BMW M5 Sedan Owner's Manual page 273

Adjust temperature of the
ventilation
1. "CAR"
2. "Settings"
3. "Climate control"
4. "Heating/ventilation"
5. "Temperature adjustment"
6. Set the desired temperature.
The temperature is individually adjusted, e.g.
colder toward blue, warmer toward red.
Air conditioning
Principle
The air in the car's interior will be cooled and de‐
humidified and, depending on the temperature
setting, warmed again.
Functional requirement
The car's interior can only be cooled with the
drive-ready state switched on.
Switch climate control function
on/off
Press the button.
The LED is illuminated with air condi‐
tioning switched on.
Depending on the weather, the windshield and
the side windows may fog up briefly when drive-
ready state is switched on.
Air conditioning is switched on automatically with
the AUTO program.
When using the cooling mode, condensation that
will exit below the vehicle.
Maximum cooling
Principle
The system is set to the lowest temperature, op‐
timum air flow and recirculated-air mode with the
drive-ready state switched on.
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Climate control
Functional requirement
The function is available with outside tempera‐
tures above approx. 32 ℉/0 ℃ and with the
drive-ready state switched on.
Switching maximum cooling on/off
Press the button.
The LED is illuminated when maximum
cooling is switched on.
Air flows out of the air vents to the upper body
region. The air vents need to be open for this.
Adjust air flow on the driver's side with the pro‐
gram active.
AUTO program
Principle
The AUTO program cools, ventilates or heats
the car's interior automatically.
The air distribution and the temperature are con‐
trolled automatically depending on the interior
temperature and the desired temperature setting
including the selected intensity of the air flow.
Switching the AUTO program on/off
Press the button.
The LED of the button is illuminated
with the AUTO program switched on.
Depending on the selected settings and outside
influences, the air is directed to the windshield,
side windows, upper body, and into the floor
area.
Point the side air vents toward the side windows.
The cooling function is switched on with the
AUTO program.
At the same time, a condensation sensor con‐
trols the program so as to prevent window con‐
densation as much as possible.
The AUTO program is switched off automati‐
cally, when manual air distribution is set.
CONTROLS
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