BMW 2 Series Owner's Handbook Manual page 164

CONTROLS
General
The light distribution is adjusted automatically
depending on speed and navigation data, if
necessary.
Urban lights
The light beam from the low-beam headlight is
extended at the sides.
Motorway beam pattern
The range of the low-beam headlight is in-
creased.
Cornering light
Principle
When turning off or on tight bends, for example
hairpin bends, up to a certain speed, a corner-
ing light is added to illuminate the inside area
of the bend.
General
The cornering light is switched on automati-
cally depending on the steering wheel angle or,
where applicable, activation of the turn indica-
tors.
When reversing, the cornering light is activa-
ted automatically as appropriate, irrespective
of the steering wheel angle.
Hairpin lights
The cornering light is also switched on before
entering hairpin bends.
Roundabout light
Shortly before driving onto a roundabout, the
cornering light is activated on both sides. The
edge of the road is illuminated more effec-
tively. Shortly before leaving a roundabout, the
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cornering light is switched off again on both
sides.
Adaptive headlight range
control
Adaptive headlight range control compensates
for acceleration and braking manoeuvres and
vehicle load conditions to prevent oncoming
vehicles from being dazzled.
High-beam Assistant
Principle
High-beam Assistant detects other road users
in good time and activates or deactivates the
high-beam according to traffic situation.
General
High-beam Assistant ensures that the high-
beam headlight is switched on when the traffic
situation allows. The system does not switch
on the high-beam headlight at low speed
range.
The system responds to the lights of oncoming
traffic and traffic driving ahead of you, and to
ambient lighting, for example in built-up areas.
The high-beam headlight can be switched on
and off manually at any time.
If equipped with Selective Beam, the high-
beam headlight is not switched off for oncom-
ing vehicles or vehicles driving ahead of you.
Instead, the system masks only those areas
of the beam which would otherwise dazzle on-
coming traffic or traffic driving ahead. In this
case, the blue indicator light continues to illu-
minate.
Depending on the equipment: if the headlights
have been converted, High-beam Assistant
may only function to a restricted extent.
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