2016 AUDI RS7 SPORTBACK interior lights

~ To activate the headlight assistant, tap the lev ­
er forward (!). The
112 indicator light appears
in the instrument cluster disp lay and the head­
light assistant is switched on/off automatically .
The
El indicator light also turns on if the high
beams are switched on .
Switching the high beams on/off manually
If the high beams did not switch on/off automat­
ically as expected, you may switch them on or off
manually instead:
~ To switch the high beams on manually, tap the
l ever forward (!). The
El indicator light turns
on.
~ To switch the high beams off manually, pull the
lever back@. The headlight assistant is deacti­
vated .
Operating the headlight flasher
~ To operate the headlight flasher when the
headlight assistant is activated and h igh beams
are switched off, pull the lever back@. The
headlight assistant remains active .
Messages in the instrument cluster display
r!IJ Audi adaptive light: system fault!
Headlight assist: System fault
Drive to an authorized Aud i dealer or authorized
Aud i Service Facility immediately to have the
malfunction corrected. You can still switc h the
high beams on or off manually.
Headlight assist: Unavailable. No camera view
The camera view is blocked, for example by a
sticker or debris.
The sensor is located between the interior rear­
view mirror and the windshield. Therefore, do not p lace any st ickers in this area on the windshie ld.
A WARNING
Headlight ass istant is only intended to assist
the driver . The dr iver is still responsible for
controll ing the headlights and switching
them manually depending on light and visibil­
i t y cond itions.
It may be necessary to operate
them manually in situations such as:
Lights and Vision
-In adverse weather conditions such as fog,
heavy rain, blowing snow or spraying water.
- On roads where oncoming traffic may be
partially obscured, such as expressways.
- When there are road users that do not have
suff icient lighting, such as b icyclers or
veh icles with dirty tail lamps.
- In tight curves and on steep slopes.
- I n poorly lit areas.
- With strong reflectors, such as signs.
- If the area of the w indshield near the sensor
is fogged over, dirty, icy or covered with a
sticker.
Adjusting the exterior lighting
The settings are adjusted in the MMI .
~ Select: !CAR ! function button> (Car) " systems
control button > Vehicle settings> Exterior
lighting .
Automatic headlights
You can adjust the following settings in the Au­
tomatic headlights
menu:
Headlights activation time -You can adjust if the
headlights switch on
Early , Med . or Late accord­
ing to the sensit ivity of the light sensor.
Audi adaptive light* -You can switch adaptive
light
On and Off .
Automatic high beams*
You can switch t he h igh beam assist on and off.
Daytime running lights
USA models:
You can switch the daytime running
lights
on and off .
Canada models:
The function cannot be turned
off. It is activated automatically each time the ig­
nition is switched on. This menu item is shown
"greyed out" .
Coming home, Leaving home
The coming home function illuminates the area
outside the vehicle when you switch the ignition
off and open the driver's door. To turn the func-
tion on, select
Lights when leaving car> On. .,.
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Lights and Vision
The leaving home function illuminates the area
outside the vehicle when you unlock the vehicle.
To turn the function on, select
Lights when un­
locking car> On .
The coming home and leaving home functions
only operate when it is dark and th e light switch
is in the
AUTO position.
Emergency flasher
The emergency flasher makes other motorists
aware that you or your vehicle are in an emer­
gency s ituation.
Fig. 40 Cente r console: emerge ncy flasher switch
~ Press the switch~ Q fig. 40 to turn the emer-
gency flashers on or off.
When the emergency flasher is on, all four turn
signals blink at the same time . The turn signal in­
dicator lights
111!1 in the instrument cluster, as
well as the light in the emergency flasher switch
~ blink likewise. The emergency flashers also
work when the ignition is turned off.
The emergency flashers will turn on automatical­
ly if you are in an accident where the airbag has
deployed.
(j) Tips
You should turn on the emergency flashers
when:
-you are the last vehicle standing in a traffic
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
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-your vehicle is being towed by a tow truck or
if you are towing another vehicle behind
you.
Interior Lighting
Front and rear interior lighting
Fig. 41 Front headli ner: in terio r light ing contro ls
Fig . 42 Rear head liner: Reading light
Press the corresponding button Q fig . 41:
5:1-Interior lighting on/off
rn -Door contact switch on/off . The interior light­
ing is controlled automatically.
~- Reading lights on/off
~ *·Switching the rear reading lights on/off
from the cockpit .
Ambient lighting
Applies to: vehicles with ambient lighting
You can adjust the brightness of the interior
lighting .
~ In the Infotainment system, select: I CARI func ­
tion button
> (Car)* Systems control button >
Vehicle settings > Interior lighting > Bright·
ness.

.. To increase or reduce the brightness, turn the
knob and press it.
The interior lig hting turns on when you switch
the headlights on whi le the ignition is on .
(D Tips
The setting is automat ically stored and as­
signed to the remote control key that is in
use.
Instrument illumination
The brightness of the illumination for the instru­
ments, display and head-up display* can
be ad­
justed .
Fig. 43 Instrument illum ination
.. Press the knob to release it .
.. Turn the knob toward " -" or" +" to reduce or in ­
crease the brightness .
.. Press the knob aga in to return it to its o riginal
pos it ion.
@ Tips
The instrument illumination for the need les
and d ia ls t urns on when the ignition is turned
on and the lights are turned off. The illumina­
tion for the dials reduces automatically and
eventua lly turns off as brightness outside in­
creases . This function reminds the driver to
turn the headlights on at the appropriate
time.
Lights and V ision
Vision
Adjusting the exterior mirrors
Fig. 44 Driver 's doo r: knob fo r the exterio r mirrors
Turn the knob to the desired position:
Q/P -adjusting the left/right exterior mirror.
Move the knob in the des ired direct ion .
Qill -Heating the mir ror glass depend ing on the
outside temperature .
8- Folding exte rior mirro rs* . In the Infota in­
ment system , you can se lect if t he mirro rs fo ld in
automat ica lly when you lock the vehicle
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Front passenger 's e xterior mirror tilt
function *
To help you see the curb when backing into a parking space, the surface of the mirro r tilts
slight ly . For this to happen, the knob must be in
the position for the front passenger's outside
mirror.
You can adjust the tilted mir ror surface by turn ­
ing the knob in the desired direction . When you
move out of reverse and into another gear, the
new mirror position is stored and assigned to the
key you are using.
The m irror goes back into its or iginal pos ition
once you drive forward faster than 9 mph (15
km/h) or switch the ignition off.
A WARNING
-Curved (i .e. convex) m irror surfaces increase
your f ield of view. Remember that vehicles or
other objects will appear smaller and farther
away than when seen in a flat m irro r. If yo u
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-The automatic dimming mirrors do not dim
when the interior lighting is turned on or
the reverse gear is selected.
- Automatic dimming for the mirror only op­
erates properly if the light striking the in­
side mirror is not hindered in any way.
Sun visors
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Fig. 46 Front passenger 's side: sun viso r
The sun visors for the driver and passenger can
be released from their brackets and turned to­
ward the doors
(D .
The mirror light switches on when the cover over
the vanity mirror @opens.
Sun shade
Applies to: veh icles with sunshade
The sun shade is located on the luggage com­
portment shelf.
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Fig. 47 Sun shade in lowe red position
When the sun shade is in the lowered position, it
is secured in the retainer@.
.. To raise @ the sun shade, remove it from the
retainer .
Lights and Vision
A WARNING
-Do not use the sun shade to secure cargo. The
luggage compartment cover is not a surface
for storing objects . Objects placed on the cov­
er could endanger all vehicle occupants dur­ ing sudden braking maneuvers or in a crash.
Windshield wipers
Switching the windshield wipers on
Fig. 48 Winds hield w iper lever
Move the windshield wiper lever to the corre­
sponding position:
@ -Windshield wipers off
~
"' 0 :i: (D -Rain sensor mode . The windshield wipers
switch on once the vehicle speed exceeds approx ­
imately 2 mph (4 km/h) and it is raining . The
higher the rain sensor sensitivity is set (switch @
to the right), the earlier the windshield wipers re­
act to moisture on the windshield. You can deac­
tivate rain sensor mode in the MMI, which will
then activate intermittent mode. Select:
! CARI
function button > (Car)* systems control button
> Driver assist> Rain sensor > Off. In intermit­
tent mode, you can adjust the interval time using
the switch @.
@ -Slow wiping
@ -Fast wiping
@-Single wipe . If you hold the lever in this posi­
tion longer, the wipers switch from slow wiping
to fast wiping.
®-Clean the windshield. The wipers wipe one
time after several seconds of driving to remove
water droplets. You can switch this function off .,,_
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Fuses
Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig . 209 Driver side cockp it: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
Electromechanical power steering, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch strip, seat heating
(rear), electromechanical parking brake
Horn, climate control system, Gateway,
2 automatic dimming interior rearv iew mir·
ror
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5 Dynamic steering, Electron
ic Stabilization
Control (ESC)
6 Headlights
7 Adaptive cruise control
8 Front passenger's seat sensors, airbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, night vision
assist, garage
door opener (Home Link), parking aid
11 Video camera
image processing
12 Headlights
13 Steering column switch module
14 Terminal 15 (luggage compartment)
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Fuse panel
@ (black)
15 Terminal 15 (engine compartment)
16 Starter
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Infotainment
2 Infotainment
3 F
ron t passenger's seat
5 Airbag, Elect
ronic Stabilization Control
(ESC)
6 Anti·theft alarm system
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Inter ior lights
9
Windshield video camera heating, light/
rain sensor
10 Lumbar support (driver's seat)
11 Driver's seat
12 Electronic stabilization control
13 Horn
14 Headlights
15 Front
seat heating
16 Dynamic steering
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch pedal
2 Fuel pump
3 Brake light sensor
4 AdBlue (diesel
engine)/engine acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Front
door
7 Electronic stab ilizat ion control
8 Windshield wiper motor
9 Headlight washer system
10 Interior
lighting, climate control system
11 Headlights
12 Sunroof

Emergency situations
When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negative ground cable to the negat ive ground
post of the battery manager control unit .
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 212 Engine compartment: connectors for ju mp start
cab les a nd charger

® .--l @
Fig. 213 Ju mp start ing wit h the battery o f another vehicle:
@ -boos te r battery ,® -discharged vehicle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your vehicle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
• Turn off lights and accessories , move lever of
automatic transmission to N (Neutral) or P
(Park) and set parking brake .
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
• Open the red cover on the positive term inal
~ fig . 212.
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1. Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the
jump start bolt 9 fig. 213 @ (bolt under
the red cover= "positive") of the vehicle to be
started ®·
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal@ of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (- ) to NEGATIVE (-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative term inal @ of the booster
battery @.
4 . Connect the other end to the
jump start pin
@ (bolts with hex head bolt= "negat ive") of
the vehicle to be started ®·
Starting the engine
• Start the eng ine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @. Run the engine at a moderate
speed.
• Sta rt engine w ith discharged vehicle ba ttery @
in the usual manner.
• If the engine fails to start, do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again.
• With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse order.
• Close the red cover on the positive terminal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their metal parts in full contact with the battery terminals.
&_ WARNING
To avoid ser ious personal injury and damage
to the vehicle, heed all warnings and instruc­
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer. If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Jumper cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch.
- When connecting jumper cables, make sure
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
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Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator (warning/indicator lights) . . . . . . 15
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 220
Glove compartment (cooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 259
H
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
H eadlight
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head restraints. .. .... ......... .. .. .. . 121
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window (4- zone deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seats (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
H ood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Index
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How a re child restraint system anchors relat -
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 142
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 133
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Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Importantthingstodobeforedriving .. .. 118
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
also refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Installing child safety seats Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inst ruments and cont rols
General illustrat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior l ighting
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
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Jump-starting 253
Jump er cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
K
Key............ .... ................ .. 30
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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