At a glance

These overviews of buttons, switches and displays are intended to familiarize you with your vehicle. You will also become quickly acquainted with the available control concepts and options.

See also:

Setting the voice dialog
You can set whether the system should use the standard dialog or a shorter version. In the shorter variant of the voice dialog, the announcements from the system are issued in an abbreviated fo ...

Volume
"Speed volume": speed-dependent volume control. "PDC": volume of the PDC signal* compared to the entertainment sound output. "Gong": volume of the signal, su ...

Braking: One Step Up, Two Back
There is an aspect of the 5 Series that we do object to, though, and that's the braking. To be clear, the car stops well enough; it's not a safety concern. The problem is the feel of the braking, ...