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Keyless D4 - how to make things work with the engine off?!
I feel a complete muppet for asking this as I consider myself to be fairly practical!
But......
Once I’ve parked up and the engine is off how do I get the heated seats to work, warm air to blow etc?
As you would by turning the key to the second position.
Am sat in my D4 on the school pick up in a dark car with no heat on😁😁😁😁😁formerly Disco3Ben
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17th Dec 2019 4:12 pm
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ISTR heated seats won’t work without engine, if they did they’d soon kill your battery. It’s run the engine or take a hot water bottle with you.
I may be wrong though, it has been known. Try pressing the start button without a foot on the brake.
Last edited by DSL on 17th Dec 2019 4:21 pm. Edited 1 time in total
BUT he did amend his post to add "Try pressing the start button without a foot on the brake", which was my original post [since edited]
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17th Dec 2019 4:21 pm
Ben4
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thanks chaps - will try that formerly Disco3Ben
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17th Dec 2019 4:57 pm
James W
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If you have timed climate there is a Manual Vent button that vents warm air into the cabin if the engine is off but warm. It's accessible without ignition on (i.e. you don't need Del's otherwise correct method above)... Just turn the radio on via the power button to wake up the system, and go to the option from the main menu.
Be warned, like all things relating to Timed Climate, it feels a bit random in when, and for how long, it works. There's a really long thread on it I'll try and find it.
Edit: Here you go, if you're bored sat in the car https://www.disco4.com/forum/residual-heat...66641.htmlD4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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17th Dec 2019 5:06 pm
Ben4
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Boom!
It works! Foot off the pedal and push the START/STOP button and I get power to the central dash controls.
Thanks again chaps!formerly Disco3Ben
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17th Dec 2019 7:21 pm
robpenrose
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You need to just press the power button on the main screen (without the ignition on) if you want to access the cabin heat / vent (and possibly timed climate as well)
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17th Dec 2019 10:32 pm
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Your battery won't thank you for it though
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18th Dec 2019 1:32 pm
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From the look of weather back home you lot need a little localised global warming.
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Try pressing the start button without a foot on the brake. 
