Lighting; Locator Lighting - Mercedes-Benz 2009 R-Class Operator's Manual

Controls in detail
Control system
Example illustration for setting the month
X
Press button or
æ ç
month, day, or year.
Lighting submenu
Access the Lighting submenu via the
Settings menu. Use the Lighting submenu
to change the lamp and lighting settings on
your vehicle.
The following functions are available:
Setting daytime running lamp mode (USA
R
only) ( Y page 156)
Setting locator lighting ( Y page 156)
R
Setting night security illumination
R
( Y page 157)
Setting interior lighting delayed shut-off
R
( Y page 158)
156
Setting daytime running lamp mode (USA
only)
X
Move the selection marker with button
or
æ ç
X
Press button
the message Lamp Circuit Headlamp
appears in the multifunction display.
The selection marker is on the current
to set the
setting.
X
Press button
manual operation (Manual) or daytime
running lamp mode (Constant).
With daytime running lamp mode activated
and the exterior lamp switch in position
or U, the low-beam headlamps are
M
switched on when the engine is running.
to the Lighting submenu.
or repeatedly until
j k
or to select
æ ç
In low ambient light conditions the following
lamps will come on additionally:
Parking lamps
R
Tail lamps
R
License plate lamps
R
Side marker lamps
R
For more information on the daytime running
lamp mode, see "Lighting" ( Y
For safety reasons, changing the setting for
the daytime running lamp mode is not
possible while the vehicle is in motion.
The following message appears in the
multifunction display:
Settings can only be made at a
standstill.
For safety reasons, resetting all the functions
of all submenus to the factory settings while
driving ( Y page 152) will not deactivate the
daytime running lamp mode.
Setting locator lighting
With the locator lighting feature activated, the
exterior lamp switch in position
interior lighting in automatic mode
( Y page 121), the following lamps will come
on during darkness when the vehicle is
page 116).
and the
U