Rear center console knock outs (between cigarette lighter) & Front console buttons

[X5 Meister]

Does anyone know what the other two knock-outs in the rear center console are for? I am referring to the ones located between the cigarette lighter socket, below the two rear seat heater switches.

Also, it seems that the front console can accommodate 8 switches. I have only ever seen 7 different kinds. Evidently the 7th spot was never used by BMW.

1. Driver Seat Heating
2. Hill Decent Control
3. Dynamic Stability Control OFF
4. Liftgate
6. Park Distance Control
6. Flat Tire Monitor (newer cars) or Tire Pressure Monitor / RDC (on older cars)
7. Blank
8. Passenger Seat Heating

Follow-up: BMW never mounted anything in that 7th spot. The rear knockouts were: AV In/Out (on the left side) and TV Button (on the right side). Also attached are the relevant pages from the BMW AG Navigation system instruction manual explaining their functionality.

[X5Jay]

I believe in the European models the knock-outs in the back are used for A/V jacks. I'm not sure I've ever seen that last space on the front console ever used for anything...

[X5 Meister]

Interesting. Do you happen to have a schematic showing the rear ones, or a p/n of some kind?

[China Man]

I believe the blank switch is also for european models, which I've seen with an active comfort seat, much like the seat you can get in the E38/E65/66 7-series. Active seats would take up 2 spots, so I'm not sure what they are missing. I know they've always had tire pressure monitor. HDC, DSC, bootlid buttons are standard, as well as PDC on the V8 models, so I'm not sure how their configuration is

[Mindfull]

Hmmm. Anyone planning an DDE/ Angel Eye switch, if you want to control them beyond hardwiring, could use that slot provided there's no obstructions behind.