Displays -> Head-up Display for your BMW 6 Series 2011-2017
Displays
Controls
5. Press the controller.
Brightness
Setting the brightness
6. Make the necessary settings for the month
and year.
To set the brightness of the Control Display:
The date is stored.
1. "Settings"
Setting the date format
1. "Settings"
2. "Control display"
3. "Brightness"
2. "Time/Date"
4. Turn the controller until the desired bright‐
ness is set.
3. "Format:"
4. Select the desired format.
The date format is stored.
5. Press the controller.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Language
Depending on the light conditions, the bright‐
ness settings may not be clearly visible.
Setting the language
To set the language on the Control Display:
Head-up Display
1. "Settings"
2. "Language/Units"
3. "Language:"
The concept
4. Select the desired language.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Setting the voice dialog
Voice dialog for the voice activation system,
refer to page 27.
Units of measure
This system projects important information
into the driver's field of vision, e.g., the speed.
Setting the units of measure
To set the units for fuel consumption, route/
distance and temperature:
The driver can get information without averting
his or her eyes from the road.
1. "Settings"
Display visibility
2. "Language/Units"
The visibility of the displays in the Head-up
Display is influenced by the following factors:
3. Select the desired menu item.
4. Select the desired unit.
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Certain sitting positions.
Objects on the cover of the Head-up Dis‐
play.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
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Sunglasses with certain polarization filters.
Wet roads.
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Controls
Displays
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Unfavorable light conditions.
Setting the brightness
If the image is distorted, check the basic set‐
tings.
The brightness is automatically adjusted to the
ambient brightness.
The basic setting can be adjusted manually.
On the Control Display:
Switching on/off
1. "Settings"
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Brightness"
4. Turn the controller.
When the low beams are activated, the bright‐
ness of the Head-up Display can be addition‐
ally influenced using the instrument lighting.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Press button.
Adjusting the height
On the Control Display:
Display
Overview
1. "Settings"
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Speed.
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Height"
Navigation system.
Check Control messages.
Selection list from the instrument cluster.
Driver assistance systems.
4. Turn the controller.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Some of this information is only displayed
briefly as needed.
Setting the rotation
On the Control Display:
Selecting displays in the Head-up
Display
On the Control Display:
1. "Settings"
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Rotation"
1. "Settings"
4. Turn the controller.
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Displayed information"
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
4. Select the desired displays in the Head-up
Display.
Special windshield
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
The windshield is part of the system.
The shape of the windshield makes it possible
to display a precise image.
A film in the windshield prevents double im‐
ages from being displayed.
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Displays
Controls
Therefore, have the special windshield re‐
placed by a service center only.
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