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Old 11-18-2005, 10:55 AM
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I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
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Originally Posted by jeffreybowman' post='200184' date='Nov 18 2005, 02:55 PM
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
I don't think you can control PDC with the wheel buttons. At least, I have seen no way to do so. I think you have a problem if PDC turns off and stays off after driving off.
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Originally Posted by jeffreybowman' post='200184' date='Nov 19 2005, 03:55 AM
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
I don't think you can add anything to the pre define list.

If your PDC don't shut off while you are driving, when you are passing a car the system beeps it will be quite a distraction don't you think? Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by jeffreybowman' post='200184' date='Nov 18 2005, 01:55 PM
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?
The only things available for the star and diamond buttons are the things you see in the list.

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
You want it to stay active? The purpose of PDC is that it only enables itself in close quarters (or in reverse); if you want to manually enable it you need to do so via the button on the dash. There is no way to have PDC constantly enabled.
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Originally Posted by das' post='200189
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?
The only things available for the star and diamond buttons are the things you see in the list.

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
You want it to stay active? The purpose of PDC is that it only enables itself in close quarters (or in reverse); if you want to manually enable it you need to do so via the button on the dash. There is no way to have PDC constantly enabled.[/quote]

Plus you cannot manually enable the PDC over a certain speed.
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Originally Posted by das' post='200189
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?
The only things available for the star and diamond buttons are the things you see in the list.

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
You want it to stay active? The purpose of PDC is that it only enables itself in close quarters (or in reverse); if you want to manually enable it you need to do so via the button on the dash. There is no way to have PDC constantly enabled.[/quote]I thought that he meant that it would not reactivate. But, ...?
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Originally Posted by jeffreybowman' post='200184' date='Nov 18 2005, 01:55 PM
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
My PDC comes to life when I back out of the garage. I can disable it, but it is enable (I think) when you backup. Sometimes (and this may be a glitch), I slow down the PDC comes on automatically when I approach my garage (some cars parked outside in front of garage).

Sometimes at a stop when I noticed a car coming really close to my rear end, I press the PDC to see "how" close he/she is. Sometimes, PDC doesn't turn on automatic because I almost hit a truck in front of me while I was turning into a parking space.

Ideally, I think the system comes on automatically at very low speed, when you brake to a stop and begin to move slowly, or backing out in reverse. I thought the button was to turn it OFF completely, or turn it ON to automatic mode. Hope I'm not confussing anyone . . . cause I'm not sure how the damn system works now
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='200203
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
My PDC comes to life when I back out of the garage. I can disable it, but it is enable (I think) when you backup. Sometimes (and this may be a glitch), I slow down the PDC comes on automatically when I approach my garage (some cars parked outside in front of garage).

Sometimes at a stop when I noticed a car coming really close to my rear end, I press the PDC to see "how" close he/she is. Sometimes, PDC doesn't turn on automatic because I almost hit a truck in front of me while I was turning into a parking space.

Ideally, I think the system comes on automatically at very low speed, when you brake to a stop and begin to move slowly, or backing out in reverse. I thought the button was to turn it OFF completely, or turn it ON to automatic mode. Hope I'm not confussing anyone . . . cause I'm not sure how the damn system works now
[/quote]That's what I thought--"the button was to turn it OFF completely, or turn it ON to automatic mode."
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='200203
I would like to assign one of my steering wheel buttoms (star or diamond) to Park Distance Control so that I don't have to fumble around on the lower dash to reactivate PDC when I am pulling into a parking space. I haven't figured out a way to add PDC to the list of available functions that can be controlled by steering wheel buttons in Car Settings. Is this possible?

Also, can someone explain why the damn PDC shuts itself off after I drive away?
My PDC comes to life when I back out of the garage. I can disable it, but it is enable (I think) when you backup. Sometimes (and this may be a glitch), I slow down the PDC comes on automatically when I approach my garage (some cars parked outside in front of garage).

Sometimes at a stop when I noticed a car coming really close to my rear end, I press the PDC to see "how" close he/she is. Sometimes, PDC doesn't turn on automatic because I almost hit a truck in front of me while I was turning into a parking space.

Ideally, I think the system comes on automatically at very low speed, when you brake to a stop and begin to move slowly, or backing out in reverse. I thought the button was to turn it OFF completely, or turn it ON to automatic mode. Hope I'm not confussing anyone . . . cause I'm not sure how the damn system works now
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It's only when you put the gear in reverse as the PDC goes on
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Automatic engages in reversa as already stated

See manual excerpt here:
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