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How does the Head-Up Display (HUD) work?

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<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>How does the Head-Up Display (HUD) work?</span>

The following documents will help answer many questions about the technology behind the HUD and what adjustments are possible.

SBT__E60___Head_up_display.pdf

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More general information (including how to access the HUD test functions):
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<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>Can the image be adjusted?</span>

Information on display adjustment:
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<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>What happens if a "normal" windshield is installed in a car with HUD?</span>
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awesome!!! i was told by the dealership that the HUD was unable to be ajusted for hight and now this proves them wrong AWESOME HELP!!!!
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Thx Rudy you are always a BIG help


530i SMG yes dealers are afraid or just lazy to do the adjustment.
Mine refused many times, but now I think after I adjusted my seat the HUD is ok.
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Just wondered in real life point of view, (rather than the diagrams in previous posts) how does one percieive the image from HUD? Is it directed onto the windscreen as a 2D transparent image, or does it appear to float as a hologram over the bonnet? Can it be seen from outside the vehicle or is it blocked by the special windscreen? Thanks in advance!
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It floats over the bonnet and looks more as if it's projected on the road. The image is only visible to the driver and not to anyone else -- inside or outside of the car.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='233506' date='Feb 2 2006, 11:01 AM
It floats over the bonnet and looks more as if it's projected on the road. The image is only visible to the driver and not to anyone else -- inside or outside of the car.
My wife is very distubed over the HUD and I talking to each other. She insists that there is nobody there, but I respond, well how could I know all this great information unless I got it from someone She has NEVER been in the drivers seat.

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