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Functional description

The Rear Seat Entertainment system can be switched on as of terminal 30B ON. When the Rear Seat Entertainment system is switched on, numerous functions of the Rear Seat Entertainment system can be selected and configured in the rear displays using the rear-compartment controller.

The Rear Seat Entertainment system is switched on directly at the RSE control unit. Two buttons on the RSE control unit can be used to switch on the left-hand and right-hand side of the Rear Seat Entertainment system separately.

After switching on the Rear Seat Entertainment system, one of the selector buttons in the control panel on the left or right is to be operated to select the rear display. Only then can the previously activated and adopted rear display be operated using the rear-compartment controller.

The rear-compartment controller reads in the button signals. The rear-compartment controller transforms the signals into messages on the K-CAN. The central gateway module (ZGM) is the data interface between K-CAN and MOST. The RSE control unit is a user of the MOST bus and processes the signals. All image information is transferred across the LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signalling) data line from the RSE control unit to the rear displays.

The control button of the rear-compartment controller is always operated from the rest position and the control button always returns to this position when released.

The control button of the rear-compartment controller can be operated as follows:

The following selector buttons can be used to jump directly into the assigned menu:

Pressing a selector button briefly takes the user directly to a certain submenu, e.g. for "Telephone" to the telephone list, for "Radio" to the list of stations or for "Navigation" to the navigation map.

Pressing a selector button twice or pressing it for longer than 2 seconds takes the user to the higher-level menu, e.g. for "Navigation" to the navigation input for new destinations. Here, the navigation map is only displayed again after selection using the control button.

The "Option" selector button enables other settings in the last selected submenu.

When pressed, the "Back" selector button returns the user to the last screen displayed.

The 7 selector buttons are distributed over 3 buttons and 2 rocker switches.

All selector buttons return to the initial position after pressing.

Fig 1: Identifying Rear-Compartment Controller (FCON)
G09910159Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Item Explanation
1 Rear-compartment controller (FCON)
2 Selector key for "radio"
3 Selector key "CD/Multimedia"
4 Selector button "Menu" (main menu)
5 "Telephone" selector key
6 "Navigation" selector key
7 Control button of the rear-compartment controller
8 Selector key "Option"
9 Selector key "Back"