTY Press and hold right until "PTY-MAN"
appears in the display.

PTY is also used for warnings in Press left/right or continue to hold.

Press right. the event of a catastrophic
Every actuation changes the frequency
The program type will be displayed for a occurrence. If the station broadcasts
in specifically-defined increments.
few seconds. this program type, "ALERT" appears in
the display.< If you press and hold the key, you can
If the specific station does not provide
rapid advance through the frequency
PTY recognition, "NO PTY" will appear
band.
in the display.

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With the SCAN search mode, you can Storing Retrieving

briefly play all stations in the reception You can store 18 FM stations and

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range. 12 AM stations.
The FM and AM reception ranges are Select the frequency band.
divided into different memory areas
Press left. (FMI, FMII, FMA and AMA) in order to
expand the storage capability.
Display:
Press the station key (1, for instance).

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Select the frequency band and adjust
the station.
If you wish to continue listening to the
station currently playing:

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Continue to press one of the station
keys until the station is heard once
Press left once again. again after a brief pause.

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The selected key number will appear in
the left of the display.

If this key had been previously as-

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signed, the old data stored there will be
displayed briefly, and then the new fre-
quency or the new program will appear.
Storing is completed when the station
which has been set can be heard again.

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12nStoring and retrieving a station
Automatic storing
You can automatically store the 6 stron-
gest FM and AM stations in the FMA
memory area for FM (AUTOSTORE)
and the AMA memory area for AM
(AUTOSTORE).

Press and hold left/right.

Display:

The system switches automatically to

the FM memory area (FMA) or to the AM
memory area (AMA). The station stored
under station key 1 will be retrieved.

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Starting and stopping 14 Overview

Music selection search 14

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Random Play 15
CD mode 16
Mode displays 16
CD changer 17
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14nStarting and stopping Music selection search
Starting If a CD changer* is installed in your ve- Selecting a CD
Switch the unit on: hicle, the following controls are avail-
able for its operation.

Press the key which corresponds to the

magazine compartment of the CD
Press right. changer (1...6) for the CD number you
wish, or press the CD key in order to
For example, you will see in the display:
return to the internal deck.
Press right once. The selected CD begins to play from
The CD mode is shown in the display. the first track. At the end of the last
After a few seconds, play will begin at track, the next CD will be selected.
the position where the CD was last in- In the internal CD deck mode, the CD
terrupted. The CD from magazine compartment 1 will be repeated from the first track.
Display: of the changer is played (play begins
If the messages CD CHECK, NO
with the first track - 01).
MAGAZINE, NO DISCS or HIGH TEMP
are displayed, refer to page 16.

Fast forward/reverse
Stopping The principle of fast forward and
reverse will be explained with fast
Switch to radio or switch the unit off.
forward as an example.

First press "m" and then press and hold

right until you wish to stop the fast
forward.

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Forward/reverse track search Sampling and selecting

RND*
The principle for the forward/reverse

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track search will be explained with the
forward track search as an example.
Press left briefly.
Press left. RND is displayed with an
You can briefly initiate play of all the asterisk.
tracks of the selected CD by using the
Display:
SCAN search mode.
Press right or press and hold until the

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desired track number appears in the Display:
display.

In the Random Play mode, the music

selections of all CDs will be played in a
When the end of the CD is reached, the random order.
selection on the first track will begin
The current number of the CD and of

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playing once again.
the track will be shown in the display.
To cancel the SCAN search mode:
The keys for the track search and for

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fast forward/reverse can be used during
Random Play. If you wish, you may skip
Press left briefly or select another over a selection which you do not want
function. to hear in this manner.
To exit the Random Play mode:

RND*

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Press left or select another function.

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16nCD mode Mode displays
Operating temperatures Precautions when using laser NO DISCS
equipment The magazine is empty.
Operate the CD changer only at The CD changer is a Class 1 laser NO MAGAZINE
temperatures from 32 7 to product. A magazine has not been inserted.
140 7 (0 6 to +60 6). Operation out-
CD CHECK
side this range may lead to malfunc- Do not remove the cover from the Appears when the contents of the
tions. housing. Do not operate the unit CD magazine are being read.
Even if the unit is switched off, it should with a damaged cover. If you do so,
not be exposed to temperatures out- HIGH TEMP
there is a risk of severe eye injuries
side a range of 13 7 to 185 7 (-25 6 The operating temperature is too high.
from the invisible laser beams.
to +85 6).< Once normal operating temperature has
Repairs or maintenance work must be
been reached again, play will be auto-
carried out by qualified service experts
Atmospheric humidity matically resumed.
only.<
A high level of humidity inside the unit CD
may cause the laser beam focusing lens A CD has been inserted in the internal
to fog over and prevent the CD from deck.
being played.

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Installation location
The BMW CD changer for 6 CDs is

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located in the luggage compartment.

Removing the CD magazine Loading/unloading CD magazine

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To open: Push the door to the right.
When adding CDs to or removing
them from the CD magazine, hold
them only at the edge and do not touch
the reflective sensing area.<

The CD compartments are numbered

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the same as the CD station keys.
To load CDs, slide them into a CD
Press the key: The magazine will slide

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compartment with the label-side facing
out and can then be removed. upward.
To unload, pull the slide out as depicted
in the illustration and remove the CD.
It is not recommended to play CD
singles with an adapter. The CDs or the
adapter could jam in the CD changer.

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Suitable magazines for CD singles are
commercially available.

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18nCD changer*

Inserting the CD magazine

> Slide the door to the right
> With the arrow pointing toward the
CD changer, push the CD magazine
fully in
> Close the door.

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Anti-theft protection 20 Overview

RDS (Radio Broadcast Data

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System) 20
Cleaning the unit 21
Handling CDs 21
Radio muting 21
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20nAnti-theft protection RDS (Radio Broadcast Data System)
The device has automatic anti-theft Receiving RDS stations
protection. Manual input of a security RDS (Radio Broadcast Data System) is
code or other entries are not required. a transmission and reception system in
the VHF (FM) range.
If a station that broadcasts RDS infor-
mation is received, the station name
appears in the display following an
evaluation of the RDS signals.
You can receive additional information
such as the program type (PTY) via
RDS.
However, the reception of RDS data is
only possible under favorable recep-
tion conditions. If reception is weak or if
there is interference, it may be some
time before a station name and PTY are
once again available.

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For cleaning, use a clean cloth which A CD has a protective coating on both As soon as you initiate or accept a tele-
has been moistened slightly with water. sides. In spite of this, take the following phone call, the radio volume is auto-

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precautions: matically switched to a lower level.
Do not use chemicals or house- > Always hold the CD at the outer Display:
hold cleansers. Keep fluids and edge, and avoid fingerprints or dust,
liquids of all kinds away from the ra- scratches or moisture on the reflec-
dio.< tive side of the CD
> Do not write on CDs or affix labels to
them

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> Every now and then, or before play-
ing, clean the CDs. To do this, wipe
the reflective (signal) side of the CD
with a suitable cleaning cloth (com-
mercially available), working in
straight lines from the center out-

CD
wards.

Do not use solvents or abrasive

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cleansers. Do not use the cleaning
agents or antistatic sprays which are
designed for use with records.<

> CDs which have condensed mois-

ture on them (from large temperature
differences, for instance) may not
function properly when they are

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Everything from A to Z 24 Overview

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Everything from A to Z
A Cleaning agents 21 N Station
Adjusting volume 8 Cleaning the unit 21 NO DISCS 16 retrieving 11
AM 11 Controls 4 NO MAGAZINE 16 storing 11
AMA 11 Notes on this Owner's Station keys 5
Anti-theft protection 20 D Manual 2 Symbols used in this
Automatic anti-theft Displays 4, 5 manual 2
protection 20 O
Automatic station selection F Operating 16 T
multifunction steering Operating temperatures 16 Temperature range 16
Fast search mode 8
wheel 8 Operation via the MFL 8 Time 7
FM 11
radio key 10 Track search 15
FMA 11
Automatic storing 12
P
AUTOSTORE 12
H Precautions when using
HIGH TEMP 16 laser equipment 16
C
Humidity 16
CD 18
R
CD changer 17, 18
installed position 17 I Radio muting 21
Indicator lamp for anti-theft Random Play 15
CD CHECK 16
protection 5 RDS - Radio Broadcast Data
CD compartment 5
System 20
CD ejection 6
K Repairs 16
CD handling 21
RND 15
CD magazine Keys 5
Rotary knob 5
inserting 17
loading/unloading 17 M
removing 17 S
Manual station selection 10
CD mode Sampling 11, 15
Mid-range settings 7
starting 14 Selecting a CD 14
Multifunction steering wheel
stopping 14 Selecting a station 10
(MFL) 8
Changing to the next Music selection search 14
station 8

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