Lancia THESIS CONNECT Owner's Handbook Manual - 202

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Detecting a vehicle with the

system switched on

When the system is switched on by

turning ring B to (+),any vehicle run-

ning in front of the car (within 130

metres) and along the running path

will be signalled to the driver on the

instrument panel display, with the fol-

lowing icon:

set distance

x

set distance x

set distance

x

This icons indicate the engagement

of speed and distance control with de-

tection of a running vehicle along the

running path, “picked” by the system.

The three different icons indicate the

three distance levels the driver can se-

lect.

When the external temperature is

less than 3 °C, the system will auto-

matically be set to maintain a greater

distance from the vehicle ahead, re-

gardless of the distance set.

If the system is temporarily switched

off by pressing the accelerator pedal,

the stored speed will flash on the in-

strument panel and the distance con-

trol icon will disappear (if shown on

the instrument panel display). The

icon (if any) indicating the vehicle de-

tected on the traffic lane will, on the

contrary, remain visible.

With system active and car speed ex-

ceeding 80 km/h, switching the left

direction indicators on to signal over-

taking will cause the distance from

the vehicle ahead (already “picked”)

to be automatically decreased in or-

der to facilitate the manoeuvre. If the

driver does not overtake within a few

seconds, the car will return to the set

distance.

If the Radar Cruise Control is active

and the braking power enabled for

the function does not ensure the

maintenance of the set distance from

the vehicle ahead, a sound and visual

signal (together with message

“BRAKE SAFETY” shown on the