Exterior Lighting Battery Saver; Instrument Panel Brightness - Cadillac 2005 XLR Owner's Manual

You can idle the vehicle with the lamps off, even when
it is dark outside. After starting the vehicle, turn the
exterior lamp control band to off, then release it.
The lamps will remain off until you turn the control band
to off again.
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Twilight Sentinel also provides exterior illumination as
you leave the vehicle. If Twilight Sentinel
on the lamps when you turn off the ignition, your lamps
will remain on until:
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The exterior lamp switch is moved from OFF to the
parking lamp position, or
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a delay time that you select has elapsed.
See Driver Information Center (DIC) on page 3-61 to
select the delay time that you want. You can also select
no delay time.
If you turn off the ignition with the exterior lamp switch
in the parking lamp or headlamp position, the Twilight
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Sentinel delay will not occur. The lamps will turn off as
soon as the switch is turned off.
As with any vehicle, you should turn on the regular
headlamp system when you need it.
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Exterior Lighting Battery Saver

If the manual parking lamps or headlamps have been left
on, the exterior lamps will turn off as soon as the ignition
is turned off or RAP is active. This protects against
draining the battery in case you have accidentally left the
headlamps or parking lamps on. The battery saver does
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not work if the headlamps are turned on after the ignition
switch is turned to off.
If you need to leave the lamps on, use the exterior lamp
control to turn the lamps back on.

Instrument Panel Brightness

The button for this feature is located on the instrument
panel to the left of the steering column.
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brightness of the instrument panel lights.
Press the DIMMER button until PANEL DIMMING
appears on the Driver Information Center (DIC). Then
use the brightness button to adjust the instrument panel
brightness. Press the top of the button to brighten the
lights or the bottom of the button to dim the lights.
See Head-Up Display (HUD) on page 3-34 for more
information.
Be sure not to have the brightness turned all the way
down with the lamps on during the day. Your DIC
may not be visible.
- (Brightness): Press this button to change the