daytime VOLVO S80 2012 Owner´s Manual

03 Your driving environment
Lighting
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Lighting panel
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Overview, light switches
Thumb wheel for adjusting display and
instrument lighting
Rear fog light
Front fog lights
Headlights/parking lights
Instrument lightingIllumination of the display and instrument lights
will vary, depending on ignition mode.
The display lighting is automatically subdued
in darkness and the sensitivity is set with the
thumb wheel.
The intensity of the instrument lighting is
adjusted with the thumb wheel.
High/low beam headlights
Headlight switch and lever
High beam flash
Toggle between high and low beams
Daytime running lights/high
beams/high beam flash
Parking lights
Low beams/high beams/high
beam flash
High beam flashMove the lever toward the steering wheel to
position 1. The high beams come on until the
lever is released.
High/low beam headlights
Continuous high beams
1.
Set the ignition to mode II.
2.
With the light switch in position 0 or
, pull the turn signal lever toward the
steering wheel to position 2 to toggle
between high and low beams (this also
applies on models equipped with the
optional Active Bending Lights).
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The symbol
illuminates in the
instrument panel to indicate that the
high beams are on.
Low beamsWhen the engine is started, the low beams are
activated automatically (daytime running lights)
if the headlight control is in position 0 or
.
Daytime running lights can be deactivated in
the MY CAR menu system under Settings
Car settingsLight settingsDaytime
running lights.
However, please be aware that these lights
may not be deactivated in Canada.

03 Your driving environment
Lighting
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* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.91
NOTE
•The use of daytime running lights is
mandatory in Canada.
•Continuous high beams cannot be acti-
vated when the headlight switch is in
position
. High beam flash will
function in this position.
Active Bending Lights (ABL)*
Headlight pattern with the Active Bending Light
function deactivated (left) and activated (right)
When this function is activated, the headlight
beams adjust laterally to help light up a curve
according to movements of the steering wheel
(see the right-pointing beam in the illustration).ABL is activated automatically
1 when the
engine is started.
The function can be deactivated/reactivated in
the MY CAR menu system under My S80
Active Bending Lights or under Settings
Car settingsLight settingsActive
Bending Lights.
See page 127 for a description of the menu
system.
NOTE
This function is only active in twilight or dark
conditions, and only when the vehicle is in
motion.
If a fault should occur in the system, the symbol
will illuminate and a message will be displayed
as shown in the table.
SymbolDisplayExplana-
tion
Headlamp
failure
Service
requiredThe system
is not func-
tioning
properly and
should be
inspected/
repaired by
a trained
and qualified
Volvo serv-
ice techni-
cian.
1The factory default setting is on.

04 Comfort and driving pleasure
The MY CAR menus
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Driver support systems
MY CARSupport systems
(MY CAR > Support systems)
The screen shows the current status (settings)
for the vehicle's driver support systems.
Menu settings
The following pages list the main menus/sub-
menus and possible selections.
Car key memory
See pages 84 and 53 for more information.
Lock settings
Automatic door lockingDoors unlock
All doors
Driver door, then all
Keyless entry
All doors
Any door
Doors on same side
Both front doors
Audible confirmation
See page 53 and 60 for more information.
Reduced Guard
Activate once
Ask when exiting
See page 68 for more information.
Side mirror settings
Fold mirrors
Tilt left mirror
Tilt right mirror
See page 101 for more information.
Light settings
Door lock confirmation light
Unlock confirmation lightSee page 53 for more information.
Approach light duration
Off
30 sec
60 sec
90 sec
See page 54 for more information.
Home safe light duration
30 sec
60 sec
90 sec
See page 95 for more information.
Triple indicator
See page 93 for more information.
Daytime running lights
See page 90 for more information.
Active bending lights
See page 91 for more information.
Tire pressure system
Warns if tire pressure is too low