2009 PORSCHE BOXSTER Owners Manual

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fPush operating lever slightly up or down until
the desired speed is reached.
upwards: speed is increased
downwards: speed is decreased
Note
Holding the lever up or do wn for a longer period
will adjust the speed in steps of 6 mph (10 km/h).
f Push operating lever forward. Switching the acoustic warning signal off
f
Select “LIMIT active” with the operating lever.
f Push operating lever forward.
Display:

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INFO
Warning messagesSwitching on selection field “D”
fPush operating lever forward.
Calling warning messages
f Select INFO with the operating lever. f
Push operating lever forward.
f Select “Messages” with the operating lever.
f Push operating lever forward.
Any existing warning messages can be called us-
ing the operating lever.
You also can call warning messages which were
cancelled during the journey (but only until the next
time the ignition is switched on). f
Push operating lever forward.
f Push operating lever forwards or pull back-
wards.
The display returns to the Info menu.

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ServiceSwitching on selection field “D”
fPush operating lever forward.
Recalling service information
f Select INFO with the operating lever.
f Push operating lever forward.
f Select “Service” with the operating lever.
f Push operating lever forward.
f The time until the next service is displayed in
miles and days.
TEL
Telephone informationSwitching on selection field “D”
fPush operating lever forward.
Recalling telephone information
f Select TEL with the operating lever. f
Push operating lever forward.

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Note
You can recall phone calls, e.g. calls that arrived
during your absence, via the menu item “Missed
calls”.
Example:
Selecting from the telephone book and
calling
f
Select “Phone book” with the operating lever. f
Push operating lever forward.
f Select a person to call and push the operating
lever forward.
The connection is established.

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fPush the operating lever forward to end the
call. Incoming call
f
Select “Accept” or “Refuse” and push the
operating lever forward.
Note
Rejected phone calls can be recalled with the
menu item “Missed calls”.

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CHRONO
StopwatchYou can use the stopwatch to measure time inter-
vals, e.g. on the race circuit or on work-related
journeys. Measured lap times can be stored and
evaluated if the vehicle is equipped with Porsche
Communication Management (PCM).
fPlease observe the chapte r “Sport display” in
the separate PCM operating instructions. Stopwatch on the instrument panel
The stopwatch has an analogue and a digital dis-
play.
The large pointer of the analogue display meas-
ures the seconds. The two small pointers measure
hours and minutes. The display re-starts at zero af-
ter 12 hours.
Seconds and increments of
1/100th of a second
can be read on the digital display.
The digital display and the display in the on-board
computer can indicate up to 99 hours and
59 minutes.
The stopwatch can be swiv elled both to the left
and to the right.
Stopwatch displays:
– on the stopwatch on the instrument panel,
– in the on-board computer menu CHRONO,
– on the performance display in the PCM.
Starting/stopping stopwatch
All stopwatch displays are started and stopped via
the on-board computer menu CHRONO. Note on operation
When you leave the CHRONO menu while the stop-
watch is running, meas
urement will continue.
The stopwatch stops after the ignition is switched
off. If the ignition is sw itched on again within ap-
prox. 4 minutes, the stopwatch will continue to
run.
The only way to reset the stopwatch to zero is by
selecting “Reset” in the CHRONO menu.

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Starting the timing
fPush operating lever forward.
The selection field is switched on.
f Select CHRONO with the operating lever. f
Push operating lever forward. fPush operating lever forward.
The time runs on all stopwatch displays.
The on-board computer display changes to the
“Stop timing/Intermediate time” selection.

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Stopping the timing
After time measurement is started, the on-board
computer display changes
to the “Stop timing/In-
termediate time”.
f Select “Stop timing” with the operating lever. f
Push lever forward.
The time is stopped in all stopwatch displays,
and the on-board computer display changes to
the “Continue/Reset” selection.
The timing can be continued or reset to zero. Continue timing
After timing has been stopped, the on-board com-
puter display changes to the “Continue/Reset” se-
lection.