Active Cruise Control; While Driving - BMW 730i Owner's Handbook Manual

Memorising desired speeds
With the car at a standstill
1. Switch on the ignition.
Press, arrow 1, or pull, arrow 2, the lever
2.
beyond the pressure point:
You can now move the needle 5 with the
lever until you have reached your desired
speed:
> Press or pull the lever again as far as the
pressure point: the needle will move
slowly.
> Press or pull the lever again beyond the
pressure point: the needle jumps to the
next multiple of 10 km/h or 5 mph and
continues to jump for as long as you hold
the lever in position.
3. Press button 4 for approx. 3 seconds. The
memorised desired speed is indicated by a
marker 6.
If six desired speeds have already been memo-
rised, you must delete at least one of them
before you can memorise a new one.

While driving

1. Press, arrow 1, or pull, arrow 2, the lever
beyond the pressure point:
2. Press button 4 for approx. 3 seconds. The
current speed is applied as the desired
speed and displayed by means of 6.
If all speed markers 6 flash twice, there are
already six desired speeds memorised. Please
delete at least one of them.
Deleting a desired speed
1. Select the desired speed 6 in question, see
further below.
2. Press button 4 for approx. 3 seconds.
Activating multistage function
Press, arrow 1, or pull, arrow 2, the lever beyond
the pressure point.
Your current speed is maintained and memo-
rised, and displayed by 5.
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Selecting desired speed
Press, arrow 1, or pull, arrow 2, the lever beyond
the pressure point:
The next desired speed is selected.
Deactivating the system
> Press the lever up or down for approx.
3 seconds, arrow 3, or
> Switch off the ignition.
The memorised speed 5 is deleted but the
memorised markers 6 remain visible.

Active Cruise Control*

The principle
Active Cruise Control enables you to select a
speed which the car will then maintain automat-
ically, assuming your progress is not
obstructed.
Subject to reasonable limits, the system auto-
matically adjusts the speed of your car if you
come up behind a slower vehicle. The distance
that the system keeps from the vehicle travel-
ling in front can be varied in four steps. For
safety reasons, this distance depends on the
speeds in question. To maintain sufficient dis-
tance, the system automatically closes down
the throttle, applies the brakes if necessary, and
speeds up again if the vehicle in front acceler-
ates. As soon as the road ahead becomes clear,
it accelerates to your desired speed again. This
speed will also be maintained on downhill
slopes, but may not be maintained on uphill
slopes if the engine output is insufficient.
Read and carefully observe the information on
the limits of the system as from page 70, so that
you can perfectly use the system and its appli-
cation range.
Braking sensation
> If the system brakes and you depress the
brake pedal additionally, you will get a
slightly different feeling when braking.
> You should expect to hear some noise dur-
ing automatic braking.