FIAT Idea User Manual

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SAFETY DEVICES

CORRECT USE OF THE CAR

ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

IN AN

EMERGENCY

CAR

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

INDEX

DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS

During fully automatic operation, the on-
ly manual settings required are the fol-
lowing:
❒ MONO, to align the air temperature

and distribution set on the passenger’s
side (front or rear) with that on the
driver’s side;

❒ …, air recirculation, to keep it al-

ways on or off;

❒ -, to speed up demisting/defrosting

of windscreen, front side windows,
rear window and door mirrors;

❒ (, to demist/defrost the rear heat-

ed window and the door mirrors.

During completely automatic system op-
eration, the temperatures, air distribution
and the fan speed set can be changed at
any time through the relevant buttons or
knobs: the system will automatically
change its settings to adjust to the new re-
quirements.

During full automatic operation (FULL
AUTO), any change in air distribution
and/or air flow and/or compressor turn-
ing on and/or air recirculation will obtain
FULL disappearing. In this way functions
will be controlled manually until pressing
the AUTO button again. The fan speed is
the same for all passenger compartment
areas.

With one or more functions engaged man-
ually, the adjustment of the temperature
of the air admitted to the passenger com-
partment continues to be controlled au-
tomatically by the system, except with the
climate control compressor off. In fact, in
this condition, the air admitted to the pas-
senger compartment cannot have a low-
er temperature than the outside air.

CONTROLS

Air temperature
adjustment knobs
H-N

Turning the knobs clock-
wise or counterclock-
wise, highers or lowers
the temperature of the
air required respectively
in the left zone (knob N)
or right zone (knob H)
of the passenger com-
partment.

It is possible to personalise required tem-
peratures (driver and passenger) with a
maximum difference of 7 °C.

The temperatures set are shown on the
displays near the relevant knobs.

Pressing button A (MONO) automati-
cally aligns the temperature on the front
passenger’s side with that on the driver’s
side. It is therefore possible to set the
same temperature between the two zones
simply turning the knob on the driver’s
side (N).

This function is provided to simplify tem-
perature adjustment of the whole pas-
senger compartment when only the dri-
ver is on board.

Separate operation of the set tempera-
tures is automatically restored by turning
knobs (H) or pressing button A
(MONO) again when the button led is on.

Turning the knobs clockwise or counter-
clockwise until they reach the extreme se-
lections HI or LO, the maximum heat-
ing or cooling functions are respectively
engaged:
❒ HI function (highest heating power):
this is activated by turning the tempera-
ture knob clockwise above the max. val-
ue (32 °C). It can be activated indepen-
dently from the driver’s or passenger’s
side or both (also selecting the MONO
function).

This function can be engaged when re-
quiring to heat the passenger compart-
ment as quickly as possible, exploiting the
maximum potential of the system. This
function uses the maximum temperature
of the coolant fluid, while air distribution
and fan speed are controlled according to
the system settings.

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