radio Seat Altea 2010 Owner's Guide

Cleaning and caring for your vehicle
216Vehicle interior maintenancePlastic parts and dash panel cleaning– Use a clean, damp cloth to clean plastic parts and the dash
panel.
– If this does not provide satisfactory results, use a special solvent-free plastic cleaning product.
WARNING
Never clean the dash panel and the airbag module surface with cleansers
containing solvents. Solvents cause the surface to become porous. If the
airbag triggered, disintegrating plastic parts could cause substantial inju-
ries.
Caution
Cleaning products which contain solvents will damage the material.Wooden trim cleaning*– Clean the wooden trim with a water-moistened clean cloth.
– If this does not provide satisfactory results, use a gentle soap
solution.
CautionCleaning products which contain solvents will damage the material.
Cloth seat covers and fabric trim cleaningCloth seat covers and fabric trim on the doors, headlining etc. can be cleaned
with a special interior cleanser or with dry foam and a soft brush.Cleaning the radio and climate controlsTo clean the radio and/or climate controls, use a soft damp cloth. For more
resistant dirt, a neutral soap solution may be used.Leather cleaning*Normal cleaning
– Moisten a cotton or woollen cloth with water and wipe over the leather surfaces.
Cleaning stubborn stains
– More stubborn dirt can be removed using a mild soap solution (pure liquid soap; two tablespoons diluted in one litre of water)
and a cloth.
– Do not let the water soak through the leather or soak into the seams.
– Then wipe off with a soft, dry cloth.
Leather maintenance
– The leather should be treated twice a year with a special leather- care product, available in your Authorised Service Centre.
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Accessories, replacement of parts and modifications219
Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Technical Data
WARNING
Incorrectly performed modifications or other kind of work on your vehicle
can lead to malfunctions and cause accidents.Roof aerial*The vehicle may be fitted with a foldable* and anti-theft* aerial that may be
positioned parallel to the roof.
To f o l d d o w n
Unscrew the rod, position parallel to the roof and tighten once again.
To return to working position
Continue in the reverse order to the previous instruction.
Caution
If an automatic car wash tunnel is used, before entering the tunnel, put the
aerial down parallel to the roof and do not tighten to avoid damage.Mobile telephones and radiotelephonesFirst consult your Authorised Service Centre if you wish to use a mobile tele-
phone or a two-way radio with a transmitting power output in excess of
10 watts. Here you will receive information concerning the technical possibil-
ities for retrofitting this equipment.
Mobile telephones and two-way radios should be only fitted by a qualified
workshop, for example an Authorised Service Centre.
WARNING
•Always concentrate primarily on driving. If you are distracted while
driving you could have an accident.•Never attach the telephone mountings to the surfaces covering the
airbag units or within the range of the airbags. There is a high risk of injury
if the airbag is triggered.Note
Please observe the operating instructions of your mobile telephone / two-way
radio.
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Checking and refilling levels
222
Refuelling with LPG
–Before refuelling, stop the engine and switch off the ignition.
–Open the tank flap.
– Before refuelling, please read the instructions on the pump.
– Unscrew the cap of the gas filler neck .
– Screw the required adapter on the gas filler neck .
– Refuel as indicated in the instructions on the pump.
– Unscrew the adapter .
– Screw on the cap of the gas filler neck .
– Close the tank flap.When the hose is removed from the tank, a small amount of LPG may spill out
⇒ . The LPG tank
⇒fig. 159 in the spare wheel well has a capacity of 39 litres. If
the outside temperatures are very low, it may not be possible to completely
fill the LPG tank.
Pump attachments
There are a variety of types of LPG pump, and the methods of use may vary.
Therefore, let the pump operator fill the tank when refuelling for the first time
or fill from another pump.
Noises when refuelling with LPG
When refuelling with LPG, noises may be heard. These noises are insignifi-
cant.
WARNING
Failure to refuel or handle LPG in the correct way could result in a fire, cause
an explosion or lead to injury.•LPG is a highly explosive and inflammable substance. It may cause
severe burns and other injury.•Switch off the engine before refuelling.•Always disconnect mobile phones and any other radiophony appli-
ances, as electromagnetic waves may produce sparks and cause a fire.•Do not remain in the vehicle while refuelling. If it is absolutely neces-
sary to enter the vehicle, close the door and touch a metal surface before
touching the attachment again. This will prevent the generation of static
electricity and any possible fires while refuelling.•Small quantities of LPG may leak out after refuelling. If LPG comes into
contact with skin, there is a risk of freezing.•Do not smoke and always keep bare flames away from the tank during
refuelling. Failure to do so may lead to an explosion.
Fig. 159 LPG tank in
spare wheel well
A1
A2
A1
A2
A1
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If and when
264Fuses on left side of dash panelFusesNumber
Consumer
Amps
1
Va can t
2
Va can t
3
Va can t
4
Va can t
5
Va can t
6
Va can t
7
Va can t
8
Va can t
9
Airbag
5
10
RSE input (roof screen)
10
11
Va can t
12
Left xenon headlight
10
13
Instrument panel (oil level)/Switchboard wiring
(BCM)/Heater / ABS, ESP/ Park Pilot/ Gate-
way/Flow meter
5
14
Gearbox/Servosteering/Brake light sensor/
Trailer/ ABS, ESP/ Haldex/ Light switch
10
15
Heated windscreen / Instrument lighting / Diag-
nosis switchboard/Engine management/Addi-
tional heating/AFS headlamps/Park Pilot
10
16
Right xenon headlight
10
17
Engine management / RSE system with START
STOP
10
18
Kombi / levers with START STOP
5
19
Navigation/ radio with START STOP
15
20
Park Pilot (Parking assistant) / Gear lever/ ESP
switchboard
10
21
Vacant
22
Volumetric alarm sensor/ Alarm horn
5
23
Diagnosis / Rain sensor / Light switch
10
24
Trailer hook pre-installation assistant
15
25
Switchboard coupling automatic gearbox
20
26
Vacuum pump
20
27
RSE supply (Ceiling display) without START STOP
10
28
Rear window wiper motor
20
29
Vacant
30
Cigarette lighter / socket
20
31
Vacant
32
Vacant
33
Heater
40
34
Vacant
35
Vacant
36
Vacant
37
Vacant
38
Vacant
39
Trailer control unit (coupling)
15
Number
Co nsum er
Amps
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Technical Data
Some of the electrical items listed in the table are only fitted on certain
models or are optional extras. Please note that the above list, while correct at the time of printing, is subject
to alterations. If discrepancies should occur, please refer to the sticker on the
inside of the fuse cover for the correct information for your model.
Fuses layout, engine compartment, left partFuses
40
Trailer control unit (indicators, brakes and left
side)
20
41
Trailer control unit (fog light, reversing light and
right side)
20
42
BCM wiring switchboard
20
43
Trailer pre-installation
40
44
Rear window heater
25
45
Electric windows (front)
30
46
Rear electric windows
30
47
Engine (Fuel control unit, petrol relay)
15
48
Convenience controls
20
49
Heating controls
40
50
Heated seats
30
51
Sunroof
20
52
Headlight washer system
20
53
Trailer hook pre-installation assistant
20
54
Taxi (taximeter power supply)
5
55
Trailer hook pre-installation assistant
20
56
Taxi (taximeter power supply)
15
57
Telephone power supply with START STOP
10
58
Central locking control unit
30
Number
Consumer
Amps
Number
Consumer
Amps
1
Windscreen wipers
20
2
DQ200 gearbox
30
3
Cable control unit
5
4
ABS
20
5
AQ gearbox
15
6
Instrument panel/Steering column
5
7
Ignition key
40
8
Radio
15
9
Telephone/TomTom Navigator
5
10
Engine management
5
Engine management
10
11
Vaca nt
12
Electronic control unit
5
13
Petrol injection module supply
15
Diesel injection module supply
30
14
Coil
20
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Index303
head restraints
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 134
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
head restraints, correct adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 13 In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Heated window 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Hill-start aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Indicators indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Information texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior front light, type 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior front light, type 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275KKeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 173, 221
LPG system
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 152
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 120 Main beam headlights
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Maintenance airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mirrors Exterior mirrors, electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Mobile telephones and radiotelephones . . . . 219
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Multi-purpose* mobile stowage compartment 146 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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Index
304Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Power steering system
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 209
RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Radio navigation Steering wheel controls audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear shelf Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Remote control key
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Repairs airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Roof stowage compartment* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructionsCoolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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