Lancia THESIS CONNECT Owner's Handbook Manual - 201

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Deleting the stored speed

The stored speed is automatically

deleted when:

– the engine is stopped

– ring A is turned to OFF.

When the system is switched off,

any information shown on the

instrument panel display will be

deleted.

Maintaining speed and distance 

The system will maintain the

stored speed when no vehicle is

detected along the running path. If,

on the contrary, a vehicle is detected

which runs at a low speed, the sys-

tem will automatically perform the

operations (acceleration, decelera-

tion or slight braking) required to

keep the set distance from the vehi-

cle ahead.

The maximum decelera-

tion performed by the sys-

tem automatically is lim-

ited compared to the actual brak-

ing power of the brake system;

therefore, emergency braking can

and must be performed only by

the driver. A buzzer will warn the

driver that the brakes shall be

applied.

Detecting a vehicle with the

system active but not switched on

When the system is active (ring A

set to any position other than OFF),

it can detect the presence of a vehi-

cle only after it has been switched on

at least once (by turning ring B to

(+).

Subsequently, the presence of a

running vehicle will always be indi-

cated, even when the system is off,

until deactivating the system (ring A

set to OFF).

Pressing the brake pedal will

switch the system off, whereas it will

always be possible to accelerate, (e.g

for overtaking), without switching

the system off; the system will auto-

matically bring the car back to the

stored speed when the accelerator

pedal is released (provided that 160

km/h speed has not been exceeded).

The multifunction display gives to

the driver concise information on the

stored speed, the presence of a run-

ning vehicle (if any) and the set dis-

tance.