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C H I L D S A F E T Y
Manual operation
Rear doors are locked by operat-ing the lever on the rear face of the door in question.When the manual safety is in use, the aperture is horizontal.
Electric operation
The electrical safety is activated by pressing the control located to the rear of the electric windows panel. This prohibits movement of the rear electric windows and rear passenger doors.
It is still possible to open the doors from the outside, provided the vehi-cle is not locked.
This system is independent of and in no way replaces the central locking.
Check the status of the child safety locks every time the igni-tion is switched on.
Always remove the ignition key when leaving the vehicle even if only for a short time.
In the event of a violent impact, the electric child safety locks are deactivated automatically to allow rear passenger to get out of the vehicle.
If the child safety lock is activated, the warning lamp comes on for approx-imately 10 seconds when switching on the ignition.
LOCKING REAR DOORS
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D R I V I N G
Manual gearbox
- Ensure that the gear lever is in the neutral position.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- In the case of diesel engine vehi-cles: turn the key to the drive position. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off, if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine starts (but not for more than ten seconds).
- In temperatures lower than 0 °C, apply the clutch during the action on the starter in order to aid starting. Then release the clutch slowly.
DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE IN A SPACE THAT IS ENCLOSED OR INSUFFICIENTLY VENTILATED.
Automatic gearbox
- Check that you are in position P or N.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- For Diesel engines: turn the key to position M. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine turns over (not for longer than ten seconds).
Advice
Vehicles equipped with a Turbo:
Turbo equipped engines MUST be allowed to return to idle for several seconds before switching off the ignition. Failure to do so could cause serious damage to the turbo unit.
Flicking the throttle pedal as the ignition is turned off can lead to severe dam-age to the turbo unit.
(6 speed) Electronic Gearbox System
- Check that you are in position N.
- Fully depress the brake pedal.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- For Diesel engines: turn the key to position M. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine turns over (not for longer than ten seconds).
Note: If the vehicle has been sta-tionary for a long time, or if you have pressed the brake pedal a number of times while stationary, it will be necessary to press the brake pedal hard down in order to authorise the engine to start.
STARTING
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D R I V I N G
Manual gearbox
- Ensure that the gear lever is in the neutral position.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- In the case of diesel engine vehi-cles: turn the key to the drive position. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off, if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine starts (but not for more than ten seconds).
- In temperatures lower than 0 °C, apply the clutch during the action on the starter in order to aid starting. Then release the clutch slowly.
DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE IN A SPACE THAT IS ENCLOSED OR INSUFFICIENTLY VENTILATED.
Automatic gearbox
- Check that you are in position P or N.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- For Diesel engines: turn the key to position M. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine turns over (not for longer than ten seconds).
Advice
Vehicles equipped with a Turbo:
Turbo equipped engines MUST be allowed to return to idle for several seconds before switching off the ignition. Failure to do so could cause serious damage to the turbo unit.
Flicking the throttle pedal as the ignition is turned off can lead to severe dam-age to the turbo unit.
(6 speed) Electronic Gearbox System
- Check that you are in position N.
- Fully depress the brake pedal.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- For Diesel engines: turn the key to position M. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine turns over (not for longer than ten seconds).
Note: If the vehicle has been sta-tionary for a long time, or if you have pressed the brake pedal a number of times while stationary, it will be necessary to press the brake pedal hard down in order to authorise the engine to start.
STARTING
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D R I V I N G
Manual gearbox
- Ensure that the gear lever is in the neutral position.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- In the case of diesel engine vehi-cles: turn the key to the drive position. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off, if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine starts (but not for more than ten seconds).
- In temperatures lower than 0 °C, apply the clutch during the action on the starter in order to aid starting. Then release the clutch slowly.
DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE IN A SPACE THAT IS ENCLOSED OR INSUFFICIENTLY VENTILATED.
Automatic gearbox
- Check that you are in position P or N.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- For Diesel engines: turn the key to position M. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine turns over (not for longer than ten seconds).
Advice
Vehicles equipped with a Turbo:
Turbo equipped engines MUST be allowed to return to idle for several seconds before switching off the ignition. Failure to do so could cause serious damage to the turbo unit.
Flicking the throttle pedal as the ignition is turned off can lead to severe dam-age to the turbo unit.
(6 speed) Electronic Gearbox System
- Check that you are in position N.
- Fully depress the brake pedal.
- Do not touch the accelerator.
- For Diesel engines: turn the key to position M. Wait for the pre-heater warning lamp to go off if it is on.
- Action the starter by turning the key until the engine turns over (not for longer than ten seconds).
Note: If the vehicle has been sta-tionary for a long time, or if you have pressed the brake pedal a number of times while stationary, it will be necessary to press the brake pedal hard down in order to authorise the engine to start.
STARTING
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Towing with all wheels on the ground
T o w i n g r i n g fi x i n g s a r e p l a c e d a t t h e f r o n t a n d a t t h e r e a r o f t h e v e h i c l e .
T o a c c e s s t h e m :
- a t t h e f r o n t : p u s h o n t h e l e f t t o t i l t t h e c o v e r , t h e n r e m o v e i t .
- a t t h e r e a r : p u s h a t b o t t o m , t h e n p u l l o n t o p .
T h e c o v e r r e m a i n s a t t a c h e d t o t h e b u m p e r b y m e a n s o f a t a b , s o t h a t i t c a n n o t b e c o m e l o s t .
The ignition key should be in position "M" so as to retain steering.
U s e a b a r w i t h h o o k s t o a t t a c h o n t h e t o w i n g r i n g s .
Vehicles with manual transmission
F o r v e h i c l e s w i t h m a n u a l t r a n s m i s s i o n , t h e g e a r l e v e r m u s t b e i n n e u t r a l . F a i l u r e t o o b s e r v e t h i s r e q u i r e m e n t c a n l e a d t o t h e f a i l u r e o f c e r t a i n b r a k i n g c o m p o - n e n t s a n d a l a c k o f b r a k i n g a s s i s t a n c e o n r e s t a r t i n g t h e e n g i n e .
If the engine is not running, the steering and braking systems will not be power-assisted.
If towing another vehicle, the latter should be free-wheeling (that is, gearbox in neutral).
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AUDIO SETTINGS
On/Off
With the key in Drive position M, press on control A to switch the radio on or off.
Note:
- If the radio was on the last time you switched off the ignition, it will resume automatically when you switch on the ignition again. You will not have to press on control A.
- After switching off the ignition, you can still operate the audio system even without the ignition key being present. Simply press on button A. The system will turn itself off after approx. 30 minutes.
Anti-theft system
This radio is coded in such a way as to function only on your particular vehicle. It would be unusable if installed on any other vehicle.
Note:
The anti-theft system is automatic and requires no action on your part.
Selection of source
To select either Radio, CD (CD already inserted and Radio source activated), or CD changer source, press on control D.
When you insert a CD it automatically starts being read.
Note:
When the radio is switched off, the source selected is memorised.
Volume adjustment
Rotate control A to increase or decrease the sound volume.
You can also increase or decrease the volume using buttons 1 and 4 at the steering wheel.
Note:
- The sound volume when you switch off the radio will be the same when you switch it on again.
- The radio sound volume automatically adjusts to the vehicle speed, provided the "volume adjustment" function is activated.
Temporary sound pause
Press on control 5 at the steering wheel to activate this function.
The sound will be paused, regardless of the source selected.
To restore the audio output, press one of the controls at the steering wheel.
Sound adjustments
Each press on button F brings up the parameter to be adjusted: choice of p r e d e fi n e d s o u n d a m b i a n c e s , b a s s , treble, loudness, fade (front/rear sound distribution), balance (left/right sound distribution) and volume adjusted to vehicle speed.
Press buttons K or N to modify the values for the function displayed.
Note:
- The selection of a sound ambiance automatically adjusts bass and t r e b l e . T h e s e c a n b e m o d i fi e d .
To restore the original adjustments for the musical ambiances, reset bass and treble to zero.
- Adjustment of loudness, as well as bass and treble when they are a v a i l a b l e , a r e s p e c i fi c t o e a c h sound source and to each musical ambiance.
- If you leave the audio system un-actioned for a few seconds, it will revert to the normal display.
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Manual pre-setting
Select the waveband and memory bank required using button E.Select a station using either automatic or manual search.Keep pressing for more than two seconds on one of the pre-selection buttons 1 to 6 on the keypad P.The sound momentarily cuts off, then returns to its previous level to c o n fi r m t h a t i t h a s m e m o r i s e d t h e station.
Automatic memorisation of transmitters (Autostore function)
In FM, if you hold down button Efor more than two seconds, your radio will automatically memorise the 6 strongest stations on the FM3 memory bank.The display shows "FM AST".The radio memorises the 6 strongest transmitters, deleting the 6 previously memorised.After the memorisation, the radio goes directly to memory 1 of memory bank FM3.
Note:
- I f t h e t r a f fi c i n f o r m a t i o n f u n c t i o n has been activated (see RDS SYSTEM), the stations offering this facility will be memorised as priority.
If it is unable to memorise any new stations, the system will retain the previously memorised stations.
- I f t h e s y s t e m i s u n a b l e t o fi n d 6 s t a t i o n s , t h e u n fi l l e d m e m o r y s l o t s will remain free.
Recall of pre-set stations
Press button E b r i e fl y t o s e l e c t t h e required waveband and memory bank.A short press on one the pre-selection buttons 1 to 6 on the keypad P recalls the corresponding memorised station. You can also do this using the control 3 at the steering wheel.If it is a RDS station, the frequency appears some seconds before the name appears.For RDS stations, recall of a station may prompt a search for a frequency corresponding to the region where you happen to be (see RDS system).
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CD CHANGER SOURCE
CD Changer
T h i s u n i t ( i f fi t t e d ) i s l o c a t e d u n d e r the front centre armrest and can receive 6 CDs.
Inserting CDs into the magazine
- To insert a CD, press the LOAD button, then the one for the slot in question. When the indicator lamp f o r t h e s l o t fl a s h e s , i n s e r t t h e C D .
- To insert CDs in all of the slots, p r e s s t h e L O A D b u t t o n f o r 2 seconds. Insert each CD in turn after its slot indicator lamp fl a s h e s .
Note:
- Each compartment takes one disc only.
- The CD changer will not operate if discs are inserted the wrong way up.
Removing discs
- To eject a CD, press the EJECT button then the button for the corresponding slot.
- To eject all the CDs, press the E J E C T b u t t o n f o r 2 s e c o n d s .
Removing discs
To remove a CD, give a long press on the corresponding button. P l a y s t a r t s w i t h t h e fi r s t t r a c k o n t h e fi r s t C D .
Selecting a CD
To select a CD, press one of the pre-select buttons 1 to 6 on the keypad P, or scroll through them using J or M
The CD will start to play automatically.You can also do this by means of control 3 at the steering wheel.After each change of source, on return to CD changer source, playback will resume at the same point where it had been interrupted.
Selecting a track
Press button K once to play the next track.Press button N once to return to the beginning of the track currently being played, press a second time to go back to the start of the previous track.Press the buttons successively to skip several tracks at a time.You can also do this by means of the controls 2 and 3 at the steering wheel.
Fast forward and rewind with accelerated sound
Press and keep pressed one of the buttons K or N respectively for fast forward or rewind with accelerated sound. Play resumes as normal when the button is released.
Menu
This menu is for activation/deactivation of three options: - P l a y b a c k o f t h e fi r s t 7 s e c o n d s (approx.) of each track of the CD.
- Repetition of the current CD.
- Random playback of tracks, CD by CD.
This can be accessed in two ways:- Either by pressing button O and proceeding as for Search of Stations RDS – for screen C, the sub-menu corresponds to the Audio Preferences.
- Or if you are in CD changer source by pressing button L. You then have access to the AUDIO menu (for screen C only).
Note:
If one of these options is active, it remains active for CD source.