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Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« on: Jul 16, 2005, 08:06PM »
Sorry but i didnt get an manual for my pintara so there are 3 things i have no idea what they do.

1. A red up/down switch on the center console next to the handbrake. Doesnt seem to do anything

2. Black butten on left of the stearing wheel below the foglight butten about 3 inches. Sits there by itself. doesnt seem to do anything.

3. Twisty knob on winscreen wipers that fills up blue if u twist it. DOnt no what they does.

Thanx for help and i no this is a stupid question so thats y its in noob section!

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2005, 08:18PM »
First two I don't believe come from the factory. They've probably been put there by previous owners. To find out what they do (or don't do for that matter), you'd probably have to sniff out where the wiring goes. I'd expect things like that to be related to some kind of audio or alarm setup.

The twisty knob on the wiper stalk controls how often the wipers operate in intermediant mode.
« Last Edit: Jul 16, 2005, 08:22PM by Rake »

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #2 on: Jul 16, 2005, 08:24PM »
1. A red up/down switch on the center console next to the handbrake. Doesnt seem to do anything

Sounds like a switch for central locking, your cars probably had installed in the past and it's been removed but they've left the switch, or you still have central locking and it doesn't work.  They put the hole for the switch in the console on all models from the factory and just put a blank switch in if the car doesn't get central locking.

2. Black butten on left of the stearing wheel below the foglight butten about 3 inches. Sits there by itself. doesnt seem to do anything.

Is it blank? If it is, it doesn't do anything - it's there so another switch can be put in - In a Ti Pintara for instance or an optional accessory, so they don't have to cut a new hole.

3. Twisty knob on winscreen wipers that fills up blue if u twist it. DOnt no what they does.

It changes the time between wipes when you have your wipers on intermittent.

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #3 on: Jul 16, 2005, 08:33PM »
the centre switch is a economy button, you can set it to power or economy or normal... i think it plays with the revs and how high you can take it... dont quote me though, i never had one, my mums old pinny did
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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #4 on: Jul 16, 2005, 08:52PM »
but its a manual.

Might explain the serious use of fuel that my car is eatting?

THanx this is interesting

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #5 on: Jul 16, 2005, 09:04PM »
Yes there is the spot there on the centre console part for the economy/power mode switch. Said switch is not installed on manuals, leaving the small plate blank. Plus the switch isn't red, like ashman's.

The switch that is there would have to be something else. I'd think that the switch would have absolutly nothing to do with the mechanical operation of the car. Central locking does sound like a likely suspect.

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #6 on: Jul 16, 2005, 09:38PM »
Maybe the centre console was changed for one out of an auto.

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #7 on: Jul 16, 2005, 09:56PM »
Could've been. But then it'd say econ/power/etc on the switch, AFAIK wouldn't be red, and wouldn't be functional.

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #8 on: Jul 16, 2005, 10:01PM »
Yeah its a weird butten. Its the colour of a brake light (like that see thru red). Nissman Has seen it.

i should take the console apart and see what it is but i would have thought it was stock? but obiously not?

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #9 on: Jul 16, 2005, 10:32PM »
it illuminates red ;)
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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #10 on: Jul 16, 2005, 10:42PM »
if the car was owned by a uber pwner, then it may have been the switch for neons or some sort of lighting as its a very easy place to run wires from anywhere in the car to.my opinion thou....seeing as thats wat i did. use a small screwy to lever the switch out, chase the wires

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #11 on: Jul 16, 2005, 11:00PM »
Just did but i didnt follow them

The butten is connected but not to ground. has 3 switches 1 accesories, 2 power, 3 ground. Ground isnt plugged in but the other 2 are by a black wire to the dash. Its dark and i am clean so i didnt want to follow it with a torch. But it looks like it came with the console, the butten is park of the plasic and hasnt been cut in. BUt if that were true and it had no funtion then the installer wouldnt have taken the time to run wires to the dash. this is getting stranger and stranger.

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #12 on: Jul 16, 2005, 11:09PM »
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It changes the time between wipes when you have your wipers on intermittent.

Really! No shit! I'm a friggen mod on this boardand I didn't even know that. :-[ I might have to have a play around with it tomorrow.

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First a Silver TRX, then a White TRX...whats next? Game Boy-Clear style TRX?

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #13 on: Jul 19, 2005, 11:10PM »
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the centre switch is a economy button, you can set it to power or economy or normal... i think it plays with the revs and how high you can take it... dont quote me though, i never had one, my mums old pinny did

now ive got 1 question with that power hold switch.

when driving how do you know if it has been activated, i always keep it on auto.

so how do u know, is there a light or something like that?

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #14 on: Jul 20, 2005, 01:47AM »
now ive got 1 question with that power hold switch.

when driving how do you know if it has been activated, i always keep it on auto.

so how do u know, is there a light or something like that?

If you look at/feel the switch you should be able to tell which mode it's in. You can also feel/hear/see the shift points change. I'm not sure about the switches in Pintaras but later model Nissans came out with little lights built in to the switch to tell you what mode it's in.
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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #15 on: Jul 22, 2005, 10:06AM »
still havent found out what mine does but i will love at it today!

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #16 on: Jul 23, 2005, 11:35AM »
About the one near your handbrake...i found this in the "Owners Manual", under the auto trans section...

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Mode Switch (2.4 Litre Engine)

A three position switch, located behind the gearshift lever, sllows the driver to select two shift patterns.

The switch positions are:
 - Hold
 - Power
 - Auto

Lights are provided within the mode switch for the power and hold positions

Hold Position (comfort pattern)

When the mode switch is set to the hold position, the hold light will illuminate.

In this mode, the transmission shifts occur at lower vehicle speeds and smaller throttle openings. This mode is typically effective for highway cruising, etc.

Power Position (power pattern)

When the mode switch is set to the power position, the power light will illuminate.

In this mode, the transmission shifts occur at higher vehicle speeds and wider throttle openings. This mode is typically effective for:
- Quick acceleration (i.e) overtaking
- Uphill driving (i.e.) engine control
- Towing - where load requires

The ammount of difference between the two modes varies according to throttle opening.

Auto position (automatic selection of comfort or power pattern)

When the mode switch is set to the auto position, pattern selection will occur automatically and light operation will occur as follows.

Then the system automatically selects the power pattern, the power light will illuminate.

When the system selects the comfort pattern both the power and hold lights will go out.

As a system check, the power light will flash for several seconds after the ignition is turned "on" irrespective of the mode switch position if a problem exists. In this event consult your Nissan Dealer
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looks like yours WAS an auto, and has been converted to a manual...
I'm sick of my knob going all floppy and loose in my hand  :P 
I've been on probation for 21 years, can't make a decision without consulting the wife first  ::)

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #17 on: Jul 25, 2005, 03:24PM »
dont think so. The light looks after market and does not have 3 posisions, it only has 2

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #18 on: Jul 26, 2005, 09:51AM »
take a picture of it...
I'm sick of my knob going all floppy and loose in my hand  :P 
I've been on probation for 21 years, can't make a decision without consulting the wife first  ::)

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #19 on: Jul 26, 2005, 07:43PM »
cant no cam atm its at friends house.

it looks like this but skinnyer and a clear red like the colour of brake lights and it sits next to the handbrake about 2/3 up on the center bit.


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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #20 on: Jul 26, 2005, 08:24PM »
Is this more like it...

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #21 on: Jul 27, 2005, 09:47AM »
that spot is for what i described above... it looks like someone installed a switch there for some reason, im not what for...
neon lights maybe??
I'm sick of my knob going all floppy and loose in my hand  :P 
I've been on probation for 21 years, can't make a decision without consulting the wife first  ::)

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Re: Help: 3 Buttons on my TRX i dont no what they do.
« Reply #22 on: Jul 31, 2005, 05:24AM »
It is like that Tas BUT there is nothing on it (no 0 or | ) plus it has a crease in it like the 1 i posted. So basicly that colour (but red) with a crease and nothing on it.

I unpluged it the other day and im pretty sure that it was put in for the radio booster kit that i found behind my radio.

Some who owned the car b4 me went to alot of trouble, money and time to get the radio working. Irenie is that when i got it the radio didnt work.

The car has had, new radio, 2 arials (the stock 1 and 1 on the rear windscreen (that dont do anything), a radio booster that can have the amps increased with that button i think.

Well i will have to hook somthing up to it i think, Its 2 good not to do anything. Might be my switch for my neons in the boot, when i finaly get my Boot sub/amp system fully set up.