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Old 06-13-2007, 07:19 AM
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Come home / lighting function

Does any one know if the E70, has some sort of a 'come home' function, so when you unlock the car, the headlights and/or foglights come on, and you can select the period you want it on for ie 15 secs, 30 secs. etc...
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The E70 has a couple of functions:

1. When you unlock the car, the angel-eyes, tail-lights, internal lights and lights on the door handles come on - I don't think you can set the time delay in the idrive though - could be wrong there though - not tried.
2. When you stop the car you have the option to switch the headlights on by using the flash - this then stays on for a period set via iDrive - called pathway lighting function.
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The E70 has a couple of functions:

1. When you unlock the car, the angel-eyes, tail-lights, internal lights and lights on the door handles come on - I don't think you can set the time delay in the idrive though - could be wrong there though - not tried.


2. When you stop the car you have the option to switch the headlights on by using the flash - this then stays on for a period set via iDrive - called pathway lighting function.
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ok, thanks - so we def. do not have fog or low beams that are part of this setup too??

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when you say stop the car, you mean turn off the engine and get out??
and what do you mean by the 'flash' is that the remote ??

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By "flash" I think he means to pull the turn signal stick to flash the hi-beams after you park the car and turn it off. You can set this up in idrive with different time intervals.
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..............1. When you unlock the car, the angel-eyes, tail-lights, internal lights and lights on the door handles come on - I don't think you can set the time delay in the idrive though - could be wrong there though - not tried.
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Another trivial question I know, but do the number plate lights go on as part of this setup...??
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By "flash" I think he means to pull the turn signal stick to flash the hi-beams after you park the car and turn it off. You can set this up in idrive with different time intervals.
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ok, thanks - so we def. do not have fog or low beams that are part of this setup too??
yes - just Angel Eyes, no fogs, no low beams

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when you say stop the car, you mean turn off the engine and get out??
and what do you mean by the 'flash' is that the remote ??

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turn off the engine - flash the high beams
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do number plate lights go on too...??
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do number plate lights go on too...??
yes
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