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Operating Instructions Tire Pressure Monitoring System 9700 Bus...
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Foreword This manual contains information concerning the operation and function of the Tire Pressure Monitoring System mounted on the 9700 US/CAN. Illustrations in this manual are used for reference only and may differ slightly from the actual vehicle. However, key components addressed in this document are represented as accurately as possible.
Contents Introduction ....................1 Introduction....................1 General Information ..................1 System Operation ..................... 2 TPMS Display ....................2 Operation...................... 3 Start-up ......................3 Pre-Trip Check ....................4 Spare tire ...................... 7 Post Trip Operation ..................8 Index......................11...
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Safety Information IMPORTANT: Before driving this vehicle, DANGER be certain that you have read and that you fully understand each and every step Danger indicates an unsafe practice that of the driving and handling information could result in serious personal injury or in this manual.
Introduction 1 Introduction This booklet is intended to help the driver about how to operate properly and take care of the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). General Information Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is a sensing device designed to identify and display tire operating data and activate an alert or warning when pressure or temperature irregularities are detected.
“_ _” The TPMS display is initially configured for current bus 9700. The TPMS display is also configured with several other parameters, including threshold levels for the alarms.
System Operation 3 Operation The system will monitor all vehicle tires plus the spare tire when a spare is supplied. And is configured for 8 tires total: two tires in front axle, 4 tires on drive axle and 2 tires on tag axle Start-up When turning the ignition switch to ON, two...
4 System Operation Pre-Trip Check When one of the preconditions defined to start the pre-trip check is met, the TPM display enters into a pre-trip check routine and the screen shown below appears. The preconditions to initiate the pre-trip are: Park brake removed Or No activity on the display menu keys for a defined time (Key pressed timeout).
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System Operation 5 Upon completion of the pre-trip check, the TPMS display will come up with one of the following screens: T8061963 A rectangle around each pressure/temperature DANGER reading of the tires that have an issue is blinking to draw the attention to the defective Continuing to operate the bus with a tires.
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6 System Operation To get the driver’s attention to the alarms, The switching to temperature by pressing the bottom section of the screen where the a key does not take place if there is an alarm message appears will blink to reverse acknowledgeable alarm active, since in this contrast at the following rate: 0.5 sec normal case pressing the key does acknowledge the...
System Operation 7 Spare tire The spare tire is monitored but it is not taken into account when setting the bottom alarm messages. This is to prevent unnecessary alarms that would otherwise occur, if for example, the spare tire is removed from a vehicle.
8 System Operation Post Trip Operation When parking the vehicle (park brake applied), the TPMS display keep the drive mode display active. The driver can press any keys to get the bottom lines showing the status information replaced with the menus. The pressure readings are still displayed and updated as new readings are received and the readings are blinking if not within the...
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System Operation 9 The display remains in this mode with the menus appearing at the bottom until the pre-trip check sequence starts again. Scrolling down below the Battery life menu will show the Settings menu. Highlighting the Settings and pressing OK allows entering the settings menu.
Index 11 Index General Information....1 Safety Information ....5 Spare tire ........ 7 Start-up ........3 System Operation ....2 Introduction ......1 TPMS Display......2 Operation ........ 3 Post Trip Operation ....8 Pre-Trip Check......4...
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