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Lamps, Parking lamps/low beams, Parking lamps – BMW X5 xDrive35d 2009 User Manual

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Lamps

Parking lamps/low beams

0 Lights off and daytime driving lamps

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1 Parking lamps and daytime driving lamps

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2 Low beams and welcome lamps
3 Automatic headlamp control

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, daytime

driving lamps

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, welcome lamps and Adap-

tive Head Light

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If you open the driver's door with the ignition
switched off, the exterior lighting is automati-
cally switched off when the light switch is in
position

0, 2 or 3.

If necessary, switch on the parking lamps,
switch position

1.

Parking lamps

In switch position

1, the front, rear and side

vehicle lighting is switched on. You can use the
parking lamps for parking.

The parking lamps drain the battery. Do
not leave them switched on for long peri-

ods of time, otherwise it may no longer be pos-
sible to start the engine. It is better to switch on
the roadside parking lamps on one side, refer to
page

112

.

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Low beams

The low beams light up when the light switch is
in position

2 and the ignition is on.

Automatic headlamp control*

In switch position

3, the system activates the

low beams and switches them on or off in
response to changes in ambient light condi-
tions, for instance, in a tunnel, at dawn and dusk
and in case of precipitation. Adaptive Head
Light

*

is active. The LED next to the symbol

lights up when the low beams are on. You can
activate the daytime driving lamps, refer to
page

111

. In the situations named above, the

system then automatically switches over to the
low beams.
A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can
cause the lights to be switched on.

The low beams remain switched on inde-
pendent of the ambient lighting condi-

tions when you switch on the fog lamps

*

.

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The automatic headlamp control cannot
serve as a substitute for your personal

judgment in determining when the lamps
should be switched on in response to ambient
lighting conditions. For example, the sensors
cannot detect fog or hazy weather. To avoid
safety risks, you should always switch on the
low beams manually under these conditions.

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Welcome lamps

When parking the vehicle, if you leave the light
switch in position

2 or 3, the parking lamps and

the interior lamps light up briefly when the vehi-
cle is unlocked.

Activating/deactivating welcome

lamps

iDrive, for operating principle refer to page

16

.

1.

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

2.

Press the controller to open the menu.

3.

Select "Settings" and press the controller.

4.

Select "Vehicle / Tires" and press the con-
troller.

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