Mini CONVERTIBLE Owner's Manual page 202

CONTROLS
For the measurement od parking
spaces
– Maximum speed while driving forward
approx. 22 mph/35 km/h.
– Maximum distance to row of parked ve-
hicles: 5 ft/1.5 m.
Suitable parking space
– Gaps behind an object that has a min.
length of 5 ft/1.5 m.
– Gap between two objects with a mini-
mum length of approx. 5 ft/1.5 m.
– Minimum length of gap between two ob-
jects: own vehicle length plus approx.
3.3 ft/1.0 m.
– Minimum depth: approx. 5 ft/1.5 m.
For the parking operation
– Doors and trunk lid are closed.
– The parking brake is released.
– When parking in parking spaces on the
driver's side, the corresponding turn sig-
nal must be switched on.
Switching on and activating
Switching on with the button
Press the park assistance button.
The LED lights up.
The current status of the parking space
search is indicated on the Control Display.
Automatic Parking Assistant is acti-
vated automatically.
Switching on with reverse gear
Shift into reverse.
The current status of the parking space
search is indicated on the Control Display.
To activate: "Parking Assistant"
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Display on the Control Display
System activated/deactivated
Icon Meaning
Gray: the system is not available.
White: the system is available but
not activated.
The system is activated.
Parking space search and system
status
– Symbol P on the vehicle image: the Au-
tomatic Parking Assistant is activated
and the parking space search is active.
– Control Display shows suitable parking
spaces at the edge of the road next to
the vehicle symbol. When the Auto-
matic Parking Assistant is active, suita-
ble parking spaces are highlighted.
– The parking operation is
active. The system takes
over the steering.
– Parking space search is always active
whenever the vehicle is moving forward
slow and straight, even if the system is
deactivated. When the system is deacti-
vated, the displays on the Control Dis-
play are shown in gray.