2011 AUDI S8 mirror

2 Table of contents
Vehicle liter ature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
5
About this Owner's Manual . . . 6
Controls and equipment .. ... .
Instruments and controls .. . .
General illus tra tion .... ... .. .. ... .
Instruments and warning/
indicator lights ........ .. .. .. . .
Instruments . .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
War ning/indicator lights ... .. ... .. .
Driver information display .... .. ... .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) . . .
Opening and closing .. .. .... . .
Keys .. ...... ........... .. .. ... .
Power locking system ..... .. .. .. . .
Rear lid .. .. ........ ........ .... .
Child safety lock ........... .... .. .
Power windows ............... .. .
Valet par king . ........... .. .. ... .
Sliding/ tilt ing su nroof ... .. .. .. .. . .
P anoramic sun roof ........ .. .. ... .
Clear vision .. ........ .. .. .. .. . .
Lig hts . .. .. ............. .. .. .. . .
I n ter ior lights .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
V 1s 1on ..... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... .
W iper and washer system . ... .. .. . .
Mirrors ................. .. .. ... .
Dig ita l compass .......... .... ... .
Seats and storage ....... .. .. . .
General recommendat ions ..... .. . .
Front seats ... ........... .... ... .
Rear seats .. ... .... ...... .. .. .. . .
H ead restraints .............. .. . .
Seat memo ry ................... .
Full- length cen te r console .. .. .. ... .
L ugg age compartmen t ........... .
P ass-t hrou gh with s ki sack ... ... .. .
Roof rack . .. .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
12-vo lt sockets . .. ..... ... .. .. ... . 8
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4 0
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48 51
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6 5
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6 7
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Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Warm and cold ... .. ..... .... . .
Climate co ntrols .. .. ... ..... ... .. . 74
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On the road
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Stee ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting and stopping t he engine . . . . 79
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . 81
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cru ise cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Adaptive cruise control and
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 6
I n troduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adaptive c ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Audi lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
La ne assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
La ne Change A ssistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
D riv ing se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Raising/lower ing the ve hicle . . . . . . . . 108
Drive r messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . 109
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pedestria n detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pedestrian warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Settings in the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
D river messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 112
t ipt ron ic (8-speed transmission) . . . . . 112

32 Opening and clos ing
-When closing a door, make sure noth­
ing can interfere w ith the door. This
could cause ser ious personal injury.
- You can stop the door from closing at
any time by pulling on the inside or
outside door handle.
(D Tips
- In the event of a crash with airbag de­
ployment all locked doors will be auto­
matically unlocked to give access to the
vehicle occupants from the outside.
- If the power locking system should ma l­
function, you can lock the dr iver's door
using the mechanical key¢
page 35 .
-If the power lock ing system should fail,
you can st ill open the fuel tank flap in an
emergency ¢
page 221.
-You are well advised not to keep valua­
bles inside an unattended vehicle, visib le
or not . Even a properly locked vehicle
ca nnot provide the sec urity of a safe .
- If the LED in the upper edge of the driv­ er's door panel comes on for abo ut 30
seconds after t he vehi cle is locked, there
i s a ma lf u nction in the power loc king or
t h e anti- theft warni ng sys tem. Have the
malfunction corrected by an authorized
A udi dealersh ip or q ua lified repair facili ­
ty .
Setting power locking
The driver can determine the functions for
power locking in the MMI.
,.. Se lect : I CAR I fu nction button > Car sy ste m s
control button > Vehicle setting s > Central
locking .
Unl ock door s -
You can decide if All doors or
on ly the
Driver should unlock . The rear lid al­
so unlocks when
All is se lected. If you select
Dri ver in a vehicle with a convenience key *,
only the door whose handle you pull will un­
l ock. If you se
lect
Dri ver , all the doors and rear lid
will unlock if you press them button on the re­
mote control maste r key twice.
Loc k exterior trunk handle -If you se lec t On ,
the rear lid handle is locked . In this case the
rear lid can be opened with the b utton
cs on
the master key or with the
cs button * in the
driver's door . In veh icles with a convenience
key* , you can still open the rear lid using the
handle if an authorized master key is near the
proxim ity sensor .
Fold mir rors * -If you select On , the exterior
rearview mirrors fold in automatically w hen
you press the
ffi button on the remote control
master key or touch the sensor* in the ha ndle.
Lock when dr iving -If you select On, the vehi­
cle locks automatically when driv ing. All of
the doors and rear lid lock .
Tone when locking -When you select On , a
confirmat ion tone sounds when you lock the
vehicle.
Locking and unlocking the vehicle with
the remote control
Fig . 18 Re mote co ntrol : f u nct ion buttons
Either the driver's door o nly or the entire vehi­
cle w ill unlock when the unlock button mis
pressed once, depending on the settings in
the MMI
r=;,page32 .
.,. Press button 0 to unlock the vehicle
¢fig. 18.
,.. Press button ffi to lock the vehicle ¢ .& in
General description on page 31 .
,.. Press button cs briefly to un lock the rear
lid.

Selecting a color profile
You can select from the Ivory , Polar and Ru­
b y/ Pol ar
color profiles .
(D Tips
The settings are automa tically sto red and
assigned to the remote con tro l key that is
in use.
Instrument illumination
You con adjust the brightness of the instru ­
ment and display illumination .
Fig . 40 In strument ill um ination
• Press the knob to release it.
• Turn the knob toward"-" or"+" to reduce or
increase the brightness .
• Press the knob again to return it to it s or ig i­
nal position .
Q Tips
The instrument illumination (for dials and
needles) lights on when the ig nitio n is
sw itched on and the vehicle lights are
turned off. As the daylight fades, the illu­
m ina tion of the dials likewise dims auto­
mat ically and wi ll go out com plete ly when
t he o utside light is very low . This fea ture is
meant to remind you to switch on the
headlights when o utside light conditions
become poor. Clear vi
sion 4 7
Vision
Sun visors
E J
Fig . 4 1 S un viso r
The sun visors for the driver and passenger
can be re leased from their bracke ts and
turned toward the doors
c:> fig. 41 (D . They
can a lso be moved back and forth lengthwise
in th is position .
The m irror light switches on when the cover
ove r the vanity m irror @opens.
T here is a shade between the dr iver 's and pas­
senger's s un visors that can be used to cover
the gap above the rearview mirror.
. Sun Shade
Fi g. 42 Cock pit: Sun shade swit ch
F ig. 4 3 Rear doo r: S un s had e butto n

48 Clear vis ion
Extending /retracting th e rear window
sh ad e*
• To extend or retract the sun shade fr om the
cockpit ,
press the~ button in the center
console
¢ fig . 42 .
• To extend or retract the sun shade
from th e
r e ar of th e vehicle,
press the liiil button in
the door
¢ fig . 43 .
Extending the rear door sun shade s
• Close the window in the rear door.
• To extend the sun shade
from the d riv er 's
s eat ,
pull the left/right rear power window
switch ~ in the dr iver's door .
• To extend the sun shade from the
rear of
th e v ehi cle,
pull the power window sw itch
~ i n the left/right rear door.
Retr acting the re ar doo r sun shades*
• To retract the sun shade from th e dri ver 's
sea t,
press the left/right rear power window
switch~ in the driver's door.
• To retract the sun shade from the
re ar of the
vehicle ,
press the power window switch~
in the left/right rear door.
You can adj ust the settings for the rear sun
sh ade so the shade ret ra cts automatica lly
when you selec t the reve rse gear. Select:
CAR
function button > Ca r sys tems control button
> Vehicle settings > Automatic rear blind >
On. T he sett ings are automat ica lly stored and
assigned to the remote control key. The sun
shade extends again as soon as the vehicle be­
g ins traveling forward at a speed greater than
9 mph (1S km/h), as long as the ignition has
not been switched off in the meantime .
& WARNING
When lowe ring or raisi ng the sunshade,
make s ure there is no thing in its way a nd
t ha t it has a free path to trave l. This could
cause personal injury.
{D) Tips
- If the sun shade is operated repeatedly
wi thin a sho rt time, the bui lt-in overload
protection circui t may be tr ipped. If this occurs, you will have to wait briefly be
­
fore yo u can operate the shade again.
- Because of the decrease in the f lexibility
of the shade materia l at temperatures
below freezing, the electrica l circuit
which operates the shade shuts off when
the temperature in the vehicle falls be­
low
14 °F ( - 10 °C). The shade cannot be
operated until the passenger compart­
ment warms up above this temperature.
Vanity mirror in the rear
App lies to veh icles: w ith vanity mir rors in th e rea r
Fig. 44 Rear headliner : van ity mirro r
• Press the button to fold the mirror open.
The mirror light ing turns on automatically.
• To change the mirror's ang le, move it for­
ward/back w ith your hand .
Wiper and washer
system
Switching the windshield wipers on
F ig . 4 5 Winds hield w iper lever
Move the windshie ld w iper lever to the corre­
sponding position:
@ -Windshield wipe rs off

Mirrors
Adjusting the exterior mirrors
Fig . 47 Fo rw ar d section of driver's armrest: powe r m ir­
r or co nt rols
Turn the knob to the desi red position :
Q/P -In th is position, you can adjust the
driver's and front passenger's exter ior mir rors
by turn ing the knob in t he des ired direction .
® -The m irrors are heated depending on the
out side temperature .
8 -The exterior mirrors fo ld in. In the MMI,
you c an se lect if the m irro rs fold in automat i­
cally when you lock the vehicle
¢ page 32 .
Driver exter io r mi rro r tilt funct ion
To help yo u see the curb when backing into a
parking space, the surface of the mirror tilts
slightly. The knob must be in the P position
for this to happen .
You can ad just the tilted mirror s urface by
turning the knob in the desired direction.
When you move out of reverse and into anoth ­
er gear, the new mirror position is stored and
assigned to the key you a re using.
The mirror goes back into its origina l posit io n
once yo u dr ive forward faster than 9 mph (15
km/h) or switch the ignition off .
A WARNING
-Curved ( i.e. convex) mirror s urfaces in­
crease your field of view . Remember that
vehicles or other objects will appear
small er and farther away than when seen
in a f lat m irror .
If you use this mirro r to
est imate distances of following vehicles
.
Clear vi sion 51
when changing lanes, you co uld estimate
incor rectly and cause an accident.
(D Note
- If the m irror housing is moved uninten ­
tionally (for examp le, w hile pa rking your
vehicle), then yo u must first fold the mir­
ror electrically. Do not read just the mir­
ror housing man ually. You cou ld damage
the motor which controls the mirror.
(D Tips
- The exterior m irror settings are stored
w ith the memory function*
¢ page 62.
- If there is a malfunction in the electrical
system, you can still adjust the outside
mi rrors by pressing the edge of the m ir­
ror .
Dimming the mirrors
Fig . 48 Automatic dimming rearview mirro r
.. To dim the re arview mirror and both exterior
m irrors, press the@ button . The diode ®
turns on. T he rearv iew and exterior mirrors
dim automatically whe n light shines o n
t hem, for examp le from headlights on ave­
hicle to the rear .
A WARNING
Elect ro lyte fluid can lea k from au to matic
d imm ing mir rors if the g lass is b roken .
E lec tro lyte fluid can irr itate skin, eyes and
respiratory system.
- Repeated or prolonged exposu re to e lec­
trolyte can cause irritation to the respira­
tory system, especially among people
with asthma or other resp iratory
.

52 Clear vis ion
condit ions. Get fresh a ir immediately by
leaving the vehicle or, if that is not possi­
ble, open windows and doors all the way.
- If electrolyte gets into the eyes, flush
them thoroughly with large am ounts of
clean water for at least 15 m in utes;
med ica l attent ion is recommended .
- If electrolyte contacts sk in, flush affect ­
ed area with clean water for at least 15
m in utes and then was h affec ted area
with soap and wat er; medical atten tion
is re commen ded . Th oroug hly wash af ­
fec ted clot hing and sh oes bef ore reu se .
- If swa llowed and person is conscious,
r in se mouth w it h wate r fo r at le ast 15
min utes . Do no t induc e vom itin g un less
ins truc ted to do so by medica l professio ­
nal. Get medical attention immediately.
(D Note
Liquid ele ct ro lyte leaking from broken mir­
ror g la ss will dam age a ny p lastic surf aces
it comes in contact w ith . C lean up s pille d
e lectro lyte immediately with clean water
and a sponge.
(D Tips
- Switching off the dimming function of
the inside rear view mirror also deacti­
vates the automatic dimming function
of the e xterior mirrors .
-Automatic dimmi ng for the m irror only
ope rates properly i f th e sun shade * fo r
the rea r window is not in use or the light
strik ing the ins ide mirro r is not hindered
by other objects . - T
he automatic dimming mi rrors do not
dim when the inte rior lighting is turned
on or the reve rse gear is selected .
Digital compass
Switching the compass on and off
Applies to vehicles: wit h digital compass
T he compass direction is shown in the rear­
view mirror .
J
Fig . 49 Rearv iew mirr or: Digi tal compass act ivated
.,. To swi tch the comp ass o n or off, p ress an d
hold the b utt on @ until the compass dis ­
p lay in the mirror
c::> fig . 49 appears o r disap­
pea rs .
T he dig ita l compass o nly works when the igni ­
tion is o n. The directions are indica ted with
abbrev iat ions:
N ( n orth) , NE (northeast), E
(east), SE (southeast), S (so uth), SW (south ­
west) ,
W (west), NW (northwest).
@ Tips
To prevent inaccurate compass readings,
do not bring any remote cont ro ls, e lectr i­
ca l devices or metallic objects near t he
mir ro r.

Clear vision 5 3
Adjusting the magnetic zone
Applies to vehicles: with digital compass
The magnetic zone must be adjusted correctly for the compass to read accurately.
Fig. SO Magnet ic zone map
~ Press and ho ld the button @ ¢page 52,
fig . 49
until the number of the magnetic
zone appears in the rearview mirror .
~ Press the button@repeated ly to select the
correct magnetic zone. The select ion mode
turns off after a few seconds .
Calibrating the compass
Applies to vehicles: with digital compass
You must recalibrate the compass if it does
not display the correct direction .
~ Press and hold the button @unti l a C ap­
pears in the rearview mirror.
~ Drive in a c ircle at about 6 mph (10 km/h)
until a direction is disp layed in the rearview
mirror .
A WARNING
-
To avoid endangering yourself and other
drivers, calibrate the compass in an area
where there is no traffic.
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Operating the reclining rear seat
App lies to v ehicles: with reclining rea r seat
Fig. 56 Rear cente r co nso le : seat adjustment bu tto ns
Reclining position on/off
@-Adjusting the reclining position: press
and hold the button@c:::>
page 58, fig. 55 un­
til your seat and the front passenger's seat
reach their end positions
c:::> page 58, fig. 55.
Depending on the last setting, the leg support
may fold out at the same time. The front pas­
senger seat's can no longer be used in the re­
clining position c:::>
&,.
@ -Adjusting the standard position: press
and hold the button @until the front pas­
senger's seat reaches its end position and its
head restraint is upright. The leg support
folds in at the same time c:::>
&,.
You can adjust the leg support or fold the dis­
play forward in the reclining position:
Adjusting the leg support
®-Folding the leg support out/in: press and
hold the left/right button ®
c:::>fig . 56 until
the leg support reaches the des ired posit ion .
@ -Leg support steeper/flatter: active front
passenger's seat adjustment with the button
(J) . To adjust the front passenger's seat back­
rest and the leg support, press the button ®
forward/back.
© -Leg support forward/back: active front
passenger 's seat adjustment with the button
(J) . To adjust the front passenger's seat and
l eg support forward/back, press the button@
forward/back.
Seats and storage 59
Adjusting the display
©-Tilt ing the display forward/back: press
and hold the left/right b utton @ until the dis­
play reaches the desired position.
You can fold the display forward so that you
have a clear view of the roadway. With the
seat in the reclining position, press and hold
the right button@ unti l the display is folded
forward. Make sure the driver has a clear view
of the exterior mirrors. If so, confirm the
question in the MMI with Yes. If you answer
No or do not respond to the question, the dis­
play will return to the upright pos ition .
A WARNING
Do not use the front passenger's seat for
seating when it is in the reclin ing position.
This increases the risk of serious injury or
death.
- Never adjust the reclining position when
the front passenger's seat is occupied.
This increases the risk of injury.
- Do not t ilt the display if the driver's view
of the right exterior mirror will be ob­
structed.
- Make sure the area between the leg sup­
port and the front passenger's seat back­
rest is clear before fo lding the leg sup­
port in so that you are not pinched.
(!) Tips
If yo u cannot move the seat into the re­
clining position, it may be because
- th e front passenger's seat memory func­
tion is switched off c:::>
page 62 or
- the child safety lock is switched on (the
~ button c:::> page 39 or the rig ht t but­
ton c:::>
page 39 lights up in the driver's
door).