BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual page 244

CONTROLS
In selector lever position P, the maximum open‐
ing angles of the doors are shown.
As soon as the vehicle moves, the parking assis‐
tance lines are displayed instead of the opening
angles.
Limits of the display
For technical reasons, the display of the area
around the vehicle is distorted.
Even if the symbols for the door opening angles
on the Control Display are not covering any other
objects, pay attention to the following when park‐
ing beside other objects:
The perspective means that protruding objects
at a higher level may be closer than they appear
on the Control Display.
Panorama View
Principle
The system provides you with an advance view
of crossing traffic at blind exits and junctions.
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General
Road users hidden by obstacles at the side are
only detected very late from the driver's seat. To
improve the view, the cameras at the front and
rear show traffic in the areas at either side.
Yellow lines in the screen display indicate the
front and rear ends of the vehicle.
The camera image is subject to different levels of
distortion in some areas, and is thus not suitable
for estimating distances.
Display on the Control Display
Press the button with the engine running.
The image from the relevant camera is displayed,
depending on the driving direction:
▷ "front": image from the front camera.
▷ "rear": image from the rear camera.
Depending on the equipment installed, the
crossing traffic warning, see page 251, can warn
about approaching vehicles by means of radar
sensors.
With navigation system: activation
points
Principle
Positions at which the Panorama View is to be
switched on automatically can be stored as acti‐
vation points provided that a GPS signal is being
received.
General
Up to ten activation points can be saved.
Activation points can be used for the front cam‐
era when driving forward.
Saving activation points
1. Drive to the position at which the system is to
be switched on, and stop.
2. Press the button.