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Pa rk a s s ist
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Tips
- The rear view camera picture is available
as soon as the MMI Display or the MMI is
switched on, or the start-up phase is
completed.
- Keep the sensors in the rear bumper and
the rear view camera lens clean and free
of snow and ice, so that the parking sys-
tem can work properly . Please follow the
additional notes on
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page 122.
Reverse Park ing
Applies to vehicles: with parking system (rear, wit h rear
view camera)
Parking mod e 1 can be used when parking in
a garage or parking space.
Fig. 132 MMI Display: Aim ing at a parking spot
Fig. 133 MMI Display: Ali gning th e vehicle
"' Switch the MMI on and se lect the reverse
gear.
"' Turn the steering wheel until the orange
orienta t ion lines
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appear in the parking
spot ¢
fig . 132 .
Use the mark ings @ to help
you estimate the distance from an obstacle .
Each marking corresponds to 3 ft (1 m). The
blue a rea represents an extension of the ve-
hicle's outline by approximate ly 16 ft (5 m)
to the rear .
"' Wh ile driving in reverse gear, adjust the
steering whee l angle to fit the parking space
with t he aid of the orange or ientation lines
¢ 0 . @ marks the rear bumper . You should
stop d riving in reverse as soon as and no lat-
er than when the red orientation line ©
abuts an obje ct ¢ _&.!
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WARNING
- The rear view ca mera does not show t he
e ntire area behind t he vehicle
¢ page 118, fig . 130.
Watch out espe-
cially for small children and anima ls. The
rear view camera cannot always detect
them, posing risk of an accident!
- Please note that objects not touching the
ground can appear to be further away
than they really a re (for example, the
bumper of a parked vehicle , a trailer
hitch, or the rear of a truck). In this case,
you shou ld not use the help lines to help
wit h pa rking, wh ich poses danger of an
accident!
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Note
- Low obstacles a lready s ignaled by a
wa rning can disappear from th e system's
detec t ion range as they are approac hed
and will not cont inue to be signaled. Ob-
jec t s such as barr ier chains, tr a iler draw
bars, thin painted vertica l poles or fen -
ces may not be detecte d by the system,
posing risk of damage.
- In the MMI display, t he direction of trav-
el of the vehicle rear is represented de -
pending on the steering wheel angle.
The ve hicle fro nt swings out more tha n
the vehicle rear . Maintain plenty of d is-
tance from an obstacle so that your out-
side mirror or a corner of you r vehicle
does not co llide wit h a ny obs ta cles - dan-
ger of accident!
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