Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 96

03 Your driving environment
Lighting
shown in the combined instrument panel's
information display then you have to switch
manually between main and dipped beam.
However, the knob for headlamp control can
still remain in position
Windscreen sensors
applies if the message
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and the
are shown. The symbol goes out when
these messages are shown.
AHB may be temporarily unavailable e.g. in
situations with dense fog or heavy rain. When
AHB becomes available again, or the wind-
screen sensors are no longer blocked, the
message extinguishes and the
illuminates.
WARNING
AHB is an aid for using optimum light
composition when conditions are favoura-
ble.
The driver always bears responsibility for
manually switching between main and
dipped beam when traffic situations or
weather conditions so require.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
IMPORTANT
Examples of when manual switching
between main and dipped beam may be
required:
. The same
•
In heavy rain or dense fog
•
In freezing rain
symbol
•
In snow flurries or slush
•
In moonlight
•
When driving in poorly lit built-up
areas
•
When the traffic ahead has weak light-
ing
symbol •
If there are pedestrians on or beside
the road
•
If there are highly reflective objects
such as signs in the vicinity of the road
•
When the lighting from oncoming traf-
fic is obscured by e.g. a crash barrier
•
When there is traffic on connecting
roads
•
On the brow of a hill or in a hollow
•
In sharp bends.
For more information on the limitations of the
camera sensor, see page 186.
Active Xenon headlamps - ABL*
Headlamp pattern with function deactivated (left)
and activated (right) respectively.
If the car is equipped with active Xenon head-
lamps (Active Bending Lights – ABL) the light
from the headlamps follows the steering
wheel movement in order to provide maxi-
mum lighting in bends and junctions and so
provide increased safety.
The function is activated automatically when
the car is started (provided that it has not
been deactivated in the menu system
MY CAR). In the event of a fault in the func-
tion the symbol illuminates in the com-
bined instrument panel at the same time as
the information display shows an explanatory
text and a further illuminated symbol.