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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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Two Buttons on the Rear Ceiling Light

There are two buttons on the rear ceiling light fixture that don't seem to do anything at all (these are not the map lights). Does anyone know what they do?
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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by luxury1
There are two buttons on the rear ceiling light fixture that don't seem to do anything at all (these are not the map lights). Does anyone know what they do?
This might help’ pulled it off another thread. For the record, thanks go to DWP.

Originally Posted by DWP
A non-Pano W211 with sunroof, like our car, has two overhead light pods, one in front just behind the windshield and one just behind the front seats, for the rear passengers. The rear pod provides courtesy lights, spot lighting and ambient lighting for the rear seat. The ambient light is controlled by large square buttons on the pod itself, unlike the front pod, which is controlled from the Settings menu. The rear passengers should also get footwell ambient light from the courtesy lights at the rear of the front seats, or so I'm told.
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Old Sep 10, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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Press & hod one at a time. They do not work instantaneously, but they are dimmer up & dimmer down buttons for the ambient light (oval) feature.

A TOTALLY undocumented feature.
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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 08:26 PM
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Thanks, Barry45RPM. That's nice to know.
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