BMW 328xi Sports Wagon 2008 User Manual

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The Ultimate

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Contents

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Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 0 014 254 - © 08/07 BMW AG

This manual is related to the following products:

328i Sports Wagon 2008 335xi Sedan 2008 335i Sedan 2008 328xi Sedan 2008 328i Sedan 2008 2008 3 Series Sport Wagon 2008 3 Series Sedan

Table of contents

Document Outline

Notes
- Using this Owner's Manual
- Symbols used
- The individual vehicle
- Editorial notice
- For your own safety
- Service and warranty
Cockpit
- Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
- Instrument cluster
- Indicator and warning lamps
- Around the center console: controls and displays
iDrive
- Controls
- Menu overview
- Operating principle
- Status information
- Assistance window*
- Switching Control Display off/on
- Programmable memory keys
Voice command system
- The concept
- Saying commands
- Notes
Opening and closing
- Keys/remote controls
- Personal Profile
- Central locking system
- Opening and closing: Using the remote control
- Opening and closing: Using the door lock
- Opening and closing: From inside
- Luggage compartment lid/ tailgate
- Alarm system*
- Convenient access*
- Windows
- Sedan: glass roof*, electric
- Sports Wagon: Panorama glass roof*
Adjustments
- Sitting safely
- Seats
- Head restraints
- Heated seats*
- Seat and mirror memory*
- Safety belts
- Mirrors
- Steering wheel
Transporting children safely
- The right place for children
- Installing child-restraint systems
- LATCH child-restraint fixing system
- On journeys
Driving
- Ignition lock
- Start/stop button
- Starting the engine
- Switching off the engine
- Parking brake
- Manual transmission
- Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
- Turn signals/ headlamp flasher
- Wiper system
- Washer fluid
- Cruise control*
- Active cruise control*
Everything under control
- Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
- Tachometer
- Coolant temperature
- Energy Control*
- Engine oil temperature*
- Fuel gauge
- Computer
- Settings and information
- Units of measure
- Service requirements
- Clock
- Date
- Check Control
- Speed limit
- Stopwatch
- Altering settings
Technology for driving comfort and safety
- PDC Park Distance Control*
- Driving stability control systems
- Drive-off assistant
- Flat Tire Monitor FTM*
- Tire Pressure Monitor TPM*
- Active steering*
- Brake Force Display
- Airbags
Lamps
- Parking lamps/low beams
- Adaptive Head Light*
- High beams/roadside parking lamps
- Fog lamps*
- Instrument lighting
- Interior lamps
Climate
- Automatic climate control
- Parked car ventilation
Practical interior accessories
- Integrated universal remote control*
- Digital compass*
- Roller sun blinds*
- Glove compartment
- Center armrest
- Storage compartments inside the vehicle
- Cup holders
- Ashtray, front
- Ashtray, rear
- Connecting electrical appliances
- Sedan: Through-loading system*
- Sports Wagon: Cargo bay
- Storage compartments inside the cargo bay
- Folding up the floor panel
- Lashing eyes
- Ski bag*
Things to remember when driving
- Break-in period
- Saving fuel
- General driving notes
- Cargo loading
- Roof-mounted luggage rack*
Starting the navigation system
- Navigation DVD
- Display in the assistance window
Destination entry
- Opening navigation
- Entering a destination manually
- Entering a destination by voice commands*
- Map-guided destination selection
- Selecting destination using information
- Destination list
- Address book
- Route selection
- Word-matching principle
Destination guidance
- Starting destination guidance
- Terminating/continuing destination guidance
- Route display
- Destination guidance through voice instructions
- Changing a route
- Traffic information*
- Displaying current position
What to do if …
On/off and settings
- Controls
- Switching on/off
- Adjusting volume
- Tone control
Radio
- Listening to the radio
- Storing stations
- RDS Radio Data System
- High Definition Radio*
Satellite radio
- Enabling or disabling channels
- Selecting and storing a channel
CD player and CD changer
- Listening to CDs
- Selecting a track
- Sampling tracks, Scan
- Repeating tracks
- Random play sequence
- Fast forward/reverse
- CD magazine
- Notes
AUX-In port
- Connecting
- Starting audio playback
USB-audio interface
- Connecting
- Starting audio playback
- Selecting a track
- Repeating tracks
- Random play sequence
- Fast forward/reverse
- Notes
Telephoning
- The concept
- Using the telephone inside the vehicle
- Suitable mobile phones
- Care instructions
- Operating options
- Start-up
- Operation via iDrive
- Switching between mobile phone and hands-free system
- Operation by voice commands*
- Notes
- Inserting/removing snap-in adapter
BMW Assist
- Requirements
- Offered services
- Using services
- Adapting BMW Assist
- Displaying vehicle data
Refueling
- Fuel filler door
- Fuel specifications
Wheels and tires
- Tire inflation pressures
- Tire identification marks
- Tire condition
- Run-Flat Tires
- New wheels and tires
- Snow chains*
Under the hood
- Hood
- Important parts of the engine compartment
- Engine oil
- Coolant
Maintenance
- BMW Maintenance System
- Socket for On-Board Diagnosis OBD
- Care
Replacing components
- Onboard tool kit
- Wiper blades
- Lamps and bulbs
- Changing wheels
- Vehicle battery
- Fuses
Giving and receiving assistance
- Emergency Request*
- Roadside Assistance
- First aid pouch*
- Warning triangle*
- Jump starting
- Tow-starting, towing away
Technical data
- Engine data
- Dimensions
- Weights
- Capacities
Short commands for the voice command system
Everything from A - Z
- Index