buttons NISSAN MAXIMA 2008 A34 / 6.G Quick Reference Guide
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Air flows from the defroster and foot vents.
Air flows mainly from the defroster vents.
FAN SPEED CONTROL BUTTONS 
Press thefanspeed
button(faster) or(slower) tomanually controlfan 
speed. Press  OFFto cancel fan speed operation and turn off climate control operation.
DEFROSTING/DEFOGGING FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS 
●  Press the defroster control button
to turn the system on. The A/C automatically 
turns on when the defroster mode is selected. 
●  Turn the driver’s side temperature control dial left or right to set the desired tempera- 
ture. 
●  To set the defroster on high, press the manual fan speed button
then pressto 
set fan speed to maximum.
DEFROSTING/DEFOGGING REARWINDOW AND(ifso equipped) OUT-
SIDE HEATED MIRROR 
Push the rear window defroster switch
on. Push the switch again to manually turn 
the defroster off. This function automatically turns off in approximately 15 minutes.
A/C ON/OFF BUTTON 
Press the  A/Cbutton to manually turn the A/C on or off.
AIR RECIRCULATION BUTTON 
●  Press the air recirculation button
to recirculate air inside the vehicle. 
●  Press the air recirculation button
again to turn air recirculation off. 
●  The air recirculation mode cannot be selected if the
orair flow control mode 
is selected.
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FM/AM/SAT BUTTONS 
Pressing the  FM,AM orSAT radio select button will change the band to either FM, AM 
or XM  radio stations.
AUX BUTTON 
Press the AUX button toplay acompatible devicesuchasan MP3 player whenitis 
plugged into the auxiliary jack.
LOAD BUTTON 
  LOAD A SINGLE DISC - Press theLOADbutton for less than 1.5 seconds. Select 
the loading slot by pressing one of the CD insert select button (  1-6 ) , then insert the 
CD. 
  LOAD UPTO6DISCS -Press andhold theLOAD buttonformore than1.5 
seconds. The slot numbers (1-6) will illuminate on the display when CDs are loaded
into the changer.
STATION AND CD SELECT BUTTONS 
To store a station in a preset you must first select A, B, or C memory bank by pressing the 
PRESET A·B·C  button and tune to the desired FM, AM or XM station. Then press and 
hold the desired station select button for at least 2 seconds. When the preset indicator
illuminates, abeep willsound, indicating memorization iscomplete. Toretrieve a
previously set station, select the memory bank where the preset was set, then press the
corresponding station select button.
TUNING AND AUDIO CONTROL KNOB 
To manually tune the radio, turn the  TUNEknob. To adjust the Bass, Midrange, Treble, 
Fade, Balance, and Speed Sensitive Volume (SSV) (if so equipped) , press the  AUDIO 
knob until the desired mode appears in the display. Then turn the  TUNEknob to adjust 
to the desired level.
EJECT BUTTON 
  EJECT A SINGLE DISC - Press the
button for less than 1.5 seconds. Select the 
eject slot by pressing the CD insert select button (  1-6 ) . The CD will then eject. 
  EJECT ALL DISCS - Press and hold the
button for more than 1.5 seconds. The 
CDs will be ejected one after another.
XM  presets are only available on XM Satellite Radio equipped vehicles.
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HOMELINKUNIVERSAL TRANSCEIVER (if so equipped) 
SYSTEM OPERATING TIPS
  Garage doors, electrical gates, entry doors, etc. will be activated during programming. 
To avoid injury, make sure that people and objects are clear of all doors or gates during
programming. Yourvehicle’s engineshouldbeturned offwhile programming the
HomeLink  Transceiver. 
  To program your HomeLink Transceiver to operate a garage door, gate, or entry door 
opener, home or office lighting, you need to be at the same location as the device. 
NOTE: Garage dooropeners (manufactured after1996) have“rolling codepro- 
tection”. Toprogram agarage dooropener equipped with“rolling codeprotec-
tion”, you will need to use a ladder to get up to the garage door opener motor to
be able to access the “smart or learn” program button.
PROGRAMMING YOUR HOMELINK  UNIVERSAL TRANSCEIVER (Mirror, 
Sun Visor or Overhead Console)
1. To begin, press and hold the two 
outer HomeLink  buttons (to 
clear the memory) until the indi-
cator light blinks slowly (after 20
seconds) . Releasebothbut-
tons. 
2. Position theend ofthe hand- 
held transmitter 1-3inches
(26-76 mm)away fromthe
HomeLink  surface 
3. Using bothhands, simultaneously pressandhold both theHomeLink  button you 
want toprogram andthehand-held transmitter button. DONOT release the 
buttons until step 4 has been completed. 
4. Hold down both buttons until the indicator light on the HomeLink  flashes, changing 
from a“slow blink” to a“rapidly flashing blink”.Thiscould takeupto90 seconds.
When the indicator light flashes rapidly, both buttons may be released. The rapidly
flashing light indicates successful programming. To activate the garage door or other
programmed device, press and hold the programmed HomeLink  button - releasing 
when the device begins to activate. 
5. If the indicator light on the HomeLink  blinks rapidly for two seconds and then turns 
solid, HomeLink  has picked up a “rolling code” garage door opener signal. You will 
need toproceed withthenext steps totrain theHomeLink  to complete the 
programming which may require a ladder and another person for convenience. 
6. Press and release the “smart” or “learn” program button located on the garage door 
opener’s motor to activate the “training mode”. This button is usually located near the
antenna wire that hangs down from the motor. If the wire originates from under a light
lens, you will need to remove the lens to access the program button. 
NOTE: Onceyouhave pressed andreleased theprogram buttononthe garage 
door opener’s motor and the “training light” is lit, you have 30 seconds in which to
perform step 7. Use the help of a second person for convenience to assist when
performing this step.
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7.Quickly within30seconds ofpressing andreleasing thegarage dooropener 
program button,firmlypress andrelease theHomeLink  button you’vejustpro- 
grammed. Press and release the HomeLink  button up to three times to complete the 
training. 
8. Your HomeLink  button should nowbeprogrammed. (Toprogram theremaining 
HomeLink  buttons for additional door or gate openers, follow steps 2-8 only) .
BLUETOOTH HANDS-FREE PHONE SYSTEM (if so equipped)
Withanoverhead microphone andsound 
transmitted through the audio system speaker,
the Bluetooth  Hands-Free PhoneSystem 
utilizes Bluetooth  wireless technology and 
voice recognition to provide hands-free cellu-
lar phone communication.
SYSTEM OPERATING TIPS
  Close allwindows. Surrounding noises 
may interfere withsystem operation and
performance. 
  Press the
button on the steering wheel to activate voice recognition. 
  Wait for the tone before speaking. 
  Begin speaking a command within 5 seconds of the tone. 
  To go back to the previous command, say “Go back” or “Correction.” 
  To cancel a voice recognition session, simply wait 5 seconds, say “Cancel” or “Quit,” or 
press the
button. 
  To increase or decrease the volume of the voice prompts, push the VOL (volume) control 
button up or down on the steering wheel or turn the  VOLUMEknob on the audio system 
while the system is responding. 
  Speak in a clear and natural voice without pausing between words. 
  Ifthe Voice Recognition systemdoesnotrecognize yourvoice commands, trainthe 
system using the Speaker Adaptation Mode. 
  Some commands are not available while the vehicle is in motion. 
  The “Help” command can be used in any menu to hear a list of available commands. 
  For recommended phones and detailed instructions, please visit 
www.nissanusa.com/bluetooth.
PAIRING YOUR PHONE
To use thehands-free feature,youneed toset-up, orpair, thesystem torecognize your
cellular phone(s) . 5Bluetooth  -enabled phonescanbepaired. Afterset-up, thesystem 
automatically connects with a paired phone when the ignition is in the ACC or ON position,
as long as the phone is on and in the vehicle.
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SETTING BUTTON
Press the SETTING buttonto change or 
set navigation preferences.
DEST (DESTINATION) BUTTON
  Press theDEST buttontodisplay the 
address bookandalternative waysofpro- 
gramming a destination.
MAP BUTTON
  Press theMAP buttontodisplay the 
current location map screen.
ROUTE BUTTON
  Press the ROUTEbuttonto display vari- 
ous ways to modify the route to a destination.
ZOOM OUT/IN BUTTONS
  Press thebuttonorthe
buttonto increase or decrease the scale 
of the map display.
BACK BUTTON
  Press the BACKbuttonto return to the previous function shown on the navigation 
display.
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