BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual page 165

Low-beam headlights
Switch position:
The low-beam headlights illuminate if the drive-
ready state is switched on.
Parking lights
When parking the vehicle, it is possible to switch
on a parking light on one side.
Button Function
Parking light, right on/off.
Parking light, left on/off.
Welcome lights and
headlight courtesy delay
feature
Welcome lights
General
Depending on the equipment version, the exte‐
rior lights of the vehicle can be individually adjus‐
ted.
Activating/deactivating
Switch position: ,
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Lights"
4. "Exterior lighting"
5. Select the desired setting.
▷ "Welcome lights"
Individual light functions are switched on
for a limited time.
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Lights
Headlight courtesy delay feature
General
If the high-beam headlights are activated with
standby state switched on, the low-beam head‐
lights remain on for a certain amount of time.
Setting the duration
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "Vehicle settings"
3. "Lights"
4. "Exterior lighting"
5. "Home lights"
6. Select the desired setting.
Automatic driving lights
control
Principle
Depending on ambient brightness, the system
switches the low-beam headlights on or off auto‐
matically, for example in a tunnel, at twilight and
in rain or snow.
General
The headlights may also come on when the sun
is sitting low in a blue sky.
Activating
Switch position: ,
The indicator lamp in the instrument cluster is il‐
luminated when the low-beam headlights are
switched on.
System limits
The automatic driving lights control is no substi‐
tute for using your own judgement to assess the
light conditions.
CONTROLS
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