1997 Ford Contour Owner's Manual - Page 49

Your vehicle also has small demister openings on each front door near the window. This allows a small amount of air flow to be directed onto the door glass to reduce fogging whenever the heater system is operating. The temperature control is located at the right side of the control with a broken RED and BLUE band around the top and sides. The all RED part of the band (full right) is the heat or warmer area. The all BLUE area (full left) is the cool or unheated temperature area. Any position selected between full right and full left will give a temperature between the two extreme temperatures. The cool temperature you select will not be cooler than the outside temperature if your vehicle is not equipped with an air conditioner. H Fan speed adjustment The H (left) control is the fan speed control which controls the volume of air flow. Rotate the H control to HI to increase fan speed and increase the amount of air entering the vehicle. Four fan speed positions are available and are indicated by LO, two single dots and HI beside the H control. Air flow selections PANEL Use PANEL to bring outside air through the instrument panel registers. You can heat the air in this position by rotating the temperature control into the RED area. The air CANNOT be cooled below the outside temperature regardless of the temperature control setting. PNL/FLR Select PNL/FLR to get air flow to the floor and through the instrument panel registers at the same time. This selection can be used to either heat or ventilate your vehicle. FLOOR Air flow will be to the floor when FLOOR is selected. The air cannot be cooled in the FLOOR position but can be heated by rotating the temperature control knob into the RED area. 48