Interior Lighting: Overview

Interior Lighting

OVERVIEW
Interior lighting is provided to enable the safe entry and departure from the vehicle for the driver and passengers in low ambient light conditions, without any manual switching of the lights.

NOTE:
The term interior lamps also includes the door mirror approach lamps.
The interior lamps are controlled by the CJB (central junction box) and have 2 modes of operation: manual and automatic. The front interior lamps in the front overhead console are operated using the 'JaguarSense' system. The system uses capacitive proximity sensor technology for the switch operation which is integral with the overhead console. The rear overhead console interior lamps have conventional switches.
The interior lighting has 2 modes of operation; automatic and manual.
In automatic mode, the courtesy lamp functionality is controlled by the CJB (central junction box) and reacts to the vehicle being locked or unlocked and opening the vehicle doors.
In the manual mode the interior lamps can be switched on and off with the JaguarSense system and will not illuminate automatically when the vehicle is unlocked or a door is opened.
The driver's and passenger door approach lamps are controlled by the driver's door module and the passenger door module respectively and operate with the automatic mode.
The interior illumination also includes 'ambience' lighting. When the side or headlamps are switched on, phosphor blue LED (light emitting diode)'s illuminate the instrument panel center switch surround, the JaguarDrive rotary control and also illuminate the door handles and door pockets. On high specification vehicles the instrument panel air vents are also illuminated. Two LED (light emitting diode)'s in each of the front and rear overhead consoles provide 'waterfall' lighting to illuminate the interior of the vehicle.