BMW X3 E83 owners manual page 51

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Technology for comfort, convenience and safety Park Distance Control PDC* Manual mode The concept At a glance PDC provides extra safety and conven- ience during parking maneuvers. Signal tones indicate the current distance to an object behind or in front of your vehicle. Four ultrasonic sensors in both the bumpers monitor the distance to the near- est object. The front and rear sensors on the corners Press the button; the indicator lamp comes have a range of approx. 2 ft/60 cm. The on. two rear middle sensors have a range of approx. 5 ft/1.50 m and the two front mid- Manual deactivation Controls dle sensors of approx. 2.6 ft/80 cm. PDC is a parking aid that can indicate Press the button again; the indicator lamp objects when they are approached goes out. slowly, as is usually the case when parking. Signal tones Avoid approaching objects too fast, other- wise the system may give warning of phys- The distance to an object behind the vehi- ical obstacles too late.< cle is signaled in accordance with the posi- If you are driving with a trailer, the rear sen-tion by an intermittent tone from a loud- sors are unable to make proper measure- speaker in the rear-end. ments – so they do not switch on. The distance to an object in front of the vehicle is signaled by an intermittent tone Driving tips Automatic mode from a loudspeaker beneath the instrument As of ignition key position 2, the system cluster. automatically assumes operational status As the distance between vehicle and object after a few seconds each time you engage decreases, the intervals between the tones reverse gear or selector-lever position R. become shorter. The signal tone becomes Wait this short period before park- continuous once the distance to the near- ing.< est object falls to below roughly 1 ft/30 cm. You can have a signal tone pro- The warning signal is canceled after grammed into the system to verify approx. 3 seconds when the distance to an that the PDC is active.< object remains constant during this time, if you are moving parallel to a wall, for Mobility Automatic deactivation instance. After driving a distance of more than Malfunction approx. 160 ft/50 m or exceeding a speed The indicator lamp flashes and a short of approx. 20 mph/30 km/h, the system steady signal tone is sounded. switches off and the indicator lamp goes Switch the system off and have the cause out. You can reactivate the system manu- of the malfunction corrected by your BMW ally as needed. Sports Activity Vehicle Center. 49 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 631 - © 07/03 BMW AG Reference

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