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Manual interior lights control, function - GF82.20-P-2000G

MODEL 463.306/336/346 up to 31.5.12 as of model year 2011/YoM 10 

MODEL 463.202/222/236/237/270/271/303/340/341 up to 31.5.12 as of model year 2009/YoM 08 

Manual interior lights control in general 

The manual interior lights control allows the interior illumination, reading illumination, vanity mirror illumination and the glove compartment illumination to be switched on and off. Pressing the switches - some of which are mounted to the housing of the overhead control panel control unit (N70) - applies voltage to the corresponding components.

The manual interior lights control feature consists of the following subfunctions:

Function sequence for interior illumination 

The following components of the interior illumination can be manually switched on and off by pressing the corresponding switch:

IMPORTANT The front dome lamp and the dome lamp or the rear interior lamp are switched on and off in a dimmed state.

Function sequence for reading lamps 

The reading illumination serves to illuminate a defined area in front of the user, without having a distracting dazzling effect on the driver.

The following reading illumination components can be switched on and off manually by operating the relevant switch:

IMPORTANT The reading illumination is switched off t = 30 min after circuit 15 OFF or immediately after the vehicle was locked.

IMPORTANT The left rear reading lamp and the right rear reading lamp or the dome lamp are switched on and off in a dimmed state.

Function sequence for vanity mirror illumination 

The following components for the vanity mirror illumination can be switched on and off manually by folding the corresponding mirror cover open and closing it:

The power supply of the vanity mirror illumination switch is performed via the overhead control panel control unit. The power supply is interrupted by folding back the mirror cover or when t = 30 min have expired following circuit 15 OFF in order to protect the battery (G1).

Additional function requirements for glove compartment illumination 

Function sequence for glove compartment illumination 

The glove box lamp (E13/1) is supplied with voltage by the front signal acquisition and actuation module (SAM) (N10/1) and switched on by opening the glove compartment lid.

IMPORTANT If the rear signal acquisition and actuation module (SAM) (N10/2) recognizes an undervoltage of U < 9.0 V or an overvoltage of U > 16.0 V, all components of the interior illumination are automatically switched off.

  Component description for front SAM control unit with fuse and relay module N10/1 GF54.21-P-6070G
  Component description for rear SAM control unit with fuse and relay module N10/2 GF54.21-P-6030G
  Component description for overhead control panel control unit N70 GF82.20-P-5216G