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Parkingaid

Parkingaid
Generalinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras
Dependingonyourvehicle'sequipment,various
parkingaidswillhelpyouwhenparkingandma-
neuvering.
Therearparkingsystemisanaudible parkingaid
thatwarnsyouofobstaclesbehindthevehicle
=>page130.
Theparkingsystemplusassistsyouwhilepark-
ingbyaudiblyandvisuallywarningyouofobjects
detectedinfrontofandbehindthevehicle
=>page130.
Therearviewcamerashowstheareabehindthe
vehicleintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.The
linesintherearviewcameraimagehelpyouto
parkormaneuver>page132.
Theperipheralcamerasgivevariousviewsto
helpyouwhenparkingormaneuvering
=page133.Theparkingsystemplusfunctions
arealsoavailable>page130.

ZAWARNING
—Alwayslookfortrafficandcheckthearea
aroundyourvehiclebylookingatitdirectly
aswell.Theparkingsystemcannotreplace
thedriver'sattention.Thedriverisalways
responsiblewhenenteringorexitingapark-
ingspaceandduringsimilarmaneuvers.
—Pleasenotethatsomesurfaces,suchas
clothing,arenotdetectedbythesystem.
—Sensorsandcamerashaveblindspotsin
whichpeopleandobjectscannotbedetect-
ed.Beespeciallycautiousofsmallchildren
andanimals.
—Alwayskeepyoureyesonthevehicle'ssur-
roundings,usingtherearviewmirroraswell.
— Thesensorscanbedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetotheradiatorgrille,bumper,
wheelhousingandtheunderbody.Thepark-
ingsystemmaybeimpairedasaresult.
HaveanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilitychecktheirfunc-
tion.

C@)Note
—Someobjectsarenotdetectedordisplayed
bythesystemundercertaincircumstances:
—objectssuchasbarrierchains,trailerdraw
bars,verticalpolesorfences
—objectsabovethesensorssuchaswallex-
tensions
—objectswithcertainsurfacesorstructures
suchaschainlinkfencesorpowdersnow
—Ifyoucontinuedrivingclosertoalowob-
ject,itmaydisappearfromthe sensor
range.NotethatyouwillnoLongerbe
warnedaboutthisobstacle.
—Maintainenoughdistancefromthecurbto
reducetheriskofdamagetotherims.
@)Tips
—The systemmayprovideawarningeven
thoughtherearenoobstaclesinthecover-
ageareainsomesituations,suchas:
—certainroadsurfacesor whenthereistall
grass
—externalultrasonicsourcessuchasfrom
cleaningvehicles
—inheavyrain,snow,orthickvehicleex-
haust
—Werecommendthatyoupracticeparkingin
atraffic-freelocationorparkinglotto be-
come
familiarwiththesystem.Practice
parkingingoodlightand weathercondi-
tions.
—Youcanchangethevolumeofthesignals
andthedisplay>page136.
—Whatappearsintheinfotainmentdisplayis
somewhattime-delayed.
—Thesensorsmustbekeptcleanandfreeof
snowandicefortheparkingaidtooperate.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithrearwindowwiper:
Therearviewcamerawillbecleanedwith
therearwindow>page53.
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IntelligentTechnology

IntelligentTechnology
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.
138
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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—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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MultiMediaInterface

Optionsmenu:usingtheoptionsmenu,youcan
selectandconfirmcontext-dependentfunctions
aswellas settingswithinamenuitem(suchas
Radio).

Requirement:theoptionsmenusymbol[+]must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.154.

Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:press
therightcontrolbutton>fig.154.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
leurelieelmer
Thisguideshowsyouat aglancethepathsfor
openingadesiredmenuanditssettingsand
functions.
Exampleofapath

>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>
FM.

Followingthepath

>Pressthe[RADIO]button.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton.
>Turn thecontrolknobtotheFMmenuitemto
selectit.
>Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm theselected
FMmenuitem.
>Theselectedandconfirmedfunctionisexecut-
ed.In thisexample,theFMfrequencybandis
set.

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MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
You canenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.

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Fig.155Example:enteringanavigationdestinationusing
theMMItouch
TheMMItouchcontrolpadisonthesurfacewith
thecontrolknob>fig.155.
Enteringnumbers,letters,andsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.

Fig.156DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive

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characters,selectandconfirm the[LIST]button
@°fig.162.Or:pushthecontrolknobdown.
—Enteringaccentedcharacters (suchas4,¢,fi,
6)*:turnthecontrolknobwiththecharacter
selection@9>fig.162toacharacter.Toopen
theselectedaccentedcharacters,pressand
holdthecontrolknob.Turnthecontrolknob
withthecharacterselection@0>fig.162toan
accentedcharacter.Pressthecontrolknobto
inserttheaccentedcharacter.Toclosetheac-
centedcharacterswithoutselectingacharacter,
pressandholdthecontrolknobagain.Or:se-
lectandconfirm[a6t]Z)9fig.162.Selectand
confirmanaccentedcharacter.



—Deletingcharacters:selectandconfirm]@
=>fig.162.Todeleteallcharactersintheinput
field,pressandholdthecontrolknobon&]un-
tilallcharactersintheinputfieldare deleted.
—Enteringspecial characters:selectandcon-
firm!&2]©©fig.162or[123]@).Selectand
confirm thedesiredspecialcharacter(forex-
ample,ahyphenorperiod)withthenumber
speller.


—Inputassistance:insomecasessuchasinnavi-
gation*,thereisawordsuggestion*@)
=>fig.162basedonavailableentrieswhileyou
areenteringdata.Youcanselectthissugges-
tionbypushingthecontrolknobupward.
—Resultslist:insomecases,suchasinthedirec-
tory,thesystemswitchesautomaticallytothe
resultslistbasedonavailableentries@)
>fig.162.Selectandconfirmasuggestion
fromthelist.
Requirement:theinputfield@)>fig.162must
beactive.
—SwitchingbetweenspellerandMMItouch*:
thehandwritingrecognitionfortheMMItouch
controlpad*isactivatedautomatically.Simply
startwriting.
Overviewofsymbolsinthespeller
Thesymbolsintheletter/numberspellerareex-
plainedinthefollowingtable:



Symbol/DescriptionDescription
LIST]orlSwitchestotheresultslist.
InputfieldDisplaysthecurrentinput.

Resultslist
tered.
Displaysalistwithsuggestionsbasedonthelettersalreadyen-

t
Switchesfromlowercasetouppercaselettersorfromuppercaseto
lowercaseletters.

G
Opensadditionalspelleroptions,forexampleClosespellerand
Clearinputfield.




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1&2Charactersetsandspecialcharacters
aouDisplaysaccentedcharacters(suchas4,¢,fi,6).
TSS/ABESwitchesfromlettertonumberinputorfromnumbertoletterin-
put.
Addsaspaceintheinputfield.
—

CharacterselectionHighlightstheselectedcharacter.

A
Insertsthesuggestedword*whenyoupushthecontrolknobup.

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Deletesthecharactertotheleftofthecursor.

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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

@Tips
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin
=>page220.
—Pleasenotethatwithinamediasourcein
thedriverinformationsystem,onlyplaylists
thatwereselectedthroughtheMMIcontrol
panelcanbeplayed>page230.
—PayattentiontotheInfotainmentsystem
displayifnecessary.Dependingonthese-
lectedfunction,itmaybenecessarytouse
theMMIcontrolpanel.
Telephone
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheeland
telephone
AlPe
Calllist
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Weg
Fig.165Example:telephonefunctionsinthedriverinfor-
mationsystem
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page171.
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
>Pressthe[MODE]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheTelephone
tabisdisplayed.


Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus
> Pressthe[<>]buttonrepeatedlyuntiltheTele-
phonetabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.


Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Accessingacontact:selectandconfirmCall
list/Favorites/Directory.Selectandconfirma
contact.
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Directorycontacts*:thedriverinformationsys-
temonlydisplaysdirectorycontacts thathavea
phonenumberstored.Ifseveralphonenumbers
arestoredwithacontact,thelistofstorednum-
bersisdisplayedfirstwhentheentryisselected.
Recentcalls*:therecentcallslistcontainsallin-
coming,outgoingandmissedcalls.
Callerinformation*:thename,phonenumberor
Unknownappearsinthedriverinformationsys-
temdisplaydependingonwhetherthecallerhas
beenstoredinthedirectoryandifthephone
numberhasbeentransmitted.
Functionsduringanincomingcall
—Acceptingacall:presstheleftthumbwheel
whenthereisanincomingcall.
—Decliningacall:selectandconfirmDecline
whenthereisanincomingcall.
—Endinga phonecall:selectandconfirmEnd
call.
Functionsduringa phonecall:
—Makinganadditionalcall*:selectandconfirm
Holdcall.Presstheleftcontrolbutton>Direc-
toryorCalllist>thedesiredentry.
—Answeringacallwhileinacallandwhile
thereisanothercall onhold*:selectandcon-
firmAnswer.Theactivecallisreplacedwiththe
incomingcall.
Additionalfunctionsinclude:
Mute®*:ifyouselectandconfirmthisfunction,
theotherpersononthephonecannothearyou.
Youwillstillbeabletohear theotherperson.
Holding/resumingacall*:youcanplacetheex-
istingcallonholdandresumeitagain.
Swapcall*:youcanalternatebetweentwophone
callsatthesametime.Oneofthecallswillbeon
hold.SelectingEndcallwillendtheactivephone
call.Acallthatwasplacedonholdstaysonhold
andcanbetakenoffholdwithResumeheldcall.
Conferencecall*:acallonholdanduptofiveac-
tiveparties(dependingonthecellphoneservice
provider)canbeaddedtoaconferencecall.To
makeanadditionalcall,putallparticipantsin
thecurrentconferencecallonholdusingHold>

Multifunctionsteeringwheel

@Abargraphappearswhenthereisanupcom-
ingturn.Thefewerthebarsthatareshown,the
shorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.Ifthereis
not anupcomingturn,thedistancetothedesti-
nation/stopoverandthecalculatedarrivaltimeis
displayedintherightspeedometer.
@Nameofthestreetwhereyouarecurrently
driving
Mapviewwithrouteguidancestarted
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystemandmapview
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youcanal-
sohavetheactiverouteguidancedisplayinthe
mapview*inthedriverinformationsystem.
eeele
Fig.167Diagram:mapwhenrouteguidancehasstarted
(analoginstrumentcluster)

Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=>page198,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
informationmaybeshowninthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
@Distancetothedestinationorstopover
@Distancetothenextmaneuver
@Display oftheroadthatiscurrentlybeingtrav-
eled ortheroad thatyouwillturnontoduring
thenextmaneuver
@Mapcontentsuchas pointsofinterestortraf-
ficinformation
Zoomingin/outonthemap(Zoom):whena
mapisdisplayed,turntheleftthumbwheel
down/uptozoomin/outonthemap.
Streetviewwithrouteguidancestarted
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystemandstreetview
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theactiverouteguidancewillbedisplayedinthestreetview*in
thedriverinformationsystem.



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Fig.168Example:displayofaturninthestreetview(analoginstrumentcluster)
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Telephone

UsingtheAudiphone
box
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiphonebox
Youcanchargeyourmobiledevicebatteryusing
theAudiphonebox.Youcanmakecallsthrough
theexteriorantenna*onthevehicle.Usingthe
externalantenna*helpswhenthereisalowsig-
nalandalsoprovidesbetterreceptionquality.


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Fig.172Storagecompartmentunderthecenterarmrest:
diagram: Audiphoneboxwithconnections
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnected
throughBluetooth>page171.
Theoptionsbelowareavailable:
—Connectingtotheexternalvehicleantenna*:
laythecellphoneonthecenterofthecell
phonesymbolintheAudiphoneboxwiththe
displayfacingup>fig.172.Makesurethere
arenoobjectsbetweenthe Audiphoneboxand
themobiledevice.
—Chargingacellphonewirelessly:placeaQi-ca-
pable»)cellphonecenteredonthe@symbolin
the Audiphoneboxwiththedisplayfacingup
>fig.172.Thecellphonewillcharge.
—ChargingamobiledeviceusingtheUSB
adapter:connectyourmobiledevicetotheAu-
dimusicinterfaceusingaUSBadaptercable(@)
>fig.172.
Youcanchargeyourmobiledeviceusingspecific
USBadapters>page226,fig.205.

ingmaneuvers,whichincreasestheriskof
anaccident.Storeobjectssecurelywhile
driving.
— Themobiledevicemaybecomehotduring
wirelesscharging.Payattentiontothetem-
perature ofyourmobiledeviceandbecare-
fulwhenremovingitfromthe Audiphone
box.
—Analternatingmagneticfieldisusedfor
wirelesscharging.Maintainaminimumdis-
tanceofapproximately2.4in(6cm)tothe
Audi
phoneboxchargingplate.Thethresh-
oldsforprolongedexposureat thisdistance
complywithICNIRP1998.Therefore,inter-
actionssuchasirritationofsensoryorgans,
malfunctionsofactiveimplants(suchas
pacemakers,infusionpumps,orneurosti-
mulators)oreffectsonpassiveimplants
(suchas prostheticlimbs)ishighlyunlikely.
Ifyouhaveanimplant,consultamedical
specialistifyouhaveanyquestions.


ZA\WARNING
—Looseobjectscanbethrownaroundtheve-
hicleinteriorduringsuddendrivingorbrak-


D_TheQistandardmakesitpossibletocharge yourmobile
devicewirelessly.
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C)Note
ApplicabletoU.S.A.
Operationofthe Audiphoneboxissubjectto
thefollowingrequirementsoftheFederal
CommunicationsCommission:
—ThisisaCONSUMERdevice.
—BEFOREUSE,youMUSTREGISTERTHISDE-
VICEwithyourwirelessproviderandhave
yourprovider’sconsent.Mostwirelesspro-
vidersconsenttotheuseofsignalboosters.
Someprovidersmaynotconsenttothe use
ofthisdeviceontheirnetwork.Ifyouare
unsure,contactyourserviceprovider.
—YouMUSToperatethisdevicewithapproved
antennasandcablesasspecifiedby the
manufacturer.AntennasMUSTbeinstalled
atleast20cm(8inches)fromanyperson.
—YouMUSTceaseoperatingthisdeviceim-
mediatelyifrequestedbytheFCCorali-
censedwirelessserviceprovider.
—WARNING:E911locationinformationmay
notbeprovidedormaybeinaccuratefor
callsservedbyusingthisdevice.