2018 AUDI A5 COUPE light

Intelligent Technology
CJ) Note
- Neve r let the brakes "rub" by pressing the
pedal light ly when bra king is not actually
necessary. This causes the brakes to over­
heat and increases braking d istance and
causes wear .
- Before driv ing downhill a long distance on a
steep hi ll, decrease your speed and select a
l ower gear. This makes use of the engine
b raking effect and re lieves the brakes . If
you need to b rake additionally , brake in in­
te rvals and n ot co nti nu ously .
(J) Tips
-If the b rake booster is no t wo rking, you
must press the brake pedal with much more
fo rce th an norma l.
- If you re trofit you r vehicle with a fron t spoil­
e r, whee l cove rs o r similar items, ma ke sure
th at t he ai r flow to the fron t wheels is not
i nte rr upt ed . Ot he rw ise the bra ke sys tem
ca n become too hot.
Electromechanical
steering, Dynamic
steering
The elec trome chanical steering supp orts the
driver 's steering movemen ts.
P owe r stee ring adapts electronically based on
t he vehicle speed.
Indicator lights and messages
• Steering: malfunction! Please stop vehicle
If th is indicator light t urns o n and stays on and
this message appears, the power steer ing may
have fa iled.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as soon as pos ­
sib le. Do
not continue driving. See an author ized
Aud i dea ler or a uthori zed Aud i Serv ice Facility fo r
assistance .
E£4 Steering: malfunction! You may continue
dri ving
If t he i nd ic ator lig ht tur ns on and the message
a ppears, the stee ring wheel may be more diff i-
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lt to move o r mo re sensitive than usu a l. The
steering wheel may also be at an ang le when
driv ing straight.
Drive slowly to an au thorized Audi de aler or au ­
thorized Audi Service Facili ty to have t he mal ­
funct ion correcte d.
f:$JI Dynamic steering: correcting steering wheel
po sition
If the indica tor ligh t turns on and this message
appears, the dynamic steering* is re in it ia liz ing.
The steer ing whee l will be easy to move afte r
sta rt ing t he engine . Reinitiali zation might be
necessary if the steering wheel was moved while
the engine was switched off. The disp lay turns
off if the initialization was successf ul.
(D Tips
-If the . or ':r,y indica to r light only stays on
for a sho rt time, you may cont inue driving .
- T he dynamic steering s tability sys tems
q page 151 are not ava ila bl e in the event of
a system malfunction .
- For add itio na l information o n dynamic
steeri ng, see
c:;, page 138.
ALL-wheel drive (quattro)
General information
In all whee l drive, the dr iv ing power is dis trib ut­
ed betwee n all fou r whee ls w hen needed . This
happe ns automatically depending on your driving
behavior as we ll as the c urrent road con ditions.
A lso see
c:;, page 151, Electronic stabili zation
control (ESC) .
The all-whee l dr ive system distr ibutes the dr iving
power va riably to the front and rear axle. It works
together with selective wheel torq ue control,
which act ivates when dr iv ing through c urves
q page 151. With the sport d ifferent ial*, power
distribution to the rear wheels is var iable and can
be adjusted using the drive select
q pag e 139 .
The all wheel drive concept is designed for high
engine power . Your vehicle is except iona lly pow­
erfu l and has excellent driving characteristics
bot h unde r normal d riving conditions and on
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Intelligent Technology
greater than the amount being generated in or­
der to maintain an optimal vehicle battery charge
level.
(D Tips
- Energy management cannot overcome the laws of physics. Note that the charge level
and length of the vehicle battery life are
limited.
- When the starting ability is endangered, the
(•j indicator light turns on ¢ page 30.
What you should know
Maintaining the starting ability is the highest
priority.
A lot of stress is placed on the vehicle battery
when driving short distances, during city driving,
and at cold times of the year. A lot of energy is
used but little is generated. It is also critical
when the engine is not running but electrical
equipment is switched on. In this case, energy is used but none is generated .
In situations like this, energy management will
actively regulate the distribution of energy.
Long periods without use
If you do not drive your vehicle for several days or
weeks, electrical equipment is gradually scaled
back or switched off. This reduces energy use and
ensures the vehicle will be able to start after long
periods of time. Some convenience functions,
such as interior lighting or power seat adjust­
ment, may not be available under certain circum­
stances . These convenience functions will be
available again once you switch the ignition on
and start the engine.
With the engine switched off
The vehicle battery will drain if you use Infotain ­
ment functions such as listening to the radio
while the engine is switched off .
If the vehicle's ability to start may be impaired by
the energy use, a message will appear in the In­
fotainment system display. The message indi­
cates that the system will switch off automatical-
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ly soon. If you would like to continue using the
functions, you must start the engine.
With the engine running
Although electrical energy is generated while
driving , the vehicle battery can drain. This can
happen if little energy is generated but much is
used, and the charge level of the vehicle battery
is not optimal.
To restore the balance of energy, components
that require large amounts of energy are tempo­
rarily scaled back or switched off . Heating sys­
tems in particular require a great deal of energy. If you notice, for example, that the seat heating*
or rear window defogger is not working, then it
has been temporarily reduced or switched off.
T hese systems are available again as soon as the
energy supply has been restored.
In addition, you may notice that the idle speed has slightly increased. That is normal and no
cause for concern . By increasing the idling speed,
the additional required energy will be generated
and the vehicle battery will be charged.
Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Re­
corder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa­
tions, such as an airbag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understand­
ing how a vehicle's systems performed. The EDR
is designed to record data related to vehicle dy­
namics and safety systems for a short period of
time , typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper­ ating;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
- How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
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Multi Media Interface
with the character selection @<=> fig. 175 to an
accented character. Press the control knob to
insert the accented character. To close the ac­
cented characters without selecting a charac­
ter, press and hold the control knob again.
Or :
select and confirm laou I (z) <=> fig . 175. Select
and confirm an accented character.
- Deleting characters: select and confirm<&l @
<=>fig. 175. To delete all characters in the input
field, press and hold the control knob on
<&l un ­
ti l all characters in the input field are deleted .
-Entering special characters : select and con­
firm
l !&? l@ <=>fig . 175 orll23 I@ . Select and
confirm the desired spec ial character (for ex­
amp le, a hyphen or period) with the number
spelle r.
- Input assistance: in some cases such as in navi­
gation*, there is a wo rd suggestion* @
Symbol/Description Description
<=> fig. 175 based on avai lable entries while you
are entering data. You can select this sugges­
tion by push ing the control knob upward .
-Results list: in some cases, such as in the direc ­
tory, the system switches automatically to the
res ults list based on ava ilable entries @
<=>
fig. 175. Select and conf irm a suggestion
from the list.
Requirement: the input field
@Q fig. 175 must
be active.
- Switching between speller and MMI touch *:
the handwriting recognit io n for the MMI touch
control pad* is activated automatically. Simp ly
start wr iting.
Overview of symbols in the speller
The symbols in the letter/number speller are ex­
plained in the follow ing tab le:
CD ILIST lorB Switches to the results list.
@ Input field Displays the current input.
@ Results list Displays
a list with suggestions based on the letters already en-
tered.
@
+
Switches from lower case to upper case letters or from upper case
to lower case letters .
® E
Opens additional speller options, for example Close speller and
Clear input field
® 11&71 Character sets and special characters
0 laoul Displays accented characters (such as a,<;, fi, o).
Switches from letter to number input or from number to letter in-
® 11 231/IABCI
put .
® ,___, Adds a space in the input fie ld.
@ Character se lection Highlights the selected character .
@
•
Inserts the suggested word* when you push the control knob up .
@ ~ Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
@ Tips
Accented characters are not available for ev­
ery letter.
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Voice recognition system
• Telephone
• Audi connect •
Favorites
• Call (XV)
• Navigation
• Directory
• Radio
• Media
• Sound •
Enter number
• Redial
• Read new text message
• Navigate to
(XY)
• Enter address/destination
• Help • Online destinations
• Help Speech dialog system
• Help Telephone •
Cancel route guidance
• Map
• Help Audi connect •
Line
(XV)
• Help Navigation
• Help
Map
• Help Radio •
Next page/ previous page
• Cancel
• No. I meant (XV)
• He lp Media • Correction
TE ,EPflON ~
• Enter number • Call list
• Delete number/ correction • Redial
•
Directory
• Call (XV)
• Call mailbox
• Telephone favorites
· business/ private/ land tine
I mobile
• Nav igate to
(XV)
• Start I cancel route guidance
• Directory
• Last destinations •
Block route for (XV) miles
I Block
the next section
• Route list
• Calculate alternative routes
• Nav igation favorites
• Drive home
• Enter address •
Online destinations
• Special destination
• Enter country
I town I street/ state
• Exclude route/ Exclude route for
(XV) km/ m
• Map
• Day map/ Night map
• 2D
driving position map/ 20 north position map/ 3D map/ Destination map/ Overview map
~UJDI CONNECT
• Audi connect
• Travel Information/ Parking Information
• Fuel prices
• Weather
RADIO
• Radio presets
• FM
• FM /AM/ SIRIUS XM
• Station (XY) / Frequency (XV)
• Traffic announcement on
I off
Fig. 178 Comm and overv iew
170
•
• Flight Information
•
City events
• Online news
• Twitter
MEDIA
• Jukebox
• CD
I DVD
• SD card l / SD card 2
• Audi music Interface/ I Pod/ USB / Bluetooth /
WI -Fl/ Med ium (XV)
• Media favorites / Artists / Albums / Genres /
Tracks/ Playllsts / Videos
• Folder up
• Random playback on/ off

Voice recognition system Operating
Appl ies to: veh icles wit h vo ice recog nitio n system
You con operate many Infotainment functions
conveniently by speaking .
Requirements: the ignition and the MM I must be
switched on
~page 158, the re must not be any
phone call in progress and the park ing system
must not be active.
~ Switching on : press the 51 button@
~ page 15, fig. 11 or~ page 16, fig. 13 briefly
on the mu ltifunction steering wheel and say
the des ired command after the
Beep .
~ Switching off : press and hold the 51 button.
Or: press the [2] butto n.
~ Pau sing : say the command Pau se . To resume,
press the
l2;J button .
~ Correcting : say the command Corre ction . Or :
simply say a new command during an an ­
nouncement
<=> page 251.
Input assistance
The system gu ides you throug h the input with
v isua l and audio feedbac k.
- Vi sua l input as sistan ce: after switching on
vo ice recogn it io n, a display w ith a selection of
poss ible commands appears. This command
display can be sw itched on o r off. Se lect:
IMENU I button> Setting s> left cont rol button
> MMI setting s > Speech dialog system .
- Audio input a ssis tance :
to have the poss ible
commands read, tu rn the voice recognition sys ­
tem on and say
Help.
For the s yst em to understand you:
Speak clearly and dist inctly at a normal vo lume .
Speak louder when d riving faste r.
Emphasize the words in the commands evenly
and do not leave long pauses .
C lose the doors, the windows and the sunroof* to
reduce background noise . Make sure that passen-
;;!; gers are not speaking when you are giving a voice
;::; command. ,....
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3 Voice recognition system
Do not direct the air vents toward the hands-free
microphone, which is on the roof headliner near
t h e front inte rior lights .
Only use the system from the dr iver's seat be­
ca use the hands -free microphone is directed to­
ward that seat.
Additional settings
Seer=;, page 251, Spee ch dialog system .
A WARNING
-Direct your full attention to dr iv ing. As the
driver, you have complete responsibility for
safety in traffic . Only use the functions in
such a way that you a lways maintain com­
p lete contro l over your vehicle in all traffic
situations.
-Do not use the voice recognition system in
emergencies beca use your voice may change
in stressful situations. It may take longer to
d ial the number or the system may not be
able to dial it at all. Dial the emergency
number manually.
@ Tips
- The d ialog pauses when there is an incom­
ing phone call and will continue if you ig­
nore the call. The d ialog ends if you answer
the ca ll.
- You can select an item in the list using ei­
ther the vo ice recognit ion system or the
cont rol knob .
Command overview
information
Appl ies to: ve hicles w ith vo ice recognit ion system
T he following overv iews describe the comma nds
t h at can be used to operate the MMI using the
voice recognition system.
Alte rnative commands a re separate d using
a"/",
for example say: Telephone / (or) Navigation /
(or) Radio.
Sequences of commands used to perfo rm an ac­
t ion are iden tified w it h
a"> ", fo r ex ample say:
Ente r addre ss > (t hen) Enter country /state . ..,.
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Function
Calling the last number dialed
Dialing a phone numbe r
Correcting the phone number that
was entered
Showing contact information
L isten ing to messages
Entering the PIN (SIM)
Corre cting the P IN entry
Correcting data input
Clos ing the full-sc reen command
list
@ Tips
Voice recognition system
Say :
Redial
Enter number
> ofter being prompted, soy the telephone num-
ber in groups of individual numbers,
fo r example. 888 555
1212 > Dial
Corr ection
I Delete numb er
Directory
> soy the desired contact when prompted,
for example John Sm ith
Call voicemail
Ente r PIN
> when prompted, soy the PIN in individual numbers
> Save
C o rr ection / Delete PIN
No I meant ( XV)
Close
- Please note that comm ands can only be giv­
en for the primary
phone *~ page 178 .
-Contacts in the directory can sele cted us ing
the fu ll name ("first name last name" and
"last name, first name") as well as with only
the f irst or last name. This applies to cell
phones that transmit names separated into
first and last names. -
For more informat ion on s upported cell
phones, visi t
www.audiusa. com /bluetooth
or contact an a uthorized Audi dea ler or au ­
thorized Audi Service Facility.
Audi connect (Infotainment)
A ppl ies to: ve hicles with vo ice recognition system and Audi co nnect (Infotainment)
Requirement: the requirements for Audi connect
(Infotainment) m ust be
met ¢ page 191 .
Function Say:
Accessing Audi connect Infotain-Aud i connect > follow the system prompts
ment serv ices
Audi connect Infotainment services
Weather / Online new s/ Fuel pr ices/ Parking information /
T rav el info rmation / Twitte r/ Onl ine t raffic info rmation / City
e v ents / Flight informat ion
Search areas for Aud i connect Info-Near de stin ation / Nearb y/ In a new city
tainment serv ices
Correcting data input
No I meant (XV)
(D Tips
;;§ Always read the chapter ¢ page 198, Audi ....
~ connect (Infotainment) general information.
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Closing Audi connect Infotainment services
Regardless of the function selected, you can
close an Audi connect Infotainment service at any
time and return to the home screen
r=:>page 192,
fig. 188.
Parking information
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on parking locations and fees in the
selected search area (for example
Nearby ).
~ Select and confirm Parking information .
You can use the right control button to sort the
parking locations
By distance or By availability.
Travel information
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on attractions in the selected search
area.
~ Select and confirm Travel information .
~ Select and confirm an attraction to display the
details .
Fuel prices
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on gas stations with the lowest fuel
prices for your vehicle in the selected search area.
~ Select and confirm Fuel prices.
You can use the right control button to sort the
fuel prices
By price or By distance .
1l Service in prepara tio n at the tim e of printing. Can add la t­
e r or is only available in certa in regio ns.
Audi connect (Infotainment)
Traffic light information
Applies to vehicles w ith Audi connect (Infota inment)
Fig. 189 Examp le : display o f a speed recommendat ion
Fig . 190 Example: display of an estimated wa it time
The traffic light information ll gives you a speed
recommendation, at which to drive through the
next green traffic light
(Dr=:> fig. 189 or informs
you of the wait time at the next red light @. The
traffic light information can be displayed in the
driver information system, in the status line of
the Audi virt ual cockpit* or in the head -up dis­
play*.
General information
The traffic light information is subject to certain
system limitat ions and may be unavailable or on­
ly partially available in the following situations:
- when the perm itted speed lim it is exceeded
- if the next traffic light is less than 100
ft (30
m) away
- if the estimated wait t ime at a red light is less
than four seconds
- if there is no traffic light data available
- if the data connection was interrupted
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Audi connect (Infotainm ent )
-when the camera-based traffic sign recogn i­
tion* is malfunctioning
¢ page 109
-when there a re warnings from the camera-
based traffic sign recognition*
Sw itch ing traffic light information on and
off
-Se lect: I MENU I button > Au di conne ct > Traffi c
ligh t info rm ati on >
On (~) or Off (0 ).
A WARNING
-When traffic light information is shown, a l­
so always pay attention to the traffic situa­
t ion, the distance to other vehicles and the
area around the vehicle. The driver is always
responsible for assessing the traff ic situa ­
t ion .
- Always adapt your speed to the current
weather, road and traff ic conditions. The
displayed information must never cause you
to ignore lega l traffic regulations and pose a
safety risk.
-Regardless of the traffic light informat ion,
you should always monitor your speed using
the speedometer and make sure you are ad­ hering to the legal speed limit .
-The traffic light information does not adjust
yo ur vehicle's speed to the speed recom­
mendation shown in the display.
{D) Tips
-Traffic light information is not yet ava ilable
i n a ll cities and is not nationwide .
-Units of measurement and language set­
tings are displayed based on how they were
set in the
M MI system settings
¢ page 251 .
-Always read the chap ter¢ page 198, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion .
Weather
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on current weather conditions as
well as weather forecasts for the selected search area .
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-
.. Select and confirm Weath er.
You can also display the current weather condi­
tions on the map , fo r example.
.. Select: lef t control button > on entry .
Flight information
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on flights and current arrival/depar­
ture times in the selected search area .
.. Select and confirm Flight inform ation .
City events
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on events in various categories in
the desired search area.
.. Sele ct C it y Ev ent s > left co ntro l button > cate­
gory.
Online news
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
You can check the current headlines of your fa­
vorite publications in the MMI.
Requirement: yo ur myAud i acco unt must be sub­
scribed to newsfeeds and your vehicle must be
connected to myAudi
~ page 191 .
.. Sele ct: !M EN UI button> Aud i conn ect> Online
new s>
desired new sfeed > a headline .
(D Tips
If you have not s ubs cribed to any pe rsonal
newsfeeds in your myAudi account, pre-con­
figured newsfeeds will be displayed.
'Twitter
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
You can access the most important functions in
your Twitter accoun t through your
MMI.
Requireme nt:
You must have connected your myAudi account
with Tw itter. You can f ind additional information
fo r this on line at
www .audiu sa .c om /m yaudi.