Defrosting The Windshield - Mercedes-Benz 2016 Metris Operator's Manual

Rear-compartment air-conditioning
system
Vehicles with TEMPMATIC air-condition-
ing system
Switch on climate control (
X
The air conditioning settings for temperature,
airflow and, for rear-compartment air condi-
tioning, also the setting for air distribution are
also applied to the rear-compartment climate
control.
Vehicles with automatic climate control
Switch on climate control (
X
To increase or decrease: press the /
X
button on the control panel of the automatic
climate control.
The indicator lamp in the / button flashes.
The control panel display shows the second
menu level for the temperature and airflow
setting of the rear compartment air condi-
tioning.
Press the K or I button.
X
The control panel display shows the rear-
compartment airflow control setting as a bar
display.
If you do not make any more settings for
approximately ten seconds, the control panel
display shows menu level 1 again for the auto-
matic climate control settings. The indicator
lamp in the / button remains lit.
Activating/deactivating the synchro-
nization function
General notes
The automatic climate control system can be set
centrally using the synchronization function.
The temperature setting for the driver's side is
then adopted for the front-passenger side and,
on vehicles with rear-compartment air condi-
tioning, the rear compartment too.
Automatic climate control
Switch on climate control (
X
Press the 0 button.
X
If the indicator lamp in the 0 button lights
up, the function is switched on. The display
then shows the temperature set on the driv-
er's side for the front-passenger side.
Operating the climate control system
The synchronization function switches off if
the temperature setting for the front-
passenger side or for the rear compartment is
altered. The indicator lamp on the 0 but-
ton then goes out.
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Y

Defrosting the windshield

General notes
You can use the following settings to defrost the
windshield or to defrost the inside of the wind-
shield and the front side windows.
page 111).
Y
Only use the following settings until the wind-
shield is clear.
Air-conditioning system
Switch on climate control (
X
Turn temperature control : and airflow con-
X
trol A clockwise to the z setting
(
Y
Select the ¯ air distribution setting
X
(
Y
Only the indicator lamp in the ¯ button
lights up. The indicator lamps on the P and
O buttons are off.
Automatic climate control
Switch on climate control (
X
To activate/deactivate the windshield
X
defrosting function: press the ¬ button.
The indicator lamp in the ¬ button comes
on when the windshield defrosting function is
switched on. Temperature, airflow and air dis-
tribution are automatically set to the optimum
defrosting effect. Air-recirculation mode is
deactivated.
When you activate automatic mode, the wind-
shield defrosting function is automatically
deactivated.
When you deactivate the windshield defrosting
function, the previous automatic climate control
settings are reactivated with the exception of
air-recirculation mode. Air-recirculation mode
remains deactivated.
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Y
Y
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Y
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