BMW 2009 X6 xDrive50i Owner's Manual

Destination entry

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Home address

You can store your current position or the cur-
rent destination as the home address in the
address book. This entry occupies the second
position in the address book.

Storing home address

Select "Address book" and press the con-
troller.

Change into the third field from the top.
Turn the controller until "Home address" is
selected and press the controller.

Select "Use current location as address", or
"Save current destination" during the desti-
nation guidance, and press the controller.

Select "Store in address book" and press
the controller.

Applying home address as destination

Select "Home address" and press the con-
troller.

Select "Start guidance" and press the con-
troller.

Changing home address

Select "Home address" and press the con-
troller.

Select "Edit address" and press the con-
troller. For operation, refer to Entering a
destination manually, page

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Selecting route

You can influence the calculated route by
choosing certain route criteria. You can change
the route criteria as often as you like while
entering the destination and whenever the des-
tination guidance is active.
The route is planned according to fixed rules.
The road type is taken into account, e.g.
whether it is a highway or a winding road. The
road types are stored on the navigation DVD.
As a result, the routes recommended by the
navigation system may not always be the same
ones that you would choose based on personal
experience.

Changing route criteria

Select "Navigation" and press the control-
ler.

Change into the third field from the top.
Turn the controller until "Route preference"
is selected and press the controller.

The various criteria are listed on the Control
Display.

Select a route criterion for the route:

"With highways"
Freeways and major traffic arteries are
given priority

"Avoid highways"
Freeways are avoided where possible

"Fast route"
The short traveling time, being a combi-
nation of the shortest possible route and
the fastest roads

"Short route"
Short route, irrespective of how fast or
slow progress will be