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BMW 325xi (2006 year). Instruction - part 10

Entertainment

Operation of the radio and CD equipment as

well as their tone settings are described in this

chapter.

Entertainment

On/off and settings

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On/off and settings

The following audio sources have shared con-
trols and setting options:

Radio

CD player

CD changer

Controls

The audio sources can be operated using:

Buttons near the CD player

iDrive

Buttons

on the steering wheel, refer to

page

Buttons near the CD player

1 Sound output for entertainment on/off, vol-

ume

Press: switch on/off.
When you switch on, the last set radio
station or CD track is played.

Turn: adjust volume.

2 Drive for audio CDs
3

Eject CD

Station scan/track search

Change radio station.

Select track for CD player and CD
changer.

5 Drive for navigation DVD

Operation via iDrive

iDrive concept, refer to page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Move the controller backwards to call up
"Entertainment".

You have the following choices:

"FM" and "AM": radio reception

"WB": Weather Band station

"SAT": satellite radio

"CD": CD player or changer

"Audio Aux": external audio device

"Set": depending on the audio source,
other adjustments can be made, e.g. with
the radio: update station with strongest
reception, store station, tone control, sam-
ple stations.

From another menu, you can switch
directly to the screen last displayed, refer

to Convenient call-up of menu items on
page

The selected audio source is stored for the
remote control currently in use.

Switching on/off

In order to switch the entertainment sound out-
put on and off:
Press button

1 on the CD player.

This symbol on the Control Display indi-

cates that sound output is switched off.

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Adjusting volume

Turn knob

1 on the CD player until the desired

volume is obtained.
You can also adjust the volume with buttons on
the steering wheel, refer to page

The setting is stored for the remote control cur-
rently in use.

Tone control

You can alter various tone settings, e.g. treble
and bass or the speed-dependent volume
increase.
The tone settings are applied to all audio
sources.
The settings are stored for the remote control
currently in use.

Changing tone settings

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Press the controller to open the menu.

Select "Entertainment settings" and press
the controller.

Select "Audio" and press the controller.

The tone settings can also be selected if you
have called up "Entertainment" in the start
menu:
Select "Set" and then "Tone", and press the
controller.

Treble and bass

Select "Treble / Bass" and press the con-
troller.

Move the controller to the left or right to
select "Treble" or "Bass".

Turn the controller until the desired setting
is selected.

Balance and fader

You can adjust the volume distribution in the
same manner as "Treble / Bass".

"Balance": left/right volume distribution

"Fader": front/rear volume distribution

Speed-dependent volume control

The speed-dependent volume control auto-
matically increases the volume with increasing
driving speed. You can set various stages for
the increase in volume.

On/off and settings

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Select "Speed volume" and press the con-
troller.

Turn the controller:
The adjustment is applied; the field can be
changed.

Professional LOGIC7 HiFi System*

You can select a spatial sound effect that
improves the spatial acoustics in all frequency
ranges.

Select "LOGIC7" and press the controller.

Select "Concert hall" or "Theater".

Press the controller.
LOGIC7 spatial sound is switched on.

To switch off the spatial sound effect:
Select "Off" and press the controller.
LOGIC7 and the LOGIC7 logo are registered
trade marks of Lexicon, Inc., a company of the
Harman International Group.

Equalizer

You can set individual sound frequency ranges.

Select "Equalizer" and press the controller.

Move the controller to the left or right to
select the desired frequency range.

Turn the controller until the desired setting
is selected.

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Resetting tone settings

You can reset all tone settings to the default
setting.

Open the start menu.

Press the controller to open the menu.

Select "Entertainment settings" and press
the controller.

Select "Audio" and press the controller.

Select "Reset" and press the controller.

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Radio

Your radio provides reception of the FM and AM
wavebands:

Listening to the radio

Press the button if the sound output is switched
off.
iDrive concept, refer to page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Move the controller backwards to call up
"Entertainment".

If necessary, move the highlight marker to
the uppermost field. Select "FM" or "AM".

Press the controller.

Stations are shown on the Control Display on
the basis of various selection criteria, e.g. "Pre-
sets".
If "Autostore" does not show a station in the AM
waveband or if the displayed stations are no
longer receivable, update the stations with the
strongest received signal, refer to page

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Changing stations

Turn the controller.

Buttons on the CD player

Press the button for the corre-

sponding direction.
The system switches to the next displayed sta-
tion.
You can also change the station with buttons on
the steering wheel, refer to page

Changing selection criteria

In addition to the stations currently displayed,
you can have stations with another selection
criterion displayed.
You can choose from the following selection
criteria:

"All stations":
Stations that can currently be received on
the "FM" waveband.

"Autostore":
The stations with the strongest received
signals in the "AM" waveband.

"Presets":
Stations you have previously stored, refer to
page

150

To change the selection criterion:

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Move the highlight marker to the second
field from the top.

Choose a selection criterion and press the
controller.

Sampling stations, scan

The stations on the current waveband are auto-
matically sampled in succession.

Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-
ler.
"Set" is selected.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "Scan" and press the controller.

Scan starts.
To stop the scan:

Press the controller.

Select "Scan" and press the controller.

This cancels the scan search, and the radio
remains on the current station.

Buttons on the CD player

To start scan, hold down the corre-

sponding direction button.
To stop scanning, press the button again.

Selecting the frequency manually

With "Manual" you can select stations that are
received in addition to those displayed.

Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-
ler.

Move the highlight marker to the second
field from the top.

Select "Manual" and press the controller.

Turn the controller to set a certain fre-
quency.

Updating stations with best reception

If on a longer journey you move out of the
reception range of the stations originally
received, you can update the list of stations
received with the strongest signals in the AM
waveband.

Select "AM" and press the controller.

Move the highlight marker to the second
field from the top.

Select "Autostore" and press the controller.
"Set" is selected.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

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Select "Autostore" and press the controller.

The display of the stations with the strongest
reception is updated. The frequencies of the
stations are displayed.

Storing stations

Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-
ler.

Move the highlight marker to the second
field from the top. Turn the controller until
the desired selection criterion is chosen
and press the controller.

Select the desired frequency or station.
"Set" is selected.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "Store" and press the controller.

"Presets" is displayed.

Turn the controller until the desired mem-
ory position is selected.
The number of the memory position
appears beside the name or frequency of
the station.

Press the controller.
The station is stored.

The channels of the last selection criterion are
displayed once again after a short time.
The stations are stored for the remote control
currently in use.

Changing a memory position

Select "Presets" and press the controller.

Select the desired station.
"Set" is selected.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

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Select "Store" and press the controller.

Turn the controller until the desired mem-
ory position is selected.
The number of the memory position
appears beside the name or frequency of
the station.

Press the controller.
The station is stored.

RDS Radio Data System

RDS transmits additional information in the FM
frequency range. If the reception conditions are
good, the station names are shown on the Con-
trol Display. Where reception is poor or in the
event of interference, it may take some time
before the station names will appear in the dis-
play.

Switching RDS on/off*

Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-
ler.
"Set" is selected.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "RDS" and press the controller.

RDS is activated.

Weather reports*

Weather Radio is a service provided by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA) of the US Department of Com-
merce. Weather reports are repeated every four
to six minutes and routinely updated in intervals
of one to three hours, or more frequently if nec-
essary. Most stations operate 24 hours a day. In
the event of storms, the National Weather Ser-
vice interrupts the routine weather reports to
broadcast special warnings. If you have any
questions regarding NOAA Weather Radio,
please contact your local National Weather Ser-
vice office. You can also obtain more informa-
tion from the Internet at www.nws.noaa.gov.

Calling up weather reports

Select "WB" and press the controller.

Select the station.

The station for weather reports may be unavail-
able in some regions.

High Definition Radio*

Many stations transmit analog as well as digital
signals. You can receive these stations digitally,
resulting in better sound quality.

Switching digital radio reception on

and off

iDrive concept, refer to page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Press the controller to open the menu.

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Select "Entertainment settings" and press
the controller.

Select "HD radio" and press the controller.

Select "Off" and press the controller.

Digital radio reception is switched on.

This symbol appears in the display when a

station is being received digitally.

Some stations do not transmit digital signals
simultaneously with analog signals. If you are
driving through an area in which digital signals
are not consistently received from the selected
station, the system switches between analog
and digital reception. This can result in repeti-
tions or interruptions. In such cases, it may be
advisable to switch off digital radio reception.

Updating digitally receivable stations

If on a longer journey you move out of the
reception range of the stations originally
received, you can update the list of stations
received with the strongest signals.

Select "FM" or "AM" and press the control-
ler.

Move the highlight marker to the second
field from the top.

Select "Autostore" and press the controller.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "Autostore

" and press the con-

troller.

The display of digitally receivable stations is
updated. This can take up to 2 minutes.

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Displaying additional information

With digital stations, additional information on
the current track can be displayed, e.g. the
name of the artist.

Select the station and press the controller.

Select "Details" and press the controller.

The information is displayed.

If another digital station is received after chang-
ing the station, the additional information will be
shown again after a short pause.

Satellite radio*

You can receive over 100 different channels
with high sound quality.
The channels are offered to you in predefined
packages. To receive the channels of your
choice, you must have this package enabled.

With this new technology, signal losses
can occur from time to time and result in

audio interruptions.

Enabling or disabling channels

iDrive concept, refer to page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Move the controller backwards to call up
"Entertainment".

Select "SAT".

Press the controller.

The channels are displayed.

These channels are enabled.

Enabling

Select a channel that has not yet been
enabled and press the controller.
A telephone number and the electronic
serial number, ESN, are displayed.

The electronic serial number is
required to enable or disable.

To enable the channel:
Dial the phone number.

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Disabling

Select an enabled channel and press the
controller.

Select "ESN" and press the controller.
The electronic serial number, ESN, is dis-
played.

The electronic serial number is
required to disable.

To disable the channel:
Dial the phone number.

Selecting and storing a channel

Select "SAT" and press the controller.

Channels are shown on the Control Display
sorted on the basis of selection criteria.

Select a menu item:

"Presets":
Up to twelve channels you have stored
previously.

"All channels":
All channels are displayed.

"Categories":
All channels, sorted by categories, e.g.
news, jazz.

Press the controller.

If "Categories" has been selected:
Select the desired category and press the
controller.

The channels of this category are displayed.

Select a channel marked with this sym-

bol.

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Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "Play" and press the controller.

Additional information

The name of the channel and additional infor-
mation on the current track are displayed, e.g.
the name of the artist.

1 Artist
2 Track

Storing a channel

Select the desired channel.

Press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "Store" and press the controller.

"Presets" is displayed.

Turn the controller to select a memory loca-
tion and press the controller.

The channel is stored. The channels of the last
selection criterion are displayed once again
after a short time.

Changing channels with buttons on CD

player

Press the

button for the corre-

sponding direction.
The system switches to the next enabled chan-
nel.

Notes

If no signal can be received for more than four
seconds, a message will appear on the Control
Display.

Under some circumstances, e.g. depend-
ing on environmental influences or topo-

graphic conditions, it may not be possible to
receive any signal. The satellite radio cannot
influence this.
A signal may not be available in tunnels or
underground garages, next to high-rise build-
ings, in the vicinity of trees, mountains or other
strong sources of radio interference.
Reception usually resumes as soon as the sig-
nal becomes available again.

CD player and CD changer

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CD player and CD changer

Listening to CDs

Compressed audio files*

CDs with compressed audio files, MP3s, can be
played by the CD player and CD changer.

Starting the CD player

The upper drive is for audio CDs.
Insert the CD into the drive with the labeled side
up.
Playback starts automatically if the sound out-
put is on. When playing CDs with compressed
audio files, it can take the CD player
approx. 1 minute to read in the data, depending
on the directory structure.
To start playback when there is already a CD in
the drive:
iDrive concept, refer to page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Move the controller backwards to call up
"Entertainment".

If necessary, move the highlight marker to
the uppermost field. Select "CD" and press
the controller.

If necessary, move the highlight marker to
the second field from the top. On cars with a
CD changer, select "CD" and press the
controller to start the CD player.

Playback starts automatically if the sound out-
put is switched on.

Starting the CD changer

Fill and insert the CD magazine, refer to
page

160

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Move the controller backwards to call up
"Entertainment".

If necessary, move the highlight marker to
the uppermost field. Select "CD" and press
the controller.

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If necessary, move the highlight marker to
the second field from the top. Select the
desired CD and press the controller.

At the end of the last track, the next CD is
selected and played.
If new CDs have been placed in the CD maga-
zine, playback starts with the lowest CD, e.g.
CD 1, track 1.
The CD magazine's load status is indicated on
the Control Display.

Selecting a track

Buttons on the CD player

Press the

button for the appropriate

direction as often as necessary until the desired
track on the current CD is reached.
The CD starts to play at the start of the track.
The track is displayed on the Control Display.
You can also change the track with buttons on
the steering wheel, refer to page

Via iDrive

Turn the controller to select a track.

Compressed audio files*

Select a directory, if appropriate, and press
the controller.

Select a track and press the controller.

Select "Play" and press the controller.

To change the directory:
Select the directory and press the controller.

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To exit from the menu:
Select the

arrow and press the controller.

Displaying information about the

track*

With compressed audio files, any information
about the current track that has been recorded
can be displayed, e.g. the name of the artist.

Press the controller.

Select "Details" and press the controller.

The information is shown for the current track.
The setting is stored for the remote control cur-
rently in use.

Sampling tracks, Scan

All tracks on the current CD are automatically
sampled once in succession.

Select "Set" and press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.

Select "Scan" and press the controller.

To stop the scan:

Press the controller.

Select "Scan" and press the controller.

Scan is interrupted and the selected track is
retained.

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