Carrying Out Gestures; Assigning Gesture Individually; System Limits - BMW X5 Owner's Manual

Gesture Operation
Hold your stretched out thumb to the right.
Stretch out five fingers, form a fist and stretch
five fingers out again.

Carrying out gestures

Perform gestures underneath the interior mirror
and next to the steering wheel.
Execute gestures clearly.
The gestures can also be executed from the
front-passenger side.

Assigning gesture individually

Via iDrive:
1. "CAR"
2. "Settings"
3. "General settings"
4. "Gesture control"
5. "Function assignment gesture 1" or
"Function assignment gesture 2"
6. Select the desired setting.

System limits

Gesture recognition by the camera can be distur‐
bed by the following circumstances:
▷ The camera lens is covered.
▷ Objects are located on the interior mirror.
▷ The camera lens is dirty. Clean the camera
lenses, refer to page 390.
▷ The gesture is executed outside of the de‐
tection range.
▷ Wearing of gloves or jewelry.
▷ Smoking in the car's interior.
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iDrive
CONTROLS
Function
Forward Skip function.
Individually assignable gesture.
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