Position of mirrors when reversing (Discovery 3)

To give the driver a better view of the curb when reversing, the outside rearview mirrors can tilt downwards. The factory setting is a certain angle, but the owner can change it.

To memorize the rearview mirror settings, follow these steps.

• Make sure the ignition switch is in position I or II.
• Perform the memory recall procedure
• Make sure that the reverse gear is engaged.
• Manually set the rear view mirrors to the desired position.
• Press and release the 'memory store' button (preservation)
• Press and release the button with the desired memory address number
• The new positions of the rear view mirrors when reversing will be saved in the memory cell corresponding to the number of the pressed key.

Successful completion of the memory write operation is confirmed by a single gong signal on the instrument panel.

Once this procedure is completed, the mirrors will return to the stored position each time the reverse gear is engaged.

Saving the mirror position when reverse gear is engaged affects only one memory address, the contents of the other memory addresses remain unchanged.

To protect against accidental adjustment, the mirror position can only be saved when the mirror position is changed with the reverse gear engaged. If the user does not set the mirror positions when reversing, the mirrors will be set by default to the position stored in the memory controller.

Three personal memory settings can be set for each key. Each memory setting can set three mirror positions when reversing. This corresponds to nine possible rearview mirror positions when reversing. The personal memory settings apply to the last three registered keys.

Item name	Spare part catalog number	Description
A	-	Key registered last
B	-	The key registered last but one
C	-	Key registered before the penultimate one
1	-	Maintaining the first position of the mirror for reversing
2	-	Saving the second position of the mirror for reversing
3	-	Maintaining the third position of the mirror for reversing

On vehicles with advanced equipment, the function of memory of the mirror positions when reversing can be activated or cancelled by the driver using the user settings menu in the instrument cluster. The driver can therefore decide whether to use this function or not. For more information, refer to the Information and Message Center (413-08 Information and Message Center)

Information regarding the status of the mirrors when reversing is transmitted via the local area network (LIN) bus on both manual and automatic transmission vehicles.

If the reverse mirror position memory function is set to OFF, all three settings associated with these personal settings stored in memory will be replaced by the standard reverse mirror positions.

NOTE: The mirror can only be adjusted to the reverse position when the ignition switch is in position II.

When the lever is moved from the reverse position to another position, the mirrors immediately return to their original position. (in which they were before the reverse gear was engaged). However, if a request is made to restore the settings stored in memory while reverse gear is engaged, when the lever is moved from the reverse position to another position, the mirrors will return to the position recalled from memory.

On vehicles equipped with a ZF automatic transmission, there is a half-second delay after the reverse gear is engaged and before the mirror starts to move. This is necessary to prevent the mirrors from moving when the gear selector is switched from the reverse position to the parking position.