2017 AUDI A8 garage door opener

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview ................ .
Controls at a glance ... .......... .. .. .
Instrument cluster .. .......... .. .. .. .
Multifunction steering wheel ... .. .. .. .
Driver information system ............ .
Time and date display ...... ... .. .... .
H ead-up Display .... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .
Indicato r lights . ................ ... .
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .... .
Starting and driving ............ .
Opening and closing .. .... .... .. .
Central locking .... ........... .... .. .
L uggage compartment lid ...... .... .. .
Child safety lock ........... ..... .. .. . 6
7
7
7
9
11
12
16
16
17
25
27
27
27
33
36
Power
window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunroof. .. ... ... .. .......... .. .. .. . 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 41
L ights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
12 volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
llSvoltsocket .............. .... ... 61
Full-length center console. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Pass-through with ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . 69
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Driving ..... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
General information . .... .......... . .
Steering .......... .. .. . .......... . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system .. .. ............. . .
E le ctromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing from a stop .. ........ ..... . .
Automat ic transmission
Trailer mode .. .. .. ........ ..... . .
D rivin g with a trailer .. .............. .
T raile r mode notes .. .. ............. . .
Driver assistance .. .............. .
Assist .... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... ... .. . .
Speed warning system ... ........... . .
Cruise control system .... .......... . .
Audi adaptive cruise control .......... .
Audi active lane assist (lane departure 73
73
75
76
78
81
82
83
89
89
91
92
92
92
92
94
assist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
N ight vision assist w ith pedestrian and
wild animal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
107
Audi drive select (drive settings) . . . . . . . . 110
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Parking system plus ........ ....... ... 115
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjus ting the display and the warning
tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
124
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 126
E lectronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . 126
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
E lectromechanical steering, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
129
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132

C) C0 ....
"' " "' .... 0 0 :r The following buttons are deactivated when the
va let parking function is sw itched on :
-l'-"' I but ton in the dr iver's door
- I""' I button on the remote cont ro l key
- Hand le in the rear lid
When the valet parking f unction is switched on,
the message
Valet parking activated appears in
the instrument cluster display when you switch
the ign ition on.
Garage door opener
(Homelink)
Description
Ap plies to: ve hicles with ga rage door opener (Homelink)
Fig. 42 Garage door o pen er: examples o f usage fo r di ffer ­
ent systems
W ith the garage door opener (Homelin k), you
can act ivate sys tems su ch as th e garage doors,
secur ity systems o r house lights from i nsid e your
ve hicl e. Thr ee bu tto ns are integr ated in t he head ­
line r th at can be programmed to up to t hree re­
mote cont rols .
To be able to operate sys tems using the ga rage
d oor ope ne r, t he but tons in the he adline r mu st
f ir st b e programme d.
A WARNING
When operating or programming t he gara ge
door o pener, make sure that n o people or ob ­
jects are in the area immedia tely sur round ing
the equipment. Peop le can be injured or p rop­
erty can be damaged if str uck w hen clos ing.
Open ing and closing
(D Tips
- For security reasons , we recommen d that
you clear the programmed buttons befo re
selling t he ve hicle.
- For ad ditiona l information about Homelink,
visit www.homelink.com.
- For an ex planat ion on conform ity wit h the
FCC reg ulat io ns in t he Unite d States an d the
Indust ry Canada regulat ions, see
¢ page
339.
Programming buttons
Applies to: vehicles with garage door opener (Home link)
Fig. 43 Headliner: co ntrols
You can prog ram both fixe d code and rolling co de
systems using this procedure .
Programming/reprogramming buttons
"'S witch on the ign iti on.
"' Press and hold the b utton in t he headliner that
you would like to program for at least 10 sec ­
onds. Or
"' Select:
!CAR ! function button> Car systems
cont rol button > Vehicle settings > Garage
door opener > Program garage door opener .
"' Follow the i nstr uctions in t he Info tainment sys-
t em .
Deleting button programming
The programmed buttons cannot be deleted indi­
vidually. They must be deleted all at once . Repro­
gram the buttons if necessary .
"' Select: the
I CARI funct io n button> Car systems
cont rol button > Vehicle settings > Garage
door opener > Clear program settings > Yes .
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Opening and closing
Displaying the version /status /country code
.,. Se lect: ICARI f u n ct io n button> Car systems
contro l bu tton > Vehicle settings > Garage
door opener
> Version information .
(D Tips
The garage door opene r may nee d to be
synchronized with t he system motor after the
programmin g. Follow the manufacture r's in­
structions for doing this.
Operation
App lies to: ve hicles w ith garage doo r opener (Homeli nk)
Req uirements: the button in the headliner must
be programmed
c::> page 41 and the vehicle must
be w it hi n range of the system, such as the garage
door .
.,. Press t he button to open the ga rage door. T he
LED
@ c::> page 41, fig. 43 blinks or tur ns on .
.,. Press the button again to open the garage
doo r.
0) Tips
When op ening o r closing the garage door, do
no t press and hold the bu tton longer ten sec­
onds o r the ga rage door open er will switch to
pr og ra mming mode.
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Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel @ (black) Fuse panel@ (black)
8 Front passenger power window 11 Right rear power window
9 ESC control module 12 Front passenger's seat (pneumatic)
10 ESC control module
Luggage compartment fuse assignment
F ig. 289 Luggage compar tment: fuse panel with p lastic brack et
Fuse panel @ (black) Fuse panel@ (black)
No. Equipment
l
ESC button , data logger, diagnostic con-
nector, BCM -1, adaptive light 10
Rear
seat heating, refrigerator, rearview
mirror
11 Electromechanical
steering
2 Networking gateway 12 Selector lever, BCM-2 voltage
3 adaptive air suspension
13 Side assist
4 Park ing aid 14 Engin e control module
5 Steering column lever 15 Starter
6 Suspension control system sensor
7 Belt tensioners, airbag control module 16
Left
headlight (headligh ts with adaptive
lig ht)/head light range control
Heated washer flu id nozzles, Home Link
8 (garage door opener) , night vision system
control module, sport differential, ionizer
9
Electromechan ical parking brake control
module
Fuse panel ® (red)
No. Equipment
l Left reversible belt tensioner
2 Right reversible belt tensioner
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Index
Fue ling
F ue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
F ull screen displ ay (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Function buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
F uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
G
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Gas statio n mes sage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 285
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Va let parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 334
H
H D radio (digital radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Head -up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
H eadlights
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Headlig ht range contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
H eadpho nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Conn ections (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
H eadphones connected by ca ble (RSE) . . . 199
W ireless headp hones (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Ad justi ng .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 210
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
H eavy clo thing and safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . 220
H ex socket. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .... .. .. .. .. . 312
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hi ll descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
also refer to Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ho ld assist (hi ll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
H ome address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2
H omelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
344
I
Ign ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28
I mpo rting and expo rting (cont acts ) . . . . . . 153
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Infan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Inflation pressure (Tire Pressure Mon itor ing
System) ........ .. .. .. ............. . .
I nflation press ure (t ires)
Info rmation 302
293
Audi music inte rface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Infotainment display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Inp ut
U sing the M MI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
U sing the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
I n pu t level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
I nstalling the upper tether st rap on t he an -
cho rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
I nstr ument clus ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interior light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
I nterior re arview mirro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Intermitten t mode (winds hield wipers) . . . . SO
Internet
refer to Aud i connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
i Pod
refer to Au di music interface . . . . . . . . . . . 185
J
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Jump-start ing ..... ... ...... ....... ... 327
Jump start cable 328
K
Key.............. .. .. .. ........... ... 28
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
K ick-down (au tomatic transm ission) . . . . . . . 86
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
L
LAT CH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Selective wheel torque control 126
R
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent mode (windshield w ipers) . . . SO
Range (tank level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems ..... .. .. . 115, 116
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Refrigerator Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Reporting Safety Defects ......... .. 214,215
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reset (restart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Residual heat (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Restart (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Index
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rims ...... .... .. .. ............... .. 298
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Road noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Route
refer to Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Route plan Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Storing 169
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety belts . .... .. ............... 218,221
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
for using child safety seats ............ 251
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 238
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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