Warning device for a rail vehicle

A warning device for a rail vehicle, the warning device comprising:

• an error detection apparatus configured to detect at least one error condition of the rail vehicle;
• an image memory containing a plurality of images indicating an actual condition of a rail vehicle, the images being designed as image symbols;
• a first selection unit for selecting at least one of the images from the image memory depending on a detected error condition of the rail vehicle;
• a user interface with a display unit, said user interface having an input unit for detecting a text display command;
• a display control unit for controlling said display unit and to output a warning to a vehicle driver by selecting and displaying the image selected by the first selection unit in dependence on the detected error condition;
• an error text memory containing a plurality of error information texts for different error conditions of the rail vehicle;
• a second selection unit for selecting at least one of the error information texts from the error text memory depending on the detected error condition of the rail vehicle;
• said display control unit being configured to warn the vehicle driver by outputting on the display unit the error information text selected in dependence on the detected error condition;
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• wherein, when an error condition of the rail vehicle is detected, the image selected depending on the error condition is output first on the display unit, and only after a text display command is detected, the error information text selected in dependence on the error condition is output on the display unit.