BMW 2012 3 Series M3 Сoupe User Manual

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At a glance

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Turn the controller until the desired menu
item is highlighted.

Press the controller.

Menu items in the Owner's Manual

In the Owner's Manual, the menu items that
should be selected are depicted in quotation
marks, e.g. "Settings".

Changing between panels

After a menu item is selected, e.g. "Radio", a
new panel is displayed. Panels can overlap.

Move the controller to the left.
The current panel is closed and the previ-
ous panel is displayed.
Pressing the BACK button reopens the pre-
vious panel. This does not close the current
panel.

Move the controller to the right.
A new panel is opened and laid over it.

White arrows pointing to the left or right indi-
cate that additional panels can be opened.

View of an opened menu

When you open a menu, generally the panel last
selected in this menu is displayed. To display
the first panel of the menu:

Move the controller to the left repeatedly
until the first panel is displayed.

Press the menu's button twice on the con-
troller.

Open the Options menu

Press the button.

The "Options" menu is displayed.

Another possibility: move the controller to the
right repeatedly until the "Options" menu
appears.

Options menu

The "Options" menu is composed of different
areas:

Screen settings, e.g. "Split screen".
The region remains unchanged.

Control options for the selected main menu,
e.g. "Radio".

Other control options for the selected
menu, for example "Store station".