Volvo 2011 S80, Owner'S Manual

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03 Your driving environment
Windows, rearview and door mirrors
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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Rear window and door mirror
defrosters
Use the defroster to quickly remove misting
and ice from the rear window and the door mir-
rors.
One press of the button starts the heating. The
light in the button indicates that the function is
active. Disconnect the heating as soon as the
ice/misting is cleared in order not to load the
battery unnecessarily. However, the heating is
switched off automatically after a certain time.
Following which, the heating is switched on
and off automatically as long as the outside
temperature is below +7 °C.
The heating can be engaged automatically if
the car is started in an outside temperature
lower than +7 °C. The automatic defrosting
function must then be activated under
Climate
settings Auto. rear defroster . For a
description of the menu system, see
page 124.
Interior rearview mirror
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Control for dimming
Manual dimming
Bright light from behind could be reflected in
the rearview mirror and dazzle the driver. Use
dimming with the dimming control when lights
from behind are distracting:
1. Use dimming by moving the control in
towards the passenger compartment.
2. Return to normal position by moving the
control towards the windscreen.
Automatic dimming*
Bright light from behind is automatically
dimmed by the rearview mirror. The control is
not available in mirrors with automatic dim-
ming.
The compass* can only be specified for rear-
view mirrors with automatic dimming, see
page 94.