Volvo S60 Owner's Manual page 99

High/low beam headlights
Headlight switch and steering wheel lever
High beam flash
Toggle between high and low beams
Low beam headlights
When the engine is started, the low beams
are activated automatically if the headlight
control is in position .
Continuous high beam headlights
With the headlight switch in the
dark conditions only, when the daytime run-
ning lights have automatically switched off
and the low beam headlights have switched
on) or position:
•
Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to
position 2 and release it to toggle
between low and high beams.
High beam flash
Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to
position 1. The high beams come on until the
lever is released.
Active high beams – AHB*
AHB is a feature that uses a camera at the
upper edge of the windshield to detect the
headlights of oncoming vehicles or the tail-
lights of a vehicle directly ahead. When this
happens, the headlights will automatically
switch from high beams to low beams. When
the camera no longer detects the headlights/
taillights of other vehicles, your headlights will
switch back to high beams after several sec-
onds.
To activate AHB:
•
Turn the headlight control to the
position.
The feature will begin functioning if the engine
(in
has been running for at least 20 seconds and
the vehicle's speed is at least 12 mph
(20 km/h).
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Headlight switch in the AUTO position
Switch AHB on or off by pulling the left steer-
ing wheel lever rearward (toward the steering
wheel) as far as possible and releasing it. If
AHB is switched off while the high beams are
on, the headlights will change to low beams.
*
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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