Lights; Daytime Driving Lights - BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual

Lights

Side lights/low-beam
headlights
1 Automatic driving lights control and Adap-
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tive Head Light
2 Side lights
3 Low-beam headlights and daytime driving
*
lights
Side lights
When the switch is in position 2 the lights are on
all round the car. You can use the side lights for
parking. There is the additional option of
switching on the lights on the side nearest the
road when parked, see page 79.
Low-beam headlights
The low-beam headlights come on in switch
position 3 if the ignition is switched on; other-
wise the side lights come on.
The indicator light in the instrument
cluster comes on when the side lights
and low-beam headlights are
switched on.
Headlight courtesy delay feature
If you operate the headlight flasher after parking
the car, with the lights switched off, the low-
beam headlights come on. You can adjust the
operating period or deactivate the function on
the control display.
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iDrive, operating principle, see page 14.
1. Press the button.
The start menu is called up.
2. Press the controller to call up the menu.
3. Select "Vehicle settings" and press the
controller.
4. Select "Light" and press the controller.
5. Select "Home lights" and press the control-
ler.
6. Turn the controller to set the appropriate
duration.
7. Press the controller to adopt the setting.
Lights on warning
If the lights are still on when the ignition key is
turned back to 0 and the driver's door is
opened, an acoustic signal sounds for several
seconds as a reminder. A message simultane-
ously appears on the control display.

Daytime driving lights

If desired, the light switch can remain in
position 3.
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