12 Instruments and warning/indicator lights
disabled. It is also important to notify your in
surance company about the loss .
Setting the speed warning
By pressing the I SETI button br iefly, you can
set threshold 1 of the speed warning while
you are dr iv ing
~ page 82. By mainta ining
pressure on the ISETI button, you de lete the
warning threshold.
Digital clock with date display and
Odometer
Fig. 5 Instrument cl uster: odo meter
Fig. 6 Instrum ent cl uster : re se t button
Digital clock/GPS controlled clock*
Depending on the vehicle equ ipment level,
you may choose between the quartz clock or
the
GPS controlled clock* (!j in the radio or in
the MMI*. You can learn more about th is in
the MMI manual or in the radio user's manual.
Odometer /trip odometer
The display of distance dr iven is shown in kilo
meters "km" or in miles "mi".
- USA mode ls - Miles
- Canada models - Kilometers
T he units of measure (kilometers/miles) can
be changed in the radio or
MMI*. You can learn more about this in the MM
I manual or in
the radio user's manual.
T he odometer @ shows the total number of
kilometers or miles that have been driven on
the vehicle .
The trip odometer @shows the distance driv
en since it was last reset .
It can be used to
measure short distances. The last digit shows
distances of
100 meters or 1/10 of a mile.
T he trip odometer can be reset to zero by
pressing the reset button IO .OI
~ fig. 6.
Malfunction message
If there is a malfunction somewhere in the in
strument cluster,
DEF will appear in the trip
odometer and w il l stay on . Contact your au
thorized Audi dea le r to have the prob lem cor
rected.
Immobilizer
When the ignition is switched on, the data on
t h e ignition key are scanned automat ically .
If an unauthor iz ed key was used,
SAFE is dis
played permanently in the odometer display
field . The vehicle cannot be operated
~ page 32.
(D Tips
-When you switch off the ignition or open
the-driver door, the t ime, date, odome
ter and temperature are displayed for an
add itiona l
30 seconds.
- You can also call up the display with the
! SET !button
~page 11 wh ile the igni
tion is switched off.
· Fuel gauge
T he fue l gauge works only when the ignition is
on .
When the needle reaches the red area, the
warning light
Ii] in the instr ument cluster will
illuminate
Qpage 21 . Time to refuel!
The total tank capacity of your vehicle is listed
in
~ page 263. .,,.
26 Driver in formation d isplay
appears in the display . If a fJ is shown, then
the data from the total-trip memory is being
d isp layed (memory leve l 2) .
Single-t rip memory (Trip computer 1 )
The single-t rip memory s tores the trip infor
mat ion from the time the ignition is turned on
unti l it is tu rned off. If the trip is continued
within 2 hours from the time the ignition was
tu rned off, the new data will be included in
the calculation of the current trip informa
tion . If the trip is interrupted for
more than 2
hours
the memory is reset automatically .
Total-tr ip memory (Trip computer 2 )
Unlike the sing le-trip memory, the tota l-trip
memory is not reset automatically. Th is per
mits you to evaluate your driving data for the
entire period between manual resets.
Operation
The trip computer is controlled by two
switches on the windshield wiper lever.
F ig. 11 Windsh ie ld wipe r leve r: co ntro ls for t he tri p
co mpute r
M
"' 0 N
><
"' a,
.. To display the trip computer memory leve ls,
press the
I RESE T I button @c:> fig. 11 re
peatedly unt il the desired memory leve l is
shown in the d isplay.
.. To d isplay trip information w ithi n a memory
level, press the top or bottom part of the
function selectio n switch
@ .
The trip computer w ill not operate unless the
ignit io n is on . When you turn on the ignition,
the function t hat was in use when you last
turned t he ignit io n off will be d isp layed. In add
ition to info rmation on the trip comput
er (trip com puter 1 and 2) , the digita l spee d
ometer and information regarding the nav iga
t ion system* can also be disp layed. To sw itch
the d isplay between the d ifferent i nforma
t io n, tap the
I RESE T I button @ briefly .
Setting value s to ze ro
T o de lete one cur rent va lue from the trip com
puter, se lect the des ired funct ion and press
the
I RESE T I button @for at least one second.
The following values can be set to zero
indi
vidually :
-Average fue l mi leage
- Average spee d
- Elapsed time
- Dis tance
All the values in the sing le -tr ip or the total
t rip memo ry can b e deleted s imultaneously
c:> page 26 .
(D Tips
All stored va lues w ill be lost if the veh icle
battery is disconnected.
Basic Settings for the trip computer
The radio or MMI* operating unit is used for
setting the trip computer's basic settings .
.. Select: Function button ICAR ! > Instrument
cluster > On-board computer
1 or On-board
computer 2 .
The values in the sing le-tr ip or the total-trip
memory can all be reset to zero at the same
time under
Reset in the menu .
In add ition, yo u can determine what info rma
tion from the trip computer should be shown in the instrument cluster disp lay. If one of the
pieces of driver information is turned
Off, t h at
drive r information will not be s hown in the
display . Th e info rmation w ill continue to be
ca lcula ted by t he tr ip comp ute r and can be
tu rned back
On at any time.
