2011 Volvo S80 Owner's Manual - Page 170

04 Comfort and driving pleasure Distance Alert* Introduction Distance Alert is part of Adaptive Cruise Control and is a function that provides information about the time interval to the vehicle ahead. Distance Alert is active at speeds above approximately 20 mph (30 km/h). Time interval information is only given for a vehicle that is driving ahead of your vehicle in the same direction. No information is provided for vehicles driving toward you, moving very slowly, or at a standstill. NOTE Distance Alert only monitors distance to the vehicle ahead while Adaptive Cruise Control is in active mode. Setting a time interval WARNING Distance Alert only indicates the distance to the vehicle ahead. It does not affect the speed of your vehicle. 04 Operation Controls and display Time interval: Increase/decrease Time interval: On, while it is being set Time interval: On, after it has been set G017362 to increase the interval or Press decrease it. to A smaller section of the red warning light in the windshield glows steadily if your vehicle is closer to the one ahead than the set time interval. Press the button in the center instrument panel to switch this function on or off. The indicator light in the button illuminates when the function is on. Five different time intervals can be selected and are shown in the display as 1-5 horizontal bars. The greater the number of bars, the longer the time interval. One bar represents approximately 1 second to the vehicle ahead; 5 bars is approximately 2.5 seconds. 170 * Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.