2019 AUDI A4 air condition

Assistsystems

Generalinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audisideassist


B4M-0101



B8W-0101

Fig.122Rearofthevehicle:positionofthesensors
Sideassistfunctionsatspeedsaboveapproxi-
mately9mph(15km/h).
@Vehiclesthatareapproaching
Incertaincases,avehiclewillbeclassifiedas
criticalforalanechangeevenifitisstillsome-
whatfaraway.Thefasteravehicleapproaches,
thesoonerthedisplayintheoutsidemirrorwill
turnon.
Vehiclestravelingwithyou
Vehiclestravelingwithyouareindicatedinthe
exteriormirroriftheyareclassifiedascriticalfor
alanechange.Allvehiclesdetectedbysideassist
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areindicatedbythetimetheyenteryour“blind
spot”,
atthelatest.
©Vehiclesyouarepassing
Ifyouslowlypassavehiclethatsideassisthas
detected(thedifferenceinspeedbetweentheve-
hicleandyourvehicleislessthanapproximately
9mph(15km/h)),thedisplayintheexteriormir-
rorturnsonassoonasthevehicleentersyour
blind spot.
Thedisplaywillnotturnonifyouquicklypassa
vehiclethatsideassisthasdetected(thediffer-
enceinspeedisgreaterthanapproximately9
mph(15km/h)).
Functionallimitations
Theradarsensorsaredesignedtodetecttheleft
andrightadjacentlaneswhentheroadlanesare
thenormalwidth.Insomesituations,thedisplay
intheexteriormirrormayturnoneventhough
thereisnovehiclelocatedintheareathatiscriti-
calforalanechange.Forexample:
—Ifthelanesarenarroworifyouaredrivingon
theedgeofyourlane.Ifthisisthecase,the
systemmayhavedetectedavehicleinanother
lanethatisnotadjacenttoyourcurrentlane.
—Ifyouaredrivingthroughacurve.Sideassist
mayreacttoavehiclethatisinthesamelane
or
onelaneoverfromtheadjacentlane.
—
Ifsideassistreactstootherobjects(suchas
roadsidestructureslikeguardrails).
—Inpoorweatherconditions.Thesideassist
functionsarelimited.
Donotcovertheradarsensors>fig.122with
stickers,deposits,bicyclewheelsorotherob-
jects,becausethiswillimpairthefunction.For
informationoncleaning,see>page342.

ZA\WARNING
—Alwayspayattentiontotrafficandtothe
areaaroundyourvehicle.Sideassistcannot
replaceadriver'sattention.Thedriveralone
isalwaysresponsibleforlanechangesand
similardrivingmaneuvers.
—Insomesituations,thesystemmaynot
functionoritsfunctionmaybelimited.For
example:>

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—Ifvehiclesareapproachingorbeingleft
behindveryquickly.Thedisplaymaynot
turnonintime.
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchasheavy
rain,snoworheavymist.
—Onverywidelanes,intightcurves,orif
thereisariseintheroadsurface.Vehicles
intheadjacentlanemaynot be detected
becausetheyareoutsideofthesensor
range.

C)Note
Thesensorscanbedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetothebumper,wheelhousingand
underbody.Thiscanimpair thesystem.Have
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitychecktheirfunction.
@Tips
—Ifthewindowglassinthedriver'sdooror
front
passenger'sdoorhasbeentinted,the
displayintheexteriormirrormaybeincor-
rect:
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page370.
SietemieRela
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudisideassist
Thesystemcanbeswitchedon/offintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audisideassist.Offswitchesthe
systemoff.

Ifthesystemisactivated,thedisplaysintheex-
terior
mirrorswillturnonbrieflywhentheigni-
tionisswitchedon.
@Tips
Whenyouswitchsideassistonoroff,theexit
warningsystemactivatesordeactivates
=>page124.
Settingthedisplaybrightness
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audisideassist
ThedisplaybrightnesscanbeadjustedintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audisideassist.

Thedisplaybrightnessadjustsautomaticallyto
thebrightness ofthesurroundings,bothinthe
informationandinthewarningstage.Invery
darkorverybrightsurroundings,theautomatic
adjustmentwillsetthedisplaytotheminimum
ormaximumlevel.Insuchcases,youmaynotice
nochangewhenadjustingthebrightness, orthe
changemayonlybenoticeableoncethesur-
roundingschange.
Adjustthebrightnesstoalevelwherethedisplay
intheinformationstagewillnotdisruptyour
view
ahead.Ifyouchangethebrightness,thedis-
playintheexteriormirrorwillbrieflyshowthe
brightnesslevelintheinformationstage.The
brightnessofthewarningstageislinkedtothe
brightnessintheinformationstageandisadjust-
edalongwiththeinformationstage.
(i)Tips
—Thesideassistfunctionsarenotactivedur-
ingtheadjustmentprocess.
—Theexitwarningindicatorsturnonduring
theadjustmentprocess.
—
Yoursettingsareautomaticallystoredand
assignedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
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ElectronicStabilization
Control(ESC)
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)supports
driversafety.Itreducestheriskofslippingand
improvesdrivingstability.ESCdetectscriticalsit-
uations,suchasifthevehicleisoversteeringor
understeering,orifthewheelsare spinning.The
brakesareappliedortheenginetorqueisre-
ducedinordertostabilizethevehicle.Whenthe
ESCengages,theBindicatorlightflashesinthe
instrumentcluster.
ThefollowingsystemsareintegratedintheESC:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
ABSpreventsthewheelsfromlockingwhenbrak-
ing.Thevehiclecanstillbesteeredevenduring
hardbraking.Applysteadypressuretothebrake
pedal.Donotpumpthepedal.Apulsinginthe
brakepedalindicatesthatthesystemisacting to
stabilizethevehicle.
Brakeassistsystem
Thebrakeassistsystemcandecreasebrakingdis-
tance.Itincreasesbrakingpowerwhenthe driver
pressesthebrakepedalquicklyinemergencysit-
uations.Youmustpressandholdthebrakepedal
untilthedangeroussituationisover.Invehicles
withadaptivecruisecontrol*,thebrakeassist
systemismoresensitiveifthedistancedetected
tothevehicledrivingaheadistoosmall.
Anti-SlipRegulation(ASR)
ASRreducesenginepowerwhenthedrivewheels
beginspinningandadaptstheforcetotheroad
conditions.Thismakesiteasiertostart,acceler-
ateanddriveuphills.
ElectronicDifferentialLock(EDL)
TheEDLappliesthe brakestowheelsthatare
slippingandtransfersthedrivepowertotheoth-
erwheels.Thisfunctionisnotavailableathigher
speeds.
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Inextremecases,EDLautomaticallyswitchesoff
tokeepthebrakeonthebrakedwheelfromover-
heating.Thevehicleisstillfunctioningcorrectly.
EDLwillswitchonagainautomaticallywhencon-
ditionshavereturnedtonormal.
Powersteering
The ESCcanalsosupportvehiclestability
throughsteering.
Selectivewheeltorquecontrol
Selectivewheeltorquecontrolisusedwhendriv-
ingoncurves.Brakingistargetedtowardthe
wheelsontheinsideofthecurveasneeded.This
allowsmoreprecisedrivingincurves.
Automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem
The“automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem”
canhelptoreducetheriskofslidingandofaddi-
tionalcollisionsafteranaccident.Iftheairbag
controlmoduledetectsacollision,thevehicleis
braked bytheESC.
Thevehicledoesnotbrakeautomaticallyifoneof
thefollowingoccurs:
—Thedriverpressestheacceleratorpedal
—TheESC,thebrakesystem,orthevehicleelec-
tricalsystemisnotfunctioning

ZAWARNING
— The ESCanditsintegratedsystemscannot
overcomethelimitsimposedbynatural
physicallaws.Thisisespeciallyimportanton
slipperyorwetroads.Ifthesystemsbegin
actingtostabilizeyourvehicle,youshould
immediatelyalteryourspeedtomatchthe
roadandtrafficconditions.Donotletthein-
creasedsafetyprovidedtemptyouintotak-
ingrisks.Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofa
collision.
—Pleasenotetheriskofacollisionincreases
whendrivingfast,especiallythroughcurves
andonslipperyorwetroads,andwhendriv-
ingtooclosetoobjectsahead.The ESC and
itsintegratedsystemscannotalwayspre-
ventcollisions-thereisstillariskofacci-
dents!

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Brakebooster
Thebrakeboosteramplifiesthepressureyouap-
plytothebrakepedal.

ZAWARNING
—Onlyapplythebrakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
danger
otherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhave anau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpair thefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.

@)Note
—Neverletthe brakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary.Thiscauses thebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingdownhillalongdistanceona
steephill,decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheengine
brakingeffectandreducestheloadplaced
onthebrakes.Ifyouneedtobrakeaddition-
ally,brakeinintervalsandnotcontinuously.
@Tips
—Ifthebrakeboosterisnotworking,you
mustpressthebrake pedalwithmuchmore
forcethannormal.
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothefrontwheelsisnot
obstructed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
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Electromechanical
steering,Dynamic
steering
Theelectromechanicalsteeringsupportsthe
driver'ssteeringmovements.
Powersteeringadaptselectronicallybasedon
thevehiclespeed.
Indicatorlightsandmessages
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Ifthisindicatorlightturnsonandstaysonand
thismessageappears,thepowersteeringmay
havefailed.
Stopthevehicleinasafelocationassoonaspos-
sible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thesteeringwheelmaybemoredifficult
tomoveormoresensitivethanusual.Thesteer-
ingwheelmayalsobeturnedtothesidewhen
drivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
Dynamicsteering:correctingsteeringwheel
position
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thedynamicsteering”isreinitializing.
Thesteeringwheelwillbeeasytomoveafter
startingtheengine.Reinitializationmightbe
necessaryifthesteeringwheelwasmovedwhile
theenginewasswitchedoff.Thedisplayturnsoff
iftheinitializationwassuccessful.
(i)Tips
—Iftheaorlindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
— Thedynamicsteeringstabilitysystems
=>page138arenotavailableintheeventof
asystemmalfunction.

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—Foradditionalinformationondynamic
steering,see>page126.
Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrear axle toim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page138.
Appliesto:vehicleswithquattroultra:Ifthedriv-
ingsituationdoesnotrequireallwheeldrive,
thentherearsectionofthedrivetrainwilldecou-
pletosavefuel.Thesystemconstantlydeter-
minesandanticipatesifallwheeldriveisneeded.
Thisallowsthereardrivetraintorecoupleshortly
beforeitisneeded.
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.

ZAWARNING
—Eveninvehicleswithallwheeldrive,you
shouldadaptyourdrivingstyletothecur-
rentroadandtrafficconditionstoreduce
theriskofanaccident.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.Inthisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donotdrivetoofastbecausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Adaptyourspeedtotheroadconditionsto
reducetheriskofanaccident.

Sportdifferential
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportdifferential
Thesportdifferentialdistributesthedrivepower
totherearaxlebasedonthesituation.Thegoal
isahighlevelofagilityandabilitytoaccelerate
oncurves.Thevehicleisveryresponsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@)Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
the
vehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Noticeaboutdata
recordedbytheEvent
DataRecorderand
vehiclecontrolmodules
EventDataRecorder
Thisvehicleisequippedwithan Event DataRe-
corder(EDR).ThemainpurposeofanEDRisto
record,incertaincrashornearcrash-likesitua-
tions,suchasanairbagdeploymentorhittinga
roadobstacle,datathatwillassistinunderstand-
inghowavehicle'ssystemsperformed.TheEDR
isdesignedto recorddatarelatedtovehicledy-
namics andsafetysystemsforashortperiodof
time,typically30secondsorless.TheEDRinthis
vehicleisdesignedtorecordsuchdataas:>
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—Howvarioussystemsinyourvehiclewereoper-
ating;
—Whetherornotthedriverandpassengersafety
beltswerebuckled/fastened;
—Howfar(ifatall)thedriverwasdepressingthe
acceleratorand/orbrakepedal;and,
—Howfastthevehiclewastraveling.
Thesedatacanhelpprovideabetterunderstand-
ingofthecircumstancesinwhichcrashesandin-
juriesoccur.NOTE:EDRdataarerecordedby your
vehicleonlyifanon-trivialcrashsituationoccurs;
nodataarerecordedbytheEDRundernormal
drivingconditionsandnopersonaldata(e.g.,
name,gender,age,andcrashlocation)arere-
corded.However,otherparties,suchaslawen-
forcement,couldcombinetheEDRdatawiththe
typeofpersonallyidentifyingdataroutinelyac-
quiredduringacrashinvestigation.
Toreaddata recordedby anEDR,specialequip-
mentisrequired,andaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDRisneeded.Inadditiontothevehiclemanu-
facturer,otherparties,suchaslawenforcement,
thathavethespecialequipment,canreadthein-
formationifthey haveaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDR.
Somestatelawsrestricttheretrievalordown-
loadingofdatastoredbyEDRsinstalledinavehi-
clefortheexpresspurposeofretrievingdataaf-
teranaccidentorcrasheventwithouttheown-
er'sconsent.
AudiwillnotaccesstheEDRand/orsimilardata
orgiveittoothers-
—unlessthevehicleowner(orlesseeifthevehi-
clehasbeenleased)agrees; or
—upontheofficialrequestbythepolice;or
—upontheorderofacourtoflaworagovern-
mentagency;or
—forthedefenseofalawsuitthroughthejudicial
discoveryprocess.
—Audimayalsousethedataforresearchabout
vehicleoperationandsafetyperformanceor
providethedatatoathirdpartyforresearch
purposeswithoutidentifyingthespecificvehi-
cleorinformationabouttheidentityofitsown-
er orlesseeandonlyaftertherecordedvehicle
datahasbeenaccessed.
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Vehiclecontrolmodules
Yourvehicleisalsoequippedwithanumberof
electroniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehicle
systems,suchasenginemanagement,emission
control,airbags,andsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecorddata
duringnormalvehicleoperationthatmaybe
neededbytrainedtechniciansfordiagnosticand
repairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthese
modulesislimitedtodata(nosoundisrecorded).
Onlyasmallamountofdataisactuallyrecorded
overaverylimitedperiodoftime,orstoredwhen
asystemfaultisdetectedbyacontrolmodule.
Someofthedatastoredmayrelatetovehicle
speed,direction,orbraking,aswellasrestraint
systemuseandperformanceintheeventofa
crash.Storeddatacanalsoonlybereadand
downloadedwithspecialequipmentthatisdi-
rectlyconnectedtothevehicle.
G)Tips
YourvehiclemaybeequippedwithAudicon-
nect.YouruseofcertainAudiconnectfea-
turesrequireswirelessservicesthatarepro-
videdbyathirdpartywirelesstelecommuni-
cationsprovider.Fordetailsregardinghowin-
formationobtainedthroughAudiconnectis
collected,processed,transmitted,used,and
shared,pleaseseeyourcontractwiththe
wirelesstelecommunicationsprovider.

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Telephone

Telephone
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Tomakephonecallsinyourvehicleusingthe
MMI,connectyourcellphonetotheMMIvia
Bluetooth.
Handsfree
Afteryouhaveconnectedyourmobiledevice to
theMMIviaBluetooth,youcan use thehandsfree
systemandoperatetelephonefunctionsthrough
yourMMI.Youcanmakecallsusingtheantenna
onyourmobiledevice.
Withthe Audiphonebox’,callsaremadeusing
theexteriorantennaonthevehicle.Usingtheex-
ternalantennahelpswhenthereisalowsignal
andalsoprovidesbetterreceptionquality
=>page174.

ZAWARNING
—Medicalexpertswarnthatmobiledevices
caninterferewiththefunctionofpacemak-
ers.Alwaysmaintainaminimumdistanceof
about8inches(20cm)betweenthecell
phoneantennaandthepacemaker.
—Donotcarrythemobiledeviceinapocket
directlyoverthepacemakerwhenthe
phoneisswitchedon.
—Switchthemobiledeviceoffimmediately
ifyoususpectitmaybeinterferingwith
thepacemaker.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystem*
=>page164inemergenciesbecauseyour
voicemaychangeinstressfulsituations.The
systemmaytakelongertodialthenumber
ormaynotbeabletodialitatall.Dialthe
emergencynumbermanually.
—Switchyourmobiledeviceoffinareaswhere
thereisariskofanexplosion.Theseloca-
tionsarenotalwaysclearlymarked.This
mayincludegasstations,fuelandchemical
storagefacilitiesortransportvehicles,orlo-
cationswherefuelvapors(such aspropane
orgasolinevaporinvehiclesorbuildings),
chemicalsorlargequantitiesofdustparti-
cles(suchasflour,sawdustormetal)may


bepresentintheair.Thisalsoapplies toall
otherlocationswhereyouwouldnormally
turnyourvehicleengineoff.
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter
=>page145,Trafficsafetyinformation.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.
@)Tips
—TheBluetoothconnectionrangeislimited
toinsidethevehicle.Itcanalsobeaffected
bylocalconditionsandinterferencewith
otherdevices.

—TolearnwhichBluetoothconnectionsand
whichofthefunctionsinyourmobiledevice
aresupported,checkwithyourmobilede-
viceserviceproviderorthedatabaseformo-
biledevicesatwww.audiusa.com/
bluetooth.
Setup
ConnectingacellphoneusingBluetooth
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Naonro)ated
DoesthisPINmatchtheoneon your
Bluetoothdevice?PIN:967536

Fig.171DisplayingthePINforenteringinthecellphone
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
TheBluetoothsettingsmustbeopenonyour
mobiledeviceduringtheconnectionsetup.
TheBluetoothfunctionandvisibilityoftheMMI
=page243andmobiledevicemustbe switched
on.
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Audiconnect

Changesearcharea
Thesetsearchareacanbechangedatanytime.
Additionalinformationonsearchareascan be
foundunder>page201.
ClosingAudiconnectInfotainmentservices
Regardlessofthefunctionselected,youcan
closean AudiconnectInfotainmentserviceat
anytimeandreturn tothehomescreen.
SYA(a1
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowingservicesmaybeavailable:
Weather
Informationoncurrentweatherconditionsas
wellasweatherforecastsfortheselectedsearch
area.
> SelectandconfirmWeather.
News
>Select:Onlinenews>desirednewsfeed>a
headline.
IfyouloggedintomyAudiinyourvehicle
=page187,personalizednewsfeedscanbedis-
played.
Twitter
Requirement: youmusthaveconnectedyourve-
hiclewithmyAudi>page187.Youmusthave
connectedyourmyAudiaccountwithTwitter.
YoucanonlyconnectoneTwitteraccountwith
yourmyAudiaccount.Notallsettingscan bead-
justedintheMMI.Somecanonlybeadjusted
throughtheTwitterwebsite.
>Select:Twitter>leftcontrolbutton>desired
function(forexample,Trends).
Travel(travelguide)
Requirement:themyAudiappmustbeinstalled
andopenonyourmobiledevice.Yourmobilede-
vicemustbeconnectedtothevehicleWi-Fihot-
spot>page193.
188

>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect> left
controlbutton>Informationcategory>Trav-
el.

Afteropeningthetravelguide,traveltipsinyour
areawillbedisplayedincludingcurrentratingsas
wellasthecorrespondingcategory.
>Toswitchcategories(forexample,bars near-
by),select:leftcontrolbutton>selectacate-
gory.
Trafficlightinformation
See>page189.

ZA\WARNING
—Itisonlysafe tousetablets,laptops,mobile
devicesandothersimilardeviceswhenthe
vehicleisstationarybecause,likeallloose
objects,theycouldbethrownaroundthein-
sideofthevehicleinacrashandcauseseri-
ousinjuries.Storethesetypesofdevicesse-
curelywhiledriving.
—Donotuseanywirelessdevicesonthefront
seatswithinrangeoftheairbagswhiledriv-
ing.Also readthewarningsinthechapter
=>page265,Frontairbags.

()Note
ReadtheinformationaboutAudiconnect,and
besuretonotetheconnectivitycostssection
=>@©inWi-Fisettingsonpage193.