Ashtray, Lighter, Connecting electrical devices – BMW X3 xDrive30i 2009 User Manual

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Practical interior accessories

Clothes hooks

When hanging clothing from the hooks
ensure that it will not obstruct the driver's

vision. Do not hang heavy objects on the hooks.
If you do so, they could endanger passengers
during braking or evasive maneuvers.

Ashtray*

Emptying

Press the edge of the opened cover: the ashtray
moves up and can be removed.
On vehicles with the nonsmoker's equipment
package, the insert is removed in the same way.

Lighter*

Press in the cigarette lighter

The lighter can be removed as soon as it pops
out.

Hold or touch the hot cigarette lighter by
the knob only. Holding or touching it in

other areas could result in burns.
The cigarette lighter remains operational when
the ignition key has been removed. For this rea-
son, do not leave unsupervised children in the
vehicle.

Connecting electrical devices

You can use electrical devices such as flash-
lights, car vacuum cleaners, or the like with
power ratings of up to approx. 200 W at 12 V if
at least one of the following connection points

is provided. Avoid damage to the socket caused
by inserting plugs of the wrong shape or size.

To reduce the strain on the battery, do not
leave electrical devices connected with

the engine switched off.

Lighter socket

Remove cigarette lighter from its socket.
With the nonsmoker's equipment package the
socket is covered with a removable cap.

Power socket in cargo area

Fold the cover upward.

Connection for external audio

device

You can connect an external audio device, e.g. a
CD or MP3 player, and play the sound over the
vehicle speakers. You can adjust the volume
and tone via the car radio, refer to the separate
Owner's Manual for the radio or for the onboard
computer.

Connecting

Connection for audio playback:
1/8 in/3.5 mm jack