BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual page 77

With automatic tailgate operation:
closing
Press and hold the button on the re‐
mote control.
Releasing the button stops the movement.
If the doors were not unlocked, the boot lid is
locked again as soon as it is closed.
Switching on the headlight
courtesy delay feature
Press the button on the remote control.
Setting the duration, see page 165.
Replacing the battery
1. Remove the integrated key from the remote
control, see page 82.
2. Place integrated key under the battery com‐
partment cover, arrow 1, and pry off the cover
with a lever motion of the integrated key, ar‐
row 2.
3. Use a pointed object to push the battery in
the direction of the arrow and lift it out.
Opening and closing
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4. Insert a new type CR 2032 battery with the
positive side facing upwards.
5. Press the cover back into position.
Dispose of old batteries at a Service
Partner of the manufacturer or another
qualified Service Partner or a specialist
workshop or hand them into an authorised col‐
lecting point.
Additional remote controls
Additional remote controls are available from a
Service Partner of the manufacturer or another
qualified Service Partner or a specialist work‐
shop.
Loss of remote controls
A lost remote control can be blocked and re‐
placed by a Service Partner of the manufacturer
or another qualified Service Partner or a special‐
ist workshop.
Malfunction
General
A Check Control message, see page 145, is
shown.
It may be difficult for the vehicle to detect the re‐
mote control in some conditions, including the
following:
▷ The battery of the remote control is dis‐
charged. Replacing the battery, see page 77.
▷ Disruption of the radio link by transmission
masts or other equipment transmitting pow‐
erful signals.
▷ Shielding of the remote control by metallic
objects.
Do not transport the remote control together
with metallic objects.
▷ Disruption of the radio link by mobile tele‐
phones or other electronic devices in the im‐
mediate vicinity of the remote control.
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