2011 VOLVO V60 start stop button

04 Comfort and driving pleasure
DSTC – Stability and traction control system
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164* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
General information on DSTC
The stability and traction control system, DSTC
(Dynamic Stability and Traction Control) helps
the driver to avoid skidding and improves the
car's traction.
The activation of the system during braking
may be noticed as a throbbing sound. The car
may accelerate slower than expected when the
accelerator pedal is depressed.
Active Yaw ControlThe function limits the driving and brake force
of the wheels individually in order to stabilise
the car.
Spin ControlThe function prevents the driving wheels from
spinning against the road surface during accel-
eration.
Traction control systemThe function is active at low speed and trans-
fers power from the driving wheel that is spin-
ning to the one that is not.
Engine drag control - EDCEDC (Engine Drag Control) prevents involun-
tary wheel locking, e.g. after shifting down or
engine braking when driving in low gears on
slippery road surfaces.Involuntary wheel locking while driving can,
amongst other things, impair the driver's ability
to steer the car.
Corner Traction Control – CTCCTC compensates for understeer and allows
higher than normal acceleration in a bend with-
out wheelspin on the inner wheel, e.g. on an
arcing motorway entrance road to quickly
reach the prevailing traffic speed.
Trailer Stability Assist* - TSAThe function serves to stabilise the car and
trailer combination if it begins to snake, see
page 283.
NOTE
The function is deactivated if the driver
selects Sport mode.
Operation
Selection of level - Sport modeThe DSTC system is always activated - it can-
not be deactivated.
However, the driver can select the Sport mode,
which allows for a more active driving experi-
ence. In Sport mode the system detects
whether the accelerator pedal, steering wheel
movements and cornering are more active thanin normal driving and then allows controlled
skidding with the rear section up to a certain
level before it intervenes and stabilises the car.
If the driver stops a controlled skid by releasing
the accelerator pedal then the DSTC system
intervenes and stabilises the car.
With Sport mode, maximum traction is
obtained if the car has become stuck, or when
driving on a loose surface - e.g. sand or deep
snow.
Proceed as follows to select Sport mode:
1.
Press the centre console button MY CAR
and search in the display screen's menu
system and locate My S60
DSTC. (For
information on the menu system, see
page 142).
2. Uncheck the symbol and back out of the
menu system.
> The system then allows a more sporty
driving style.
The Sport mode is active until the driver dese-
lects it or until the engine is switched off - after
the engine is started the next time the DSTC
system is back in its normal mode again.
Messages in the information display
DSTC Temporarily OFF means that the sys-
tem has been temporarily reduced due to
excessive temperature in the brake discs.
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04 Comfort and driving pleasure
Adaptive cruise control*
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Automatic standby modeAdaptive cruise control is dependent on other
systems e.g. stability and traction control
(DSTC). If any of these systems stop working
then cruise control is automatically deacti-
vated.
In the event of automatic deactivation a signal
will sound and the message
Cruise control
Cancelled is shown in the display. The driver
must then intervene and adapt the speed and
distance to the vehicle ahead.
An automatic deactivation can be due to:
•engine speed is too low/high
•speed falls below 30 km/h5
•wheels lose traction
•brake temperature is high
•the radar sensor is covered e.g. by wet
snow or heavy rain (radar waves blocked).
Resume set speedCruise control in standby mode is re-activated
with one press on the steering wheel button
- the speed is then set to the last stored
speed.
NOTE
A significant increase in speed may arise
after the speed has been resumed with .
DeactivateThe cruise control is switched off with the
steering wheel button
. The set speed is
cleared and cannot be resumed with the
button.
Keypad without Speed limiterThe cruise control is switched off with the
steering wheel button
in standby mode or
with one long press in active mode. The set
speed is cleared and cannot be resumed with
the
button.
Queue Assist ACC and automatic
gearbox*
In cars with automatic gearbox the adaptive
cruise control has more functions than in cars
with manual gearbox.
Note that the lowest programmable speed for
the cruise control is 30 km/h - even though the
cruise control is capable of following another
vehicle down to a standstill, a lower speed
cannot be selected.The following functions are available:
Extended speed range
NOTE
In order to activate the cruise control the
driver's door must be closed and the driver
must be wearing the seatbelt.
•With the automatic gearbox the cruise con-
trol can follow another vehicle within the
range of 0-200 km/h - right down to sta-
tionary and up to 200 km/h.
NOTE
Activation of the cruise control below
30 km/h requires a vehicle in front within a
reasonable distance.
For shorter stops in connection with inching in
slow traffic or at traffic lights driving is auto-
matically resumed if the stops do not exceed
about 3 seconds - if it takes longer before the
car in front starts moving again then the cruise
control is set in standby mode. The driver must
then re-activate the cruise control in one of the
following ways:
•Press the steering wheel button .
5Does not apply to cars with automatic gearbox ("Queue Assist") - they manage right down to stationary.
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Radio
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time and returns when the station is stored.
The preset button can now be used.
A list of pre-selected channels can be shown
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in the TV screen. The function is activated/
deactivated in FM/AM mode under FM menu
Show presets or AM menuShow
presets.
Scan wavelengthThe function automatically searches the cur-
rent wavelength for strong stations. When a
station is found, it is played for approx. 8 sec-
onds before scanning is resumed. When a sta-
tion is playing back it can be saved as a preset
in the usual way, see the section "Pre-
set" above.

To start scanning go in FM/AM mode to
FM menu
Scan or AM menuScan.
NOTE
Scanning stops if a station is saved.
RDS functionsRDS (Radio Data System) links FM transmitters
into a network. An FM transmitter in such a
network sends information that gives an RDS
radio the following functions:
•Automatically switches to a stronger trans-
mitter if reception in the area is poor.
•Searches for programme type, such as
traffic information or news.
•Receives text information on current radio
programme.
NOTE
Some radio stations do not use RDS or only
some if its functionality.
If a required programme type is located the
radio can switch stations interrupting the audio
source currently in use. For example, if the CD
player is in use, it is paused. The interrupting
transmission is played at a preset volume, see
page 229. The radio returns to the previous
audio source and volume when the set pro-
gramme type is no longer broadcast.
The programme functions alarm (
ALARM!),
traffic information (TP), news (NEWS), and pro-
gramme types (PTY) interrupt one another in
order of priority, where alarm has the highest
priority and programme types has the lowest.
For additional settings of programming inter-
ruptions (
EON Distant and EON Local), see
the section "Enhanced Other Networks –
EON" below. Press EXIT to return to the inter-rupted audio source, press the OK/MENU to
clear the message.
AlarmThis function is used to warn of serious acci-
dents and catastrophes. The alarm cannot be
temporarily interrupted or deactivated. The
message
ALARM! appears on the TV screen
when an alarm message is transmitted.
Traffic information – TPThis function allows traffic information sent
within a set station's RDS network to break
through. The
TP symbol indicates that the
function is activated. If the preset station can
send traffic information then this is shown by
TP glowing brightly in the TV screen, otherwiseTP will be grey.

Activate/deactivate in FM mode under FM
menu
TP.
Enhanced Other Networks – EONThis function is useful in urban areas with many
regional radio stations. It allows the distance
between the car and the radio station trans-
mitter to determine when programme functions
should interrupt the current audio source.
2Only applies to High Performance Multimedia and Premium Sound Multimedia.
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Radio
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Navigation in channel group list
(Ensemble)
To navigate in and access the channel group
list turn TUNE. The name of the Ensemble is
shown in the upper part of the TV screen. When
scrolling to the new
Ensemble the name
changes to the new one. A thick grey line sep-
arates the two channel groups from each other.
•Service - Shows channels irrespective of
the channel group to which they are allo-
cated. The list can also be filtered using the
selection of programme type (
PTY
filtering), see below.
ScanningThe function automatically searches the cur-
rent wavelength for strong stations. When a
station is found, it is played for approx. 8 sec-
onds before scanning is resumed. When a sta-
tion is playing back it is saved as a preset in the
usual way. For more information on presets,
see "Preset" below.

Go in DAB mode to DAB menu
Scan to
start scanning.
NOTE
Scanning stops if a station is saved.
Scanning can also be selected in DAB-PTY
mode. In which case only channels of the pre-
selected programme type are played.
Programme type (PTY)Various types of radio programmes can be
selected using the programme type function.
There are a number of different programme
types which also include different programme
categories. After selecting a programme type,
navigation only takes place within the channels
that are broadcasting that type.
Programme type is selected in DAB mode
under DAB menu
PTY filtering. Exit this
mode as follows:

Press EXIT.
> An indicator is shown in the TV screen
when PTY is activated.
In certain cases DAB radio will exit PTY mode
when DAB to DAB linking (see below) is imple-
mented.
Preset10 station presets can be stored per wave-
length. DAB has 2 memories for presets:
DAB1 and DAB2. Storing of presets is per-
formed in the usual way, for more information
see page 226. The stored presets are selected
using the preset buttons.A preset contains one channel but no sub-
channels. If a subchannel is being played and
a preset is saved then only the main channel is
registered. This is because subchannels are
temporary. At the next attempt to retrieve the
preset, the channel which contained the sub-
channel will be played. The preset is not
dependent on the channel list.
A list of pre-selected channels can be shown
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in the TV screen. The function is activated/
deactivated in DAB mode under DAB menu
Show presets.
NOTE
The audio system's DAB system does not
support all functions available in the DAB
standard.
Radio textSome radio stations transmit information on
programme content, artists, etc. This informa-
tion is shown on the TV screen.
The function is deactivated/activated in DAB
mode under DAB menu
Show radio text.
4Only applies to High Performance Multimedia and Premium Sound Multimedia
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05 Infotainment system
Media player
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the selection of the disc track and start play-
back. Press EXIT to cancel and exit the playlist.
Disc tracks can also be changed by pressing
on
/ on the centre console or the
steering wheel keypad*.
Burned discs audio/video files1
Turn TUNE to access the disc's playlist/folder
structure and navigate in the list/structure. Use
OK/MENU to confirm either selection of sub-
folder or start of playback of the selected
audio/video file. Press EXIT to either stop and
exit the playlist or go up (back) in the folder
structure.
Audio/video files can also be changed by
pressing
/ on the centre console or the
steering wheel keypad*.
Audio files have the symbol
, video files1
have the symbol and folders have the
symbol
.
When playback of a file is complete the play-
back of the other files (of the same type) in that
particular folder continues. Change
3 of folder
takes place automatically when all the files in
the current folder have been played back. The
system automatically detects and changessetting when a disc containing only audio files
or only video files is loaded into the media
player and then plays back these files. How-
ever, the system does not change setting if a
disc containing a mixture of audio and video
files is loaded into the media player, but instead
the player continues to play back the previous
file type.
NOTE
A video film is only shown when the car is
stationary. When the car is moving at a
speed of over about 8 km/h no picture is
shown and
No visual media available
while driving appears on the display
screen, although the audio is heard during
this time. The picture is shown again as
soon as the car's speed falls below about 6
km/h.
NOTE
Some audio files that are copy-protected by
record companies or privately copied audio
files cannot be loaded by the player.
DVD video discs1
For playback of DVD video discs, see
page 234.
Fast forward/reverse
Hold in the buttons / to fast forward/
rewind. Audio files are fast forwarded/rewound
at one speed, while video files are fast forwar-
ded/rewound at several speeds. Repeatedly
press the buttons
/ to increase the fast
forward/rewind speed for video files. Release
the button to return to viewing at normal speed.
Music recognition, GracenoteŸ
If the car is equipped with navigation* then
there is a hard drive in the car that contains a
database for music recognition of CD audio
discs. The database contains the most popular
songs at the moment. If the media player gets
a hit in the database then the album title and
artist name for the media are displayed, and
each track shows track title, artist and album.
If the current CD audio disc is not found in the
database then the CD text from the disc is
used. If there is no CD text on the disc then only
Track 1, Track 2 etc. is displayed.
Scan4
This function plays the first ten seconds of
each disc track/audio file. To scan:
1.
Press OK/MENU
1Only applies to High Performance Multimedia and Premium Sound Multimedia.3If Repeat folder is activated then this does not take place.4Does not apply to DVD video discs.
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05 Infotainment system
TV*
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242* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
TV*
General
NOTE
This system only supports TV transmissions
in countries which transmit signals in
mpeg-2 format and follow the DVB-T stand-
ard. The system does not support TV trans-
missions in mpeg-4 format or analogue
transmissions.
NOTE
The TV picture is only shown when the car
is stationary. When the car is moving at a
speed over about 6 km/h the picture disap-
pears,
No visual media available while
driving appears on the display screen,
although the audio is heard during this time.
The picture reappears when the car has
stopped.
NOTE
The reception is dependent both on how
good the signal strength and signal quality
are. The transmission may be disturbed by
various factors such as tall buildings or the
TV transmitter being far away. Coverage
level can also vary depending on where in
the country you are located.
IMPORTANT
A TV licence is required for this product in
some countries.
Overview
Centre console control panel.
MEDIA key.
Station presets, numeric input
Navigate in channel lists or menus by turn-
ing TUNE.
Confirm your selection or go to the menu
by pressing OK/MENU.
EXIT - leads up in the menu system, stops
the function in progress.
The next available channel is shown by
pressing
/ .
NOTE
If the car is equipped with a steering wheel
keypad* and/or remote control* then in
many cases these can be used instead of
the buttons in the centre console. For a
description of the buttons in the steering
wheel, see page 220. For a description of
the remote control, see page 245.
MenusThe menus inMEDIA are controlled from the
centre console and the steering wheel key-
pad*. For general information on menu naviga-
tion and menu structures, see page 259.
Watch TVIf this is the first time the TV function is used or
the country of residence has changed then the
setting of TV channels must first be carried out.
To set the TV channels to see the sec-
tion "Searching TV channels/Preset list" page
243.

Repeatedly press on MEDIA until
TV is
shown in the TV screen, release the button
and wait a second or press OK/MENU.
> A search starts and after a short while
the most recently used channel is
shown.
Changing channelIt is possible to change channel as follows:
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TV*
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244* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Save the available TV channels as
presets
If the car has been moved within the country,
for example, from one city to another, it is not
certain that the presets are available at the new
location as the frequency range may have
changed. In which case, carry out another scan
and save a new preset list.
1.
Press TV mode on OK/MENU.
2.
Turn TUNE to
TV menu and press OK/
MENU.
3.
Turn TUNE to
Autostore and press OK/
MENU.
> An automatic scan for available TV
channels starts, this scan takes a little
while. During this time the figure for
each channel found and added as a pre-
set is shown. When the scan is com-
plete a message is shown and the pic-
ture is shown. A preset list (max. 30 pre-
sets) has now been created and is avail-
able. To change channel, see
page 242.
Scanning the TV channelsThis function automatically scans through the
frequency range for all channels available in the
area where you are. When a channel is found,
it is shown for approx. 10 seconds before
scanning is resumed. Scanning is stopped withEXIT, then the channel that you just watched
continues to be shown. Scanning does not
affect the preset list.
Activate scanning in TV mode under TV menu
Scan.
TeletextIt is possible to read Teletext. Follow these
steps:
1.
Press the
button on the remote con-
trol.
2. Enter the page number (3 digits) with the
number keys (0-9) to select page.
> The page is shown automatically.
Enter new page number, or press the remote
control buttons
/ to go to the next page.
Return to TV screen with EXIT or by pressing
the
button on the remote control.
It is also possible to control the teletext with the
coloured buttons on the remote control.
Information about the current
programme
Press the INFO button in order to display the
information about the current programme, the
next programme and its start time. If the
INFO button is pressed once more then addi-
tional information on the current programmecan sometimes be displayed, such as start and
end times and a brief description of the current
programme. For more information on the
INFO button, see page 222.
To return to the TV picture, wait several sec-
onds or press EXIT.
Picture settingsThe settings for brightness and contrast can be
adjusted. For more information, see page 235.
The reception is lostIf the reception for the TV channel that is being
shown disappears then the picture will freeze.
Shortly after this a message appears informing
that the reception has been lost for the current
TV channel, and a new search for the channel
continues. When the reception returns the dis-
play of the TV channel starts immediately. It is
possible to change channel at any time when
the message is shown.
If the message
Reception lost, searching is
shown then this is because the system has
detected that there is no reception for all TV
channels. One possible reason may be that a
border has been crossed and that the system
is set to the wrong country. In which case,
change to the right country in accordance
with "Searching TV channels/Preset list", see
page 243.
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06 During your journey
Fuel
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IMPORTANT
•Always refuel with unleaded petrol so as
not to damage the catalytic converter.
•Do not use additives not recommended
by Volvo.
Diesel
Diesel must fulfil the EN 590 or JIS K2204
standards. Diesel engines are sensitive to con-
taminants, such as excessively high volumes
of sulphur particles for example. Only use die-
sel fuel from well-known producers. Never use
diesel of dubious quality.
At low temperatures (-6 °C to -40 °C), a paraffin
precipitate may form in the diesel fuel, which
may lead to ignition problems. Special diesel
fuel designed for low temperatures around
freezing point is available from the major oil
companies. This fuel is less viscous at low tem-
peratures and reduces the risk of paraffin pre-
cipitate.
The risk of condensation in the fuel tank is
reduced if the tank is kept well filled. When
refuelling, check that the area around the fuel
filler pipe is clean. Avoid spilling fuel onto the
paintwork. Wash off any spillage with deter-
gent and water.
IMPORTANT
Only ever use fuel that fulfils the European
diesel standard.
The sulphur content must be a maximum of
50 ppm.
IMPORTANT
Diesel type fuels which must not be used:
•Special additives
•Marine Diesel Fuel
•Fuel oil
•RME1 (Rape Methyl Ester) and vegeta-
ble oil.
These fuels do not fulfil the requirements in
accordance with Volvo recommendations
and generate increased wear and engine
damage that is not covered by the Volvo
warranty.
Empty tankThe design of the fuel system in a diesel engine
means that if the vehicle runs out of fuel, the
tank may need to be vented in the workshop in
order to restart the engine after fuelling.
Once the engine has stopped due to fuel star-
vation, the fuel system needs a few momentsto carry out a check. Do this before starting the
engine, once the fuel tank has been filled with
diesel:
1. Insert the remote control key in the ignition
switch and push it in to the end position
(see page 81).
2.
Press the START button without depress-
ing the brake and/or clutch pedal.
3. Wait approx. 1 minute.
4. To start the engine: Depress the brake and/
or clutch pedal and then press the
START button again.
Draining condensation from the fuel filterThe fuel filter separates condensation from the
fuel. Condensation can disrupt engine opera-
tion.
The fuel filter must be drained at the intervals
specified in the Service and Warranty Booklet
or if you suspect that the car has been filled
with contaminated fuel.
IMPORTANT
Certain special additives remove the water
separation in the fuel filter.
1Diesel fuel may contain a certain amount of RME, but further amounts must not be added.
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