Question about Air Conditioning
09-07-2004, 11:11 AM
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My Ride: 2009 528xi, Jet Black, Black Dakota Leather, Poplar Wood, Steptronic Transmission, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package
Hi, i was wondering what the button under the "Auto" button is. I believe it is 2 circles with an "a" inside one of them.
09-07-2004, 11:15 AM
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It is a 2 position button. You can choose to recirculate the air or you can set it on Auto and the car will decide whether or not you need fresh air or if you need to recirculate the air. The "a" is the auto. I keep mine on Auto, no problems yet.
09-07-2004, 11:20 AM
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Ok, cool. Thanks. 
09-07-2004, 11:39 AM
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My Ride: F02 LCI Individual
Model Year: 2013
It works perfect.
And when you use the max button it switches to recirculating, because it's easier to cool the interior down by recirculating the colder air...
And when you use the max button it switches to recirculating, because it's easier to cool the interior down by recirculating the colder air...
09-07-2004, 10:10 PM
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The auto recir/fresh air works perfectly, so far. On my way to work passing a large disposal area, and it smells really bad. I always have my auto recir/fresh air on, and I never smell those bad smell from the outside when I pass the area. This feature is cool feature. 
09-08-2004, 02:54 AM
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Yes, the auto recirculating feature actually employs sensors that detect some of the common, bad-smelling pollutants in the air and switches to recirculating mode when they are detected, or fresh air otherwise. Quite a technology that is not advertised all that much!
09-08-2004, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by PeterF' date='Sep 8 2004, 04:54 AM
Yes, the auto recirculating feature actually employs sensors that detect some of the common, bad-smelling pollutants in the air and switches to recirculating mode when they are detected, or fresh air otherwise. Quite a technology that is not advertised all that much!
09-08-2004, 02:00 PM
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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On the advanced airconditioning.. On the standard airco you have to do it manually if you smell something stinky
09-08-2004, 02:26 PM
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My Ride: 2009 528xi, Jet Black, Black Dakota Leather, Poplar Wood, Steptronic Transmission, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package
What is advaned air conditioning? I didn't pay for an A/C upgrade. Is that a Euro thing?