2012 Seat Altea radio

266If and when
Fuses on left side of dash panel
Fuses
NumberConsumerAmps1Vacant 2Vacant 3Vacant 4Vacant 5Vacant 6Vacant 7Vacant 8Vacant 9Airbag510RSE input (roof screen)1011Vacant 12Left xenon headlight10
13Instrument panel (oil level)/Cable control unit
(BCM)/Heater/ABS, ESC (ESP)/Park Pilot/Gate-
way/Flow meter5
14Gearbox/Power steering/Brake light sensor/Trail-
er/ABS, ESC (ESP)/Haldex/Light switch10
15Heated windscreen / Instrument lighting / Diag-
nosis switchboard/Engine management/Addi-
tional heating/AFS headlights/Park Pilot10
16Right xenon headlight10
17Engine management / RSE system with START
STOP10
18Kombi / levers with START STOP519Navigation/ radio with START STOP15
20Park Pilot (parking aid)/Gear lever/ESC (ESP) con-
trol unit10
NumberConsumerAmps21Vacant 22Volumetric alarm sensor/ Alarm horn523Diagnosis / Rain sensor / Light switch1024Trailer hook pre-installation assistant1525Vacant 26Vacuum pump2027RSE supply (Ceiling display) without START STOP1028Rear window wiper motor2029Vacant 30Cigarette lighter / socket2031Vacant 32Vacant 33Heater4034Vacant 35Vacant 36Vacant 37Vacant 38Vacant 39Trailer control unit (coupling)15
40Trailer control unit (turn signals, brakes and left
side)20
41Trailer control unit (fog light, reverse light and
right side)20
42BCM wiring switchboard2043Trailer pre-installation4044Heated rear window2545Electric windows (front)3046Rear electric windows3047Engine (Fuel control unit, petrol relay)15

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If and when
NumberConsumerAmps48Convenience controls2049Heating controls4050Heated seats3051Sunroof2052Headlight washer system2053Trailer hook pre-installation assistant2054Taxi (taximeter power supply)555Trailer hook pre-installation assistant2056Taxi (transmitter power supply)1557Telephone power supply with START STOP1058Central locking control unit30
Some of the electrical items listed in the table are only fitted on certain
models or are optional extras.
Please note that the above list, while correct at the time of printing, is sub-
ject to alterations. If discrepancies should occur, please refer to the sticker
on the inside of the fuse cover for the correct information for your model. 
Fuses layout, engine compartment, left part
Fuses
NumberConsumerAmps1Windscreen wipers202DQ200 gearbox303Cable control unit54ABS205AQ gearbox156Instrument panel/Steering column5
NumberConsumerAmps7Ignition key408Radio159Telephone/TomTom Navigator5
10Engine management5Engine management1011Vacant 12Electronic control unit5
13Petrol injection module supply15Diesel injection module supply3014Coil20
15Engine management5Pump relay1016Right lighting3017Horn1518Vacant 19Clean30
20Water pump10Pressure sensor pump for 1.8 engine2021 a)Lambda probe1522Brake pedal, speed sensor5
23a)Engine management5Engine management10Engine management1524AKF, gearbox valve1025a)ABS pump4026Left lighting30
27a)Engine management40Engine management5028Vacant
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Safety FirstOperating InstructionsPractical TipsTechnical Specifications

Heated rear window2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Hill-start aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to jump start description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Hydraulic Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
I
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Information in the multifunction display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Information messages in the display . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel menu Lights and visibility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Instrument panel menus Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Example of menu use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Vehicle status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior front light, type 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Interior front light, type 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
L
Leather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Load compartment in the luggage compart- ment
see Loading the luggage compartment . . . 17
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 175, 225
LPG system Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 see also Loading the luggage compartment . .17
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 123
Main beam headlights Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Main headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Maintenance Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
MFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Mobile phones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . 222
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Multi-purpose mobile storage compartment* 149
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
N
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
One-touch opening and closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 73
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 79
P
Paintwork Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Passenger see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 212
R
Radio frequency remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Radio navigation controls on the steering wheel
Audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear cup holder Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Rear fog light Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rear shelf Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Rear window automatic wiper/washer . . . . . . 131
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Remote control key
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Repairs Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Roof storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Run-flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
S
Safe - security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
306 Index