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When Driving
i-ACTIVSENSE
If the road width is extremely narrow, vehicles two lanes over may be detected.
The detection area of the radar sensors (rear) is set according to the road width of
expressways.
The Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning lights may turn on in reaction to stationary
objects on the road or the roadside such as guardrails, tunnels, sidewalls, and parked
vehicles.
The walls at the entrance and exits of tunnels, turnouts.
Objects such as guardrails and concrete walls running alongside the vehicle.Places where the width between guardrails or walls on each side of the vehicle narrows.
A Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning light may flash or the warning beep may be
activated several times when making a turn at a city intersection. Turn off the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) system while pulling a trailer\
or while an
accessory such as a bicycle carrier is installed to the rear of the vehicle. Otherwise, the
radar’s radio waves will be blocked causing the system to not operate normally\
.
In the following cases, it may be difficult to view the illumination/flashing of the Blind
Spot Monitoring (BSM) warning lights equipped on the door mirrors.
Snow or ice is adhering to the door mirrors. The front door glass is fogged or covered in snow, frost or dirt.
The system switches to the Rear Cross Traffic Alert function when the shift lever (manual
transaxle) or the selector lever (automatic transaxle) is shifted to \
the reverse (R) position.
Refer to Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) on page 4-92.
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Interior Features
Audio System
Operating the Radio
Band selector buttonChannel preset buttons
Scan button Auto memory button
Tuning button Audio display
R a d i o O N
Press a band selector button (
) to
turn the radio on.
Band selection
Successively pressing the band selector
button (
) switches the bands as
follows: FM1:FM2 :AM.
The selected mode will be indicated.
N O T E
If the FM broadcast signal becomes weak,
reception automatically changes from
STEREO to MONO for reduced noise.
Tuning
The radio has the following tuning
methods: Manual, Seek, Scan, Preset
channel, and Auto memory tuning. The
easiest way to tune stations is to set them
on preset channels.
Manual tuning
Select the station by pressing the tuning
button (
, ) lightly. Seek tuning
Automatic search for radio stations starts
when the tuning button (
, ) is pressed
until a beep sound is heard. The search
stops when a station is found.
N O T E
If you continue to press and hold the
button, the frequency will continue
changing without stopping.
Scan tuning
Press and hold the scan button (
) to
automatically sample strong stations.
Scanning stops at each station for about 5
seconds. To hold a station, press and hold
the scan button (
) again during this
interval.
Preset channel tuning
The 6 preset channels can be used to store
6 AM and 12 FM stations.
1. To set a channel ¿ rst select AM, FM1,
or FM2. Tune to the desired station.
2. Press a channel preset button for about 2 seconds until a beep is heard.
The preset channel number or station
frequency will be displayed. The
station is now held in the memory.
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