Navigation -> Starting navigation system for your BMW 6 Series 2003-2010

Starting navigation system  
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Your navigation system can use satellites  
Opening navigation  
to ascertain the precise position of your  
vehicle and guide you reliably to any desti-  
nation you enter.  
Enter data only when the vehicle is  
stationary, and always obey the traffic  
regulations and road signs in the event of  
any contradiction between traffic and road  
conditions and the instructions issued by  
the navigation system. If you do not  
Navigation DVD  
Special navigation DVDs are required;  
these are available from your BMW center.  
observe this precaution, you may be in vio-  
lation of the law, and can endanger vehicle  
occupants and other road users.<  
Inserting navigation DVD  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
1. Press button.  
The start menu is opened  
1. Insert the navigation DVD with the  
labeled side up  
2. Allow approx. 8 seconds for the system  
to scan the data from the DVD.  
Removing navigation DVD  
2. Move the controller to the right to open  
"Navigation"  
1. Press button 1.  
The DVD is ejected from the navigation  
computer  
3. Select "Navigation" and press the con-  
troller.  
2. Remove the DVD.  
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Display in assistance  
window  
Displaying current position  
Control Center, for principle details, refer to  
page 16:  
You can display the route or the current  
position in the assistance window. This dis-  
play remains visible even if you switch to  
another application.  
1. Select "Navigation" and press the con-  
troller  
2. Select "Current position" and press the  
controller.  
1. Move the controller to the right to enter  
the assistance window  
The current position of your BMW is dis-  
played.  
2. Press the controller.  
Other menu items are displayed  
3. Select the desired view of the route or  
"Current position"  
If the navigation system is unable to identify  
a town or city, your current map coordi-  
nates will appear.  
4. Press the controller.  
To exit the menu:  
Select  
and press the controller.  
The contents of the assistance window is  
continually updated as you drive.  
You can also have the current position  
displayed on a map, refer to page 120.  
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