Distance Alert - Volvo S80 Owner's Manual

General
Distance Alert is a function that indicates the
time interval to vehicles in front.
The distance information is only provided for
vehicles driving in front of the car and in the
same direction. No distance information is pro-
vided for oncoming, slow or stationary vehi-
cles.
A small section of the red warning lamp in the
windscreen illuminates with a constant glow
when driving closer than the set time interval to
vehicles in front.
NOTE
Distance Alert is deactivated during the time
that Adaptive Cruise Control is active.
Distance Alert is active at speeds above
30 km/h.
WARNING
Distance Alert only shows the distance to
vehicles in front – the speed of the car is not
affected.
Operation
Press the button in the centre console to switch
the function on or off. The function is switched
on if one lamp is illuminated in the button.
Set time interval
The buttons for setting the time interval to vehi-
cles in front are located to the left in the steer-
ing wheel. Time intervals are increased using
and decreased using .
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Number of lines
1
2
3
4
5
play. The same symbol is also shown when
adaptive cruise control is activated.

Distance Alert

Five different time intervals
can be chosen from and
shown in the display as 1–5
horizontal lines – the more
lines there are the longer the
time interval.
Time interval
(seconds)
1.0
1.4
1.8
2.2
2.6
The number of lines for the
selected time interval is
shown during the setting itself
and for several seconds after-
wards. Then a smaller scale
version of the symbol is
shown to the right of the dis-
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