2004-2010 BMW M5 4 Door At a glance -> Cockpit (Controls and Displays) User Manual
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At a glance -> Cockpit (Controls and Displays) for Your BMW M5 4 Door Fourth Generation (2004-2010)

Cockpit  
Around the steering wheel: controls and displays  
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Sun blind* for rear window 94  
Rear window safety switch 38  
Opening and closing windows 37  
Folding exterior mirrors in and out* 46  
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Turn signal 59  
High beams, headlamp flasher 84  
High-beam assistant* 84  
Roadside parking lamps 84  
Check Control 67  
Adjusting exterior mirrors 45  
Automatic parking function 46  
Computer 63  
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Shift paddles 57  
16 Releasing hood 181  
Buttons on steering wheel  
17 Opening luggage compartment lid 33  
Mobile phone* 154:  
18  
Head-Up Display* 80  
>
Press: accepting and ending  
call, starting dialing* for  
selected phone number and  
redialing if no phone number is  
selected  
19  
Parking lamps 83  
>
Press longer: redialing  
Low beams 83  
Automatic headlamp control 83  
Adaptive Head Light* 84  
High-beam assistant* 84  
Volume  
Activating/deactivating voice  
command system* 22  
20  
Instrument lighting 86  
Changing radio station  
Selecting music track  
Scrolling in phone book and in lists  
with stored phone numbers  
MDrive, call up individual  
settings 48  
Individually programmable 47  
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Instrument cluster 12  
10  
Windshield wipers 59  
Rain sensor 60  
Starting/stopping engine and  
switching ignition on/off 53  
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12 Ignition lock 53  
13 Horn: entire surface  
14  
Steering wheel adjustment 47  
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Cruise control 61  
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Instrument cluster  
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Indicator lamps for turn signals  
Speedometer  
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Displays for  
> Sequential Manual Transmission with  
Drivelogic 55  
Indicator and warning lamps 13  
Tachometer 62  
>
Check Control message present 67  
> Odometer and trip odometer 62  
Engine oil thermometer 63  
Display for  
> Date and remaining travel distance  
for service requirements 66  
> Computer 63  
> High-beam assistant* 85  
Fuel gauge 63  
Engine oil level 182  
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> Indicator and warning lamps 67  
> Speed of cruise control 61  
Resetting trip odometer 62  
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In the case of corresponding urgency, this infor-  
mation is displayed immediately when the  
related lamp lights up.  
Indicator and warning lamps  
The concept  
Indicator lamps without text messages  
The following indicator lamps in the display  
area 1 indicate that the associated functions are  
activated or deactivated:  
MDrive 49  
Handbrake engaged 55  
Indicator and warning lamps can light up both in  
the display area 1 and in the display 2 in various  
combinations and colors.  
Handbrake engaged for Canadian  
models  
Parking lamps/low beams 83  
Some lights are tested for proper function by  
briefly lighting up during starting of the engine  
or when the ignition is switched on.  
M Dynamic Mode 75  
Explanatory text messages  
High beams/headlamp flasher 84  
Lamp flashes:  
DSC controls the drive and braking  
forces for maintaining vehicle  
stability 75  
Text message at the bottom edge of the Con-  
trol Display explain the meaning of the dis-  
played indicator and warning lamps.  
Additional information, e.g. on the cause of a  
malfunction and on the corresponding need to  
take action can be displayed via the Check Con-  
trol, refer to page 67.  
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Around the center console: controls and displays  
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1
Microphone for handsfree mode for  
telephone*  
13 Drive for navigation system DVD with  
Professional navigation system* 112  
and for voice command system* 22  
14 Drive for audio CDs 132  
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Reading lamps 86  
15 Switching Entertainment sound output on/  
Initiating an emergency call 196  
Glass sunroof*, electric 38  
Interior lamps 86  
off and adjusting volume 132  
16  
Heated seats 45  
Passenger airbag status lamp 79  
Control Display 16  
Active seat ventilation* 45  
Hazard warning flashers  
Central locking system 32  
Adjusting active backrest  
width* 41  
10 Automatic climate control 87  
Flat Tire Monitor 76  
Temperature setting, left/right 88  
PDC Park Distance Control* 73  
Automatic air distribution and  
volume 88  
17 Controller 16  
Turn, press or move horizontally in four  
directions  
Cooling function 89  
18 Activating voice command system  
*
22  
AUC Automatic recirculated-air  
control 90  
19 Opening start menu on Control Display 17  
20 Drivelogic of Sequential Manual  
Recirculated-air mode 90  
Maximum cooling 89  
Transmission 57  
21 EDC Electronic Damping Control 76  
22 DSC Dynamic Stability Control 75  
23 M Engine Dynamic Control POWER 58  
Residual heat mode 90  
Switching off automatic climate  
control 90  
Air volume 89  
Defrosting windows and removing  
condensation 89  
Rear window defroster 87  
11 Changing  
> radio station 132  
> track 132  
12 Ejecting  
> navigation DVD* 132  
> audio CD 132  
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