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In s trument
s a nd warning
/ indicator
lights
9
Tachometer (engine rev counter)
The tachometer indicates the engine RPM
(revolutions per minutes).
You should shift to the next lowest gear when
the speed is below 1500 RPM. The beg inning
of the red zone in the tachometer indicates
the maximum permiss ible engine speed for
all gears once the eng ine has been broken in
a nd when it is wa rm. You sho uld shift to the
next higher gea r, switc h t he R tron ic sport
mode off or remove your foot from t he accel -
erator pedal before reaching this a rea in the
ga uge.
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Note
The needle in the tachometer¢
page 8,
fig. 3 @ may only be in the red area of the
gauge fo r a short time or the engine could
be damaged. The location whe re the red
zone beg ins varies depending on the en-
g ine.
Digital clock with date display
Your vehicle is equipped with a quartz con-
trolled digital clock.
Fig. 4
Instru m ent clus te r with t he d igita l clock
Date and time are set using the knob ¢ fig. 4.
To set the hour
• Pull the knob (hour d isplay flashes) and
turn it to the left or right.
To set the minutes
• Pull the kno b as many times as necessary
unti l the min ute display flashes .
• Turn the knob to the left or right.
To set the date
• Pull the knob as many t imes as necessary
until the day, month or year disp lay flashes.
• Turn t he knob to the left or right.
To hide or display the date
• Pull the knob as many t imes as necessary
until the date disp lay flashes.
• Turn t he knob t o t he left o r right .
Wh e n th e date d isp lay st ops blin king, this
mea ns th e ti me and da t e have been success -
fully stor ed.
Wit h the ign it ion off, push ing or pu lling the
Set/Che ck button ¢ pag e
8,
fig. 3 @ ca n t urn
o n the display field ligh ti ng for a few seco nds.
Engine coolant temperature gauge
The eng ine coolan t ga uge¢ page 8, fig. 3 @
o nly works when the igni t ion is on. To prevent
dama g e to you r engine, please note the fol -
lowing important points.
Engine cold
As long as the nee dle rem ains at the left end
of the gauge, the engine st ill has no t reac hed
its operati ng tem perature. Avoid hig h en gine
s peeds, heavy engine loads and heavy throt-
t le.
Normal temperature
When t he engine has reache d its ope rati ng
t emperature, t he need le will move int o t he
mid dle of the gauge and rema in there . If t he
engine is wor king hard at hig h outside tem-
peratures, the needle may turn further to the
right. This is no cause for concer n as long as
the .
war ning light in the inst rument cluste r
does not illuminate .
Warning light.
When the warning light .
starts to flash,
th is can mean one of two things : either the
coolant temperature is to o high, or the coo l-
ant level is t oo low¢ page 15.
If the need le is well on the rig ht side of the
gauge, the coolant temperature
is too high .
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