INTERFACES FOR MOBILE DEVICES.

Bluetooth is an industry standard that enables wireless communication between devices. Various functions are supported in Bluetooth profiles. Relevant profiles for your car include the “Handsfree Profile” and the “Phonebook Access Profile”. Further information on Bluetooth is available by clicking the link below:

You will find a list of mobile devices tested by BMW at www.bmw.com/bluetooth. Here you can also obtain detailed information on which functions of your mobile phone are supported in your vehicle as well as further notes on usage.

BMW recommends that you use the BMW tested mobile devices. Any mobile devices not listed should generally permit use of the basic functions but have not been tested by BMW.

Click on the link below to access check the compatability of a mobile device with your BMW.

The large number of devices appearing on the market makes a selection necessary. Before a mobile device can be included in the list, it has to undergo extensive testing with all mobile phone preparations installed in BMW vehicles. Once the tests have been passed, a device can be included in the list of mobile devices tested by BMW. BMW cooperates with all the leading manufacturers in order to include the latest mobile devices as soon as possible after their launch.

Telephone manufacturers implement the Bluetooth standard in different ways. As implementation of the Bluetooth standard differs between mobile devices and may change during the product life cycle of a model, limitations of function may occur in the vehicle for which the BMW Group is not responsible. In addition to the software status of a mobile device, the following factors may have an additional influence on compatibility: - hardware version of the mobile device – configuration of the mobile device (e.g. size of phonebook, power-saving mode) – operating status of the mobile device (e.g. battery charge, length of operation, degree of usage ...) – network and SIM card. For this reason, sporadic impairment of functions cannot be ruled out, even in the case of mobile devices which otherwise function reliably.

When the telephone system is switched on, it automatically looks for the mobile device last connected. If this is not found within a certain time period, the vehicle automatically looks for the next phone in the list of registrations. If necessary, the list will be scanned again.

Please try to set the volume via the controls of the vehicle. In other cases – depending on the mobile device used – changing the volume on the device itself may lead to an improvement.

As a general principle, the following classes of device are supported:

- Apple iPod and iPhone

- MP3 players and USB sticks (USB mass storage complying with the specification “USB Mass Storage Class”)

- MP3 players with Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)

The message “Device not supported” inside the vehicle indicates that the device in use belongs to an unsuitable class of devices. You will find further information here.

Up to four mobile phones may be registered in the vehicle, and you may use of one these at any given time – if your BMW vehicle supports music via Bluetooth, another device (mobile phone or a Bluetooth-capable audio player) can be connected with the vehicle at the same time.

Please click here to see whether the relevant function is possible with your mobile phone and vehicle equipment.

As a general rule, the data update is initiated as soon as the ignition is switched on. Please check the display on your mobile phone as well. It may require you to confirm the data transfer.

To find further information on this topic please click here

If the iPod should not be recognised by the USB audio interface, the following steps may help:

- plug and unplug Apple iPod

- is the Apple iPod connected with the right adapter cable?

- battery charge status of the Apple iPod?

- reset Apple iPod (support.apple.com/kb/HT1320).