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The TIMER Button

The BMW On-Board Computer II

The TIMER Button




This button is used to start and stop the stopwatch function. When in this mode, the LED on the button will glow.




To activate the stopwatch, press the TIMER button once, then the SET-RES button. To stop counting, press the SET-RES button once again.

While the stopwatch is running, another function can be called up without affecting the timer. To display elapsed time, simply press the TIMER button once again.

The maximum lime that can be measured is 99 hours and 59 minutes. Travel, standstill, and stopped times are all counted. The display is in seconds and tenths of a second for the first minute, then minutes and seconds for the first hour, and then hours and minutes.

When in the TIMER function, pressing the SET-RES button twice will stop the timer and restart the stopwatch at zero.