Alfa Romeo Brera/Spider 2008 Owner handbook (in English)

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INTERIOR FITTINGS
CENTRAL ARMREST
The central armrest is located between
the front seats. Inside the armrest is
housed an air-conditioned food box
(where provided) (see next paragraph).
A0F0141mfig. 57
Pay attention not to
spill the drinks into the
food box.
A0F0039mfig. 56
Air-conditioned food box
(where provided)
The food box is located inside the cen-
tral armrest. Turn wheel A-fig. 57 to
adjust the air flow inside the food box.
IMPORTANTFunction of the food
box is to keep the temperature of the
drinks placed inside it; drinks shall be
warmed or cooled as required before be-
ing put inside the food box. Oddment compartment
To open the oddment compartment,
press button A-fig. 56and raise the
coverB.

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To use the armrest A-fig. 58lower it
as shown in the figure.
A0F0139mfig. 58
Ski compartment
This compartment can be used for car-
rying long loads.
To have access to this compartment,
lower the armrest, pull the tab A-fig.
59of the lid, then lower it on the arm-
rest.
A0F0142mfig. 59
GLOVE COMPARTMENT
To open the glove compartment use lever
A-fig. 60. When opening the glove
compartment, the courtesy light inside it
will turn on. Leaving inadvertently open
the glove compartment, this light will turn
off automatically after a few minutes. The
folding top is also provided with a recess
for a pen or a pencil.
A0F0149mfig. 60
Do not travel with the
glove compartment
open; it could harm the
passenger in the event of an ac-
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LIGHTER
Ashtray
To use the ashtray, lift cover A-fig. 61.
The ashtray can be removed. Pull it up-
wards to removeit.
IMPORTANTDo not use the ashtray
as paper bin: it could set on fire on con-
tact with cigarette stubs.
A0F0140mfig. 61
Cigar lighter
It is located inside the cigar lighter. To
use the cigar lighter, lift cover A-fig.
61.
Press button Bto switch on the cigar
lighter with key fitted into ignition de-
vice.
IMPORTANTAlways check that the
cigar lighter has turned off.
IMPORTANTThe cigar lighter gets
very hot. Handle it with care and make
sure that it is not used by children: dan-
ger of fire and/or burns.
IMPORTANTDo not plug electric ac-
cessories with power exceeding 100W
to the cigar lighter seat.
IMPORTANTPlugs too big could
damage the cigar lighter outlet tabs.
Do not plug electric ac-
cessories with absorp-
tion exceeding the max.
specified value. Prolonged cur-
rent absorption could drain the
battery and impair next engine
start up.
IMPORTANTTo safeguard the light-
ing life of certain internal devices (e.g.:
cigar lighter ring and ashtray), when
switching on the external lights, these
devices will switch on according to the
passenger's compartment brightness:
with enough daylight these devices will
not switch on. On the contrary they will
switch on with poor daylight.

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ODDMENTS
COMPARTMENTS
Front
They are located on the central console
fig. 62 and on front doorsfig. 63
(one per door).
A0F0101mfig. 62
A0F0248mfig. 63
A0F0245mfig. 64
A0F0246mfig. 65
A0F0102mfig. 66
SUN VISORS
These are positioned to the sides of the
rear-view mirror. They can swing to the
sides and up or down.
On certain versions, sun visors are fitted
on the back with a courtesy mirror and
a light which enables to use the mirror
also with poor sunlight.
To use the mirror open cover A-fig.
66.
Mirror lights will turn on automatically
when lifting the cover and they will turn
off when lowering it or few minutes af-
ter removing the electronic key from the
ignition device. Rear
They are located on the central console
fig. 64and near the rear seats fig.
65.

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FIXED PANORAMA
ROOF
(where provided)
It consists of a wide pane and it is fitted
with a powered sun curtain A-fig. 67
sliding longitudinally.
SUN CURTAIN
The sun curtain shall be used to adjust
brightness inside the passenger com-
partment and it can only be operated
with key fitted into ignition device.Opening/closing the sun
curtain
To open the sun curtain press button B-
fig. 68set on the front ceiling light:
the sun curtain will slide towards the
back of the car. Sun curtain will open
in 3 different "steps” to be obtained by
pressing repeatedly button B-fig. 68.
Sun curtain can be re-closed by pressing
buttonBagain. Closing takes place in
one “step”.Anti-crushing safety system
The anti-crushing safety system is active
during the closing operation of sun cur-
tain. The anti-crushing safety system will
cut in when it finds an obstacle (e.g.:
finger, hand, etc …) by guaranteeing
sun curtain reversal for a short section.
When an obstacle is found, the sun cur-
tain stroke is stopped immediately and
their stroke is reversed to the preset po-
sition.
A0F0070mfig. 67A0F0238mfig. 68

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SUN CURTAIN
INITIALISATION
PROCEDURE
Initialisation
After disconnecting the battery or failing
the protection fuse, the sun curtain sys-
tem shall be "initialised" again; proceed
as follows (the following steps shall be
carried out with engine on):
❒close the sun curtain completely:
– if the anti-crushing safety system
has cut in;
– "force" closing by keeping pressed
the button in closing position;
– 10 seconds after the sun curtain
will close jerkily (during this stage,
continue to keep the button
pressed);
– when the sun curtain stops, re-
lease the button and proceed as
follows;
❒remove the key from the ignition de-
vice for 10 seconds;
❒refit the key and start the engine;
❒press the sun curtain button in clos-
ing position and keep it pressed un-
til hearing the mechanical lock
(about 10 seconds after);
❒release the sun curtain button;
❒press again the sun curtain button in
CLOSING position within 3 seconds;
❒keep the button pressed in this po-
sition: the sun curtain will automat-
ically open and close completely
(keep on pressing the button during
the WHOLE opening/closing cycle);
❒then, release the button;
❒initialisation ended.
Should the opening/closing cycle fail,
repeat the initialisation operations from
the beginning.
MAINTENANCE
Sun curtain slide guides shall be cleaned
at regular intervals to remove any for-
eign matters that could impair regular
sliding.
IMPORTANT
Clean slide guides in order to remove
any foreign matters and dust.
Should slide guides be cleaned with sol-
vents/oil then, grease again sliding
mechanisms, wires, cables and also the
sliding components like the sun curtain
slide runners.
To clean the sun curtains, use common
fabric cleaning products for car uphol-
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ever possible to unlock the door lock be
pressing button
q(fig. 69) set on the
central console.
Door unlocking from the
outside
Press the electronic key button
Ëor, fit
and turn the metal insert (inside the
key) into the lock of the driver’s door.
DOORS
CENTRAL DOOR
LOCKING/UNLOCKING
SYSTEM
Door locking from the outside
With the doors closed, press the elec-
tronic key button
Áor fit and turn the
metal insert (inside the key) into the
lock of the driver’s door. Central door
locking can only be activated if all the
doors are closed. If one or more doors
are open after pressing the electronic
key button
Áthe direction indicators and
the driver’s door led will flash fast for
about 3 seconds.
A0F0025mfig. 69
If one or more doors are open by turning
the metal insert of the electronic key, on-
ly the driver’s door led will flash fast for
about 3 seconds.
If the doors are closed but the tailgate
is open, central locking is actuated: the
direction indicators (only for locking per-
formed by pressing button
Á) and the
driver’s door led will flash fast for about
3 seconds.
Using the “Setup Menu” (or the Ra-
dionavigation System on certain ver-
sions) of the car and pressing button
Ë
on the electronic key you will activate
the function for unlocking only the dri-
ver’s door (see paragraph “Reconfig-
urable multifunction display” in this sec-
tion).

Buttonqwill be deactivated by locking
the doors by remote control, revolving
plug or automatic locking after about
2.5 minutes and it will be reactivated
after pressing the key button
Ëturning
the key metal insert into the driver’s
door lock or fitting the key into the ig-
nition device.
IMPORTANTWith centralised lock
enabled, pull the internal opening lever
of one of the doors in order to disable
the lock of all the doors. If there should
be no electrical supply (burnt fusem bat-
tery disconnected, etc.) the door lcok
can be opened manually ; now being
that the windows cannot be opened au-
tomatically, in order to open or lock the
door with the window closed, press on
the window towards the inside of the
vehicle (refer to fig. 69a), in order
to allow the window to pass from the
molding.IMPORTANTAfter disconnecting the
battery or failing the protection fuse,
door locking/unlocking mechanism shall
be “initialised” again, proceed as fol-
lows:
❒close all the doors;
❒press remote control button Áor but-
ton
qon the central console;
❒press remote control button Ëor but-
ton
qon the central console.
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Door locking/unlocking from
the inside
Press button
q(fig. 69) to lock/ un-
lock all the doors.
The button has a round led showing the
door condition (locked or unlocked).
When doors are locked the button led is
on: pressing the button again will obtain
central unlocking of the doors and turn-
ing off of the led. With key removed,
the led will turn off 2 minutes after.
When doors are unlocked, the button
led is off and pressing the button will ob-
tain central locking of the doors. Door
locking is activated only if all the doors
are perfectly closed.
Using the “Setup Menu” (or the Ra-
dionavigation System on certain ver-
sions) of the car it is possible to activate
automatic door locking when exceeding
20 km/h (see paragraph “Reconfig-
urable multifunction display” in this sec-
tion).
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IMPORTANTAfter switching the en-
gine off, power windows will be active
for about 3 minutes and they will de-
activate when opening a door.
IMPORTANT Power windows are pro-
vided with “automatic continuous op-
eration” device for opening and closing
the window. Just press briefly the upper
or lower part of the button to
open/close the window automatically:
press the button again (the upper or the
lower part of the button, it doesn't mat-
ter) to stop the window at the required
height.IMPORTANTKeeping the door lock-
ing/unlocking button on the remote
control pressed for about 2 seconds will
obtain automatic window opening/clos-
ing. Keep the remote control button
pressed until opening/closing the win-
dow completely otherwise the window
will stop at the height it has when you
release the button.
For all versions, after unlocking the
doors, keeping the remote control but-
ton pressed for about 2 seconds will ob-
tain window and sunroof (where pro-
vided) opening.POWER WINDOWS
Power windows are fitted with anti-
crushing safety device. The electronic
control unit that conrols the system can
detect the presence of an obstacle in the
last 20 cm of the window closing stroke.
When an obstacle is detected, the safe-
ty system will stop the window and re-
verse its stroke.
IMPORTANTIn the event the anti-
crushing function is activated 5 times in
only 1 minute, the system will auto-
matically enter the “recovery” mode
(self-protection). To restore correct sys-
tem operation, press the control button:
the window will close jerkily till complete
closing. If no malfunction is present, the
window returns to its normal operation
automatically; otherwise contact Alfa
Romeo Authorized Services.
The system complies
with the forthcoming
Standard 2000/4/ EC
concerning the safety of pas-
sengers leaning out of the pas-
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A0F0051mfig. 70
CONTROLS
Driver side
On the driver’s door panel are set the
buttonsfig. 70 for controlling, with
electronic key fitted into the ignition de-
vice:
A: left window opening/closing; win-
dow opening or closing in “automatic
continuous” mode;
B: right window opening/closing; win-
dow opening or closing in “automatic
continuous” mode;
IMPORTANTWindow automatism
shall be restored after replacing or dis-
connecting the battery or after replacing
the power window control unit protec-
tion fuses. Restoring procedure shall be performed
withdoors closedas follows:
1.open the driver’s window complete-
ly and then keep the button
pressedfor at least 3 seconds af-
ter opening the window;
2.close the driver’s window complete-
ly and then keep the button
pressedfor at least 3 seconds af-
ter closing the window;
3.repeat operations described at points
1and2on the passenger’s window;
4.operate the windows to check for
proper intialisation.
Press buttons AorBto open/close the
required window.
Pressing briefly one of the buttons the
window “jerks” whereas a prolonged
pressing makes the window opening or
closing in “automatic continuous” mode.
Pressing button AorBagain will stop the
window in the required position.
Improper use of the
power windows can be
dangerous. Before and
during its operation ensure that
any passengers are not at risk
from the moving glass either by
personal objects getting caught
in the mechanism or by being in-
jured by it directly. Always re-
move the ignition key when get-
ting out of the car to prevent the
power windows being operated
accidentally and constituting a
danger to the passengers in the
car.
Passenger’s door
The passenger's door is provided with the
button for opening/closing manually/au-
tomatically the passenger's window.