Product Marketing

BMW (UK) Ltd

July 2008
Navigation system – BMW Professional Multimedia
Page 1 Product News – September 2008

In September 2008 option 609, BMW Professional Multimedia

Navigation system, will be revised on the following models:

– 1 Series
– 3 Series
– 7 Series

The updated system includes a new iDrive Controller with

shortcut buttons, together with a more intuitive iDrive menu
system.
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Navigation system – BMW Professional Multimedia
Page 2 Key Functionality Overview

The highlights of the new system are as follows:

– New iDrive Controller with more intuitive operation

– High resolution Control Display with vibrant screen
– Revised iDrive menu structure
– Interactive help with on screen description of function
– Built in hard disc drive for improved speed of operation and
data storage
– More detailed navigation map
– New navigation options and settings to enhance route planning
– Multimedia capability with 8GB storage for audio files
– Improved voice control
– New layout for Favourite buttons with new direct function
keys (model specific)
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Page 3 New iDrive Controller and Control Display

The new iDrive Controller now features shortcut buttons.

These provide access directly to systems which are regularly

used by the driver:

– CD / Multimedia
– Radio
– Telephone
– Navigation
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Page 4 New iDrive Menu Structure / Screen Navigation

The “turn-press-slide“ system previously used has been

enhanced.

From the Main menu a sub menu is selected by turning the

controller and pressing down. To then navigate to the sub menu
you then tilt to the right to open each further sub menu. This
opens a window on top of the last screen. Tilting to the left moves
back a screen.

Using any of the shortcut buttons (CD, RADIO, TEL, NAV) at any
point returns the user to the last screen used within that menu.

The other controller buttons function as follows:

– MENU Returns you to the Main menu

– BACK Back to the previous screen, for up to 30 steps
– OPTIONS Some sub menus have settings and specific
functions that can be set by using this button
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Navigation system – BMW Professional Multimedia
Page 5 Hard disc drive

The new system is hard disc based rather than running from a
DVD map. This provides the following benefits:

– Improved speed of operation

– Factory installed navigation map
– Storage capability for other data
– Single DVD Drive in dashboard

The navigation map can be updated by:

– Workshop programming system
– Loading an update disc in the DVD Drive
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Page 6 Navigation Enhancements – Route Planning

The new navigation map provides route planning enhancements:

– Full screen mode
– 3D perspective view
– Assistance window
– Height mode
– Night view
– Travel planner (multiple stop-off points along one route)

Full screen mode

showing 3D
perspective view
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Navigation system – BMW Professional Multimedia
Page 7 Navigation Enhancements – Assistance Window

The following changes have been made to the functionality

available within the Assistance Window:
– Zoom in / out separately from the main window
– With manual navigation destination entry, after input of several
characters, a wizard type list is displayed
– Any list containing locations will be displayed in a map in the
assistance window (eg. points of interest, traffic information)
– If a route is planned, the Assistance Window will highlight it,
making it easy to see where a location is in relation to the route
– Entertainment details allows you to display
details of the music you are currently playing
– When a destination is set the Road junction zoom
is an option that will show an enlarged graphic of
the junction exit on your planned route
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Page 8 Navigation Enhancements – Night View

You are now able to select a night view for the navigation map.
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Page 9 Navigation Enhancements – Travel Planner

The new navigation system can also be used as a travel planner to

plan routes with up to 30 stop-off points.

When you set-up a route you can freely insert new addresses into
anywhere between the start point and the destination.

When a stage destination is reached the navigation system

automatically sets the next destination.

You can also reverse the direction of the route and save routes
you have created for future use.
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Navigation system – BMW Professional Multimedia
Page 10 Multimedia Capability – Music Storage

The hard disc drive provides 8.0GB storage for audio files.

Music can be stored on the hard disc from three sources:

– Audio CD
– Data CD/DVD
– USB device in data port

Usable storage capacity on the hard disc in 7.6GB, this will hold
circa 2,000 songs at 128kbits/s.

Audio CD
– ‘Save music to car’ function ‘rips’ the music to hard disc drive
– Music is converted into a WMA file with a fixed data rate of
128 kbits/s and is saved on the hard disc drive
– Music can be played while the music is saved
– Audio CD’s ripped and saved to the hard disc drive are shown in
the music collection with a CD icon by the corresponding title
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Page 11 Multimedia Capability – Music Storage

Data CD/DVD
– ‘Save to vehicle’ function copies audio files from a data CD or
DVD to the hard disc
– MP3, WMA and AAC formats are compatible
– Audio copied to the hard disc drive is shown in the music
collection with a folder icon by the corresponding title

USB device
– ‘Import New Music (USB)’ function copies audio files from a
USB device to the hard disc
– MP3, WMA and AAC formats are compatible
– Audio copied to the hard disc drive is shown in the music
collection with a folder icon by the corresponding title
– The new navigation system includes a new USB data port
hidden in the glove box to import the music, this USB data port
cannot be used to play audio files
– You cannot import music to the hard disc drive from option 6FL
USB audio interface, located in the arm rest
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Page 12 Multimedia Capability – USB Data Port

The new USB data port in the glove box can be used export all of
the audio files from the hard disc drive, onto an external USB
device.

This facility is for the customer to use if the vehicle is to visit the
workshop, or if the customer is changing their vehicle.

Exported audio files can be imported back to the vehicle by

uploading via the USB data port.

Note:
It is not possible to play music files that feature copy protection,
although they will be copied to the hard disc drive from CD/DVD
or USB device.
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Page 13 Multimedia Capability – Audio Catalogue Search

The CD / Multimedia menu includes a sub-menu which allows you

to search the audio you have saved using the following criteria:

Genre / Artist / Album / Track

To enable use of this facility every audio file stored in the car must
be encoded with data (it is called the ID3 tag). This information is
not always available on an audio CD.

On the hard disc drive there is 4GB space allocated to a database

called Gracenote. This database is accessed when an audio CD is
ripped and the audio file is saved with the track data if it is
available.

There will be additional options for BMW ConnectedDrive

customers to supplement missing data. The Gracenote database
can also be updated during a workshop visit.
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Page 14 Additional Enhancements

Bluetooth telephone integration

The new system supports PIM services (Personal Information Manager.)

Future bluetooth handsets we recommend with PIM services

will transfer the phone’s contact data to the hard disc, this will
include contact addresses held in the phone memory.

The car will have a ‘Central address book’.

Information transferred by the phone will appear in all relevant
menus (phone menu, navigation address book and Contacts.)

Voice Control
Improved voice control (where fitted.)