BMW LCI 3 2015 Series Operating Manual page 24

3￿Series LCI
4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics
Index
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The￿acoustic￿warning￿of￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿is￿only￿issued￿if￿the￿detected￿object
lies￿in￿the￿vehicle's￿path￿and￿poses￿a￿risk￿of￿collision.￿A￿continuous￿alarm￿is￿output￿once￿the￿object￿is
closer￿than￿25 cm￿away.
More￿information￿on￿the￿new￿generation￿of￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training
Reference￿Manual￿ST1502￿"F23￿Complete￿Vehicle".
4.4.4.￿Park￿Distance￿Control
Auto￿PDC
The￿visual￿and￿acoustic￿warning￿of￿obstacles￿has￿been￿optimized￿in￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI.￿Park
Distance￿Control￿(PDC)￿cuts￿in￿with￿the￿Auto￿PDC￿function￿automatically,￿even￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is
driving￿forwards.
More￿information￿on￿the￿Auto￿PDC￿function￿is￿available￿in￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual￿ST1502
"F23 Complete￿Vehicle".
Side￿protection
With￿the￿side￿protection,￿it￿is￿now￿possible￿to￿monitor￿the￿entire￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿rather￿than￿just￿the
front￿side￿and￿rear￿side.
The￿side￿protection￿is￿not￿a￿separate￿optional￿equipment￿package,￿but￿is￿included￿in￿the￿3￿Series￿LCI
if￿the￿vehicle￿has￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿(OE￿5DP)￿and￿a￿Professional￿navigation
system￿(OE 609)￿installed.
The￿side￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿of￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant￿are￿used￿to￿provide￿the￿side
protection￿function.
Explanation
Ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿rear￿bumper,￿side￿(PDC￿sensors)
Ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿rear￿bumper￿(PDC￿sensors)
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