buttons VAUXHALL ASTRA J 2016.75 User Guide

184Driving and operatingIn the following cases, forward
collision alert may not detect a vehicle ahead or sensor performance is
limited:
● on winding roads
● when weather limits visibility, such as fog, rain, or snow
● when the sensor is blocked by snow, ice, slush, mud, dirt,
windscreen damage or affected
by foreign items, e.g. stickers
Following distance indication
The following distance indication
displays the distance to a preceding
moving vehicle. The front camera in
the windscreen is used to detect the
distance of a vehicle directly ahead in
the vehicle's path. It is active at
speeds above 25 mph.
When a preceding vehicle is detected
ahead, the distance is indicated in
seconds, displayed on a page in the
Driver Information Centre.On Midlevel display, choose Info
Menu ? via MENU on the turn
signal lever and turn the adjuster wheel to choose following distance
indication page, 3 113
On Uplevel display, select Info menu
via steering wheel buttons and press o to select following distance
indication 3 113.
The minimum indicated distance is 0.5 seconds.
If there is no vehicle ahead or the
vehicle ahead is out of range, two
dashes will be displayed: -.- sec.
Active emergency braking
Active emergency braking can help toreduce the damage and injury from
crashes with vehicles and obstacles
directly ahead, when a collision can no longer be avoided either by
manual braking or by steering. Before the active emergency braking
applies, the driver is warned by the
forward collision alert 3 181.
The feature uses various inputs (e.g.
camera sensor, brake pressure,
vehicle speed) to calculate the
probability of a frontal collision.
Active emergency braking operates
above walking speed up to 53 mph. A precondition is that the system is not
deactivated by toggling the gap
switch V to Off setting, 3 181.
The system includes: ● brake preparation system
● emergency automatic braking ● forward looking brake assist

Driving and operating1977'' Colour-Info-Display: Activation or
deactivation of the visual guiding lines
and the warning symbols can be
changed via touch buttons in the
lower zone of the display.
8'' Colour-Info-Display: Activation or
deactivation of the visual guiding lines and the warning symbols can be
changed in the Settings menu in the
Info-Display. Select the relevant
setting in Settings, I Vehicle .
Info-Display 3 118.
Vehicle personalisation 3 122.
Fault
Fault messages are displayed with a 9 on the top line of the Info-Display.
The rear view camera may not
operate properly when:
● The surrounding is dark.
● The sun or the beam of headlights is shining directly into
the camera lens.
● Ice, snow, mud, or anything else covers the camera lens. Clean
the lens, rinse it with water, and
wipe it with a soft cloth.● The vehicle is towing a trailer.
● The vehicle had a rear end accident.
● There are extreme temperature changes.
Traffic sign assistant Functionality
Traffic sign assistant detects
designated traffic signs via a front
camera and displays them in the
Driver Information Centre.
If the vehicle is equipped with an
embedded navigation system, traffic
signs fom data maps may be included additionally.
Traffic signs, which will be detected,
are:
Limit and no passing signs ● speed limit
● no passing
● end of speed limit
● end of no passingRoad signs
Beginning and end of:
● city regions (country specific)
● motorways
● A-roads
● play streets

Driving and operating199On Uplevel display, choose Info
Menu via right steering wheel buttons
and press P or Q to select traffic
sign assistant page 3 113.
When another page on the Driver
Information Centre menu was
selected and then traffic sign
assistant page is chosen again, the
last recognised traffic sign will be
displayed.
Alert function
The alert function can be activated or deactivated in the setting menu of the
traffic sign assistant page.Once activated and when the traffic
sign detection page is currently not
displayed, newly detected speed limit
and no passing signs are displayed
as popup alerts in the Driver
Information Centre.
On Midlevel Display, when traffic sign assistant page is displayed, press
SET/CLR on the turn signal lever.
Select Alerts ON or Alerts OFF by
turning the adjuster wheel and press
SET/CLR .
On Uplevel Display, when traffic sign
assistant page is displayed, press q
on the steering wheel controls.
Activate alerts by setting J,
deactivate alerts by setting I via
button 9.
Pop-up alert is displayed for approx.
eight seconds in the Driver
Information Centre.
System reset The content of the traffic sign display
can be cleared in the setting menu of
the traffic sign assistant page by
selecting Reset and confirm by
pressing SET/CLR on the turn signal
lever or 9 on the steering wheel
controls.