2007 PORSCHE CAYMAN stop start

CHRONOStopwatch
Function
Youcanusethestopwatchtomeasuretimeintervals,e.g.ontheracecircuitoronwork-relatedjourneys.MeasuredlaptimescanbestoredandevaluatedifthevehicleisequippedwithPorscheCommunicationManagement(PCM).
Pleaseobservethechapter“Sportdisplay”intheseparatePCMoperatinginstructions.
Stopwatchontheinstrumentpanel
Thestopwatchhasananalogueandadigitaldisplay.Thelargepointeroftheanaloguedisplay
measurestheseconds.Thetwosmallpointersmeasurehoursandminutes.Thedisplayre-startsatzeroafter12hours.Secondsandincrementsof1/100thofasecondcanbereadonthedigitaldisplay.Thedigitaldisplayandthedisplayintheon-boardcomputercanindicateupto99hoursand59minutes.
Thestopwatchcanbeswivelledbothtotheleftandtotheright.
Stopwatchdisplays:
–onthestopwatchontheinstrumentpanel,
–intheon-boardcomputermenuCHRONO,
–ontheperformancedisplayinthePCM.
Starting/stoppingstopwatch
Allstopwatchdisplaysarestartedandstoppedviatheon-boardcomputermenuCHRONO.
Noteonoperation
WhenyouleavetheCHRONOmenuwhilethestopwatchisrunning,measurementwillcontinue.
Thestopwatchstopsaftertheignitionisswitchedoff.Iftheignitionisswitchedonagainwithinapprox.4minutes,thestopwatchwillcontinuetorun.
Theonlywaytoresetthestopwatchtozeroisbyselecting“Reset”intheCHRONOmenu.
Startingthetiming
Pushoperatingleverforward.Theselectionfieldisswitchedon.
SelectCHRONOwiththeoperatinglever.
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Pushoperatingleverforward.Pushoperatingleverforward.Thetimerunsonallstopwatchdisplays.Theon-boardcomputerdisplaychangestothe“Stoptiming/Intermediatetime”selection.
Note
PCM:Theperformancedisplayinthe“Trip/Sportdisplay/Begintrip”menumustbeselectedinordertoanalysethedatainthePCM.
Stoppingthetiming
Aftertimemeasurementisstarted,theon-boardcomputerdisplaychangestothe“Stoptim-ing/Intermediatetime”.
Select“Stoptiming”withtheoperatinglever.
Pushleverforward.Thetimeisstoppedinallstopwatchdisplays,andtheon-boardcompu-terdisplaychangestothe“Continue/Reset”selection.
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Resettingthetime
Aftertiminghasbeenstopped,theon-boardcomputerdisplaychangestothe“Continue/Reset”selection.
Select“Reset”withtheoperatinglever.
Pushoperatingleverforward.Thedisplayreturnstothe“Starttiming”selection.Thestopwatchdisplaysintheinstrumentpanelandtheon-boardcomputerareresettozero.
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A-LapB-Intermediatetime
Displayingintermediatetimes
Severalintermediatetimescanbedisplayedforarouteorforalapontheracecircuit.Theinterme-diatetimesBareforyourinformation.MeasuredlaptimesAcanbestoredandevaluatedifthevehicleisequippedwithPorscheCommunicationManagement(PCM).
Todisplayanintermediatetime:
Aftertiminghasbeenstarted,theon-boardcompu-terdisplaychangestothe“Stoptiming/Intermedi-atetime”selection.
Select“Intermediatetime”withtheoperatingleverandpushtheoperatingleverforwards.
Theintermediatetimewillbedisplayedforapprox.5seconds.Theon-boardcomputerdisplaythenreturnstothe“Stoptiming/Intermediatetime”selection.
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Youcanstopthestopwatchormeasureanotherintermediatetime.Inordertostarttiminganewlap:
The“Newlap?”selectionappearsfor5secondsafterselectionof“Intermediatetime”.
Select“Newlap?”withtheoperatingleverandpushtheoperatingleverforwards.
Thenewlapisdisplayedontheon-boardcomputerandthePCM.Timingontheon-boardcomputerandonthePCMbeginsfromzero.Thestopwatchintheinstrumentpanelcontinuestoshowthetotaltime.
Theon-boardcomputerdisplayreturnstothe“Stoptiming/Intermediatetime”selectionafterashortperiod.
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OILDisplayandmeasurementof
theengineoillevel
Conditionsformeasuringtheoillevel
Caution!
Riskofenginedamage.
Regularlychecktheoillevelafterrefueling.
Donotallowtheoilleveltofallbelowtheminimummark.
1.Itisimportanttoensurethatthevehicleishorizontalforcorrectoillevelmeasurementtooccur.
2.Engineisoff.
3.Ignitionon.
Oilreturntime
Beforetheoillevelismeasured,theengineoilhastohaveflowedbackintotheoilpan.Thetimetakenfortheengineoiltoflowbackdependsontheenginetemperatureandhowlongtheenginehasbeenstopped.
Thiswaitingtimeiscounteddownintheon-boardcomputerdisplaywhentheignitionisswitchedon.Theoilleveldisplaysegmentsstartto“cycle”.
Itisbesttomeasuretheengineoillevelbeforeembarkingonajourney(ifthevehiclehasnotbeendrivenforanextendedperiod)orwiththeengineatoperatingtemperature.Shorterwaitingtimesareachievedinthisway.
Initiatingoillevelmeasurement
Switchignitionon(donotstarttheengine).Theengine-oillevelmeasurementdisplayappearsintheon-boardcomputer.
Allowwaitingtimetoelapse.
Oncethemeasurementhasbeencompleted,youcanreadofftheengineoillevelonthesegmentdisplay.
–Ifthesegmentsarefilledinuptothetopline,theoillevelhasreachedthemaximummark.
Undernocircumstancesaddengineoil.
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–Ifonlythebottomsegmentisfilledin,theoillevelhasreachedtheminimummark.
Addengineoilimmediately.
–Ifthebottomsegmentflashes,theoillevelhasdroppedtobelowtheminimummark.
Addengineoilimmediately.
Thedifferencebetweentheminimumandmax-imummarksonthesegmentdisplayisapprox.1.2liters.Eachsegmentofthedisplaycorre-spondstoapprox.0.4liter.
Addengineoilifnecessary.
Pleaseobservethechapter”ENGINEOILLEVEL”onpage208.
Neveraddmoreengineoilthanrequiredtoreachthemaximummark.Oillevelmeasurementduringrefueling
Theoillevelisautomaticallymeasuredduringrefueling.
Preconditions
1.Ignitionisswitchedoff.
2.Iftheengineisatoperatingtemperature,atleast5minutesmustelapsebetweenparkingthevehicleandstartingtheengine.
3.Refuelingcompletedwithin15minutes.
Whentheignitionisswitchedon,theengineoillevelisshownonthesegmentdisplay.
Measurementwillbestoppediftheaboverequire-mentsarenotmet.
Startoillevelmeasurementinthe“OIL“menuor
Startoillevelmeasurementbyswitchingontheignition.
Failure
Afailureoftheoilleveldisplayisindicatedbyawarningmessageintheon-boardcomputer.
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InstrumentpanelOn-boardcomputerTextdisplayonon-boardcomputerMeaning/measure
LIMITCannotbeacceptedwithvehiclestopped
Thecurrentspeedcanonlybeacceptedfortheacousticwarningsignalwhenthevehicleisinmotion.
LIMIT30Selectedspeedlimit(e.g.30mph)fortheacousticwarningsignalhasbeenexceeded.Adjustyourspeedifnecessary.
FuelgaugewarninglightConsiderremainingrangeRefuelatnextopportunity.
CheckengineoillevelStartengineoillevelmeasurementintheon-boardcomputer.Thevehiclemustbehorizontalandtheignitionmustbeswitchedon.
EngineoilpressuretoolowStopimmediatelyatasuitableplace,measureoillevelwiththeon-boardcomputerand,ifnecessary,addengineoil.
WarninglightTemperaturegaugeEnginetemperaturetoohighSwitchengineoffandletitcool.Checkcoolantleveland,ifneces-sary,addcoolant.
TemperaturegaugewarninglightflashesCheckcoolantlevelSwitchengineoffandletitcool.Checkcoolantleveland,ifneces-sary,addcoolant.
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