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The automatic lighting
f eature turns on the headlights and
all other exterior lights when it
senses low ambient light.
To turn on automatic lighting, turn
the light switch to AUTO. The lights
will come on automatically when the
outside light level becomes low (at
dusk, f or example). The lights on
indicator comes on as a reminder.
The lights and indicator will turn of f
automatically when the system
senses high ambient light. Push the lef t lever
f orward until you hear a click. The
blue high beam indicator will come
on (see page ). Pull the lever back
to return to the low beams.
To f lash the high beams, pull the
lever back lightly, then release it.
The high beams will stay on as long
as you hold the lever back. The lights will remain on when you
turn of f the ignition switch. They will
turn of f automatically when you
remove the key and open the driver’s
door. To turn them on again, either
turn the ignition switch to the ON
(II) position or turn the light switch
to the position.Even with the automatic lighting
f eature turned on, we recommend
thatyouturnonthelightsmanually
when driving at night or in a dense
f og, or when you enter dark areas
such as long tunnels or parking
f acilities.
The lights will remain on when you
set the power mode to VEHICLE
OFF (LOCK). They will turn of f
automatically when you open the
driver’s door and take the remote
with you. To turn them on again,
either set the power mode to ON or
turn the light switch to the position. To change the ‘‘AUTO LIGHT
SENSITIVITY’’ setting, see page
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Do not leave the light switch in
AUTO if you will not be driving the
vehicle f or an extended period (a
weekormore).Youshouldalsoturn
of f the lights if you plan to leave the
engine idling or of f f or a long time.
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On models without keyless access
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On models with keyless access system
AUTO
High Beams
Headlights
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The automatic lighting f eature is
controlledbyasensorlocatedontop
of the dashboard. Do not cover this
sensor or spill liquids on it. The automatic lighting of f f eature
turns off the headlights, all other
exterior lights, and the instrument
panel lights within 15 seconds af ter
youremovethekeyandclosethe
driver’s door, or on models with
keyless access system, set the power
mode to VEHICLE OFF (LOCK),
take the remote with you, and close
the driver’s door.
If you remove the key (or the vehicle
is in VEHICLE OFF mode on models
with keyless access system), and the
driver’s door is opened and closed,
the automatic lighting of f f eature
activates with the headlight switch in
the ‘‘ ’’ or ‘‘ ’’ position, or
the lights turned on by setting the
switch in the ‘‘AUTO’’ position.
To change the ‘‘HEADLIGHT AUTO
OFF TIMER’’ setting, see page . If you turn the ignition switch to the
LOCK (0) position with the
headlight switch on, but do not open
the door and get out, the lights turn
of f af ter 10 minutes (3 minutes, if
the switch is in the ‘‘AUTO’’
position).
Your vehicle has the engine
start/stop button instead of an
ignition switch. For more
inf ormation on selecting the
power mode, see page . 117
On models with keyless access
system
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Automatic Lighting Of f Feature
Headlights
Inst rument s and Cont rols
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LIGHT SENSOR
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Press this button once
to unlock the driver’s door or all the
doors (depending on the keyless
memory setting). Press it twice to
unlock the other doors. Some
exterior lights will f lash twice each
time you press the button.
Press this button once to
lock all doors. Some exterior lights
will f lash. When you push LOCK
twice within 5 seconds, you will hear
a beep to verify that the doors are
locked and the security system has
set. You cannot lock the doors if any
door is not f ully closed or if the key
is in the ignition switch. If you do not open any door within 30
seconds, the doors automatically
relock and the security system sets.
The keyless lock acknowledgment
beep and f lashing of the lights can
be deactivated (see page ).
The door activated map lights come
on when you press the UNLOCK
button if the door activated position
is selected by pressing the light
control button (DOOR). If you do
not open any door within 30 seconds
(or whatever setting of the interior
light dimming time is set to), the
light(s) will f ade out. If you relock
the doors with the remote
transmitter before 30 seconds have
elapsed, the light(s) will go of f
immediately. To change the lock/unlock setting
and the relock timer setting, refer to
the customized settings on page .
You can also open all power windows
and the moonroof f rom outside the
vehicle with the remote transmitter
(see page ).
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Remote Transmitter
UNL OCK
LOCK
Inst rument s and Cont rols
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LOCK
BUTTON PANIC
BUTTONTRUNK
BUTTON
LED
UNLOCK
BUTTON
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Press this button once
to unlock the driver’s door. Press it
twice to unlock the other doors.
Some exterior lights will f lash twice
each time you press the button. The
door activated map lights (if the door
activated light switch is set) will
come on when you press the
UNLOCK button. If you do not open
any door within 30 seconds, the map
lights f ade out. If you relock the
doors with the remote bef ore 30
seconds have elapsed, the lights will
go of f immediately. Pressthisbuttonfor
about 1 second to open the trunk.
You cannot open the trunk with the
exterior trunk release switch if the
remote is in the keyless access
remote slot, or the power mode is in
any position except VEHICLE OFF
(LOCK). You cannot open the trunk
with the remote if the trunk main
switch in the glove box is turned of f .
Pressthisbuttonfor
about 2 seconds to attract attention:
thehornwillsoundandtheexterior
lights will f lash f or about 30 seconds.
To cancel panic mode, press any
other button on the remote.
To change the ‘‘KEY AND REMOTE
UNLOCK MODE’’ setting, see page
.
To change the ‘‘KEYLESS LOCK
ACKNOWLEDGMENT’’ setting, see
page .
To change the ‘‘SECURITY
RELOCK TIMER’’ setting, see page .
If you unlock the doors with the
remote, but do not open any doors
within 30 seconds, the doors
automatically relock and the security
system sets.
To change the ‘‘INTERIOR LIGHT
DIMMING TIME,’’ see page .
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UNL OCK
T RUNK
PA NIC
K eyless A ccess System
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This system uses the engine start/
stop button instead of an ignition
switch to start and stop the engine. If
you are carrying the keyless access
remote, you can start the engine by
pressing the engine start/stop
button with the brake pedal
depressed. You can also stop the
engine by pushing this button when
the vehicle is stopped.The keyless access system has f our
power modes: VEHICLE OFF
(LOCK), ACCESSORY, ON, and
START.
Each time you press the engine
start/stop button without pressing
the brake pedal while carrying the
keyless access remote, the power
mode switches between VEHICLE
OFF (LOCK), ACCESSORY, and
ON.To change the power mode without
turning on the engine, press the
engine start/stop button without
pressing the brake pedal. The power
mode will be changed as shown on
the next page.
You can start the engine at any time
by pressing the engine start/stop
button, while pressing the brake
pedal, with the shift lever in Park or
neutral position.
K eyless A ccess System
Engine Start/Stop Button
OperationSwit ching t he Power Modes Changing t he Power Mode wit hout
St art ing t he Engine
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The engine start/stop button may be
used to stop the engine due to an
emergency situation even while
driving. If you must stop the engine,
do either of the f ollowing operations:
Press the engine start/stop button
twice with your f oot of f the brake
pedal to change the power mode to
VEHICLE OFF (LOCK).
Bef ore leaving the vehicle, make
sure it is of f . You can verif y if the
power is of f by checking the engine
start/stop button LED indicator.
If you open the driver’s door in the
ACCESSORY mode, a beeper will
sound. You will also see a ‘‘TO
TURN VEHICLE OFF:’’ message on
the multi-information display. Press and hold the engine start/
stop button for three seconds.
Firmly press the engine start/stop
button three times.
Do not press the button while driving
unless it is absolutely necessary f or
the engine to be switched of f . If you are driving, the power mode
switches f rom ON to ACCESSORY
or VEHICLE OFF (LOCK)
whenever you perf orm either
procedure. However, the steering
wheel will NOT lock.
Bef ore leaving the vehicle, make
sure it is in VEHICLE OFF (LOCK). If you cannot stop the engine by
pressing the engine start/stop
button once when the vehicle is
stopped and the shif t lever is in Park,
do either emergency engine stop
procedure. In this case, the power
mode will change to VEHICLE OFF
(LOCK), however, the steering
wheel may NOT lock.
K eyless A ccess System
Emergency Engine St op
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Door (Door activated position):
OFF position:
After all doors are closed tightly, the
lights dim slightly, then f ade out in
about 30 seconds.
To change the ‘‘INTERIOR LIGHT
DIMMING TIME’’ setting, see page .
With any door lef t open, the lights
stay on about 15 minutes, then go
out.
Your vehicle has the light control
buttons on the f ront ceiling. With
these buttons, you can select three
positions: OFF, Door (door activated
position), and ON. To select a
position, press the appropriate
button.
When you press the DOOR button,
the green indicator in the button
comesonasareminder. To turn off the setting, press the
OFF button. On the door activated
position, pressing the DOOR button
again also turns of f the setting.
The rear individual map lights
cannot be turned on. The f ront individual map lights
canbeturnedonandoff by
pressing each map light button
(/). The individual map lights in the
f ront and rear come on when any
door is opened, when the remote
transmitter (the keyless access
remote on models with keyless
access system) is used to unlock
the doors. When the doors are
closed, each light can be turned on
and of f by pushing the map light
button ( / ).
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Interior Lights
Light Control Buttons
Inst rument s and Cont rols
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Front
OFF MAPLIGHTBUTTON
DOOR ACTIVATED
ONFront
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When you set the temperature to its
lower limit ( ) or its upper limit
( ), the system runs at f ull
cooling or heating only. It does not
regulate the interior temperature.
When you adjust a f an control, the
f an is taken out of AUTO mode.To keep stale air and mustiness
f rom collecting, you should have
the f an running at all times.
Keep the system completely of f
f or short periods only.
To turn the system completely of f ,
press the ON/OFF button.
Each time you press this button, the
climate control system switches
between on and of f . Turning on the
system with this button selects your
last climate control selection.
You can also select the appropriate
mode on the driver’s side and the
passenger’s side separately. To
change a mode, press and release
the appropriate side mode control
button. This will take the mode
control out of AUTO mode.
In AUTO mode, the vehicle’s interior
temperature is independently
regulated f or the driver and f ront
passenger according to each
adjusted temperature. The system
also regulates each temperature
basedontheinformationof thesun
light sensor and the sun’s position which is updated automatically by
the navigation’s global positioning
system (GPS). If one side of the
vehicle is getting too much sun, the
system lowers the temperature only
on that side.
When you press this button, the
indicator in the button comes on, and
the passenger’s side temperature
and mode control is synchronized to
thedriver’ssidesettemperatureand
mode control. Changing the
passenger’s side temperature or
mode control makes the indicator go
of f and takes the system out of
SYNC mode.
On models with navigation system
Climate Control System
To Turn Everything Off
ON/OFF Button
SYNC Button
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To listen to XM Radio, turn the
ignition switch to the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position, and press the
button. The last channel you
listened to will show in the display.
Adjust the volume by turning the
VOL/ knob.
Your vehicle is capable of receiving
XM Radio anywhere in the United
States, and Canada, except Hawaii
and Alaska. XM is a registered
trademark of XM Satellite Radio
,
Inc.
XM Radio receives signals f rom two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It of f ers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
dif f erent types of music, XM Radio
allows you to view channel and
category selections in the display. To switch between
channel mode and category mode,
press and hold the TITLE button
until the mode changes.
In the channel mode, you can select
all of the available channels. In the
category mode, such as Jazz, Rock,
Classical, etc., you can select all of
the channels within that category.
Each time you press and release the
TITLE button, the display changes in
the f ollowing sequence: name, title,
and category. You can also change the mode from
the menu items. Press the SETUP
button to display the menu items,
then turn the selector knob to select
MODE/CATEGORY or MODE/
CHANNEL and press the selector
knob (ENTER). Each time you press
and release the selector knob
(ENTER), the display changes
between CHANNEL and
CATEGORY. To enter the setting,
press the TITLE button.
You may experience periods when
XM Radio does not transmit the
artist’s name and song title
inf ormation. If this happens, there is
nothing wrong with your system.
Operating the XM Radio
MODE
Playing the XMRadio (Models without navigation system)
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You operate the disc changer with
the same controls used f or the radio.
To select the disc changer, press the
CD button. You will see ‘‘CD’’ in the
display. The disc and track numbers,
andtheelapsedtimeareshownin
the display. You can also select the
displayed inf ormation with the
TITLE button (see page ). The
system will continuously play a disc
until you change modes.The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1),
16/22.05/24 kHz (MPEG2)
Bitrate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1), 8/16/24/32/40/48/56/
64/80/96/112/128/160 kbps
(MPEG2)
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session.
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
To load or play discs, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.
This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormat. When playing
a disc in MP3, you will see ‘‘MP3’’ in
the display. In WMA f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’
will appear in the display. The disc,
f older and track numbers are
displayed. You can select up to 255
folders or tracks.
A disc compressed in AAC f ormat
cannot be played in this audio
system.
Video CDs and DVDs do not work in
this unit.
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To Play a Disc
Playing Discs (Models without navigation system)
Features
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Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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