display CADILLAC DEVILLE 1998 7.G User Guide

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Compass Variance
The mirror is set in zone eight upon leaving the factory.
It will be necessary to adjust the compass to compensate
for compass variance if
you live outside zone eight.
Under certain circumstances,
as during a long distance
cross-country trip, it will be necessary to adjust for
compass variance. Compass variance
is the difference
between earth’s magnetic north and true geographic
north.
If not adjusted to account for compass variance,
your compass could give
false readings.
To adjust for compass variance:
1. Use the COMPASS button located at the bottom of
the mirror.
2. Press and hold the COMPASS button until a zone
number appears in the display.
on the following zone map.
3. Find your current location and variance zone number 4. Press the COMPASS button on the bottom of the
mirror until the new zone number appears
in the
display. After you stop pressing the button,
the display
will show a
“C” in the direction display within a
few seconds.
(This is the automatic calibration
mode
-- you’ll need to drive in a circle to calibrate the
mirror. See “Compass Calibration” following.)
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If the letter “C” appears in the compass display, the
mirror may need calibration.
The mirror can be calibrated in one
of two ways:
0 Drive the vehicle in circles at 5 mph (8 km/h) or less
0 Drive the vehicle on’your everyday routine.
until the display reads a direction, or
The control on the
driver’s door armrest
operates both outside
rearview
mirrors. Rotate the
control knob to choose the
right or left mirror.
To adjust the mirror, push the control knob in the
direction you want the mirror to
go. Adjust each mirror
so you can see the side of your vehicle and the area
behind your vehicle.
When you operate the rear window defogger, it
also
warms both outside mirrors to help clear them of fog
or ice.
The mirrors can also be programmed for personalization
if you have the optional memory package. For more
information, see “Memory Seat and Mirrors” in
the Index.
Driver’s Outside Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror
Only the driver’s side outside mirror will adjust for the
glare
of headlamps behind you. This feature is
controlled by the on and
off settings on the
electrochromic mirror. See “Electrochromic Daymight
Rearview Mirror” earlier in this section.
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With the digital and analog cluster, you can go back and
forth from English (miles) to metric (kilometers) by
pressing this button.
Speedometer ar Odometer
The speedometer lets you see your speed in both miles
per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour
(km/h). The
odometer shows how far your vehicle has been driven,
in either miles (used in the United States) or kilometers
(used in Canada).
You may wonder what happens if a vehicle has to have a
new odometer installed. The new one may read the
correct mileage. This is because your vehicle’s computer
has stored the mileage in memory.
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I MET I Trip Odometer
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Digital Cluster
YES
TRIP RESET Analog Cluster TRIP
YES Note that other readings such as temperature, fuel and
trip odometer also go back and forth between English
and metric.
Analog Cluster Vehicle Speed Limiter
Digital Cluster
This feature prevents your vehicle from exceeding
speeds that the tires are not rated for. When
this
happens, the engine’s fuel supply is shut off. When the
vehicle speed slows, the fuel supply will come on again.
By pressing
one of these buttons, you can tell, how far
you’ve traveled since you last set the trip odometer back
to zero. For,information on resetting these buttons, see
“Digital or Analog Control Buttons’’ later in this sect\
ion.
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PREMIUM U.NLEADED FUEL
ONLY
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Analog Cluster Digital Cluster
The fuel gage shows approximately how much fuel is in
the tank. It works only when the ignition is
in RUN.
On the digital cluster, if the fuel level is within
approximately 2 gallons (7.6 L) of being full, the letter F is
shown. If the fuel level is less than approximately
3 gallons (1 1.4 L) from being empty, the letter E is shown.
If the fuel supply gets down to approximately 3 gallons
(11.4 L), the number “3” will be displayed on the fuel
gage, and the
FUEL LEVEL LOW message will appear
on the Driver Information Center
@IC). (On the analog
fuel gage, the
FUEL LEVEL LOW message will
also appear.)
Here are a few concerns some owners have had about
the fuel gage. All
of these situations are normal and do
not indicate that anything is wrong with the fuel gage:
At the gas station the gas pump shuts off before the
gage reads
E
It takes more (or less) gas to fill the tank than the
gage said. For example, the gage read
8 GALLONS
(30 L), but it took more (or less) than the tank’s
remaining capacity to fill it.
speed up.
The gage may change when you turn, stop or
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mile-per-gallon (AVG MPG).
You can also display it in
metric units by pressing the ENG MET button.
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When AVG MPG is selected, the total distance is
divided by the total fuel used.
When the INST button (Instantaneous Fuel Economy) is
selected, you will see what the fuel economy is at that
instant. The computer takes a new reading twice every
second. It will show economy up to
70 miles-per-gallon
(or
2 L per 100 km).
To reset the average fuel economy, press the INFORMATION button until the AVG MPG is
displayed on the Driver Information Center (DIC). Press and hold the
RESET button until both the fuel data
center and DIC display reads
0.0.
Digital Cluster
For vehicles equipped with an analog cluster (not shown), fuel data can be obtained by pressing the
INFO button. See “Analog Control Buttons’’ later
in this section.
The fuel data panel tells you all you need to know about
the fuel economy and how far you can travel with the
he1 remaining. The
RANGE display shows how far the computer thinks
you can travel with the fuel that is in the tank. The
computer does not know what driving conditions will be
like for the rest of your trip,
so the range is estimated
based on the recent fuel economy. Therefore,
the range
reading may change as your driving habits change. Going from city to highway driving may increase the
range reading.
If the range display shows
LO, you should stop for fuel
as soon as possible.
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This display gives you the status of many of your
vehicle’s systems. The DIC is also used to display driver
personalization features and warningktatus messages.
Digital Control Buttons (DeVille and
DeVille d’Elegance Only)
DISPLAY ON/OFF: Pressing this button will turn off
the Driver Information Center (DIC), Electronic Climate
Control (ECC), fuel data center, the fuel gage, trip
odometer and odometer. While the displays are off,
pressing the INFORMATION button will only turn on
the DIC. If the TRIP button is pressed or the fuel level
falls below
4 gallons (15.2 L), all of the displays will
come back on.
ENGMET: You can change the display from English
(miles) to metric (kilometers) by pressing this button.
The same button also changes other readings (like
temperature, fuel and odometer).
TRIP: By using this button, you can tell how far you’ve
gone since you last set the TRIP back to zero. To reset,
press and hold the button until zeros appear. If your
vehicle is domestic, the trip odometer will return to zero
after 999.9 miles
(1 609 km). If your vehicle is
Canadian, the trip odometer will return
to zero after 1
999.9 km (1,242 miles).
INFORMATION: Pressing this button repeatedly will
display the MPG AVG,
GAL FUEL USED, AVG MPH,
ENGINE RPM, BATTERY VOLTS, COOLANT TEMP
and OIL LIFE LEFT.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine TIMER: This feature is like a stopwatch, in that
you
can clock the time it takes to get from one point
to another.
To operate, press the TIMER button until TIMER
OFF
0O:OO:OO is displayed on the Driver Information Center
@IC). Each of the fields for the hours, minutes and
seconds are two numeric digits.
Once TIMER
OFF 0O:OO:OO is displayed, press the
TIMER button to start the timing feature. Press the
TIMER button again to stop it.
If you will be starting
and stopping your vehicle
-- during a trip for
instance
-- the TIMER feature will automatically start
timing where it left
off when you last stopped. To reset
it, press and hold the RESET button until the display
reads TIMER
0O:OO:OO. Press the INFORMATION
button
to exit from the TIMER function.
RESET Pressing this button will reset the MPG AVG,
GAL FUEL USED, AVG
MPH and OIL LIFE LEFT.
Pressing RESET when a non-resettable display appears
will cause a “recall” mode to occur. When this happens,
all Driver Information Center (DIC) warning messages
that have been displayed since the ignition key was
turned to
RUN will redisplay. If no messages were
displayed, a MONITORED SYSTEMS
OK message
will appear.
MPG AVG (Reset): Press the INFORMATION button
to display the MPG AVG (Average Fuel Economy), then
press and hold the RESET button until
0.0 MPG AVG
is displayed.
GAL FUEL USED (Reset): Press the INFORMATION
button to display the GAL FUEL
USED on the Driver
Information Center (DIC), then press and hold the
RESET button until
0.0 GAL FUEL USED is displayed.
AVG MPH (Reset): Press the INFORMATION
button to display the AVG MPH (Average Speed), then
press and hold the RESET button until
0.0 AVG MPH
is displayed.
OIL LIFE LEFT (Reset): Press the INFORMATION
button
to display the OIL LIFE LEFT, then press and
hold the RESET button until
100% OIL LIFE LEFT is
displayed. (This only needs to be reset after you have
had the oil changed.)
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INFO RESET Pressing this button will reset the MPG
AVG, GAL FUEL USED, AVG MPH and OIL LIFE
LEFT. Pressing INFO RESET when a non-resettable
display appears will cause a “recall” mode to occur.
When this happens, all Driver Information Center (DIC) warning messages that have been displayed since the
ignition key was turned to RUN will redisplay. If no
messages were displayed,
a MONITORED SYSTEMS
OK message will appear.
MPG AVG (Reset): Press the INFO button to display
the MPG AVG (Average Fuel Economy), then press and
hold the INFO RESET button until
0.0 MPG AVG
is displayed.
GAL FUEL USED (Reset): Press the INFO button to
display the GAL FUEL
USED on the Driver
Information Center (DIC), then press and hold the
INFO
RESET button until 0.0 GAL FUEL USED is displayed.
AVG MPH (Reset): Press the INFO button to display
the AVG MPH (Average Speed), then press and hold the
INFO RESET button until
0.0 AVG MPH is displayed.
OIL LIFE LEFT (Reset): Press the INFO button to
display the OIL LIFE LEFT, then press and hold the
INFO RESET button until
100% OIL LIFE LEFT is
displayed. (This only needs to be reset after you have
had the oil changed.)
TRIP RESET By using this button, you can tell how
far you’ve gone since you last set the
TRIP RESET back
to zero. To reset, press and hold the button until zeros
appear. If your vehicle is domestic, the trip odometer
will return to zero after 999.9 miles
(1 609 km). If your
vehicle is Canadian, the trip odometer will return to zero
after
1 999.9 km (1,242 miles).
INFO: Pressing this button repeatedly will display the
RANGE, MPG AVG, MPG INST, GAL FUEL USED,
MPH, AVG MPH, BATTERY VOLTS and OIL
LIFE LEFT.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine TIMER: This feature is like a stopwatch, in that
you can clock the time it takes to get from one point
to another.
To operate, press the TIMER button until- TIMER OFF
0O:OO:OO is displayed on the Driver Information Center
(DIC). Each of the fields for the hours, minutes and
seconds are two numeric digits.
Once TIMER
OFF 0O:OO:OO is displayed, press the
TIMER button to start the timing feature. Press the
TIMER button again to stop it.
If you will be starting
and stopping your vehicle
-- during a trip for
instance
-- the TIMER feature will automatically start
timing where it left off when you last stopped. To reset
it, press,and hold the INFO RESET button
until the
display reads TIMER
0O:OO:OO. Press the INFO button
to exit from the TIMER function.
ENG/MET: You can change the display from English
(miles) to metric (kilometers) by pressing this button.
The same button also changes other readings (like
temperature, fuel and odometer).
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DIC Messages
These messages will appear if there is a problem sensed
in one of your vehicle’s systems. Vehicles that are first
sold in Canada will have a number after each message.
This number helps to identify the message which is only
displayed in English.
APPLY BRAKE TO SHIFT - 46: This message will
appear
if your vehicle is in PARK (P) for about 15
seconds and the brake is not pressed in. To remove this
message from the Driver Information Center (DIC)
display, hold the
OFF and the blue (cooler) buttons on
the digital cluster control panel for about five seconds.
On the analog climate control panel, press the
OFF
button (next to the MODE button) and the down arrow
on the PASS TEMP button for about five seconds. Hold
the same two buttons to display the message again.
BATTERY NOT CHARGING - 7: This message will
appear if the battery is not.being charged. Have the
electrical system checked by your dealership at your
earliest convenience.
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shows that the electrical charging system is
overcharging (more than 16 volts). To avoid being
stranded, have the electrical system checked by your
dealership. You can reduce the charging overload by
using the accessories. Turn on the lamps and radio, set
the climate control on AUTO and the fan speed on HI,
and turn the rear window defogger on.
You can monitor
battery voltage on the Driver Information Center (DIC)
by pressing the
INFO button. The normal range is
11.5 to 15.5 volts when the engine is running.
BATTERY VOLTAGE LOW - 6: This message will
appear when the electrical system is charging less than
10 volts or if the battery has been drained. If this
message appears immediately after starting,
it is possible
that the generator can still recharge the battery. The
battery should recharge and may take a few hours to do
so. Consider using an auxiliary charger to boost the
battery after returning home or to a final destination.
(Be sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions when
recharging the battery.)
If this message appears while driving or after starting
your vehicle and stays on, have it checked immediately
to determine the cause of this problem.
To help the
generator recharge the battery quickly, you can reduce
the load on the electrical system by turning
off the
accessories. You can monitor battery voltage on the Driver Information Center (DIC) by pressing the
INFORMATION
(INFO) button. The normal range is
11.5 to 15.5 volts.
BRAKE VACUUM PROBLEM -108: The circuit in
the brake booster vacuum has shorted or is loose when
this message appears. Your vehicle may lose power
brakes but you will still have the use of manual brakes.
The power brakes will not be affected if the problem
is
caused by a failed sensor. Have your vehicle serviced
immediately at your dealership.
CHANGE ENGINE OIL - 82: This means that the life
of the engine oil has expired and it should be changed
within
200 miles (322 km). See “Engine Oil” and “Filter
Recommendations’’ in the Maintenance Schedule
booklet. After an oil change, the Oil Life Indicator must be reset. For more information, see “How to Reset the
Oil Life Indicator” in the Index.
CHANGE TRANS FLUID - 47: This message will
appear when it is time to replace the transaxle fluid. See
the Maintenance Schedule booklet for the proper fluid
and change intervals.
CHECK BRAKE FLUID - 37: This message will
display if the ignition is in RUN to inform the driver that
the brake fluid level is low. Check the brake reservoir
level and add fluid as needed. Have the brake system
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