Trip computer, Controls, Resetting – Volvo 2009 C70 User Manual

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02 Instruments and controls

Trip computer

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READ (press to acknowledge/confirm/
erase a message)
Thumb wheel (used to scroll among the trip
computer menus)
RESET

The trip computer stores information gathered
from several systems in your car and has four
menus (five on Canadian models) that can be
shown in the information display.

MILES TO EMPTY TANK

AVERAGE

(average fuel consumption)

INSTANTANEOUS

(current fuel con-

sumption)

AVERAGE SPEED

ACTUAL SPEED

(current speed in mph,

Canadian models only)

DSTC

, see page 149

NOTE

Warning messages from the car's monitor-

ing systems will override the trip computer

function.

If a warning message is shown in the informa-
tion display while you are using the trip com-
puter:
1. Acknowledge the message by pressing the

READ (button 1).

2. Press

READ again to return to the trip

computer function.

Controls

The trip computer functions can be accessed
by twisting the thumb wheel (2) one step at a
time in either direction. Twisting a final time
returns you to the original function.

Resetting

AVERAGE (average fuel consumption) and
AVERAGE SPEED can be reset.
1. Select one of these functions.
2. Press

RESET (3).

MILES TO EMPTY TANK

This function shows the approximate distance
that can be driven on the fuel remaining in the
tank. The calculation is based on average fuel
consumption during the last 20 miles (30 km)
of driving and the amount of fuel remaining in
the tank when the reading was taken.

When the message

---- miles to empty tank

appears in the display, refuel as soon as pos-
sible.

AVERAGE

This value indicates fuel consumption since the
last time the trip computer was reset, by press-
ing

RESET (button 3). When the engine is

switched off, information on fuel consumption
is stored and remains in system memory until
RESET (button 3) is pressed again.

INSTANTANEOUS

This value indicates the current fuel consump-
tion, based on readings taken once per sec-
ond. When the car is not moving, "

----

" will be

displayed.

AVERAGE SPEED

This value indicates average speed since the
last time the trip computer was reset, by press-
ing

RESET (button 3). When the engine is

switched off, information on average speed is
stored and remains in system memory until the
RESET (button 3) is pressed again.

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