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Navigation system voice commands
Many of the navigation system's functions canbe activated using voice commands.
The procedure for using voice control is descri-bed in greater detail in the articles "Voice con-trol," "Using voice control" and "Voice controlsettings."

Voice commands
The following list contains examples of com-mands that are unique to navigation system.
To use the voice control system, press the on the right-side steering wheel keypad and sayone of the following commands after the tone:
•"Navigation": Starts a navigation voice com-mand dialog and displays available com-mands.
•"Take me home": Guidance will be given tothe location set as Home.
•"Go to [City]": Enter a city as a destination,e.g., "Go to New York."
•"Go to [Address]": Enter an address as adestination, e.g., Go to 125 43 St., NewYork."
•"Go to Intersection": Starts a dialog wheretwo street names are entered. The destina-tion will then be the intersection of the twostreets.
•"Go to [Zip code]": Enter a zip code as adestination, e.g., "Go to 07405."
•"Go to [Name]": Enter a name from a list ofcontacts e.g., "Go to John Smith."
•"Search [POI category] in [City]": The listof results will be sorted around the center ofthe selected city/town, e.g., Search restau-rants in Butler.
•Search [POI category]": For example,Search Yankee Stadium.
•"Change country/Change state":Changes the country/state in which a searchis conducted.
•"Show favorites": Shows a list of Favoritesin the center display's Top view.
•"Clear itinerary": Deletes all intermediatedestinations in an itinerary.
•"Repeat voice guidance": Repeats themost recent guidance instruction.
•"Pause guidance": Pauses guidance onthe map.
•"Resume guidance": Resumes guidanceon the map.
•"Turn off voice guidance": Turns voicenavigation guidance off.
•"Turn on voice guidance": Turns voicenavigation guidance on.
Related information
•Voice control (p. 125)
•Using voice commands (p. 125)
•Voice control settings (p. 130)

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SymbolExplanation
Left/right turn signals
Both turn signal indicators willflash when the hazard warningflashers are being used.
Forward lights
Active Bending Lights (ABL)
This symbol will illuminate if thereis a fault in the ABL system or ifany other fault is detected in theheadlight system.
Automatic/active high beamson
The symbol will be blue when theautomatic high beams are on.
Automatic/active high beamsoffThe symbol will be white whenthe automatic high beams are off.
High beam indicator
The symbol will illuminate whenthe high beams are on or whenhigh beam flash is being used.
SymbolExplanation
Automatic/active high beamson
The symbol will be blue when theautomatic high beams are on. Theparking lights will also be on.
Automatic/active high beamsoff
The symbol will be white when theautomatic high beams are off. Theparking lights will be on.
High beams on
The high beams and parking lightswill be on.
Not in use
Rear fog lights
The symbol illuminates when therear fog lights are on.
Rain sensor
The symbol illuminates when therain sensor is on.
SymbolExplanation
PreconditioningC
The symbol illuminates when theengine/cabin heater/air condition-ing are preconditioning the vehi-cle.
Stability system
This symbol flashes when the sta-bility system is actively working tostabilize the vehicle. If the symbolglows steadily, there is a fault inthe system.
Stability system, sport mode
This symbol illuminates whenSport mode is activated. Sportmode offers more active drivingcharacteristics by monitoringmovement of the acceleratorpedal, steering wheel and corner-ing by allowing more lateral move-ment of the rear wheels beforethe stability system is activated.

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Instrument panel
Left side
•Speedometer
•Trip odometer
•Odometer
•Cruise control/speed limiter information
•Road sign information

Center
•Indicator and warning symbols
•Ambient temperature sensor
•Clock
•Messages (and in certain cases also graph-ics)
•Distance to empty tank
•Distance to discharged hybrid battery (eDTE:electrical Distance to Empty)
•Door and seat belt status
•Hybrid battery charge information
•Compass
•Media player
•Navigation system map
•Cell phone
•Voice control
Right side
•Tachometer (depending on current drivingmode)
•Fuel gauge
•Battery gauge
•Gear indicator
•Current driving mode (Hybrid, Off Road, Pure,Power and AWD)
•Hybrid gauge (depending on current drivingmode)
•ECO gauge (depending on current drivingmode)
•Current fuel consumption
•Hybrid battery's charge level
•App menu (activated using the right-sidesteering wheel keypad)

Activating the instrument panel
The instrument panel is activated as soon as adoor is opened (i.e., ignition mode 0). After ashort period, the panel will go out if it is not used.
To reactivate it, do one of the following:
•Press the brake pedal
•Turn the start knob to START and release it(without pressing the brake pedal). This acti-vates ignition mode I
•Open one of the doors
Instrument panel settings
Some of the settings for the instrument panelcan be made in the App menu (see also the arti-cle "Instrument panel app menu").
The following settings can be made in the center
display's Top view under: SettingsMy CarDisplays:
•Driver Display Center Area: Select what isdisplayed in the background (center) of theinstrument panel. The options are: (Show noinformation in the background, Showinformation for current playing media orShow navigation even if no route is set).
•Themes. Select a theme (appearance). Theoptions are: (Glass, Minimalistic,Performance or Chrome Rings).
The system language can be changed under
SettingsSystemChoose systemlanguage. This change affects the languageused in all displays.

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Related information
•Defrosting windows and mirrors (p. 206)
•Compass (p. 142)
Lighting panel and controls
The lighting ring on the left-side steering wheellever can be used to activate the vehicle's exte-rior lighting.
Instrument lighting brightness can be adjustedusing the thumb wheel on the lighting panel.

Lighting ring on the left-side steering
wheel lever
Lightingring posi-tion
Result
With the ignition in mode II or ifthe engine is running:
•In the US: the Daytime Run-ning Lights (DRL) will be off
•In Canada: the Daytime Run-ning Lights will be on
•High beam flash can be used
With the ignition in mode II or if
the engine is running:A
•Parking lights will be on
•In the US: the Daytime Run-ning Lights will be off
•In Canada: the Daytime Run-ning Lights will be on
•High beam flash can be used
With the ignition in mode II or ifthe engine is running:
•The Daytime Running Lightswill be off
•The low beam headlights willbe on
•High Beams/High Beamflash can be used

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Lightingring posi-tion
Result
With the ignition in mode II or ifthe engine is running:
•The Daytime Running Lightswill be on in daylight condi-
tionsB
•The low beam headlights willautomatically switch on indark conditions
•Tunnel detection will be acti-vated
•Active High Beams (AHB)can be activated
•High beam flash can be used
•Continuous high beams canbe used in dark conditions
Active High Beams On/Off
AThe parking lights will be on in this position, even if the ignitionis switched off. In dark conditions, the rear parking lights illumi-nate automatically when the tailgate is open, regardless of thering's position or ignition mode.BUS models only: The use of Daytime Running Lights can beactivated/deactivated in the center display's Settings menu.

NOTE
Volvo recommends the use of Daytime Run-ning Lights in the United States. The use ofthese lights is mandatory in Canada.
Volvo recommends using the positionwhenever possible.

WARNING
•Daytime Running Lights are a driving aiddesigned to help make the vehicle visibleto other roads users.
•The driver is always responsible foradapting the use of Daytime RunningLights/headlights according to ambientlighting and weather conditions.
Lighting panel
Instrument lighting
Thumb wheel (to the left) for adjusting display bright-ness
Illumination of the display and instrument lightswill vary, depending on ignition mode.
The display lighting is automatically subdued indarkness and the sensitivity is set with the thumbwheel.

Related information
•Daytime Running Lights (DRL) (p. 146)
•High and low beam headlights (p. 148)
•Ignition modes (p. 400)

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Parking lights
Turn the parking lights on by turning the lightingring on the left-side steering wheel lever.
Lighting ring in the parking light position
Turn the lighting ring to the position (thelicense plate lighting comes on at the sametime).
Canadian models: If the ignition is in position IIor the engine is running, the daytime runninglights will illuminate instead of the front parkinglights.
With the lighting ring in this position, the parkinglights will remain on even when the ignition isswitched off.
In dark conditions, the rear parking lights alsoilluminate when the tailgate is opened to alertanyone traveling behind your vehicle. This hap-
pens regardless of the position that the lightingring is in or which mode the ignition is in.

Related information
•Lighting panel and controls (p. 144)
Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
The car monitors ambient lighting conditions.
With the ring on the left-side steering wheel
lever in the position and the ignition inmode II (or the engine running), the lights toggleautomatically between DRL and low beam head-lights.
Ring in the AUTO position.

NOTE
Volvo recommends the use of Daytime Run-ning Lights in the United States. The use ofthese lights is mandatory in Canada.
With the lighting ring in the 0 position:
•In the US: DRL will be off
•In Canada: DRL will be on

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High and low beam headlights
If the ignition is in mode II or when the engine isstarted, the low beams are activated automati-
cally if the lighting ring is in position . Indark conditions, the low beams will also be on if
the lighting ring is in the position.
Lighting ring
High beam flash
Continuous high beams

High beam flash
Pull the lever slightly toward the steering wheel.The high beams illuminate until the lever isreleased.
Continuous high beams
Continuous high beams are available if the light-
ing ring is turned to 9 or . Toggle tohigh beams by moving the lever forward. Returnto low beams by moving the lever toward thesteering wheel.
The symbol will illuminate in the instrumentpanel when the high beams are on.

Active high beams
The active high beam system uses a camera atthe upper edge of the windshield to detect theheadlights of oncoming vehicles or the taillightsof a vehicle directly ahead. When this happens,the headlights will automatically switch from highbeams to low beams.
When the camera no longer detects anapproaching vehicle or one that is ahead, yourheadlights will switch back to high beams.

Vehicles with halogen headlights 10
When the camera no longer detects the head-lights of an approaching vehicle or the taillightsof a vehicle ahead, your headlights will switchback to high beams after several seconds.

Operation
Activate/deactivate this function by turning the
lighting ring past the position to .
When released, the ring will automatically return
to the position.
If the active high beam function has not beenactivated, switching between high and low beamsmust be done manually.
A white symbol () in the instrument panelindicates that the function has been activated.
When the high beams are on, the symbol willchange to blue.
NOTE
•Keep the windshield in front of the cam-era free of ice, snow, dirt, etc.
•Do not mount or in any way attach any-thing on the windshield that couldobstruct the camera.
If a message is displayed in the instru-ment panel saying that active highbeams are temporarily unavailable,switching between high and low beamswill have to be done manually. However, the light
switch can remain in the position. Thesame applies if a message saying that the wind-shield sensors are blocked and the symbol above
are displayed. The symbol will go out if thishappens.
9When the low beams are on.

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Halogen headlights are not available on all models.

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Active high beams may be temporarily unavailable(e.g., in heavy fog or rain). When the systembecomes active again or if the sensors in thewindshield are no longer obscured, the messages
will disappear and the symbol will illumi-nate.

WARNING
•Automatic high beams are a driving aiddesigned to help provide the best possi-ble headlight illumination in good drivingconditions.
•The use of aftermarket or non-Volvoglass can have an adverse effect on theautomatic high beam function.
•The driver is always responsible for man-ually toggling between high and lowbeams when this is required by traffic orweather conditions.
CAUTION
In the following situations, it may be neces-sary to switch between high and low beamsmanually:
•In heavy fog or rain
•In blowing snow or slush
•In bright moonlight
•In freezing rain
•In areas with dim street lighting
•When oncoming vehicles have dim frontlighting
•If there are pedestrians on or near theroad
•If there are reflective objects, such assigns, near the road
•When oncoming vehicles' lights areobscured by e.g., fences, bushes, etc.
•When there are vehicles on connectingroads
•At the top of hills or in dips in the road
•In sharp curves

Related information
•City Safety™ troubleshooting (p. 332)
•Lighting panel and controls (p. 144)
Active Bending Lights*
Active Bending Lights (ABL) are designed tohelp light up a curve according to movements ofthe steering wheel.
Headlight pattern with the Active Bending Light functiondeactivated (left) and activated (right)
ABL is activated automatically11 when the engineis started and the low beam headlights are on.ABL can be deactivated in the center display.
If a fault is detected in the system, the symbol in the instrument panel will illuminate. Atext message will be displayed and an additionalsymbol will also illuminate.
11The factory default setting is on.