Technology for comfort, convenience and safety, Pdc park distance control – BMW X5 3.0si SAV 2007 User Manual

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Technology for comfort, convenience and

safety

PDC Park Distance Control*

The concept

The PDC assists you when you are parking.
Acoustic signals and an optical display

alert

you to the approach of an object from behind
your vehicle. To measure the distance, there
are four ultrasonic sensors in each bumper.
The range of these sensors is approx. 7 ft/2 m.
However, an acoustic warning first sounds for
the sensors at the front and at the two rear cor-
ners at approx. 24 in/60 cm, and for the center
rear sensors at approx. 5 ft/1.50 m.

PDC is a parking aid that can indicate
objects when they are approached

slowly, as is usually the case when parking.
Avoid approaching an object at high speed, oth-
erwise the physical circumstances would mean
that the system warning was too late.

Automatic activation

Whenever the engine is running or the ignition
is on, each time you move the selector lever into
position R, the PDC system is activated after
approx.1 second.
Wait this short period before driving off.

Manual activation

Press the button, the LED lights up.

Manual deactivation

Press the button again; the LED goes out.

Automatic deactivation

After driving approx. 165 ft/50 m or at over
approx. 20 mph/30 km/h, the system is
switched off and the LED goes out. You can
reactivate the system manually as needed.

Warning tones

When nearing an object, the position is corre-
spondingly indicated by an interval tone.
As a result, an object detected, for example,
to the left rear of the vehicle will be indicated
by a warning tone from the left rear speaker.
As the distance between vehicle and object
decreases, the intervals between the tones
become shorter. If the distance to the nearest
object falls to below roughly 1 ft/30 cm, then a
continuous tone sounds.
An intermittent tone is interrupted after approx.
3 seconds:

if you remain in front of an object that was
only detected by one of the corner sensors

if you drive parallel to a wall

Adjusting

You can adjust the volume of the warning tones
if the vehicle is equipped with a single drive,
refer to page

Malfunction

The LED in the button flashes and a message
appears on the Control Display. PDC is mal-
functioning. Have the system checked.
To prevent this problem, keep the sensors
clean and free of ice or snow in order to ensure
that they will continue to operate effectively. Do
not spray the sensors with high-pressure clean-
ers for long periods and maintain a distance of
at least 4 in/10 cm to them.

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2007 X5 3.0SI