2011 AUDI R8 SPYDER Owners Manual

Average fuel mileage
The average fuel economy in MPG (l/ 100 km)
since you last clea red the memory appears in
this display .
Current fuel mileage
The instantaneous fue l consumption in miles
per gallo n (l/100 km) is shown in this d isp lay.
W hen the ve hicle is stationary, t he most re­
cent fuel consumption is displayed.
Average speed
The average speed in mph (km/h) since the
l ast time the disp lay was reset appears i n the
d isp lay.
Elapsed t ime
T he length of time that you have been driving
since you last reset the memory appears in
this display . T he maximum time period that
can be recorded is 999 hours and 59 minutes .
Distance
The elapsed distance since the la st time the
memory was clea red appears i n the display .
The max imum d istance that can be recorded
i s 9,999 .9 m iles (9 ,999 .9 kilometers) .
(D Tips
All stored values will be lost if the vehicle
battery is disconnected .
Operation
The trip computer is controlled by two
switches on the windshield wiper lever .
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Fig. 12 W iper a rm/w iper lev er: co ntro ls fo r the t rip
co mpute r
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Selecting the trip computer
.,. Tap the !RESE T I button @ until the t rip
computer (memory leve l 1 or 2) ap pears in
the display ~poge22 ,
fig.11.
Selecting the functions
.,. Push in the upper (lower) p rotrus io n on t he
function selector sw itch
@ ~fig. 12. The
functions for t he tr ip comp ute r are dis­
played in succession on the respective mem­
ory leve ls.
Resetting the funct ion to zero
.,. Push the I RESE T! button @ for at leas t two
seconds.
You can reset the following values to zero:
- driving t ime
- distance
- average fue l m ileage
- a ver age speed
The trip computer only operates when the ig­
nit ion is on . When you tu rn o n the ignition,
the f unction tha t was in use when you last
tu rned the ignition off will be displayed .
@ Tips
-Yo u can also set the va lues for the f unc­
ti ons to ze ro i n t he me nu dis pl ay
(Re set )
~page 24.
-All sto red values will be lost if the vehi­
cle battery i s disc onnected.

24 Driver information system
Menu display
Introduction
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Fig. 13 Wiper lever: Controls for the men u disp lay
. Displa Type
~Set
!: Cfiecl< --,
Menu off
Fig. 14 Display: Start me nu
Some functions in your vehicle can be set, ac­
tivated, and controlled by
Menus (e.g. Acous­
tic park assist*). With these menus you can al­
so select the information shown in the Driver
Information System, which operates only with
the ign ition switched on . Operation is control­
led by the
I RESET ! button and the rocker
switch on the wiper lever¢ fig. 13.
The
Start menu shows you the different dis­
play types:
Set
Check
Menu off
Each display type in the Start menu contains a
submenu with additiona l opt ions .
Set Clock
¢page25
Computer
¢page25
Speed warning
¢ page29
Language
¢page25
Units (distance, fuel consump­
tion, temperature)
¢page25
Displays
Lights
¢ page55
Wipers (service position)
¢page 61
Doors (unlocking and locking
mode)
¢page39
Parking aid*
¢page89
Check Service
Chassis number
r::;, page 226
Keys
Menu off The menu display is hidden and
the lap timer appears.

Navigating the menu
Use the rocker switch on the windshield wiper
lever and the
I RESET ! button to operate the
menu and carry out inquiries and selections .
Fig. 1 5 Wiper lever: Controls for t he men u display
Fi g. 16 D isplay: Start menu
I RESETI button@ and rocker swit ch @
¢ fig . 15 functions:
To open the menu
• Press the I RESE T I button @ until the menu
display¢
fig. 16 appears.
Sele ctions and setting s
• Press the rocker switc h @ to reach a menu
display. The sw itch is operated the same as
the d isplay (up/down).
Entering and confirming
• Press the !RESET I button@.
Returning to the Start menu
• Press the I RESET I button longer than 2 sec­
onds to ret urn from any menu leve l to the
Start menu .
Using the roc ker sw itch, yo u can select the
menus in the d isp lay or change se tt ings. A
Dr iver in formation system 25
cursor appea rs on the left in front of these­
lected values .
By press ing the
! RESET I button, you act ivate
the selec tion you m ade or confi rm the val ues
you set.
Selected functions are identified with
a check mark or are carried out directly .
Mean ings of the symbols in the display :
Selec­
tion bar
>
./
D
Selected funct ion Mean ing
Cu rsor
Check mark
Box Cur
ren t Selec­
tion
Selected or
Function active
Not selected
Triangle pointi ng Previous pag e
up
Triangle pointing Next page
down
Selecting settings
The Driver Information System settings are
menu-guided .
Fig. 17 Display: Me nu Settings, computer selected
(page
1)
• Press the I RESE T! button. The Start menu
appears
¢ page 24, fig. 14.
• Press the rocker switch unt il Set is dis­
played .
• Press the
I R ESET ! button . All the me nus ap­
pea r.
• Press the rocker switch unt il the desired line
is highlig hted (curso r)
¢fig. 17.
• Press the I RESET I button. 111-

26 Drive r in form ation sy stem
• If necessary, sc roll by selecting and activat­
ing the symbol for "Next page" or "Prev ious
page" .
When you have selected the Computer menu
and activated it by pressing the
I RESE T I but­
ton, two computer leve ls appear (computer 1
and computer 2). Now you have to select the
level you want using the rocker switch and ac­
tivate it w ith the
I R ESET I button .
Lap timer
Introduction
The lap timer allows you to record and evalu­
ate lap times .
The inst rumen t cluster display shows the t ime
i n minu tes, seconds and tenths o f a second.
F or lap times longer than one hour, the hour
is also shown automatically. The maximum re­
cordab le time for a single measurement is 99
hours, 59 minutes and 59 and 9/10 seconds.
If the lap timer reaches th is value, the timing
stops on its own or it switches to pause mode
via ¢
page 2 7.
A WARNING
Pl ease d evote your f ull attent ion to driv­
ing. As the d river, you have comp lete re­
sponsibility fo r safety in traffic . Only use
the functions in such a way that you always
ma intain complete control over your veh i-
cle i n all traffic sit uations.
(j) Tips
All of the trip compu ter fu nctions are
availab le as usual when the lap time r stop ­
watch is running.
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Selecting the lap timer
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Fig . 18 Co ntro ls
F ig . 19 D isplay: Lap t imer
• With the ignition on, press the I RESE T! but­
ton @¢
fig. 18 unt il the lap timer¢ fig. 19
appears.
Starting the timer
Fig. 20 D isplay : Lap 1
F ig . 2 1 Display: Lap 1 is save d, lap 2 is started

The top row shows the current lap number: e .
g .
LAP 2 (= second lap).
Starting lap time
~ Press the uppe r section of the rocker switch.
Row @<>
fig. 20 displays the curre nt lap
t ime .
Saving lap time
~ Press the upper section of the rocker switch
again . This s imultaneo usly starts the meas­
u rement for the next lap.
After being saved, the first recorded lap time moves from the lowest to the next h ighest
line in the display(D
r=.>fig. 21 . The lowe r line
@ identifies the new ly started lap time.
Recording addit ional lap times
Fig. 22 Dis play : Lap 2 is saved
After starting the lap timer, a timed lap is
comp leted and sto red and t iming beg ins for
the next lap every time the upper sect ion of
the rocke r switch is pressed. Contin ue as de­
scr ibed a bove to measure add it io na l lap
times.
The cu rrent lap time is disp layed in the bot­
t om line of the display©¢
fig. 22.
Afte r being saved, the last reco rded lap time
moves from the lower to the next h igher line
on the display @¢
fig. 22. T he lap time be ­
fo re the last one also moves up o ne li ne @ .
The lowest line © identifies the newly star ted
l ap time .
Driver in formation system 2 7
Displaying split time or inserting a
pause
Split time is indicated by a star.
Fig. 23 D ispl.ay: Show in g a s plit tim e
It is possible to recall split times for speci fic
stretches. If yo u wo uld like to insert a pause
during a lap, you can stop the time recording .
Displaying split time or inserting a pause
~ Press on the lower section of the ro cker
sw itch to
di spla y the split time ©-While
the split time marked with a star is be ing
disp layed, the t ime recording cont inues to
r un in the background .
~ Press the lower section of the rocker switch
again to
insert a pause . Timing is interrupt·
ed, the star in the last row disappears .
Resuming tim ing
~ Press the upper sect io n of the rocker switch
to resume t iming f rom the split time or
pause display .
Switching the display between the lap
timer and trip computer
You can re trieve info rmation from the t rip
c ompu ter wh ile the lap timer stopw atch is
runn ing .
Selecting the tr ip computer
~ Press the I R ESET I button br iefly to display
t he t rip computer . You can now operate the
tr ip computer as usual.
Selecting the lap t imer
~ Press the I RESET I button until the lap timer
r=.> page 26, fig . 19 appears .

28 Driv e r in formation sy stem
Evaluating times, ending or resetting
timing
LAP 5
+ 45:12.9
59:08.B
0 51 :10.B
Fig . 2 4 Di spl ay: Faste st and slo west l ap tim e and aver ·
a ge ti me
After evaluating the lap times, you can r ese t
the lap time r data or contin ue recording addi ­
tional laps
c::> pag e 28.
Ending timing
.,. To end the last lap , press the upper section
of the rocker switch as you f inish the lap.
The new lap time will not be included in the
final evaluation .
Ev aluating times
... Press the I RESET I button for approximate ly
two seconds. The most impor tant lap re­
sults appear in the display .
Resetting tim ing
... Press the I RES ET I button in the tota l results
display
c::> fig. 24 for at least two seconds to
reset a ll the lap timer data to zero .
Total lap time re sults
T he follow ing information appears in the dis­
play
c::> fig . 24 :
+ the fastest lap time
the slowest lap time
0 the average lap time
@ Tips
- Saved lap times canno t be individually
deleted from the total resul ts.
- In add ition to the total results
c::> fig. 24,
only the last two lap times c::> page 2 7,
fig. 22 c an be displayed in the lap t imer. -
The saved lap timer va lues wi ll not be
lost after turning the ignition off.
- Lap timer recording can be cont in ued at
a later point in time
c::> page 28.
-All va lues in the lap timer are dele ted
only when reset is de liberately selected .
Resuming timing at a later time
After evaluating the lap t imes, there is the op ­
tion to resume and cont inue t iming at a later
time .
... Press the
I RESE T! button until the lap timer
c::> page 28, fig . 24 appears.
... Press the upper section of the rocker switch
to record the new lap time.
... Repea t the procedure for recording addi tion­
al laps as described above <:>
page 2 7, Re ­
cording additional lap times .
Evaluating the
tota l results
c::> page 28, Evaluating times,
ending or resetting timing .
Speed warning system
Speed warning system
The speed warning system helps you to keep
your driving speed b elow a set speed limit.
F ig . 25 D isp lay: Spee d wa rnin g
The speed warn ing system warns the driver if
he exceeds a previous ly stored max imum
speed . A warn ing tone wi ll so und as soon as
the ve hicle speed exceeds the set speed by
abo ut 3 mph (3 km/h). A t the same time , a
warning symbol appea rs in the display
c::> fig. 25 .
The speed wa rn ing system has two w arn ing
thre shold s
that fu nction independently of ..,.

each other and that have somewhat different purposes:
Speed warning 1 [i;[i ( Canada models )
You can use speed warning 1 to set the maxi­
mum speed wh ile you are driv ing . T his se tting
will remain in effect until you t urn off the igni­
tion, assuming that you have not changed or reset the setting .
The speed warning symbo l
[&1/lDl (Ca nada
models) in the warn ing 1 display appea rs
when you exceed the maximum speed. It goes
out when the speed falls be low the stored
maximum speed.
The speed warning symbo l wi ll also go out if
the speed
exceeds the stored maximum speed
by more than about 25 mph (40 km/h) for at
least 10 seconds. The stored maximum speed
is deleted .
Setting speed warning 1
r=;, page 29 .
Speed warning 2 EDJ/[al (Canada models )
Storing warning 2 is recommended if you al­
ways
want to be reminded of a certa in speed,
for example when yo u are traveling in a coun­
try that has a general maximum speed limit,
or if you do not want to exceed a spec ified
speed for winter tires.
The speed warning 2 symbol,
[il 1ra1 (Can ada
models) appears in the display when you ex­
ceed the stored speed limit . Unlike warning 1,
it will not go out until the vehicle speed drops
be low the stored speed limit.
Sett ing speed warning 2
r=;, page 29.
(1') Tips
Even though you r vehicle is equipped with
a speed warning sys tem, you should s till
watch the speedometer to make sure you
are not driving faster than the speed limit.
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Speed warning 1: setting a speed limit
Warning threshold 1 is set by the button.
Fig. 26 Sect ion of instrument cluster: Set/Check but ·
ton
Storing the ma ximum spee d
.,. Drive at the desired maximum speed.
.,. Press the knob button
c::> fig. 26 until the
symbol
r=;, page 28, fig. 25 appears.
Resett ing th e ma ximum sp eed
.,. Dr ive the veh icle at a speed of at least
3 mph (5 km/h)
.,. Press the knob for more than 2 seconds.
T he speed warn ing symbol
lllH (USA models)/
Hll display when you release the button to indi­
cate that the maximum speed has been stored
successfully. The maximum speed remains
stored until it is changed by pressing the but­
ton again briefly or unt il it is deleted by a
lengthy push on the button .
Speed warning 2: setting a speed limit
Switches in the wiper arm are used to operate
warning threshold
2.
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Fig. 27 Controls

30 Driver in formation system
To sto re ma ximum sp ee d
.. Turn off the ignit ion.
.. Briefly press the button in the instrument
cluster¢ page 29, fig. 26. The odometer
and the digital clock are now illuminated .
.. Press the button for at least 2 seconds. The
currently stored maximum speed appears in
the d isplay
or the crossed out symbol for
warning threshold 2, if no max imum speed
was set previous ly.
.. Press the fu nction selector sw itch in the
wiper lever@~ fig. 2 7 up or down to
change the set value. Val ues run up or down
in steps o f 6 mph (10 km/h) .
To delete maximum speed
.. Turn off the ignit ion.
.. Briefly press the button in the instrument
cluster~ page 29, fig. 26. The odometer
and the digi tal clock are now illuminated .
.. Press the button for at least 2 seconds. The
currently stored maximum speed appears in
the disp lay.
.. Press the
l ~R_E_S-E T~I button in the w iper lever
@ ¢fig. 2 7 until the crossed out speed
warning symbol for warning threshold 2 ap­
pears in the display.
A few seconds after the adjustment is com­
pleted, the illumination for the odometer and
the dig ita l clock will go out.
{D) Tips
This war ning threshold can also be con­
trolled through the trip computer
¢ page 25, Navigating the menu.
Warnings and symbols
Red symbols
A red symbol means DANGER.
.. Pull of the road and stop the veh icle.
.. Turn off the engine .
.. Check the ma lf u nct io ni ng system. Contact
your a uthorized Aud i dea ler o r a q ua lified
workshop for assistance.
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USA mod els :
Ma lfunction in the brake sys-
tern
~page32
•
Canada mod els :
BRAKE
Malfunction in the brake sys-
tern
~page32
•
Engine coolant leve l too low/
COOL ANT engine coolant temperature
too high
~page32
Engine oil pressure too low
OIL PRES-¢page 33
SURE
When a red symbol appears, a warning tone
will sound three times in succession. The sym ­
bol cont inues to flash unt il the malfunction
has been repaired. If there is more than one
malfunction, the symbols appear one after
the other for about two seconds.
@ Tips
- The message for a malfunction can be
shown by pressing on the left knob.
- Dur ing route guidance on vehicles with a
navigation system, the warn ing symbol
is shown in the field above.
Yellow symbols
A yellow symbol means WARNING.
II
L ow fuel leve l
~page33
-
•
Check engine oil level
~page33
•
Engine oil sensor malfunction
¢page33
IJ
Worn brake pads
¢page33
•
USA models :
Speed warning 1
~page34
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