Safety
CONTROLS
Depending on vehicle equipment: display in
camera image
BMW Drive Recorder
Principle
The BMW Drive Recorder stores brief video
recordings of the vehicle surroundings, e.g., to
document surrounding traffic.
Vehicle features and options
This system may not be available in the
owned vehicle, e.g. due to the selected op-
tional equipment, the national-market version
or the option for later enabling and software
updates. This also applies to individual func-
tions of the system.
Depending on the direction of travel, the view
to the front or back is displayed in the camera
image.
The respective boundary area, arrow 1, in the
camera image flashes red if vehicles are de-
tected by the sensors.
For information on whether a function is cur-
rently available in the vehicle or when the func-
tion can be installed in the vehicle, contact an
authorized service center or another qualified
service center or repair shop.
Yellow lines, arrow 2, mark the bumper of your
own vehicle.
Additional information:
Acoustic warning
In addition to the visual warning, a signal tone
sounds if your own vehicle moves into the re-
spective direction.
Vehicle equipment, refer to page 8.
General information
Video recordings can be saved in different
ways:
Depending on the national-market version, the
signal tone will already sound when the gear
position is engaged.
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Automatic storage of the recording.
The function makes it possible to document
the accident with the correspondingly set
recording type.
System limits
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Manual storage of the recording.
System limits of the sensors
Additional information:
This function is used to document traffic sit-
uations with the configured recording type.
Sensors of the vehicle, refer to page 41.
The assistance systems' cameras are used to
record, e.g., Panorama View.
Functional limitations
The function can be limited, for instance in the
following situations:
Additionally, the following parameters are
stored for the trip:
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Date.
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In tight curves.
Time.
Crossing objects are moving at a very slow
or a very fast speed.
Vehicle speed.
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Other objects that hide cross traffic are in
the capture range of the sensors.
Global Positioning System coordinates.
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