2012 FIAT 500 ABARTH ECO mode

Front Fog Lights — If Equipped
The fog light switch is located on the center stack of the
instrument panel, just below the radio.
Press the switch once to turn the front fog lights on. Press
the switch a second time to turn the front fog lights off.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHERS
The windshield wiper/washer lever is located on the
right side of the steering column.
NOTE:The windshield wipers/washers will only oper-
ate with the ignition in the ON/RUN position.
Front Windshield Wiper Operation
There are five different modes of operation for the front
windshield wipers. The windshield wiper lever can be
raised or lowered to access these modes:
Fog Light Switch
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decrease until the button is released. Release the button
when the desired speed is reached, and the new set speed
will be established.
Pressing the SET (-) button once will result in a 1 mph
(2 km/h) decrease in set speed. Each subsequent tap of
the button results in a decrease of 1 mph (2 km/h).
To Accelerate For Passing
Press the accelerator as you would normally. When the
pedal is released, the vehicle will return to the set speed.
Using Electronic Speed Control On Hills
NOTE:The Electronic Speed Control system maintains
speed up and down hills. A slight speed change on
moderate hills is normal.
On steep hills, a greater speed loss or gain may occur so
it may be preferable to drive without Electronic Speed
Control.
WARNING!
Electronic Speed Control can be dangerous where the
system cannot maintain a constant speed. Your ve-
hicle could go too fast for the conditions, and you
could lose control and have an accident. Do not use
Electronic Speed Control in heavy traffic or on roads
that are winding, icy, snow-covered or slippery.
REAR PARK ASSIST — IF EQUIPPED
The Rear Park Assist system provides an audible indica-
tion of the distance between the rear fascia/bumper and
a detected obstacle when backing up, e.g. during a
parking maneuver. Refer to the “Park Assist System
Usage Precautions” for the limitations of this system and
recommendations.
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Set Time (Clock)
This function may be used to set the clock through two
sub-menu items: “Time” and “Mode.”
Proceed as follows:
1. Briefly press theMENU ESCbutton. The display will
show the two sub-menu items “Time” and “Mode.”
2. Press the +or –button to navigate the two sub-menu
items.
3. Select the required option and then press the MENU
ESC button.
4. When accessing the “Time” sub-menu item, briefly
press the MENU ESC button and “hours” will flash on
the display.
5. Press the +or –button for setting.
6. Briefly press the MENU ESCbutton and “minutes”
will flash on the display. 7. Press the
+or –button for setting.
NOTE:
•The setting will increase or decrease by one unit each
time the +or –button is pressed. Press and hold the
button to increase/decrease the setting rapidly. Save
the setting by briefly pressing the button when you
approach the required setting.
•Briefly press the MENU ESC button to return to the
“Time” sub-function.
•When accessing the “Mode” submenu, briefly press
the MENU ESC button. The previously set display
format will flash on the display.
•Press the +or –button to select “24h” or “12h.”
When you have selected the required settings, briefly
press the MENU ESC button to go back to the Time,
Mode sub-menu screen, or press and hold the MENU
ESC button (approximately one second) to go back to the
main screen without storing the settings.
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Frequency Band Selection
With the Radio mode active, press the FM or AM tuner
button briefly and repeatedly to select the desired recep-
tion band.
Each time the button is pressed the following bands are
selected cyclically:
•AM, FM or SAT (if equipped)
Each band is highlighted by the corresponding wordings
on the display. The radio will be tuned to last station
selected on the respective frequency band.
Preset Buttons
The buttons numbered from 1 to 5 are used to set the
following pre-selections:
•15 in the FM band (5 in FMA, 5 in FMB, 5 in FMC
•10 in the AM band (5 in AMA, 5 in AMB)
•15 in SAT (if so equipped) (5 SATA, 5 SATB, 5 SATC) To listen to a preset station, select the desired frequency
band and then briefly press the corresponding preset
button (from 1 to 5).
By pressing the preset button for more than 2 seconds,
the tuned station will be stored. Pressing the A-B-C
button will change between the preset memory group in
the current frequency band.
Automatic Tuning
Briefly press theorbutton to start the automatic
tuning search for the next station that can be received in
the selected direction.
If the
orbutton 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.
Manual Tuning
This is used to manually search for stations in the
preselected band.
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CD Player
Introduction
This chapter describes the operation of the CD player
only. To operate the radio, refer to the description in the
“Functions and Adjustments” chapter.
CD Player Selection
To activate the CD player built into the equipment,
proceed as follows:
•Load a CD with the equipment switched on. The first
track will start to play.
or
•If a CD has already been loaded, turn on the radio and
then briefly press the MEDIA button to select the “CD”
function mode. The last track listened to will start to
play. It is advisable to use original CDs to ensure optimal
playing. If CD-R/RWs are used, we recommend using
good quality media that are burned at the slowest speed
possible.
CD Loading/Ejecting
To load the CD, insert it gently into the slot to activate the
motorized loading system, which will position it cor-
rectly.
The CD can be loaded with the radio off and the ignition
key turned to ON/RUN. In this case, the radio will
remain off. When the radio is turned on, the last source
listened to before being switched off, will be activated.
When a CD is inserted, the display will show the symbol
“CD” and the wording “CD Reading.” They will remain
displayed for the whole time required for the radio to
read the CD. When this time has elapsed the radio
automatically starts playing the first track.
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Press thebutton with the radio turned on, to activate
the motorized CD ejection system. After ejection, the last
audio source listened to before playing the CD will be
heard.
If the CD is not removed from the radio, it will automati-
cally be reloaded about 20 seconds later but will not
resume playing until the MEDIAbutton is pressed to
select the CD mode. The radio will switch to the last
source prior to CD mode.
The CD cannot be ejected if the radio is off.
Possible Error Messages
If the loaded CD cannot be read (e.g. a CD ROM has been
inserted or the CD is inserted the wrong way or there is
a reading error) the display shows the wording “CD Disc
error.”
The CD will then be ejected and the audio source
activated before the CD mode selection will be heard. A CD which cannot be read will not be ejected until these
functions are over. At the end, with the CD mode
activated, the display will show the wording “CD Disc
error” for a few seconds and then the CD will be ejected.
Display Information
When the CD player is operating, information will ap-
pear on the display with the following meaning:
•“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
Briefly press thebutton 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, starts the track again from the
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beginning. In this case, if you want to play the previous
track, press the
button twice consecutively.
Track Fast Forward/Rewind
Keep thebutton 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 thebutton. The
wording “CD Pause” appears on the display.
To resume listening to the track, press the
button
again.
CD MP3 Player
Introduction
This chapter describes the operation of the CD MP3
player. NOTE:
Layer-3 audio decoding technology is licensed
from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.
MP3 Mode
In addition to playing regular audio CDs, the radio is also
enabled to play CDROMs on which compressed audio
files have been recorded in an MP3 format.
To guarantee optimal reproduction, it is advisable to use
good quality CDs burned at the lowest speed possible.
The files on an MP3 CD are structured in folders that
create lists of all the folders containing MP3 tracks
(folders or subfolders are all on the same level). The
folders that do not contain MP3 tracks cannot be selected.
The specifications and operating conditions for playing
MP3 files are the following:
•The CD-ROMs used should be burned in accordance
with ISO standard 9660.
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•The music files should have the extension “.mp3” or
“.wma” files with a different extension will not be
reproduced.
•The sampling frequencies that can be reproduced are:
44.1 kHz, stereo (from 96 to 320 kbit/s) – 22.05 kHz,
mono or stereo (from 32 to 80 kbit/s).
•Tracks with a variable bit-rate can be reproduced.
NOTE: The track names must not include the following
characters: spaces, ‘ (apostrophes), ( and ) (open and close
brackets). During the burning of a MP3 CD, make sure
that the names of the files do not contain these characters;
if not, the radio will not be able to play the tracks
involved.
Selecting MP3 Sessions With Hybrid Discs
If a hybrid disc is inserted (Mixed Mode, Enhanced,
CD-Extra) also containing MP3 files, the radio automati-
cally starts playing the audio session. It is possible to move to the MP3 session while playing by keeping the
CD button pressed for more than 2 seconds.
NOTE:
When the function is activated the radio may
take a few seconds to start playing. While checking the
disc the display will show “CD Reading.” If no MP3 files
are detected, the radio will resume playing the audio
session from the point where it was interrupted.
Display Information
ID3–Tag Information Display
In addition to the information relating to the time
elapsed, folder name and file name, the radio is also
capable of displaying ID3–TAG information relating to
Title Track, Artist and Author.
When one of the ID3-TAG pieces of information is chosen
to be displayed (Title, Artist, Album) and this informa-
tion has not been recorded for the track played, the text
UNKNOWN will be displayed for that field.
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