2012 Abarth Punto Evo start stop button

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KNOWING
YOUR VEHICLE
SAFETY
STARTING
AND DRIVING
WARNING LIGHTS
AND MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
MAINTENANCE
AND CARE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
CONTENTS
F0U125Abfig. 125
USING THE MANUAL GEARBOX
To engage the gears, press the clutch pedal fully and put
the gear lever into one of the required positions (the
diagram is shown on the knob fig. 125).
To engage 6
thgear, operate the lever by pressing it
towards the right in order to avoid engaging 4thgear by
mistake. The same applies to the shift from 6thto 5th
gear.
IMPORTANT The car can only be put into reverse gear
when it has stopped moving completely.
To engage reverse R from neutral, proceed as follows:
raise sliding ring A-fig. 125 under the knob and at the
same time move the gear lever to the left and then
forwards. HANDBRAKE fig. 124
The handbrake lever is located to the left of the driver’s
seat. Pull the handbrake lever upwards until the car
cannot be moved. Four or five clicks are generally
enough when the car is on level ground while nine or
ten may be required if the car is on a steep slope and
laden.
IMPORTANT If this is not the case, contact an Abarth
Dealership to have the handbrake adjusted.
When the handbrake is engaged and the ignition key is
in
MARposition, the warning light xon the instrument
panel will turn on.
Proceed as follows to release the handbrake:
❒slightly lift the handbrake and press the release
button
A;
❒keep button Apressed and lower the lever. The
warning light
xon the instrument panel will turn off.
Press the brake pedal when carrying out this operation
to prevent the car from moving accidentally.

RADIO
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PRESET BUTTONS
The buttons numbered from 1 to 6 are used to set the
following preselections:
❒18 in the FM band (6 in FM1, 6 in FM2, 6 in FMT or
“FMA” on some versions);
❒12 in the MW band (6 in MW1, 6 in MW2).
To listen to a preset station, select the desired frequency
band and then press the corresponding preset button
briefly (from 1 to 6).
By pressing the preset button for more than 2 seconds,
the tuned station will be stored. The storing phase is
confirmed by a beep.
STORING THE LAST STATION LISTENED TO
The radio automatically stores the last station that was
selected for each reception band, that is then tuned into
when the radio is turned on or when the reception band
is changed.AUTOMATIC TUNING
Briefly press the ¯or ˙button to start the automatic
tuning search for the next station that can be received in
the selected direction.
If the button ¯or ˙is pressed for longer, the rapid
search is started. When the button is released, the tuner
will stop on the next station that can be received.
If the TA function (traffic news) is on, the tuner searches
only for stations that broadcast traffic news.
MANUAL TUNING
This is used to manually search for stations in the
preselected band.
Select the desired frequency band and then press the
button ▲or ▼briefly and repeatedly to start the search
in the desired direction.
If the button ▲or ▼is pressed longer, the rapid search
starts and then stops when the button is released.

RADIO
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DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is in operation, information
appears on the display with the following meanings:
❒“CD Track 5”: indicates the CD track number;
❒“03:42”: indicates the time elapsed since the start of
the track (if the relevant Menu function is activated).
TRACK SELECTION (forward/backward)
Briefly press the ¯button to play the previous CD track
and the ˙button to play the next track. The tracks are
selected cyclically: the first track is selected after the last
track and vice versa.
If the track has been played for more than 3 seconds,
pressing the ¯button will cause the track to be started
again from the beginning. In this case, if you want to play
the previous track, press the button twice in succession.FAST FORWARD/REWIND THROUGH
TRACKS
Keep the button ˙pressed down to fast forward the
selected track and keep the button ¯pressed down to
fast rewind the track. The fast forward/rewind will stop
once the button is released.
PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press the button MUTE. The
text “CD Pause” appears on the display.
To resume listening to the track, press the button MUTE
again.
If another audio source is selected, the pause function is
deactivated.