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Old 04-29-2014, 04:26 AM   #1
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How to change Temp in dash?

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After 3 years of ownership, I finaly found how to change the climat control from F to C.

Now can the dash temp be change to from F to C?

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Old 04-29-2014, 05:00 AM   #2
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I'm not trying to be an ass, but in 3 years havn't you ever read the owners manual? I got my Boxster a little over a month ago and read the manual as soon as I got it home. Probably looked at it a few more times since....
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Old 04-29-2014, 06:29 AM   #3
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Keep scrolling and pushing the lever. You'll find it.
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Hello all

After 3 years of ownership, I finaly found how to change the climat control from F to C.

Now can the dash temp be change to from F to C?

Thanks all
Wawa
er go on then, how do you do it?
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Old 04-30-2014, 05:12 PM   #5
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If by dash temp, you mean the outside air temp, then no, you can't change it. You have to replace the cluster for one that reads in C.

I have the same issue - my dash is fully metric except the analog speedo is mph and the OA temp is F, because it was originally a US car.
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If by dash temp, you mean the outside air temp, then no, you can't change it. You have to replace the cluster for one that reads in C.

I have the same issue - my dash is fully metric except the analog speedo is mph and the OA temp is F, because it was originally a US car.
Hmm, figured the ambient temp. readout would be in C when the rest of the digital readouts on the cluster were switched. As mine doesn't have the OBC enabled I can't test (yet).
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Old 05-01-2014, 03:44 AM   #7
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Hello all

Well after reading my owner manuel AGAIN, still did not find it, lol.

But I read more on the net and I think I found how, but i just cant do it. From what I'm reading, to change the outside temps from F to C, you need to connect the car to a piwis or something like it to change a seting from us to Canada. Then it will read in C.

For the climatic control, if someone need to know:
Hold recirculate then push + & - of the temperature seting
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But I read more on the net and I think I found how, but i just cant do it. From what I'm reading, to change the outside temps from F to C, you need to connect the car to a piwis or something like it to change a seting from us to Canada. Then it will read in C.
This topic came up once before a while back. At the time, JFP told us that OA temp display wasn't changeable from F to C, except by swapping out the cluster. He didn't mention that doing it via the PIWIS would be an option. I don't have first hand knowledge of this but do place great faith in JFP's knowledge of these cars, and was just repeating what I had been told. Perhaps someone could chime in with the definitive answer. I would much prefer my OA temp display in C if it is possible.
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If you have OBC, you can change it
Go to SET
scroll down to TEMPERATURE
push lever forward
select C or F
push lever forward
pull lever towards you several times until back to display
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Old 05-01-2014, 09:36 AM   #10
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Ah, that's why I can't change it- I don't have the lever, just the display.

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