BMW X5 Owners & Service Manuals

BMW X5: BMW Gesture Control

Principle

Several iDrive functions can be operated by hand motion using BMW Gesture Control.

Overview

iDrive

The camera in the headliner detects gestures that are carried out in the area of the center console at the height of the Control Display.

Activate/deactivate

1. "CAR".

2. "Settings".

3. "General settings".

4. "Gesture control".

5. "Gesture control".

Carrying out gestures

Possible gestures

iDrive

iDrive

Assigning gesture individually

General information

Two gestures can be assigned individually and can be configured for certain functions, such as:

Select function

1. "CAR".

2. "Settings".

3. "General settings".

4. "Gesture control".

5. "Function assignment gesture 1" or "Function assignment gesture 2".

6. Select the desired setting.

System limits

Gesture recognition by the camera in the headliner can be disturbed by the following circumstances:

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