Kia Sportage: Instrument panel vents

You can adjust the direction of air delivery from these vents using the vent control lever as shown.

To close the vent, push the air vent lever in the opposite direction of the passenger.

To open the vent, push the air vent lever in the same direction of the passenger.

Temperature control

Type A (button)

Type B (control panel)

The temperature will increase to the maximum (HI) by turning the knob all the way to the right.

The temperature will decrease to the minimum (Lo) by turning the knob all the way to the left.

When turning the knob, the temperature will increase or decrease by 1 ºF/0.5 ºC.

When set to the lowest temperature setting, the air conditioning will operate continuously.

NOTICE

When starting the vehicle in cold weather using manual temperature control, operate the system in the following method to improve heating.

• Turn off or lower the blower, right after starting the engine.
• Allow the engine to warm up during this time since the air flow from the heater is still cold.
• After a few minutes of engine warm up, turn on or set the fan to a higher level and adjust the temperature setting to hot.

Adjusting the driver and passenger side temperature equally

1. Press the "SYNC" button to adjust the driver and passenger side temperature equally.

   The passenger side temperature will be set to the same temperature as the driver side temperature.

2. Turn the driver side temperature control knob. The driver and passenger side temperature will be adjusted equally.
3. If you rotate the passenger's temperature control knob, the SYNC button is turned off and the passenger side temperature can be operated individually.

Adjusting the driver and passenger side temperature individually

Press the "SYNC" button again to adjust the driver and passenger side temperature individually. The button indicator will turn off.

Changing temperature scale

• To change the temperature display from Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice versa, press the OFF button, while pressing the AUTO button for 3 seconds or more.

The display will change from Centigrade to Fahrenheit, or from Fahrenheit to Centigrade. If the battery has been discharged or disconnected, the temperature mode display will reset to Fahrenheit.

Controlling air intake

This is used to select the outside (fresh) air position or recirculated air position.

With outside air position button

Without outside air position button

To change the air intake control position:

• Push the desired control button.

Outside (fresh) air position

With outside air position button

Without outside air position button

With the outside (fresh) air position selected, air enters the vehicle from outside and is heated or cooled according to the function selected.

Recirculated air position

With the recirculated air position selected, air from the passenger compartment will be drawn through the heating system and heated or cooled according to the function selected.

Prolonged operation of the heater in the recirculated air position (without air conditioning selected) may cause fogging of the windshield and side windows and make the air in the passenger compartment stale.

In addition, prolonged use of the air conditioning with the recirculated air position selected will result in excessively dry air in the passenger compartment.

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