2006 BMW 6 Series Owner's Manual - Page 203
2006 BMW 6 Series Manual
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Giving and receiving assistance Giving and receiving assistance Emergency call Conditions for an emergency call: > Full mobile phone preparation package > BMW Assist is activated. Activating BMW Assist, refer to page 174. > Radio readiness is activated. > The car phone is logged on to a cellular telephone network. > The emergency call system is operable. When the contract for your BMW Assist plan expires, a BMW center can deactivate the car phone without your having to visit a workshop. Following deactivation of the car phone, no emergency calls can be made. The car phone can be reactivated after signing a new contract with a BMW center. If conditions allow, remain in the vehicle until the connection has been established. You will then be able to provide a detailed description of the situation. If the current location of your vehicle can be determined, it will be forwarded to the BMW Assist emergency call center. If the LED flashes, but you are unable to hear the BMW Assist emergency call center through the handsfree system, this could indicate, for instance, that the handsfree system is no longer operational. But the emergency call center is still able to hear you. Under certain conditions, an emergency call is automatically initiated immediately after a severe accident. The automatic emergency call is not affected by the button being pressed. For technical reasons, the emergency call cannot be guaranteed under the most unfavorable conditions.< Initiating an emergency call 1. Briefly press protective cover to open. With some vehicle equipment packages or in the Convertible, the arrangement of the switches and indicator lamps may differ somewhat. Warning triangle* 2. Press the button for at least 2 seconds. The LED in the button lights up. As soon as the voice connection to the BMW Assist emergency call center has been established, the LED flashes. The warning triangle can be found in the luggage compartment on the left side. 202 Online Edition for Part-No. 01 41 0 159 709 © 09/05 BMW AG