BMW 5 E39 owners manual page 47

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Alarm system 47n The concept To arm and disarm the The vehicle alarm system responds: alarm system >When a door, the hood or the lug- When the vehicle is locked or unlocked gage compartment lid/tailgate is with the key or the remote control, the Overview opened. alarm system is also simultaneously >To movement inside the vehicle armed or disarmed. (interior motion sensor). The interior motion sensor is activated >To variations in the vehicle tilt sensor approx. 30 seconds after you have fin- such as occur during attempts to ished locking the car. Controls steal the wheels or tow the vehicle. The system indicates that it has been 390de020 >To interruption of battery voltage. correctly armed by switching on the The system responds to unauthorized hazard flashers for a single cycle and by Indicator lamp displays vehicle entry and attempted theft by emitting an acoustical signal. Car care simultaneously activating the following: >The indicator lamp below the interior >Sounding an acoustical alarm for You can have different acknowl- rearview mirror flashes continuously: 30 seconds. edgment signals set to confirm the system is armed. >The hazard warning flashers are arming and disarming.< >The indicator lamp flashes during activated for approx. five minutes. arming: door(s), the hood or luggage Repairs >The high beams flash on and off in When the system is armed, you can still compartment lid/tailgate are not the same rhythm. gain access to the luggage compart- completely closed. Even if you do not ment lid/tailgate by pressing button 3 close the alerted area, the system on the remote control (refer to page 41). begins to monitor the remaining ar- When you close the luggage compart- eas, and the indicator lamp flashes Technology ment lid/tailgate, it locks again. continuously after 10 seconds. How- ever, the interior motion sensor is not activated. >If the indicator lamp goes out when the system is disarmed: no manipula- Data tion or attempted intrusions have been detected in the period since the system was armed. Index Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 155 420 - © 01/01 BMW Group

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