Fiat Idea Owner's Handbook Manual page 54

Manual intervention is only required for
the following functions during fully auto-
matic operation.
❒ MONO to uniform the temperature
and the air distribution on front pas-
senger or rear passenger zones to the
driver's zone;
❒ ... air recirculation, to keep it always
on or off;
❒ - to speed up demisting/defrosting of
windscreen, side windows, rear window
and door mirrors;
❒ ( to demist/defrost the heated rear
window and the external rearview
mirrors.
During completely automatic system op-
eration, you can vary the set temperature,
the air distribution and the fan speed us-
ing the corresponding buttons or knobs
at any time: the system will automatically
change settings to adapt to the new re-
quest.
During fully automatic operation (FULL
AUTO), the word FULL will dissapear
if the air distribution, air speed, compres-
sor and/or recirculation settings are
changed. In this way, the functions will
switch from automatic to manual control
until AUTO is pressed again. The fan
speed is the same in all the zones of the
passenger compartment.
With on or more manually set functions,
the introduced air temperature is still
managed automatically by the system, ex-
cept for when the compressor is off: in the
case, the air introduced into the passen-
ger compartment cannot be cooler than
the outside air.
CONTROLS FOR
H-N air
temperature setting
knobs
Turn the knobs clock-
wise or anticlockwise to
turn the temperature up
or down in the front left
zone (knob N) and the
right zone (knob H) of
the passenger compart-
ment respectively.
The system manages two passenger com-
partment zones: the driver and passen-
ger can therefore select different tem-
peratures. The maximum difference be-
tween the two zones is 7°C.
The set temperature is shown on the dis-
play near the knobs.
Press A (MONO) to automatically align
the temperature in the front passenger
zone to the driver's side temperature. The
same temperature can be set in both
zones by turning knob N on driver's side.
This function is used to adjust the tem-
perature in the passenger compartment
when the driver only is in the car.
To go back to separate air and tempera-
ture distribution in the two zones of the
passenger compartment, simply turn the
knobs H or press (A-MONO) when the
LED on the button is on.
Turn the knobs either all to the right or
all to the left to the extreme HI or LO
positions to use the maximum heating or
maximum cooling functions:
❒ HI function (maximum heating):
select by turning the temperature knob
clockwise over the maximum value
(32 °C). It can be operated from either
by the driver or by the front passenger
(by selecting the MONO function).
This function may be used to cool down
the passenger compartment as fast as
possible and exploit the system potential
to the maximum. The function uses the
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