2018 AUDI A8 alarm

Opening and clo sin g
Unlocking and locking with the remote
control
F ig. 23 Remote cont ro l key: button programm ing
• T o unlock the veh icle, press them b utton
~ fig. 23.
• To lock the vehicle, press the ~ button one
time '*& .
• To unlock the luggage compartment lid, press
the
-c::5 button briefly.
• To trigger the alarm, press the I PANIC I button.
The vehicle horn and emergency flashers are activated.
• To turn the alarm off, press the red I PANIC I
button aga in .
If the vehicle is unlocked and none of the doors,
the rear lid or hood are opened within 60 sec­
onds, the vehicle locks aga in automatically . This
feature prevents the vehicle from be ing acciden­
tally left unlocked over a long per iod of t ime.
The settings in the Infotainment system deter­ m ine if the ent ire vehicle or only one of the doors
is unlocked when unlocking the vehicle
¢ page 32.
_& WARNING
Read and heed a ll WARNINGS¢ A in Descrip­
tion on page
27.
(D Tips
- Only use the remote control key when you
a re w ithin view of the vehicle.
- The vehicle can only be locked when these­
l ector lever is in the P posit ion.
- Do not use the remote control when you are
i nside the vehicle. Otherwise, you could un­
i ntent io nally lock the vehicle. If you then
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tried to start t he engine or o pen a door, the
alarm would be triggered. If this happens,
press
the m unlock button.
-Only use the pan ic function in an emergen­
cy .
Unlocking and locking with the
convenience key
Applies to: vehicles with convenience key
The doors and luggage compartment lid can be
unlocked/locked without using the remote con­
trol key.
F ig . 2 4 Door hand le: locki ng w ith t he convenie nce key
Unlocking the vehicle
• Gr ip the door hand le. The door un locks auto-
matically .
• Pull the door hand le to open the door .
Locking the vehicle
Requirement: the se lector lever must be in P.
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• To lock the vehicle, close the door and touch
the sensor in the door handle
once ¢ fig. 24,
'* &_. Do not hold the door handle while doing
this.
You can unlock/lock the ve hicle at every door .
The remote control key cannot be more than ap­ prox imately 4 feet (1.5 meters) away from the
door handle or the luggage compartment. It
makes no d ifference whether the master key is in
yo ur j ack et poc ket o r in yo ur brief case, for exam ­
ple.
The door cannot be opened for a brief period d i­
r ectly after lock ing it. Th is way you have the op­
po rtuni ty to chec k if the doors lo cked cor rect ly.
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the way to the right (right door) or left (left
door).
Once the front passenger's door/rear doo rs close,
it is no longer possible to open them from the
outside . The door can be opened from the inside
by pulling the door handle. If the child safety
lock in one of the rear doors is activated, you
must first pull the door handle from the ins ide.
Then you can open the door from the outside.
..&_ WARNING
Read and heed all WARNINGS c:> &. in Descrip­
tion on page 27.
Anti-theft alarm system
If the anti-theft alarm system detects a vehicle
break-in, audio and v is u al warning signals are
tr iggered. The anti-theft a larm system is activat­
ed when the vehicle is locked as usual.
It
switches off when the vehicle is unlocked.
If the a larm is triggered, it w ill shut
off automat ­
ically after a ce rtain amount of time . Switch the
ignition on or press
the ~ button on the remote
control key to turn
off the alarm.
Luggage compartment
lid
Opening/closing the luggage compartment
lid
Fi g. 29 Driver's door: unlocking the luggage compartment
lid
Op eni ng and clos ing
'YID
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Fig. 30 Handle in the rea r lid
Opening the luggage compartment lid
• Briefly press the~ button on the remote con­
trol key . The rear lid wi ll unlock .
• Press the ~ button on the remote cont rol key
for at least several seconds to open the luggage
compar tment lid. Or
• Pull the button~ in the d river's door c:> fig. 29
briefly. Or
• Press the handle in the luggage compartment
lid
<=> fig. 30.
Closing the luggage compartment lid
• Pull down the luggage compartment lid at the
grip and let it close using a gent le push ¢
,A.
The sett ings in the Infota inme nt system de ter­
mine if the luggage compartment lid can be
opened using the handle
¢ page 32.
A WARNING
- After closing the luggage compartment lid,
make sure that it is latched . Otherwise the
luggage compartment lid could open sud­
denly when driv ing, which increases the risk
of an acc ident.
- Never drive with the luggage compartment
lid ajar or open, because poisonous gases
can enter the vehicle interior and create the
risk of asphyx iation.
- Never leave your veh icle unattended when
the luggage compartment l id is open. A
child cou ld climb into the vehicle through
the l uggage compa rtment. If the l uggage
compa rtment lid was then closed, the child
wou ld be trapped in the veh icle and un ab le
to escape . To reduce the risk of inj ury, do
not a llow children to play in or around the
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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Adjusting the display and the warning tones
A ppl ies to : ve hicles w ith parkin g system plus/rearv iew cam­
era/peripheral ca mera
The display and warning tones can be adjusted in
the Infotainment.
~ Se lect : the ICARI fu nction button > Car systems
contro l button > Driver assistance > Parking
aid .
Display
On * -
an op tical d isp lay is shown for the par kin g
system plus, a rearv iew camera image is s hown
for the rearview camera *.
Off -when the p arking sys tem is sw itche d off,
on ly audib le sign als are give n.
Signal tones
Front volume -
volume for the front area
Rear volume -volume for the rear area
Front frequency -frequency for the front area
Rear frequency -frequen cy fo r the rea r area
Music volume during nav . prompts -the volume
of the a udio/video so urce is lowe red when t he
pa rking system is turned o n
The new ly selected leve l is demonstrated briefly
by the sound generator .
(D Tips
-The wa rning tones ca n also be ad justed d i­
r ectly by the vis ual d isp lay or the pictu re
from the camera. Simply p ress the
Settings
control bu tton.
- Changed sett ings are ac tivated whe n the
p arking system is switched o n aga in.
- The settings for volume and frequency are
a utomat ica lly saved and ass igned to the re­
mo te con trol key be ing used.
Error messages
A pp lies to: ve hicles with parking system plus/rearview cam­
era/per ipheral ca mera
There is an erro r in the system if the LED in the
Pw , button is b link ing and yo u hear a continuous
Parking systems
alarm for a few seconds after sw itch ing on the
par king system or w hen the pa rking system is a l­
r eady activated. If the erro r is not cor rected be ­
fo re you switch off the ignition, the
LED in the Pw ,
button w ill blink the next time you switch on the
park ing system by shifting into reverse.
Parking system plus*
If a senso r is fa ulty, the~ symbo l will appear i n
front of/beh ind the vehicle in the Infotainment
display. If a rear sensor is faulty, on ly obstacles
t h at are i n areas @and @ are shown
Q page 116, fig . 129 . If a front se nsor is faulty,
o n ly obs tacles tha t are in a reas © and @are
shown. The re is a lso a sys tem ma lf u nct ion if all
seg ments arou nd the veh icle are red or if no seg­
me nts are disp laye d.
Peripheral cameras*
The re is a system malfu nction if t he 00 • symbol
appea rs and the co rresponding d isp lay area is
s h own in bl ue. The camera is not wo rking in t his
are a.
Drive to an authorized A udi dealer or authorized
Audi Se rvice Facility immed iate ly to have the
malfu nction corrected.
Trailer hitch
App lies to: vehicles wit h parking system pl us/rea rv iew cam ­
e ra/peri phe ra l cameras an d tra ile r hitc h
When the trailer socket is in use, the par king sys­
tem rear sensors are not act ivated when you sh ift
into reverse gear or when yo u press t he
p, ,1 A but­
ton. This res ults in the following rest rict ions.
Parking system plus*
The re is no distance warning for the rear. The
front senso rs remain activated. T he v isua l disp lay
switches to trailer mode.
Rearview camera*/peripheral cameras*
T he re is no distance warning for the rea r. The
front senso rs remain activated . The visua l disp lay
switches to trailer mode. The rearview came ra
i mage will not s how the orie ntation lines and t he
bl ue surfaces.
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'"" .... 0 0 :c ' Driver's side cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 286 Drive r side cockpit: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Light switch
2 Eme rgency start coil (driver iden tification)
3 Left rear door control module
4 Head-up display
5 Horn
6 Interior lights (headliner)
Steering column lever, multifunction
8 steer ing whee l controls, steering wheel
heating
10 Powe r steering column adjustment
11 Driver door control module
12 Diagnostic con nector, light/rain sensor
14 Power steering column adjustment
lS Power steering, A/C compressor
16 Brake booster
Fuse panel © (black)
No. Equipment
1 Front seat heating
2 Windshield wipers
Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel © (black)
3 Front exterior lighting
4 Sliding/tilting sunroof
5 Driver power window
6 Dr iver 's seat (pne umat ic)
7 Panorama glass roof
8 Dynamic steering
9 Front exterior lighting
10 Windshield/headlight washer system
11 Left rear power window
12 Panorama glass roof
Front passenger side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig. 287 Fro nt passe nge r side cockp it: fuse panel with
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
1 Anti-theft alarm system
2 Transmission contro l module
3 Front climate control fan
4 Engine s upply
6 Engine control module
7 Front passenger door control module
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