Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 95

flash. Main beam comes on until the stalk
switch is released.
Main beam
Main beam can be activated when the knob
is in position 2 or . Activate/deacti-
vate main beam by moving the stalk switch
towards the steering wheel to the end posi-
tion and then releasing.
When main beam has been activated the
symbol illuminates in the combined
instrument panel.
Active high beam - AHB*
Active high beam (Active High Beam - AHB) is
a function which uses a camera sensor at the
top edge of the windscreen to detect the
headlamp beams of oncoming traffic or the
rear lights of vehicles in front, and then
switches from main beam to dipped beam.
The function can also take streetlights into
account.
The lighting returns to main beam about a
second after the camera sensor no longer
detects the headlamp beams from oncoming
traffic or the rear lights from vehicles in front.
When dipped beam is switched on.
2
Activating/deactivating
AHB can be activated when the headlamp
control's knob is in position
Stalk switch and knob for headlamp control in
AUTO position.
The function can start while driving in the
dark when the car's speed is 20 km/h or
higher.
Activate/deactivate AHB by moving the left-
hand stalk switch towards the steering wheel
to the end position and then releasing. Deac-
tivation when main beam is on means that the
lights are reset directly to dipped beam.
Car with analogue combined instrument
panel
03 Your driving environment
When AHB is activated the
minates in the instrument's information dis-
play.
.
When main beam is switched on the
symbol also illuminates in the combined
instrument panel.
Car with digital combined instrument panel
When AHB is activated the
turns white in the instrument's information
display.
When main beam is activated, the symbol
turns blue.
Manual operation
NOTE
Keep the windscreen surface in front of the
camera sensor clean from ice, snow, mist
and dirt.
Do not attach or fit anything to the wind-
screen in front of the camera sensor, as
this could reduce or prevent the function
of one or more camera-dependent sys-
tems.
If the message
Temporary unavailable Switch manually
*
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Lighting
symbol illu-
symbol
Active main beam
is
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