lights VOLVO XC90 2006 User Guide

73 Climatecontrol
ElectronicClimateControl,ECC1.A/C–ON/OFF
2.Recirculation/Multifilterwithsensor
3.Recirculation
4.AUTO
5.Airdistribution
6.Passengercompartmenttemperature
sensor
7.Defroster,windscreenandside
windows
8.Rearwindowanddoormirrordefroster
9.Heatedfrontseats
10.Temperature,right-handside
11.Temperature,left-handside
12.Fan
13.Fan,rearpassengercompartment
(optionincarsseatingseven)
1.A/C–ON/OFFTheairconditioningsystemiscontrolled
automaticallybythesystemwhentheON
LEDislit.Thisway,incomingairiscooled
anddehumidifiedsufficiently.WhenA/C
OFFisselectedandtheOFFLEDcomeson,
theairconditioningsystemisalwaysdiscon-
nected;otherfunctionsarestillcontrolled
automatically.Theairconditioningsystem
operatesdowntoapproximately0°C.2.Airqualitysystem(optionin
certainmarkets)Certaincarsareequippedwitha"Multifilter"
andairqualitysensor.TheMultifilter
separatesgasesandparticles,thusreducing
thevolumeofodoursandpollutants.Theairqualitysensordetectsincreasedlevelsof
contaminantsintheoutsideair.Whentheair
qualitysensordetectscontaminatedoutside
air,theairintakeisclosedandtheairinthe
passengercompartmentisrecirculated.The
Multifilteralsocleanstheairrecirculatingin
thepassengercompartment.
Whentheairqualitysensorisactive,the
greenAUTLEDlightsin.
Operation
Presstoactivatetheairquality
sensor(normalsetting).
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74 ClimatecontrolElectronicClimateControl,ECCOr:
Selectoneofthefollowingthreefunctionsby
pressingrepeatedly.
MANLEDlit:Recirculationisnow
activated.
NoLEDlit:Recirculationisnotactivated
unlessneededtocoolinawarmclimate.
AUTLEDlit:Theairqualitysensorisnow
activated.
Keepinmindthefollowing:
Makeitaruletohavetheairquality
sensoractivatedatalltimes.
Recirculationislimitedincoldweatherto
avoidmisting.
Ifmistingoccurs,youshoulddeactivate
theairqualitysensor.
Ifmistingoccurs,youcanusethe
defrosterfunctionsforthewindscreen,
sidewindowsandrearwindow.
FollowtheVolvoServiceProgrammefor
therecommendedreplacementintervalof
theMultifilter.Ifthecarisusedina
severelycontaminatedenvironment,it
maybenecessarytochangetheMulti-
filtermoreoften.
3.RecirculationRecirculationcanbeusedtoshutoutbadair,
exhaust,etc.fromthepassenger
compartment.Theairinthepassenger
compartmentisthenrecirculated,i.e.noair
fromoutsidethecaristakenintothecar
whenthisfunctionisactivated.
Ifyouallowtheairinthecartorecirculate,
thereisariskoficingandmisting,especially
inwinter.
Thetimerfunction(carswithMultifilterandair
qualitysensorhavenotimerfunction)
minimisestheriskforice,mistingandbadair.
Activatethefunctionasfollows:
–Pressformorethan3seconds.
TheLEDflashesfor5seconds.Theair
recirculatesinthecarfor3–12minutes
dependingontheoutsidetemperature.
–Thetimerfunctionisactivatedeachtime
youpress.
Toswitchoffthetimerfunction:
–Pressagainformorethan
3seconds.TheLEDlightsfor5seconds
toconfirmyourselection.
4.AUTOAUTOfunctionautomaticallyregulates
climatecontrolsothatthedesiredtemper-
atureisattained.Theautomaticfunction
controlsheating,airconditioning,airquality
sensor,fanspeed,recirculation,andair
distribution.Ifyouselectoneormore
functionsmanually,theotherfunctions
continueoperatingautomatically.Allmanual
settingsareswitchedoffwhenAUTOis
pressed.5.AirdistributionWhenthetopbuttonisdepressed,airis
directedtothewindows.
Whenthecentrebuttonisdepressed,air
isdirectedtotheheadandbody.
Whenthelowerbuttonisdepressed,air
isdirectedtothelegsandfeet.
PressAUTOtoreturntoautomaticairdistri-
bution.6.Passengercompartment
temperaturesensorThepassengercompartmenttemperature
sensormonitorsthetemperatureinsidethe
car.
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75 Climatecontrol
ElectronicClimateControl,ECC7.Defroster,windscreenand
sidewindowsUsedtoquicklyremovemistingandicefrom
thewindscreenandsidewindows.Airflows
tothewindowsathighspeed.TheLEDinthe
defrosterbuttoncomesonwhenthisfunction
isengaged.
Whenthefunctionisselectedthefollowing
alsotakesplacetoprovidemaximum
dehumidificationoftheairinthepassenger
compartment:
theairconditioning(A/C)isautomatically
engaged(ifthefanknobisinfinal
anticlockwisepositionthentheaircondi-
tioningisnotengaged).
recirculationisautomaticallydisengaged.
Whenthedefrosterisswitchedoffthe
climatecontrolreturnstotheprevious
settings.8.Rearwindowanddoormirror
defrostersUsethisbuttontoquicklyremovemistingand
icefromtherearwindowanddoormirrors,
seepage51forfurtherinformationaboutthis
function.
9.HeatedfrontseatsDoasfollowsforheatedfrontseat(s):
Pressonce:highheat–bothLEDsinthe
switchlightup.
Presstwice:lowheat–oneLEDinthe
switchlightsup.
Pressyetagain:Heatingisswitchedoff–
noLEDintheswitchislit.
AnauthorisedVolvoworkshopcanadjustthe
temperature.10and11.TemperatureThetwoknobscanbeusedtosetthe
temperatureforthepassengeranddriver’s
sidesofthecar.Rememberthatthecardoes
notheatuporcooldownanymorequickly
evenifyouselectahigherorlowertemper-
aturethanyouwantinthepassenger
compartment.12.FanFanspeedcanbeincreasedordecreasedby
turningtheknob.IfAUTOisselected,fan
speediscontrolledautomatically.Theprevi-
ouslysetfanspeedisdisconnected.
Iftheknobforthefanisturnedsofartothe
leftthatonlytheleftLEDabovetheknob
lightswithanorangeglow,thefanandair
conditioningareswitchedoff.
13.Fan,rearpassenger
compartment(optionincars
seatingseven)Fanspeedcanbeincreasedordecreasedby
turningtheknob.ThisonlyappliesifA/Cis
selectedforbothfront(1)andrear
passengercompartment.Thebuttonforrear
passengercompartmentisinthecentre
consoleswitchpanel,seepage49.
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83 Interior
InteriorlightingGenerallightingGenerallightingisactivatedanddeactivated
bypressingthecentrebutton.Abriefpress
onthisbuttonwillswitchgenerallightingon
oroffinanysituation.Activateanddeactivate
generallightingbypressingthecentre
button.Generallightingcomesonautomati-
cally
1andremainslitforeither30secondsor
10minuteswhentheengineisoff.
Generallightingcomesonandremainslitfor
30secondswhenyou:
whenyouunlockthecarfromtheoutside
usingthekeyorremotecontrolstoptheengineandturntheignitionkey
toposition0.
Generallightinglightsupandremainslitfor
10minuteswhen:
oneofthedoorsisopen
unlessgenerallightingisswitchedoff.
Generallightingswitchesoff:
theengineisstarted
youlockthecarfromoutsideusingthe
keyorremotecontrol.
Generallightingcanbeswitchedonoroffin
allsituationsbybrieflypressingthebutton.
Unlessswitchedoffmanually,general
lightinggoesoutautomatically10minutes
aftertheengineisswitchedoff.
Youcanswitchoffthetimerbypressingthe
buttonformorethan3seconds.Whenyou
thenbrieflypressthebuttonagain,thetimer
reconnects.
Thepre-programmedtimesof30seconds
and10minutescanbemodified.Contactan
authorisedVolvoworkshop.
ReadinglampsReadinglampscanbeswitchedonoroffby
pressingtherespectivebutton.Forcars
seatingseven,bothreadinglampsforthe
thirdrowofseatsareswitchedonoroffwhen
oneofthebuttonsispressed.Unless
switchedoffmanually,readinglampsare
switchedoffautomatically10minutesafter
theignitionisswitchedoff.
1.Thefunctionislight-dependentandis
onlyactivatedwhenitisdark.
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105 Locksandalarm
LockingandunlockingTemporarydeactivationofthe
deadlocksandanydetectorsIfothersprefertoremainseatedinthecar
withthedoorslockedfromtheoutside,e.g.
duringtransportbyferry,itispossibleto
deactivatethedeadlocks.
–Insertthekeyintotheignitionswitch,turn
ittopositionIIandthenbacktopositionI
or0.
–Pressthebutton(seeillustration).
Ifthecarisequippedwithanalarm,
movementandtiltdetectorsarealsodeacti-
vated.Seepage108.
TheLEDinthebuttonlightsuntilyoulockthe
carwiththekeyorremotecontrol.Amessageisshowninthedisplayaslongasthekey
remainsintheignitionswitch.Thesensors
willbereactivatedthenexttimetheignitionis
switchedon.
WARNING!
Donotallowanyonetoremaininthecar
withoutfirstdeactivatingthedeadlock.
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108 LocksandalarmAlarm(option)ActivatingthealarmPresstheLOCKbuttonontheremote
control.Alongflashfromthecar’sdirection
indicatorsconfirmsthatthealarmisarmed
andthatalldoorsareclosed.DeactivatingthealarmPresstheUNLOCKbuttonontheremote
control.Twoshortflashesfromthecar’s
directionindicatorsconfirmthatthealarmhas
beendeactivated.AutomaticalarmactivationIfnoneofthedoorsorthetailgateisopened
withintwominutesofthealarmbeingdeacti-
vated,andthecarwasunlockedwiththe
remotecontrol,thecarreactivatesthealarm
automatically.Thecarlocksatthesametime.
Thisfunctionpreventsyoufromaccidentally
leavingthecarwithoutthealarmon.
Automaticalarmactivation
Incertaincountries(e.g.Belgium,Israel)the
alarmisactivatedafteracertaindelayifthe
driver’sdoorwasopenedandclosedbutthe
carwasnotre-locked.DeactivatingatriggeredalarmPresstheUNLOCKbuttonontheremote
controlifthealarmsoundsandyouwishto
deactivateit.Twoshortflashesofthe
directionindicatorsaregivenasconfirmation.
AlarmsignalsAnaudiblesignalisgivenfromasirenwitha
reservebattery.Eachalarmsignallasts
25seconds.
Whenthealarmistriggered,alldirection
indicatorsflashfor5minutesoruntilthe
alarmisdeactivatedasdescribedearlier.
Temporarydeactivationof
detectorsanddeadlocksToavoidinadvertentlytriggeringthealarm,
forexamplewhenleavingadoginthecaror
duringaferrycrossing,themovementandtilt
detectorscanbetemporarilydeactivated:
–Insertthekeyintheignitionswitch,turnit
topositionIIandthenbacktopositionI
or0.
–Pressthebutton.
TheLEDinthebuttonlightsuntilyoulockthe
carwiththekeyorremotecontrol.
Amessageisshowninthedisplayaslongas
thekeyremainsintheignitionswitch.This
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113 Startinganddriving
GeneralDonotoverloadthebatteryTheelectricalfunctionsinthecarloadthe
batterytovaryingdegrees.Avoidhavingthe
ignitionkeyinpositionIIwhentheengineis
turnedoff.UsepositionIinstead,asless
powerisused.The12voltoutletinthecargo
areasuppliespowerevenwhentheignition
keyisremoved.
Examplesoffunctionsthatusealotofpower:
ventilationfan
windscreenwipers
audiosystem
parkinglights.
Alsotakenoteofdifferentaccessoriesthat
loadtheelectricalsystem.Donotuse
functionstheconsumealotofcurrentwhen
theengineisswitchedoff.Atextisshownon
thedisplayinthecombinedinstrumentpanel
ifbatteryvoltageislowandremainsuntilthe
enginehasstarted.Theenergyeconomy
functionshutsdowncertainfunctionsor
reducestheloadonthebattery,e.g.by
loweringventilationfanspeedandswitching
offtheaudiosystem.
Chargethebatterybystartingtheengine.
Donotallowtheengineand
coolingsystemtooverheatUndercertainconditions,e.g.whendrivingin
hillyterrainorwithaheavyload,especiallyin
warmweather,thereisariskoftheengine
andcoolingsystemoverheating.
Toavoidthecoolingsystemoverheating
Driveatlowspeedsifdrivingwithatrailer
upalongincline.
Donotturntheengineoffimmediately
youstop,ifthecarhasbeendrivenhard.
Removeanyauxiliarylampsfrominfront
ofthegrilleifdrivinginextremehigh
temperatures.
Toavoidtheengineoverheating
Donotexceedenginespeedsof4500rpm
(dieselengine:3500rpm)ifdrivingwitha
trailerorcaravaninhillyterrain.Theoil
temperaturecanbecometoohigh.Donotdrivewiththetailgate
openIfyoudrivewiththetailgateopen,someofthe
exhaustgasesandpoisonouscarbon
monoxidecouldbesuckedintothecar
throughthecargoarea.Ifyoumustdrivea
shortdistancewiththetailgateopen,
proceedasfollows:
Closeallwindows.Distributetheairbetweenthewindscreen
andfloorwhilerunningthefanathigh
speed.
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122 StartinganddrivingBrakesystemBrakeservoIfthecarisrollingorisbeingtowedwiththe
engineturnedoff,thebrakepedalmustbe
pressedaboutfivetimesharderthanwhen
theengineisrunning.Ifthebrakepedalis
pressedwhentheengineisstarted,youwill
feelthepedaldrop.Thisisnormalanddueto
thebrakeservobecomingactive.Thismaybe
morenoticeableifthecarhasemergency
brakeassistance(EBA).
NOTE!Ifbrakingwiththeengineswitched
off,pressthebrakepedalsharplyonce,not
repeatedly.Brakecircuits
Thissymbollightsifabrakecircuitis
notworking.
Ifafaultshouldoccurinoneofthe
circuits,itisstillpossibletobrakethecar.The
brakepedalwilltravelfurtherandmayfeel
softerthannormal.Harderpressureonthe
pedalisneededtoproducethenormal
brakingeffect.Dampnesscanaffectbraking
characteristics
Brakecomponentsbecomewetwhenthecar
isdriveninheavyrain,throughpoolsofwater
orwhenthecariswashed.Thismayalter
brakepadfrictioncharacteristicssothat
thereisadelaybeforebrakingeffectis
noticed.
Pressthebrakepedallightlyfromtimetotime
ifdrivingforlongstretchesinrainorslushy
snow,aswellasaftersettingoffinverydamp
orcoldweather.Thiswarmsupthebraking
surfacesanddriesoffanywater.Itisalso
recommendedtodothisbeforeparkingthe
carforalongperiodinsuchweathercondi-
tions.
IfthebrakesareusedheavilyWhendrivingintheAlpsorotherroadswith
similarcharacteristics,thecar’sbrakesare
heavilyloadedevenifthebrakepedalisnot
beingdepressedespeciallyhard.
Becausespeedisoftenlow,thebrakesare
notcooledaseffectivelyaswhendrivingon
flatroadsathigherspeed.
Soasnottooverloadthebrakes,shiftdown
whendrivingdownhillinsteadofusingthe
footbrake.Usethesamegeardriving
downhillasyouwouldusedrivinguphill.Thisusingenginebrakingmoreefficientlyand
requiresthefootbrakeforonlybriefperiods.
Bearinmindthatdrivingwithatrailerputsan
additionalloadonthecar’sbrakes.
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
Theanti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
preventsthewheelsfromlockingup
underbraking.
Thismeanstheabilitytosteeris
maintainedanditiseasiertoswervetoavoid
ahazard,forexample.
Aftertheenginehasbeenstarted,theABS
willperformabriefself-testataspeedof
about20km/h.Thiscanbefeltandheardas
pulsesinthebrakepedal.
TogetthemostoutoftheABS:
Pressbrakepedalwithfullforce.Pulses
willbefelt.
Steerthecarinthedirectionoftravel.Do
notreleasethepressureonthepedal.
PracticebrakingwiththeABSsystemina
traffic-freeareaandindifferentweather
conditions.
TheABSsymbollightsup:forabout
twosecondswhenthecarisstartedifthe
ABSisdisengagedduetoafault.
WARNING!
Thebrakeservoonlyworkswhenthe
engineisrunning.
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125 Startinganddriving
Parkingassistance(option)ParkingassistancefrontandrearGeneralParkingassistanceisusedasanaidto
parking.Asignalindicatesthedistancetoa
detectedobject.
Thefrequencyofthesignalincreasesasyou
comeclosertoanobject
1infrontofor
behindthecar.
Thetonebecomesconstantatadistanceof
about30cm.Ifthereareobjectswithinthis
distancebothbehindandinfront
1ofthecar,
thesignalalternatesbetweenfrontandrear
speakers.Ifthevolumeofanothersoundsourcefrom
theaudiosystemishigh,thisisautomatically
lowered.
Thesystemisalwaysactivatedwhenthecar
isstarted.
Frontparkingassistance
Themeasurementareastraightinfrontofthe
carisapprox.0.8m.ThetextmessagePARK
ASSISTACTIVEappearsintheaudiodisplay
whenthesensorsreacttoanobstacleinfront
ofthecar.
Frontparkingassistancecannotbe
combinedwithextralightsbecausethe
sensorsareaffectedbytheextralights.
Rearparkingassistance
Themeasurementareastraightbehindthe
carisapprox.1.5m.ThetextmessagePARK
ASSISTACTIVEappearsintheaudiodisplay
whenreversegearisengaged.
Thesystemmustbedeactivatedwhen
drivingwithatrailer,bikecarrieronthetowbarorthelikeastheywouldtriggerthe
sensors.
Rearparkingassistanceisdeactivated
automaticallywhentowingatrailerifaVolvo
genuinetrailercableisused.
1.Providedthattheparkingassistance
ismountedbothfrontandrear.
WARNING!
Parkingassistancedoesnotrelinquishthe
driver’sownresponsibilityduringparking.
Thesensorshaveblindspotswhere
objectscannotbedetected.Beawareof
childrenandanimalsnearthecar.
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144 StartinganddrivingBLIS(BlindSpotInformationSystem)–optionSystemfunctionindaylightand
darknessDaylightIndaylightthesystemreactstotheshapeof
thesurroundingvehicles.Thesystemis
designedtodetectmotorvehiclessuchas
cars,trucks,busesandmotorcycles.DarknessIndarknessthesystemreactstothe
headlampsofsurroundingvehicles.Ifits
headlampsarenotswitchedonthenthe
systemdoesnotdetectthevehicle.This
meansforexamplethatthesystemdoesnot
reacttoatrailerwithoutheadlampswhichis
towedbehindacarortruck.Cleaning
InordertoworkmosteffectivelytheBLIS
cameralensesmustbeclean.Thelensescan
becleanedwithasoftclothordampsponge.
Cleanthelensescarefullysothattheyarenot
scratched.
WARNING!
BLISdoesnotworkinsharpbends.
BLISdoesnotworkwhenthecaris
reversing.
Awidetrailercoupledtothecarcan
concealothervehiclesinadjacentlanes.
Itcanpreventthevehicleinthescreened
areafrombeingdetectedbyBLIS.
WARNING!
Thesystemdoesnotreacttobicycles
ormopeds.
TheBLIScamerascanbedisruptedby
intensivelightorwhendrivinginthedark
whentherearenolightsources(e.g.
streetlightingorothervehicles).The
systemmaytheninterpretthelackoflight
asifthecamerashavebeenblocked.
Inbothcasesamessageisshowninthe
dashboarddisplay.
Whendrivinginsuchconditionsthe
systemcanbetemporarilyswitchedoff
(seetheinformationonthenextpage).
Whenthetextmessagehasfadedthe
systemreturnstofullfunctionality.
TheBLIScamerashavethesame
limitationsasthehumaneye,i.e.they
"see"worseinheavysnowfallorthickfog
forexample.
WARNING!
Thelensesareelectricallyheatedto
melticeorsnow.Ifnecessary,brush
snowawayfromthelenses.
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