Language Setting

The current voice recognition systems do not offer the customer the option of changing the input language without expert assistance. The car has to be brought to the workshop, where BMW Service can change the language setting. The language is changed either by recoding or by replacing the appropriate control unit.

The new 7 Series BMW enables the customer to change not only the display language but also the input and output language of the voice activation system by means of iDrive.

The full range consists of eight languages:

• English (UK)
• French
• German
• English (US)
• Italian
• Spanish
• Dutch
• Japanese

All eight languages are saved on the hard disc.

Depending on the national-market specification, however, only three different languages are selectable with iDrive. The other languages can be activated by coding.

The menu item for changing the language setting is:

"Setting" - "Language/units".