Lamps, Parking lamps/low beams, La mp s – BMW M5 Sedan 2008 User Manual

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Lamps

Parking lamps/low beams

0 Lights off and daytime running lamps

1 Parking lamps and daytime running lamps

2 Low beams and welcome lamps
3 Automatic headlamp control, daytime run-

ning lamps

, welcome lamps, Adaptive

Head Light

and high-beam assistant

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.

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 preferable to
switch on the roadside parking lamps on one
side, refer to page

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 running lamps, refer to
page

. 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 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 of hazy weather. To avoid
safety risks, you should always switch on the
low beams manually under these conditions.

Welcome lamps

If you leave the light switch in position

2 or 3

when parking the vehicle, then when you unlock
the vehicle, the parking lamps and interior light-
ing remain illuminated for a brief time.

Activating/deactivating welcome

lamps

iDrive, for operating principle refer to page

Press the

button.

This opens the start menu.

Press the controller to open the menu.

Select "Settings" and press the controller.

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