The Auto/H-Gate Transmission controls

Here's the beauty of driving one of these clever gearboxes.  For city commutes, you have the auto mode.  For those learning on a stick shift, the Automated H-Gate shift mode gets you to practice shift and gear control but without the troublesome clutch pedal.  And for the pros, the full-on, clutch pedal required manual mode.  All three of these sifting methods come included with every Auto/H-Gate.


To get started, just simply start the engine like an automatic.  This allows you to do so because of the fact it's go both a manual and an automatic clutch.  One is the clutch pedal used only for the full-on manual mode and the other is a torque converter which controls the Automated H-Gate and the automatic mode.  Then Hold the brake to release from Park to Reverse, then from there to Drive.

To switch from automatic drive mode to Automated H-Gate mode,  Simply slide your gear knob to the right and to what ever gear it says in the instrument cluster.  For example, in automatic mode, you see in the middle of the gauges "D4", that means it in automatic drive mode and in 4th gear.  So you would put it into the "4" position on the H-Gate.  then the gauge in the middle shows just "4" rather than D4.

Now for the tricky part.  to change the vehicle from automatic mode to full manual mode with the clutch pedal, you must first put the vehicle in a complete stop.  Then you switch it to 1st in Automated H-Gate mode and hold the brake pedal down and firmly hold down the clutch pedal for three seconds.  After three seconds still keep it held down as a green light will be flashing in a small button on the dashboard, that's the "Clutch Pedal activation button".  this button does exactly what it says.  When the clutch pedal is activated, the torque converter is deactivated and vice versa.  When the button is pressed, the light will then turn a solid green indicating that the manual clutch pedal is ready for use.  When ready, slowly let out the clutch and ease in on the accelerator.

To deactivate the clutch pedal, come to a stop again and hold the brake down and the clutch firmly down for three seconds again until this time, a red flashing light appears in the "Clutch Pedal activation button".  Keep the brake and clutch held in place and press and release the button.  Once the red light blacks out and stay blacked out for more than a second, it is ready to drive with the torque converter (automatically) again.