2011 3 Series Owner's Manual without iDrive - Irvine BMW

Fog lamps*
The parking lamps or low beams must
be switched on for the fog lamps to
operate. The green indicator lamp in
the instrument cluster lights up whenever the
fog lamps are on.
The fog lamps are switched off while you activate
the headlamp flasher or switch on the high
beams.
If the automatic headlamp control is activated,
the low beams will come on automatically
when you switch on the fog lamps.<
Instrument lighting
You can adjust the brightness of the instrument
lighting only when the parking lamps or the low
beams are switched on.
1. Push button 1 up or down repeatedly until
the appropriate symbol appears in the display,
accompanied by the brightness setting
and scale the word "SET".
2. Press button 2.
3. Push button 1 up or down to select the
desired brightness level.
4. Press button 2.
The display again shows the outside temperature
and the time.
Interior lamps
The interior lamps, the footwell lamps*, entry
lamps*, cargo area lamp and courtesy lamps*
are controlled automatically.
The LEDs for the courtesy lamps are set in the
door handles and illuminate the ground in front
of the doors.
To avoid draining the battery, all lamps
inside the car are switched off about
8 minutes after the ignition is switched off, refer
to Start/stop button on page 50.<
Switching interior lamps on/off
manually
Interior lamps, front and rear*:
To switch on and off, press the button.
To switch off the interior lamps, footwell
lamps*, entry lamps* and courtesy lamps* permanently,
press the button for the front interior
lamps for about 3 seconds.
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