KIA Sportage 2010 User Manual

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Driving your vehicle

2. Turn the TEMP knob to set the

desired temperature.

If the temperature is set to the
lowest setting (Lo), the air condi-
tioning system will operate con-
tinuously.

3. To turn the automatic operation

off, press any button or turn any
knob except temperature control
knob. If you press the mode selec-
tion button, air-conditioning button,
defrost button, air intake control
button or fan speed knob, the
selected function will be controlled
manually while other functions
operate automatically.

Regardless of the temperature set-
ting, when using automatic opera-
tion, the air conditioning system will
automatically turn on to decrease the
humidity inside the vehicle, even if
the temperature is set to warm.

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NOTICE

Never place anything over the sen-
sor located on the instrument panel
to ensure better control of the heat-
ing and cooling system.

Manual operation

The heating and cooling system can
be controlled manually as well by
pushing buttons other than the AUTO
button. In this case, the system
works sequentially according to the
order of buttons selected.
When pressing any button except
AUTO button while automatic opera-
tion, the functions of the buttons not
selected will be controlled automati-
cally.
Press the AUTO button in order to
convert to full automatic control of
the system.

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