Additional orientation guides

2009 BMW 528i StandardSECTION Additional orientation guides

The following features provide visual orientation in the menus:

  • Orientation by special background colors 

    Each menu has a background color of its own.

    Communication = blue

    Navigation = green

    Entertainment = orange

    Climate = red

    Settings = grey

    The associated submenus also have the same background color. This makes assignment of the submenus straightforward.

  • Orientation by position indicator 

    A small, coloured symbol for each of the 4 menus appears in the top menu line: A diamond. The 4 corners of the diamond correspond to the 4 directions of the menus. A small square indicates the corner corresponding to the currently selected menu.

  • Status line for information at a glance 

    The status line contains the most important information on the various functions, such as settings of the air conditioning system or the radio station currently selected.

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