2005 Seat Altea remote control

Opening and closing
102
WARNING
The alarm will not function correctly in those vehicles where a screen is
fitted to divide the passenger compartment, due to interference with the
sensor.Ta i l g a t eOpening and locking
The operation of the tailgate opening system is electric. It is
activated by using the handle on the tailgate
Opening the tailgate
– Pull on the release lever and lift the tailgate ⇒fig. 68 . The tail-
gate will then open.
Closing the tailgate
– Grip the tailgate by one of the two handles on the interior lining and close it, using a light movement.The system may or may not operate depending on the situation of the vehicle
.
If the tailgate is locked then it cannot be opened, however if it is unlocked
then the opening system is operat ive and the boot may be opened.
To the locking / unlocking status, press the button or the button on
the remote control key.
A warning appears in the instrument panel if the tailgate is open or not prop-
erly closed.* An audible warning is also given if the tailgate is opened while
the vehicle is moving faster than 6 km/h.*
Fig. 68 Tailgate: Opening
from the outside
Fig. 69 Detail of the tail-
gate inner trim: recessed
handle for closing the tail-
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Opening and closing
104WindowsOpening or closing the windows electrically
The front and rear electric windows can be operated using the
controls in the driver's door.Opening and closing the windows
– Press the button to open a window.
– Pull button to close a window ⇒.Always close the windows fully if you park the vehicle or leave it unattended
⇒.
You can use the electric windows for approx. 10 minutes after switching off
the ignition if neither the driver door nor the front passenger door has been
opened and the key has not been removed from the ignition. Buttons in the driver door
Button for window in front left door
Button for window in front right door
Buttons for rear windows* Safety switch for deactivating the electric window buttons in the rear
doors
Button for window in rear left door
Button for window in rear right door
Safety switch
*
Safety switch in the driver door can be used to disable the electric window
buttons in the rear doors.
Safety switch not pushed in: the buttons in the rear doors are enabled.
Safety switch pushed in: the buttons in the rear doors are disabled.
WARNING
•
Incorrect use of the electric windows can result in injury.
•
Never close the tailgate without observing and ensuring it is clear, to do
otherwise could cause serious injury to you and others. Make sure that no
one is in the path of a window.
•
Always take the vehicle key with you when you leave the vehicle.
•
Never leave children or disabled persons in the vehicle, particularly if
they have access to the keys. Unsupervised use of a key could mean that
the engine is started or that electric al equipment is used (e.g. electric
windows). Risk of accident. The doors can be locked using the remote
control key. This could result in people being trapped in the vehicle in an
emergency.
•
The electric windows will work unti l the key has been removed from the
ignition and one of the front doors has been opened.
Fig. 71 Section of the
driver door: controls for
the front and rear
windows
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Tilting the sliding/tilting sunroof
– Turn the rotary button to position .Always close the sliding/tilting roof fully if you park the vehicle or leave it
unattended ⇒.
The sliding/tilting sunroof can be operat ed for up to about ten minutes after
the ignition has been switched off, pr ovided the driver door and the front
passenger door are not opened.
Sunroof blind
The sunroof blind is opened together with the sliding/tilting roof. If required,
it can be closed by hand when the sunroof is closed.
WARNING
•
Incorrect use of the sliding/tilting sunroof can result in injury.
•
Never close the sliding/tilting sunr oof without observing and ensuring
it is clear, to do otherwise could cause serious injury to you and others.
Make sure that no one is in the path of the sliding/tilting sunroof.
•
Always take the vehicle key with you when you leave the vehicle.
•
Never leave children or disabled persons in the vehicle, particularly if
they have access to the keys. Unsupervised use of a key could mean that
the engine is started or that electrical equipment is used (e.g. electric
sliding/tilting sunroof). Risk of accide nt! The doors can be locked using the
remote control key. This could result in people being trapped in the vehicle
in an emergency.
•
The sliding/tilting sunroof continues to function until one of the front
doors is opened and the key removed from the ignition.
Convenience closing*Using the door lock
– Hold the key in the door lock of the driver's door in the locking position until the sliding/tilting sunroof is closed.
– Release the key to interrupt this function.
NoteThe sliding/tilting sunroof rotary button remains in the last position selected
if the roof is closed using convenience closing from outside the vehicle and
will have to be re-positioned the next time you drive.
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Lights and visibility111
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Coming home / leaving home function*
After dark the area around the car is lit up with the aid of the
coming home / leaving home function.To activate the function
– Put the light switch into the position
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or in the “Auto” position
for those vehicles fitted with the automatic lighting function.
– Remove key from ignition switch.
To deactivate the function
– Turn light switch to position 0
Coming home function*
When the system is activated and it is dark, the coming home function will
illuminate the vehicle and its surroundings by switching on the dipped head-
lights, rear lights and nu mber plate lights when the driver's door is opened.
While one of the doors or the tailgate are open, the dipped headlights, the
rear lights and the registration plate lighting remain on for about 90 seconds.
If, before this time is up, all of the doors and the tailgate are closed, another
40 seconds of lighting is given. However, if all of the doors and the tailgate
are closed after the 90 seconds have passed, the system will be deactivated
and the lights will not come on.
When the vehicle is completely closed and both 90 second periods are up,
the system will be turned off and the lights will also turn off. If you wish to
reactivate the system, you must start from the beginning.
The lighting time is defined at the time of manufacture. Leaving home function*
The function is activated when the vehicle is unlocked using the remote
control. In the dark, the leaving home function will light the dipped beam
lights, the rear lights and the registration plate lighting for about 40 seconds.
Note
•
If the vehicle is used often during the night for short trips using the
coming home function, this will place a heavy demand on the battery. To
avoid this, make longer journeys whenever possible.
•
Observe all relevant statutory requirements when using the lighting
systems described here.
•
For those vehicles fitted with the “Dot Matrix” display, the delay in turning
off the headlights (about 40 seconds) can be adjusted using the “Configura-
tion, lights and visibility” menu.
Instrument and switch lighting / Headlight range control
Fig. 77 Detail of the dash
panel: Regulation for
instrument and switch
illumination and head-
light range control
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Index
280Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trips to foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic key tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Radio navigation St eering wheel controls
audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Rear shelf
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Remote control key Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Safety notes Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . 45
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety system- safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 128, 129
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belt release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat belts protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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