2017 AUDI A8 seat memory

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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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
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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

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N .... 0 0 :c ' Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Multi Med ia Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switching the MMI on and off . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Infotainment d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
MMI operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
L etter/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Menus and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Voice recogni tion sy st em . . . . . . . . 14 1
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 141
Global commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Info..... .......................... 144
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Opening the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dialing a telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Storing a phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Accepting/ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
During a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Emergency call functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Opening the directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Searching for a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lSl
Using contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Import ing and exporting contacts . . . . . . 153
Storing a new contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Name tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Operating the browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Overview of Audi connect services . . . . . . 159
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Conf iguring a data connection . . . . . . . . . 161
Table of contents
About Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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. av1gat1on ... .. .. ................ .
Opening navigation ................. .
Entering a destination ............... . 165
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Starting/canceling route guidance . . . . . . 170
Operating the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Online map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Accessing traffic information . . . . . . . . . . 175
Other sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Radio ...... ... . ......... ...... .. .. 177
Accessing the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Radio funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Other settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Media d rives and connections . . . 180
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
DVD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Supported med ia and file formats . . . . . . 186
T roub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Playing medi a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Accessing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Media functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Other settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rear Seat Enter tainm ent . . . . . . . . 193
RSE components overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Switching the RSE on and off . . . . . . . . . . 193
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Audio output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Restarting the RSE (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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Sea ts and stor age
Seats and storage
General information
A WARNING
Refer to ¢ page 207, Driving safety for im­
portant information, tips, suggestions and
warnings that you should read and follow for
your own safety and the safety of you r pas­
sengers.
Front seats
Controls
Seat forward/back adjustment, seat height, backrest and seat cushion angle.
F ig. 60 Fr ont seat: adjust ing the seat
@ -Moving the seat forward/back: press the but ­
ton forward/back .
@ -Moving the seat up/down: press the button
up/down. To adjust the front seat cushion, press
the front button up/down. To adjust the rear seat
cushion, press the rear button up/down .
® - Switching the massage function* on/off . Se­
lect the type of massage with the multifunction
button
c:> page 54.
© - adjusting the backrest angle : press the but­
ton forward/back.
© -Comfo rt head restraint*
c:> page 58
@ -Mu ltifunction button* c:> page 54.
A WARNING
- The power front sea ts can also be adjusted
when the ign ition is switc hed off . For this
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reason, children sho uld never be left unat­
tended in the vehicle - they could be injured!
- On ly adjust the front seat with when the ve­
hicle is stationary. Otherwise, this increases
the risk of an accident
- Exercise caution when adjust ing the seat
height. Unsupervised or careless seat ad­
justment can pinch fingers or hands causing in juries .
- The front seat backrests must not be re­
clined too far back when driving, because
this impa irs the effectiveness of the safety
belts and airbag system, which increases
the risk of inj ury.
Multifunction button
App lies to: vehicles wit h memory funct ion
You can adjust the massage function, upper sec­
tion of the backrest, lumbar support, side bol ­
sters, upper thigh support and safety belt height using the multifun ction button.
Fig . 61 Infota inment system : seat sett ings
Ope rating
.. If you turn the mult ifunct ion button @
c:> page 54, fig . 60 to the left or to the right,
the poss ible seat settings @are shown in the
Infotainment system
c:> fig. 61.
.. To select a seat setting, turn the multifunction
button @ in the corresponding direction until
the desired seat setting is outlined in red .
.. The arrows ® represent the possible adjust ­
ments . To lower the lumbar support, for exam­
ple, press the mult ifunct ion button @ down­
ward. The corresponding arrow © lights up.
The following seat settings @are poss ible: ..,_

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"' .... 0 0 :r Massage funct ion* -select the Wave , Pul se ,
St retch , Lumbar or Shou lder
massage type or
off. You can adjust the intensity of each massage
from 1 through 5. You can switch the selected
massage on/off using the button@
c> page 54,
fig. 60 .
Safety belt height adju stment * -adjust the safe­
ty belt up or down
c> page 223 .
Upper ba ckre st * -angle the upper area of the
backrest forward or back.
Lumbar support -you can adjust the lumbar sup­
port up/down and to be stronge r/weaker.
S eat bo lsters * -you can increase/decrease the
l ateral support in the seat using the s ide bo lsters
at the seat surface and the backrest.
Upper thigh support * -you can increase/de­
crease the upper th igh support.
(0 Tips
- The massage function* switches off auto­
matically after approx imately 10 minutes.
- In vehicles with the recl ining rear seat, only
the seat belt he ight and thigh support can
be adjusted on the front passenger seat us­
i ng the multif unction button.
- The air i n the s ide bo lsters* is released as
soon as the driver's door opens. Th is makes
i s possible to enter and exit the vehicle
more comfortab ly. As soon as you sta rt driv­
i ng the ve hicle, the s ide bo lsters fill.
Center armrest
Appl ies to vehicles w ith a front center armrest
There is a storage compartment under the arm­
rest.
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Fig. 62 Cockpit: center armrest
Seats and storag e
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Fig. 63 Cockpit: divided center armrest •
Opening the storage compartment
.,. Press the button -arrow-and move the armrest
upward.
Ad ju sting the divided center arm rest *
.,. To adjust the armrest forward and up, press the
button -arrow- and pull the armrest into the
desired posit ion at the same time .
.,. To br ing the armrest into the resting position,
press the button -arrow- and s lide the armrest
downwa rd .
Rear seats
Adjusting the rear seats
Applies to : vehicles w ith power adjustable rear seats
F ig . 64 Passenger side rear seat: seat adjustment buttons
F ig . 65 Rear doo r: memory function buttons
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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r A WARNING
-The power seats can also be adjusted when
the ignition is switched off. For this reason,
children should never be left unattended in
the vehicle - they could be injured!
- Be careful when ad justing the seat. Unsu­
pervised or careless seat adjustment can
pinch fingers o r hands ca using injur ies.
- Applies to vehicles with reclining seat*:
- Do not use the fron t passenger's seat for
seating when it is in the reclining position .
This increases the risk of serious injury or
death.
- Never adjust the reclining position when
the front passenger 's seat is occupied.
This increases the risk of injury.
- Do not tilt the display if the driver's view
of the right exterior mirror w ill be ob ­
structed .
- Make sure the area between the leg sup­
port and the front passenger 's seat back­
rest is clear before folding the leg support
in so that you are not pinched.
(D Tips
- The massage function switches off auto ­
matically after approx imately 10 minutes.
- If you
cannot ad just the reclining seat * or
the front passenger's seat from the rear, it is possible that:
- t he front passenger's seat memory fu nc­
t ion is swi tched off~ page
59, or
- the c hild safety lock is switched on (the~
button ~ page 37 or the right
T button
~ page 37 is turned on in the dr iver's
door), o r
- the front passenger seat adjustment is
switched off in the Infotainment system
~ page
SB.
Seats and storag e
Massage function remote control
Applies to: vehicles with reclining seat and massage function
Fig. 66 Remote cont rol: rec lin ing seat massage functions
The remote controls are located in the rear cen­
ter console ¢ page 62, fig. 72 . The massage
funct ion is only ava ilable when the ignition is
switched on.
.,. To open the remote control compartment,
press the left button and fold the center arm­
rest upward .
.,. To adjust the massage type, press the appropr i­
ate button @·@ . The LED in the button turns
on .
.,. To adjust the speed/inte nsity, turn the thumb­
wheel @I® . The LEDs indicate the speed/in­
tensity.
.. Press the selected massage type again to
sw itch the massage function off.
Massage types
@ -Wave
@ -Pul sating
© -Stretch
@ -Lumbar
(D Tips
- The massage function switches off auto ­
matically after approximate ly 10 minutes .
- If you activate a massage type aga in, the
last selected intensity and speed will be se­
lected .
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Seats and storage
Comfort settings
Applies to: vehicles with comfort seats in the rear
You con also apply several settings for the rear
using the Infotainment system in the cockpit.
• Se lect in the MMI: !CAR ! function button> Car
systems
control button > Vehicle settings >
Seats > Rear seats .
Adjust to normal position -
with this function,
the outer rear seats and the front passenger's
seat are moved to the factory setting.
Easy seat entry -the Easy seat entry makes it
possible to enter and exit the rear seats comfort ­
ably. If the function is sw itched on, the rear seat
automatically moves all the way back when t he
corresponding door is opened .
Passenger's seat adjustment* -if the function is
switched on in the Infotainment system, the
front passenger's seat can also be adjusted from
the rear seat using the ¢
page 55, fig. 64 but­
tons .
The front passenger's seat cannot be adjusted, if
- the front passenger's seat memory function is
switched off¢
page 59.
-the ~ button tur ns on in the driver's door
¢page 37.
-The right[!] button turns on in vehicles with
power child safety locks *
¢page 37.
Head restraints
Adjusting the head restraints
Fig. 67 Comfo rt hea d rest raint: ad just ing t he side bo lste rs
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Fig. 68 Outer rea r seat: adjus ting the head restra int
Adjust the head restraints so the upper edge is as
even as possible with the top of you r head . If tha t
i s not possible, try to adjust as close to this posi­
tion as possible.
Adjusting the front head restraints
.,. To adjust the he igh t of the front head re­
straints, pull/press the button ©
9 page 54,
fig.
60 up/down.
.,. To adjust the side bolsters*, push the side bol­
sters in to the desired position ¢
fig. 67.
• Vehicles with reclining seat*: grab the head re­
straint at the sides with both hands and slide
the head restraint up/down until it clicks into
place .
Adjusting the rear head restraints
The center head restraint in the rear is not ad­
justable. When passengers ride in the outer rear
seats, raise these head restraints up to the top position ¢
,&.
• To move the head restra int up, hold it at the
sides with both hands and slide it upward until
you feel it click into place .
.,. To move the head restraint down, press the
button (small arrow) ¢
fig. 68 and slide the
head restraint downward.
8,_ WARNING
- Always read and follow the applicab le warn­
ings
¢page 210.
-Driving with the head restraints not in the
upright position increases the r isk of se rious
lnJUry .
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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r @ Tips
To prevent the head restraints from running into the headline, they are automat ically
Memory function
Description
Appl ies to: vehicles wit h memory function
Using the memo ry funct ion, you can q uickly and
eas ily store a pe rsonal seat profile for the driver
and front passenger as we ll as for the o uter rear
seats* and recall the settings. The memory func­
tion is controlled using the remote contro l key
and the memory buttons in the driver's/front
passenger's door and in the rear doors*.
The driver's seat profi le is stored again and as­
signed to the remote control key each time the
vehicle is locked. When you open the door, the
seat profile is automat ically recalled. If two peo-
Remote control
key
Dr iver
Seat X
Head rest raint X
Steering wheel * X
Safety belt* X
Both exterior mirrors* X
Remote control key
Applies to: vehicles with memory function
The function must be switched on so that the
driver's seat profile will be assigned to the re­
mote control key when lock ing the vehicle .
.. Se lect : the
I CAR I function button > C ar sy stem s
control button > Veh icle setting s> Driver' s
s eat > Remote control ke y> On.
(D Tips
If you do not wish to have the seat p rofile for
another driver assigned to the remote control
key, switch the memory function off in the In­
fotainment system or using the
IO FFI button
~page 59.
Seats and storag e
moved forward or upward when the seat is
adjusted.
ple use the vehicle, it is recommended that each
person always uses the ir "own" remote control
key .
Two seat profiles can be stored using the memo­ ry buttons in the d river 's/front passenger 's door
respectively, and one seat profile can be stored in
each of the rear doors *. Once they a re stored,
these seat profi les can be se lected at any time.
T he following sett ings a re stored :
Memory button
Driver Front passenger Outer
Rear seats*
X X X
X
X
X
X X
X
Memory buttons
Applies to: veh icles w ith memory function
F ig . 69 Dr iver 's door: memory function buttons
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Sea ts and stor age
The memo ry buttons are located in the driver's
door, front passenger's door and in the rear
doors*.
Sw itch ing the mem ory function on /off
• Press the IOFF I button to switch the memory
funct ion on/off. The LE D in the button tu rns on
when the memory function is
off. Seat profiles
are neither stored nor recalled.
Storing a seat pr ofi le
• Press the ISE TI button. When the wo rd S ET
ligh ts up, the memory is ready to store set ­
tings .
• Now press a memory button briefly . A tone
confirms that the settings were stored .
Accessing a seat profile
• If the drive r's door is open and the ig nit ion is
swi tched off, press the memory b utton .
• If the driver's door is closed or the ignition is
switched on , press and ho ld the memory but­
ton until the seat adjustment is comp lete.
A WARNING
- For safety reasons, the seat setting can only
be recalled when the vehicle is stationary,
otherw ise there is a risk of an accide nt.
- If necessary, you can stop the recall process
by pressing the
I OFF! button or any memory
button.
Adjusting the front passenger 's seat in the
Infotainment system
Applies to: vehicles with memory function
The driver can move the front passenger's seat
into various positions .
Adjusting the front p assenge r's seat from
th e drive r's s eat
• Select : the ICARI function button> C ar s ystem s
contro l button > Veh icle sett ing s > Seats >
Pas senger's seat > Adju st seat po sition .
• You can now adjust the front passenger's seat
u sing the driver's seat but tons
c=;, page 54,
fig . 60.
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Align with driver's seat
• To transfer the settings from the dr iver's seat
to the front passenge r's seat , se lect: the
!CAR I
function button > Car s ystems cont rol button >
Vehicle settings > Se ats > Pa ssenger 's sea t >
Align with dri ver 's s eat .
• Press and hold the control knob until the ad­
justing process is comp lete.
@ Tips
The lumbar support and upper thigh support
settings are not transferred when aligning
the front passenger's seat with the driver's
seat.
12 volt sockets
Applies to: vehicles with sockets
Fi g. 70 S ide compart ment in l ugg age compartment: 12
vo lt soc ket•
Fig . 71 Exa mple of a rear ce nter con so le: 12 vol t socket
The 12-vol t sockets can be used for e lectr ica l ac­
cessories . The power consumption at the out let
must not exceed 120 watts.
There is an add itional 12 volt so cket in the center
console
c=;, page 63, fig. 75 . ..,.