Heat Distribution Lever; Defroster Vents; Hints For Defogging And Defrosting - Volkswagen Beetle 1977 Owner's Manual

1 b - H e a t distribution lever for front
and rear footwells (DEF-HEAT)
With the lever on the tunnel next to the
driver's seal you can control the dis-
tribution of heat to the front and rear
footwells.
Lever down - front and rear footwells
closed
Lever up - front and rear footwells
fully open
You can select any intermediate position
to regulate the distribution of heat to the
front and rear footwells.
2 - Defroster vents for front side
windows
(Convertible only)
Volume and direction of the air coming
from the outlets on the dashboard can
be controlled separately by adjusting
the flaps in the outlets. They can be
opened or closed by pressing against
one side of the flaps. When the flaps are
closed, the entire volume of warm air
flows through the vents at the windshield
(- 1 -)•
Beetle
Hints for defogging and defrosting
Defogging and defrosting your wind-
shield will be more effective if you direcl
the total air flow toward the windshield.
Here is what to do:
1. Heater temperature l e v e r - 1 a - a l l the
way up [TEMP) - heat is on.
2. Heat distribution lever - 1 b - all the
way down (DEF) - no heat to the front
and rear footwells.
3. Set the levers in the vents-2a-below
the windshield straight up.
(Convertible: open the flaps in the front
side window vents - 2 - ) .
For defogging purposes il may be ad-
visable to add fresh air to the warm air
flow
4. Turn both fresh air knobs - 10 - (Con-
vertible: the left fresh air knob - 19 - )
Convertible to the left (see next page) and turn on
1 the fresh a i r f a n - 1 8 - ( s e e page 28),
Now all air is directed toward the wind-
shield (Convertible: and to the front side
windows).