BMW 645Ci Coupe 2005 - Manual (Page 65)

Driving
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Displays in instrument cluster
1 Stored desired speed display
2 Detected vehicle display.
Lights up when vehicle driving ahead is
detected
3 Selected distance to vehicle driving ahead
4 Digital speed display.
Appears briefly when you select your
desired speed
The system is activated.
The display
3 appears as soon as
you activate the system and no
vehicle is detected driving ahead.
Vehicle detected.
The display
2 lights up yellow
when a vehicle is detected driving
ahead.
The system requests that you
intervene by braking or with an
evasive maneuver.
The display
2 flashes red and a sig-
nal sounds. The active cruise con-
trol cannot automatically restore the distance to
the vehicle driving ahead. You will find more
detailed information on page
67 .
Automatic intervention by ABS or
DSC, or you actuate the parking
brake while driving.
The display
2 flashes yellow. The
active cruise control now only
intervenes by braking.
Desired speed store and increase
Press the lever forward 1 at a driving speed of
more than approx. 20 mph/30 km/h:
The system adopts and stores your current
speed as a desired speed. This speed is indi-
cated on the speedometer and displayed briefly
in the instrument cluster.
Subsequently pressing forward increases the
desired speed to the next multiple of 5 mph/
10 km/h.
Each time the lever is pressed forward again,
the desired speed is increased by another
5 mph/10 km/h until a maximum of 110 mph/
180 km/h is reached. The speed then displayed
is stored and achieved, provided that the road is
clear.
If the display ACC --- mph/km/h briefly
appears in the instrument cluster, it might
be that conditions necessary for operation are
not currently being met.
To call up Check Control messages, refer to
page
71 . <
Desired speed store and decrease
Pull back the lever 2:
The current driving speed is rounded off to the
next multiple of 5 mph/10 km/h, displayed and
stored.
Each time the lever is pulled back again, the
desired speed is decreased by another 5 mph/
10 km/h until the minimum speed of 20 mph/
30 km/h is reached. The speed then displayed
is stored and achieved, provided that the road is
clear.
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