Partment - Mercedes-Benz Metris Operator's Manual

Operating the climate control system
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If you wish to use the driver's side settings on
R
the front-passenger side and, for vehicles
with rear-compartment air conditioning, for
the rear compartment as well, use the "Syn-
chronization" function. The indicator lamp in
the 0 button comes on when the function
is switched on.
After long journeys, you can use the residual
R
heat of the engine to heat the stationary vehi-
cle. The residual heat function can only be
switched on or off while the ignition is
switched off. The indicator lamp in the Ì
button comes on when the function is
switched on.
Approximately 60 minutes after parking the
vehicle, automatic climate control can switch on
automatically, depending on the outside tem-
perature. The vehicle is then ventilated for about
30 minutes at low fan setting and the automatic
climate control system is dried out.
During automatic engine switch-off, the climate
control system only operates at a reduced capa-
city. Further information on the automatic
engine switch-off can be found under "ECO
start/stop function" (
Information on rear-compartment air
conditioning
Vehicles with TEMPMATIC air-conditioning
system
Switch the rear-compartment air-conditioning
system on and off using the TEMPMATIC air-
conditioning system control panel. When you
switch on the rear-compartment heating, the
settings for temperature, airflow and air distri-
bution are automatically adopted on the control
panel for the rear-compartment heating.
The indicator lamp in the / button comes on
when the rear-compartment air-conditioning is
switched on ( page 108).
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Vehicles with automatic climate control
To operate the rear-compartment air condition-
ing, use the control panel of the automatic cli-
mate control system. When you switch on the
rear-compartment air conditioning, you can set
the temperature and airflow separately on the
control panel. The airflow setting is automati-
cally adopted for the rear-compartment air con-
ditioning. When automatic climate control is in
à automatic mode, the air distribution of the
rear-compartment air conditioning is also auto-
matically adjusted.
page 122).
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When you set the temperature and airflow of the
rear-compartment air conditioning, the indica-
tor lamp of the / button (
flashes. When the rear-compartment air condi-
tioning is switched on, the indicator lamp on
the / button lights up.
For optimum climate control, set the tempera-
ture to 72 ‡ (22 †) and switch on à auto-
matic mode. Only change the temperature in
small increments.
Operating the climate control system
Switching the climate control on/off
Important safety notes
When the climate control is switched off, air
intake and air circulation also stop. Only use this
setting for a brief period. Otherwise, the win-
dows could fog up.
Air-conditioning system
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock.
X
To switch on: turn airflow control A clock-
X
wise to at least level 1 – (
To switch off: turn airflow control A coun-
X
ter-clockwise to position 0.
Automatic climate control
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock.
X
To switch on: press the à button.
X
The indicator lamp in the à button and the
display are switched on. The climate control is
automatically adjusted depending on the set
temperature ( page 112).
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or
Press the K button and set blower setting
X
1 or above.
The blower settings are shown in the display
as a bar graph.
To switch off: press the I button and,
X
after reaching the lowest blower speed, press
it again.
The control panel display goes off.
Preferably switch on climate control using the
à button.
page 109)
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page 108).
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