Rear Window - Skoda Rapid 2013 Owner's Manual

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Closing the bonnet.
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Switch on the ignition.
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Press the windscreen wiper lever into position
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When the wipers are in the highest position
Fold the wiper arms back to the windscreen before starting to drive! The wiper
arms will move back to their home position after you switch on the ignition.
Lifting the wiper blades and folding them away
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Bring the wiper arms into the service position
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Touch the wiper arms only in the area of the wiper blade mounting.
CAUTION
To avoid damage to the bonnet and the wiper arms, fold the wiper arms forward
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only in the service position.
Fold the wiper arms back to windscreen before you start to drive.
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Rear window

Interior mirror
The driver must always adjust the interior mirror such that adequate visibility to
the rear through the rear window is ensured.
Basic setting
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Pull the lever on the bottom edge of the mirror forward
Dimming mirror
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Push the lever on the bottom edge of the mirror backwards
» fig. 19 on page 29.
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» fig. 21, switch off the ignition.
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Fig. 22
Manual dimming interior mirror
» fig. 22.
» fig. 22.
Exterior mirror
Fig. 23 In the front doors: control knob for mechanical exterior mirror / In
the driver's door: rotary knob for electric exterior mirrors
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Adjust the rear mirror before commencing to drive so that there is a clear view to
the rear.
The exterior mirrors are adjusted by moving the control knob
ing the rotary knob » fig. 23 - .
Zero position
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Place the rotary knob into the position 
mirrors possible.
Adjusting the left-hand exterior mirror
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Place the rotary knob into the position 
surface is identical to the movement of the rotary knob.
Adjusting the right-hand exterior mirror
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Place the rotary knob into the position 
surface is identical to the movement of the rotary knob.
WARNING
Convex (curved outward) exterior mirrors increase the field of vision. They
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do, however, make objects appear smaller in the mirror. These mirrors are
therefore only of limited use for estimating distances to the following vehi-
cles.
Whenever possible use the interior mirror for estimating the distances to
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the following vehicles.
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» fig. 23 -  or turn-
» fig. 23. No adjustment of the external
» fig. 23. The movement of the mirror
» fig. 23. The movement of the mirror
Lights and Visibility
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