Displaying Current Position - BMW 525i Owner's Manual

With a scale of up to 5 miles/10 km, additional
information is displayed. The length, direction
and effect of a traffic obstruction are indicated
with arrows along the route, e.g.
Slow traffic or other event
Traffic back up
Stopped traffic
Stopped traffic in both directions of
travel
Along planned route
Colored symbol with the traffic obstruction
symbol.
Outside planned route
> Map scale up to 5 miles/10 km:
White symbol with black or gray border with
the traffic obstruction symbol
> Map scale from 10 miles/20 km:
White symbol with black border and an
arrow in the direction concerned
Traffic information during destination
guidance
When a traffic obstruction message is issued to
the navigation system and "Dynamic route" is
not selected, refer to Changing route criteria,
page 145, you will receive certain information,
such as the length of the traffic congestion,
when you are approx. 25 miles/40 km away
from the traffic obstruction.
The last possible junction will be displayed
shortly before this.
This information is also displayed if you have
called up a different application on the Control
Display.
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Bypassing traffic congestion
Select "Detour" and press the controller.
The navigation system determines a new route
to bypass the traffic congestion.

Displaying current position

You can have your current position displayed
even when the destination guidance is
switched off.
1. Select "Navigation" and press the control-
ler.
2. Change into the fourth field from the top.
Turn the controller until "Current position"
is selected and press the controller.
The current position of your BMW is displayed.