Lights -> Parking lights, cornering lights and roadside parking lights for Your BMW X6 4 Door Second Generation (2015-2019)

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Controls  
Lights  
Vehicle features and options  
Symbol  
Function  
Low beams  
This chapter describes all standard, country-  
specific and optional features offered with the  
series. It also describes features that are not  
necessarily available in your vehicle, e. g., due  
to the selected options or country versions.  
This also applies to safety-related functions  
and systems. When using these functions and  
systems, the applicable laws and regulations  
must be observed.  
Instrument lighting  
Parking lights, cornering  
lights and roadside parking  
lights  
Overview  
General information  
Switches in the vehicle  
Position of switch:  
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If the driver's door is opened when the ignition  
is switched off, the exterior lighting is automat‐  
ically switched off.  
Parking lights  
Position of switch:  
The vehicle is illuminated on all sides.  
Do not use the parking lights for extended pe‐  
riods; otherwise, they might drain the battery  
and it would then be impossible to start the en‐  
gine.  
The light switch element is located next to the  
steering wheel.  
Symbol  
Function  
When parking, switch on the one-sided road‐  
side parking light, refer to page 107.  
Front fog lights  
Low beams  
Position of switch:  
Automatic headlight control  
Adaptive Light Control  
The low beams light up when the ignition is  
switched on.  
Lights off  
Roadside parking light  
Daytime running lights  
Parking lights  
Concept  
The vehicle can be illuminated on one side.  
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Controls  
Lights  
Switching on  
Headlamp courtesy delay feature  
General information  
The low beams stay lit for a short while if the  
headlight flasher is switched on after the radio-  
ready state is switched off.  
Setting the duration  
Using iDrive:  
1. "Settings"  
With radio-ready state switched off, press the  
lever either up or down past the resistance  
point for approx. 2 seconds.  
2. "Lighting"  
3. "Pathway lighting:"  
4. Set length of time.  
The setting is stored for the driver profile cur‐  
rently used.  
Switching off  
Briefly press the lever to the resistance point in  
the opposite direction.  
Automatic headlight control  
Welcome lights and  
headlamp courtesy delay  
feature  
Concept  
The low beams are switched on and off auto‐  
matically depending on the ambient bright‐  
ness, for instance in tunnels, in twilight or if  
there is precipitation.  
Welcome lights  
General information  
General information  
A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can  
cause the lights to be switched on.  
Depending on the vehicle equipment and the  
ambient brightness, individual light functions  
may be switched on briefly when the vehicle is  
unlocked.  
When emerging from a tunnel during the day,  
the low beams are not switched off immedi‐  
ately but instead only after approx. 2 minutes.  
Activating/deactivating  
The low beams always stay on when the fog  
light is switched on.  
Position of switch:  
Using iDrive:  
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Activating  
1. "Settings"  
Position of switch:  
2. "Lighting"  
The indicator light in the instrument cluster is  
illuminated when the low beams are switched  
on.  
3. "Welcome lights"  
Settings are stored for the profile currently  
used.  
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