Black panel

Citroen C3 / Citroen C3 Owner's Manual / Instruments and controls / Petrol - diesel manual or automatic gearbox instrument panels / Black panel

System allowing certain displays to be switched off for night driving.

The instrument panel remains lit with

The instrument panel remains lit with the vehicle speed and cruise control or speed limiter information, if in use.

If there is an alert or a change in a function or to a setting, the black panel mode is interrupted.

Activation

  • With the lighting on, press the left hand button of the instrument panel several times to progressively reduce the dashboard lighting level.
  • Press the button again to reduce the lighting to the minimum level and switch off the ambience lighting.
  • Press the button again to activate the black panel.

The dashboard lighting rheostat remains operational when in black panel mode.

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