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Automatic Transmission Controls
Indicates that you must depress the brake pedal to shift (The ignition
switch must be in the ACC or ON position).
Indicates the shift lever can be shifted freely into any position.
Various Lockouts:
NOTElThe beep sounds to indicate engine overrev when the tachometer needle enters the striped zone.lThe display of the variable red zone in the tachometer changes according to the temperature of the
engine coolant. To protect the engine, when the engine coolant temperature is low, the engine does
not run at high speeds. The fuel supply will be cut at an rpm lower than the red zone.
Refer to Tachometer on page 5-37.
lThe gear shift-up point may move to the high rpm range temporarily while the engine is warming
up in order to shorten the warming-up period.
lThis Sport AT has an option that is not included in traditional automatic transmission - giving the
driver the option of selecting each gear instead of leaving it to the transmission to shift gears.
Even if you intend to use the automatic transmission functions as a traditional automatic, you
should also be aware that you can inadvertently shift into manual shift mode and an inappropriate
gear may be retained as you change speeds. If you notice the engine speed going higher or hear
the engine racing, confirm you have not accidentally slipped into manual shift mode (page 5-15).
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4. Hold down a channel preset button for1.5 seconds or more, and release when
the beep is heard.
5. The programming process is complete after the channel number or text blinks.
Preset channel call-up (Channel preset
buttons)
Press a channel preset button for about 1.5
seconds.
Category change (Category button)
Press the category button (UP or DOWN)
and select the desired category.
lPress the category button (UP):
Category up
lPress the category button (DOWN):
Category down
At this time, the lowest (smallest-number)
channel within the category indicated is
received.
When the highest (or lowest) category is
reached, the display of the category is
changed over in the order shown below.
Highest category →Category all →Lowest
category
NOTE
While in “CATEGORY ALL” mode, all
channels covering a category can be accessed
(Category off condition).
Channel selection within a category
(Manual tuning dial)
NOTE
If the category is not in “ALL ”, turning the
manual tuning dial moves the channel number
up/down in the present category.
lTurn the knob clockwise: Channel UplTurn the knob counterclockwise: Channel
Down
Channel number, channel, category,
artist, and song title display (Display
button, display feed dial)
Each time the display button is briefly
pressed (about 1.5 seconds) during
SIRIUS reception, the display of the text
data changes in the order shown below.
Channel number Channel name
Category
name
Artist name
Info
Song title
NOTElEight characters can be displayed on 1
screen.
lBy turning the display feed dial
counterclockwise, it is possible to display
the remaining part of the title one character
at a time each time the dial is rotated one
increment.
What is satellite radio?
SIRIUS is radio the way it was meant to
be: More than 100 new channels of digital
quality programming delivered to listeners
coast to coast via satellite. That means
channels of completely commercial-free
music plus more channels of news, sports,
and entertainment from names like
CNBC, Discovery, SCI-FI Channel, A&E,
House of Blues, E!, NPR, Speed vision
and ESPN.
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