Audi A3 Sportback g-tron Owner's Manual page 59

•To switch on the main beams manually,
push the lever to position (!). The indicator
lamp . will light up. To dip the headlights
again, pull the lever to position @ .
• To dip the headlights manually after the
main beams have been switched on auto-
matically, pull the lever to position @ .
Flashing the headlights
• Pull the lever to position @ to flash the
headlights when the main beam assist is ac-
tivated. The main beam assist wi ll remain
activated.
Driver messages in the instrument cluster
display
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Main beam assist: system fault!
Drive to a qualified workshop soon and have
the fault rectified. You can still switch the
main beam headlights on and off manually.
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Main bea m assist : currently unavailable.
No camera view
The camera vision is impaired, e.g. by stickers
or dirt.
The sensor is located between the interior
mirror and the windscreen. Do not affix any
stickers on this section of the windscreen.
&_ WARNING
The main beam assist is only intended to
assist the driver. The driver must always
ensure that the headlights are used when
required, and may have to switch them on
or off manually, e.g. when the light condi-
tions or visibility are poor. In the fo llowing
situat ions manual intervention may be
necessary:
- Hazardous weather conditions such as
fog, heavy rain and snow or water
splashes.
- Roads on which oncoming traffic is parti-
ally concealed (e.g . on motorways).
- Indiscernible road users (e.g. cyclists
with poor lighting)
- Tight corners, steep hill crests or valleys
- Poorly lit towns
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- Highly reflective objects, such as road
signs
- Windscreen misted up, dirty, frosted or
covered by stickers in front of the sensor
Adaptive headlight range control
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive headlight range control
The adaptive headlight range control auto-
matfrally regulates the cone of light emitted
by the main beam headlights depending on
the ambient surroundings.
Fig. S4 Turn signal and main beam lever: Switching
adaptive headlight range control on/off
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A camera (located in the mounting for t he in-
terior mirror) detects light sources from other
road users. The vertical and horizontal range
of the headlights is varied smoothly and virtu-
ally steplessly between dipped and main
beams. The system controls the activation/de-
activation of the main beams depending on
how far away the traffic is on either side of the
road.
Activating the adaptive headlight range
control
Important: The light switch must be set to
AUTO and the main beam assist function must
be activated on the MMI*
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• Push the lever to position (!) to activate the
adapt ive headlight range control. The indi-
cator lamp
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will light up in the instru-
ment cluster display and the main beams
will be switched on/off automatically. The
ind icator lamp . is lit when the main
beams are partially or fully on.
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