Mini Countryman owners manual page 85

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CONTROLS Lamps Lamps Vehicle equipment The parking lamps will discharge the bat- tery. Therefore, do not leave them on for In this chapter, all production, country, and unduly long periods of time; otherwise, the bat- optional equipment that is offered in the model tery might not have enough power to start the range is described. Equipment is also described engine.< that is not available because of, for example, selected options or country version. This also Low beams applies to safety related functions and systems.Turn the light switch to position 2. The low beams come on when the ignition is on. Parking lamps/low beams Automatic headlamp control When the switch is in position3, the low beams are switched on and off automatically depend- ing on ambient light condit ions, e.g. in a tunnel, in twilight, or if there is precipitation. Adaptive Light Control is active. The headlamps may also come on when the sun is sitting low on a blue sky. When driving into tunnels with bright overhead lights, there may be a delay before the head- 0 Lamps off / daytime running lightslamps come on. 1 Parking lamps and daytime running lightsThe low beams remain switched on indepen- dent of the ambient lighting conditions when 2 Low-beam headlamps and welcome lampsyou switch on the fog lamps. 3 Automatic headlamp control, daytime run-If the daytime running lights are activated, ning lights, welcome lamps, and Adaptive page85, the low beams are always switched on Light Control with the light switch in position3 and the igni- When you open the driver's door with the igni-tion on. The exterior lamps are automatically tion switched off, the exterior lighting is auto-switched off after the vehicle is parked. matically switched off if the light switch is in The automatic headlamp control cannot position 0, 2 or 3. serve as a substitute for your personal Switch on the parking lamps if necessary, switch judgment in determining when the lamps position 1. should be switched on in response to ambient lighting conditions. For example, the system Parking lamps cannot detect fog or hazy weather. To avoid Turn the light switch to position 1. safety risks, you should respond to these kinds The front, rear and side vehicle lighting is of low-visibility situations by switching the head- switched on. lamps on manually.< Activation of lights on one side of the vehicle for parking, page86. 84 Online Edition for Part no. 01402917368 - © 10/12 BMW AG

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