2011 AUDI R8 SPYDER alarm

2 Table of contents Vehicle literature ............. .
About this Owner's Manual ...
Controls and equipment .. ... .
Cockpit ................... ... . .
General illustrat ion .............. .
Instruments and warning/
indicator lights ............... .
Instruments . .. ........ .. .. .. ... .
Warning/indicator lights ... .. ... .. .
Driver information system .. .
Introduction . .. ........ .. .. .. ... .
Service interval disp lay ........ .. . .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) .. .
Trip computer ................... .
Menu display ................... .
Lap timer .. .................. .. .
Speed warning system .......... .. .
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Warnings and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Opening and closing ......... .
Keys .. ........................ .
Pow er locking system ............ .
Front lid ... ................ ... . .
Anti -theft alarm system ... .. .. ... .
Power windows .......... .. .. ... .
Convertible top .............. .
Convertible top ........ .. .. .. ... .
Wind deflector ......... .. .. .. ... .
Rear window .................... .
Convertible top emergency operation .
Clear vision .. ........ .. .. .. ... .
Lights ... ................. .. ... .
Inter ior lights ................... .
V1s1on .... ................... .. .
Wiper and washer system ...... .. . .
Mir rors .. .. ... .. ..... ......... . .
Digital compass ................. .
Seats and storage ..... .. .. .. . .
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General recomme ndation s . . . . . . . . . 66
Po wer seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cup
holder .... .. ... .......... .. .
Ashtray ... .... .. .. ........... .. .
Cigarette lighter/socket ........... .
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Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Warm and cold .. ........... .. .
Climate controls .. ............... .
Rear window defogger ............ .
Heated seats .... ............... .
On the road ... .............. . .
Steering ....................... .
Ig nition lock and ign ition sw itch .... .
Starting the engine .............. .
Stopping the engine .... .... .... . .
Parking brake ................... .
Crui se control ................. .. .
Audi magnet ic rid e . ............ .. .
Manual transmission ........ .
Launch Control Prog ram ...... .. .. .
Automated manual
transmission ................. .
Description .... .. .. ........... .. .
Manual operation ... ........... .. .
Automatic operation ........... .. .
K ick-down ..... ............... .. .
La un ch Control Program .......... .
Steering wheel with sh ift paddles ... .
Parking system ............. .. .
Parking system advanced ......... .
Homelink® ................... .
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Universal remote control . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Proper occupant seating positions . . .
100
Driver and passenger side footwell . . . 103
Stowing luggage ................. 104
Reporting Safety Defects. . . . . . . . . . . 105
Active rollover protection system . . . . 107

electronic immobilizer is automatically acti­
vated once aga in.
If an unauthorized key was used, SAFE is dis­
played continuously in the odometer display
field.
~ WARNING
-
Always take the key with you when you
leave the vehicle. The key can disarm the
electronic engine immobilizer and permit
an unauthorized person to start the engine
and enable operation of the vehicle sys ­
tems such as power window leading to se­
rious personal injury.
@ Tips
- The vehicle cannot be started if an unau­
thorized key is used . The vehicle may not
start if another radio device such as a key
for another vehicle or a transponder is
located on the key ring .
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula­
tions
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Power locking system
General description
The power locking system locks or unlocks oil
doors simultaneously.
When opening and closing the doors , the
power locking system locks or unlocks
both
doors together.
The remote master key locks and unlocks the
doors using a radio signal
r::;, page 40.
Locking and unlocking with the key
You can also lock and unlock your vehicle us­
ing the key in the lock on the driver's door.
The unlocking and locking mode can be
changed in the Driver Information System
r::;,page24.
Both doors are locked automatically when the
vehicle is locked and the anti-theft alarm sys­
tem is activated.
Opening and closing 39
Auto Lock
The Auto Lock function locks all doors and the
front lid once speed has exceeded approxi­
mately 9 mph (15 km/h).
The car is unlocked automatically once the ig­
nition key is removed . In addition, the vehicle
can be unlocked if the power locking system
opening function~ is activated or one of the
door levers is used.
Turn signals
All the turn signals flash to indicate when the
vehicle is locked and unlocked. The turn sig­
nals flash twice when the vehicle is unlocked.
The turn signals flash once when all the doors
and the front lid are locked. The interior lights
are also switched on or off automatically ac­
cording to the position of the door contact
switch.
A WARNING
- When you lock your vehicle from outside,
nobody -especially children -should re­
main inside the vehicle. Remember,
when you lock the vehicle from the out­
side the windows cannot be opened from
the inside.
- When you leave the vehicle, always re­
move the ignition key and take it with
you. This will prevent passengers (chil­
dren, for example) from accidentally be­ ing locked in the vehicle should they acci­
dentally press the power locking switch
in one of the doors.
- Do not leave children inside the vehicle
unsupervised. In an emergency it would
be impossible to open the doors from
the outside without the key.
(D Tips
-The driver's door can be locked and un­
locked with the key if the power locking
system fails. The passenger's door can
be locked manually
r::;, page 42.

40 Opening and clo sing
- In the event of a crash with airbag de ­
ployment all locked doors will be auto­
matically unlocked to g ive access to the
vehicle occupants from the outside .
- You are well advised not to keep valua­
bles inside an unattended vehicle, visib le
or not . Even a properly locked vehicle
cannot provide the security of a safe!
Unlocking and locking the vehicle with
the remote control
Fig. 32 Remote co ntro l: fun ctio n button s
To unlock the veh icle @J
.. Press button @once ¢ fig. 32 .
To lock the vehi cle [fil
.. Press b utton ® once ¢ ,&..
To unlock f ront lid only
.. Press button © for approximately one sec ­
ond .
PANIC Button
.. Push the red button @ to activate the pan ic
function. The horn sounds and the turn s ig­
nals flash .
.. Push the button @ again to deactivate the
panic funct ion .
The turn s ignals flash twice when the vehicle
is unlocked . If the vehicle is u nlocked and a
door or the front lid are not opened within the
next 30 seconds, the vehi cle locks again auto­
ma tica lly. This feature prevents the vehicle
from being left unlocked acc identally for a
long period of time . T
he t urn signa ls briefly flash once and the
horn so unds once when the doo rs and front
lid are locked properly .
A WARNING
-Read and follow all WARNINGS ¢.&. in
General description on page 39.
(D Tips
- Use the remote cont ro l only when the
doors and front lid are closed.
- In order to make s ure the locking f unc­
tion is working, you should a lways keep
your eye on the vehicle to make s ure it is
properly locked.
-
- Do not use the remote cont ro l if yo u are
inside the car, otherw ise you may unin­
tentionally lock the vehicle, and then you
would set off the anti-theft alarm when
you try to open a door . In case this hap­
pens any how, push the unloc k button~-
- Use the pan ic function o nly if you are in
an eme rgency s ituation .
Operating locks with the key
To lock and unlock the vehicle from the out­
side, turn the key in the lock of the driver's
door .
F ig . 33 Key turns fo r ope nin g an d clos ing
To unlock the vehicle
.. Turn the key one time to posit io n @ to un­
lo ck the driver 's door ¢
fig. 33.
To lock the vehicle
.. Tu rn the key in the lock of the d river's door
to the lock pos it io n
@ ¢ ,&. . .,..

-When you close the front lid , check it to
make sure the safety catch has properly
engaged . The lid should be flush with the
surround ing vehicle body parts .
- If you notice while driving that the lid is
not secured properly, stop at once and
close it .
- Never leave your vehicle unattended es­
pecially with the front lid left open. A
child could crawl into the luggage com­
partment and pull the lid shut, becoming
trapped and unable to get out. To reduce
the risk of personal injury, never let chil­
dren play in or around your vehicle. Al­
ways keep the front lid as we ll as the ve ­
hicle doors closed when not in use.
(D Note
Make sure there are no objects are pro­
t rud ing above the edge of the luggage
compartment . Otherwise, the front lid
could be damaged .
@ Tips
If the front lid is open or not properly
locked when the ignition is turned on, the
door and front lid warning appears in the
instrument cluster disp lay.
Emergency release for front lid
If the front lid cannot be opened, on emer­
gency release is provided .
Fig. 39 Sectio n: Eme rgency release
" Reach under the closed glove compartment .
There is a red plast ic cord under the glove
compartment.
"Pu ll the red plastic cord towards you.
Opening and closing 43
Anti-theft alarm
system
Description
The anti-theft alarm triggers an alarm if any­
one attempts to break into the vehicle .
Fig. 40 Diode posit io n in th e in str um ent panel
The anti-theft alarm system triggers an audi·
ble alarm and turns on the emergency flasher
if an unauthorized interference with the vehi­
cle is sensed by the system .
How is the anti-theft alarm system
switched on?
The anti-theft alarm system is switched on
when you lock the driver's door manually us­
ing the fold -out key, or when you use the re­
mote control. The system is activated approxi­
mately 30 seconds after the vehicle is locked.
T he ind icator light
9 fig. 40 starts flashing
rapidly for 2 seconds and then blinks slow ly.
How is the anti -theft alarm system
switched off?
T he anti-theft alarm system is switched off
o nly when yo u un lock your veh icle.
If you do
not open a door within 30 seconds after you
have unlocked with the remote control, the
vehicle will lock itself again automatically .
When will the anti theft alarm system be
triggered?
When the vehicle is locked, the a larm system
monitors and protects the fo llowing parts of
the vehicle:
- engine compartment
- luggage compartment
- doors

44 Opening and clo sing
- ignition
When the sys tem is activated, the alarm w ill
be tr iggered if one of the doors , the eng ine
compartmen t lid or the front lid are opened.
The anti-theft a larm system will also go
off
when the ba tte ry is d isconne cted.
You can a lso trigger the alarm by pressing the
PANIC button on your remote-control key .
This will a lert other people in case of emer­
gency. Press the PANIC button again to turn
off th e al ar m .
How is the anti-theft alarm switched off
when triggered?
To switch t he a larm off, press the button @l on
the master key o r swi tch t he ign ition on. The
ala rm w ill also sw itch i tse lf
off when i t comes
to the end of its cycle .
Emergency flasher
The emergency flasher w ill blink briefly when
the doo rs, e ngine compartment lid and front
lid are prope rly closed .
If the emergency flashe rs do not b link, check
the doors, engine compartment lid and front
lid to ma ke sure t hey a re p roperly closed. If
you close a doo r, the engine comp artment lid
or the front lid wit h the anti-theft alarm
switched on, t he emergency f lashers will blink
only after you have closed the door or lid .
Power windows
Controls
The driver can operate all windows.
Fig. 41 D rive r's doo r: p owe r w in dow sw it c h es
Fig. 42 Passen ger 's doo r: powe r wi ndow swit ch
0 ~
"' 0
"' "' OJ
The powe r wi ndow swi tches have a two-posi ­
tion function :
Opening the windows
• Press the switch and hold it down unt il the
w ind ow has reached the desired position.
"' Press the switc h
briefly to open the window
automatically .
"' By briefly pressi ng/p ull ing the sw itch again,
t he downward travel of the window ca n be
s toppe d in any pos it ion
~ .&, .
Closing the windows
"' Pull the sw itch and hold it until the window
has reached the desired position .
"' Pull the sw itch
briefly to close the window
automatically .
"' By briefly pressing/p ull ing the sw itch agai n,
t he upward trave l of the window can be
stopped in any position
~ .&, .
.&_ WARNING
-
-Do not leave ch ildren unattended in the
veh icle, especially with access to vehicle
keys. Unsupervised use of the keys can
resu lt in start ing of the engi ne and use
o f vehicle syst ems such as power w in­
d ows, e tc. w hich could res ult in s erious
lnJUr y.
-Remember -you can still ope n or close
the powe r windows for about ten mi­
nutes after the ig nition i s swi tched off.
On ly w hen ei ther o f th e fr ont d oors are
opened a re the power windows switched
off ~

94 Parking system
• Press the Settings control button.
- Front volum e -front sensor vol ume
- Front fr equenc y-front sensor frequency
-Rear volume -rear sensor volume
-Rear frequency -rear sensor frequency
-In-car entert ainment fader -when the park-
ing system is sw itched on, t he volume of the
active audio source is lowered .
The new ly adjusted value is briefly heard from
the signa l generator.
(D Tips
Changed settings are activated when park­
ing system is switched on aga in.
Error messages
Applies to vehicles: with parking system advanced
There is an error in the system if the LED on
the
IP.. ~ I sw itch is blinking and you hear a con­
tinuous alarm for a few seconds after switch­ ing on the parking system or when the park­
ing system is al ready act ivated. Have your au­
thor ized Audi dealer co rrect the e rror.
@ Tips
If an error has occurred before the ignition
is tu rned off, the LED in the~ switch will
blin k the next time the ignit ion is switched
on, reverse gear sele cted, and the a coustic
pa rking system is ac tiva ted .

disconnect the battery negative terminal. Oc­
casionally charge a disconnected battery.
Winter operation
The cold time of year places a special strain on
the battery, resulting in reduced starting pow­
er. So before the cold weather starts, have the battery inspected and charged as necessary.
A WARNING
- All work on the battery requires technical
knowledge. Please contact an authorized
Audi dealer or another authorized facility
for questions about the battery - danger of acid burns and explosion hazard!
- The battery must not be opened! Do not
try to change the battery's liquid level,
otherwise detonating gas will escape
from the battery - explosion hazard!
Working on the battery
Always wear eye protection.
Battery acid contains sulfuric
acid. Always wear gloves and eye
protection.
No
- sparks
- flames
- smoking.
When a battery is charged, it pro­
duces hydrogen gas which is ex­ plosive and could cause personal
injury.
Always keep the battery well out
of reach of children.
The following WARNINGS are very important
when working on the battery:
A WARNING
Whenever working on the battery or on
the electrical system, there is the risk of
injury, accident and even fire. Read and
heed the following WARNINGS:
-
Checking and filling 185
- Always wear eye protection. Do not let
battery acid or any lead particles get on
your skin or clothing. Shield your eyes. Explosive gases can cause blindness or
other injury.
- Battery acid contains sulfuric acid. Sulfu­
ric acid can cause blindness and severe
burns.
- Always wear gloves and eye protection.
Do not tilt the battery because acid
could leak out of the ventilation open­
ings.
- If you get battery acid in your eyes or
on your skin, immediately rinse with
cold water for several minutes and get
medical attention.
- If you should ingest any battery acid,
seek medical attention immediately.
- Do not expose the battery to an open
flame, electric sparks or an open light.
- Do not smoke.
- Do not interchange the positive and neg- ative cables.
- When working on the battery, be sure
not to short-circuit the terminals with
tools or other metal objects. This would cause the battery to heat up very quickly,
which could lead to damage or explosion and personal injury.
- When a battery is charged, it produces
hydrogen gas which is explosive and
could cause personal injury.
- Always keep the battery well out of the
reach of children.
- Before work is done on the electrical sys­
tem, disconnect the negative ground ca­
ble.
- Before performing any work on the elec­
trical system, switch off the engine and
ignition as well as any electrical equip­
ment. The negative cable on the battery
must be disconnected.
If you are just go­
ing to replace a light bulb, then it is
enough to switch off the lights.
- Before disconnecting the battery, switch
off the anti-theft alarm system! Other­
wise you will set off the alarm. •
•

224 Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel@
Consumer
Automatically dimming in-
side mirror, ga rage door
8 opener (Homel ink), washer
pump relay, power outlets
relay
10
~ button
11 Pressure sensor, climate
controls
12 Airbag
Fuse panel @
No . II Consumer
1 Radiator fan (1)
2 Radia tor fan (2)
3 Exterior lighting
4 Exterior lighting
6 Blower regulator
Fuse panel @
No . II Consumer
1 Rear view camera
2
Tire pressure monitoring
system
4
Cell phone package, te le-
phone antenna amplifier
5 Instrument cluster
6 Networking gateway
7 Steering column lever
8
Diagnostic interface, brake
pedal switch, selector lever
9 Rain/light sensor
10 Light switch
11 Special functions control
module
15 Sound amplifier
Radio
Fuse panel E
No. Consumer
3 Auxiliary water pump
5 Supply terminal 15, starter
Amps
10
10 5
5
II Amps
40 40
40
40
40
II Amps
5
10
7.5 5
5
5
10 5
5
5
30
20
Amps
10
30
Fuse panel @
No. Consumer
6 Pump for brake booster
7 Horn
8 Wiper motor
9 Wiper motor
10 Headlight washer system
12 Power outlets and cigarette
lighter
Fuse panel
®
No. !!Consumer
1
2
4
6
7
8
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E lectronic Stabilization Pro­
gram
Electronic Stabilization Pro­
gram
Rear window defogger
Power locking system
Interior lights, washer noz­
zles
Anti-theft alarm sys tem
Climate controls
Heated seats
Lumbar support
11 Control module for doors
12 Control module for doors
Bulbs
Note
Amps
15
20
30
30
30
20
ll Amps ,
10
25
30
20
20
5
10
25 10
30 10
Your vehicle is equipped with maintenance­
free headlights and rear lights. However, if a
bulb has to be changed, please consult your
authorized Aud i dealer or other qualified
workshop .