Mini 2011 Countryman - Manual (Page 72)

Lamps
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Switching off
Press the lever up or down to the pressure point.
Fog lamps*
Press the button to switch the lamps on and off.
Fog lamps*
The parking lamps or low beams must be
switched on for the fog lamps to operate. The
green indicator lamp lights up when the fog
lamps are switched on.
Depending on your vehicle's equipment, the fog
lamps are switched off when you activate the
headlamp flasher or switch on the high beams.
If the automatic headlamp control is acti-
vated, the low beams will come on auto-
matically when you switch on the fog lamps. <
Guide fog lamps*
When the switch is in position 3, guide fog lamps
are switched on for a wider light distribution up
to a speed of 68 mph/110 km/h.
Instrument lighting
You can adjust the brightness of the instrument
lighting only when the parking lamps or the low
beams are on.
Increasing brightness
Press and hold the button until the desired
brightness is reached.
Reducing brightness
Press the button briefly.
The brightness decreases every time the button
is pressed briefly.
Interior lamps
The interior lamps, the footwell lamps * , the
entry lamps * , and the cargo area lamp are con-
trolled automatically.
To reduce the drain on the battery, a short
while after the ignition is switched off,
refer to Start/Stop button on page 39 , all lights in
the vehicle's passenger compartment are
switched off.
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Switching interior lamps on/off manually
To switch the interior lamps on/off.
Press the switch.
To switch off the interior lamps permanently,
press the button for about 3 seconds.
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