Mercedes-Benz E 300 Operator's Manual page 72

Interior Lighting
1 Door contact switch:
Press once and interior lamps are
switched on when opening a door.
Interior lamps are switched on,
and off (soft fade) delayed, when
unlocking or locking the vehicle,
or when opening or closing a door.
However, there will be no (soft
fade) delay when the electronic
key is in steering lock position 2.
Press again and interior lamps
remain switched off, even when
centrally unlocking or opening a
door.
2 Press to switch interior and
reading lamps on or off.
3 Press to switch rear passenger
compartment lamp on or off.
4 Press to switch reading lamp on
or off
Entrance Lamps, Exit Lamps in
Doors
The lamps are switched on and off by
the door contact switches.
Note:
To prevent the vehicle battery from
being discharged, with doors open all
interior lamps go out after
approximately 5 minutes.
To prevent the vehicle battery from
being discharged, with reading lamps
switched on manually and electronic
key in steering lock position 0 or
removed, the reading lamps go out after
approximately 30 minutes.
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