2017 AUDI A8 alarm

Opening and clo sin g
Unlocking and locking with the remote
control
Fig. 23 Re mot e cont ro l key : butt on prog ramming
• To unlock the vehicle, press the@ button
o fig. 23.
• To lock the vehicle, press the~ button one
time ¢_&. .
• To unlock the luggage compartment lid, press
th e~ button bri efly.
• To trigge r the ala rm , press the
I PANIC I button.
The vehicle horn and emergency f lashers are
activated.
• To turn the alarm off , press the red
I PANIC I
button again .
If the vehicle is unlocked and none of the doo rs,
the rear lid or hood are opened within 60 sec­
onds, the vehicle locks aga in automatically . This
feature prevents the vehicle from being acciden­
tally left unlocked over a long per iod of t ime .
The settings in the Infotainment system deter­
m ine if the entire vehicle or only one of the doors
is unlocked when unlocking the vehicle
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.&_ WARNING
Read and heed al l WARNINGS ¢.&. in Descrip­
tion on page
27.
{D) Tips
- Only use the remote control key when you
are w ithin view of the vehicle.
- The vehicle can only be locked when these­
l ector lever is in the P posit ion.
- Do not use the remote control when you are
inside the vehicle. Otherwise, you could un­
i ntent ionally lock the vehicle. If you then
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tried to start the engine or open a door, the
alarm would be triggered. If this happens,
press them unlock button.
- Only use the pan ic function in an emergen­
cy .
Unlocking and locking with the
convenience key
App lies to: vehicles with co nvenience key
T he do ors and luggage compartment lid can be
unlocked/locked wi thout using the remo te con­
trol key.
Fig . 2 4 Door han d le: locking w ith t he co nvenie nce key
Unlocking the vehicl e
• Grip the door hand le. The door unlocks auto -
matically .
• Pull the door hand le to open the door .
Locking the vehicle
Requirement : the se lector lever must be in P .
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• To lock the vehicle, close the door and touch
the sensor in the door handle
onc e¢ fig. 24,
o &_ . Do not hold the door handle while doing
this .
You can unlock/lock the veh icle at every door .
T he remote control key cannot be more than ap­
proximately 4 feet ( 1.5 meters) away from the
door handle or the luggage compartment. It
makes no d ifference whether the master key is in
your jacket poc ket or in you r briefcase, for exam­
ple.
The door cannot be opened for a brief period d i­
rectly after locking it. This way you have the op­
por tuni ty to check if the doors lo cked cor rectly. "'

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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r .. Inse rt the key in the inside slot and turn it all
the way to the right (r ight door) or left (left
door).
Once the front passenger's door/rear doors close, it is no longer possible to open them from the
outside . The door can b e opened from the inside
by pull ing the door handle . If the child safety
lock in one of the rear doors is activated , you
must first pull the door handle from the inside .
Then you can open the door from the outside .
.,&. WARNING
Read and heed all WARNINGS c:> &. in Descrip­
tion on page 27.
Anti-theft alarm system
If the anti-theft alarm system detects a vehicle
break-in, audio and vis u al warning signals are
triggered. The anti-theft alarm system is activat­
ed when the vehicle is locked as usual.
It
switches off when the vehicle is unlocked.
If the alarm is triggered, it will shut
off automat­
ically after a ce rtain amount of time. Switch the
ignition on or press the~ button on the remote
control key to turn
off the alarm.
Luggage compartment
Lid
Opening/closing the luggage compartment
lid
Fig. 29 Drive r's door : u nl oc kin g th e lug gage compar tment
li d
Open ing and closing
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Fig. 30 Handle in the rea r lid
Opening the luggage compartment lid
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.. Briefly press the~ button on the remote con ­
trol key. The rear lid wi ll unlock .
.. Press the
~ button on the remote control key
for at least several seconds to open the luggage
compar tment lid. Or
.. Pull the button~ in the driver's door
c:> fig. 29
briefly . Or
.. Press the hand le in the luggage compartment
lid
<=> fig . 30 .
Closing the luggage compartment lid
.. Pull down the luggage compartment lid at the
grip and let it close using a gent le push
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The sett ings in the Infotainment system deter ­
mine if the luggage compartment lid can be
opened using the handle
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A WARNING
- After closing the luggage compartment lid,
make sure that it is latched. Otherwise the
luggage compartment lid could open sud­
denly when driving, which increases the risk
of an acc ident.
- Never drive with the luggage compartment
lid ajar or open, because poisonous gases
can enter the vehicle interior and create the
risk of asphyx iation .
- Never leave your veh icle unattended when
the luggage compartment l id is open. A
child cou ld climb into the vehicle through
the luggage compartment. If the luggage
compartment lid was then closed, the child
wou ld be trapped in the vehicle and unable
to escape . To reduce the risk of injury, do
not allow children to play in or around the
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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.
{!) Tips
- 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
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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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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Driver's side cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 287 Driver side cockpi t: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Light switch
2 Eme rgency start coil (driver identification)
3 Left rear door control module
4 Head-up display
5 Horn
6 Interior lights (headliner)
Steering column lever, multifunction
8 steering whee l controls, steering wheel
heating
10 Power steering column adjustment
11 Driver door control module
12 Diagnostic connector, light/rain sensor
14 Power steering column adjustment
lS Power steering, A/C compressor
16 Brake booster
Fuse panel © (black)
No. Equipment
1 Front seat heating
2 Windshield wipers
Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel © (black)
3
Front exterior lighting
4 Sliding/tilting sunroof
s Driver power window
6 Driver's seat (pneumat ic)
7 Panorama roof
8 Dynamic steering
9 Front exterior lighting
10 Windshield/headlight washer system
11 Left rear power window
12 Panorama roof
Front passenger side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig. 288 Fro nt passenger side cockpit: fuse panel with
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
1 Anti-theft alarm system
2 Transmission control module
3 Front climate control fan
4 Engine supply
6 Engine control module
7 Front passenger door control module
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