BMW Saloon 3 Series Owner's Handbook Manual page 184

CONTROLS
Instrument lighting
Operating requirements
The brightness can only be adjusted when the
side lights or the low-beam headlights are
switched on.
Adjusting
The brightness can be adjusted
using the knurled wheel.
Interior light
General
Depending on the equipment, the interior light,
the footwell lights, door entry lighting, ambient
lighting and loudspeaker lighting are controlled
automatically.
Overview
Buttons in the vehicle
Interior light
Reading lights
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Lights
Switching the interior light on/off
To switch off permanently: press and hold the
button for approximately 3 seconds.
The interior light in the rear can be switched on
and off independently. The button is located on
the roof lining in the rear.
Switching the reading lights
on/off
Depending on the equipment version, there are
reading lights located at the front and in the rear
beside the interior light.
Ambient lighting
General
Depending on the equipment, the lighting for
some of the interior lights can be set.
Switching on/off
The ambient lighting is switched on when the
vehicle is unlocked and switched off when the
vehicle is locked.
If the ambient light was deactivated using iDrive,
it is not switched on when the vehicle is un‐
locked.
Via iDrive:
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The selected setting is saved for the current
driver profile.
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Press the button.
Press the button.
"CAR"
"Settings"
"Interior lighting"
"Ambient light"