Fiat Idea - Automatic Two-Zone Climate Control System

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AUTOMATIC TWO-
ZONE CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM
(where provided)
GENERAL INFORMATION
The two-zone automatic climate control
system distributes air in the passenger
compartment in two zones: driver’s and
passenger’s side. Temperature is con-
trolled on the basis of an “equivalent tem-
perature” principle; in other words, the
system continuously works to keep the
comfort level inside the car constant and
to compensate for possible variations of
external conditions, including sun radia-
tion detected by a specific sensor.
The automatically controlled parameters
and functions are:
❒ air temperature at the vents on dri-
ver/front passenger side;
❒ air at vents on driver/front passenger
side;
❒ fan speed (continuous air flow varia-
tion);
❒ compressor activation (to cool/dehu-
midify air);
❒ air recirculation.
All functions may be manually changed. In
order words, you may select one or more
functions and change the parameters as
required. Automatic control of the man-
ually changed functions will be suspended:
the system will change override your set-
tings only for safety-related reasons (e.g.
risk of misting up).
Manual selections will always have higher
priority over automatic settings and will
be stored until the user switches the sys-
tem back to automatic mode, except for
the cases in which the system will inter-
vene for particular, safety-related reasons.
You can adjust one function automatical-
ly and have the automatic system control
all the others.
The amount of air introduced into the pas-
senger compartment is independent from
speed of the car because the fan is con-
trolled by the electronic system.
The temperature of the air taken in is al-
ways controlled automatically depending
on the temperature set on the display (ex-
cept when the system is turned off or un-
der certain conditions when the com-
pressor is off.
The following parameters and functions
can be manually set:
❒ air temperature on driver/front pas-
senger side;
❒ fan speed (continuous variation);
❒ air distribution to five positions (dri-
ver/front passenger side);
❒ compressor enablement;
❒ one-zone/two-zone distribution pri-
ority;
❒ fast demist/defrost function;
❒ air recirculation;
❒ heated rear window;
❒ system off.