air conditioning KIA Sorento 2006 1.G User Guide

Air Conditioning Button
Push the A/C button to turn the air
conditioning system on. The indicator
light in the button will illuminate when
the fan speed control knob is on.
Push the button again to turn the air
conditioning system off.
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WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING
AND DEFOGGING
(AUTOMATIC TYPE)To Defog Inside Windshield
1. Press the defrost button ( ).
2. Select desired temperature.
3. Select any fan speed except OFF
( ) position.
4. The air-conditioning will be turned
on according to the detected ambi-
ent temperature and outside
(fresh) air position will be selected.
If you don’t want the air-conditioning
or outside (fresh) air position press
the corresponding button to cancel
the operation.To Defrost Outside Windshield
1. Press the defrost button ( ).
2. Set the fan speed to the or
position.
3. Set temperature to the extreme hot
(25°C~32°C) position.
4. The air-conditioning will be turned
on according to the detected ambi-
ent temperature and outside
(fresh) air position will be selected.
If you don’t want the air-conditioning
or outside (fresh) air position press
the corresponding button to cancel
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CAUTION
Do not use defrost position
during cooling operation in
extremely humid weather. The
difference between the temper-
ature of the outside air and that
of the windshield could cause
the outer surface of the wind-
shield to fog up, causing loss of
visibility. In this case, set the
mode selection knob to the
position and fan speed control
knob to the lower speed.
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How to cancel forced air-condition-
ing operation and outside (fresh)
air position in floor-defrost and
defrost position ;
When you select the Floor-Defrost or
Defrost position, the system automat-
ically turns on the air-conditioning
system and the outside (fresh) air
position will be selected.
If you don’t want air-conditioning and
the outside (fresh) air position when
operating in either of these modes,
you can turn off the air-conditioning
system operation by performing the
following:1. Make sure the engine is running or
the ignition switch is in the ON
position.
2. Select the defrost position press-
ing the defrost ( ) button.
3. While holding the air conditioning
button A/C depressed, depress the
recirculated air position button
( ) at least 5 times within 3 sec-
onds.
The indicator light in the recirculat-
ed air position button ( ) will
blink 3 times with 0.5 second of
interval.
If you want to return to the automatic
air conditioning system and outside
(fresh) air position, repeat the proce-
dure above.
Follow the same procedure if you
want to cancel or return to the forced
outside (fresh) air position when you
start the engine with recirculated air
position selected manually before the
engine off.
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