trip button Alfa Romeo 159 2006 Owner handbook (in English)

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A0E0056mfig. 1
1.Adjustable swivel side air vents - 2.Front side window demisting/defrosting vents - 3.External lights control lever - 4.In-
strument panel - 5.Driver’s air bag and horn -6.Windscreen wiper control lever - 7.Upper central vent - 8.Adjustable swiv-
el centre air vents - 9.Fuel level gauge/engine coolant temperature gauge/engine oil temperature gauge (petrol versions)
or turbocharger pressure gauge (diesel versions) - 10.Passenger’s air bag - 11.Passenger’s knees air bag (where provid-
ed) - 12.Glove box - 13.Sound system (where provided) - 14.Heating/ventilation/climate controls - 15.Engine
START/STOPbutton - 16.Ignition device - 17.Driver’s knees air bag - 18.Sound system controls on the steering
wheel (where provided) - 19.Cruise Control lever (where provided) - 20.Bonnet opening lever - 21.Dashboard fusebox
lid - 22.Switches for external lights, trip meter reset and headlamp aiming device.

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OF THE CARIMPORTANTThe pointer can reach
the red area also for a sum of un-
favourable conditions, i.e.: slow speed,
uphill, fully laden or towing a trailer with
hot outside temperature.
TURBOCHARGER PRESSURE
GAUGE (diesel versions)
fig. 19
This shows the turbocharger pressure
value.
TRIP METER RESET fig. 20
To reset the trip meter, keep button A
pressed for a few seconds.
MANUAL INSTRUMENT
PANEL LIGHT DIMMER
With this function it is possible to adjust
on 8 levels the light intensity of the indi-
cations given on the instrument panel dis-
play, sound system display (where pro-
vided), climate control system display, ra-
dionavigation system display (where pro-
vided), and instrument panel gauges (fu-
el level gauge, engine oil temperature
gauge (petrol versions) or supercharger
pressure gauge (diesel versions) and en-
gine coolant temperature gauge).
To increase light intensity press briefly
button+on the left-hand stalk, to re-
duce it press button –: the display will
show an indication and a figure corre-
sponding to the current light intensity
level. This screen will be displayed for
a few seconds and then it will go off.
ENGINE OIL
TEMPERATURE GAUGE
(petrol versions) fig. 18
This shows the temperature of the en-
gine oil and begins working when the
oil temperature exceeds approx. 70°C.
If the pointer reaches the red sector, re-
duce your demand on the engine.
The turning on of the warning light
`
when travelling (on certain versions to-
gether with a message on the display)
indicates that the oil temperature is too
high; in this case, stop the engine and
contact Alfa Romeo Authorized Services.
A0E0179mfig. 18A0E0180mfig. 19A0E0072mfig. 20

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Fitting the electronic key into the igni-
tion device will display the total km (or
mi), press button A-fig. 22for trip me-
ter (or mi).
To reset the trip meter (or mi), press for
long button A-fig. 22during display-
ing.
MULTIFUNCTION
DISPLAY
(where provided)
The “Multifunction display” shows all
the useful information necessary when
driving, more particularly:
INFORMATION ON
STANDARD SCREEN
❒ClockA-fig. 21;
❒External temperature B;
❒Total km (or mi) or trip meter C
(when total kilometres (or miles) are
indicated the display will also show
the wording TOT).
A0E0060mfig. 21
A0E0072mfig. 22
AUTOMATIC INSTRUMENT
PANEL LIGHT DIMMER
To give max. visibility and comfort un-
der whatever driving conditions (e.g.:
lights on in daylight, tunnels, etc…),
the speedometer is fitted with a sensor
for adjusting automatically, after fitting
the electronic key into the ignition de-
vice and pressing button START/
STOP, the light intensity of the indi-
cations given on the instrument panel
display, sound system display (where
provided), climate control system dis-
play, radionavigation system display
(where provided), and instrument pan-
el gauges (fuel level gauge, engine oil
temperature gauge (petrol versions) or
supercharger pressure gauge (diesel ver-
sions) and engine coolant temperature
gauge).

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Briefly press button MENUto access navigation from the standard screen. To surf the menu press buttons +or–. For safety rea-
sons, when the car is running, it is possible to access only the reduced menu (for setting “Speed limit”). When the car is stationary
access to the whole menu is enabled. With the Radionavigation system it is only possible to adjust/set the following functions: “Speed
Limit”, “Light sensor sensitivity ” (where provided) and “S.B.R. buzzer reactivation” (where provided). The other functions are shown
on the Radionavigation system display, that shall be use to adjust/set them as required.
fig. 26
BEEP VOL.SERVICEQUIT SETUPLIGHT SENS.RESET TRIP B
CLOCK
MODE 12/24
DATE
AUDIO RPT.
INDEP. BOOT
UNLOCK FDA
DOOR LOCK
UNITS KEYS VOL.
LANGUAGESPEED LIMIT
A0E0218g

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Automatic headlight daylight
sensor (where provided)
(Light Sens.)
With this function it is possible to adjust
the light sensor sensitivity according to
3 levels.
To adjust the volume proceed as follows:
❒briefly press button MENU: the pre-
viously set level will flash on the dis-
play;
❒press button +or–to select the re-
quired volume;
❒briefly press buttonMENUto go
back to the menu screen or press the
button for long to go back to the stan-
dard screen.
Reset Trip B
This function enables to select Trip B re-
set mode (Automatic or Manual).
For further information see paragraph
“Trip computer”. Speed limit
With this function it is possible to set the
car speed limit (km/h or mph) which,
if exceeded, automatically sounds a
buzzer and displays a special message
(see section “Warning lights and mes-
sages”) to alert the driver.
To set the speed limit, proceed as fol-
lows:
❒briefly press button MENU: the dis-
play will show OFF;
❒press button +: the display will show
ON;
❒briefly press button MENUthen, use
buttons+/–to set the required
speed (during setting the value will
flash).
❒briefly press button MENUto go
back to the menu screen or press the
button for long to go back to the stan-
dard screen.IMPORTANTThe possible setting is
between 30 and 250 km/h (or be-
tween 20 and 150 mph) depending on
the unit set previously (see paragraph
“Units” described later). Every press
(pulse) of the button +/–increases or
decreases the value by 5 units. Keeping
the button +/–pressed obtains auto-
matic fast increase or decrease. When
you are near the required setting com-
plete adjustment with single presses.
To abort the setting:
❒briefly press button MENU: the dis-
play will show ON;
❒press button –: the display will show
OFF;
❒briefly press button MENUto go
back to the menu screen or press the
button for long to go back to the stan-
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OF THE CARTRIP BUTTON
ButtonTRIP fig. 28, set on the right
steering column stalk shall be used (with
electronic key into ignition device) to en-
ter the “General Trip” and “Trip B” func-
tion. To scroll the values of each option
use buttons set aside the stalk.ButtonTRIPshall also be used to reset
the “General Trip” and “Trip B” functions
to start a new mission:
❒short push: to display the different
values;
❒long push: to reset and then start
a new mission.
To scroll the Trip Computer options,
briefly press buttons
-and..
IMPORTANT“General Trip” reset will
also reset the “Trip B” function, where-
as “Trip B” reset will only reset the in-
formation associated with this function. New mission (reset)
Reset can be:
❒“manual” reset is performed by the
driver by pressing button TRIP;
❒“automatic” reset is performed when
the trip distance reaches 9999.9 km
(or mi), when travel time reaches
99.59 (99 hours and 59 minutes)
or after disconnecting and then re-
connecting the battery.
A0E0076mfig. 28

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OF THE CAREvery Trip computer screen displays two
options of the active Trip (Trip A or Trip
B); one option is displayed at the top of
the screen, the other one at the bottom
(seefig. 29).
In the same screen it is not possible to
have displayed at the same time the
same option at the top and at the bot-
tom of the screen.Briefly press button TRIPto select the
two Trip computer modes; use button
-to scroll the options at the top of the
display, use button
.. to scroll the op-
tions at the bottom of the display.
Press briefly button TRIPto go from
Trip A to Trip B.Start of journey procedure
(reset)
Trip A and Trip B reset are independent.
Reset General Trip
With electronic key into ignition device,
to reset the “General Trip” press and
keep pressed button TRIPfor over 2
seconds.
IMPORTANTReset can be automat-
ic only in the following cases:
❒when the “Travel Distance” reaches
9999.9 km or the “Travel Time”
reaches 99.59 (99 hours and 59
minutes);
❒after disconnecting/reconnecting the
battery.
At General Trip reset a warning message
will be displayed.
IMPORTANTGeneral Trip reset will
not reset “Range” and “Current Con-
sumption”.
A0E0052mfig. 29

Reset Trip B
As concerns the Trip B values, it is pos-
sible to select through the “Setup
Menu” the reset mode (Manual or Au-
tomatic) (see paragraph “Setup Menu”
on previous pages):
❒manual reset: press and keep pressed
buttonTRIPfor over 2 seconds.
❒automatic reset: it takes place each
time the electronic key is fitted into
the ignition device.
At Trip B reset a warning message will
be displayed.
IMPORTANTTrip B reset will not re-
set “Range” and “Current Consump-
tion”.On versions fitted with T.P.M.S. system
(Tyre pressure Monitoring System) (see
paragraph “T.P.M.S. system” in this sec-
tion), after Trip A and Trip B info, the
screen with tyre pressure condition is dis-
played (see fig. 30).
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A0E0053mfig. 30
NOTEWhen starting the engine and
for a short time, if you have recalled the
plan view by pressing the TRIP button,
dashes will be displayed instead of
"OK/NO". This is normal since the sys-
tem is checking tyre inflation pressure
values.

fig. 1
1.Adjustable swivel side air vents -2.Front side window demisting/defrosting vents -3.Passenger’s air bag - 4.Fuel lev-
el gauge/engine coolant temperature gauge/engine oil temperature gauge (petrol versions) or turbocharger pressure
gauge (diesel versions) - 5.Adjustable swivel centre air vents - 6.Upper central vent - 7.External lights control lever -
8.Driver’s air bag and horn - 9.Instrument panel - 10.Windscreen wiper control lever - 11.Front side window demist-
ing/defrosting vents - 12.Adjustable swivel side air vents - 13.Switches for external lights, trip meter reset and headlamp
aiming device. - 14.Dashboard fusebox lid - 15.Bonnet opening lever - 16. Sound system controls on the steering wheel
(where provided) - 17.Driver’s knees air bag - 18.Cruise Control lever (where provided) - 19.Ignition device - 20.En-
gine START/STOP button - 21.Heating/ventilation/climate controls - 22.Sound system (where provided) - 23.Glove
box - 24.Passenger’s knees air bag (where provided)
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