2014 AUDI R8 SPYDER light

90 Homelink®
Homelink®
Universal remote
control
General information
The Homelink universal remote control can
be programmed with hand-held transmitters
from existing equipment.
You must first program the Homelink ® trans­
mitter before you can use the system
~ page 90, Programming the Homelink ®
transmitter.
I n o rder to prog ram the Homelink ® transmit­
ter for devices utilizing rolling code, a second pe rson on a ladder who can safely reach the
garage doo r opener motor is recommended.
It is also necessary to locate the "learn" but­
ton on your garage door opener motor . Refer
to the operating instructions for the opener,
as the location and color of this button may
vary by manufacturer .
You can still use the original remote control
for the device at any time.
A WARNING
-
- Never use the Homelink® transmitter
with any garage door opener that does
have not the safety stop and reverse fea­
ture as requ ired by federa l safety stand­
ards. This includes any garage door open­
er model manufactured before April 1,
1982.
- A garage door opener which cannot de­
tect an object, signa ling the door to stop
and reverse does not meet current feder­
al safety standards. Using a garage door
opener without these features increases
risk of serious injury or death.
- For safety reasons never release the
parking brake or start the engine while
anyone is stand ing in front of the vehicle.
- A garage door or an estate gate may
sometimes be set in motion when the
Homelink ® remote control is being pro­
grammed. If the device is repeatedly ac- tivated, this can overstrain motor and
damage its e
lectrical components -an
overheated motor is a fire hazard!
- To avoid possib le injuries or property
damage, please always make absolutely
certain that no persons or objects are lo­
cated in the range of motion of any
equ ipment being operated.
(!) Tips
- If you would like more information on
Homelink ®, where to purchase the
Homelink ® compatible products, or
would like to purchase the Homelink®
Home Lighting Package, please call toll­
free: 1-800-355-3515.
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regula­
tions~
page 230.
Programming the Homelink ®
transmitter
The transmitter is programmed in two phas­
es. For rolling code transmitters, a third
phase is also necessary.
Fig. 99 Overhead co nsole: Homelink ® keypad
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Fig. 100 Fro nt bumper : location of tra nsmi tter unit

Phase 1:
p rogramming the overhead keypad
1. Make sure your vehicle is wit hin operating
range of the remote contro lled garage
door opener .
2. Set the parking brake
q A in General in­
formation on page 90 .
3. Turn the ignition on . Do not start the en­
gine!
4. Press and hold the two outs ide Home­
Link ® buttons
(D and @for approxi­
mately 20 seconds until indicator light@
c:!;> fig. 99 begins to flash. Then re lease
both buttons. Do not ho ld the buttons for
longer than 30 seconds .
.,. This procedure only needs to be performed
once . It erases the factory-set default codes
and does not have to be repeated to pro­
gram addit ional remote controls .
S . Press and hold the Home Link ® button
(D ,
® or @ until the indicato r light @
starts flashing
slowly . Release the button.
.,. The system will remain in programming
mode for 5 minutes . Co to the front of the
vehicle and proceed with phase 2 .
Phase 2:
programming the bumper mounted trans
mitter
6. Hold the original remote control at a dis­
tance between 0 -6 in . (0 -15 cm) from the
bumper below the appropriate headlight
for your vehicle
c:!;> fig. 100 (use the short­
est distance possible).
7. A im the remote con trol just below the
driver side headlight.
8. Press and hold the activation button on
the remote control.
.,. May be different in Canada.
If so, press and
re-press (cycle) the act ivation button on your
remote control every two seconds.
9 . The emergency flashers will flash
three
times
(after about 15-60 seconds) when
the programm ing is successful. Release
the butto n on the remote control.
.,. To program more devices, repeat steps 4 to
9.
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10. Press and hold the trained Homelink ®
button and observe the indicator light @
qfig. 99.
.,. If the ind icator light is solid/continuous,
programm ing is complete and your device
should activate when you press and release
the trained Homelink ® button .
.,. If the ind icator light blinks rapidly for 2 sec­
onds and is then a solid/continuous light,
proceed w ith phase 3 to program a rolling
code device.
Phase 3: rolling code programming
.,. A second person o n a ladder who can safely
reach the garage door opener motor is rec­
ommended .
11. Locate the "learn" button on the gar age
door opener motor (re fer to the operating
instructions for the opener, as the loca­
tion of t his button may vary by manufac­
turer) .
12 . Press and release the learn button on the
garage door opener motor .
.,. Note : once the button is pressed, there are
30 seconds in which to initiate the next
step.
13. On the Home link® keypad inside the vehi­
cl e, firmly press and hold the Homelink®
button prev iously programmed in phases
1 and 2 for two seconds and release . Re­
peat this sequence
twice.
.,. Some vehicles may require the press/hold/
release sequence up to three times to com­
plete the train ing process .
.,. Homelink ® should now activate your rolling
code equipped device.
If the 5 m inute time limit is exceeded, the
emergency flashers will flash one time to in ­
dicate that the process has been term inated .
In this case, repeat steps 4 through 9.
If the emergency flashers do not flash
three
times (after about lS-60 seconds), program­
ming was not successful. In this case, repeat
steps 4 through 9 .
Remote contro l units for garage door openers
in Canada are set to stop transmitting radio
frequency signals after two seconds. This time ..,.

92 Homelin k®
may not be sufficient for the Homelink ® sys­
tem to learn the radio frequency signal. Per­
form all other steps as described above .
Operating the Homelink ® transmitter
The HomeLink ® transmitter works in the
some manner as the original hondheld re­
mote control that come with the system.
Fig. 101 Ove rhead conso le: Home link ® keypad
.,. Press the appropriate programmed button
(D , ® or @) to activate the des ired remote
control funct ion
c::> &, in General informa­
tion on page 90.
Reprogramming a single button
A Homelink ® button can be reprogrammed
individually without affecting the other but­ ton allocations.
Programming the o verhead k eypad
.,. Press the appropriate Homelink ® button un -
t il the indicator light begins flashing slowly .
Programmin g the bumper mounted tran s
m itter
1. H old the original remote control at a dis ­
tance between
0 -5 in . (0 -13 cm) from the
bumper below the appropriate head light
for your vehicle (use the shortest distance possib le).
2. Aim the remote control just below the
d riv er side headlight .
3 . Press and hold the activation button on
the remote control.
4 . The emergency flashers will flash
th ree
time s
(after about 15-60 seconds) when the p
rogramming is successful. Now re ­
l ease the button on the remote control.
.,. If the device utilizes a rolling code, please
follow phase 3 of
c::> page 90 , Programming
t he HomeLink ® transmi tter
for rolling code
programm ing .
Th is p ro cedu re will c ause the e xisting pro ­
gr amm in g on the Homelink ® button to be
era sed!
Erasing the programming of the
Homelink ® transmitter
When you erase the programming , the pro ­
gramming on all three of the transmitter
channels with be lost!
.,. Perform steps 1 to 4 as described on
c:::;, page 91, Phase 1: programming the over­
head keypad .
When completed , the Homelink ® system will
be in the programming mode and is then
r eady to learn the codes fo r remote controlled
devices.
© Tips
- Programmed buttons cannot be erased
ind iv idually .
- For security reasons you are advised to erase the programming of the Home­
Link ® system before you se ll your vehicl e .

Driving Safely
General notes
Safe driving habits
Please remember -safety first!
This chapter contains important information,
tips, instructions and warnings that you need
to read and observe for your own safety, the
safety of your passengers and others . We have
summarized here what you need to know
about safety belts, airbags, child restraints as
well as child safety. Your safety is for us
priori­
ty number 1.
Always observe the information
and warnings in this section - for your own
safety as well as for that of your passengers.
The information in this section applies to all
model versions of your vehicle . Some of the
features described in this section may be
standard equipment on some models, or may
be optional equipment on others. If you are
not sure, ask your authorized Audi dealer.
A WARNING
- Make certain that you follow the instruc­
tions and heed the WARNINGS in this
Manual. It is in your interest and in the
interest of your passengers.
- Always keep the complete owner's litera­
ture in your Audi when you lend or sell
your vehicle so that this important infor­
mation will always be available to the
driver and passengers.
- Always keep the owner's literature handy
so that you can find it easily if you have
questions.
Safety equipment
The safety features are part of the occupant
restraint system and work together to help
reduce the risk of injury in a wide variety of
accident situations .
Your safety and the safety of your passengers
should not be left to chance. Advances in
technology have made a variety of features
available to help reduce the risk of injury in an
Driving Safely 93
accident. The following is a listing of just a
few of the safety features in your Audi:
- sophisticated safety belts for driver and all
passenger seating positions,
- safety belt pretensioners ,
- front airbags,
- knee airbags,
- side airbags in the seats
- adjustable head restraints,
- adjustable steering column.
These individual safety features can work to­
gether as a system to help protect you and
your passengers in a wide range of accidents.
These features cannot work as a system if
they are not always properly adjusted and
properly used!
Safety is everybody's responsibility!
Important things to do before driving
Safety is everybody's job! Vehicle and occu­
pant safety always depends on the informed and careful driver.
For your safety and the safety of your passen­
gers,
before driving always:
~ Make sure that all lights and signals are op­
erating correctly .
~ Make sure that the tire pressure is correct.
~ Make sure that all windows are clean and af­
ford good visibility to the outside.
~ Secure all luggage and other items carefully
r=:> page 60.
~ Make sure that nothing can interfere with
the pedals.
~ Adjust front seat, head restraint and mirrors
correctly for your height .
~ Instruct passengers to adjust the head re­
straints according to their height .
~ Make sure to use the right child restraint
correctly to protect children¢
page 132,
Child Safety.
~ Sit properly in your seat and make sure that
your passengers do the same¢
page 57,
General recommendations. .,..
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94 Driving Safel y
• Fasten your safety be lt and wear it properly .
Also instruct your passengers to fasten their
safety belts proper ly
¢ pag e 103.
What impairs driving safety?
Safe driving is directly related to the condi­
tion of the vehicle, the driver as well as the
driver 's ability to concentrate on the rood
without being distracted.
The driver is responsible for the safety of the
vehicle and all of its occupants. If your ability
to drive is impaired, safety risks for everybody
in the vehicle increase and you also become a
hazard to everyone else on the road
¢ .&, .
Therefore:
• Do not let yourself be distracted by passen­
gers or by using a cellular telephone.
• NEVER dr ive when your dr iving ability is im­
paired (by medicat ions, alcohol, drugs, etc.) .
• Observe all traffic laws, rules of the road
and speed limits and plain common sense.
• ALWAYS adjust your speed to road, traff ic
and weathe r conditions.
• Take frequent breaks on long trips . Do not
drive for more than two hours at a stretch .
• Do NOT drive when you are tired , under
pressure or when you are stressed.
A WARNING , .
Impaired driving safety increases the risk
of serious personal injury and death when­
ever a vehicle is being used.
Proper occupant
seating positions
Proper seating position for the driver
The proper driver seating position is impor­
tant for safe, relaxed driving.
Fig. 102 Correc t seat ing posit ion
For your own safety and to reduce the risk of
injury in the event of an accident, we recom­
mend that you adjust the driver's seat to the
following position:
• Adjust the steering wheel so that there is a
distance of at least 10 inches (25 cm) be­
tween the steering wheel and your breast
bone
¢ fig . 102 .
• Adjust the driver's seat so that you can easi­
ly push the pedals all the way to the floor
while keeping your knee(s) slightly bent
¢.&_ .
• Grasp the top o f the steer ing whee l w ith
your elbow(s) slightly bent.
• Adjust the head restraint so the upper edge
is as even as possible with the top of your
head. If that is not possible, try to adjust
the head restraint so that it is as close to
this position as possible .
• Adjust the steering wheel so that the steer­
ing wheel and airbag cover points at your
chest and not at your face.
• Adjust the angle of the seatback so that it is
in an upright position so that your back
comes in full contact with it when yo u drive.
• Fasten and wear safety be lts correctly
¢ page 103.
• Always keep both feet in the footwell so
that you are in control of the vehicle a t all
times .

Safety belts
General notes
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapte r exp lains why safety be lts a re nec ­
essary, how they work and how to adjust and
wear them correctly.
~ Read a ll the informat ion that fo llows and
heed all of the inst ruct ions and WARNINGS.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them
improperly increases the risk of ser ious
personal in jury and death .
- Safety belts are the sing le most effective
means availab le to red uce the r isk of se­
rious injury and death in a utomob ile acci­
de nts . For your prot ecti on and that of
yo ur passenge rs, always co rrec tly wear
sa fe ty bel ts when the ve hicle is mov ing.
- P re g nant women, injured, or physically
imp aired perso ns must also use safe ty
belts. L ike a ll vehicle occup ants, they are
more like ly to be ser ious ly injure d if they
do not wea r safety be lts . The best way to
protect a fet us is to protect the mother -
thro ughout the entire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi R8 has two seating posit ions in the
front. Each seating position has a safety belt.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them
im proper ly increases the risk of ser ious
personal in ju ry and death.
- Never st rap more than one person, in­
clu ding small ch ild ren, into any belt. It is
especially dangerous to place a safety
belt over a child s itting on yo ur lap.
- Never let mo re people ride in the ve hicle
t h an t he re are safety be lts ava ilable.
Sa fety belts 103
- Be s ure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained w ith a separate sa fe­
ty belt or child restra int.
4 Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the
driver and front seat passenger to remind you
about the importance of buckling up .
Fig. 1 08 Safety be lt warn ing lig ht in the instr ume nt
cl uster -enla rged
Befor e driv ing off, always :
~ Fasten your sa fe ty belt and make su re you
wear it p roperly.
~ Make s ure that yo ur passenge rs a lso buck le
up and wear their safety belts properly.
~ Protect children with a child rest raint sys-
tem appropriate for the size and age .
The wa rning light . in the inst rument cluster
li ghts up w hen t he ig nit ion is switched on as a
remi nder to fasten the safety belts. In addi­
tion , you will hear a warning tone for a certa in
per iod of t ime .
Fasten your safety belt and make sure that
your passengers also put on the ir safety
belts proper ly.
A WARNING
- Safety b elts are the s ingle most effect ive
means ava ilable to reduce t he risk of se­
r io us inju ry and death in au tomobile a cci­
dents. Fo r yo ur protecti on and tha t of
your passengers, a lways wear safety
be lts cor rectly when the vehicle is mov­
ing . •
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104 Safet y belt s
-Failure to pay attention to the warning
light that comes on could lead to person­
al injury.
Why safety belts?
Frontal collisions and the law of physics
Frontal crashes create very strong forces for
people riding in vehicles.
F ig. 10 9 Unbelted occupants in a ve hicle h eading for a
wall
Fig. 110 T he vehicle c rash es into the wa ll.
The physical principles are simple. Both the
vehicle and the passengers possess energy
which varies w ith veh icle speed and body
weight . Engineers call this energy "kinetic en­
e rgy ."
The higher the speed of the vehicle and the
g reater the vehicle 's we ight, the more energy
that has to be "absorbed" in the crash .
Vehicle speed is the most sign ificant factor.
If
the speed doubles from 15 to 30 mph (25 to
50 km/h), the ene rgy inc reases 4 t imes!
Because the occupants in this vehicle are not
using safety belts¢
fig. 109, they will keep
mov ing at the same speed the vehicle was
mov ing just before the c rash, unt il something
stops them - here, the wall ¢
fig. 110 .
The same principles apply to people sitting in
a vehicle that is involved in a frontal collision .
Even at c ity speeds of 20 to 30 mph (30 to 50
km/h), the forces acting on the body can
reach one ton (2,000 lbs , or 1,000 kg) or
more . At higher speeds, these forces are even
greater .
Peop le who do not use safety belts are also
not attached to their vehicle. In a frontal coll i­
s io n they wi ll also keep moving forward at the
speed their veh icle was t ravell ing just before
the crash . Of co urse, the laws of physics don't
just app ly to frontal collisions, they determine
wh at h appens i n all kinds of a ccidents and col­
lisions .
What happens to occupants not wearing
safety belts?
In crashes unbelted occupants cannot stop
themselves from flying forward and being in­
jured or killed. Always wear your safety belts!
F ig . 111 A d river not wea ring a safety b elt is viol en tly
thrown fo rwa rd
Unbelted occupants are not able to resist the
t reme ndous forces of impact by holding tight
or b racing themse lves . Withou t the benefit of
safety restr aint sys tems, the unrestra ined oc­
cu pan t will slam violen tly into the steering
whee l, instr ument panel, w indshield, or what­
ever else is i n the way
.!> fig. 111 . This impact
with the vehicle i nterior has a ll the energy
they had just before the crash .
Never rely on a irbags alone fo r protection .
Even when they deploy , a irbags provide on ly
additional protection . Airbags are not sup ­
posed to deploy in all k inds of accidents. Al ­
t h ough your Audi is equipped with airbags, all ..,

The belt may also lock when you drive up or
down a steep hill or through a sharp curve.
During normal driving the belt lets you move
freely .
Safety be lt pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped with a belt pre­
tensioner that helps to tighten the safety belt
and remove slack when the pretensioner is ac­
tivated . The function of the pretensione r is
monitored by a warning light ¢
page 14.
Switchable locking feature
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat is equipped with a switchable locking fea ­
ture that
must be used when the safety belt is
used to attach a child seat. Be sure to read the important information about this feature
¢page 140.
A WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can
cause serious injury in an accident
¢ page 107, Safety belt position .
-Safety belts offer optimum protection
only when the seatback is upright and
belts are properly positioned on the
body.
-
- Never attach the safety belt to the buck­
le for another seat. Attaching the belt to
the wrong buckle will reduce safety belt
effect iveness and can cause serious per­
sonal injury.
- A passenger who is not properly restrain­
ed can be seriously injured by the safety
belt itself when it moves from the stron­
ger parts of the body into critical areas
like the abdomen.
- Always lock the convertible locking re­
tractor when you are securing a child
seat in the vehicle
r:::> page 142.
Safety belts 107
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting
maximum protection from safety belts .
Fig. 114 Safety belt position
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Standard features on your vehicle help you ad­
just the position of the safety belt to match
your body size.
- height-adjustable front seats.
A WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can
cause serious personal injury in an acci­
dent.
-
- The shoulder belt should lie as close to
the center of the collar bone as possible
and should fit well on the body. Hold the
belt above the latch tongue and pull it
evenly across the chest so that it sits as
low as possible on the pelvis and there is
no pressure on the abdomen . The belt
should always fit snugly
r:::> fig . 114. Pull
on the belt to tighten if necessary.
- The lap belt portion of the safety belt
must be positioned as low as possible
across pelvis and never over the abdo­
men . Make sure the belt lies flat and
snug ¢
fig. 114. Pull on the belt to tight­
en if necessary.
- A loose-fitting safety belt can cause seri­
ous injuries by shifting its position on
your body from the strong bones to more
vulnerable, soft tissue and cause serious injury.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
r:::> page 105.