Owner's Manual for yourBMW Business CD Car Radio.For your listening enjoyment.

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This Owner's Manual is intended to familiarize you with the details of your BMW car radio. In addition, we recommend that you read the instructions for using the car radio in the vehicle Owner's Manual. In it, you will receive helpful information for reception and playing quality.

We wish you an enjoyable listening experience.

BMW AG

© 1999 BMW AGMunich, GermanyReprints, including exwith the express writtBMW AG, Munich, GeOrder no. 01 41 0 155 137US English X/99Printed in GermanyPrinted on environmentally friendly paper (bleached without chlorine, suitable for recycling).

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Should you sell your BMW at a later date, please remember to pass this Owner's Manual on to the next owner – it represents a legally-required element of the vehicle.

Status at time of printingThe advanced technological features and high quality standard of BMW equipment are maintained by an ongo-ing development process. This may lead to discrepancies between the in-formation in this Owner's Manual and

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1 Rotary knob for volume adjustments and On/Off switch: > Press to turn the unit on and off > Turn to adjust the volume for the

radio and CD2 Display: Display for frequency band,

radio station for RDS stations, program, frequency, CD functions and volume adjustments

3 CD compartment4 Display of the variable key functions.

Assigned functions and selection options are displayed above the key, depending on the operating mode

5 Indicator lamp for anti-theft protection

6 Function key for radio and CD modes

7 Station keys for the radio mode.

CD direct selection keys in the CD changer mode.

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FM: With each touch actuation, you can change between the FMI, FMII and FMA (AUTOSTORE) FM memory areas.

AM: With each touch actuation, you can change between the AM and AMA (AUTOSTORE) AM memory areas.

RDS* PTY

Searching for a track or a station

Search mode for radio and CD opera-tion.

Radio mode: Switch on the manual search mode with frequency display.

Each actuation of the search mode keyschanges the frequency in specifically-defined increments.

CD mode: Switch on the manual search

Press left:Switches the RDS function on/off.

Press right.The radio program type will be displayed for a few seconds.

Station keys:

There are 18 storage positions for FM stations and 12 for AM stations.

mode.You can initiate fast forward or reverseby pressing the search mode keys.

Press left:SCAN search, switching on/off.

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Press left briefly.

Display:

When switching on the radio or when switching over to another function, the time briefly disappears. The current radio operating mode is shown in the display.

Midrange settings for bass, trebfader and balance.

Press and hold for more than 2 secon

Display:

To clear the time from the display again:

Press left briefly.

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Operation from the MFL

You can perform the following radio and CD functions safely and comfortably from the multifunction steering wheel (MFL).

Adjusting volume

Changing to the next station or track

Change to the next station in the selected frequency band (FMI, FMII, FMA, AM and AMA) or to the next music selection:

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Fast search mode (radio) or fast forward/reverse (CD):

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Selecting a station by name

When the RDS function is activated, RDS stations will be displayed with their names during FM reception.

Press left in order to activate RDS.RDS is displayed with an asterisk.

Call up PTY (program type)Some radio stations broadcast the sta-tion's program type - news, sports, jazz, etc. - via RDS (Radio Broadcast Data System).

RDS* PTY

Automatic PTY display:

Press and hold right until "PTY-AUTO" appears in the display.

For every change of station, or if the station changes the program type, the type will appear automatically for a few seconds in the display.

Switching off PTY:

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actuation changes the frequency cifically-defined increments.

press and hold the key, you can advance through the frequency

Call up PTY:

Press right.The program type will be displayed for a few seconds.

If the specific station does not provide PTY recognition, "NO PTY" will appear in the display.

RDS* PTY Press and hold right until "PTY-MAN" appears in the display.

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If you wish to continue listening to the station currently playing:

StoringYou can store 18 FM stations and 12 AM stations.

The FM and AM reception ranges aredivided into different memory areas (FMI, FMII, FMA and AMA) in order toexpand the storage capability.

Select the frequency band and adjusthe station.

Continue to press one of the station keys until the station is heard once

Press left once again. again after a brief pause.

The selected key number will appearthe left of the display.

If this key had been previously as-signed, the old data stored there will displayed briefly, and then the new frquency or the new program will appe

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Storing and retrieving a station

Automatic storingYou can automatically store the 6 stron-gest FM and AM stations in the FMA memory area for FM (AUTOSTORE) and the AMA memory area for AM (AUTOSTORE).

Press and hold left/right.

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the FM memory area (FMA) or to the AM memory area (AMA). The station stored under station key 1 will be retrieved.

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the key which corresponds to the zine compartment of the CD er (1...6) for the CD number you or press the CD key in order to to the internal deck.

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internal CD deck mode, the CD repeated from the first track.

messages CD CHECK, NO ZINE, NO DISCS or HIGH TEMP

Starting and stopping Music selection search

StartingSwitch the unit on:

Press right once.The CD mode is shown in the display.

After a few seconds, play will begin at the position where the CD was last in-terrupted.

Display:

If a CD changer* is installed in your ve-hicle, the following controls are avail-able for its operation.

Press right.

For example, you will see in the display:

The CD from magazine compartment 1 of the changer is played (play begins with the first track - 01).

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Press right or press and hold until the desired track number appears in the display.

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Press left briefly.

You can briefly initiate play of all the tracks of the selected CD by using thSCAN search mode.

Display:

When the end of the CD is reached, tselection on the first track will begin playing once again.

To cancel the SCAN search mode:

Press left briefly or select another function.

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Operate the CD changer only at temperatures from 32 7 to

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Atmospheric humidityA high level of humidity inside the unit may cause the laser beam focusing lens to fog over and prevent the CD from

Precautions when using laser equipmentThe CD changer is a Class 1 laser product.

Do not remove the cover from thehousing. Do not operate the unit

with a damaged cover. If you do so, there is a risk of severe eye injuries from the invisible laser beams.Repairs or maintenance work must be carried out by qualified service expertsonly.<

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Removing the CD magazineTo open: Push the door to the right.

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The device has automatic anti-theft protection. Manual input of a security code or other entries are not required.

Receiving RDS stationsRDS (Radio Broadcast Data System) isa transmission and reception system inthe VHF (FM) range.

If a station that broadcasts RDS infor-mation is received, the station name appears in the display following an evaluation of the RDS signals.

You can receive additional information such as the program type (PTY) via RDS.

However, the reception of RDS data is only possible under favorable recep-tion conditions. If reception is weak or ithere is interference, it may be some

time before a station name and PTY areonce again available.

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> Do not write on CDs or affix labels to them

> Every now and then, or before play-ing, clean the CDs. To do this, wipe the reflective (signal) side of the CD with a suitable cleaning cloth (com-

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Do not use solvents or abrasive cleansers. Do not use the cleaning

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