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RS - 13 Jul 2005 23:11 GMT

I had to disconnect my battery for an hour. The radio remembered all the
stations, but the air con now displays interior and exterior temperature in
F ... rather than the C ... that I was using. It is not mentioned how to
switch in the manual ... as far as I can see. Also playing with holding down
various buttons has not helped.

Thanks !

-RS-

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rjtvd - 14 Jul 2005 07:29 GMT

> I had to disconnect my battery for an hour. The radio remembered all the
> stations, but the air con now displays interior and exterior temperature in
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> -RS-

If you have an electronic dash cluster, you should have a button where
you can switch back and fourth between metric and standard readout. At
least that is on my Lincoln and old T-birds, Crown Vics and Grand Marquis.

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ivan - 14 Jul 2005 15:31 GMT

RTFM

I don't have the manual in front of me, but it explains clearly which
combination of buttons to push simultaneously... from memory it's
something like the Max Air button and maybe the Temp button?

-ivan-

> I had to disconnect my battery for an hour. The radio remembered all the
> stations, but the air con now displays interior and exterior temperature in
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> -RS-

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SC Tom - 14 Jul 2005 21:16 GMT

Press MAX A/C and F at the same time (until the display changes)

to switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

>I had to disconnect my battery for an hour. The radio remembered all the
> stations, but the air con now displays interior and exterior temperature
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> -RS-

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-RBS- - 14 Jul 2005 23:19 GMT

Thanks,

I called my dealer and they said to try pressing the "2 buttons on the end"
together. That did not work.

I have a Max A/C button , but no "F" button ???

-Ron-

> Press MAX A/C and F at the same time (until the display changes)
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>> -RS-

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SC Tom - 15 Jul 2005 02:17 GMT

http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/ownerlit/default_retail.asp?year=2002&veh
Code=tau
Go to page 44. The "F" is front defrost.
SC Tom

> Thanks,
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>>> -RS-

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Andrew Rossmann - 15 Jul 2005 21:44 GMT

[This followup was posted to alt.autos.ford and a copy was sent to the
cited author.]

> I had to disconnect my battery for an hour. The radio remembered all the
> stations, but the air con now displays interior and exterior temperature in
> F ... rather than the C ... that I was using. It is not mentioned how to
> switch in the manual ... as far as I can see. Also playing with holding down
> various buttons has not helped.

Hold down the MaxA/C and the Front-defrost buttons (far left and right
of that row.)

I can e-mail you a .PDF copy of a 2000 manual if you want (it should
be 99% the same.)

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RS - 17 Jul 2005 16:15 GMT

Thanks all ...

Yes it was the two "most outside buttons" ... the MAX A/C button and the
Front Defrost ! That must be what the guy at the Ford dealership meant !

Thanks, I do have the manual. However Page 44, tho showing the panel and
buttons in question ... does not mention switching between C and F.

-RS-

> [This followup was posted to alt.autos.ford and a copy was sent to the
> cited author.]
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> I can e-mail you a .PDF copy of a 2000 manual if you want (it should
> be 99% the same.)

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dold@XReXXTauru.usenet.us.com - 18 Jul 2005 17:58 GMT

> Thanks, I do have the manual. However Page 44, tho showing the panel and
> buttons in question ... does not mention switching between C and F.

I noticed that the manual I downloaded from fleet.ford.com did not mention
the buttons (might be the same as your printed copy), but the motorcraft
site that someone else cited had more than one version of the manual
available. You might download a newer one for reference.

I think it is great that Ford makes the pdf available, but it is annoying
that they carry different sets in different places.

This motorcraft site seems to be the most fully laden.
http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/ownerlit/default_retail.asp

The fleet site only has one copy of my 2005 owner guide, but it's newer
than the latest from the Motorcraft site.
D:20041215083259Z00'00' verses D:20050120122123-05'00'
https://www.fleet.ford.com/maintenance/owners_manuals/results.asp

https://myford.fordvehicles.com is the only page someone is likely to find
by stumbling around on the ford site. It has a "resource center" which had
a copy of a "preliminary" owner guide a few months agao, but that was
dropped about the time the other sites got the current version, and now
"myford" says the OG is unavailable.
"We are temporarily unable to provide the Owner Guide for this vehicle. We
apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later. "

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

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SC Tom - 18 Jul 2005 21:30 GMT

<<<<SNIP>>>>

> This motorcraft site seems to be the most fully laden.
> http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/ownerlit/default_retail.asp

When I included this link in my reply and told him to check p.44, I was
referring to the 4th edition, that being the newest edition listed. And
right there at the bottom of p.44 are the instructions for changing from C
to F and back again.
SC Tom

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dold@XReXXTauru.usenet.us.com - 18 Jul 2005 22:45 GMT

> <<<<SNIP>>>>
>> This motorcraft site seems to be the most fully laden.
>> http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/ownerlit/default_retail.asp

> When I included this link in my reply and told him to check p.44, I was
> referring to the 4th edition, that being the newest edition listed. And
> right there at the bottom of p.44 are the instructions for changing from C
> to F and back again.

Before your posting, I had visited fleet.ford.com and downloaded the only
version there, 1/30/2002. motorcraft 4th printing is 8/12/2002, where a
search for "celsius" is informative.

I'll be cruising motorcraft.com from now on. The multiple locations and
inconsistency in what is available from various ford sites is annoying.
But at least they make the pdfs available. Honda doesn't seem to.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

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Sharon K.Cooke - 19 Jul 2005 12:33 GMT

> > <<<<SNIP>>>>
> >> This motorcraft site seems to be the most fully laden.
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

Should be a button marked E/M (English to Metric).

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