V50 w646.book - ESD - Volvo

06 Starting and driving
Blind Spot Information System (BLIS, option)
IMPORTANT
The lenses are electrically heated to melt ice
or snow. If necessary, brush snow away
from the lenses.
When BLIS operates
The system operates when the car is driven
at a speed above 10 km/h.
Overtaking
The system is designed to react if you overtake
another vehicle at a speed of up to
10 km/h faster than the other vehicle.
The system is designed to react if you are
overtaken by a vehicle travelling up to
70 km/h faster than your vehicle.
WARNING
BLIS does not work in sharp bends.
BLIS does not work when the car is reversing.
A wide trailer coupled to the car can conceal
other vehicles in adjacent lanes. It can
prevent the vehicle in the screened area
from being detected by BLIS.
signed to detect motor vehicles such as cars,
trucks, buses and motorcycles.
In darkness the system reacts to the headlamps
of surrounding vehicles. Vehicles with
headlamps that are switched off are not detected
by the system. This means for example
that the system does not react to a trailer
without headlamps which is towed behind a
car or truck.
WARNING
The system does not react to bicycles or
mopeds.
The BLIS cameras can be disrupted by intensive
light or when driving in the dark
when there are no light sources (e.g. street
lighting or other vehicles). The system may
then interpret the lack of light as if the cameras
have been blocked.
In both cases a message is shown on the
information display.
When driving in such conditions system
performance may be temporarily reduced
and a text message is shown, see
page 136.
If the message disappears automatically
then BLIS has returned to normal functionality.
The BLIS cameras have limitations similar
to the human eye, i.e. they "see" worse in
heavy snowfall or thick fog for example.
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Daylight and darkness
In daylight the system reacts to the shape of
the surrounding vehicles. The system is de-
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