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On-Board Monitor and Navigation Systems
Introduction
While the instrument cluster provides all of the important vehicle status information to the
driver, the on-board monitor is designed as an additional display that can be viewed by both
the driver and vehicle passengers. Information relating to the vehicle, navigation, audio sys-
tem and telephone can be displayed and controlled from a central location.
The wide screen on-board monitor replaces both the 5.5 versions in the E38 and E39, and
the 5 board monitor from the E53 and E46. The wide screen display has a screen size of
6.5 and an aspect ratio (length:height) of 16:9.
The benefits of the wide screen design are:
Larger display area and higher resolution (400X234 pixels).
Improved display screen technology (Ad-TFT LC).
Bigger text size.
Soft keys replace country specific audio function keys.
Used for all board monitor applications in all markets reducing variants.
Larger display area makes split screen and magnification features possible (future
software enhancements).