interior lights MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS COUPE 2005 Owners Manual

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Controls in detail
Lighting
Interior lighting
The controls are located in the overhead
control panel.
1 Rear interior lights
2 Right front reading lamp
3 Rocker switch for automatic control
system
4 Left front reading lamp Activating automatic control

Press the rocker switch
3 to center
position.
Interior lamps are switched on in dark-
ness, when you

unlock the vehicle


open a door


remove the SmartKey from starter
switch
The interior lamps are switched off follow-
ing a preset time, see “Setting interior
lighting delayed shut-off” (
page 147). Deactivating automatic control

Press the
=symbol on rocker
switch 3.
The interior lighting remains switched
off, even when you

unlock the vehicle


open a door


remove the SmartKey from the
starter switch
iIf the door remains open, the interior
lamps switch off automatically after
approximately five minutes, when the
SmartKey is removed or in the starter
switch position 0.
An interior lamp switched on manually
does not go out automatically.

118 Controls in detailLightingManual control
Switching all front interior lights on and
off
Press the Wsymbol on rocker
switch 3.
The front interior lights come on.

Press rocker switch 3 to center
position to activate the automatic
control.
Switching rear interior lights on and off

Press button V.
The lights in the rear passenger
compartment come on.

Press button V again.
The lights in the rear passenger
compartment go out. Switching right front reading lamp on
and off

Press right button
X.
The right reading lamp comes on.

Press right button X again.
The right reading lamp goes out.
Switching left front reading lamp on and
off

Press left button X.
The left reading lamp comes on.

Press left button X again.
The left reading lamp goes out.
iThe setting selected for the interior
lighting is used for the trunk lighting as
well.
If you leave the trunk lid open for an ex-
tended period of time, the trunk light-
ing will switch off automatically after
approximately ten minutes.