ESP PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 2003 4.G Owner's Guide

Functionsanddisplaypossibilities
A-Selectionfield
B-Continuationarrowsymbol
C-
Topdisplay
D-Centraldisplay
E-On-boardcomputerdisplay
Basicsetting
-Topdisplay:Odometer
-Centraldisplay:Tripodometer
Youcanchangebothdisplaystosuityour
requirementsbyusingthe"SET"menu.
Callingon-boardcomputerfunctionsin
display
"E"
I>Pushoperatingleverupordown
(selectionfieldAmustbeswitchedoff).
Thefollowingdisplayscanbecalledstepby
step:
-Outsidetemperature
(OF),
-Averagespeed(0mph),
-Averageconsumption(0mpg),
-Rangeonremainingfuel(mi--+a-),
-Navigationinformation
(ifactivatedinthe"SET"menu).
Canadavehicles:
Theunitsintheon-boardcomputeraredis-
playedinkilometers,litersand°C.
Thevalues"Tripodometer","Averagespeed"
and"Averageconsumption"canberesettozero
usingthe"BC"menu.
Note
Pullingtheoperatinglevertotherear4takes
youdirectlyfromavaluewhichcanberesetto
the"BC"menu.
Switchingselectionfield
"A"onoroff
I>Pushoperatingleverforwardorback.
Arrowsymbol"B"forcontinuation
ArrowsymbolV:
I>Pushoperatingleverdowninordertocon-
tinuethemenu.
Arrowsymbol~:
I>Pushoperatingleverupinordertocontinue
themenu.
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"LIMIT"
Acousticwarningsignalfor
speedlimit
Theacousticwarningsignalcanbeactivatedfor
speedsabove6mph(10km/h).
Thesignalsoundsifthepresetspeedis
exceeded.
Forthesignaltosoundagain,thedrivingspeed
mustfallbelowthepresetspeedbyatleast
3mph(5km/h).
Switchingonselectionfield
"A"
[>
Pushoperatingleverforward.
Settingthespeed
[>
Select"LIMIT"withtheoperatinglever.
[>
Pushoperatingleverforward.
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Option1:
Acceptcurrentspeed
[>
Pushoperatingleverforward.
Theacousticwarningsignalisactivatedforthe
currentspeed.
Display:I!I
Option2:
Presetspeed
[>
Select"LIMITactivated"withtheoperating
lever.
0notactivated
I!Iactivated
[>
Presstheoperatingleverforwardifthe"not
activated"displayappears.
[>
Usetheoperatinglevertoselect"mph+"or
"mph-".
[>
Pushoperatingleverforwarduntilthedesired
speedisreached.
Theacousticwarningsignalisactivatedfor
thedesiredspeed.
Switchingtheacousticwarningsignaloff
[>
Select"LIMITactivated"withtheoperating
lever:
[>
Pushoperatingleverforward.
Display:
0

"Oil"
Displayandmeasurementoftheengine
oillevel
/!\Caution!
Riskofenginedamage.
I>Regularlychecktheoilleveleachtimethecar
isrefuelled.
I>Donotallowtheoilleveltofallbelowthe
minimummark.
Conditionsformeasuringtheoillevel
1.Vehicleislevel.
2.Engineisoff.
3.Ignitionon.
Oilreturntime
Beforetheoillevelismeasured,theengineoil
hastohaveflowedbackintotheoilpan.
Thetimetakenfortheengineoiltoflowback
dependsontheenginetemperatureandhow
longtheenginehasbeenstopped.
Thiswaitingtimeiscounteddowninthe
on-boardcomputerdisplaywhentheignitionis
switchedon.Theoilleveldisplaysegmentsstart
to"cycle".
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Itisbesttomeasuretheengineoillevelwiththe
engineatoperatingtemperature.Correctmeas-
urementsandshortwaitingtimesareachieved
inthisway.
Initiatingoillevelmeasurement
I>Switchignitionon(donotstarttheengine).
Theengine-oillevelmeasurementdisplay
appearsintheon-boardcomputer.
I>Allowwaitingtimetoelapse.
Oncethemeasurementhasbeencompleted,
youcanreadofftheengineoillevelontheseg-
mentdisplay.
Iftheoillevelhasfallenbelowthemin.mark,
thesegmentbelowthemin.markflashes.
Thedifferencebetweenthemin.andmax.
marksonthesegmentdisplayisapprox.1.25
litres.
Onesegmentofthedisplaycorrespondstoa
quantityofapprox.0.2litre.
I>Addengineoilifnecessary.
Refertothechapter"Engineoillevel".
Beforeaddingoil,switchignitionoff.
Neveraddmoreengineoilthanrequiredto
reachthemax.mark.

Oillevelmeasurementduringrefuelling

Theoillevelisautomaticallymeasuredduring
refuelling.Iftheoillevelistoolow,"Checkoil
level"appearsintheon-boardcomputerdisplay.
However,thismeasurementisperformedonlyif
thefollowingpreconditionsaremet:
Engineisatoperatingtemperature,ignitionis
off,refuellingiscompletedwithin15minutes.
Failure
Afailureoftheoilleveldisplayisindicatedbya
warningmessageintheon-boardcomputer.

..
SET"
Basicsettingofon-boardcomputer
Switchingonselectionfield

"A"
[>
Pushoperatingleverforward.

Changingthebasicsettingoftheon-board
computer
[>

Select"SET"withtheoperatinglever.

[>

Pushoperatingleverforward.
SET
[>
Selectthedesiredfunctionwiththeoperating
lever:

Reset
-
Resetall,
Resettripcounter,
Resetaverageconsumption,
Resetaveragespeed

Speedometerkm/mls
-
Changeoverbetweenkilometresandmiles

Display
(Individualcombinationofupperand
centrallinesoftheon-boardcomputer)
-
Changingtopdisplay
-Totalmileage
-Tripcounter
-Audioinformation(setradiostation)
-Outsidetemperature
-Rangeonremainingfuel
-Averagespeed
-Averageconsumption

-
Changingcentraldisplay
-Totalmileage
-Tripcounter
-Outsidetemperature
-Rangeonremainingfuel
-Averagespeed
-Averageconsumption

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Generalinformationregardingthe
on-boardcomputerfunctions
Rangeonremainingfuel
Therangeonremainingfueliscontinuously
recomputedwhiledrivingbasedonfuellevel,
currentconsumptionandaverageconsumption.
Themorethefuellevelfalls,themoresponta-
neouslythedisplayreacts.Forthisreason,
rangeonremainingfuelisnotdisplayedifless
than15kilometres(9miles).
Ifthevehicle'sinclinationchangeswhiledriving
orrefuelling,incorrectrangeinformationmay
temporarilybegiven.
Note
Ifthetankisnearlyemptyandyouaddonlya
smallquantityoffuel,thiscannotbeusedto
calculatetherangeonremainingfuel.

Averageconsumptionandaveragespeed

Thedisplayedvaluesarebasedonthedistance
travelledsincethelastresetto"zero".
Youcansetthestartingtimeforameasurement
beforeorduringthetrip.
Switchingtheignitionoffdoesnotresetthe
measurements.Valuescanthusbecollected
overlongperiods.
Disconnectingthecarbatteryclearsthese
memories.
Outside
temperature
The
outsidetemperaturedisplaydoesnotindi-
cate,ificeisontheroad.
Evenifatemperatureabove32°F(O°C)isdis-
played,icemaystillformontheroad,forin-
stanceonbridgesorwhentheroadpasses
throughaheavilyshadedarea.
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On-boardTextdisplay
in

computeron-boardcomputer

~Seatbelt
Handbrake

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Ignitionkey
..notremoved

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Lightson
~F
ronVrear
lidnot
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closed
~Refill
washerfluid
Tripcounter
reset
WarningsintheInstrumentPanelandintheOn-BoardComputer

Ifawarningmessageappears,alwaysrefertothecorrespondingchaptersintheOwner'sManual.
Warningmessagesareissuedonlyifallmeasurementpreconditionsaremet.Therefore,checkallfluidlevelsregularly-
inparticular,alwayschecktheengineoillevelbeforerefuelling.

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panel
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Meaning/measure
Driverandpassengersmustfastentheir
safetybelts.
Handbrakenotreleased.
Closeluggagecompartmentlid,
enginecompartmentlid,
rearlid(Targa)properly.
TripodometerisresettoO.
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WindshieldWiper/WasherLever

/!\Warning!
Dangerofinjurywhenthewindshieldwipers
operateunintentionally.
Riskofdamagetothewindshieldandwiper
system.

I>Avoidrunningthewiperbladesoveradry
windshieldtopreventscratchingtheglass.
Spraywasherfluidonthewindshieldfirst.
Ascratchedwindshieldwillreducevisibility.
I>Alwaysloosenwiperbladesfromfrozenglass
beforeoperatingwiperstopreventdamageto
thewipermotororblades.
I>Alwaysswitchoffwindshieldwipersincar
washtopreventthemwipingunintentionally
(intermittentorsensoroperation).
I>Alwaysswitchoffwindshieldwipersbefore
cleaningthewindshieldtoavoidunintentional
operation(intermittentorsensoroperation).
I>Donotoperatetheheadlightwasherincar
washes.
I>Donotoperateheadlightwasherwhenitis
frozen.
0-
Windshieldwipersoff
1-Windshieldwipersslow
2-Windshieldwipersfast
3-Intermittentoperation
4-Windshieldwashersystem:

Sprayswhiletheleverispulledtowardsthe
steeringwheelinthefirstposition.
Whentheleverisreleased,afewdrying
wipesareexecuted.

5-Windshieldwipersandwashersystem:

Spraysandwipeswhiletheleverispulled
towardsthesteeringwheelinthe
second

position.

6-Headlightwasher
(VehicleswithBi-Xenonheadlights):

Spraysonlywhilelowbeamorhighbeamis
switchedon.
Thespraydurationislimited.Ifheavily
soiled,repeatwash.
Persistentdirt(e.g.insectremains)should
beregularlyremoved.
Seethechapteron"CarCareInstructions".

Note
Thewindshieldwashernozzles
areheated
whentheignitionison,asaprecautionagainst
freezing.

A-Automaticspeedcontrolreadinessoff/on
1-Holdandstore/accelerate
2-Decelerate/resume
3-Interrupt
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Automatic
Speed
Control
Theautomaticspeedcontrolmaintainsany
selectedspeedbetween25mphand120mph
(40km/hand200km/h)withoutyouhavingto
usetheaccelerator.
Theautomaticspeedcontrolisoperatedwith
theleveronthesteeringwheel.

/!\Warning!
Aconstantspeedmaynotbesafeinheavy
traffic,oronwindingorslipperyroads.
Withthespeedcontrolsystemengaged,
theenginespeedwillnotreturntoidle
whenremovingthefootfromtheaccelera-
torpedal.

I>Donotusethespeedcontrolwhenitmaybe
unsafetokeepthecarataconstantspeed.
I>Observealllocalandnationalspeedlimits.
Switchautomatic
speedcontrol
readinesson
I>Press
buttonAontheautomaticspeed
controllever
.
~

Thisgreenindicatorlightinthe
t"speedometernowindicatesreadiness
Hold
andstorespeed
I>
Bringthecartothedesiredspeedwiththe
accelerator.

I>
Thenpushoperatingleverforward1briefly.

Accelerating(e.g.toovertake)
I>
Increasespeedasusualwiththeaccelerator.
Whentheacceleratorisreleased,thepreviously
savedvalueisagainset.
Automaticspeedcontroloperationisautomat-
icallyinterrupted,however,ifthespeedisin-
creasedbymorethanabout16mph(25km/h)
forlongerthan20seconds,
or:
I>Pressoperatinglever
forward1untilthe
desiredspeedisreached.
Thespeedreachedismaintainedandstored
whentheleverisreleased.
Speedcanbecorrectedinstepsof2km/h(ap-
proX.1mph)
bybriefly
pushingtheleverfor-
wardordown(upto10times).

Decelerating

I>Pressoperatingleverdown2untilthedesired
speedisreached.
Thespeedreachedismaintainedandstored
whentheleverisreleased.
Speedcanbecorrectedinstepsof2kmjh(ap-
prox.1mph)bybrieflypushingtheleverfor-
wardordown(upto10times).

Interruptingautomaticspeedcontrol
operation

I>Pulloperatingleverbrieflytowardsthesteer-
ingwheel3or:
I>Operatebrakeorclutchpedalor,
withTiptronictransmission,selectposition
"N".Seealsothechapteron"Tiptronic".
Thespeeddrivenbeforetheinterruptionre-
mainsstoredinthememory.

Automaticspeedcontroloperationisinter-
ruptedautomatically:
-Iftheset
speedisexceededbymorethan
16mph(25km/h)forlongerthan20sec-
onds,
-iftheactualspeedfallsto6mph(10kmjh)
belowthesetvehiclespeedforlongerthan5
seconds(upwardslopes).

Resumingthestoredspeed

I>Pressoperatingleverbrieflydown2.
Thestoredspeedshouldonlybecalledupwhen
trafficconditionsandtheroadsurfacesoper-
mit.

Switchingautomaticspeedcontrol
readinessoff
I>
PressbuttonAontheautomaticspeedcon-
trollever.
Thegreenreadinesslightinthespeedometer
goesoff.
Whenthevehicleisparkedandtheignition
switchedoff,thememoryiscleared.

Importantnote
On
upwardordownwardslopes,thesetspeed
cannotalwaysbemaintainedbytheautomatic
speedcontrol.
Toobtainsufficientenginebrakingorabetter
engine-speedrange,therefore,youhavetose-
lectalowergear.
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Defrosting
the
windshield

I>Pressbutton.
Windshieldisdemistedordefrostedas
quicklyaspossible.
Airflowstothewindshieldonly.

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Switchingcompressorfor
air-conditioningsystem
onoroff
Wheneveroutsidetemperaturesexceed

3rFj3°C,
theair-conditioningcompressorisal-
waysswitchedoninautomaticoperation.
Thecompressorcanbeswitchedofftosave
fuel,butcontrolcomfortisthenlimited.
I>Pressbutton.
Thecompressorisswitchedoff,thesymbol
intheleft-handdisplaygoesout.
Iftheinteriortemperatureistoohigh,switch
compressorbackonorpress"auto"-button.
Todryincomingairindampweather,donot
switchofftheair-conditioningcompressor.
Thispreventsmistingofwindows.
B-
Adjustingblowerspeed

I>Presstheappropriatebutton.
Presetblowerspeedisincreasedorde-
creased,and"Manual"appearsintheright-
handdisplayfield.
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Thespeedstagesareindicatedbya
bardisplay.
Iftheminusbuttonispressedatthelowest
blowerstage,theblowerandautomaticcontrol
areswitchedoff.
"OFF"isdisplayedintheleft-handdisplay.
Pressingontheplusbuttonorthe"auto"button
switchestheblowerandautomaticcontrolback
onagain.

Circulating-airsetting

/!\Warning!
Riskofaccidentduetohamperedvision.
Incirculating-airsetting,thewindowscan
mistup.
I>Onlyselectcirculating-airsettingforshort
periods.
I>Ifwindowsmistup,turnoffthecirculating-air
settingbypressingthecirculating-airbutton
brieflyandselectthefunction"Defrostwind-
shield".
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Switchingcirculating-airsetting
onoroff
I>Pressbutton.
Theoutside-airsupplyisinterruptedandonly
theinsideairiscirculated.
Overapprox.
37°F/3°C

Iftheair-conditioningcompressorwasoff,it
switchesonautomatically.Thedurationofcircu-
lating-airmodeisnotlimited.
Belowapprox.
37°F/3°C

Theair-conditioningcompressorisswitchedoff.
Circulating-airmodeisautomaticallyendedafter
approx.3minutes.
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