Switching on and off
Applies to vehicles: with parking system advanced
The rear view camera switches on automati
cally together with the acoustic and visual
park assist when you put the vehicle in re
verse .
Fig. 125 Cen ter con sol e: Pa rking syst em swi tc h
Fig. 126 MMI display: visual distan ce di splay
Switching on
• Switch the MMI on
• Activate
comfort or auto mode in Audi drive
select
¢ page 103.
• Shift into reverse or
• Press the switch
Pw.!l. in the center console
¢
f ig. 125. A short confirmation tone
sounds and the ind icator light in the sw itch
light s up .
Switching between the rear view camera
and visual display
• Press the Graphic control button
¢
page 118 , fig . 127 @to see the visual
display .
• Press the
Rearview control button to see
the rear view camera image¢
fig. 126 .
Switching off
• Dr ive faste r than 6 mph (10 km/h), or
Advanced Parking System 11 7
• press the switch P1#.!l. or
• switch off the ignit ion .
Segments in the visual display
The red segments in front of and behind the
vehicle
¢ fig. 126 help you to determine the
distance between yo u and an obstacle. As
your vehicle comes closer to the obstacle, the
segments move closer to the veh icle. The co l
lision area has been reached when the next to
las t segmen t is displayed . Do not continue
driving farther ¢.&
in General Information
on page 116!
A WARNING
- The MMI display cannot show, or cannot
adequately show, certain objects (such as
small posts or grating), recesses in the
g ro und and protruding parts on another
car.
- Only use the rear view camera to assist
you if it shows a good, clear picture . For
examp le, the image may be affected by
the sun s hining into the lens, dirt on the
lens or if there is a defect.
- Use the rear view camera on ly with the
rear lid comp lete ly closed . Make sure any
objects you may have mounted on the
rear lid do not block the rear v iew cam
era.
(D Tips
- The sensors must be kept clean and free
of snow and ice for the park assist to op
erate.
- If your ve hicle is near an obstacle, an ad
ditional v isual ind icator appears in the
rearview camera image. Th is superim
posed image is there to help you to de
termined which area of the vehicle is af
fected .
- You can change the volume and pitch of the signals as well as the display
r:!;; page 119.
-What appears in the display is time-de
layed .
regulations must be observed. Your au
thorized Audi dealer is familiar with these requirements and we recommend that you
have your dealer perform this service for
you.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle's suspension system can
change the way that the Advanced Airbag Sys
tem performs in a crash. For example, using
tire-rim combinations not approved by Audi, lower ing the vehicle, changing the stiffness of
the suspension, including the springs, suspen sion struts, shock absorbers etc. can change
the forces that are measured by the airbag
sensors and sent to the electronic control
un it . Some suspension changes can, for exam
ple, increase the force levels measured by the
sensors and make the airbag system deploy in
crashes in which it would not dep loy if the
changes had not been made. Other kinds of
changes may reduce the force Levels meas
ured by the sensors and prevent the airbag
from deploying when it should.
The sensors in the safety belt buckle for the
driver and front passenger seat tell the elec
tronic control module if the safety belt is
latched or not. If the safety belt is being used,
the front airbag will deploy at a slightly high
er rate of vehicle deceleration than if the safe
ty belt is not being used. Therefore, in a par
ticular collision, it is poss ible that an airbag
will not deploy at a seating position where the
safety belt is being used but will inflate at the
position where the safety belt is not being
used. It is important that nothing interfere
with the safety belt buckles so that the sen
sors can send the correct information about
safety belt use to the electronic control unit.
A WARNING
Changing the vehicle's suspension includ
ing use of unapproved tire-rim combina
tions can change Advanced Airbag per
formance and increase the risk of serious personal injury in a crash.
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-Never install suspension components
that do not have the same performance
characteristics as the components origi
nally installed on your vehicle .
- Never use tire-rim combinations that
have not been approved by Audi.
A WARNING
-
Items stored between the safety belt
buckle and the center console can cause
the sensors in the buckle to send the
wrong information to the electronic con
trol module and prevent the Advanced Air
bag System from working properly.
- Always make sure that nothing can inter
fere with the safety belt buckles and that they are not obstructed.
Knee airbags
Description of knee airbags
The knee airbag system con provide supple
mental protection to properly restrained
front seat occupants.
Fig. 149 Driver 's airbag
The driver knee airbag is in the instrument
panel underneath the steering wheel
¢ fig . 149, the airbag for the passenger is at
about the same height in the instrument pan
el underneath the glove compartment.
The knee airbag offers additional protection
to the driver's and passenger's knees and up
per and Lower thigh areas and supplements
the protection provided by the safety belts.
If the front airbags deploy, the knee airbags
also deploy in frontal col lisions when the de
ployment threshold stored in the control unit .,,.
