2000 Saab 9-5 Owner's Manual - Page 56

56 Instruments and controls Turning the Alarm and Speed warning on or off 1 Select the Alarm or Speed-warning function. 2 Press SET to turn on the function. Press CLEAR to turn off the function. When either function is on, ALARM/SPD W respectively will be visible on the display. An asterisk * will be visible on the far right of the display when either function is selected. The Alarm and Speed-warning settings will not be cancelled when the engine is switched off. When the Alarm has been set to come on at a specified time, it will only be activated once - it will not come on at the same time every day. Press SET to turn it on again. The Alarm will continue to beep for one minute if not switched off. Setting the date 1 Use to select TEMP. 2 Press the SET button for at least one second (year starts to flash and a chime sounds). 3 4 5 6 7 8 Set the year using or . Touch SET. Set the month in the same way. Touch SET. Set the day in the same way. Press SET to save the date setting. Calculation of arrival time and average speed The settings must be made before the journey is started. Calculation of arrival time: 1 Select DIST using the button. 2 Set the destination distance. 3 Press SET. When ARRIV is selected during the journey, the arrival time based on the average speed over the past 20 minutes will be displayed. Press DIST and the distance remaining to the destination will be displayed in the same way. After the distance to destination has decreased to zero, the DIST will function as a trip meter (see "Using DIST as a trip meter"). The starting value for the trip meter will be the last distance set in the DIST function. Example: The DIST setting was 100 miles. Once 100 miles (160 km) has been covered, the DIST will start to function as a trip meter, the initial reading of which will be 100 miles (160 km).