Mercedes-Benz SL 55, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Control system
Setting locator lighting
During darkness, the following lamps will
come on when the exterior lamp switch is
in position
U
, the locator lighting fea-
ture is activated, and the vehicle is un-
locked by SmartKey:
앫
the parking lamps
앫
the tail lamps
앫
the license plate lamps
앫
the front fog lamps
To activate locator lighting:
왘
Make sure the locator lighting feature
is set to
On
(see below).
왘
Turn the exterior lamp switch to posi-
tion
U
.
The locator lighting switches off when the
driver’s door is opened. It switches off au-
tomatically after a period of approximately
40 seconds.
왘
Move the selection marker with button
æ
or
ç
to the Lighting sub-
menu
왘
Press button
j
or
k
repeatedly
until you see this message in the left
display:
Locator lighting
.
The selection marker is on the current
setting.
왘 Press
æ
or
ç
to select the de-
sired setting.
The locator lighting will be switched on
or off.
Setting night security illumination
(Exterior lamps delayed switch-off)
Use the
Headlamps delayed switch-off
function to set whether and for how long
you would like the exterior lamps to illumi-
nate during darkness after all doors are
closed. When the delayed switch-off fea-
ture is activated and the exterior lamp
switch is in position
U
before the en-
gine is turned off, the following lamps will
remain lit after you remove the SmartKey
from the starter switch:
앫
the parking lamps
앫
the tail lamps
앫
the license plate lamps
앫
the front fog lamps
To activate night security illumination:
왘
Select delayed switch-off period (see
below).
왘
Turn the exterior lamp switch to posi-
tion
U
before turning off the engine.