Aprilia ATLANTIC 500 User Manual 02-2002 Part3

MAIN INDIPENDENT CONTROLS

CONTROLS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HANDLEBAR

IMPORTANT The electric components work only when the igni-

tion switch is in position “

1) HORN PUSH-BUTTON (

When it is pressed, the horn is operated.

2) DIRECTION INDICATOR SWITCH (

Move the switch to the left in order to indicate the turn to the left;
move the switch to the right in order to indicate the turn to the
right. Press the switch on its centre to turn off the direction indi­cator. With moving vehicle, the automatic return system is trig­gered and turns off the direction indicator after 40 seconds or
500 m.

3) DIMMER SWITCH (
(PASSING )

When the light switch is in position "
in position "

", the high beam comes on.

"

", the low beam comes on, while if it is in position

Regardless of the light switch position (
signaller is operated by pressing the dimmer switch to position
“PASSING ”.

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)

)

- ) / HIGH BEAM PUSH-BUTTON

": if the dimmer switch is

- - •), the high beam

IMPORTANT When releasing the dimmer switch, the high beam

signaller is deactivated.

4) MODE PUSH-BUTTON

Press it more than once to select the data shown on the
multifunction LCD display.

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5) HAZARD PUSH-BUTTON ( )

ACTIVATION Press the push-button to activate the four direc-

tion indicators; now it is possible to turn the ignition switch to
position

DEACTIVATION

Insert the key into the ignition switch and turn it to position “ ”,
press the HAZARD push-button again to deactivate the system.

and extract the key.

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By means of the dimmer switch, ( - ), it is possible to oper­ate the high beam.

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1a

1a) DIMMER SWITCH ( - )

When it is in position “ ” the parking lights, the dashboard light
and the low beams are always on; when it is in position “
high beam comes on.

2) ENGINE STOP SWITCH (

- )

”, the

WARNING

Do not operate the engine stop switch “

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conditions.

It is a safety or emergency switch. When it is in position “
engine can be started. If it is in position “

- ” in running

”,the

”,the engine stops.

CONTROLS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HANDLEBAR

IMPORTANT The electric components work only when the igni-

tion switch is in position “

1) LIGHT SWITCH ( -

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CAUTION

Before operating the light switch, make sure that the dimmer
switch (

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- ) is in position “ ”.

When the light switch is in position “
it is in position “
are on; when the switch is in position “
dashboard light and the low beams are on.

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“, the parking lights and the dashboard light

”, the lights are off; when

•

” the parking lights, the

CAUTION

With stopped engine and ignition switch in position “
battery may run down. With stopped vehicle, stop the engine
and then turn the ignition switch to position “

3) START PUSH-BUTTON (

By pressing the start push-button “
engine run. For the starting, see page 34 (STARTING).

DEACTIVATION

By inserting the key into the ignition switch and turning it to position
“

”, the device is automatically disconnected.

)

“, the starter makes the

” the

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