
CD
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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. 210 Engine compartment: connectors for jump start
cables and c harger
Fig. 211 Jump starting w ith the battery of another vehicle :
A -discharged vehicle battery, B -booster battery
The proc edure desc ribed 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 terminal
~fig. 210.
Emergency situations
1. Connect one end of the red positive cab le on
the
jump start bolt~ fig. 211 (D (bolt und er
the red cover= "posit ive") of the veh icle to be
sta rted @.
2. Connect the other end to the posit ive termi-
nal @of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE (-) to NEGATIVE (- )
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative terminal @ of the booster
battery @.
4. Connect the other end to the
jump start pin
@ ("negative") of the vehicle to be started
@.
Starting the engine
.. Start the engine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed .
.,. Start engine w ith discharged vehicle battery @
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 term inals .
A 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.
- Jumpe r cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make sur e
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
parts in the engine compartment.
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS ~
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A
A/C (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Activating vibration warning . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Adjusting steering time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adapt ive light (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Additional phone ............ .. .. . 115, 176
Adjusting a ir distribution (Cl imate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 42
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adjusting the temperature (climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Advanced Airbag System
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Componen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
How the components work together . . . . 204
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
H ow do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 205
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 203
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system ................. ..... .
213
Knee airbags. ....................... 212
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Repairs ... . .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 210
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Index
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
When must the system be inspected? . . . 207
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . 24, 29
Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 272
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Alternative routes .. .. ................. 143
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface
Announcements (settings)
refer to Voice guidance ........... .. . .
Anti-freeze
173
143
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Anti-s lip regulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Apple CarPlay
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 173
Armrest .......... .. .................. 48
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Aspect rat io (video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Services (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Audi music stream
refer to W i- Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Audio player
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Wi-Fi aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 293
Audi smartphone interface ......... 173, 177
Audi virtual cockpit (instrument cluster) . . . . 8
297

Index
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 53
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .S3
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
La unch Control-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 71
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel with shift paddles. . . . . . . . 68
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic zoom (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Brakes . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 62
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Break-in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Breaking in New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bulb failure (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 20, 22
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 C
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Average fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Better route (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Blower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 53
Bluetooth Aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 242
298
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 162
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 235
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Capacities Fuel tank ..... ... .. .. ............... 291
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 185
CD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cell phone Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Power windows . ... .. ................ 31
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 183
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Selecting a source Multifunction steering wheel ......... 22, 0
Selecting a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Selection menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 98, 101, 102
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
E mergency operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Settings Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Map. .. .. .. .. ................. .... . 146
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Setting the language ............ ..... . 175
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 68
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side airbags Description ... ................ ..... . 214
How they work ...................... 215
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
C leaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SIM card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Ski bag .... ................... .. ...... SO
Snowboard bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Index
Software update
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 178
Software (MMI) License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Speed-dependent volume increase . . . . . . . 179
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
START Engine STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Stee ring
Electromechanical steering .......... . 91, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
also refer to Electromechanical steering 91
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . 68
also refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21, 22
Steps for determin ing correct load limit . . . 259
Stopover (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Stored stations
refer to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Streaming
refer to Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Street View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 63
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Swapping calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Switching daytime running lights on and off 40
Switching tabs
refer to Mult ifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21, 22
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3
also refer to Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vehicl e jack .. .. ............... .. . 2 72 ,2 79
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 76
Veh icle tool k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Ve rsion informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
VIEW ..... ... ...... ....... ...... ... .. 22
VIEW b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
V IN .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .... . 290
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
also refer to Mu ltifunction
steer ing wheel ............... ..
20, 2 1, 2 2
Voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Voice recognition system ... ... .. .. .. 2 1, 108
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Voice recognition system . ... .. .. .. 2 1, 108
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Warning/i ndicator lights
M alfunction indicator lamp ( MIL) . . . . . . . .
1 5
Wa rning/ Indica tor lights
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Wa rranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
293
Was her fluid level (i ndicator lig ht) . . . . . . . . 1 6
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 0
W hat happens if you wea r yo ur safety belt too
l oose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 190
What impairs dr iving sa fe ty ? . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Removing t he cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tighteni ng speci fication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Wheels . .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 246
C hanging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Glossa ry of tire and load ing term inology . 248
Index
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Whee l wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
When must the a irbag system be inspected? 207
Why sa fety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Wi-Fi
Audi music stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
A udio p layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Ho tspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
also refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Wind deflecto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Window regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
268
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Window washer system
Reservoir capac ity
291
Windsh ield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Windsh ie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windsh ie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . 43, 244
Windshie ld wipers
Cleaning wi per b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Replacing w indshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 45
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Winter driving
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
261
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Win ter operat ion
Cooling sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
241
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Windsh ield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Win ter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 60
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
266
Removi ng ice fro m windows . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat he ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4
X
Xenon head ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
309