Maserati Levante 2021 Owner's Manual page 165

Changing the passenger temperature
setting while in "SYNC" will
automatically exit this function.
Dual Zone Climate Control
Functions
Air Conditioning (A/C)
The "A/C" soft-key allows to manually
activate or deactivate the air
conditioning system. When the air
conditioning system is turned on, cool
dehumidified air will flow through the
vents into the cabin. For improved fuel
economy, touch the "A/C" soft-key
to turn off the air conditioning and
manually adjust the blower and
airflow mode settings.
When the A/C and automatic functions
are switched off it is not possible to
have air at a lower temperature than
the outside.
Recirculation and Air Quality
Sensor (AQS)
When outside air contains smoke,
odours, or high humidity, or if rapid
cooling is desired, you may wish to
recirculate interior air by pressing the
recirculation control button or the
relevant soft-key to activate the two
different functionalities.
The recirculation function, that allows
to open/close the A/C air inlet by
operating the button on the
climate control panel or the MIA
soft-key, is integrated with the Air
Quality Sensor.
This sensor, positioned upstream of
the A/C filter, in front of the air intake
of the A/C system, detects the presence
of polluting substances and submits an
electric signal to the A/C control unit,
that closes the intake of the external
air by activating the air recirculation.
The button or the MIA soft-key
can therefore enable 3 operating
modes, switchable in sequence:
"Auto", "Manual" and "Open".
Starting from the outside air condition
("Open" mode) with LED on the
button off and MIA soft-key not
highlighted, in which the external air
is aspirated by the A/C system and
treated to be introduced into the
passenger compartment, subsequent
actuations of the button or
the MIA soft-key change the state as
follows.
• First press - "Auto" mode : the A/C
system activates the automatic
recirculation control by using the
signal transmitted from the AQS. The
symbol ''A'' on the
lights up and the MIA soft-key with
the symbol "A" in white lights up.
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• Second press - "Manual" mode: the
A/C system activates the recirculation,
the LED on the
up and the MIA soft-key with the
symbol "A" in white lights up. The
A/C system will stay this way up to a
new actuation, or until the increased
humidity could lead to windshield
fogging: in this case the recirculation
automatically switches to external air.
• Third press - "Open" mode: the A/C
system switches back to external air
(default operating mode).
The next press of the
the MIA soft-key restars the operating
cycle just described.
NOTE:
To avoid the risk of fogging, the
AQS is disabled when the external
temperature falls below 2 ° C (35 ° F) or
rises above 26 ° C (79 ° F).
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