Navigation -> Destination guidance for your BMW 6 Series 2003-2010

Destination guidance  
Starting destination  
guidance  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
1. Select "Navigation" and press the con-  
troller  
2. Select the destination from the destina-  
tion list and press the controller or enter  
a new destination, refer to page 110  
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Estimated time of arrival  
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Distance to the destination on the cal-  
culated route  
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Route criterion  
Switch voice instructions on/off  
During destination guidance, you can oper-  
ate other equipment using the Control Cen-  
ter at any time. You are informed of a  
required change in direction by means of  
voice instructions in good time prior to  
every intersection.  
3. Select "Start guidance" and press the  
controller.  
To exit the menu:  
Select  
and press the controller.  
Terminating/continuing  
destination guidance  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
indicates the current destination.  
1. Select the current destination and press  
the controller  
The destination guidance is started.  
indicates the current destination.  
After the route has been calculated, desti-  
nation guidance is indicated by arrows or a  
route map on the Control Display.  
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2. Select "Start guidance" and press the  
controller.  
Depending on which key you have used to  
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is  
applied.  
The destination guidance is switched  
off.  
Repeating and canceling voice  
instructions  
When you park the vehicle before reaching  
the entered destination, upon restarting  
you will see the question "Continue guid-  
ance to dest.?".  
With the programmable keys in the steering  
wheel, you can also make the following set-  
tings, refer to page 49:  
To restart destination guidance:  
Select "Yes" and press the controller.  
> Repeat the voice instruction  
> Cancel the voice instruction  
> Switching voice instructions on/off.  
Destination guidance  
through voice instructions  
Adjusting volume  
1. Repeat the last voice instruction, if  
required  
Switching voice instructions on/off  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
2. Turn the button during the voice  
instruction to select the desired vol-  
ume.  
1. Open the start menu  
2. Press the controller to open the menu  
3. Select "Display settings" and press the  
controller  
4. Select "Languages" and press the con-  
troller  
This volume is independent of the volume  
of the audio and video sources.  
Depending on which key you have used to  
open the vehicle, the last adjustment is  
applied.  
5. Select "Navigation voice instructions  
on" and press the controller.  
Displaying route  
You have the option of displaying various  
views of the route during destination guid-  
ance.  
Displaying arrow view  
1. Select "Navigation" and press the con-  
troller  
2. Select "Arrow display" and press the  
controller.  
The voice instructions are switched on.  
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The distances remaining to be traveled on  
each individual road and directional arrows  
are also displayed.  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
1. Select "Navigation" and press the con-  
troller  
2. Select "Route list" and press the con-  
troller.  
Displaying route map  
You can have your current position dis-  
played on a map. After starting the destina-  
tion guidance, the planned route is shown  
on the map.  
1. Select "Navigation" and press the con-  
troller  
2. Select "Map, facing north" or  
"Map, direction of travel"  
To exit the menu:  
Select  
and press the controller.  
Bypassing route sections  
During destination guidance, you can  
revise the navigation system's route rec-  
ommendations to avoid particular  
stretches of road. Enter the number of  
miles/kilometers that you want to travel  
before returning to the original route.  
3. Press the controller.  
At scales of less than 300 miles/500 km,  
you enjoy the option of deciding whether to  
orient the map to north or toward your cur-  
rent direction of travel. From 300 miles/  
500 km, the map always points toward  
north.  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
1. Select "New route" and press the con-  
troller  
Changing scale  
Turn the controller.  
On the Control Display, a scale display  
appears and the scale is changed.  
Displaying towns/cities and streets  
of route  
You can have the names of streets and  
towns/cities on your route displayed when-  
ever the destination guidance is active.  
2. Turn the controller to enter the desired  
number of miles/kilometers and press  
the controller.  
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To exit from the menu without changing  
the route:  
Select  
and press the controller  
3. "Calculate" is used to recalculate the  
route.  
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