BMW Bluetooth "ULF" Voice Command operational Videos

These below videos show the basic voice control functions of the BMW Bluetooth system offered by the bimmernav.com Bluetooth kit.  Please excuse the small video size and low compression audio, I tried to make these as small as I could for easy download files are between 2 and 4 MB each

Dial Number phone command Video

Dial Name phone command Video

Restaurant Current location navigation command Video

Gas Station at Current location navigation command Video

Parking Lot at Destination navigation command Video

Navigation voice command - Route Map

Navigation voice command - Save Current location

Navigation voice command - Scale 5 Miles

General Help - provides voice options Video

Navigation Help - provides voice commands for navigation Video

Phone Help - provides voice commands for phone Video

Notepad Help - provides voice commands for Notepad Video

The BMW Bluetooth system allows you to navigate the phone book on your "High" instrument cluster (cluster pictured below with a line of text at the bottom), navigation display, MID, or Radio display, using the steering wheel buttons, radio controls or navigation controls.  You can use the "FACE" button on your steering wheel to initiate voice recognition commands for phone voice tags, number dialing, notepad and navigation commands (if equipped).  If your steering wheel does not have the face button, but a picture of a PHONE, you can still use the button to accept and initiate a redial or dial from phone book but the pairing button will be the only way to initiate voice commands (although some users report the following in the 99 and newer model years with the PHONE picture on the steering wheel:  If the radio info is up on the instrument cluster, pressing the PHONE steering wheel button and holding for a few seconds will prompt voice activation. If phone info is up on the instrument cluster, pressing that same button will dial the last number called). You can use the R/T button on my steering wheel to toggle the control between radio and telephone .

BMW Bluetooth system operation without navigation with the "High" Cluster

Using the steering wheel controls or the radio controls, you can initiate voice commands, dial numbers from your phonebook, see call status or read SMS messages (ALL Phonebook and SMS features are phone dependant.  The Bluetooth phone must support this Bluetooth profile to operate correctly).  SMS is NOT supported at all on the first generation ULF module.  We only use the latest ULF modules available as they support the features detailed below. 

BMW Bluetooth system operation without navigation with the standard BMW Instrument Cluster

With the BMW standard instrument Cluster display, no line of text below cluster, you can use the R/T button to switch the from telephone to radio, up and down controls to scroll through the phonebook, and use either the FACE button on the steering wheel or pairing button to initiate the voice recognition or navigation or phonebook dialing.  Phone information using this instrument cluster are shown on the radio display.

Using the BMW Steering wheel controls to navigate the phonebook and activate voice commands

You can use the R/T button to switch the "High" Cluster display from up and down radio controls to phonebook controls, and use either the FACE button on the steering wheel or pairing button to initiate the voice recognition or navigation or phonebook dialing .

Pictures of the BMW Bluetooth operation with navigation

Using the navigation controls you can dial from the phonebook of your Bluetooth phone, call up last dialed numbers,  initiate voice commands, dial numbers from your phonebook, see call status or read SMS messages (ALL Phonebook and SMS features are phone dependant.  The Bluetooth phone must support this Bluetooth profile to operate correctly)   SMS is NOT supported at all on the first generation ULF module.  We only use the latest ULF modules available as they support the features detailed below. 

BMW ASSIST (BMW Onstar) is not supported with the BMW ULF module, although pressing the Emergency option will give you location details similar to the assist emergency functionality.  BMW Assist (BMW version of Onstar)  is only available with the 2005 and newer BMWs using a different computer system, and the X5 using the Bluetooth assist module that can not be retrofitted in older vehicles because of the lack of coding required to support this feature..