System Status - BMW 7 Series Owner's Manual

▷ Width of gap between two objects: your
vehicle's width plus approx. 2.3 ft/0.7 m up
to maximum 16 ft/5 m.
▷ Minimum depth: your vehicle's length.
The depth of diagonal parking spaces must
be estimated by the driver. Dur to technical
limitations, the system can approximate
the depth of diagonal parking spaces only.
Regarding the parking procedure
▷ Doors and trunk lid closed.
▷ Parking brake released.
▷ Driver's safety belt fastened.
Switching on/off
Switching on with the button
Press button.
The LED lights up.
The current status of the parking space search
is indicated on the Control Display.
Parking assistant is activated automatically.
Switching on with reverse gear
Shift into reverse.
The current status of the parking space search
is indicated on the Control Display.
To activate: "Parking Assistant"
Switch off
The system can be deactivated as follows:
▷ Press button.
Signal tone for switching suitable
parking spaces on/off
About iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Parking"
I n f o r ma t i o n P r o v i d e d b y :
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Driver assistance systems
4. "Parking Assistant"
5. "Sound if parking space detected"
Settings are stored.
Display on the Control Display
System activated/deactivated
Symbol Meaning
Gray: the system is not available.
White: the system is available but
not activated.
The system is activated.

System status

▷ Colored symbols, arrows, on the side of
the vehicle illustrated. Parking assistant is
activated and search for parking space ac‐
tive.
▷ Control Display shows suitable parking
spaces at the edge of the road next to the
vehicle symbol. When the parking assistant
is active, suitable parking spaces are high‐
lighted in color and a signal tone sounds.
Switch signal tone on/off, refer to
page 195.
▷ If a diagonal or parallel parking space is
clearly detected, the system automatically
adjusts the suitable parking method. In the
case of parking spaces suitable for parallel
and diagonal parking, a selection menu is
displayed. In this case, the desired parking
method must be selected manually.
Controls
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