[LucasElectrics]

I wonder if anyone else has been annoyed by this, and if there is any way to avoid it.

So I pull in to a parking space, and go forward until I am a few inches from the cement wall. No problem. No warnings. I lock up, exit, and come back later. I start the car, no problem. I shift into reverse, and get a huge beeeeeeeep. I look behind me, and there is nothing. It's still beeeeeeping, so I double check. Then I see on the screen that it is saying that I am close to the wall. Well, duh. I'm in reverse, so who cares? But it continues to beeeeeep as I back up, even though the back of my car is clear of obstructions.

Why should it complain about objects in front of me if I am in reverse? If I change to a forward gear, then sure, beep at me. But reverse? It's pointless and misleading.

[vsasesse]

The tone of the warnings are different front /rear sensors. Yeah I understand it's noise you may not like but it's helpful for parallel parking and other scenarios.

It's there to help, code it out if you don't want it.

[bmrguy03]

It's so when you are backing up and turning you don't accidentally hit the car next to you. Sometimes people are so focused on reversing that they forget the front still sways.

[Mouse]

I hear it every morning when I'm backing out of my garage, so I can understand what the OP is talking about. I know it's there to make sure you don't back up into anything or turn and hit anything on the side, but it would be nice to have the front sensors silenced when in reverse for those in areas where parallel parking is not very common. I've also lowered the volume as low as it will go and it's still a bit annoying. Would be nice to get the volume even lower.

[LucasElectrics]

Originally Posted by bmrguy03

It's so when you are backing up and turning you don't accidentally hit the car next to you. Sometimes people are so focused on reversing that they forget the front still sways.

Yes, that's a good point, but it should only be a consideration if the wheels are turned.

I'll look into what the coding options are.

[JJS]

The front proximity sensors will beep when inching forward too if you activate them manually with the button next to the shifter.

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by LucasElectrics

So I pull in to a parking space, and go forward until I am a few inches from the cement wall. No problem. No warnings... I shift into reverse, and get a huge beeeeeeeep.

When you pull forward into a parking space the PDC isn't activated, so it won't beep. When you subsequently put the car into reverse the PDC is activated, so it will warn you of any objects within range of the sensors, front, rear and sides.
When I'm pulling into a space that has an object in the front, like a wall or barrier, I manually engage the rear camera/PDC so that I know when I'm as close to it as I want to be. That's one foot, so one foot is the range that I have the warning tone set to go from intermittent to constant.
If the default warning tone is too loud the volume of the PDC signal tone can be adjusted similar to the sound and volume settings of the radio.

[SteveinArizona]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

When you pull forward into a parking space the PDC isn't activated, so it won't beep. When you subsequently put the car into reverse the PDC is activated, so it will warn you of any objects within range of the sensors, front, rear and sides.
When I'm pulling into a space that has an object in the front, like a wall or barrier, I manually engage the rear camera/PDC so that I know when I'm as close to it as I want to be. That's one foot, so one foot is the range that I have the warning tone set to go from intermittent to constant.
If the default warning tone is too loud the volume of the PDC signal tone can be adjusted similar to the sound and volume settings of the radio.

how do you do that adjustment??? I have been looking for that.

[Billfitz]

Never tried it myself, but logically you'd pull up close enough to something to have the alarm sound, then turn the volume down with the steering wheel volume control.

[madmonkey]

I do believe that the PDC volume can be adjusted manually - it can be done on the X3 so I don't see why it wouldn't be the same.

Alternatively, can you not just push the front PDC button by the shifter to deactivate the front sensors?

[CalCarNut]

Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

how do you do that adjustment??? I have been looking for that.

Yes, you can adjust it in i-Drive....

[Mr. Tasty]

Originally Posted by CalCarNut

Yes, you can adjust it in i-Drive....

this, also gong noise.

[torkles]

right, the ironic part about park distance control is that the car has no idea you're parking when you're in a forward gear. so the parking sensors only work automatically when you're in reverse. i typically back into parking spaces (it's way safer and as a side bonus looks cooler). i have it set up so that if i press the park button it turns on the park sensors and the surround view camera which makes backing into a parking spot super easy. if i put the car in reverse without pressing the park button, the back up camera turns on along with the sensors.

[LucasElectrics]

Originally Posted by CalCarNut

Yes, you can adjust it in i-Drive....

The ratio of the PDC signal tone volume to the entertainment volume can be adjusted.
Using iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "iDrive settings"
3. "Tone"
4. "Volume settings"
5. "PDC"
6. Set the desired value.
The setting is stored for the driver profile currently used.

[upsidedownfunnel]

Originally Posted by torkles

right, the ironic part about park distance control is that the car has no idea you're parking when you're in a forward gear. so the parking sensors only work automatically when you're in reverse. i typically back into parking spaces (it's way safer and as a side bonus looks cooler). i have it set up so that if i press the park button it turns on the park sensors and the surround view camera which makes backing into a parking spot super easy. if i put the car in reverse without pressing the park button, the back up camera turns on along with the sensors.

I actually prefer it the way it is because I rarely need the front PDC. That said, on my 2017 X5, the front PDC is activated automatically when inching forward.

I was always confused why previously BMWs only activated PDC when backing up but I realized that it's much easier to judge the front of the car than the rear. If you really need it, you can just enable it automatically.

[Wires]

It also lets you know that some dufus pulled in close and rubbed your bumper.

An FYI (not sure if you noticed this), is whatever sensor detects proximity, the sound comes from the portion of the sound system (so rear right for the rear right bumper sensor for example). Super handy...

[torkles]

Originally Posted by upsidedownfunnel

I actually prefer it the way it is because I rarely need the front PDC. That said, on my 2017 X5, the front PDC is activated automatically when inching forward.

I was always confused why previously BMWs only activated PDC when backing up but I realized that it's much easier to judge the front of the car than the rear. If you really need it, you can just enable it automatically.

i'm surprised at how much i like the PDC, i didn't think i'd find it as valuable as i do. having the front pdc activate when you're inching forward would be cool. i wonder if that's a code-able feature?

[upsidedownfunnel]

Originally Posted by torkles

i'm surprised at how much i like the PDC, i didn't think i'd find it as valuable as i do. having the front pdc activate when you're inching forward would be cool. i wonder if that's a code-able feature?

I don't think it is. I've looked at some of the coding cheat sheets out there and none have mentioned it. I will say it does help if you have a kid and they have their ride-on cars and tricycles in the way.

[Kafkaesque328]

yes its annoying in that it starts beeping like crazy way before you are close to hitting anything. I generally like the driver assist pkg though but yeah, annoying