KIA CERATO 2008 Owners Manual

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Cup holder
Front
Cups or small beverage cans may be
placed in the cup holders.
WARNING- Ashtray use
Do not use the vehicle’s ash- trays as waste receptacles.
Putting lit cigarettes or match- es in an ashtray with other
combustible materials may
cause a fire.
WARNING - Hot liquids
Do not place uncovered cups of hot liquid in the cup holder
while the vehicle is in motion.
If the hot liquid spills, you
could be burned. Such a burnto the driver could cause a
loss of control of the vehicle.
To reduce the risk of personal injury in the event of sudden
stop or collision, do not place
uncovered or insecure bot-
tles, glasses, cans, etc., in the
cup holder while the vehicle isin motion.
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Rear (if equipped)
To use the cup holders in rear seat,
pull the rear cup holder cover (
1) out.
Push the cover to close after use.
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Do not place heavy cups or cans in cup holders. Cup holders could bedamaged.
Sunvisor
Use the sunvisor to shield direct light
through the front or side windows.
To use a sunvisor, pull it downward. To use a sunvisor for a side window,
pull it downward, unsnap it from the
bracket (
1) and swing it to the side.
To use the vanity mirror, pull down
the visor and pull up the mirror cover
(driver’s side) ( 2).
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Close the vanity mirror cover (dri-
ver’s side) securely and return the
sunvisor to its original position afteruse.
Power socket (if equipped)
The power outlets are designed to
provide power for mobile telephones
or other devices designed to operate
with vehicle electrical systems. The
devices should draw less than 10
amps with the engine running.
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Digital clock (if equipped)
Whenever the battery terminals,
ROOM fuse, or Power Connect are
disconnected, you must reset the
time.
When the ignition switch is in the
ACC or ON position, the clock but-
tons operates as follows:
HOUR:
Pressing the “H” button with your
finger, a pencil or similar object will
advance the time displayed by one
hour.
MINUTE: Pressing the “M” button with your
finger, a pencil or similar object will
advance the time displayed by one
minute.
Display conversion
To change the 12 hour format to the
24 hour format, press the “H+M” but-
ton at the same time for more than 4
seconds.
For example, if the “H+M” button is
pressed at the same time for morethan 4 seconds while the time is
10:15 p.m., the display will bechanged to 22:15.
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Shopping bag holder (if equipped)
To use the holder, push the lower
portion.If your vehicle is equipped with this
feature, you can slide or tilt your sun-
roof with the sunroof control buttons
located on the overhead console.(1) Slide button
(2) Tilt button
(3) Close buttonThe sunroof can only be opened, closed, or tilted when the ignition
switch is in the “ON” position.
CAUTION
Do not hang a bag weighing
more than 3 kg (7 lbs.). It may cause damage to the shoppingbag holder.
SUNROOF (IF EQUIPPED)
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Tilting the sunroof
Autotilt open
To use the autotilt feature, momen-
tarily (less than 0.4 second) press
the TILT UP ( ) button on the
overhead console. The sunroof will
tilt all the way open. To stop the sun-
roof tilting at any point, press any
sunroof control button.
Manual tilt open
Press the TILT UP ( ) button on
the overhead console for more than0.4 second. Close
To close the sunroof, press the
CLOSE ( ) button on the over-head console and hold it until thesunroof is closed.Sunshade The sunshade will be opened with the glass panel automatically when
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In case of an emergency
If the sunroof does not open electri- cally:
1. Open the sunglass holder.
2. Remove the two screws, and then
remove the overhead console.
3. Insert the emergency handle (pro- vided with the vehicle) and turn
the handle clockwise to open or
counterclockwise to close. Resetting the sunroof
Whenever the vehicle battery is dis-
connected or discharged, or you use
the emergency handle to operate the
sunroof, you have to reset your sun-
roof system as follows:
1. Turn the ignition key to the ON
position.
2. According to the position of the sunroof, do as follows.
1) in case that the sunroof hasclosed completely or been tilt- ed
: Press the TILT UP ( ) but- ton for 1 second.
2) in case that the sunroof has slide-opened
: Press and hold the CLOSE ( ) button for more than 5seconds until the sunroof has
closed completely. And then
press the TILT UP ( ) but-
ton for 1 second 3. Then, release it.
4. Press and hold the TILT UP ( )
button once again until the sun-
roof has returned to the original
position of TILT UP ( ) after it is
raised a little higher than the max-
imum TILT UP ( ) position.
When this is complete, the sunroofsystem is reset.
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To keep items from shifting in the
trunk, you can use the four rings
located in the trunk to attach thecargo net.
✽✽NOTICE
Do not put fragile, bulky or an excessive quantity of items into lug-
gage net. They could be damaged.
LUGGAGE NET (IF EQUIPPED)
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WARNING
To avoid eye injury, DO NOT
overstretch the netting.
ALWAYS keep face and body
out of recoil path of the net, incase of strap.
DO NOT use the luggage net
when strap has visible signs of
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Fixed rod antenna (if equipped)
Your car uses a fixed rod antenna to
receive both AM and FM broadcast
signals.
This antenna is removable. To
remove the antenna, turn it counter-
clockwise. To install the antenna, turn
it clockwise. Roof type antenna (if equipped)
If your vehicle has an audio system, an amplifying antenna is installed in
your vehicle.
This antenna can be removed from
the vehicle when you wash your
vehicle.
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