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Visibility -> Lighting controls for Your Citroen C3 Picasso SUV First Generation (2008-2012)

Visibility  
Lighting controls  
System for selection and control of the various front and rear lamps providing the vehicle's lighting.  
Manual controls  
The lighting is controlled directly by the driver  
by means of the ring A and the stalk B.  
A. Main lighting mode selection ring: turn it  
to position the symbol required facing the  
mark.  
Model without AUTO lighting  
Main lighting  
The various front and rear lamps of the vehicle  
are designed to adapt the driver's visibility  
progressively according to climatic conditions:  
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sidelamps, to be seen,  
dipped beam headlamps to see without  
dazzling other drivers,  
Lighting off / daytime running lamps.  
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main beam headlamps to see clearly when  
the road is clear.  
Automatic illumination of  
headlamps.  
Sidelamps.  
Additional lighting  
Other lamps are installed to fulfil the  
requirements of particular conditions of  
visibility:  
Dipped headlamps or main  
beam headlamps.  
Model with AUTO lighting  
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a rear foglamp to be seen from afar,  
front foglamps for even better forward  
vision.  
B. Stalk for switching headlamps: pull the stalk  
towards you to switch the lighting between  
dipped and main beam headlamps.  
In the lamps off and sidelamps modes, the driver  
can switch on the main beam headlamps temporarily  
("headlamp flash") by maintaining a pull on the stalk.  
Programming  
Various automatic lighting control modes  
are also available according to the following  
options:  
Displays  
Illumination of the corresponding indicator  
lamp in the instrument panel confirms that the  
lighting selected is on.  
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guide-me-home lighting,  
automatic illumination of headlamps.  
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Visibility  
C. Foglamp selection ring.  
The foglamps operate with the dipped and main  
beam headlamps.  
When the lighting is switched off automatically  
(with AUTO model) or when the dipped  
headlamps are switched off manually, the  
foglamps and sidelamps will remain on.  
Model with rear foglamp only  
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Turn the ring rearwards to switch off  
the foglamps, the sidelamps will then  
switch off.  
Rear foglamp  
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To switch on the foglamp, turn the ring C  
forwards.  
When the lighting is switched off automatically  
(with AUTO model), the foglamp and the dipped  
beam headlamps will remain on.  
In good or rainy weather, by both day  
and night, the front foglamps and the  
rear foglamp are prohibited. In these  
situations, the power of their beams  
may dazzle other drivers.  
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To switch off all of the lighting, turn the  
ring C rearwards.  
Do not forget to switch off the front  
foglamps and the rear foglamp when  
they are no longer necessary.  
Front and rear foglamps  
Model with front foglamps  
and a rear foglamp  
Rotate and release the ring C:  
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forwards a first time to switch on the front  
foglamps,  
forwards a second time to switch on the  
rear foglamp,  
rearwards a first time to switch off the rear  
foglamp,  
rearwards a second time to switch of the  
front fog lamps.  
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