Ignition lock, Start/stop button, Driving – BMW M5 Sedan 2007 User Manual

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Driving

Ignition lock

Inserting remote control into ignition
lock

Insert the remote control as far as possible into
the ignition lock.
Radio readiness switches on.
Some electronic systems/consumers are ready
for operation.

Comfort access*

With comfort access, only insert the remote
control into the ignition lock in exceptional
cases, refer to page

Removing remote control from ignition

lock

Do not pull the remote control out of the
ignition lock using force, as otherwise

damage may result.

Before removing the remote control, first press
it in as far as possible to release the locking
device.
The ignition is switched off if it was still
switched on.

Start/Stop button

Pressing the Start/Stop button switches the
radio readiness or the ignition on and off.

Manual transmission: the engine starts
when you depress the brake pedal while

pressing the Start/Stop button.
Sequential Manual Transmission: the engine
starts when you press the Start/Stop button
with the brake depressed and the selector lever
in position P or N.

Radio readiness

Some electronic systems/consumers are ready
for operation. The last information of the com-
puter selected is displayed in the instrument
cluster.
Radio readiness is automatically switched off:

when the remote control is removed from
the ignition lock

with comfort access

by touching the sen-

sitive surface on the door handle, refer to
Locking on page

Ignition on

All electronic systems/consumers are ready for
operation. The odometer and the trip odometer
are displayed in the instrument cluster, refer to
page

Please switch off the ignition and the
electronic systems/consumers which are

not required when the engine is not running to
save the battery.

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