2013 AUDI A7 ignition

Instrument s and warning /indicator lights 25
Operation
The driver information system is operated us­
ing the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel.
Fi g. 6 Mu ltifunction stee ring wheel: operating the driv ­
er info rmatio n system
Fig . 7 Driver informat ion system: open ing the ve hicle
functio ns m en u
Operating concept
• Switch the ign ition on.
• To sw itch betwee n the tabs, p ress the ro ck­
er switch (!) to the le ft or r ight ¢
fig. 6.
• To access additional i nfo rmatio n be low or
above, rotate the thumbwheel @down or
u p.
• To confirm a se lection, press the thumb­
wheel @.
• Press the
Ii] button ® to ope n a submenu
for an act ive tab .
• Press the butto n
© to access a func tion fo r
t h e prog ram mable stee ring w heel button*.
Accessing Vehicle functions
• Se lect th e first tab with the rocker switch
@.
• Press the bu tton Ii! @. The Vehicle func­
tion s
menu appears Q fig . 7.
• To select a menu item, turn a nd press the
t hu mbwheel @.
Resetting values to zero
• Sele ct th e on-board computer / Efficiency
program
menu item in the Vehicle func·
tions
men u.
• Yo u can now select between the long-term
memory and short-term memory.
• To reset the values in a memory, press and
hold the thumbwheel @for one second.
Assigning a function to the
programmable steering wheel button*
• Select: I CAR ! function butt on > (Car) * sys­
tems
control button > Vehicle settings >
Steering wheel button .
The last function selected disp lays when you
switc h the ignition on.
On-board computer
You can ca ll up the fo llowi ng i nfo rmation in
the on -board computer :
- Date
- Dr iv ing t ime (h) from the short-te rm memo-
ry
- Average consumption in MPG ( l/100 km)
from the shor t-te rm memory
- Average speed i n mph (km/h) from the
short-te rm memory
- Distance driven in miles (km) from the
short-te rm memory
- Cur rent fuel consumption in MPG (l/100
km)
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
The short -te rm memory collects driv ing infor ­
mation from th e time the ig nition is switc hed
on until it is switched off. If you continue driv­
i ng within two ho urs after switch ing the igni­
tion off, the new values are incl uded when cal­
cu lating the current trip information .
U nlik e the short -term memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automatically. You can
select the time period for evaluating trip in­
fo rmat ion yourse lf.
Fo r some vehicle f unct ions, you can access the
trip information from t he temporary memory
in the line
(D ¢ fig. 5. ..,_

28 Instr uments and warning/indicator lights
Service interval display
The service interval display reminds you when
your next service is due .
Fig. 13 Instrument cluster: Service interva l d isplay
The schedule for the next oil change o r inspec­
tion is calculated automatically and displayed
according ly . The display works in two stages:
Service reminder
30 days before the next service is due, a serv­
ice reminder appears in the display when you
switch the ignition o n
c::> fig. 13.
After about 5 seconds the display sw itches
back to normal. The distance and time re­
maining are updated each time the ignition is
switched on until the date due for service is
reached.
Service due
When the due date for service is reached, the
message
Service due! appears in the instru­
ment cluster immediately after you switch the
ignition on. Additionally, a warn ing tone
sounds. After about 5 seconds the display
switches back to normal.
Calling up the service schedules
If or when an oil change or inspect ion is due,
can be shown in the MMI display by select ing
the service interva l disp lay in the car menu .
Select the
!CAR ! function button> (Car)* sys­
tems
control button > Servicing & checks >
Service interval displays. In new vehicles, the
schedule can only be called up after approxi­ mately S00 km.
Resetting the service interval display
Your authorized Audi dea ler will reset the cor­
responding service schedule after performing
the appropriate service on your vehicle. You
also have the possibility to reset the oil
change schedule after having performed an
oil change according to Audi specifications.
Select the
ICAR I function button> (Car)* sys­
tems
control button > Servicing & checks >
Service Intervals> Reset oil change interval.
(D Note
If you disconnect the battery term inals, no
calculations can be made for the service
i nterval display during th is time and no
serv ice reminder will appear. Remember
that observing the proper service in tervals
i s vitally important to extending the life of
your vehicle, particularly the engine, and maintain ing its value. Even if the mileage
driven is low, the maximum period of one
year from one service to the next must not
be exceeded.
(D Tips
-Do not reset the display between oil
changes, otherwise the display w ill be in ­
correct.
- The information in the Service Reminder
remains stored even when the vehicle
battery is disconnected.

Ins trum ent s an d warnin g/indic ator light s 29
Head-up Display
Applies to vehicles: with Head-up Display
Fig. 14 Examp le: indicators in the Head-up Display
Fig . 15 Instrument pane l: knob for the Head-up D is­
play
The Head-up Display projects certa in warnings
or selected information from the assistance
systems* or nav igat ion* on the w indshield.
The display appears with in the driver's field of
vision.
Switching on /off
"' Press the knob~ to switch the Head-up
Display on/off
c::> fig. 15.
Adju sting th e hei ght
The height of the display can be adjusted to
the indiv idual driver.
"' Make sure you are seated correctly
c::>page 131.
"' Turn the knob~ to adjust the display .
Setting s in th e MMI
"' Se lect: ICARI funct ion button > (C ar)* sys ­
tems
control button > Driv e r Assist > He ad ­
u p Di spla y
> Head -up D ispl ay co nte nt or
Di spl ay bri ghtne ss.
Display cont ent
In the MM I, you can spec ify wh ich inform ation
shou ld be disp layed:
- Cruise control system*
- Navigation information*
- Audi adaptive cruise control*
- Aud i active lane assist*
- Night vision assistant* (pedestrian warning)
The speed disp lay and some of the red indica ­
tor lights cannot be hidden in the MMI.
Displa y brightn ess
You can adjust the display br ightness i n the
MMI. The disp lay br ightness decreases auto­
matically as the amount of light decreases.
T he basic level of br igh tness is adjusted w ith
the instrument illumination
c::> page 46.
(D Note
To prevent scratches on the glass cover ing
the Head-up Display, do not p lace any ob­
jects in the p rojection opening .
(D Tips
-Sunglasses with po larization filters and
unfavorab le lighting conditions can af­
fect the display.
- Veh icles with seat memory*: your Head­
up Display set tings are stored automati­
cally and assigned to the remote contro l
key that you are using.
- A special windshie ld is needed for the
Head -up D isp lay function.
- For information on cleaning, refer to
c::> page 220.
On-Board Diagnostic
system (OBD)
Malfunction Indicator lamp (MIL)
The Ma lfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) ¢'4 in
the instrument cluster is part of the On-Board Diagnost ic (OBD II) system.
The warning/indicator light illuminates when
the ignition is switched on and goes out after ..,.

32 Opening and clo sing
Opening and closing
Keys
Key set
Fig . 17 Key set
@ Remot e control k ey w ith m echan ical
ke y
You can centrally lock and unlock your vehicle
and start the engine with the master key with
remote control. A mechanical key is integrat­
ed in the remote control key
r:::;, page 33 .
@ Eme rgenc y ke y
The emergency key is not intended for con­
stant use.
It should only be used in an emer­
gency. Keep it in a safe place and do not carry it on your key ring .
Key replac em ent
If you lose a key, contact your authorized Audi
dealer immediately to have the
lost key disa­
bled. Be sure to bring all your keys with you.
P er sonal c omfo rt se ttin gs
If two peop le use one vehicle, it is recom­
mended that each person always uses "their
own" master key . When the ignition is switch­
ed off or when the vehicle is locked, personal
convenience settings for the follow ing sys­
tems are stored and assigned to the remote master key .
- Automatic climate control
- Central locking system
- Amb ience light ing*
- Seat memory*
- Parking system*
- Adaptive cruise control* - Audi active
lane assist *
- Aud i side assist*
- Aud i drive select
- Night vision assistant*
- Heated steering wheel*
The stored settings are automatically recalled
when you unlock the vehicle, when you open
the doors or when you switch the ignition on.
A WARNING
-- Do not leave your vehicle unattended . Al-
ways take your ignit ion key with you and
lock your vehicle . Entry by unauthorized
persons could endanger yo u or resu lt in
theft or damage the vehicle.
- Do not leave ch ildren unattended in the
veh icle, especially with access to vehicle
keys. Unguarded access to the keys pro­
vides children the opportunity to start the engine and/or activate vehicle sys­
tems such as the power windows, etc .
Unsupervised operation of any vehicle
system by children can result in serious
injury.
(1) Tips
- The operation of the remote control key
can be temporar ily disrupted by interfer­
ence from transm itters in the vic inity of
the vehicle working in the same frequen­
cy range (e.g. a cell phone, radio equip­
ment).
- For security reasons, rep lacement keys
are only ava ilable from Audi dealers.
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula­
tions
r:::;, page 292.

34 Openin g and clo sing
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
~ page 292.
Power locking system
General description
The power locking system locks or unlocks all
doors and the rear lid simultaneously.
You can lock and unlock the vehicle centrally.
You have the following choices:
- Remote master key~
page 35,
-Door handles with convenience key*
~ page 36,
-Lock cy linder at the dr iver's door
¢ page 37, or
- Power lock ing switch inside
¢ page 37.
Select ive unlocking
When you lock the vehicle, the power locking
system w ill lock the doors and the rear lid .
When unlocking, you can set in the MMI
whether only the driver 's door o r the entire
vehicle should be unlocked ¢
page 35.
Automatic locking
The automat ic locking feature locks all the ve­
h icle doors and the rear l id when you drive
faster tha n 9 mph (15 km/h).
The car is unlocked again, when the opening
function in the power locking system sw itch
or at one of the door levers is actuated . The
Auto Lock function can be turned on and off in
the MMI
¢ page 35.
Anti-theft alarm warning sy stem
If the anti -theft alarm warning system de­
tects a break- in into the vehicle, acoust ic and
visua l warning signals are triggered.
The anti-theft warning system is activated au­
tomatically when you lock the vehicle . It is de ­
activated when unlocking using the remote key, with the mechanical key, and when you
sw itch the ignition on. T
he alarm also turns off when the a larm cycle
has expired .
Turn signals
When you unlock the veh icle, the turn s ignals
flash twice. When you lock the vehicle the
turn s ignals flash once. If they do not flash,
one of the doors, the rear lid or the hood is
not locked.
Unint entionally locking your self out
In the follow ing cases there safeguards to
prevent yo u lock ing yo ur remo te master key i n
the vehicle :
- The vehicle does not lock w ith the central
loc king switch ¢
page 3 7 if the drive r's
door is open.
- On veh icles with co nvenience key*, if the
most recently used master key is in the lug­
gage compartment, the rear lid is a utomat i­
cally un locked again after it is closed.
Do not lock your veh icle w ith the
remot e ma s­
t e r ke y or co nv eni enc e ke y*
until all doors
and the rear lid are closed . In this way you
avoid lock ing you rsel f out accidentally .
Power side door clo ser *
The veh icle doors are equipped with a power
s ide door closer. When closing a door, you on­
ly h ave to let it fall light ly into the latch. The
door will then automatically close by itself
¢ & .
A WARNING
-When you lock yo ur vehicle from o utside,
nobody -especially children -shou ld 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 veh icle, always take
the ignition key w ith you . Th is w ill pre­
vent passenge rs (children, for example)
from accidenta lly being locked in the ve­
h icle should they accidentally press the
power locking sw itch in the doors.
~

@ Passenger's door
© Left rear door
@ Right rea r doo r
_& WARNING
-When you leave your veh icle -even if on­
ly briefly -always take the ignition key
with you . This applies partic ularly when
children remain in the vehicle . Otherwise
the ch ildren could start the engine or op­
erate electrical equ ipment (e.g. power
windows). The power windows are func­
t ional until the driver's door or passeng ­
er's door has been opened .
- Be careful when closing the wi ndows .
Check to see that no one is in the way, or
serious injury could result!
- When locking the veh icle from outs ide,
the vehicle must be unoccu pied s ince the
windows ca n no longer be opened i n an
eme rgency .
(0 Tips
- When you ope n the doors, the w indows
a utomat ica lly low er about 10 mm .
- When the window in the dr iver's or pas­
senger's door is completely open, it will
r aise approximate ly 25 mm when the
door is opened. The w indow will lower
again w hen you close the doo r.
- After the ignition has been switched off,
t h e windows can still be opened o r
closed for abou t 10 minu tes. The powe r
windows are not swi tched off un til the
drive r's door or passenge r's door has
been opened .
What to do after a malfunction
The one-touch open and close function must
be reactivated if the battery hos been discon ­
nected.
.. Pull and hold the power w indow switch un ­
t il the window is fully closed .
.. Re lease the switch and then p ull it again for
at least one second .
Opening and clo sin g 41
Valet parking
The valet parking feature protects the lug­
gage compor tment from unauthori zed access
from the outside.
Fig . 3 1 Luggage compa rt m en t: va let pa rk in g b utto n
With "valet parking " act ivated, the rear lid
cannot be opened from the ou tside.
.. Remove the mechan ical key ¢
page 33 .
.,. Open the glove compartment and activate
¢
fig. 31 the "valet parking " feature by
press ing the
lVALE TI button . The indi cat o r
light in the sw itch ill umi nates .
.. Close the glove compartment and lock it
with the mechanica l key.
.. Leave the master key with the se rvice per­
sonne l for park ing and keep the mechanica l
key with you.
When the "va let parking" feature is activated:
- t he unlocki ng but ton fo r th e rear lid
~ in
t he driver's door is inact ive
- t he button
~ on the mas ter key is inac tive
- the opening handle in the rear lid is inact ive .
The vehicle can be driven and locked and un­ l ocked with t he master key . Access to the lug ­
gage compar tment is b locked from the out­
s ide .
When the valet park ing function is switched
o n, the message
Valet parking activated ap­
pears in the inst rument cluste r display wh en
you sw itch the ignition on .

Clear vision Lights
Switching the headlights on and off
Fig . 33 Instrument pane l: lig ht sw itc h wit h all -weath­
er lights•
The headlights only wo rk when the ignition is
switched on. Wh ile start ing the eng ine o r
when switching off the ign ition, the head­
lights will go off and on ly the side marker
lights will be on .
If the system is not operating p rope rly, a
war ning symbol in the dr iver information dis­
p lay is d isplayed
c::> page 22 .
Light switch -'tj_ -
Tu rn the switch c::> fig . 33 to the correspond ing
position . When the lights a re switched on, the
oD o: symbo l tu rns on .
0 -The lig hts are off or the dayt ime runn ing
lights are on:
- USA models: The day time running lights
will come on automatically when the igni­
t ion is on and the light switch
c::> fig . 33 is in
the
O posit ion or the AUTO position (only in
daylight cond itions). The
Daytime running
light s
function can be turned on and off in
the MMI
c::> page44, c::>A .
-Ca nada model s: The daytime running lig hts
will come on automa tically when the igni­
t ion is on and the light switch
c::> fig . 33 is in
the
O position, the : Do: pos ition or the AUTO
position (only in daylight conditions) c::> A .
AUTO -Automatic headlights swi tch on and
off depend ing o n brightness, for example i n
tw ilight, during rain or in tunnels
c::> &. .
:Do: -Side marker lights
io -Low beam headlights
Clear vi sion 43
lm -Fog lights* (vehicles with Xenon p lus
headlights *)
~ -All-weather lights *
@il-Rear fog lights* . When the rear fog lights
are on, the symbol
0$ on the switch will i llu­
minate.
All-weather lights*
In vehicles with all-wea ther lights , the front
ligh ts are ad justed au tomatically so that yo u
are less like ly to see glare from your own
head lights , for example when driving on a wet
road.
Automatic h eadl ight range control*
T he head lights do not blind oncoming traffic
i f the veh icle load changes . The headligh t
range also adj usts automatically when brak­
ing and accelerating .
Light functions
The following light funct io ns are availab le de­
pend ing on vehicle equipment and o nly func­
tion when t he lig ht switch is in the AUTO posi­
tion . You can deactivate these functions in the
MMI under
Audi adaptive light c::> page 44.
Vehicles with St atic corn ering light* : the cor­
ner ing ligh t sw itches on a utomat ically when
the steering whee l is turned at a certain angle
at speeds up to approximately 44 mph
( 7 0 km/h) and when the turn signa l is activat ­
ed at speeds up to approximately 25 mph
(40 km/h) . The area to the side of the vehicle
is illum inated better when turn ing .
Vehicles with
Dynamic cu rve light* : the curve
light only functions at speeds between ap­
proximately 6 mph (10 km/h) and 68 mph
(110 km/h) and adapts itself to the curves in
the road .
~

44 Clear vision
& WARNING
-Automatic headlights are only intended
to assist the driver . They do not relieve
the driver of his responsibility to check
the headlights and to turn them on man­
ually according to the current light and
visibility conditions. For example, fog
cannot be detected by the light sensors.
So always switch on the headlights
io
under these weather conditions and
when driving in the dark.
- Crashes can happen when you cannot see
the road ahead and when you cannot be
seen by other motorists. Always turn on
theheadlightssothatyoucanseeahead and so that others can see your car from
the back .
- Please observe legal regulations when
using the lighting systems described .
(D Note
The rear fog lights should only be turned
on in accordance with traffic regulation, as
the lights are bright for following traffic.
{D) Tips
- The light sensor* for automatic head­
light range control* is located in the rear
view mirror mount . You should therefore
not apply any stickers to the windshield
in this area in order to prevent malfunc­
tions or failures .
- In the event of a light sensor malfunc ­
tion, the driver is notified in the instru­
ment cluster display ~
page 22 .
-You will hear a warning tone if you open
the driver door when the exterior lights
are switched on.
- In cool or damp weather, the inside of
the headlights, turn signals and tail lights can fog over due to the tempera­
ture difference between the inside and
outside. They will clear shortly after
switching them on. This does not affect
the service life of the lighting.
Emergency flasher
The emergency flasher makes other motorists
aware that you or your vehicle are in an emer­
gency situation .
Fig. 34 Ce nte r co nso le: em erg en cy flash er sw itc h
.. Press the switch I:;,,. ~fig. 34 to turn the
emergency flashers on or off.
When the emergency flasher is on, all four
turn signals blink at the same time. The turn
signal indicator lights
B Nin the instrument
cluster, as well as the light in the emergency
flasher switch
I:;,,. blink likewise. The emergen­
cy flashers also work when the ignition is
turned off.
The emergency flashers will turn on automati­
cally if you are in an accident where the airbag
has deployed.
@ Tips
You should turn on the emergency flashers
when:
- you are the last vehicle standing in a traf­
fic jam so that any other vehicles coming
can see you, or when
- your vehicle has broken down or you are
in an emergency situation, or when
-your vehicle is being towed by a tow
truck or if you are towing another vehicle
behind you.
Adjusting the exterior lighting
The settings ore adjusted in the MMI.
.. Select: !CAR ! function button> (Car)* sys­
tems
control button > Vehicle settings > Ex-
terior lighting. ..,.