Citroen C6 2007 1.G Owner's Guide

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DIRECTION INDICATORS
Left, downwards.
Right, upwards.
For a change of direction, move the control stalk beyond the tight spot. Stops automatically with the return of the steering wheel.
Visible alert / headlamp fl ash
Pull the control towards you.
The headlamp fl ash can be made even with the ignition switched off.
Horn
Press at the centre of the steering wheel.
HAZARD WARNING LAMPS
This operates all the direction indi-cators simultaneously.
Only use them to indicate dan-ger, for an emergency stop or for driving in abnormal conditions.
The hazard lamps can also be used with the ignition switched off.
SOUND SIGNAL FOR HEAD-LAMPS LEFT ON
This operates when the driver's door is opened, ignition off, to indi-cate that the vehicle lamps are still on.
It stops when you close the door, switch off the lamps or switch on the ignition.
This signal does not operate if the automatic lighting of headlamps or the guide-me-home lighting are active.
EMERGENCY OPERATION OF HAZARD WARNING LAMPS
A sudden deceleration of the vehi-cle causes the hazard lamps to come on automatically.
They will cease to operate auto-matically, or manually if you press the hazard lamps button on the dashboard.
The direction indicators cannot operate if the hazard warning lamps are on.

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S I G N A L L I N G
LIGHTING CONTROL STALK
All vehicle lamps off
Sidelamps on
Dipped beams/main beams on
Dipped beams/main beams dipswitch
Rotate the ring A forwards.
Rotate the ring A forwards.
AUTOMATIC LIGHTING OF HEADLAMPS
Sidelamps and dipped beams come on automatically in poor ambient light, or if the wipers are in continuous operation. They go out as soon as the ambient light again become suffi cient or when the wipers cea se to operate.
Activation/deactivation of this function is possible in the menu “Personalisa-tion/Confi guration” in the “Main menu”.Note: Activation of this function is immediate while deactivation re quires the ignition to be switched off.
Take care not to cover the brightness sensor, which is visible from out-side the windscreen, behind the interior rear view mirror.
GUIDE-ME-HOME LIGHTING
This function switches on your headlamps, to light your way when you wish to walk from a carpark, for example.
This function is activated:Manually by pulling the con-trol A towards you, with the ignition switched off.Automatically, provided:
The automatic lighting of headlamps is activated.To activate the guide-me-home lighting function, select in the “Main menu”, then in “Personalisation/Configura-tion”, the sub-menu for light-ing and signalling, then acti-vate the function.
See “Multifunction display”.Note: It is possible to modify the duration of the guide-me-home lighting (approx. 60, 30 or 15 sec-onds) in the menu “Personalisa-tion/Confi guration”.

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S I G N A L L I N G
Front foglamps on
Front foglamps and rear foglamps on
Rotate the ring C forwards.
Switching off
First action rearwards, rear foglamps off.
Second action rearwards, front and rear foglamps off.Note: the foglamps should be used only in fog or in other conditions of poor visibility.
FRONT AND REAR FOGLAMPS (RING C)
Lighting
With dipped/main beams on:
Rotate the ring C forwards.
DAYTIME-RUNNING LAMPS
These come on automatically when the engine is running:If the function is activated in the IfMain Menu. See “Multifunction display”.
Provided the lighting control stalk is on position 0 and all the headlamps are off.
If the daytime-running lamps are active, the sidelamps will also be on (depending on country specifi -cation).

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S T E E R I N G C O L U M N A D J U S T M E N T –
S E A T B E L T H E I G H T A D J U S T M E N T
ELECTRICAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL FOR HEIGHT OR REACH
While the vehicle is stationary, adjust the height or the reach of the steering wheel by moving the control:forward or rearward to adjust the reachup or down to adjust the height.
The steering wheel adjustment is memorised with the driving posi-tion (See “Memorisation”).

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ADJUSTMENT OF THE BACKREST ANGLE
Action the control 1 and adjust the angle of the backrest.
It is possible to tilt the backrest 45° forwards until it locks. To unlock it, press control 1.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HEIGHT AND ANGLE OF THE HEAD RESTRAINT
To raise it, pull upwards.
To lower it, press on the control 2 to unlock it, and simultaneously on the head restraint itself.
To adjust the angle of the head restraint, tilt it forwards or rearwards at the bottom.
To raise it, press control 2 to unlock it, then pull it upwards.
CONTROLS FOR THE HEATED SEATS
The front seats can be heated independently of each other . On the con-trols for the heated seats 3 located on the outer side of the seats, rotate the knob to select any of three heat intensities:
0: Off.
1: Slight heat.
2: Medium heat.
3: Maximum heat.
Note: The heated seats only operate when the engine is running.
SEAT HEIGHT AND SLIDE ADJUSTMENTS
See following page.

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F R O N T S E A T S
Do not drive the vehicle with the head restraints removed; these must be in place, correctly adjusted.
ELECTRICAL ADJUSTMENTS
Adjustment of the backrest angle
To adjust the angle of the backrest, press button A.
Lumbar adjustment
To adjust the backrest lumbar support, press button B.
Seat height and slide adjustments
To slide the seat, press on the horizontal arrows on control C.
To adjust the seat for height, press on the vertical arrows on control C.
Adjustment of the seat cushion angle
To adjust the seat cushion angle, press on control D.
Note: These adustments remain available for a limited time:After you have opened a doorAfter
After you have switched off the ignitionAfter

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M E M O R I S A T I O N
DRIVING POSITIONS MEM-ORISED VIA BUTTONS 1 AND 2
To memorise a driving position:a. Place the igntion key in “Drive” position (second position).b. Make your adjustments of the seat, the steering wheel, the rear view mirrors and the Head-up Display.c. Press successively on button M then on button 1 (fi rst driving position) or 2 (second driving position).
The memorisation is confi rmed by a sound signal.Note: The memorisation of a new driving position cancels and replaces the previous one.
The memorisation function allows to make the following dashboard adjustments:Driver's seat
Steering wheel
Exterior rear view mirrorsExteriorHead-up display.
See “Steering wheel adjustment”, “Rear view mirrors” and “Head-up Display”.
You have the possibility to memo-rise two driving positions using buttons 1 and 2.

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S E A T B E L T S W A R N I N G L A M P
OPERATION
The driver's and the front and rear passengers' seats have sensors that detect non-fastening/unfas-tening of the seat belts.
The fastened/non-fastened status of the seat belts for each type of seat is indicated by the illumination or fl ashing of the warning lamps 1, 2 and 3.
FUNCTIONING OF THE SYSTEM OF DETECTION
Driver's and front passenger's seats
When you switch on the ignition:If the driver's seat belt is not fastened, the warning lamp If1 illuminates in the instrument panel.If the passenger's seat belt is not fastened, the warning lamp If3 lights up.
Above 20 km / h (12 mph), if the seat belt is unfastened the warning lamp fl ashes, accompanied by a message and a sound signal for around 2 min-utes. After that, warning lamps 1 and/or 3 remain on.
Rear passengers' seats
When you switch on the ignition, warning lamp 2 lights up to make the driver and any passengers aware.
Once the doors are closed and the engine started, a message tells you the fastening status of the rear belts for 30 seconds.
After this time, if one or more of the rear belts are not fastened:The warning lamp 2 comes on if your speed is less than approx. 20 km/h (12 mph).The warning lamp 2 fl ashes, accompanied by a message and a sound signal, for about two minutes if your speed is greater than around 20 km / h (12 mph).Note:The detection of non-fastening of rear seat belts is deactivated when you switch off the ignition or if one of the vehicle's doors is opened.
A child seat installed on the front passenger's seat may not be detected.

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R E A R V I E W M I R R O R S
Functioning of the interior and exterior rear view mir-rors
Switch on the ignition and press button 1.Warning lamp 2 on: automatic mode.
Warning lamp 2 off: automatic mode stopped. The mirror remains in its lightest defi nition.Note: For optimal vision, the inte-rior and exterior mirrors lighten automatically when reverse gear is engaged.

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ELECTRIC EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRRORS
Features
The end of the glass in the exte-rior rear view mirrors is aspherical, so as to enlarge the lateral fi eld of vision.
Objects observed in the aspheri-cal part of the rear view mirrors are in reality closer than they appear.
You must take this into account in order to be properly aware of the distances involved.
Adjustment of the rear view mirrors
This can operate when the ignition is switched on.
The driver selects the rear view mirror by moving control 1, to the left or to the right, then adjusts the mirror in the four directions by acting on con-trol 2.
Demisting-deicing of the rear view mirrors is linked with that fo r the rear screen.
The adjustments you have made to the rear view mirrors are included in the memorisation of driving positions. See “Memorisation”.
Fold-back of door mirrors
When the vehicle is parked, the door mirrors can be folded back either man-ually or electrically.
Electric fold-back
From the central position, one press towards the rear on control 1 folds the rear view mirrors back.
To return them to the initial position, press again on control 1 towards the rear.
Automatic fold-back
Automatic fold-back operates when you lock the doors.