Light and view -> Automatic High Beam Assistant for your BMW i4 2021-2025

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CONTROLS  
The indicator light in the instrument  
cluster is illuminated when the low-  
beam headlights are switched on.  
Automatic High Beam  
Assistant  
The headlights are automatically changed be-  
tween low-beam headlights and high-beam  
headlights.  
Principle  
The Automatic High Beam Assistant detects  
other road users early on and automatically  
switches the high-beam headlights on or off  
depending on the traffic situation.  
The blue indicator light in the instru-  
ment cluster illuminates when the sys-  
tem switches on the high-beam head-  
lights.  
General information  
Interruption of the journey with activated Au-  
tomatic High Beam Assistant: the Automatic  
High Beam Assistant remains activated when  
continuing the journey.  
The Automatic High Beam Assistant ensures  
that the high-beam headlights are switched  
on, whenever the traffic situation allows. In the  
low speed range, the high-beam headlights  
are not switched on by the system.  
The Automatic High Beam Assistant is deacti-  
vated when manually switching the high-beam  
headlights on and off.  
The system responds to light from oncoming  
traffic and traffic driving ahead of you, and to  
ambient lighting, for instance in towns and cit-  
ies.  
To reactivate the Automatic High Beam Assis-  
tant, press the button on the turn signal lever.  
The high-beam headlights can be switched on  
and off manually at any time.  
Deactivating Automatic High Beam  
Assistant  
Functional requirements  
Automatic headlight control is activated.  
Low-beam headlights are switched on.  
Activating Automatic High Beam  
Assistant  
Press the button on the turn signal lever.  
Sensitivity of the Automatic High  
Beam Assistant  
General information  
The sensitivity of the Automatic High Beam  
Assistant can be adjusted.  
Press the button on the turn signal lever.  
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CONTROLS  
In very unfavorable weather conditions  
such as fog or heavy precipitation.  
Safety information  
When detecting poorly-lit road users such  
as pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders  
and wagons; when driving close to train or  
ship traffic; or at animal crossings.  
Warning  
If adjustments have been made or the sen-  
sitivity has been modified, oncoming traffic  
may be momentarily blinded. There is a risk  
of accident, injury, and property damage. If  
adjustments have been made and the sen-  
sitivity has been modified, make sure that  
oncoming traffic is not momentarily blinded.  
Switch off the high-beam headlights man-  
ually if required.  
In tight curves, on hilltops or in depressions,  
in crossing traffic or half-obscured oncom-  
ing traffic on highways.  
In poorly-lit towns and cities or in the pres-  
ence of highly reflective signs.  
When the windshield in the area in front  
of the interior mirror is fogged up, dirty or  
covered with stickers, etc.  
Functional requirements  
Setting at standstill only.  
Drive-ready state is switched on.  
Light is turned off.  
Exterior lighting  
Overview  
Increasing sensitivity  
Push the turn signal lever to the front for ap-  
proximately 10 seconds.  
Buttons in the vehicle  
A Check Control message is displayed. The  
system responds more sensitively.  
Resetting the sensitivity  
Push the turn signal lever to the front again  
for approx. 10 seconds or switch off the drive-  
ready state.  
The sensitivity of the Automatic High Beam  
Assistant is reset to the factory settings.  
Icon  
Function  
Exterior lighting off.  
System limits  
Daytime driving lights.  
The Automatic High Beam Assistant cannot  
replace the driver's personal judgment of when  
to use the high-beam headlights. When appro-  
priate, dim the high beams manually.  
Parking lights.  
Automatic headlight control.  
Adaptive lighting functions.  
The system may not be fully operational in  
the following situations, and driver intervention  
may be necessary:  
Low-beam headlights.  
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