2019 AUDI A4 display

Instrumentcluster


Fourthtab|Telephone*>page158

FifthtabNavigation*>page159
Map*>page160

a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.

@®Button[<>

—Switchingtabs:pressthe[<>]buttonrepeated-
lyuntilthedesiredtabisshown(forexample,
Radio).


@[VIEW]button
Switchingviewsorreducingthedisplay
=>page17.

©Button[=
Returntofunctionsathigherlevels.
Controlbuttons
©Controlbuttons[3]and
Open/closetheselectionmenuoroptionsmenu
=>page16.
@Leftthumbwheel
—Selectingafunctioninamenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheeltothedesiredfunction(forex-
ample,selectingafrequency).
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheel()>fig.7.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:whenamapis
displayed,turntheleftthumbwheeltozoomin
andoutonthemap.

Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus



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Fig.8Selectionmenuandoptionsmenuview
Leftcontrolbutton
—Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
therespectiveleftcontrolbuttononthesteer-
ing
wheel>fig.8.Youcanselectandconfirma
functionintheselectionmenuusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,selectingafrequen-
cyband).
Rightcontrolbutton
—Opening/closingtheoptionsmenu:pressthe
respectiverightcontrolbuttononthesteering
16
wheel>fig.8.Youcanchangeanycontext-de-
pendentfunctionsandsettingsusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,additionalstation
information).
(i)Tips
Theavailabilityofaselectionmenuoroptions
menudependsonthefunctionthatisselect-
ed.

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ngviews>Openthefirstvehiclefunctionstabusingthe
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Layout>SportlayoutorClas-
siclayout.



Reducingthedisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithanaloginstrumentcluster

>Pressthe[VIEW]buttontoswitchfromthe
classictothereduceddisplay.Toreturn tothe
classicview,pressthe[VIEW]buttonagain.



Adjustingtheadditionaldisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theaddi-
tionaldisplaysthatcan beselectedmayvary.
>Openthefirstvehiclefunctionstabusingthe
<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:
rightcontrolbutton>Additionaldisplay.
Fig.9-Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit-Default»Selectthedesiredadditionaldisplay.
view:classic/sport*
G@)Tips
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportview




Alwayssetthedesireddefaultviewbefore
driving,becausethedisplayfunctionswillnot
beavailableforseveralseconds.
7,AA

Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus
Fig.10-Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit-En-
hancedview
Changeview
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit

>Pressthe[VIEW]button@)>page15,fig.7to
switchfromthedefaultview>fig.9totheen-
hancedview>fig.10.Toreturntothedefault
view,pressthe[VIEW]buttonagain.




SettingthedefaultviewFig.11Rightsideofthe multifunctionsteeringwheel
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportview

@Button[¢ Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youcan
choosebetweentheclassicandthesportview.—Acceptingacall:pressthe[@]buttonwhen
thereisanincomingcall.


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Instrumentcluster


—Endingacall:pressthe|¢]buttonduringa
phonecalltoendthecall.

—Openingthecalllist:ifnophonecallisinprog-
ressandtherearenoincomingcalls,pressthe
[-]button.

@Button[2»
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemon:
brieflypressthe[2+]button.Saythedesired
commandaftertheBeep.
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemoff:
pressandholdthe|]button.Or:saythecom-
mandCancel.





Formoreinformationaboutthevoicerecognition
system,see>page164,Voicerecognitionsys-
temor>page241.
@Rightthumbwheel
Youcanadjustthevolumeofan audiosourceora
systemmessage(forexample,fromthevoice
recognitionsystem)whenthesoundisplaying.
—Increasingordecreasingthevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordown.
—Mutingorpausing:turntherightthumbwheel
down.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
—Unmutingorresuming:turntherightthumb-
wheelup.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
@kil
—Selectingtheprevious/nexttrackorstation:
pressthebutton.
—Fastforwarding/rewindingaudiofiles:press
andholdthebuttonuntilthedesired
locationinthefileisreached.
®k
—Steeringwheelheating*:youcanfindaddition-
alinformationin>page74.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-open-
ing afunction:pressthe[|buttononthemul-
tifunctionsteeringwheel.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-re-
questingafunction:pressandholdthe[+]but-
ton.

/ Button[>>!

Kid]or[DDI

Kl]or[bo

Button/steeringwheelheating@




—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-chang-
ing afunction:pressandholdthe[*]button.
Selectandconfirmanentry.Or


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—SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Steeringwheelbuttonassignment.


©Button[
—Repeatingthelastnavigationprompt:press
the[s]buttonwhenrouteguidanceisactive.
—Changingthevoiceguidancevolume:when
routeguidanceisactive,turntherightthumb-
wheelupwardordownwardduringanavigation
prompt.


Multifunctionsteering
wheel
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheel
Withthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,youcan
operatethedriverinformationsystemaswellas
theMMIfunctionsandyoucanalsoadjust the
volume.
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N
Fig.13Rightsideofthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
Requirement:theignitionmustbeswitchedon.>

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Instrumentcluster

@Operatingthedriverinformationsystem
Thedriverinformationsystemcontainsmultiple
tabs@>page15,fig.6thatdisplayvarious
information@)>page15,fig.6.
Thefollowingtabsmaybeavailable,depending
onvehicleequipment:




FirsttabOn-boardcomputer>page19
SecondMessages
tab?)
ThirdtabRadio>page157
Media>page157
Fourthtab|Telephone>page158

a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.

—Switchingtabs:pressthe[MODE]button
>fig.12onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
repeatedlyuntilthedesiredtabisdisplayed.
—Selectingafunctioninthemenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheelonthemultifunctionsteering
wheeltothedesiredfunction.
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheelonthemultifunctionsteeringwheelto
confirmyourselection.
—Scrollingwithinthelists:turntheleftthumb-
wheelonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
quicklytoscrollwithinthelists.


@Button[»
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemon:
brieflypressthe[2]button>fig.13.Saythe
desiredcommandaftertheBeep.
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemoff:
pressandholdthe|]button.Or:saythecom-
mandCancel.




Formoreinformationaboutthevoicerecognition
system,see>page164,Voicerecognitionsys-
temor=page241.
@®Rightthumbwheel
The
volumeofanaudiosourceorasystemmes-
sage(suchastrafficannouncements)canbedi-
rectlyadjustedduringtheaudiooutput.
—Increasingordecreasingthevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheel>fig.13upordown.
—Mutingorpausing:turntherightthumbwheel
down.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
—Unmutingorresuming:turntherightthumb-
wheelupward.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
Vehiclefunctions
LOTati
Thetripcomputerisdisplayedinthefirsttabof
thedriverinformationsystem.Additionalvehicle
functionscan beaccesseddependingonthevehi-
cleequipment.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton.
—On-boardcomputer>page 19
—Laptimes>page99
—Statistics>page99
—Layout>page17
Mit)meeyuayLele

Fig.14Instrumentcluster:fuelconsumptiondisplay
Resettingvaluesto zero
Requirement:theFuelconsumption,Short-term
memory,orLong-termmemorydisplaymustbe
selected.
>Toresetthevaluesintherespectivememoryto
zero,pressandholdtheleftthumbwheelon
themultifunctionsteeringwheelforonesec-
ond.Or
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,select:
therightcontrolbutton>Resetvalues*.
Inthetripcomputer,youcancallupthefollow-
ingdisplaysoneaftertheotherbyturningthe
leftthumbwheelonthemultifunctionsteering
wheel:
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Instrumentcluster

—Timeanddate>page240
—Digitalspeedometer*
—Averageconsumption
—Remainingrange*
—Short-termmemoryoverview
—Long-termmemoryoverview
—Energyconsumers*=page20
—Driverassistance*>page102
—Trafficsignrecognition*>page97
Theshort-termmemorycollectsdrivinginforma-
tionfromthetimetheignitionisswitchedonun-
tilitisswitchedoff.Ifyoucontinuedrivingwithin
twohoursafterswitchingtheignitionoff,the
newvaluesareincludedwhencalculatingthecur-
renttripinformation.
Unliketheshort-termmemory,thelong-term
memoryisnoterasedautomatically.Youcanse-
lectthetimeperiodforevaluatingtripinforma-
tionyourself.
Fuelconsumption
Thecurrentfuelconsumptioncan beshownusing
abargraph&fig.14.Theaverageconsumption
storedintheshort-termmemoryisalsodis-
played.Ifthebarsaregreenorthegraytone on
thebarschanges(dependingontheequipment),
yourvehicleissavingfuelbythefollowingfunc-
tion:
—Recuperation:electricalenergycanbestoredin
thevehiclebatterywhenthevehicleiscoasting
ordrivingdownhill.Thebarwillmovetoward
EVE.
G)Tips
Thedate,timeofday,andtimeanddatefor-
matcanbesetintheInfotainmentsystem
=>page240.
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Energyconsumers
Appliesto:vehicleswithenergyconsumers
aN}®ao
Energyconsumers
taeri
0)2
Airconditioning
Auxiliaryheating
Rearwindowheating

Fig.15Instrumentcluster:energyconsumers
IntheEnergyconsumersview,theotherequip-
mentthatiscurrentlyaffectingfuelconsumption
islistedinthefirsttab(on-boardcomputer).The
displayshowsuptothreeenergyconsumers
>fig.15.Theequipmentusingthemostpoweris
listedfirst.Ifmorethanthreeitemsusingpower
areswitchedon,theequipmentthatiscurrently
usingthemostpowerisdisplayed.
Agauge(@)alsoshowsthecurrenttotalcon-
sumptionofallotherconsumers.
Engineoiltemperaturedisplayandboost
atelte-hels
Appliesto:vehicleswithengineoiltemperaturedisplay/boost
indicator
Appliesto:vehicleswithanaloginstrumentcluster
Theengineoiltemperatureandboostindicator
areonlyshowninthelaptimerdisplay
=>page99.
Engineoiltemperatureindicator
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audivirtualcockpit
Theengineoiltemperatureisonlyshowninthe
enhancedvieworinthesportview>page17.
Whenengineoiltemperaturesarelow,thedis-
play---°F(---°C)appearsintheinstrumentclus-
ter.
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
turewhentheengineoiltemperatureisbetween
176°F(80°C)and248°F(120°C)undernormal
drivingconditions.Theengineoiltemperature>

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Instrumentcluster

maybehigherifthereisheavyengineloadand
hightemperaturesoutside.Thisisnotacausefor
concernaslongasthe|=>page312or=
=>page312indicatorlightsdonotturnon.
Boostindicator
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Theboostindicatorisonlydisplayedinthesport
view>page17.
Thecurrentengineload(meaningthecurrent
boostpressure)isindicatedbyabar.
Messages
BRAKE/@)/‘C:/®Brakesystem
Ifthisindicatorlightturnson,thereisamalfunc-
tioninthebrakesystem.
HiT)Brakes:stopvehicleandcheckbrake
fluid level
Stopthevehicleandcheckthebrakefluidlevel.
SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityforassistance.
GGit@Brakes:malfunction!Stopvehicle
safely
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thereisamalfunctioninthebrake brake
system.
1fBES/GJandBialsoturnon,thereisamal-
functionintheABS,ESC,andbrakingdistribu-
tion.
Donotcontinuedriving.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance>A\.
EG/@Parkingbrake:malfunction!Safely
stopvehicle.Seeowner'smanual
—Iftheindicatorlightandthemessageappear
whenthevehicleisstationary orafterswitch-
ingtheignitionon,checkifyoucanreleasethe
parkingbrake.Ifyoucannotreleasetheparking
brake,seeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacility.Ifyoucanreleasethe
parkingbrakeandthemessagestillappears,
seeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAu-
diServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
—Iftheindicatorlightandmessageappearwhile
driving,thehillstartassistoremergencybrak-
ingfunctionmaybemalfunctioning.Itmaynot
bepossibletosettheparkingbrakeorrelease
itonceithasbeenset.Donotparkyourvehicle
onhills.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
fieifeBrakepads:wearlimitreached.You
cancontinuedriving.PleasecontactService
Thebrakepadsareworn.Drivetoanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityas
soonas possible tohavethemalfunctioncorrect-
ed.
©Brakesoverheating.PleaseshifttoD
@Brakesoverheating.Pleaseselectagearand
followgearrecommendation
Therewasaheavyloadonthebrakes.Engagea
suitablegear(manualtransmission)or placethe
selectorleverinthe"D/S"position(automatic
transmission)touse theenginebrakingeffect
andreduce theloadonthebrakes.
Brakebooster:limitedfunctionality.Youcan
continuedriving.PleasecontactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthebrakebooster.The
brakeboosterisavailable,butitseffectivenessis
reduced.Brakingbehaviormaybedifferentfrom
howitnormallyfunctionsandthebrakepedal
mayvibrate.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelyto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.

Z\WARNING
—Readandfollowthewarningsin
=page309,Workingintheenginecom-
partmentbeforeopeningthehood and
checkingthebrakefluidlevel.
—Ifthebrakesystemindicatorlightdoesnot
turnofforitturnsonwhiledriving,the
brakefluid levelinthereservoiristoolow,
andthisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
Stopthevehicleanddonotcontinuedriv-
ing.SeeanauthorizedAudidealeror

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Instrumentcluster

Thereisamalfunctionintheclutch.Theengine
torque
thatcan betransferredisreduced.You
maycontinuedriving.Avoidusingtheclutchin
thefutureinanywaythatwillplaceaheavyload
onit.Forexample,donotlettheclutchrubwhen
startingonhillsorwhenmaneuveringthevehi-
cle.Theindicatorlightturnsoffoncetheclutchis
fullyoperableagain.
Ifthe|indicatorlightturnson,thehoodlock
isnotlatchedcorrectly.
Stopimmediatelyandclosethehood
=>page310.

ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
IftheBindicatorlightblinkswhiledriving,the
ESCorASR(Anti-SlipRegulation)isactivelyregu-
lating.
IftheBindicatorlightturnson,thesystemhas
switched
theESCoff.Inthiscase,youcanswitch
theignitionoffandthenontoswitchtheESCon
again.Theindicatorlightturnsoffwhenthesys-
temisfullyfunctional.
IftheBindicatorlightturnson,ESCwas
switchedoffusingthe[2]button>page139.


Stabilizationcontrol(ESC/ABS):malfunction!
Seeowner'smanual
IftheBindicatorlampandtheES/assin-
dicatorlampturnonandthismessageappears,
theABSorelectronicdifferentiallockismalfunc-
tioning.ThisalsocausestheESCtomalfunction.
Thebrakesstillfunctionwiththeirnormalpower,
butABSisnotactive.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
@Tips
ForadditionalinformationonESCandABS,
see>page138.
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BDrivesystem:malfunction!Safelystopvehi-
cle
Thereisamalfunctioninthedrivesystem.The
brakeboosterandthepowersteeringmaystop
working.
Stopthevehicleimmediatelyor assoon
aspossibleand donotcontinuedriving.Havethe
problemcorrectedbyanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacility.
BDrivesystem:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctioninthedrivesystem.Drive
slowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilitytohavethemalfunctioncor-
rected.

nginespeedlimitation
IftheBiindicatorlightturnson,theenginewill
beautomaticallylimitedtotheRPMdisplayedin
theinstrumentcluster.Thisprotectstheengine
fromoverheating.
Theenginespeedlimitationdeactivatesoncethe
engineisnolongerinthecriticaltemperature
rangeandyouhavereleasedtheacceleratorped-
alonce.
Iftheenginespeedlimitationwasactivatedby
anenginecontrolmalfunction,theBgindicator
lightalsoturnson.Makesuretheenginespeed
doesnotgoabovethespeeddisplayed,forexam-
plewhendownshifting.Drivetoanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityim-
mediatelytohavethemalfunctioncorrected.
fTanksystem
lyPleaserefuel
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonforthefirsttime
andthemessageappears,thereareabout2.1
gallons(8liters)offuelleftinthetank.
lyPleaserefuelimmediately
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thefueltankisalmostempty.Refuel
thevehicleimmediately.

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Head-updisplay

Head-updisplay
Description
Appliesto:vehicleswithhead-updisplay
0 as
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Fig.16Instrumentpanel:knobforthehead-updisplay
Thehead-updisplayprojectscertainwarningsor
selectedinformationfromtheassistsystems*or
navigationsystem*onthewindshield.Thedis-
playappearswithinthedriver'sfieldofvision.
Switchingonandoff
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayon,pressthe67
knob.
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayoff,presstheS7
knob.
Adjustingtheheight
Theheightofthedisplaycan beadjustedtothe
individualdriver.
>Makesureyouareseatedcorrectly>page248.
>Turn theknobS?toadjustthedisplay.
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem

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

Displaycontent
IntheInfotainmentsystem,youcanspecify
whichinformationshould bedisplayed:Forex-
ample,thiscanincludenavigationinformation”,
adaptivecruisecontrol*orcamera-basedtraffic
signrecognition*.
Thedisplay ofcertaininformationandsomeof
thered indicatorlightscannotbehiddeninthe
Infotainmentsystem.
Brightness
YoucanadjustthedisplaybrightnessintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.Thedisplaybrightnessdecreas-
esautomaticallyastheamountoflightdecreas-
es.Thebackgroundbrightnessisadjusted with
theinstrumentillumination>page51.
Picturerotation
YoucanrotatethepictureintheInfotainment
systemclockwiseorcounterclockwise.
CG)Note
Topreventscratchesontheglasscoveringthe
head-updisplay,donotplaceanyobjectsin
theprojectionopening.
@)Tips
—Sunglasseswithpolarizationfiltersandun-
favorable
lightingconditionscanimpairvisi-
bilityofthedisplay.
— Anoptimumdisplaydependsontheseat
positionandthe heightadjustmentofthe
head-updisplay.
—Aspecialwindshieldisneededforthe head-
updisplayfunction.
—Forinformationoncleaning,see>tableIn-
teriorcleaningonpage344.
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