2018 AUDI A5 COUPE wheel

Cockpit overview
-Increasing or decreasing the volume: tu rn the
r ig ht th umbwhee l up o r down.
-Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbw heel
down .
Or: press the rig ht t hu mbwhee l.
-Unmuting or resuming: tur n th e right t humb­
whee l up.
Or : press t he rig ht t humbwheel.
© Button lt1> 1!
-Selecting the previous/next track or station :
press th e l1<11>1 I butt on .
-Fast forwarding/rewinding audio files: press
and hold the
! 1l> 1! bu tton until the d esir e d
lo ca tion in the fi le i s r eache d.
® @button/ steering wheel heating* ~
-Steering wheel heating* : you can find addition­
al i nfo rmation
in ¢ pag e 85 .
-Programmable steering wheel button -open­
ing a function :
press the@butto n on the mul ­
tif unct ion s teer ing whee l.
-Programmable steering wheel button -re­
questing a function :
press and hol d the@ but ­
ton .
-Programmable steering wheel button - chang­
ing a function :
press and ho ld the @ button .
Se lect and confir m an entry .
Or
-Select in the Infotainment system: I M EN U I but­
ton
> Vehicle > left contro l bu tton > Vehicle
settings > Steering wheel button assignment.
® button 1~·" 1
-Repeating the last navigation prompt : press
the
I Q•« I button when route guida nce is act ive .
-Changing the voice guidance volume : when
route guidance is active, tu rn t he right thumb­
whee l upwar d or dow nward during a navigation
pro mpt.
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Multifunction steering
wheel
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
With t he multif unct ion s teering wheel , you can
oper ate the driver info rm at ion system as well as
t he
MM I functions and y ou con al so a djus t the
volume.
Fig. 12 L ef t side of multifunction s tee rin g w heel
Fig. 13 R ig ht side of the mul tifu ncti on s tee rin g w hee l
Requirement : the igni tion must b e switch ed on .
@Operating the driver information system
The driver information system contains mu ltiple
tabs
(D ¢ page 13, fig. 6 that d isp lay various in ­
formatio n @ ¢ page 13, fig. 6.
The following tabs a re available, depen ding on
vehicle eq uipme nt:
Fi rst tab Ve hicle (on -boar d co mp ute r)
~ pag e 17
Second Messages
tab al

<( a, .... N ,....
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Third tab Rad io ¢page 18
Media ¢ page 18
Fourth tab Telephone ¢
page 19
a) This tab is only v isible when there is at least one ind icato r
l ight or mess age disp layed.
- Switching tabs : press the !MODE ! button
<=> fig. 12 on the mult ifunction steering wheel
repeatedly unti l the des ired tab is d isp layed .
-Se lect ing a function in the m enu /list : turn the
left thumbwheel on the mult ifunct ion steer ing
whee l to the desired funct ion.
- Confirming a sel ection : press the left thumb­
wheel on the multifunction steer ing wheel to
confirm your se lec tion.
- Scrolling within th e lists: turn the left thumb­
wheel on the mult if u nction steer ing wheel
quick ly to scroll wi thin the lists.
@ button @;]
- Switching the voice recogn it ion sy stem on :
briefly press the 51 button¢ fig. 13 . Say the
desired command after the
B eep .
- Switching th e vo ice recogn ition sy stem off :
press and hold the 51 button. Or: say the com­
ma nd
Cancel.
For more information about the vo ice recognit ion
system, see
<=> page 171, Voice recognition sys­
tem
or ¢ page 251.
@ Right thumbwheel
The volume of an audio source or a system mes­
sage (such as traffic announcements) can be di­
rectly adjusted dur ing the aud io output.
- Inc rea sin g o r decrea sing the volume : turn the
rig ht thumbwhee l
¢ fig. 13 up or down.
- Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbwheel
down.
Or : press the right thumbwhee l.
-Unmuting or resuming : turn the right thumb­
whee l up.
Or : press the right thumbwhee l.
Cockpit o ve rv iew
Driver information
system
On-board computer
F ig. 14 Instrument cluster: fuel co nsumpt io n display
Resetting values to zero
Requirement: the Fue l consumption , Short -term
memory or Long-t erm mem ory
d isplay must be
selected.
.. To reset the value for the respective memory to
zero, press and hold the left thumbwheel
(i)
¢ page 13, fig. 7 or @ <=> page 16, fig. 12 on
the multifunction stee ring wheel for one sec­
ond. Or
.,. On the multifunction stee ring wheel, select:
the right control button>
Re set value s*.
Ad justing additional displays (Audi virtual
c ockpit)*
.,. Select on the multif unction steering whee l:
right control button >
Additional di splay .
.. Select the desired additional display .
In the first tab (on -board comp ute r), you can c all
u p the following disp lays one after the other by
turning the left thumbwheel on the multifunc­
tion steer ing wheel.
- Time and da te
<=>page 251
- Dig ita l speedomete r*
- Average consumption
- Remaining range*
- Ad Blue
range*<=> page 326
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
- Energy consumers
r=> page 18
- Dr iver assistan ce* ¢ page 113
-Traff ic sign recog nition* ¢ page 109
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Cockpit over view
The short -term memory collects driving informa­
tion from the time the ignition is switched on un­
til it is switched off . If you cont inue driv ing with­
in two hours after switching the ignition off, the
new values are included when calculat ing the cur­
rent tr ip informat ion.
Unlike the short-term memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automat ically. You can se­
lect the time period for evaluat ing trip informa­
tion yourself .
Fuel con sumpti on
The current fue l consumption can be shown us­
ing a bar graph
cc> fig. 14. The average cons ump­
tion stored in the short-term memory is also dis­
played. If the bars are green or the gray tone on
the bars changes (depending on the equipment),
your veh icle is sav ing fuel by the following func­
tion:
- Recupe ration : electrical energy can be stored in
the ve hicle battery when the vehicle is coasting
o r driving downhi ll. The bar will move toward
0 /0.
(D Tips
The date, time of day and t ime and date for­
mat can be set in the Infotainment system
cc> page 251 .
Energy consumers
Fig . 15 Inst rume nt cluste r: e nergy cons ume rs
In the En ergy con sumer s view, the othe r equip­
ment that is currently affecting fuel consumption
is listed in the first tab (on-board comp ute r) . The
d isp lay shows up to three ene rgy consumers @
cc> fig. 15. The eq uipme nt using the most powe r is
listed first. If more than three items using power
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are switched on, the eq uipment that is c urren tly
using the most power is disp layed .
A ga uge @ also shows the c urrent tota l con­
s u mption of a ll othe r consumers .
. Radio
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the I MODE i button on the m ultif un ction
s teer ing whee l repeatedly u nti l the Radio/ Me­
dia tab is d isp layed.
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
.,. Press the I <11>I button repeatedly until the Ra-
dio/Med ia tab is d isplayed.
.,. Press the left control b utton cc> page 14 .
Depend ing on veh icle equipment, the following
funct ions may be ava ilable i n the dr iver informa­
tion system .
-Select ing the frequen cy band : select and con ­
firm a freq uency band .
-Selecting a station from the station list : select
and confirm a radio station.
- Select ing a station from the preset s list : select
and confirm
Presets and then a radio station .
-Opening a media sou rce: se lect and confirm
Swit ch to media.
Additional settings
- Sele ct: r ight cont rol b utton> desired entry.
Depend ing on the function se lected, the follow­
i ng additional settings may be possible:
- "Now Playing" screen : see cc> page 229.
Media .
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files
cc> page 231 .
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the I MODE i button on the mu ltifunction
steer ing whee l repeatedly until the Radio/Me-
dia tab is d isplayed .
.,.

Applies to: ve hicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
"Press th e l<1 1>I butto n repeated ly until the Ra -
dio/Media tab is disp layed .
" Press the left control button ¢ page 14 .
Depending on vehicle equipmen t, the following
functions may be availab le in the driver informa­
tion system .
-Selecting a source : select and confi rm a source
s u ch as the SD card.
- Selecting a radio station from the source li st:
sele ct and confirm Switch to radio .
- Playing an audio /video file :
select and confi rm
a file.
- Pau sing/resuming playba ck : press the r ight
t hu mbwheel @
~page 15, fig. 11. To res ume
playb ack , p ress the r igh t thumbw heel again .
-Re starting playback of an audio file : select the
file that is curre ntly playing, if necessary. Press
the left th umbwheel.
- Opening additional track information: select:
r ig ht cont rol bu tton>
Show "Now Playing"
screen .
@ Tips
-The media drives do not play files that are
p ro te cte d by DRM and that a re identif ied
wi th the sym bol
1'.D.
- Please note t hat w ithin a media sou rce in
th e d river i nfo rm at ion s ystem, o nly pl aylis ts
tha t we re sele cted t hroug h the MMI cont rol
p anel c an be
playe d~ page 24 0.
- Pay attention to t he Infotai nmen t sys te m
dis play if ne cess ary. Depen din g on these­
l ected function, it may
be necess ary to use
t h e MM I cont rol panel.
Cockpit overview
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with te lephone
Fig . 1 6 Ex ampl e: telep hone functio ns in th e drive r info r­
m ati on sys te m
Requireme nt: a ce ll phone must be connected to
the MMI
~ page 178.
Applies to: vehicles wit h mult ifunction stee ring wheel
" Press the IMODE ! button on the m ultifun ction
steer ing whee l re peat edly u ntil t he Telephone
t ab is d is pla yed .
Applies to: vehicles with mult ifunction steering wheel plus
" Press the l<1 1>I button repeatedly until the Tele-
p ho ne tab is d isplayed .
" Press the le ft con trol b utton ¢ page 14 .
Depending on veh icle equipment , the following
funct ions may be ava ilable i n the dr iver informa­
t ion system .
-Accessing a contact : select and confirm Call
list / Favorites / Directory .
Select and confirm
a contact .
Directory contacts* : the driver info rmation sys­
tem on ly disp lays directory contacts that have a
phone number stored .
If several phone numbers
are stored with a contact, the list of stored num­
bers is d isplayed first when the entry is selected .
Recent calls*: the recent calls list contains all in­
coming, o utgoing and missed ca lls.
Caller information *: the name, phone number or
Unknown ap pears in the drive r information sys­
tem display depend ing on whether the ca ller has
been stored in the d irecto ry and if the phone
number has been transmitted.
Functions during an incoming call
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- Automatic zoom C) page 219
Navigation view with route guidance
started
App lies to: ve hicles with navigation system and Audi virtual
cockpit
Fig. 17 Sta ndard map w hen route gu ida nce is act ive (Audi
vi rtua l cockp it)
Requirement : a destination must be entered
C) page 208, route guidance must be started and
the navigation tab must be displayed .
Depending on the vehicle equipment and these­
lected view
r=;, page 15, the follow ing informat ion
will be displayed in the driver information sys­
tem:
@ Map content (such as points of interest)
@ Current vehicle position
@A bar graph appears when there is an upcom­
ing turn. The fewer bars are shown, the shorter
the distance is until the turn. If there is not an upcoming turn, the distance to the destination/
stopover and the calculated arrival time is dis­
played in the right speedometer.
@Name of the street where you are currently
driving
Cockpit overview
Map view with route guidance started
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and map view
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you con al­
so hove the active route guidance display in the
mop view* in the driver information system.
Wl St
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Fig. 18 D iagram: map when route guidance has started
(analog instrument duster)
Requireme nt: a dest inat ion must be entered
<=> page 208, route guidance must be started and
the navigation tab must be displayed.
Depend ing on veh icle equipment, the following
information may be shown in the driver in forma­
t ion system .
(D Distance to the destination or stopover
@ Distance to the next maneuver
@ Display of the road that is currently being
traveled or the road that you will turn onto dur­
ing the next maneuver
@Map content such as points of interest or traf­
fic inform ation
Zooming in/out on the map (Zoom ): when a
map is displayed, turn the left thumbwheel
down/up to zoom in/out on the map.
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Cockpit overv iew
Street view with route guidance started
Applies to: ve hicles w ith navigation system and street view
Depending on the vehicle equipment , the active route guidance will be displayed in the street view* in
the driver information system .
®
Fig. 19 Example: display of a turn in the str eet v iew (ana log inst ru ment cluster)
Req uirement: a destination must be entered
¢
page 208, route g uidance must be started and
the navigation tab mus t be disp layed.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
information may be shown in the dr iver informa­
tion system ¢
fig. 19:
(D Distance to the destinat ion or stopover
@ Disp lay ing an expressway, highway or main
road as preparat ion for an upcom ing change
in direct ion
@ Lane recommendation
© Ca lcula ted ar rival time
® D istance to the next maneuver
@ Disp lay of the expressway, highway or main
road onto which you will be tur ning
(?) Di rect ion arrow for the upcoming maneuver
@ A bar graph appears when a direct ion arrow
is displayed. The fewer bars are shown, the
shorter the d istance is unt il the turn .
® Current veh icle pos ition
@ Addit ional information (on-board computer)
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The following functions are also avai lab le when
r oute g uidanc e is active :
-Changing the vo ice g uidance volume : turn the
r ight thumbwheel up or dow n during voice
guidance .
_&. WARNING
The route ca lculated by the nav igat ion sy stem
is a recom mendation for reac hing your dest i­
n ation. Obey tra ffic lights, stopp ing restric­
tions, one-way stree ts, lane change restric­
tions, etc.
(D Tips
- Also see the c hapter ¢ page 8, Controls at a
glan ce.
- An exclamation point" !" in front of the
st reet name ind icates t hat the information
abou t this st reet or this sect ion of the ro ute
is not complete in the navigat ion data co n­
tained in the
M MI. Obey traffic laws in one­
way streets and pedestr ian zones .

fast acceleration) and have the malfunction cor­rected. See an authorized Audi dealer or
authorized Audi Service Facility .
The electronic speed limiter may be faulty if the
indicator light turns on. For additional informa­
tion, see
c:> page 107, Electronic speed limiter .
The MIL indicator light may also turn on if the
fuel filler cap is not closed correctly
c:>page324.
On-Board Diagnostics
Fig. 22 Location of Data Li nk Con nec tor (DLC )
On-Board Diagnostics monitors the components
of your em ission control system. Each monitored
component in your eng ine system has been as­
signed a code. In case of a ma lfunction, the com­
ponent will be identified and the fault stored as a
code in the control module memory.
The MI L light may also illuminate if there is a
leak in the on -board fuel vapor recovery system.
If the light illuminates after a refueling, stop the
vehicle and make sure the fuel filler cap is prop­ erly closed (only vehicles with gasoline engine)
c:>page324 .
In order to make an accurate diagnosis, the stor­
ed data can only be displayed using special diag­ nostic equipment (generic scan tool for OBD) .
In order to connect the specia l diagnostic equip­
ment, push the plug into the Data Link Connector
(DLC). The DLC is located to the right of the hood
release
c:> fig. 22.
~ Your authorized Audi dealer or qualif ied work-
;:::: shop can interpret the code and perform the nee-
" ~ essary repair . 0
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Cockpit overview
A WARNING
--
Do not use the diagnostic connector for per­
sonal use. Incorrect usage can cause malfunc­
tions, which can increase the risk of a colli­
sion!
Indicator lights
Description
The indicator lights in the instrument cluster
blink or turn on. They indicate functions or mal­
functions.
Messages may appear with some indicator lights.
A warn ing s ignal will sound at the same time.
The indicator lights and messages in the instru­
ment cluster display can be covered by other dis­
plays. To show them again, select the second tab
with the mult ifunct ion steer ing wheel
c:> page 13 .
If there are several malfunctions, you can display
them one at a time using the thumbwheel.
Some indicator lights in the display can display in
several co lors.
it Central indicator light
If the. or d indicator light turns on, check
the message in the instr ument cluster.
Overview
Some indicator lights turn on briefly as a function
check when you sw itch the ignition on. These sys ­
tems are marked with
a./ in the fo llowing tab les.
If one of these indicator lights does not turn on,
there is a malfunction in that system.
Your vehicle has either a monochrome display or
a multicolored display, depending on vehicle
equipment. Some indicator lights appear white
on a monochrome display .
The. or Q central
indicator light turns on at the same time to indi-
cate the priority of these indicator lights.
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<( a, .... N ,....
N .... 0 \0
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c::S Driver's door
II] Driver' s door: malfunction! Shift to P before
l e aving vehi cle. See own er's manual
There is a malfunction in the driver's door. Select
the P se lector lever position (automat ic transmis­
sion) to secure the vehicle.
Drive to an authori zed Aud i dealer or authorized
Aud i Service Facility immediately to have the
malfunct ion corrected .
-: Bulb failure indicator
If the II indica to r li ght turns on, a b ulb has
fa iled. The message ind icates the location of the
bu lb . Rep lace the b ulb immediately .
Vehicle lights: malfunction! Please c ont ac t
Servic e
There is a malfunction in the headlights or the
light switch . Drive to an authorized Audi dealer o r
author ized Audi Se rvice Facility immed iate ly to
h ave the ma lf u nction co rre cted.
_& WARNING
- Ligh t bul bs are under pressu re and can ex­
plode when bulbs are replaced, which in ­
creases the risk of injury.
- Wi th H ID headlights (xenon headlights), the
high -voltage component must be handled
correctly. Otherwise, there is a risk of fata l
injury.
{(D Dynamic headlight range control
II He adlight range cont rol: malfun ctio n! S ee
o w ner 's manual
There is a malfunction in the headlight range
control system, which may ca use glar e for other
drivers.
Drive to an authorized Audi dea ler o r a uthorized
Audi Servic e Facility immediately to have the
malfunct ion corr ected.
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Coc kpit o ve rv iew
~O Audi adaptive light
Applies to: vehicles with Audi adaptive light
m;J Audi adapt ive light : malfun ction! See own­
er's manual
Adaptive light is not working . The headlights still
funct ion .
Drive to an au thorized Audi dealer or authorized
Audi Service Facility immed iately to have the
malfunction corrected .
@ Light/rain sensor
!;I Automatic headlights: ma lfunction! See
o wner' s manual
!;I Automati c wipers : malfunction ! See owner' s
manual
The light/rain sensor is malfunctioning.
The low beams remain switched on at a ll times
for safety reasons when the light switch is in the
AUTO position. However, you can continue to
turn the lights on and off using the light switch.
You can still contro l all functions that a re inde­
pendent of the rain sensor through the wind ­
shield wiper leve r.
Drive to an au thori zed Audi dealer or authori zed
Audi Service Facility immed iately to have the
malfunction corrected.
Q Suspension control
Applies to : vehicles with suspension control
II Su sp ension: malfunction! You may continue
drivin g
There is a suspension control malfunction .
Drive to an authorized Audi d eal er or authorized
Audi Service Facility immed iate ly to have the
malfunction correc ted.
r : All wheel drive/sport differential
Applies to: vehicles with all wheel drive/sport diffe rentia l
(II All-wh eel dri ve : malfun ction! You may con-
tinue driv ing. Pl ease contact Service
.,.
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