Get Volkswagen Information System Guide for Volkswagen Passat SUV Seventh Generation (2010-2014)

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¤ Introduction

In this section you’ll find information about:

Using the instrument cluster menus

Driver assistance systems button

Menu structure – overview

Main menu

MFI menu (Multi-Function Indicator)

Settings menu

Convenience submenu

Lights & Vision submenu

Personal convenience settings

When the ignition is switched on, you can display different types of

information in the instrument cluster and control certain vehicle fea-

tures.

The control buttons are on the right side of the multi-function steering

wheel.

The number of menus in the instrument cluster display depends on

the electronics and equipment on the vehicle.

An authorized Volkswagen dealer or an authorized Volkswagen Ser-

vice Facility may be able to add or modify functions depending on

your vehicle's equipment.

Some menu items can only be accessed when the vehicle is not mov-

ing.

As long as a priority 1 warning message is displayed, no menus can

be accessed. In order to display menus, acknowledge the warning by

pressing the /+ button on the multi-function steering wheel ⇒ꢀfig. 13.

More information:

Outside mirrors

Driver assistance systems

Radio or Navigation system ⇒ꢀBooklet Radio or

⇒ꢀBooklet Navigation system

Mobile phone package ⇒ꢀBooklet Mobile Phone Package

WARNING

Driving on today's roads demands the full attention of the driv-

er at all times. Driver distraction causes accidents, collisions

and serious personal injury!

Never access menus when the vehicle is moving.

Emergency starting and starting the engine with a very weak ve-

hicle battery or after the vehicle battery has been replaced may

change or delete system settings (including time, date, personal con-

venience settings, and programming). Check the settings and correct

as necessary once the vehicle battery has built up a sufficient charge.

Using the instrument cluster menus

Fig. 13 Right side of the multi-function steering wheel: Controls for

menus in the instrument cluster.

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

The instrument cluster menus are controlled with buttons on the right

side of the steering wheel ⇒ꢀfig. 13.

Accessing the instrument cluster menus

Switch on the ignition. You will see the vehicle icon or a message

in the instrument cluster display.

Push the /+ button (⇒ꢀfig. 13) on the right side of the multi-function

steering wheel until a main menu appears in the instrument cluster

display. For a list of main menus, see ⇒ꢀ Main menu.

Push buttons # or ∃ to move to another main menu, and push the

arrow up and down buttons * and + to navigate inside the current

main menu. For example, in the Settings main menu, press the ar-

row down button + to navigate to the MFI data submenu.

Displaying a submenu

Press the /+ button ⇒ꢀfig. 13 to display submenu items. For in-

stance, after scrolling to MFI data in the Settings main menu, press

the /+ button to display items available under the MFI data submenu.

Selecting a setting

Some menus are used to select settings for certain features. Push

the /+ button (⇒ꢀfig. 13) to select a setting.

Use the arrow up and down buttons * and + on the multi-function

steering wheel to navigate through the available options.

The selected menu item is located between the 2 horizontal lines.

There may also be a triangle () on the right.

Push the /+ button to select the setting.

Returning to the main menu

Via menu: Use the arrow down button + to select Back and then

press the /+ button ⇒ꢀfig. 13.

For operation with multi-function steering wheel: Press E.

Driver assistance systems button

Fig. 14 In the turn signal and high beam lever: Driver assistance sys-

tems button.

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

You can switch the driver assistance systems on or off in the Assis-

tants menu using the button in the turn signal and high beam lever.

Switching individual driver assistance systems on or off

Press the button ⇒ꢀfig. 14 (arrow) briefly to open the Assistants

menu.

Select the driver assistance system (for example, AFS). A “check

mark” indicates if the selected driver assistance system is switched

on.

Confirm the selection with /+.

Switching all driver assistance systems on or off

Press and hold the button ⇒ꢀfig. 14 (arrow) longer than one se-

cond to switch the driver assistance systems selected in the Assis-

tants menu on or off at the same time.

If no driver assistance system was activated in the Assistants

menu, all systems are switched on.

Menu structure – overview

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

The instrument cluster display is divided into 3 parts. The time (digital

clock) is displayed in the top part. The bottom part contains the

odometer and the trip odometer (“trip”). You can select the following

displays for the middle part:

Multi-Function Indicator (MFI)

▪ Travel time

▪ Consumption --.- mpg (current fuel consumption)

▪ Av. consumption --.- mpg (average fuel consumption)

▪ Range

▪ Route

▪ Average speed

▪ --- mph (digital speed display)

▪ Oil temperature (3.6 liter engine only)

▪ Speed warning --- mph

Audio ⇒ꢀBooklet Radio or ⇒ꢀBooklet Navigation system

Navigation ⇒ꢀBooklet Navigation system

Phone ⇒ꢀBooklet Mobile Phone Package

Assistants

▪ AFS

Vehicle status

Settings

▪ Language

▪ MFI data

– Travel time

– Curr. consum. (current fuel consumption)

– Av. consum. (average fuel consumption)

– Route

– Av. speed (average speed)

– Digit. speed (digital speed display)

– Oil temperature (3.6 liter engine only)

– Speed warn. (speed warning)

– Back

▪ Convenience

– ATA confirm

– Easy Open (on/off)

– Central locking

Auto lock

Auto unlock

Unlock doors

Back

– Window op. (window operation)

Off

All

Driver

Back

– Mirror down (on/off)

– Mirror adjust

Individually

Both mirrors

Back

– Factory setting

– Back

▪ Lights & Vision

– Coming Home

– Leaving Home

– Footwell light

– Conv. turn sig. (convenience turn signal)

– Factory setting

– Back

▪ Time

– Hours

– Minutes

– 24 hr. mode

– Daylight save

– Back

▪ Snow tires (winter tires)

– On

– + 5 mph

– - 5 mph

– Back

▪ Compass (vehicles without navigation system)

– Zone

– Calibrate

– Back

▪ Units

– Temperature

– Consump./dist.

– Air pressure

– Back

▪ Service

– Info

– Back

▪ Factory setting

Main menu

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

Menu

MFI

Function

See

Multi-Function Indicator (MFI)

information.

Audio

Station indicator in radio mode.

Track display in CD mode.

Track display in media mode.

⇒ꢀBooklet Radio or

⇒ꢀBooklet Navigation

system

Navigation Information displays on the navi-

gation system (if applicable):

When destination guidance is

active, turn arrows and proximity

bars are shown. The illustration

is similar to the symbol display in

the navigation system.

⇒ꢀBooklet Navigation

system

If destination guidance is inac-

tive, driving direction (compass

function) and the current street

name are displayed.

Phone

Information and settings of the

mobile phone package.

⇒ꢀBooklet Mobile

Phone Package

Assistants Turn the Adaptive Front Lighting

System (AFS) on and off (if ap-

plicable).

Menu

Function

See

Vehicle

status

Current warning and information

messages.

This menu item is only displayed

when warning or information

messages are available. The

number of available messages is

shown in the display. Example:

1/1 or 2/2.

Settings

Includes the Convenience and

Lights & Vision submenus, as

well as many settings such as

time, speed warning for winter

tires, language, and units.

MFI menu (Multi-Function Indicator)

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

The MFI display has 2 automatic memories: 1 – single trip memory

and 2 – total trip memory. The number of the trip memory is shown

at the upper right of the display.

The trip memories are in addition to the trip odometer, which is dis-

played in the bottom part of the instrument cluster and controlled us-

ing the E3%4 button on the right of the instrument panel ⇒ꢀfig. 9 (4).

To display the distance driven on trips 1 and 2, select the Route item

in the MFI menu. Press the /+ button ⇒ꢀfig. 13 to toggle between

Route 1 and Route 2 (trip 1 and trip 2). Push and hold the /+ button

to manually reset a trip memory to zero.

The memory accumulates and stores infor-

mation about distance driven and fuel used from

the time the ignition was switched on until the

time it was switched off.

If the ignition stays off for 2 hours or more,

stored information is automatically deleted. If the

trip is continued within 2 hours after the ignition

was switched off, the new values are added.

Single trip

memory

1

2

The memory displays and stores the accumulat-

ed driving and fuel consumption data of any

number of single trips up to a total driving time

of 99 hours and 59 minutes, and up to a total

distance of 9,999 miles (9,999 km). If one of the

maximum values is exceeded, then the memory

is automatically cleared and starts again from 0.

Total trip

memory

Possible MFI menu displays

The following displays can be accessed in the MFI menu if enabled

under Settings > MFI data. Displays that are not enabled will not

appear.

Display

Function

Travel time

Driving time in hours (h) and minutes (min) cor-

responding to trip memories 1 and 2 (toggle).

Consumption

--.- mpg

Current fuel consumption in miles per gallon

(l/100 km) while driving.

When units are set to miles, dashes appear in-

stead of a number when the engine is running

and the vehicle is standing still.

Consumption

--.- l/100 km

When units are set to kilometers, the display

shows liters consumed per hour when the en-

gine is running and the vehicle is standing still.

Av. consumption Average fuel consumption in miles per gallon

--.- mpg

(l/100 km) on trips per trip memories 1 and 2

Display

Function

(toggle) is displayed once the vehicle has been

driven about 330 feet (100 m). Until then, dash-

es appear instead of a number. The value dis-

played is updated every 5 seconds.

Av. consumption

--.- l/100 km

Range ꢀ -- mi

Range ꢀ -- km

Estimated distance in miles (km) that the vehicle

can go with the fuel left in the tank the way you

are currently driving. Takes account of the cur-

rent fuel consumption, among other things.

Route -- mi

Route -- km

Distance driven in miles (km) per trip memories

1 and 2 (toggle).

Average speed

-- mph

Average speed on trips per trip memories 1 and

2 (toggle). Displayed once the vehicle has been

driven about 300 feet (100 m). Until then, dash-

es may appear instead of a number. The value

displayed is updated every 5 seconds.

Average speed

-- km/h

-- mph

-- km/h

Digital display of the current vehicle speed.

Oil temperature Current engine oil temperature (digital display;

3.6 liter engine only).

Speed warning

--- mph

When the set speed (from 20–155 mph or 30–

250 km/h) is exceeded, an acoustic warning

sounds and a visual message may also appear

in the instrument cluster display.

Speed warning

--- km/h

Switching between the displays

Use the arrow up and down buttons (* and +) on the multi-

function steering wheel.

Storing speed for the speed warning

Navigate to MFI > Speed warning (Speed warning -- mph or

Speed warning -- km/h) display.

Press the /+ button to save the current speed and to activate the

warning.

If the speed is not right, press buttons * or + on the multi-function

steering wheel to set a different speed within about 5 seconds. Then

press the /+ button a second time or just wait a few seconds. The

speed is saved and the warning is activated.

To deactivate, toggle to --- mph or --- km/h and press the /+ but-

ton. The set speed is deleted.

Manually erasing trip memory 1 or 2

Navigate to MFI > Route.

Select the memory to be erased.

Press the /+ button for about 2 seconds.

Enabling and disabling displays

Use the Settings menu, submenu MFI data to enable displays you

want to be available under the MFI menu in the instrument cluster

display. The units in which data is displayed can also be changed ⇒ꢀ

Settings menu

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

Settings

menu

Function

Language

Set the language for messages in the display and

navigation system.

MFI data

Select the features you want to have displayed in the

MFI menu in the instrument cluster display

Convenience Convenience function settings

Settings

menu

Function

Lights &

Vision

Vehicle lighting settings

Time

Set hours and minutes for the instrument cluster

clock, the Radio & Navigation System clock, and the

analog clock. The digital clocks can be set to show

the time in 12 or 24 hour format, and can also be set

to daylight savings time.

Snow tires

Compass

Units

Set up a visual and acoustic speed warning. Use the

feature only when winter tires are installed that have

a speed rating less than top vehicle speed.

Calibrate the compass on vehicles without a factory-

installed navigation system. To calibrate, follow the

instructions in the instrument cluster display

Set the units in which temperature, fuel consumption,

and distances should be displayed (for example,

whether to show distance driven in miles or kilome-

ters).

Service

View the service reminder display

Factory

setting

Reset the functions in the Settings menu back to the

factory settings.

Lights & Vision submenu

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

Lights &

Function

Vision menu

Lights &

Function

Vision menu

Coming

Home

Set how long the headlights and inside lights stay on

after locking or unlocking the vehicle. Feature can

also be switched on or off

Leaving

Home

Footwell

light

Set footwell lighting brightness or switch this feature

on or off.

Conv. turn

sig.

Enable/disable convenience turn signal (lane change

feature). When the feature is enabled, the turn signal

flashes at least 3 times when the turn signal is tapped

Factory

setting

Resets the functions in the Lights & Vision submenu

back to the factory settings.

Back

The display returns to the Settings menu.

Personal convenience settings

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

When 2 people use the vehicle, Volkswagen recommends that each

person always use “a separate” remote control vehicle key. When the

ignition is switched off or the vehicle is locked, personal convenience

settings are stored automatically and assigned to the remote control

vehicle key Volkswagen Information System.

The personal convenience settings for the following menu items can

be assigned to a remote control vehicle key:

Settings menu

▪ Time

▪ Language

▪ Units

Settings / Convenience menu

▪ Door unlock

▪ Mirror down

Settings / Lights & Vision menu

▪ Coming Home / Leaving Home

▪ Convenience turn signal (lane change feature)

The stored settings are recalled when the ignition is switched on.

Please also see information about the memory seat ⇒ꢀSeat functions.

Volkswagen Information System for Your Volkswagen Passat SUV Seventh Generation (2010-2014)

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