2017 AUDI A8 turn signal

Parking systems
Adjusting the display
and the warning tones
Applies to: vehicl es with parking system plus/rearview cam­
era/per ipheral came ra
The display and warning tones can be adjusted in
the Infotainment.
~ Select: the ICARI function button > Car systems
control button > Driver assist > Parking aid.
Display
On* -
An optical display is shown for the parking
system plus, a rearview camera image is shown
for the rearview camera*.
Off -When the parking system is switched off,
only audib le signals are given.
Signal tones
Front volume -
volume for the front area
Rear volume -volume for the rear area
Front frequency -frequency for the front area
Rear frequency -frequency for the rear area
Entertainment volume -when the parking sys­
tem is turned on, the volume of the audio/video
source is lowered.
The new ly selected level is demonstrated briefly
by the sound generator.
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- The warning tones can also be adjusted di­
rectly by the v isual disp lay or the picture
from the camera. Simply press the
Settings
contro l button .
- Changed settings are act ivated when the
parking system is switched on aga in.
- The settings for volume and frequency are automat ically saved and assigned to the re­
mote control key being used.
Error messages
Applies to: ve hicles w ith parking system plus/rearview cam­
era/peripheral came ra
There is an error in the system if the LED in the
P,YA button is blinking and you hear a continuous
alarm for a few seconds after switching on the
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parking system or when the pa rking system is al­
ready activated . If the error is not corrected be­
fore you switch off the ignition, the LED in the
P wA
button will blink the next time you switch on the
parking system by shifting into reverse.
Parking system plus*
If a sensor is faulty, the~ symbol will appear in
front of/behind the vehicle in the Infotainment display. If a rear sensor is faulty, on ly obstacles
that are in areas @and @ are displayed
c>page 115, fig . 130. If a front sensor is faulty,
only obstacles that are in areas © and @are dis­
played. There is a lso a system malfunction if all
segments around the vehicle are red or if no seg­
ments are disp layed.
Peripheral cameras*
There is a system malfunc tion if the ~· symbol
appears and the corresponding display area is
shown in blue. The camera is not working in this
a rea.
Drive to an authorized Audi dealer or authorized
Audi Service Facility immediately to have the
malfunction corrected .
Trailer hitch
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearv iew cam­
era/peripheral cameras and t ra iler hitc h
For vehicles using the trailer socket, the parking
system rear sensors are not activated when you
shift into reverse gear or when you press the P
1
1.A
button . This results in the following restrictions .
Parking system plus*
There is no distance warning for the rear. The
front sensors remain activated. The visual display
switches to trailer mode.
Rearview camera* /Peripheral cameras*
There is no distance warning for the rear. The
front senso rs remain activated . The visua l display
switches to trailer mode . The rearview camera
image will not show the orientation lines and the
blue surfaces .
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"' " "' .--1 0 0 :r Radio
Accessing the radio
The radio supports the F M, A M and Sirius * (sate l­
lite radio) bands. By means of an HD Radio re ­
ceiver, you also receive radio stations on the FM
and AM band i n digital format.
Fig. 190 FM stat ion list (H D radio)
• 006
SIRIUS i.
60s Hits
( -
007 ___ 70s Hits
008 80s Hits
009 ThePulse
010
011
•
Bridge
Radio 1
Fig. 191 S iri us stat io n list
~ Se lect: the I RADIO I bu tton.
- , I
Linking
Linking
Linking ~_:
Linking
Linking
Linking
t•JG ,,111
Af te r se le ct ing the radi o, the last m enu t hat was
ope n is displ ayed .
-Showing the station li st : p res s th e I RAD IO I
bu tton agai n. T he receiva ble s tat ion s are show n
on a rad io s ta ti on lis t¢
fig. 19 0 an d ca n be se­
l ecte d direct ly .
- Selecting a station : sele ct and confir m a sta­
tion from the s ta tion list. FM/ A M stations th at
can be received by digital radio are marked with
the HD symbol (!)
c:;, fig. 190 . If reception quali­
ty declines, the radio automatica lly switches to
t h e a nalog FM/AM station. Digita l FM HD radio
stations may conta in mult iple addit io nal sta­
t ions *. The available additiona l stations* are
listed un der t he radio station . When you leave
the reception a rea, additiona l stations* that
Radio
cannot be received are marked wit h a symbol
@ c:;,fig. 190 .
-Quick storing from the stat ion list : select and
confirm a station from the station list. Press
an d hold the control knob u nti l
Store station
name
here appears in the presets list. Select
and confirm the desired presets location.
- Selecting a stored station: press the Presets
control button . Select and confirm a stat ion
from the presets list.
-Selecting the frequency band : press the Band
control button. Select and conf irm the desired
band.
Or : press the IRADIOI button repeated ly
until the desired frequency band appears in the
title line
c:;,fig. 190.
-Updating the station list : select and conf irm
Update stat ion list . The station lists in the FM
and Sir ius* bands are updated automatically. If
the last stat ion that was play ing is no lo nger
ava ilab le afte r the stat ion lis t is updated, sta­
t ion 184 is pl ayed automatically.
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sirius*), the fol­
lowing system informat ion may display in the
station l ist:
LINKING : the tuner is currently not receiving a
satellite signal @c:;,
fig. 191
ANTENNA : the antenna is not ready. For addi ­
t iona l information, contact an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
T he system information turns off when the radio
stations are received again.
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-HD Rad io reception is not availab le in Cana­
da.
- Con tact the Si rius * prov ider if you wo uld like
to rece ive satellite p rogramming.
- Th at stat io ns in the AM station list are s till
displayed after you leave the reception area.
T here is no longer any reception .
- Bu ildings, tunnels, bridges, open areas, oth ­
er veh icles or objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite rad io is not availab le in A laska and
Hawaii.
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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Rear Seat Entertainment
RSE components
overview
A ppl ies to: ve hicl es w ith Re ar Seat E nte rtainment
The Rear Seat Entertainment, abbreviated RSE ,
combines different entertainment systems . The
RSE control panel is located in the rear center
console .
Fig . 202 RSE compo nen ts
The RSE components are located centra lly in the
rear of t he vehicle
9 fig. 202 . You can also access
the MMI DVD changer* .
CD DVD changer*
@ Left/right RS E disp lay
® Audi music interface
© RSE control unit
® RSE media drives
The standard RSE sys tem is equipped with two
d isp lays, two sets of wire less headphones, a DVD
drive, two SD card readers as well as an Audi mu ­
sic interface that can be used to connect portable
audio/video devices . The RSE also has a Jukebox
(20 GB memory capacity) available.
Rear Seat Entertainment
A WARNING
-- Driving requires your complete and undivid-
ed attention. As the drive r, you have com ­
plete responsib ility for safety in traff ic. Only
use the Rear Seat Entertainment system
when t raff ic conditions permit and always in
a way tha t allows you to maintain comp lete
control over your vehicle . For examp le, do
not reach behind you when driving to oper­
ate the Rear Seat Entertainment system .
-Adj ust the volume of the audio system so
that signals from outside the vehicle, suc h
as police and fire sirens, can be heard easi ly
at all times.
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Note that this chapte r on ly describes RSE
components . For deta iled information about
operating indiv idual RSE funct ions, refer to
the descriptions in the corresponding chapter
(for example the Radio functions
¢ page 177).
Switching the RSE on
and off
Applies to : vehicles wit h Rear Seat Enterta inment
Operating the RS E corresponds to the operation­
al conc ept for the MMI control pan el. You us e
the RSE control unit for both RSE displays.
F ig . 203 RS E cont ro l un it
.,. Swit ching the RS E on : press the left/right On/
Off knob
CD ¢ fig . 203 briefly . Or: press one of
the buttons to open a menu direct ly @ .
"" Swit ching the R SE off : press and hold the left/
r igh t On/Off knob until the RSE turns off.
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sound distribu tion)/ Driver (sound dist ribution
aime d toward th e driver) or
All /Front /Rear .
- Surround level* :
you can adjust the vo lume of
t h e sur round effect by tu rning the contro l
kno b.
-AudioPilot (dynamic road noise compensa­
tion)* :
select and confirm Active /Inactive.
When the funct io n is act ive, the vo lume is a uto ­
matically ad justed depending on the leve l of
noise ins ide the ve hicle.
- Sound focus* (adjusting the sound distribu­
tion ):
select and conf irm All (symmet rical
sou nd
di stribution)/ Movie (optimal so und dis­
t ribution fo r playing a
movie)/ Front/Rear .
- Volume balancing *:
the dynam ic road noise
compensation can be ad justed by t urni ng the
co ntro l knob .
@Subwoofer* I@ Bass/ © Treble
You can a djust the Subwoofer *, Bass and Treble
settings by turning the cont ro l knob. The
changed settings only apply fo r the aud io source
that is active a t the t ime . Th is allows you to ad­
just t he sound se tt in gs for eac h aud io source sep­
a ra tely .
® Balance/Fader (sound focus)
- Adjusting the sound distribution using the
MMI touch :
move your finger on the MMI touch
contro l pane l in the desir ed di rect io n.
Adjusting the system
volume
.,. Se le ct: th e IMENU J butto n> Tone.
Navigation* control button
Voice guidance volume /Entertainment volume :
volume of navigation prompts du ring act ive
ro ute gui dance. Music vol ume dur ing navigation
p romp ts m eans tha t the vol ume o f aud io p lay­
b ack is tem porar ily lowe red w hen the p arking
s ys tem or vo ice g uidan ce is active .
Voice guidance : refer to q pag e 174 .
0 !:! Voice guidance on during call : see c>page 174 .
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N ...... 0 0 :c ' System settings
Telephone* control button
Ring tone volume /Call volume :
you ca n adjust
t h e se lec ted ring tone vo lume o r cal l vo lume by
tu rnin g the cont ro l knob. The
Call volume can
o nl y be adj usted during a ca ll.
Systems control button
Voice recognition volume. :
you c an adju st the
vo lu m e of the an noun cemen ts by turni ng the
contro l kno b.
MMI touch volume *: the vo lume of the MMI
touch pr om pts ca n be adju sted by tu rn ing the
c on tro l k n ob .
Other settings
.,. Sele ct: the I M ENU I butto n > Setup MMI co ntr ol
bu tton.
Language
The language ca n be changed fo r the Info tain ­
me nt display, t he d river info rmation sys tem dis­
play , voice guida nce* and t he voice re cogn ition
syste m*.
En glish, French an d Spanish are ava ila ble .
Measurement units
The following meas urement u nits can be set in
t h e Infotainment disp lay and d river info rmat ion
system.
- Speed (mph o r km/ h)
- Distance (miles o r kilomete rs)
- Temperature (°Fo r 0
( )
-Fuel consumption (L/1 00k m, mpg ( US) , m pg
(U K) or km/l)
- Volume (lite rs , ga llons ( UK) o r gallons (US))
Voice recognition
Applies to : vehicles wit h voice recog nitio n system
Command display : the display of possible com­
mands during vo ice input can be switched
On or
Off .
Short dialogue : prompts in a shorte r fo rmat can
be switched
On o r Off .
Input signal :
the beep inp ut sig na l during a dia -
l og can be switched
On or Off. .,.
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Child safety
Advanced Airbags and the weight-sensing mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle de­
tects the presence of an infant or child in a child
restraint on the front passenger seat using the
weight -sensing mat in the seat cushion and the
sensor below the safety belt latch on the front
passenger seat that measures the tension on the
safety belt .
The weight-sensing mat measures total weight
of the child and the child safety seat and a child blanket on the front passenger seat . The weight
on the front passenger seat is related to the de­
sign of the child restraint and its "footprint ", the
size and shape of the bottom of the child re­
straint as it sits on the seat. The weight of a child
restraint and its "footprint" vary for different
kinds of child restraints and for the different
models of the same kind of child restraint of­
fered by child restraint manufacturers.
The weight ranges for the individual types,
makes and models of child restraints that the
NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard to­
gether with the weight ranges of typical infants
and typical 1 year-old child have been stored in
the control unit of the Advanced Airbag System .
When a child restraint is being used on the front
passenger seat with a typical 1 year-old child, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the weight
measured by the weight sensing mat with the in­
formation stored in the electronic control unit.
The electronic control unit also registers the ten­
sion on the front passenger safety belt. The ten­
sion on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat will be different for an adult who is properly
using the safety belt as compared to the tension
on the belt when it is used to attach a child re­
straint to the seat. The sensor below the latch for
the safety belt for the front seat passenger
measures the tension on the belt. The input from
this sensor is then used with the weight to "de­
cide" , whether there is a child restraint with a
typical 1 year-old child on the front passenger
seat and whether or not the airbag must be
turned off.
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· Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the child restraint that you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet Safe­
ty Standards and has been certified by its manu­
facturer for use with an airbag. Always be sure
that the child restraint is properly installed at
one of the rear seating positions . If in exception­
al circumstances you must use it on the front passenger seat, carefully read all of the informa­
tion on child safety and Advanced Airbags and heed all of the applicable WARNINGS. Make cer­
tain that the child restraint is correctly recog­
nized by the weight-sensing mat inside the front
passenger seat, that the front passenger airbag
is turned off and that the airbag status is always
correctly signaled by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light.
Many types and models of child restraints have
been available over the years, new models are in­
troduced regularly incorporating new and im­
proved designs and older models are taken out of
production. Child restraints are not standardized.
Child restraints of the same type typically have
differen t weights and si zes and different 'foot­
prints,' the size and shape of the bottom of the
child restraint that sits on the seat, when they
are installed on a vehicle seat. These differences
make it virtually impossible to certify compliance
with the requirements for advanced airbags with
each and every child restraint that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course of
the useful life of your vehicle.
For this reason, the United States National High­
way Traffic Safety Administration has published a
list of specific type, makes and models of child
restraints that must be used to certify compli­
ance of the Advanced Airbag System in your vehi­
cle with the suppression requirements of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. These child
restraints are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
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N .... 0 0 :c ' Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Swapping (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Switching the audio output off (RS E) . . . . . 195
Symbols
r e fer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SYNC (Automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . 71
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
System update
(MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Telephone ... .. ............... 14, 146, 149
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 1S4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
T emperature disp lay
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 214
r ,me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit ................ ..... . 312
Tire Pressure Monitoring System . . . . . . . . . 302
r ,res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life 291
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 301 , 302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . 175
Index
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
touch
refer to MMI touch
136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RSE .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 201
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Trailer towing Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
p k' ar ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
V ehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle jack ..... .. .. ......... 312,315,316
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