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EnglishEntertainment for your BMW 6 Series 2003-2010
Entertainment
Operation of the radio and CD
as well as their tone settings
are described in this chapter.
On/off and tone
The following equipment has shared con-
trols and setting options:
Equipment with two drives:
> Radio Business
> CD player
> CD changer*.
Controls
The audio sources can be operated using:
> Buttons on the CD player
> Control Center
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Sound output for Entertainment on/off,
volume
> Buttons on the steering wheel, refer to
page 11.
> Press: switch on/off.
When you switch on, the last set
radio station or CD track is played
Buttons on CD player
> Turn: adjust volume
Drive for audio CD
Eject CD
The layout of the buttons can vary depend-
ing on your vehicle's equipment.
2
3
4
Equipment with single drive:
Station scan/track scan
> Change radio station
> Select track for CD player and
CD changer
5
Drive for navigation DVD
Operation using Control Center
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Press button.
The start menu is opened
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Adjusting volume
Turn button 1 until the desired volume has
been reached.
Depending on which key you have used to
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is
applied.
Adjusting tone
2. Move the controller backwards to open
"Entertainment".
You can alter various tone settings, e.g. tre-
ble and bass, or the speed-dependent vol-
ume. This changes the setting for all audio
sources.
Depending on which key you have used to
open the vehicle, the last settings are
applied.
Changing tone settings
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
You have the following choices:
1. Press button.
> "FM" or "AM": radio reception
> "WB": calling up Weather Band station
> "SAT": selecting satellite radio
The start menu is opened
> "CD": selecting CD player or CD
changer
> "Set": depending on each audio source,
other settings can be made, e.g. on the
radio: updating stations with best
reception, storing stations, setting the
tone, playing stations.
Switching on/off
2. Press the controller to open the menu
To switch the sound output for Entertain-
ment on/off:
Press button 1 on the CD player.
3. Select "Entertainment settings" and
press the controller
This symbol on the Control Display
indicates that sound output is switched off.
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4. Select "Audio" and press the controller.
Speed-dependent volume
The speed-dependent volume control
automatically increases the volume with
increasing speed. You can set various
stages for the increase in volume.
1. Select "Speed volume" and press the
controller
The tone settings can also be selected if
you have opened "Entertainment":
Select "Set" or "Tone" and press the con-
troller.
Treble and bass
1. Select "Treble / Bass" and press the
controller
2. Turn the controller. The adjustment is
applied; the field can be changed.
2. Move the controller to the left or right to
select "Treble" or "Bass"
Professional LOGIC7 HiFi System*
You can select a spatial sound effect that
improves the spatial acoustics in all fre-
quency ranges.
1. Select "LOGIC7" and press the control-
ler
3. Turn the controller until the desired set-
ting is selected.
Balance and fader
You can set the right/left and front/rear
volume balance in the same manner as
"Treble / Bass".
2. Select "Concert hall" and press the
controller.
LOGIC7 spatial sound is switched on.
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Resetting tone settings
You can reset all tone settings except
"Speed volume" to the standard default
settings.
1. Open the start menu
2. Press the controller to open the menu
3. Select "Entertainment settings" and
press the controller
4. Select "Audio" and press the controller
5. Select "Reset" and press the controller.
To switch off spatial sound:
Select "Off" and press the controller.
LOGIC7 and the LOGIC7 logo are regis-
tered trade marks of Lexicon, Inc., a com-
pany of the Harman International Group.
Equalizer*
You can set individual sound frequency
ranges:
1. Select "Equalizer" and press the con-
troller
2. Move the controller to the left or right to
select the desired frequency range
3. Turn the controller until the desired set-
ting is selected.
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Radio
Your radio provides reception of the FM
and AM wavebands.
Listening to the radio
4. Press the controller.
Stations are shown on the Control Display
on the basis of various selection criteria,
e.g. "Presets".
If no station is displayed, update the sta-
tions with the best reception, refer to
page 132.
Press the button if the sound output is
switched off.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
Changing station
1. Press button.
The start menu is opened
Turn the controller.
In addition to the stations currently dis-
played, you can have stations with another
selection criterion displayed.
You can choose from the following selec-
tion criteria:
2. Move the controller backwards to open
"Entertainment"
> "Autostore":
The six strongest stations, refer to
page 132
3. Select "FM" or "AM"
> "Presets":
Stations you have stored, refer to
page 132.
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To change between these different selec-
tion criteria of stations:
To stop the scan:
1. Press the controller once again
2. Select "Scan" and press the controller.
1. Move the controller forwards to change
fields
This cancels the scan search, and the radio
remains on the current station.
2. Select a selection criterion
Buttons on the CD player:
To start the scan, press the button for a
longer period.
To stop the scan, press the button briefly.
Selecting frequency manually
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
3. Press the controller.
1. Select "FM" or "AM"
2. Press the controller
Buttons on CD player
3. Move the controller forwards to change
fields
Briefly press the button for the correspond-
ing direction.
The system switches to the next displayed
station.
4. Select "Manual" and press the control-
ler
Playing stations, scan
The system automatically plays a brief
sample from each of the stations on the
current waveband.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Select "FM" or "AM"
2. Press the controller
5. Turn the controller to set a certain fre-
quency.
3. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
Buttons on the CD player:
4. Select "Scan" and press the controller.
In "Manual", you can set stations that are
received in addition to those displayed.
To start the scan, press the button for a
longer period.
The scan mode begins with the currently
selected frequency.
The system plays a brief sample from each
radio station.
Scan starts.
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To stop the scan at the desired frequency
or station:
Press button.
Storing stations
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
Updating stations with best
reception
1. Select "FM" or "AM"
2. Select the desired station.
"Set" has been selected
If you are on a longer journey and leave the
transmission range of the stations originally
set, you can update the list of stations with
the best reception.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Select "FM" or "AM"
2. Press the controller
3. Move the controller forwards to change
fields
4. Select "Autostore" and press the con-
troller
3. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
4. Select "Store" and press the controller.
5. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
"Presets" is displayed
6. Select "Autostore" and press the con-
troller.
5. Turn the controller until the desired
memory location is selected.
The number of the memory location
appears beside the name or frequency
of the station
6. Press the controller.
The station is stored.
The display of the stations with the stron-
gest reception is updated. The stations are
displayed based on their frequencies.
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The stations of the last selection criterion
are displayed once again after a short time.
Weather Band*
Weather Radio is a service of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration –
NOAA – of the U.S. Department of Com-
merce. Weather messages are repeated
every four to six minutes and are routinely
revised every one to three hours, or more
frequently if needed. Most of the stations
operate 24 hours daily. During severe
weather, National Weather Service fore-
casters can interrupt the routine weather
broadcasts and substitute special warning
messages. If you have a question concern-
ing NOAA Weather Radio, please contact
your nearest National Weather Service
Office, or write to National Weather Service
– Attn: W/OM11 –, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1325 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD. 20910.
Depending on which key you have used to
open the vehicle, other stored stations are
displayed.
Changing a memory location
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Select "Presets" and press the control-
ler
2. Select the desired station
3. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
4. Select "Store" and press the controller
Selecting Weather Band
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Select "WB" and press the controller
5. Turn the controller until the desired
memory location is selected.
The number of the memory location
appears beside the name or frequency
of the station
6. Press the controller.
The station is stored.
RDS Radio Data System
2. Select the Weather Band station and
press the controller.
RDS transmits additional information in the
FM frequency range. RDS stations have the
following properties:
It can occur that the Weather Band station
is not available in some regions.
> In the case of broadcasting networks
that transmit over a number of frequen-
cies, there is an automatic switch to the
frequency with the best reception qual-
ity
Satellite radio*
You can receive up to 100 different chan-
nels with high tone quality.
> If the reception conditions are good, the
station names are shown on the Control
Display. If the reception is weak or dis-
rupted, it can take some time before the
station names appear.
The channels are offered to you in pre-
defined combinations. To receive the chan-
nels of your choice, you must have this
combination enabled.
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You may experience signal drops and
muting events related to this new
technology.<
Enabling
1. Select a channel that has not yet been
enabled and press the controller.
A telephone number and the electronic
serial number, ESN, are displayed
Enabling or disabling channels
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
The electronic serial number is
required to enable or disable.<
1. Press button.
2. To have the channels enabled:
Dial the telephone number or, in the
case of equipment with two drives,
select the telephone number and press
the controller.
The start menu is opened
Disabling
1. Select an enabled channel and press
the controller
2. Move the controller backwards to open
"Entertainment"
3. Select "SAT"
1. Select "ESN" and press the controller.
A telephone number and the electronic
serial number, ESN, are displayed
The electronic serial number is
required to disable.<
2. To have the channels disabled:
Dial the telephone number or, in the
case of equipment with two drives,
select the telephone number and press
the controller.
4. Press the controller.
Selecting and storing channel
1. Select "SAT" and press the controller.
The channels are displayed.
These channels are enabled.
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Channels are shown on the Control Dis-
play sorted on the basis of various
selection criteria
6. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
7. Select "Play" and press the controller.
2. Select a menu item:
> "Presets":
Up to twelve channels you have
stored
> "All channels"
> "Categories":
All channels sorted by category, e.g.
news, jazz
Additional information
The name of the channel and additional
information on the current track are dis-
played, e.g. the name of the artist.
3. Press the controller
4. If "Categories" has been selected:
Select the desired category and press
the controller.
1
2
3
Artist
Track
Album*
Storing channel
1. Select desired channel
2. Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
The channels of this category are dis-
played
3. Select "Store" and press the controller.
5.
Select a channel marked with this
symbol
"Presets" is displayed
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4. Turn the controller to select a memory
location and press the controller.
The channel is stored. The stations of the
last selection criterion are displayed once
again after a short time.
Changing channel with buttons on
CD player
Briefly press the button for the correspond-
ing direction.
The system switches to the next enabled
channel.
Notes
When there is a signal blockage or the
transmission is suspended momentarily for
more than 4 seconds, a message appears
on the Control Display.
Service may be interrupted or
unavailable for specific reasons such
as environmental or topographic condi-
tions and others that Satellite Radio cannot
directly control.
Signal may not be available under tunnels,
in parking garages, next to tall buildings,
nearby trees with dense foliage, nearby
mountains or other possible strong sources
of radio interference.
Service should resume normally after the
source of signal unavailability has been
cleared.<
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CD player and CD changer
*
3. Select "CD" and press the controller
Listening to CDs
Starting CD player
4. On vehicles with a CD changer, select
"CD" and press the controller to start
the CD player.
Equipment with two drives:
The upper drive is for audio CDs.
Insert the CD with the labeled side facing
upwards.
Playback starts automatically if the sound
output is on.
Currently not available:
The CD player can also play CDs with an
MP3 content. Depending on the directory
and file structure, it may take up to 50 sec-
onds to read in the data.
To eject the CD, press the button on the
CD player:
To start playback when there is already a
CD in the drive:
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
The CD emerges slightly from the drive.
1. Press button.
Starting CD changer
1. Fill the CD magazine and insert, refer to
page 140
The start menu is opened
2. Control Center, for principle details,
refer to page 16:
Press button.
The start menu is opened
2. Move the controller backwards to open
"Entertainment"
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3. Move the controller backwards to open
"Entertainment"
If you have a CD with MP3 content:
1. Select directory if necessary
4. Select "CD" and press the controller
5. Select the desired CD and press the
controller.
2. Select the music track and press the
controller
At the end of the last track, the next CD will
be selected.
If new CDs have been placed in the CD
magazine, playback starts with the lowest
CD, e.g. CD 1, track 1.
The CD magazine's load status is indicated
on the Control Display.
3. Select "play" and press the controller.
Selecting a track
To change the directory:
Select directory and press the controller.
Buttons on the CD player:
Press the button for the corresponding
direction repeatedly, continuing until you
reach the desired track on the current CD.
The CD will start play at the start of the
track. The track is displayed on the Control
Display.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
To exit the menu:
Select
Select a track by turning the controller.
and press the controller.
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The current music track on the CD is
repeated.
Repeating a track
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
To stop repetition:
Press the controller, select "repeat track"
and press the controller.
1. Select "Set" and press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
Track sample scan
The system automatically plays a brief
sample from each of the tracks on the cur-
rent CD.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Select "Set" and press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
2. Select "Repeat" and press the control-
ler.
2. Select "Scan" and press the controller.
To stop the scan:
1. Press the controller once again
2. Select "Scan" and press the controller.
This cancels the scan, and the selected
track remains.
If you have a CD with MP3 content:
1. Select the current music track and
press the controller
2. Select "scan directory" and press the
controller.
The current music track on the CD is
repeated.
The system automatically plays a brief
sample from each of the tracks in the cur-
rent directory.
To stop repetition:
Press the controller, select "Repeat" and
press the controller.
To stop the scan:
If you have a CD with MP3 content:
1. Press the controller once again
2. Select "scan directory" and press the
controller.
This cancels the scan, and the selected
track remains.
1. Select the current music track and
press the controller
2. Select "repeat track" and press the
controller.
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Random play sequence
CD magazine
In this mode, the music tracks on the cur-
rent CD are played once in a random
sequence.
Control Center, for principle details, refer to
page 16:
1. Select "Set" and press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed
2. Select "Random" and press the control-
ler.
To stop the random mode:
Press the controller, select "Random" and
press the controller.
The BMW CD changer for six CDs is
installed in the glove compartment.
Removing CD magazine
If you have a CD with MP3 content:
To insert or remove CDs from the CD mag-
azine 1, you must first remove it from the
CD changer:
1. Select the current music track and
press the controller
2. Select "random directory" and press
the controller.
1. Press button 2.
The CD magazine 1 is ejected
In this mode, the music tracks in the current
directory are played once in a random
sequence.
2. Remove the CD magazine.
Inserting/removing CDs from
CD magazine
To stop the random mode:
Press the controller, select "random direc-
tory" and press the controller.
Fast forward/reverse
Buttons on the CD player:
Press and hold the button for the corre-
sponding direction.
The tracks can be heard, but the sound is
distorted.
When inserting or removing CDs, remem-
ber to always only grasp them on the edge,
taking care to avoid touching the data side
with its mirror finish.
To insert:
Insert the CD in a CD slot with the labeled
side facing upwards.
To remove:
Pull out the desired drawer, refer to arrow,
and remove the corresponding CD.
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Inserting CD magazine
Malfunctions
To prevent illegal CD copying, manufactur-
ers often use copy protection. This can
mean than some CDs cannot be played or
only to a limited extent. In this case, please
contact the CD dealer or manufacturer.
You may experience playback problems,
such as skips, when using CD-Rs/CD-RWs
that you have copied at home.
If the CD that you have loaded in the drive
does not play, check to ensure that the CD
has been inserted correctly and inspect it
for signs of defects.
Push in the CD magazine as far as possible
in the direction of the arrow.
High levels of humidity can lead to conden-
sation on the laser's scan lens and tempo-
rarily prevent it from reading the CD.
Keep CDs away from magnetic fields as
created, e.g., by loudspeakers.
The CD changer automatically reads in the
inserted CDs and is then ready for opera-
tion.
Always hold CDs by the edges; do not
touch the reflecting CD memory surface.
Notes
For correct playback of MP3 content, the
MP3 data should have been produced with
the Fraunhofer codec.
Good playback quality is achieved with a
data transfer rate of 192 kBit/s, however it
should be at least 128 kBit/s.
Care instructions
You can find everything you need to know
on this topic by consulting the Caring for
your vehicle brochure.
Safety notes
The BMW CD drives are Class 1 laser
products. Do not operate if the cover
is damaged, otherwise severe eye damage
can result.
Do not use self-recorded CDs with labels
applied as these can become detached
during playback due to the development of
heat and cause irreparable damage to the
device.
Only use round CDs with a standard diam-
eter of 4.7 in/12 cm and do not play CDs
with an adapter, e.g. maxi CDs, as other-
wise the CDs or the adapter can jam and
may no longer be ejected.
Do not use a combined CD/DVD, e.g.
Plus
DVD
and is no longer ejected.<
, as otherwise the CD/DVD can jam
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