Operation Manual

3
Comfort
57
Digital air conditioning
The air conditionin
g
operates when the en
g
ine is runnin
g
, as well as in ST
O
P mode with Stop & Start.
Automatic o
p
eration
1. Automatic "comfort"
programme
P
r
ess
t
he
"
AUTO"
bu
tt
o
n.
Th
e
"
AUTO" symbol is displayed.
We recommend that
y
ou use this mode.
It provides optimised automatic control o
f
all of the followin
g
functions: passen
g
er
c
ompartment temperature, air flow, air
di
str
ib
ut
i
on an
d
a
i
r
i
nta
k
e,
i
n accor
d
ance w
i
t
h
the com
f
ort value that
y
ou have chosen.
This s
y
stem is desi
g
ned to operate e
ff
ectivel
y
in all seasons, with the windows closed.
2. Temperature ad
j
ustment
The value indicated on the displa
y
corresponds
to a level of comfort and not to a temperature in
de
g
rees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Pr
ess
th
e
"

"
a
n
d
"

"
bu
tt
o
n
s
t
o
c
han
g
e this value. A settin
g
around
t
he
v
alue
21
ena
bl
es opt
i
mum
c
om
f
ort to be obtained. However,
d
epen
di
n
g
on
y
our requ
i
rements, a
s
etting between 18 and 24 is usual.
3. Automatic "visibilit
y
"
programme
The automatic comfort pro
g
ramme ma
y
n
ot be sufficient for rapid demistin
g
or
defrostin
g
of the windscreen and side
windows
(
humidit
y
, several passen
g
ers,
ice, etc.
)
.
In this case, select the automatic visibility
programme. The button
3
indicator lam
p
comes
on
.
The system automatically controls the ai
r
c
onditioning and the
f
low o
f
air and provides
op
timum air distribution to the windscreen and
s
i
de
win
do
w
s
. It
deac
tiv
a
t
es
a
ir r
ec
ir
cu
l
a
ti
o
n
5
.
To exit this programme, press button
3
again or
"
AUTO" , the indicator lamp on the button goes
off
a
n
d
"
AUTO" is displayed.
Manual override
It is possible to ad
j
ust one or more
f
unctions
manuall
y
while leavin
g
the other
f
unctions in
au
t
o
m
a
ti
c
m
ode
.
Th
e
"
AUTO" s
y
mbol switches o
ff
.
To return to automatic mode, press the
"
AUTO"
bu
tt
o
n.
For
y
our comfort, when the en
g
ine is
s
witched o
ff
, the settin
g
s are retained
until the en
g
ine is switched on a
g
ain.
To prevent too
g
reat a distribution o
f
c
old air when the en
g
ine is cold, the air
f
low will only reach its optimum level
g
raduall
y
.
O
n entering the vehicle, i
f
the interio
r
i
s ver
y
co
ld
or
h
ot, t
h
ere
i
s no nee
d
to
c
han
g
e the value displa
y
ed in order
to reach the required level o
f
com
f
ort.
The s
y
stem corrects the temperature
di
ff
erence automaticall
y
and as quickl
y
a
s possible.
S
witchin
g
to manual mode ma
y
not be
s
uitable
(
temperature, humidit
y
, odour,
c
ondensation
)
and does not provide
optimum com
f
ort.