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 CONTROL PANEL BUTTONS (if so
equipped)

WARNING
● Positioning of the heating or air condi-
tioning controls and display controls
should not be done while driving in or-
der that full attention may be given to
the driving operation.
● Do not disassemble or modify this sys-
tem. If you do, it may result in accidents,
fire, or electrical shock.
● Do not use this system if you notice any
abnormality, such as a frozen screen or
lack of sound. Continued use of the
system may result in accident, fire or
electric shock.
● In case you notice any foreign object in
the system hardware, spill liquid on it,
or notice smoke or smell coming from
it, stop using the system immediately
and contact your nearest NISSAN
dealer. Ignoring such conditions may
lead to accidents, fire or electrical
shock. LHA0487
When you use this system, make sure the engine Reference symbols:
is running.
“ENTER” button — This is a button on the con-
If you use the system with the engine not trol panel.
running (ignition ON or ACC) for a long
time, it will use up all the battery power,
and the engine will not start.
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“Display” key — This is a select key on the HOW TO USE JOYSTICK AND If you do not touch the button or screen key for
screen. By selecting this key you can proceed to “ENTER” BUTTON more than 1 minute on the TRIP, SETTING or
the next function. START-UP screen, the screen will change to
Choose an item on the display using the joystick TRIP screen automatically.
NAMES OF THE COMPONENTS and push the “ENTER” button for operation.
To proceed to the next step, refer to the separate
1. brightness control button (P. 4-12) Navigation System Owner’s Manual.
HOW TO USE “PREV” BUTTON
2. PREV (previous) button (P. 4-3)
This button has two functions.
3. Joystick and ENTER push button (P. 4-3)
● Go back to the previous display (cancel).
4. SETTING button (P. 4-7)
If you touch “PREV” button during setup, the
5. TRIP drive computer button (P. 4-4) setup will be canceled and/or the display will
return to the previous screen.
6. DEST button*
● Finish setup.
7. ROUTE button*
If you touch this button after the setup is com-
8. MAP button*
pleted, the setup will start over, and the display
9. GUIDE VOICE button* will return to the climate control or audio mode
and Navigation screen.
10. zoom out button*
11. zoom in button* SETTING UP THE START-UP
SCREEN
*For Navigation system control buttons, refer to
the separate Navigation System Owner’s When you turn the ignition key to ACC or ON, the
Manual. SYSTEM START-UP warning is displayed on the
screen. Read the warning and select the “I
AGREE” (English) or “ENTER” (Français) key
then push the “ENTER” button.
If you do not push the “ENTER” button, the
Navigation system will not proceed to the next
step display.
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 LHA0398
HOW TO USE THE “TRIP” BUTTON
When the “TRIP” button is pushed, the following
modes will display on the screen.
Warning message (if there are any) → TRIP 1
(Elapsed Time, Driving Distance, Average
Speed) → TRIP 2 → FUEL ECONOMY (Average
Fuel Economy, Distance to Empty) → MAINTE-
NANCE (Engine Oil, Tire Rotation and Tire Pres-
sure — if so equipped) → OFF.
LHA0399
Trip 1, trip 2 and fuel economy items
To reset the TRIP 1, TRIP 2 and FUEL
ECONOMY, select the “RESET” key using the
joystick and push the “ENTER” button or push
the “TRIP” button for more than approximately
1.5 seconds.
LHA0402
Maintenance items
You can set the engine oil and the tire rotation
interval.
To display the setting of the maintenance interval,
select the “Engine Oil” or “Tire Rotation” key
using the joystick and push the “ENTER” button.

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 LHA0400
To set the maintenance interval, select the
“Maintenance Schedule” key by using the joy-
stick and push the joystick to right or left.
To reset the maintenance interval, select the “Re-
set” key using the joystick and push the “EN-
TER” button.
To display the MAINTENANCE INFORMATION
automatically when set trip distance is reached,
select the “Display Maintenance Notifica-
tion” key and push the “ENTER” button.
LHA0401 LHA0483
The “MAINTENANCE NOTICE” screen (“EN-
GINE OIL” and “TIRE ROTATION”) will be auto-
matically displayed as shown when both of the
following conditions are met:
● the vehicle is driven the set distance and the
ignition key is turned OFF.
● the ignition key is turned ON the next time
the vehicle will be driving.
To return to the previous display after the “MAIN-
TENANCE NOTICE” screen is displayed, press
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The “MAINTENANCE NOTICE” screen displays Tire pressure rises and falls depending on the
each time the key is turned ON until one of the heat caused by the vehicle’s operation and the
following conditions are met: outside temperature.
● “RESET” is selected. In case of low tire pressure, a message is dis-
played on the screen:
● “Display Maintenance and Notification” is
set OFF. FLAT TIRE — low tire air pressure.
● the maintenance interval is set again.
WARNING
When a spare tire is mounted or a wheel is
replaced, tire pressure will not be indi-
cated and the low tire pressure warning
system will not function. Contact your
NISSAN dealer as soon as possible for tire
LHA0403
replacement and/or system resetting.
Tire pressure information
To view “TIRE PRESSURE” information, push the
“TRIP” button repeatedly until the “MAINTE-
NANCE” screen is displayed. Select “TIRE
PRESSURE” using the joystick and push the
“ENTER” button.
Pressure indication in ** psi on the screen indi-
cates that the pressure is being measured. After
a few driving trips, the pressure for each tire will
be displayed randomly.
The order of tire pressure figures displayed on
the screen does not correspond with the actual
order of the tire position.

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LHA0268
HOW TO USE THE “SETTING”
BUTTON
To adjust the various settings within the display
screen press the“SETTING” button.
After pressing the SETTING button a menu will
be shown on the display screen which will allow
you to program several functions such as the
display screen appearance, programmable fea-
tures for your vehicles electronics system and
other system settings such as your clock. To
make a selection from this mode use the joystick
and press the “ENTER” button.
SETTING THE DISPLAY (Audio or
HVAC display):
The audio or HVAC reading can be displayed at
the bottom of the screen. Choose the “Audio” or
“HVAC” (Heater and air conditioner) key to be
displayed at the bottom, by using the joystick and
pressing the ENTER button to select or deselect
the key. The setting condition will normally appear
on the screen. To return to the setting screen,
push the “SETTING” button or “PREV” button.
Display settings
The DISPLAY SETTINGS screen will appear af-
ter pushing the “SETTING” button, selecting
“Display” key and pushing the “ENTER” but-
ton.
Brightness/Contrast/Map Background:
To adjust the brightness and contrast of the
screen, select the “Brightness/contrast” key
and push the “ENTER” button. You can then use
the joystick to adjust the brightness to Darker or
Brighter and the contrast to Lower or Higher. For
information on Map Background, please refer to
the separate Navigation System Owner’s
Manual.
Display Off:
To turn off the screen, push the “SETTING”
button and select the “Display” key and “Dis-
play Off” key. The indicator of the “Display
Off” will turn to amber. When any mode button is
pushed with the screen off, the screen turns on
for further operation. The screen will turn off
automatically 5 seconds after the operation is
finished on the map display in the Audio, HVAC
(Heater and air conditioner), SETTING or VE-
HICLE INFO modes.
To turn on the screen, push the “SETTING”
button and select the “Display” key and “Dis-
play Off” key, then set the screen to on by
pushing the “ENTER” button.
Setting Audio or HVAC display:
Choose the “Audio” or “HVAC” (Heater and air
conditioner) key to be displayed at the bottom, by
using the joystick. The audio or HVAC setting
condition will normally appear on the screen. To
return to the setting screen, push the “SET-
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 LHA0259 LHA0260 LHA0261
Vehicle electronic systems
The VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS screen
will appear when selecting the “Vehicle Elec-
tronic Systems” key with the joystick and push-
ing the “ENTER” button.
To set the various electronic systems operating
conditions, select the applicable item using the
joystick, and push the “ENTER” button. The
indicator light, box at left of selected item, alter-
nately turns on and off each time the “ENTER”
button is pressed.
Indicator light is illuminated — ON
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Adjust driver seat when exiting vehicle:
With this option ON, the driver’s seat automati-
cally moves back and returns to the original po-
sition for ease of exit and entry.
Remote unlock driver’s door first:
This option allows you to select which doors will
unlock first during an unlocking operation:
Only the driver’s door ←→ All the doors
Keyless remote response — horn:
This key allows you to change the horn chirp
mode that occurs when pressing the LOCK or
UNLOCK button on the keyfob.
NOTE:
If you change the horn beep or the lamp
flash feature with the keyfob, the display
screen will not show the current mode. Use
the keyfob to return to the previous mode
and re-enable the display screen control.
Keyless remote response — lights:
This key allows you to change the hazard indica-
tor flash mode that occurs when pressing the
LOCK or UNLOCK button on the keyfob.
NOTE: Speed dependent wiper:
If you change the horn beep or the lamp This key allows you to turn on or turn off the
flash feature with the keyfob, the mode will driving speed dependent intermittent wiper func-
not be changed with the display. Use the tion.
keyfob to return to the previous mode and Return all settings to default:
re-enable the display control.
When this key is selected and turned on using
Auto re-lock time: the “ENTER” button, all settings made by VE-
This key allows you to set the length of time HICLE ELECTRONICS will return to the default
settings.
before doors auto re-lock.
Sensitivity of automatic headlights:
This key allows you to set the sensitivity of the
automatic headlights:
● Lower- less sensitive, automatic headlights
will take longer to come on when the head-
light sensor senses less ambient light.
● Higher- more sensitive, automatic head-
lights will come on quicker when the head-
light sensor senses less ambient light.
Automatic headlights off delay:
This key allows you to set the length of time
before the automatic headlights turn off after
exiting the vehicle.
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 LHA0262
System settings
Language/Unit
The LANGUAGE/UNIT screen will appear when
selecting the “Language/Unit” key and push-
ing the “ENTER” button.
Language: English or French
Unit: US — mile, °F, MPG
Metric — km, °C, L/100 km
You can select the language and unit using the
joystick and “ENTER” button.
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Clock Setting daylight savings time:
Adjusting the time: Use the “Daylight Saving Time” key to adjust
the clock to daylight savings time.
Select the “Hours” or “Minutes” key and move
the joystick to the right or left to adjust the time. ON: The displayed time advances by 1 hour.
The time will change step by step. OFF: The current time is displayed.
After completion of the setting, press the
“PREV” button.
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