Volvo XC60 Owner's Manual page 96

03 Instruments and controls
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instrument panel. This also applies for active
Xenon headlamps if the main beam is partially
dimmed, i.e. as soon as the light beam shines
with slightly more than dipped beam.
Car with digital combined instrument panel
When AHB is activated the
turns white in the instrument's information
display.
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When main beam is activated, the symbol
turns blue. This also applies for active Xenon
headlamps if the main beam is partially
dimmed, i.e. as soon as the light beam shines
with slightly more than dipped beam.
Manual operation
NOTE
Keep the windscreen surface in front of the
camera sensor free from ice, snow, mist
and dirt.
Do not stick or attach anything to the
windscreen in front of the camera sensor
as this may reduce effectiveness or cause
one or more of the systems dependent on
the camera to stop working.
Active main beam
If the message
Temporary unavailable Switch manually
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
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
still remain in position
applies if the message
blocked See manual
are shown. The
these messages are shown.
symbol 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 the optimum beam
pattern when conditions are favourable.
The driver always bears responsibility for
manually switching between main and
dipped beam when traffic situations or
weather conditions so require.
is
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Windscreen sensors
Examples of when manual switching
and the symbol
between main and dipped beam may be
required:
symbol goes out when
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For more information on the limitations of the
camera sensor, see Collision warning system*
- camera sensor limitations (p. 230).
Related information
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IMPORTANT
In heavy rain or dense fog
In freezing rain
In snow flurries or slush
In moonlight
When driving in poorly lit built-up
areas
When the traffic ahead has weak light-
ing
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.
Main/dipped beam (p. 92)
Light switches (p. 88)