Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 92

03 Your driving environment
Lighting
IMPORTANT
Examples of when manual switching
between main and dipped beam may be
required:
•
In heavy rain or dense fog
•
In snow flurries or slush
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•
In moonlight
•
When driving in poorly lit built-up areas
•
When the traffic ahead has weak light-
ing
•
If there are pedestrians on or beside the
road
•
If there are highly reflective objects such
as signs in the vicinity of the road
•
When the lighting from oncoming traffic
is obscured by e.g. a crash barrier
•
When there is traffic on connecting
roads
•
On the brow of a hill or in a hollow
•
In sharp bends.
For more information on the limitations of the
camera sensor, see page 179.
Tunnel detection*
In cars with rain sensor* the rain sensor detects
the changed light conditions when the car is
4 Activated on delivery from the factory.
*
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
e.g. driven into a tunnel, and dipped beam is
activated within a second in markets without
automatic dipped beam. Dipped beam is deac-
tivated approx. 20 seconds after the car has
been driven out of the tunnel. Note! - The head-
lamp control must be in position for tun-
nel detection to work.
Active Xenon headlamps - ABL*
Headlamp pattern with function deactivated (left)
and activated (right) respectively.
If the car is equipped with active Xenon head-
lamps Active Bending Lights - ABL the light
from the headlamps follows the steering wheel
movement in order to provide maximum light-
ing in bends and junctions and so provide
increased safety.
The function is activated automatically when
the car is started. In the event of a fault in the
function the symbol illuminates in the
combined instrument panel at the same time
as the information display shows an explana-
tory text and a further illuminated symbol.
Symbol Display
Headlamp
failure
Service
required
The function is only active in twilight or dark-
ness and only when the car is moving.
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The function can be deactivated/activated in
the menu system MY CAR under
Specifica-
tion
The system
is disen-
gaged. Visit
a workshop
if the mes-
sage
remains.
Volvo rec-
ommends
that you
contact an
authorised
Volvo work-
shop.
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