2012 Alfa Romeo MiTo remote control

78GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAR
EXTERIOR COURTESY LIGHTS
This function lights up the vehicle and the space around it when
the doors are unlocked.
Activation
When the vehicle is parked and the doors are unlocked by press-
ing the
Ëbutton on the remote control (or the luggage compart-
ment is unlocked by pressing
R), the dipped beam headlights,
side lights and number plate lights are activated.
The lights remain lit for approximately 25 seconds unless the doors
and luggage compartment are locked once again, the doors or lug-
gage compartment are opened and closed or the instrument pan-
el is activated. In this case they go out after 5 seconds.
The exterior courtesy lights can be enabled/disabled using the Set-
up Menu (see the paragraph on“Menu Items” in this chapter).
“FOLLOW ME HOME” DEVICE
This device allows you to illuminate the area in front of the car
for a certain amount of time.
Activation
With the ignition key on STOP or removed, pull lever A-fig. 33 to-
wards the steering wheel within 2 minutes of switching off the
engine.
The amount of time the lights remain on is extended by 30 sec-
onds at each movement of the lever, up to a maximum of 210 sec-
onds; after this the lights are switched off automatically.
The
3warning light on the instrument panel will light up (and
the corresponding message will appear on the display) as long as
the function is active.
The warning light comes on when the lever is operated and stays
on until the function is automatically deactivated. Each movement
of the lever increases the amount of time the lights stay on.
Deactivation
Keep the lever pulled towards the steering wheel for more than 2
seconds.

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1DOORS
DOOR CENTRAL LOCKING/UNLOCKING
Locking from the outside
With the doors closed press button Áon the remote control or
turn the metal insert (located inside the key) in the driver-side door
lock. Locking is signalled by the LED on button A-fig. 56 coming
on.
Door locking is activated:
❍when all the doors are closed;
❍when all the doors are closed and the luggage compartment
is open;
fig. 56A0J0030m
Door unlocking from the outside
Press button Ëon the remote control or turn the metal insert (lo-
cated inside the key) in the driver-side door lock.
Door locking/unlocking from the inside
Press button A. The button is equipped with an LED that indicates
the vehicle status (doors locked or unlocked).
LED lit up: doors locked. Press button A once again to centrally
unlock all doors. The LED will go out.
LED off: doors unlocked. Press button A once again to centrally lock
all doors. The doors will be locked only if all doors are closed.
Once the doors have been locked via the remote control or the key
pawl, it will no longer be possible to unlock them by pressing but-
ton A.
IMPORTANT When the central locking system is on, lifting the in-
terior opening lever of one of the doors causes the door to unlock
(in the case of the passenger door, the led on button A-fig. 56 re-
mains lit).
If there is no power (blown fuse, battery disconnected, etc.) the
doors can still be locked manually.

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1
IMPORTANT If the anti-pinch protection intervenes 5 times consec-
utively within 1 minute or a system failure is detected, the auto-
matic window closing function is inhibited. The window can then
only be operated in steps of half a second and the button must
be released following each step.
In order to restore the correct operation of the system, the relevant
window must be lowered.
IMPORTANT With ignition key at STOP or removed, the electric win-
dows remain active for about 3 minutes and are deactivated the
moment a door is opened.
IMPORTANT Where the anti-crush safety device is present, when
button
Ëon the remote control is pressed for more than 2 seconds,
the windows are opened, whilst when button
Áis pressed for more
than 2 seconds the windows are closed.
Passenger-side door
The passenger-side door is equipped with a button that controls
the opening/closing of the passenger-side window.
The system conforms to the 2000/4/EC standard
concerning the safety of passengers leaning out of
the passenger compartment.
Incorrect use of the electric windows may be dan-
gerous. Before operation, always check that no
passenger is at risk of being injured directly by the
moving window or by objects getting caught in or dragged
by the window. When leaving the car, always remove the
key from the ignition device to avoid the risk of injury due
to accidental operation of the electric windows.

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1LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT
Luggage compartment unlocking is electrically controlled and is dis-
abled with the vehicle in motion.
OPENING
When unlocked, the luggage compartment can be opened from out-
side the vehicle by pressing the electric logo fig. 59 until a click is
heard or by pressing button
Ron the remote control.
When the luggage compartment is opened the direction indica-
tors will flash twice and the internal light will come on: the light
will go out automatically when the luggage compartment is closed.
If the luggage compartment is left open, the light will go out au-
tomatically after several minutes.
fig. 59A0J0058m
Emergency opening from the inside
Proceed as follows:
❍remove the rear head restraints and completely fold back the
seats (see the paragraph on “Expanding the luggage com-
partment”);
❍press lever A-fig. 60.
fig. 60A0J0178m

100GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAR
LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT INITIALISATION
IMPORTANT If the battery is disconnected or the protection fuse
blows, the luggage compartment opening/closing mechanism must
be reinitialised as follows:
❍close all the doors and the luggage compartment;
❍press button Áon the remote control;
❍press button Ëon the remote control.
CLOSING
Pull tab A-fig. 61 and lower the tailgate by pressing near the lock
until a click is heard.
IMPORTANT Before closing the luggage compartment make sure
that you have the keys. The luggage compartment is locked au-
tomatically.
fig. 61A0J0079m