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BC hidden menus
All BMW 3series cars of the E90, E91, E92 (and probably E93) family have hidden/service menus in the
Board Computer (BC)
Although on cars with iDrive, some of this information can be accessed in a more readable format through the
hidden iDrive menus

Accessing the menus

To access these hidden menus (or service menus), you have 2 options..

Option 1
1. Turn ignition on, or start your car
2. Press and hold the button to reset the daytrip/odometer for 10 seconds

Option 2
1. Press and hold the button to reset the daytrip/odometer
2. While keeping this button pressed, insert the keyfob into its slot, and release the button

At this point the BC should display data in a "XX.YY" format. So if the BC displays "01.00", that means Main
Menu 01, sub menu 00
To continue to navigate the menus, you need to use again the daytrip/odometer button (hereafter just called
'button')

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While the display reads XX.__ press the button repeatedly to select the main menu option (XX)
when reaching the desired main menu option, wait for 2 second for the display to read XX.00, at this
time pressing the button will select the sub menu (YY)
To go back to selection of a main menu (XX), press and hold the button for 2 seconds, until it shows
XX.__ again.
To leave the hidden/service menus press and hold the button for 10 seconds, or remove the keyfob.

At this point, the available main menus are 01, 02 and 19. To access the remaining menus a code is required.
This code can be found under menu 01.00 and needs to be calculated as follows from the Chassis number
Say the number displayed is XX12345, you take the last 5 digits (12345 in this case), and add them all up, so
1+2+3+4+5=15. Meaning your unlock code is 15.

To enter the unlock code, go to main menu 19, and wait until it asks for the unlock code. Now press the button
until it reads your unlock code (15 in our example), and the display will show 'lock: off'.
Now all menus are available

Menu list and description

Note: please make corrections/additions to this list if you have additional information!
Menu German text English Notes Picture
Translation
01.00 FGSTNR Vehicle ??
(Fahrzeug ?? number
Nummer)

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01.01 K-ZAHL W/T Tacho in

(Kilo-Zahl thousands
Wirklich/Tacho?) True/Tacho?

01.02 BMWTNR BMW Part

(BMW number of
Teilenummer) Instrument
panel?

01.03 COD DIA Diagnostic

code?

01.04 KI HSTLDATUM Instrument Panel

(Kombi Instrument Manufacturing
Herstellungs date
datum)

01.05 HW AEI Hardware First part is

revision ?? probably the
hardware revision
of the instrument
panel. Unclear what
the second part
(AEI is)

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01.06 SW Software
version?

01.07 KODIERDATEN Coding data

01.08 CAN Can Bus Should this not be

version? Most-Bus instead?
(but isn't there still a
CAN bus even
thought there's also
a MOST bus?)

02.00 KI TEST Instrument Panel When the display

(Kombi Instrument Test shows 02.00, click
Test) the button one more
time to start the
test.

Causes all indicator

to light up, and
gauges to go to
max.

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03.00 UNBELEGT Unused On some older cars

(pre-E90), this
menu contains
service data, but
not anymore.

04.00 VERB-MOM Current fuel

(Verbrauch im consumption in
Moment) l/100km

04.01 VERB-MOM Current fuel

(Verbrauch im consumption in
Moment) l/hour

04.02 D-VERB1 LIT Averages -

(Durchschnitt Consumed fuel
Verbrauch im
Liter?)

04.03 D-VERB1 WEG Averages -

(Durchschnitt Distance
Verbrauch im traveled
Wegstrecke?)

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04.04 D-VERB2 LIT Averages -

(Durchschnitt Consumed fuel
Verbrauch im in Liters
Liter?)

04.05 D-VERB2 WEG Averages -

(Durchschnitt Distance
Verbrauch im traveled
Wegstrecke?)

05.00 RW-VERB Range Fuel This is used to

(Reichweite usage calculate how much
Verbrauch) further you can
drive

05.01 RW-MOM Estimated range

(Reichweite im until tank is
Moment) empty

06.00 TANK L R S Remaining fuel in

(Tank Links Rechts left and right fuel
Summe) tank, and total
(Left-Right-Sum)

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06.01 TANK-ANZ PH Total fuel tank why is this different

content from the 06.00 total
value? and what is
the trailing 'PH'
value (1 in this
case)?

06.02 TANK-OHM L R prehaps the

resistance
values returned
by the left and
right fuel level
sensors? that is,
the 'raw' data
from which the
calculated
values in litres
are calculated
07.00 KTMP-MOM Current Coolant
(Khlmittel temperature
Temperatur im
Moment)

07.01 ATMP-MOM Current Outside

(Auen Temperatur temperature
im Moment)

07.02 ATMP ADC Raw

(Auentemperatur temperature
Analog Digital value from
Converter) analog digital
converter

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07.03 N-MOT-MOM current engine

revs per minute

07.04 N-VWF-MOM revs per minute

limit on M cars
whilst engine
warming up
(increase in
blocks of 50rpm
as temp rises)

08.00 V-EFF Current speed BC hidden menus - e90

08.01 V-ANZ Speed shown on

indicator

08.02 V-SZ Cruise control

speed on
indicator

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08.03 DGESCH1 WEG ?? - Distance

traveled

08.04 DGESCH1 ZEIT Total Time

driven?

08.05 DGESCH2 WEG ?? - Distance

traveled

08.06 DGESCH2 ZEIT Total Time

driven?

09.00 UB Voltage

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10.00 KM / WOCHE KM/Week

10.01 GELB CBS H A ?

10.02 SC-STATUS ?

10.03 CBS-MODE ?

10.04 TAG-ZAEHLER Day Counter

(Tag Zhler)

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11.00 ZEIT-EINH Time format 12 or 24

(Zeit Einheit)

11.01 WEG-EINH Distance format KM or MLS

(Wegstrecke
Einheit)

11.02 TEMP-EINH Temperature C or F

(Temperatur format
Einheit)

11.03 VERB-EINH Fuel Usage l/100km, km/l or

(Verbrauch Einheit) format mpg

12.00 V-ANKUNFT Estimated ??

(Veranschlagt until arrival
Ankunft?)

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12.01 ANK-ZEIT Estimated Arrival

(Ankunft Zeit) time

13.00 AUDIO Sound test Press button to play

BLINKER, ACC
Gong, CCG and DG
sounds

14.00 FS-EINTRAEGE Memory error

(Fehler Speicher entries
Eintrge)

14.01 FSP01 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 01
Position 01)

14.02 FSP02 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 02
Position 02)

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14.03 FSP03 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 03
Position 03)

14.04 FSP04 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 04
Position 04)

14.05 FSP05 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 05
Position 05)

14.06 FSP06 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 06
Position 06)

14.07 FSP07 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 07
Position 07)

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14.08 FSP08 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 08
Position 08)

14.09 FSP09 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 09
Position 09)

14.10 FSP10 Memory Error

(Fehler Speicher Entry 10
Position 10)

15.00 PORT 00h ?

15.01 PORT 01h ?

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15.02 PORT 02h ?

15.03 PORT 03h ?

15.04 PORT 04h ?

15.05 PORT 05h ?

15.06 PORT 06h ?

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15.07 PORT 07h ?

15.08 PORT 08h ?

15.09 PORT 09h ?

15.10 PORT 0Ah ?

15.11 PORT 0Bh ?
16.00 DIMMRAD CAN Dashboard
lighting?
16.01 PHOTO-ADC Day light
measurement
16.02 DIMM-PWM SZ ?
16.03 DIMM-PWM DK ?
17.00 DISP-HEIZ Display heater
on/off
17.01 NCT1 NCT2 ?
17.02 KONTR-PWM ?
18.00 CC-TEST Check Control
Test
19.00 UNLOCK Unlock menu

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20.00 KORR-VERBR Correction factor Korrekturfaktor

- Usage Verbrauchsanzeige

Fuel consumption
correction factor
20.01 1ER KORR 1st correction? Change the 'ones'
digit of the
correction factor
20.02 10ER KORR 10th correction? Change the 'tens'
digit of the
correction factor
20.03 100ER KORR 100th Change the
correction? 'hundreds' digit of
the correction
factor
21.00 RESET? Software reset

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