BMW X5: Navigation Systems

NOTES ON HANDLING NAVIGATION COMPUTERS

All model series:

CAUTION: Risk of damage! The navigation computer must not be disconnected from the power supply while the LED on the computer remains lit (the LED goes out after approx.

1 minute).

NOTE: To ensure full operation of all the communications components, it is necessary in new cars to insert a Road Map CD in the navigation computer.

These functions will only be available again after a Road Map CD has been inserted. The mode preset at the factory is automatically reset when this CD is inserted.

Software installation:

The navigation software must be loaded with terminal 15 activated and the navigation system ready for operation.

Make sure there is a stable power supply. If necessary, connect a battery charger to the vehicle.

The charging operation must not be interrupted (terminal 15 remains activated).

When replacing navigation computer:

From E65/66:

• Carry out coding of navigation computer with aid of Diagnosis and Information System via "CIP".

  To E65/66:

• Carry out coding of navigation computer with aid of Diagnosis and Information System in path "1 Recoding".

E46 (with radio navigation) only:

When replacing navigation computer:

• Connect Diagnosis and Information System to vehicle.
• Switch on ignition.
• Select Coding/Programming.
• Select path "3 Coding ZCS".
• Select vehicle.
• Select path "4 Retrofitting".
• Select menu item "3 Instrument cluster".
• Select menu item "2 Language".
• Select the desired languages following the user prompting.
• Start coding of the instrument cluster.
• After the prompt from the Diagnosis and Information System "Now follow the instructions on the onboard monitor", insert the operating software CD.
• The following note appears from DIS CD 25 software (and higher):
  "With radio navigation insert the operating software CD in the computer and wait until it is ejected. Then follow the instructions on the display. This procedure takes several minutes".

NOTE: The ignition must not be turned off and then on again during this procedure.

The software is loaded when the operating software CD is ejected.

• Carry out coding of navigation computer with aid of Diagnosis and Information System in path "1 Recoding".

  If the software is updated at a later stage, the last step is omitted if the navigation computer is already configured for a navigation system (radio navigation or navigation system).

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