BMW 7 E65 owners manual page 95

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Technology for comfort, convenience and safety At a glance 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 The system is automatically deactivated Controls vehicle. Four ultrasonic sensors in both the once the vehicle travels approx. 165 ft bumpers monitor the distance to the (50 m) or exceeds a speed of roughly nearest object. The sensors at the front and 20 mph (30 km/h); the indicator lamp goes at the two rear corners have a range of out. You can reactivate the system manu- approx. 2 ft (60 cm); the rear middle sen- ally as needed. sors have approx. 5 ft (1.50 m). PDC is a parking aid that can indicate Acoustic signals Driving tips 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 as otherwise the physical circumstances vehicle will be indicated by a signal tone would mean that the system warning was from the left rear speaker, etc. As the too late.< distance between vehicle and object decreases, the intervals between the tones Navigation Automatic function become shorter. The signal tone becomes Whenever the ignition is on the system continuous once the distance to the automatically assumes operational status nearest object falls to below roughly 1 ft after a few seconds each time you engage (30 cm). the transmission position R. The warning signal is canceled after Wait this short period before approx. 3 seconds when the distance to an Entertainment reversing.< object remains constant during this time, if you are moving parallel to a wall, for Switching on manually instance. Malfunctions The indicator lamp within the button flashes and a status message appears in Communications the Check Control. Please take note of the supplementary information provided in the Control Display. Switch the system off and have the cause of the malfunction corrected by your BMW center. Press the button, the indicator lamp lights Mobility up. 93 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 197 - © 11/02 BMW AG Reference

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