Patent ID: 8028599

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a manual controller for controlling driving functions of the vehicle and/or additional functions of the vehicle, the manual controller having a base and a handle which is movable in relation to the base and is designed such that it is pivotable at least about a substantially horizontal pivot axis for control purposes and a control unit which is connected to the manual controller and by means of which output data from at least one manually operable control element and/or output data relating to a pivot position of the handle in relation to the base are processed, said control unit including means for facilitating the user to assign the control element and/or the pivot position of the handle to a driving function and/or additional functions, said control unit having an output device by means of which the output data from the manual controller are reproduced and said control unit being switchable to an inspection mode in which operation of the manual controller is reproduced by the output device, but the driving functions and/or additional functions are not influenced.