BMW SERIE 5 SPORT WAGON 2004 Owner's Manual page 63

The current driving speed is stored as a
desired speed and briefly displayed in the
instrument cluster, see below.
1 Desired speed store and increase
Press the lever forward:
The system adopts and stores your current
speed as a desired speed. The speedome-
ter indicates this speed.
Subsequently pressing forward increases
the desired speed to the next 5-mile place/
10 km/h.
Each time the lever is pressed forward
again, the desired speed is increased by
another 5 mph/10 km/h until a maximum of
110 mph/180 km/h is reached. The speed
then displayed is stored and reached on a
clear road.
If the system cannot be activated, the
display ACC --- mph/km/h briefly
appears in the instrument cluster. The sys-
tem may have been automatically deacti-
vated, refer to Deactivate system, or a mal-
function has occurred.
To call up Check Control messages, refer
to page 68.<
2 Desired speed store and decrease
Pull back the lever:
The current driving speed is rounded off to
the next 5-mile place/10 km/h, displayed
and stored.
Each time the lever is pulled back again,
the desired speed is decreased by another
5 mph/10 km/h until the minimum speed of
20 mph/30 km/h is reached. The speed
then displayed is stored and reached on a
clear road.
3 Deactivate system
Press the lever up or down while the sys-
tem is active. The displays in the instrument
cluster disappear. You can use the system
again as required.
In addition, the system is deactivated auto-
matically:
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20 mph/30 km/h. A gong sounds and a
message appears on the Control Display.
The active intervention of the driver is
required.<
When you switch off the ignition, the stored
desired speed is deleted.
4 Resume to stored desired speed
and distance setting
Press button 4:
The displays appear in the instrument clus-
ter. The system is reactivated and uses the
last stored desired speed and distance set-
ting.
4 Fine adjustment of desired speed
In the activated state, the desired speed
increases by 1 mph/1 km/h each time
button 4 is pressed briefly.
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When you apply pressure to the brake
pedal
When you select the automatic trans-
mission's/SMG's neutral range N
With the manual transmission idling
When you deactivate the DSC Dynamic
Stability Control
When you actuate the parking brake
during driving
When the system reduces the speed to
below 20 mph/30 km/h due to a traffic
situation.
The system deactivates automatically
when the speed is set to below
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