BMW 550i Sedan 2008 User Manual

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The Ultimate

Driving Machine

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Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 0 014 240 - © 08/07 BMW AG

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This manual is related to the following products:

535xi Sedan 2008 535i Sedan 2008 528xi Sedan 2008 528i Sedan 2008 2008 5 Series

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/ direct selection buttons
Voice command system
- The concept
- Voice commands
- Notes
Opening and closing
- Keys/remote control
- Personal Profile
- Central locking system
- Opening and closing: Using remote control
- Opening and closing: from inside
- Doors
- Luggage compartment lid/ tailgate
- Alarm system
- Comfort access*
- Windows
- Glass sunroof*, electric
- Sports Wagon: Panorama glass sunroof
Adjusting
- Sitting safely
- Seats
- Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory*
- Head restraints
- Safety belts
- Seat heating*
- Active seat ventilation*
- Active seat*
- Mirrors
- Steering wheel
Transporting children safely
- The right place for children
- Installing child restraint systems
- On trips
Driving
- Ignition lock
- Start/Stop button
- Starting engine
- Switching off engine
- Handbrake
- Manual transmission
- Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
- Sport automatic transmission*
- 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
- Fuel gauge
- Computer
- Service requirements
- Check Control
- Speed limit
- Stopwatch
- Settings on Control Display
Technology for comfort, convenience and safety
- PDC Park Distance Control*
- Driving stability control systems
- Starting assistant
- Dynamic Drive*
- Sports Wagon: self-leveling suspension
- FTM Flat Tire Monitor*
- TPM Tire Pressure Monitor*
- Active steering*
- Brake force display
- Airbags
- Head-Up Display*
- BMW Night Vision*
- Leaving lane warning*
Lamps
- Parking lamps/low beams
- Adaptive Head Light*
- High beams/ roadside parking lamps
- High-beam assistant*
- Fog lamps*
- Instrument lighting
- Interior lamps
Climate
- Automatic climate control
- Parked car ventilation
Practical interior accessories
- Integrated universal remote control*
- Sun blinds*
- Glove compartment
- Center armrest, front
- Storage compartments
- Cup holders
- Ashtray, front
- Cigarette lighter, front
- Ashtray, rear
- Cigarette lighter, rear
- Connecting electrical devices
- Center armrest, rear
- Sedan: Through-loading system*
- Sports Wagon: cargo bay
- Ski bag*
Things to remember when driving
- Break-in period
- Saving fuel
- General driving notes
- Cargo loading
- Roof-mounted luggage rack*
Starting navigation system
- Navigation DVD
- Display in assistance window
Destination entry
- Entering a destination manually
- Entering destination via voice*
- Map-guided destination selection
- Selecting destination using information
- Destination list
- Address book
- Selecting route
- Word matching principle
Destination guidance
- Starting destination guidance
- Destination guidance, terminating/continuing
- Displaying route
- Destination guidance via voice instructions
- Bypassing route sections
- Traffic information*
- Displaying current position
What to do if …
On/off and tone
- Controls
- Switching on/off
- Adjusting volume
- Tone control
Radio
- Listening to radio
- Storing stations
- Automatically sorting stations*
- Weather news flashes*
- High Definition Radio*
Satellite radio
- Enabling or disabling channels
- Selecting and storing channel
CD player and CD changer
- Listening to CDs
- Selecting a track
- Sampling tracks, scan
- Repeating a track
- Random play sequence
- Fast forward/reverse
- CD magazine
- Notes
AUX-In connection
- Connecting
- Starting audio playback
USB/audio interface
- Connecting
- Starting audio playback
- Selecting a track
- Repeating a track
- Random play sequence
- Fast forward/reverse
- Notes
Telephoning
- The concept
- Using a phone in your vehicle
- Suitable mobile phones
- Care instructions
- Operating options
- Commissioning
- Operation via iDrive
- Changing between mobile phone and hands-free system
- Operation by voice*
- Notes
- Mounting/removing snap-in adapter
BMW Assist
- Requirements
- Offered services
- Using services
- Updating BMW Assist
- Displaying vehicle data
Refueling
- Fuel filler door
- Fuel specifications
Wheels and tires
- Tire inflation pressure
- Tire identification marks
- Tire condition
- Run-flat tires*
- New wheels and tires
- Snow chains*
Under the hood
- Hood
- Engine compartment
- Engine oil
- Coolant
Maintenance
- BMW maintenance system
- Socket for OBD Onboard Diagnostics interface
- Care
Replacing components
- Onboard toolkit
- Wiper blade replacement
- Lamps and bulbs
- Changing wheels
- Vehicle battery
- Fuses
Giving and receiving assistance
- Emergency request
- Warning triangle*
- First-aid kit*
- Roadside Assistance*
- Jump starting
- Tow-starting and towing
Technical data
- Engine data
- Dimensions
- Weights
- Capacities
Short commands of voice command system
Everything from A to Z
- Index