BMW 7 Series: RSE Control Unit

Fig. 14: Identifying Front And Rear View Of RSE Control Unit

INDEX REFERENCE CHART

1. ON/OFF switch, left
2. Jack plug for hard-wired headphone, left
3. AV input, left (yellow: video, white:audio signal, left, red: audio signal, right)
4. Slot in DVD player
5. AV input, right
6. Jack plug for hard-wired headphone, right
7. DVD drive Eject button
8. ON/OFF switch, right
9. Fan, left
10. Power supply, connection for infrared transmitters, one CVBS video input
11. MOST connection
12. FD connection
13. FD2 connection
14. Fan, right

Switch-on Conditions

The two ON/OFF switches are used to switch the rear seat entertainment system on/off. They switch the RSE control unit and the rear display on/off on the selected side.

The infrared diodes begin to light as soon as the RSE control unit is switched on.

The infrared diodes then stay on for as long as at least one side of the RSE is still active.

The diodes go out 5 seconds after switching off the last rear display.

The RSE control unit can be switched on as of terminal 30B. After "terminal R OFF", the RSE control unit can be switched on within the run-on time of 30 minutes. After the control unit has been switched on, it remains active until the energy management detects the start capability limit.

Further information on terminal control and the new terminal designations can be found in the F01/F02 Energy Management training material.

The RSE control unit supports following media:

• Video DVD
• Video CD
• Super Video CD
• Audio CD
• DVD or CD with compressed data formats

The following compressed data formats are supported:

• Video
  • MPEG-1 video
  • MPEG-2 video
• Audio
  • MPEG-1 Layer 2 Audio
  • MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio MP3 with ID3-Tags
  • MPEG-2 Layer 2 Audio
  • Windows Media Audio WMA with WMA-Tags
  • Advanced Audio Coding AAC

The DVD audio format is not supported by the RSE control units.

However, if the DVD contains a video track, it is usually played.

NOTE: Data that is protected with Digital Rights Management DRUM cannot be reproduced.

RSE Remote Control

Fig. 15: Identifying RSE Remote Control Buttons

RSE REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS REFERENCE CHART

1. Menu
2. Thumbwheel
3. Confirmation button
4. Option
5. Battery symbol
6. Selector slide, left/right
7. Volume
8. Track search/track skip
9. Wireless symbol
10. Back
11. Four-way directional controller (four buttons)

RSE Remote Control Function

The remote control features two LED for checking operation and battery voltage.

Transmission of a wireless signal is acknowledged by the green send signal lighting.

The remote control signals are only sent if the rear seat entertainment system is switched on.

If the battery voltage reaches a critical level, the red battery symbol will light instead of the green send symbol each time a button is pressed. The battery in the remote control must be replaced to ensure continued operation.

The thumbwheel, the confirmation button and the four-way directional controller mimic the iDrive controller functions:

• Turning the thumbwheel corresponds to turning the iDrive controller.
• Pressing the corresponding button on the four-way directional has the same effect as operating the iDrive controller to the left, right, forwards or back.
• Pressing the confirmation button corresponds to pressing down on the iDrive controller.

The entire remote control changes over to the selected side by operating the selector slide.

The remote control is available in a frequency of 315 MHz for the US version.

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