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I used to own a 1979 vw derby ( a polo with a boot) a long long time ago. You could do the one side sidelights with the indicator stalk even back then.

It was a requirement in some countries (e.g. France), therefore all cars sold in those countries had to comply in some way. Ford Mondeo had specific positions on the light switch to turn on only LH or RH lights.

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Don't think it's possible as speedo has to display both mph and kmh at the same time one way or another, so if the dials are in mph the digital readout will always be in kmh.

i think theres an option to change the settings to Australian, this should give you MPH

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Hi Sorry if this post is to the wrong thread - Blame the newbie!

 

I have a Octavia Ambition plus with the tech pack and it doesn't have a reversing camera. Can I hook one up to the Bolero 5.8" unit

I am in Australia

Thanks

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On 13/06/2006 at 22:11, roo said:

Some of this is well known, a lot is in the manual, but it is always asked so to save threads post any useful tips and tricks here.

Remote Window Closure / Opening

When you lock/unlock the car, keep the button pressed on the fob and the window will raise/lower. take finger off button to stop

Windscreen Wiper Access

To get to the wiperblades, after having the ignition on, turn the ignition into the off position and pull down the wiper stalk. The wiper arms will move and stay in the full sweep position for you to clean/change the wipers. Putting the ignition back on and pushing the wiper switch down again sends the wipers back into their park position

Automatic Rear Screen Wipe

With the windscreen wipers on, selecting reverse will cause the rear screen wiper to wipe once.

Headlamp Washers (if fitted)

Headlamp washers only work with the lights on, and performs it's action the firstime you clean the windscreen and then every 5th time the windscreen is cleaned. Turning off the headlamps or ignition resets the counter.

Duel Zone Climattronic Synchronization

After a passenger has played around with their temperature settings, press the AUTO button for 3 seconds to re-sychronise

Coming Home Lights

The headlights only stay on for the 30seconds or so if you have put just taken the key out of the ignition. If you dont want them to stay on when youve parked up then lock the car, unlock and lock again.

(Save that oh too familiar "you've left your lights on mate!")

Duel zone climatronc switching between Celcius and Farenheit

Pressing and holding the Auto and Econ Buttons at the same time will swap the temperature from oC to oF and back again (can also be done on in trhe temperature settings if you have Maxidot.

maxidot

The MFD lights up when you open a door but will go out after about 30 seconds unless you do something. Just press briefly the trip button and the display will light back up.

Three blink indicator

IF you have maxi dot, this can be turned on and off in the options screen under ‘comfort coding’

Duel zone Climatronic settings

Like the previous version there are a ton of settings and information hidden in the climatronic computer.

To get this, press the ECON and the top right air direction button (next to recirc) simultaneously. To get back to temperature control press AUTO and ECON simultaneously

The passenger side temp control dial sets the section (1-30)

The fan speed dial sets the subsection and is shown in the passenger side LCD screen to the right of the main number.

The one that everyone wants is true speed, whis can be found in section 19.

Subsection 0 shows Kmh, subsection 1 shows Mph.

Subsection 3 shows the revs to the nearest 100 (tickover is about 870rpm and shows up as 08 on the display)

A little radio trick

If you hold down the MENU button whilst on FM or AM, until the radio emits a 'beep' the display will then alter to show a signal meter for the station you are listening to and some other useless stuff.

Auto shut off light

IF you forget to turn the lights off when you get out and lock the car, don't worry as the lights will turn themselves off after about 1 minute of the door being locked.

VIN numbers

Hold the info button on the radio and a list of VIN numbers come up.

Climate control recirc

When the car is put into reverse gear, the climnate control goes into recirculation mode to prevent fumes from getting into the cabin.

Low oil light

If you get a low oil level warning and then top up the oil but not by a sufficient amount, the low oil level warning light will go out anyway and stay off for 100 miles before coming on again.

Disabling of motion sensors for leaving window open

there are 2 ways

1) If you are by the car, there is a button in by the 'b' pillar on the drivers side, press that before locking

2) Press lock on the remote twice. This will also disables the deadlocks.

Thanks!

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