BMW LCI 3 2015 Series Operating Manual page 25

3￿Series LCI
4.￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics
Operating￿principle￿of￿3￿Series￿LCI￿side￿protection
The￿side￿protection￿is￿activated￿using￿the￿PDC￿button.￿The￿side￿protection￿is￿also￿enabled￿any￿time
that￿Auto￿PDC￿is￿activated.￿Once￿enabled,￿the￿side￿protection￿operates￿up￿to￿a￿speed￿of￿10￿km/h￿/￿6
mph.
The￿measuring￿range￿around￿the￿B-pillar￿and￿parts￿of￿the￿doors￿is￿not￿monitored￿by￿the￿ultrasonic
sensors.￿Instead￿this￿area￿is￿imaged￿using￿a￿computer￿model￿while￿the￿vehicle￿drives￿past.
The￿side￿protection￿is￿not￿active￿during￿an￿automatic￿parking￿manoeuvre￿by￿the￿Parking￿Manoeuvring
Assistant￿(PMA).
An￿acoustic￿warning￿is￿only￿issued￿if￿the￿detected￿obstacle￿is￿lying￿in￿the￿path￿of￿the￿vehicle.
A￿continuous￿alarm￿is￿output￿once￿the￿obstacle￿is￿closer￿than￿25 cm￿away.
F30￿LCI￿side￿protection￿CID￿display
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