Vehicle equipment
This Owner's Manual describes all models and all standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series.
Therefore, in this Owner's Manual, equipment is also described and illustrated that is not available in your vehicle, e.g. because of the selected optional equipment or the country-specific variants.
This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.
For options and equipment not described in this Owner's Manual, please refer to the Supplementary Owner's Manuals.
On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are arranged differently than shown in the illustrations.
See also:
Radio ready state
Activate radio ready state:
▷ When the ignition is switched off: press ON/
OFF button on the radio.
▷ When the engine is running: press START/
STOP button.
Some electronic systems/p ...
Exterior & Styling
The 2011 5 Series is further proof that BMW is pulling itself out of an
awkward design era. Recently, the only element that had seemed to tie one model
to another was an ill-conceived — and poorly ...
RDS
RDS broadcasts additional information, such as
the station name, in the FM wave band. When
playing a station with multiple frequencies, the
system automatically switches to the frequency
with ...