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EnglishAt a glance -> Cockpit for your BMW 5 Series 2004-2010
Cockpit
Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
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Rear window safety switch 41
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Turn signals 67
Sedan: sun blind* for rear window 122
Opening and closing windows 40
High beams,
headlamp flasher 110
Adjusting exterior mirrors 53
Automatic curb monitor* 53
High-beam assistant* 110
Roadside parking lamps 110
Check Control 83
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Folding exterior mirrors in and out* 53
Computer 79
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Buttons on steering wheel
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Mobile phone* 194:
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Steering wheel heater* 54
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Press: accepting and ending
call, starting dialing* for
selected phone number and
redialing if no phone number is
selected
Steering wheel adjustment 54
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Press and hold: redialing
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Cruise control* 69
Active cruise control 70
Volume
15 Releasing hood 230
Activating/deactivating voice
command system* 23
Opening luggage compartment lid/
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Changing radio station 172
Selecting music track 183
Scrolling in phone book and in
lists with stored phone numbers
tailgate 33, 35
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Head-Up Display* 102
BMW Night Vision* 104
Individually programmable* 54
Individually programmable* 54
Leaving lane warning* 106
Parking lamp 108
Daytime running lamps* 109
Low beams 108
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Welcome lamps 108
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Instrument cluster 12
Automatic headlamp control* 108
Daytime running lamps* 109
Welcome lamps 108
Adaptive Head Light* 110
High-beam assistant* 110
Windshield wipers 68
Rain sensor 68
Sports Wagon: rear window
wiper 69
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Instrument lighting 112
Starting/stopping engine and
Switching ignition on/off 61
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Fog lamps* 112
11 Ignition lock 61
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Instrument cluster
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Indicator lamps for turn signals
Speedometer
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Display for
> Odometer and trip odometer 78
> Computer 79
Indicator and warning lamps 13
Displays for
> Date and remaining travel distance
for service requirements 81
> Active cruise control* 70
> Leaving lane warning* 106
Tachometer 78
> Automatic transmission with
Steptronic* 63
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> Sport automatic transmission* 66
> HDC Hill Descent Control* 93
> High-beam assistant* 110
Energy Control 79
Display for
> Clock/date 78
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Check Control message present 83
Fuel gauge 79
10 Resetting trip odometer 78
> Outside temperature 78
> Indicator and warning lamps 83
> Speed of cruise control* 69
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> Desired speed for active cruise
control* 70
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In urgent cases, this information will be shown
as soon as the corresponding lamp comes on.
Indicator and warning lamps
The concept
Indicator lamps without text messages
The following indicator lamps signal particular
functions:
High beams/headlamp flasher 110
Fog lamps* 112
Handbrake applied 63
The indicator and warning lamps can light up in
different combinations and colors.
Handbrake applied for Canadian
models
Some lamps are tested for proper function by
briefly lighting up during starting of the engine
or when the ignition is switched on.
Lamp flashes:
DSC or DTC controls the drive and
braking forces for maintaining vehicle
stability 92
Explanatory text messages
DTC Dynamic Traction Control 93
Engine malfunction with deteriorating
emissions levels 236
Text messages at the bottom edge of the
Control Display explain the meaning of the
displayed indicator and warning lamps.
Additional information, e.g. on the cause of a
malfunction and on the corresponding need to
take action can be displayed via the Check Con-
trol, refer to page 83.
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Around the center console: controls and displays
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Microphone for hands-free mode for
telephone*
and for voice command system* 23
14 Drive for navigation DVDs
15 Drive for audio CDs 168
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16 Switching Entertainment sound output
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Reading lamps 113
on/off and adjusting volume 168
SOS: initiating an emergency request 247
Interior lamps 112
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Heated seats* 51
Glass sunroof*, electric 41
Panorama glass sunroof 43
Passenger airbag status lamp 101
Active seat ventilation* 52
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Adjusting active backrest
width* 47
Control Display 16
Displays for menu navigation
Active seat* 52
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Hazard warning flashers
Central locking system 32
PDC Park Distance Control* 90
DTC Dynamic Traction Control 92
10 Automatic climate control 114
Temperature setting,
left/right 115
Opening luggage compartment lid/
Automatic air distribution and
volume 115
tailgate* 33, 35
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Cooling function 117
Turn, press or move horizontally in four
directions
AUC Automatic recirculated-air
control 117
19 Opening start menu on Control Display 17
Recirculated-air mode 117
Maximum cooling 117
Air volume 116
Defrosting windows and removing
condensation 116
Rear window defroster 114
11 Changing
> radio station 168
> track 168
12 Ejecting
> navigation DVD* 142
> audio CD 168
13 Programmable memory/direct selection
buttons 21
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