Sharan multi function switch and trip meter?

[edavies]

Please can somone help me? I have just bought a second hand 1999 Sharan 1.8 turbo. The handbook is missing and there are some functions that I need clarification on. On the end of the windscreen wiper switch arm there is a switch which rocks either upwards or downwards which has markings "MF1" and "MF2". I assume the "MF" means multi-function. When I press this button either way the display on the instrument panel changes displaying various bits of information. Some of this information is obvious like for instance the Oil Temperature, Outside Temperature and fuel consumption. There is some other information which is not so obvious but looks like they are functions of time and also anothers which looks like functions of distance. Can anyone advise me what these other readings indicate and why there should be the same information in "MF1" and "MF2"? Also I have noticed that on the left hand side of the intrument panel there is a button that is used to reset the trip meter to read zero. I have noticed, however, that the trip meter works fine all day. When I turn on the ignition the next day I see that the trip milegae seems to have reset to zero again by itself. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? If it is not normal what can I do to rectify the problem? Thanks - I wait in anticipation for some information - Thanks - Evan

[phil miller]

If its what I'm thinking mf1 is a short term memory so if left for 2 or more hours the info is reset mf2 is long term, to reset you press and hold the button on the underside of the stalk marked OK, you still have the main trip in the cluster along with total mileage aswell

[edavies]

Many thanks Phil for the information. I thought it would be something like that. I don't suppose that you would know what some of the functions might be would you? As I said in the post, there is one that is obviously Oil Temperature, one that is obviously fuel consumption and one that gives the outside temperature but there are two other functions that I can think of right now which I can't figure out. One is obviously a time function and the other is a distance travelled function but what they relate to I don't know. Further to that, I have found that the main trip in the cluster seems to reset itself to zero after from what I can see is about 24 hours. It did not inititially do this so I may have pressed something somewhere else which may have caused it to do this. It is frustrating not knowing if it is supposed to do that or not as I would like to keep the trip mileage until I am ready to reset it. Any other info would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Evan.