CITROEN DS3 - Automatic Operation

Digitalairconditioning
Theairconditioningoperateswhentheengineisrunning,aswellasinSTOPmodewithStop&Start.
Automatic operation
1. Automatic "comfort"
programme
Press the "AUTO"button.
The "AUTO"symbolisdisplayed.
Foryourcomfort,whentheengineis
switchedoff,thesettingsareretained
untiltheengineisswitchedonagain.
Topreventtoogreatadistributionof
coldairwhentheengineiscold,theair
flowwillonlyreachitsoptimumlevel
gradually.
2. Temperature adjustment
Thevalueindicatedonthedisplaycorresponds
toalevelofcomfortandnottoatemperaturein
degreesCelsiusorFahrenheit.
Onenteringthevehicle,iftheinterior
isverycoldorhot,thereisnoneedto
changethevaluedisplayedinorder
toreachtherequiredlevelofcomfort.
Thesystemcorrectsthetemperature
differenceautomaticallyandasquickly
aspossible.
Press the "5"and"6" buttons to
changethisvalue.Asettingaround
the value 21enablesoptimum
comforttobeobtained.However,
dependingonyourrequirements,a
settingbetween18and24isusual.
3. Automatic "visibility"
programme
Theautomaticcomfortprogrammemay
notbesufficientforrapiddemistingor
defrostingofthewindscreenandside
windows(humidity,severalpassengers,
ice,etc.).
WithStop&Start,whendemistinghas
beenactivated,theSTOPmodeisnot
available.
Inthiscase,selecttheautomaticvisibility
programme.Theindicatorlampinthebutton3
comeson.
Thesystemautomaticallycontrolstheair
conditioningandtheflowofairandprovides
optimumairdistributiontothewindscreenand
sidewindows.Itdeactivatesairrecirculation5.
Toexitthisprogramme,pressbutton3againor
"AUTO",theindicatorlampinthebuttongoes
offand"AUTO"isdisplayed.
Werecommendthatyouusethismode.
Itprovidesoptimisedautomaticcontrolof
allofthefollowingfunctions:passenger
compartmenttemperature,airflow,air
distributionandairintake,inaccordancewith
thecomfortvaluethatyouhavechosen.
Thissystemisdesignedtooperateeffectively
inallseasons,withthewindowsclosed.