Lexus RX 450h Owner's Manual page 268

266 4-3. Operating the lights and wipers
nated with the high beams.
The shaded high beams help optimize for-
ward visibility while reducing the dazzling
effect on the drivers of vehicles ahead.
 Adjusts the distance that the low
beams are projected according to
the distance to a preceding vehicle.
Activating the Adaptive
High-beam System
1 Push the lever away from you with
the headlight switch in the
position.
2 Press the Adaptive High-beam Sys-
tem switch.
The Adaptive High-beam System indicator
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will come on when the system is operating.
Conditions in which the light distribu-
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tion control of the headlights changes
automatically
When all of the following conditions are
●
met, the high beams will be turned on
automatically and the system will operate:
• The vehicle speed is approximately 15
km/h (10 mph) or more.
• The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
*
: When the vehicle speed is approxi-
mately 30 km/h (19 mph) or more, the
area in the direction that the vehicle is
turning will be illuminated more brightly
or
than other areas while driving on a
curve.
When all of the following conditions are
●
met, the shaded high beams will turn on
and the distance that the low beams are
projected will be adjusted automatically,
depending on the location of vehicles
ahead:
• The vehicle speed is approximately 15
km/h (10 mph) or more.
• The area ahead of the vehicle is dark.
• There are vehicles ahead with headlights
or tail lights turned on.
If any of the following conditions is met,
●
the high beams or shaded high beams will
be changed to the low beams automati-
cally:
• The vehicle speed is below approxi-
mately 15 km/h (10 mph).
• The area ahead of the vehicle is not dark.
• There are many vehicles ahead.
• Vehicles ahead are moving quickly and
the high beams may blind the drivers of
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