During the conversation in the Ideal Car Owner group, there are often various usage questions from new car owners. Therefore, I have compiled answers to some frequently asked questions by new car owners in the group, hoping to help all prospective and new car owners. If you have other questions about car usage, you are also welcome to communicate in the comments.
The content in the article is mainly from the user manual. Well…I don’t produce user manuals, I’m just a porter of user manuals.
In addition, because the software update of the Ideal ONE is too fast, all operations below are based on the current software version V1.2.7 and cannot guarantee that they will still be effective after future OTA updates.
How to restart the vehicle?
As the owner of an intelligent car, before enjoying all the functions, the first thing you need to learn is how to restart the vehicle. (Just like using a smartphone, there is no need to restart Nokia bricks). When encountering various problems with the vehicle, restarting can solve 99.9\% of them. If restarting still cannot solve the problem, then you can only call the 400 phone number for help.
- Method of restarting the central control screen and co-pilot screen: Press and hold the “OK” + “Mute” keys at the same time for 10 seconds (the buttons in the red circles in the above picture), and release them when the screen turns black.;
- Method of restarting the instrument screen and air conditioning screen: Press and hold the “OK” + “Mute” keys at the same time for 20 seconds (the buttons in the red circles in the above picture), and release them when the screen turns black.
How to turn on/off high beam?
When the low beam is turned on, push the control lever on the left side of the steering wheel toward the instrument screen (i.e. the direction of ②), the high beam will turn on, and push it again to turn off. However, many new car owners will find that after pushing the lever, the high beam flashes and goes off immediately, thinking that the high beam may be bad.
Actually, it is not because the high beam is bad. This is because the vehicle has turned on the “IHC intelligent high beam control” function, and the system considers that the current situation does not meet the conditions for turning on the high beam.
As long as the “Intelligent High Beam Control” is turned off, the high beam can be turned on normally. The path to turn off this function is: Vehicle – Driver Assistance – Intelligent High Beam.
How to spray windshield washer?
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Some new car owners may press the left side control lever button behind the steering wheel and find that only the wiper is wiped without spraying the glass cleaning fluid, mistakenly thinking that they forgot to add the glass cleaning fluid when they left the factory.
In fact, the left control lever button has two positions. When lightly pressed, the car will perform a single wiper operation; when fully depressed, the windshield wiper and cleaning fluid will both be activated, and the damping of the button when fully depressed is greater than the first gear.
How to turn off all external lights in the car?
If you want to sit in the car on a dark night without attracting attention and turn off all external lights and star-ring lights after parking the car, you may find that the daytime running lights cannot be turned off. This is because in the Ready state, the vehicle forcibly turns on the daytime running lights.
To completely turn off all external lights, you only need to exit the Ready state. The method is simple: open the door, raise the driver’s buttocks off the seat for a moment, or press the fuel tank cover switch, etc., to exit the Ready state.
How to exit an application on the central control screen/passenger entertainment screen?
After playing the Howl Dragon game for a while (the way to open the Howl Dragon game is to tell your companion, “I heard there is a dinosaur in the car”), you want to exit the game but can’t find the switch to close it? After watching a movie on the passenger entertainment screen, you want to exit iQiYi but can’t find the switch to do so?
The method to exit the application is very simple, just swipe down with multiple fingers on any interface to return to the desktop.
How to turn on the rearview mirror heating?
The ideal ONE rearview mirror heating does not have a separate switch, but is linked with the rear windshield defrosting. Click on the switch inside the red frame in the picture below to turn on the rearview mirror heating and rear windshield defrosting.
How to view the cool energy flow animation?
Swipe the control screen to the left and click on the vehicle module.
How to view energy consumption details?
Swipe the energy flow interface to the left and click on the “Trip Energy Consumption” square to view detailed energy consumption records from the previous refuel, the past 7 days, total mileage, and custom records.
How to turn off weather reminders?# Weather reminder for car owners
When the weather changes, the car system will push out weather reminders. However, some car owners may not like the notification sound. If you don’t want to receive weather reminders, just turn off the driving reminder function. After turning off the reminder, the voice assistant will not remind you of severe weather or abnormal driving behavior.
To turn off the driving reminder function, go to Settings – Mode – Driving Reminder.
How to adjust the angle of the rearview mirror when reversing?
If you feel that the angle of the rearview mirror when reversing is not appropriate, just put the vehicle in R gear, and adjust the angle of the rearview mirror from the door’s control switch. The next time you reverse, the rearview mirror will automatically tilt down according to the adjusted angle.
Can I turn off the power without locking the car?
If you want to keep the car in a power-off state without locking it (such as when car washing), just turn off the car’s power.
To turn off the vehicle’s power, go to Vehicle – Parking Maintenance – Whole Vehicle Power – Turn Off Power.
How long does the running-in period maintenance need to be performed after picking up the car?
The running-in period maintenance should be performed after the car has been driven for 5,000 kilometers with the range extender, or after half a year of picking up the car, whichever comes first. It is noteworthy that the mileage here refers to the range extender mileage of 5,000 kilometers instead of the total mileage of 5,000 kilometers.
You can check the specific remaining mileage/time of the maintenance items in the “Maintenance Plan” section of the car system or mobile app. At the same time, the car system will also send a maintenance reminder when it is close to the maintenance time.
How to open the hood?
Pull the hood latch twice (just pulling once won’t work) to unlock the hood lock.
Then, lift up the hood.
How to elegantly close the hood?
Gently push down the hood until you hear two clear “click” sounds.
Please watch the video tutorial by Product Manager Li.
What’s the green dot under the rearview mirror?
The green dot is the anti-glare function switch of the rearview mirror. When the anti-glare function is turned on, the indicator light is on. When the anti-glare function is turned off, the indicator light is off.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.