Toyota RAV4 EE Owner's Manual page 348

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AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
NOTICE
To prevent battery discharge, do not
leave the air conditioning system on
longer than necessary when the en-
gine is stopped.
Heating
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except "0"
Temperature—Towards WARM
(red zone)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—FOOT
Air conditioning—OFF
For quick heating, select recirculated
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air for a few minutes. To keep the
windows from fogging, select fresh af-
ter the vehicle interior
warmed.
Press the "A/C" button on for dehumidi-
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fied heating.
Choose foot/windshield air flow to heat
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the vehicle interior and to defog the
windshield.
Air conditioning
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except "0"
Temperature—Towards COLD
(blue zone)
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—ON
For quick cooling, select recirculated
D
air for a few minutes.
RAV4_EE
Ventilation
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except "0"
Temperature—Towards COLD
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—PANEL
Air conditioning—OFF
Defogging
The inside of the windshield
For best results, set controls to:
Fan speed—Any setting except "0"
Temperature—Towards WARM
Air intake—FRESH (outside air)
Air flow—WINDSHIELD
has been
Air conditioning—ON
When turning the air flow selector to wind-
shield position, the air intake selects
FRESH automatically. This is to clean up
the front view more quickly.
If you want to return the setting to
RECIRCULATE mode, press the air intake
selector button once again.
On humid days, do not blow cold air
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on the windshield—the difference be-
tween the outside and inside tempera-
tures could make the fogging worse.
(blue zone)
(red zone) to heat;
COLD (blue zone) to
cool
Finish