BMW 5 E60 E61 owners manual page 78

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Technology for comfort, convenience and safety PDC Park Distance Control* Manual deactivation Press the button again; the indicator lamp The concept goes out. The PDC assists you when you are parking. Automatic deactivation Signal tones indicate the current distance to an object behind or in front of your vehi-The system is automatically deactivated cle. Four ultrasonic sensors in both the once the vehicle travels approx. 165 ft/ bumpers monitor the distance to the near- 50 m or exceeds a speed of roughly est object. The sensors at the front and at 20 mph/30 km/h; the indicator lamp goes the two rear corners have a range of out. You can reactivate the system manu- approx. 1.64 ft/50 cm; the rear middle sen- ally as needed. sors have approx. 5 ft/1.50 m. PDC is a parking aid that can indicate Signal tones objects when they are approached The signal indicating the distance to the slowly, as is usually the case when parking. nearest obstacle is directional. Thus, an Avoid approaching an object at high speed, object detected to the left rear of the vehi- as otherwise the physical circumstances cle will be indicated by a signal tone from would mean that the system warning was the left rear speaker, etc. As the distance too late.< between vehicle and object decreases, the intervals between the tones become Automatic function shorter. The signal tone becomes continu- In ignition key position 2, the system auto-ous once the distance to the nearest object matically assumes operational status after falls to below roughly 1 ft/30 cm. a few seconds each time you engage The warning signal is canceled after reverse gear or selector-lever position R. approx. 3 seconds when the distance to an Wait this short period before revers- object remains constant during this time, ing.< if you are moving parallel to a wall, for instance. Manual activation Malfunctions Press the button, the indicator lamp lights The indicator lamp within the button up. flashes and a message appears on the Control Display. Please note any supple- mentary information that appears there. Switch the system off and have the cause of the malfunction corrected by your BMW Technology for comfort, convenience and safety center. PDC with visual warning* You also enjoy the option of having the sys- tem show distances to objects on the Con- trol Display for the specific key in use. The Control Display will also indicate the pres- 76 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 647 - © 07/03 BMW AG

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