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Re: Adaptive front lights - take 2
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2015, 11:58:43 am »
Currently in the Lake District for a week. Drove out from Ambleside to Hawkshead Saturday night, the system (now I'm using it properly :-[) works really well on both the straights and twisty's. Seems strange leaving the blue main beam indicator on a lot of the time, but no one's flashed me yet! The video posted above is pretty much spot on in describing how it works, so it is quite different to the xenon system.

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Re: Adaptive front lights - take 2
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2015, 06:28:30 pm »
Thanks for the update All.
Its also good to get confirmation that the system you have works like the aussie one.
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Re: Adaptive front lights - take 2
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2015, 12:31:36 pm »
Al - so, do the headlights on your car 'steer' as you corner? Mine do but I don't have the safety pack with the Adaptive LED lighting.

(Confusingly, Mazda call the headlight "steering" bit "Adaptive Front Lighting System" and the auto main/dip beam adjust thing "Adaptive LED Lighting"...hardly confusing at all really!)

Yes I've finally got round to re reading the brochure, I initially skipped through the couple of pages referring to the adaptive lighting because its an extra, I don't do enough night driving where I could use main beam, so its not on my want list.

On page 23 it says "Adaptive front lighting system" is standard on all sport nav models, and the system adjusts the LED head lights when cornering.
Then on page 29 under exterior/headlights, it says LED headlights with auto levelling, plus adaptive front lighting system (AFS).

Why they couldn't put AFS on page 23 I don't know, it would have instantly told me the car did have AFS which I am familiar with having already got it on my present sport.

I know I might come across as being a bit thick, but I don't think I'm the only one to be confused with what the lights have and do.
I suppose if I had taken more time to read the brochure correctly.
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Re: Adaptive front lights - take 2
« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2015, 12:57:41 pm »
Completely agree about the manual. Apologies if my post insinuated anything - it certainly wasn't intended to.

Just pointing out Mazda's confusing use of names - before the car arrived, I had to read the brochure several times to make some sort of sense of all the headlight technology!

I think we agree that the manual could be much better than it is in places!

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Re: Adaptive front lights - take 2
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2015, 03:05:40 pm »
+1

No I wasn't taking any offence, just agreeing with what you where saying.   :)
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Re: Adaptive front lights - take 2
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2015, 03:05:40 pm »