Comfort access – BMW 530xi Sports Wagon 2007 User Manual
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Comfort access*
Comfort access enables you to access your
vehicle without having to hold the remote con-
trol in your hand. It is sufficient to carry the
remote control with you, e.g. in your jacket
pocket. The vehicle automatically detects the
related remote control in the immediate vicinity
or in the interior.
Comfort access supports the following func-
tions:
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Unlocking/locking vehicle
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Comfort closing
>
Opening luggage compartment lid/tailgate
separately
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Sports Wagon: opening rear window sepa-
rately
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Starting engine
Functional requirement
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The vehicle or the luggage compartment
lid/tailgate can only be locked if the vehicle
detects that the remote control you are car-
rying is outside the vehicle.
>
The next unlocking and locking cycle is not
possible until after approx. 2 seconds.
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The engine can only be started if the vehicle
detects that the remote control is located in
the vehicle.
Comparison with ordinary remote
control
You can control the functions mentioned previ-
ously with the comfort access or by pressing
the buttons on the remote control. Therefore,
please familiarize yourself with the information
on opening and closing beginning on page
beforehand.
The special features when using comfort
access are described in the following.
Should a short delay occur when opening
or closing the windows or the glass sun-
roof, the system is checking whether a remote
control is located in the vehicle. Please repeat
opening or closing if necessary.
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Unlocking
Completely grasp a door handle, arrow
1.
This corresponds to pressing the
button.
Locking
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For the driver's door, touch the area high-
lighted in the picture, arrow
2, with your fin-
ger for approx. 1 second.
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For the remaining doors, touch the area
highlighted in the picture, arrow
3, with your
finger for approx. 1 second.
This corresponds to pressing the
but-
ton.
Please make sure that the ignition and all
electronic systems/consumers are
switched off before locking to save the bat-
tery.
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Comfort closing
Hold a finger or the back of the hand on the sur-
face, arrow
2 or 3.
The windows and the glass sunroof
*
are
closed.
Watch during the closing process to be
sure that no one is injured. Removing the
hand from the door handle stops the closing
process immediately.
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Opening luggage compartment lid/
tailgate separately
Press the button on the luggage compartment
lid/tailgate. This corresponds to pressing the
button.
If a remote control accidentally left in the
cargo bay is detected in the locked vehi-
cle after closing the luggage compartment lid/
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