BMW 5 Series: Enabling the rear seat
General information
It is only possible to make rear seat enable settings
via iDrive in the front.
Adjusting
Limited rear operation
1. "CAR".
2. "Settings".
3. "General settings".
4. "Rear-seat entertainment".
5. "Operation limited".
Only the following function can be accessed
in the rear in this setting: "MEDIA".
Individual Entertainment:
- Same entertainment source in the front
and rear:
If the same entertainment source is selected
in the front and rear, it is only possible
to adjust the settings for the entertainment source in the front. If, for
instance the radio is being listened to in
the front and the rear, the station can only
be changed in the front.
- Different entertainment sources in the
front and rear:
When different entertainment sources are
selected in the front and rear, settings can
be adjusted for the active entertainment
source in the rear.
Theater mode:
- The Theater mode can only be activated
or deactivated in the front.
- The settings for the entertainment source
or volume of the played back entertainment
source can only be adjusted in front.
Permitted rear operation
1. "CAR".
2. "Settings".
3. "General settings".
4. "Rear-seat entertainment".
5. "Rear-seat operation enabled".
- Same entertainment source in the front and
rear:
If the same entertainment source is selected
in the front and rear, settings can be adjusted
for this entertainment source in the front and
rear. If the radio is being listened to in the
front and the rear, for instance, the station
can be changed in the front and the rear.
- Different entertainment sources in the front
and rear:
When different entertainment sources are selected
in the front and rear, settings can be
adjusted for the active entertainment source
in the rear.
Switching off rear entertainment
1. "CAR".
2. "Settings".
3. "General settings".
4. "Rear-seat entertainment".
5. "Disable rear-seat operation".
Rear entertainment is switched off and cannot be
switched on again from the rear.
Select one of the two rear seat enable settings to switch the rear entertainment
back on.
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Brightness
1. "CAR".
2. "Settings".
3. "Displays".
4. "Control display".
5. Adjust the brightness of the screen.
Headphones
Connect cordless headphones.
Tone
If the vehicle loudspeakers are select
General information
This chapter describes functions that are operated
in a different way to the way they are operated
in the front, or are only available in the rear.
Music hard disk
Saving of musi
General information
External devices can also be connected to the
vehicle as additional entertainment sources.
Connection of external audio and video devices
or digital cameras via the HDMI in the
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The system measures potential parking spaces when driving past at a speed
below approximately
22 mph (35 km/h) even without the system having been activated.
The parking spaces are measured by two additional ultrasonic sensors, which are
integrated into
the front wheel arch. Two additional u
Concept
The system provides an early look at cross traffic
at blind driveways and intersections.
General information
Road users concealed by obstacles to the left
and right of the vehicle can only be detected relatively
late from the driver's seat. The cameras in
the front and rear capture the side