2012 Seat Exeo ST clock setting

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Rev counter
The rev counter indicates the number of engine revolutions
per minute.
Fig. 39 Detailed view of
the instrument panel:
Rev counter
You should select a lower gear if the engine speed drops below 1500 rpm.
The start of the red zone on the dial indicates the maximum engine speed
which may be used when the engine is warm and after it has been run in
properly. Before reaching this zone, a higher gear must be selected or your
foot must be removed from the accelerator.
CAUTION
To prevent possible engine malfunctions, the rev counter needle should not
reach the red zone. The start of the red zone on the dial is different for some
engine versions.
For the sake of the environment
Changing up into higher gears sooner following the recommended gear in-
dications ⇒ Fig. 50 will help you to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and
also engine noise. Digital clock and date
Your vehicle is equipped with a quartz clock.
Fig. 40 Detailed view of
the instrument panel:
Digital clock
The time and date are set using the +
and - buttons.
Setting the hour
– Press the MODE
button. The hour display will start to flash.
– Use the +
and - buttons to set the hour.
Setting the minutes
– Keep pressing the MODE
button until the minutes display flash-
es.
– Use the +
and - buttons to set the minutes.
Setting the date
– Keep pressing the MODE
button until the date display (day)
flashes. 
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–Use the +
and - buttons to set the day.
– Keep pressing the MODE
button until the month display flashes.
– Use the +
and - buttons to set the month.
– Keep pressing the MODE
button until the year display flashes.
– Use the +
and - buttons to set the year.
Deactivating the date display
– Keep pressing the MODE
button until the complete date display
flashes.
– Use the -
button to disable the date display.
Activating the date display
– Keep pressing the MODE
button until the complete date display
flashes.
– Use the +
button to enable the date display.
When the display stops flashing, this means the setting you are performing
is completed and the time and date have been successfully stored.
When the ignition is switched off, the odometer and the digital clock with
date display can be switched on for a few seconds by pressing the CHECK
button ⇒ Fig. 37 8
. Instrument lighting
The brightness of the instrument lighting can be adjusted as
required.
Fig. 41 Instrument panel
lighting
– Press the "+" button to increase the brightness of the instru-
ment lighting.
– Press the "-" button to reduce the brightness of the instrument
lighting.
The instrument lighting (dials and needles), the centre console illumination
and the illumination of the displays are regulated by a photodiode incorpo-
rated in the instrument panel, depending on the outside light. 

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CHECK button
Fig. 43 Detailed view of
the instrument panel:
CHECK button
The CHECK
button has the following functions:
Activating the digital clock and the odometer
When the ignition is switched off, the odometer and the digital clock with
date display can be enabled for a few seconds by pressing the CHECK
but-
ton ⇒ Fig. 43.
Starting check procedure (auto-check control)
The auto-check control ⇒ page 78 checks important components and ve-
hicle systems. These background checks are run constantly, as long as the
ignition is switched on.
You can start the “check procedure” manually by pressing the CHECK
button
with the ignition switched on. This function check can be started with the
engine either stationary or running, but not at road speeds above 5 km/h.
Calling up driver messages
If a Priority 1 symbol flashes in the display ⇒ page 78, or if the bulb moni-
tor detects a failure of one of the lights ⇒ page 85, the relevant driver in- formation can be called up again by briefly pressing the
CHECK
button. For
example:
Switch off engine, check oil level
The message will disappear from the display after about 5 seconds.
Setting the speed warning
You can press the CHECK
button to set speed limit warning 1
⇒ page 86,
Setting speed limit warning 1 while the vehicle is moving . Speed limit warn-
ing 2* ⇒ page 87, Setting speed limit warning 2 can only be set when the
ignition is switched off . 

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– Press the CHECK button for at least two seconds.
The speed warning symbol  lights up briefly in the display when the but-
ton is released to confirm that the selected speed has been stored. The
speed limit that has been selected remains stored until another speed is se-
lected with a brief push of the button, or until the memory is cleared with a
long push of the button. 
Setting speed limit warning 2
Speed limit warning 2 is set using the switches on the wind-
screen wiper lever.
Fig. 58 Windscreen wip-
er lever: Function selec-
tor switch
Setting the speed limit
– Switch the ignition off.
– Briefly press the CHECK button in the instrument panel
⇒ Fig. 57. The odometer and the digital clock will light up. –
Press the CHECK button for at least two seconds. The display
will show the speed limit which is currently set or, if no speed
limit has been set, the crossed out warning symbol for speed
limit 2.
– To change the speed limit, press the top or bottom of the func-
tion selector switch on the windscreen wiper lever A
⇒ Fig. 58.
The speed limit displayed will then increase or decrease by
10 km/h at a time.
Clearing the speed limit
– Switch the ignition off.
– Briefly press the CHECK button in the instrument panel
⇒ Fig. 57. The odometer and the digital clock will light up.
– Press the CHECK button for at least two seconds. The display
will show the speed limit which is currently set.
– Now press and hold the Reset button on the windscreen wiper
lever B
⇒ Fig. 58 until the crossed out warning symbol for
speed limit 2 appears on the display.
The display lighting for the odometer and digital clock goes off again a few
seconds after the button is released. 
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Driving time warning
After 2 hours of continuous driving, the display automatically switches over
to the driving time display of 2:00. At the same time the driving time display
starts flashing. This is to remind the driver to take a break.
The driving time warning can be switched off by briefly pressing the func-
tion selector switch or the Reset
button ⇒ Fig. 60.
If you continue driving or take a break for less than 10 minutes, the driving
time warning will switch on once again when the total driving time is 4:00
hours, 6:00 hours, etc. However, if you take a break for more than 10 mi-
nutes, the driving time warning clock will be erased.
Distance covered
This display shows the distance you have covered since the memory was
last cancelled. The longest possible distance which can be recorded is
9999.9 km.
Note
● The displays for fuel consumption (average and instantaneous), dis-
tance to empty and speed are shown in metric units.
● The information in the memory is lost if the battery is disconnected. Operation
The onboard computer is controlled by means of two
switches on the windscreen wiper lever.
Fig. 60 Windscreen wip-
er lever: Onboard com-
puter controls
Activating the onboard computer
– Press the reset button B
repeatedly until the onboard comput-
er (memory 1 or 2) ⇒ Fig. 59 is displayed.
Selecting the function
– Press the top or bottom of the function selector switch A
⇒ Fig. 60. This displays the functions of the onboard computer
in sequence.
Resetting to zero
– Press and hold the Reset button B
for at least two seconds.
The following values can be reset to zero using the Reset button: 
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If and when
Changing the dipped beam headlight bulb
The procedure for changing the bulb is the same on both
sides.
Fig. 210 Dipped beam
headlights
Fig. 211 Dipped beam
headlights
– Switch off the ignition and the lights. –
Raise the bonnet.
– Move the brace ⇒ Fig. 210 1
in the direction of the arrow and
remove the rigid cover, separating the brace side and then re-
moving the two tabs from the other end of the cover.
– Pull the connector ⇒ Fig. 211 2
from the bulb.
– Unclip the retainer spring ⇒ Fig. 211 3
pressing inwards to the
right.
– Remove the bulb and fit the new one in the headlight casing
with the tab upwards, starting to position it from below.
– Clip on the spring, raising it and pressing it slightly while turn-
ing it anticlockwise. To ensure correct lighting, the filament
must be vertical. When changing the bulb, you can check the
position of the bulb through the headlight glass.
– Connect the connector to the bulb.
– Fit the cover, first inserting the side tabs and then closing the
cover and the brace. Make sure that the gasket sits well on the
casing cover during the operation.
– Check whether the new bulb is working.
– Have the headlight settings checked as soon as possible. 
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Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Releasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Brake light Failure control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Brake system Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Bulb change general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
C
Car care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sunroof: opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 116 Central locking system
Anti-theft security system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from in-side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Opening and closing the windows . . . . . . 114
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Security central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Switch on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Changing the main headlight bulb Main headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Changing the main headlight bulbs Dipped beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing the tail lights Luggage compartment lights . . . . . . . . . . 292
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . 242
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Checklist Seat upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Childproof lock Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Child safety seat ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Clock, setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 In the door trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
In the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Coolant Checking the level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Coolant fluid Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Cooling system Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Correct adjustment of front seat head re- straints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Correct adjustment of rear seat head restraints In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correct sitting position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
314 Index

Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Adjust the stored speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Deactivating temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Setting the speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cruise speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
D Danger of fitting a child seat on the front pas- senger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Data entry control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Deactivating front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Deactivating the airbag Front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 DIS
Average fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Instantaneous fuel consumption . . . . . . . . 88
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Distance covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Distance to empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 88
Door and rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Doors Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Locking the doors manually if the centrallocking fails to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Driver see Correct sitting position . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Auto-check system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
CD and radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Door and rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Handbrake warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 driver seat
Assigning the key to the seat . . . . . . . . . . 141
Driver seat Activating stored settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
With memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Economically / Environmentally friendly . 203
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DRP see Dynamic gear control programme . . . 191
Dynamic gear control programme . . . . . . . . . . 191
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Electric socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Possible malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Switches on the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Switch on front passenger's door . . . . . . . 113
Electronic differential lock How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
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Index