Lamps; Automatic Headlamp Control - BMW 525i Owner's Manual

Lamps

Parking lamps/low beams
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Automatic headlamp control

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Head Light and high-beam assistant
2 Parking lamps
3 Low beams and daytime driving lamps
Parking lamps
In switch position 2, the front, rear and side
vehicle lighting is switched on. You can use the
parking lamps for parking. For lighting on one
side for parking as an additional feature, refer to
page 95.
The parking lamps drain the battery. Do
not switch them on for long periods of
time, otherwise it may no longer be possible to
start the engine.<
Low beams
The low beams are activated in switch posi-
tion 3 with the ignition switched on, otherwise
only the parking lamps are switched on.
Pathway lighting
When you activate the headlamp flasher after
parking the vehicle and switching off the lamps,
the low beams will come on for a brief period.
You can set the duration via iDrive or deactivate
the function.
iDrive, for principle details, refer to page 16.
1. Press the button.
This opens the start menu.
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2. Press the controller to open the menu.
3. Select "Vehicle settings" and press the
controller.
4. Select "Lighting" and press the controller.
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, Adaptive
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5. Select "Pathway lighting" and press the
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controller.
6. Turn the controller to select the corre-
sponding duration.
7. Press the controller to apply the setting.
Daytime driving lamps*
If so desired, you can leave the light switch in
the low beam position 3.
Switch on the parking lamps if required as
described under Parking lamps.
Automatic headlamp control*
In the switch position 1, the system activates
and switches on and off the low beams in
response to changes in ambient light condi-
tions, for instance, in a tunnel, at dawn and dusk
and in case of precipitation. Adaptive Head
Light
illuminated when the low beams are on.
When driving into a tunnel with bright overhead
lighting, switching on of the lights may be
delayed.
A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can
cause the lights to be switched on.
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is active. The LED next to the symbol is