Twilight Sentinel - Cadillac 2008 XLR Owner's Manual

Twilight Sentinel

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Twilight Sentinel can turn your lamps on and off
for you. A light sensor on top of the instrument panel
makes the Twilight Sentinel
not covered.
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With Twilight Sentinel you will see the following
happen:
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When it is dark enough outside, the front turn signal
lamps (DRL) will go off, and the headlamps and
parking lamps will come on. The other lamps
that come on with headlamps will also come on.
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When it is bright enough outside, the headlamps
will go off, and the front turn signal lamps (DRL)
will come on, as long as the exterior lamp switch
is in the AUTO position.
If you start your vehicle in a dark garage, the automatic
headlamp system will come on immediately. Once you
leave the garage, it will take about one minute for the
automatic headlamp system to change to DRL if it is
light outside. During that delay, your instrument panel
cluster may not be as bright as usual. Make sure your
instrument panel brightness control is in full bright
position. See Instrument Panel Brightness on page 3-32
for more information.
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work, so be sure it is
You can idle the vehicle with the lamps off, even
when it is dark outside. After starting the vehicle, turn
the exterior lamp control band to off, then release it.
The lamps will remain off until you turn the control
band to off again.
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Twilight Sentinel also provides exterior illumination as
you leave the vehicle. If Twilight Sentinel
on the lamps when you turn off the ignition, your lamps
will remain on until:
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The exterior lamp switch is moved from OFF to
the parking lamp position, or
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a delay time that you select has elapsed.
See Driver Information Center (DIC) on page 3-60 to
select the delay time that you want. You can also select
no delay time.
If you turn off the ignition with the exterior lamp switch
in the parking lamp or headlamp position, the Twilight
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Sentinel delay will not occur. The lamps will turn off
as soon as the switch is turned off.
As with any vehicle, you should turn on the regular
headlamp system when you need it.
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