2019 AUDI A4 lights

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Appliesto:allroad










Youshouldonlyswitchsportmode/offroad
modeonorswitchESC/ASRoffifyourdriving
abilitiesandroadconditionspermit.
—Thestabilizationfunctionislimitedwhen
sportmode/offroadmodeisswitchedon.
Thedrivingwheelscouldspinandthevehi-
clecouldswerve,especiallyonslickorslip-
peryroadsurfaces.
—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
Hilldescentassist
Appliesto:allroad

Hilldescentassistmakesitpossibletodrive
downahillataconstantspeed.
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Fig.146Centerconsole:hilldescentassistbutton

>Toswitchhilldescentassiston,presstheL@
button.TheLEDinthebuttonwillturnon.
>»Pressthebuttonagaintoswitchitoff.The LED
inthe buttonturnsoff.

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OffroadmodeonESC/ASRoffOffroadmodeoffor
ESC/ASRon
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand__|tionoftheESCandASRis
DSA.ASRareswitchedoff.available again.
Operating|Pressthe|#°*]buttonbriefly.|Pressandholdthe||but-|Pressthe|#°"|buttonagain.
tonlongerthanthreesec-
onds.
IndicatorEgiturnson.ElandSaturnon.Eaiturnsoffor[gjand
lightsEaturnoff.
Messages|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):
offroad.Warning!Reduced|off.Warning!Restrictedon
stability stability
AWARNINGHilldescentassistbrakesallfourwheelsauto-
maticallyinordertolimitspeedwhendrivingei-
therforwardorreverseonhillswithagradefrom
approximately6to60%.Thewheelswillnotlock
upbecausetheABSremainsactivated.Invehi-
cleswithamanualtransmission,thehillholdas-
sistadjuststothespecifiedspeedso thattheen-
gineisnot brakedbelowitsidlespeed.
Whenhilldescentassistison,thespeedyourve-
hiclewastravelingwhenitentered thehillis
maintained.Itisonlypossible toswitchonthe
assistwhendrivingslowerthan37mph(60
km/h).Theassistbeginsshortlyafteryoustart
drivingandcontinuesuptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h).Invehicleswithamanual
transmission,regulationbelowapproximately6
mph(9km/h)isonlypossibleiftheclutchpedal
ispressedorifthegearshiftisintheneutralposi-
tion.Iftheclutchpedalisreleasedwhenagearis
engagedbelowapproximately6mph(9km/h),
the regulatedspeedwillincrease.Thedrivercan
increaseordecreasethevehiclespeedwithin
theselimitsbypressingtheacceleratororbrake
pedal.
However,theremustbeenoughtraction.Hillde-
scentassistcannotfunctionasexpected,iffor
examplethehillisicyorifthesurfaceisloose
SA.
Activeregulationofaspeeduptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h)issignaledintheinstrument
clusterby anindicatorlightZBTheindicator
lightturnsoninthereadymode.

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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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MultiMediaInterface


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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|E|O|
©
|
©
|
©
|O/|O



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

CharacterselectionHighlightstheselectedcharacter.

A
Insertsthesuggestedword*whenyoupushthecontrolknobup.

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©
|O|
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ea)
Deletesthecharactertotheleftofthecursor.

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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=>page198,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
informationmaybeshowninthedriverinforma-
tionsystem>fig.168:
Distancetothedestinationorstopover
©oDisplayinganexpressway,highwayormain
roadaspreparationforanupcomingchange
indirection
Lanerecommendation
Calculatedarrivaltime
Distancetothenextmaneuver
Display oftheexpressway,highwayormain
roadontowhichyouwillbeturning
Directionarrowfortheupcomingmaneuver
©
O80
Abargraphappearswhenadirectionarrowis
displayed.Thefewerthebars thatareshown,
theshorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.
Currentvehicleposition©
Additionalinformation(on-boardcomputer)
Thefollowingfunctionsarealsoavailablewhen
routeguidanceisactive:
—Adjustingthevoiceguidancevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordownwhileavoice
guidancemessageisplaying.

ZA\WARNING
Theroutecalculatedby thenavigationsystem
isarecommendationforreachingyourdesti-
nation.Obeytrafficlights,stoppingrestric-
tions,one-waystreets,lanechangerestric-
tions,etc.
(i)Tips
—Alsoseethechapter>page8,Cockpitover-
view.
— Anexclamationpoint“!”infront ofthe
streetnameindicatesthattheinformation
aboutthisstreetorthissectionoftheroute
isnotcompleteinthenavigationdatacon-
tainedintheMMI.Obeytrafficlawsinone-
waystreetsandpedestrianzones.

TAUAmelhmeereeitanle)
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystemandarrowview
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theactiverouteguidancewillbedisplayedinthearrowview*in
thedriverinformationsystem.

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Fig.169Example:arrowview(monochromeinstrumentcluster)
Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=page198,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
informationmaybeshowninthedriverinforma-
tionsystem>fig.169:
@Distancetothedestinationorstopover
161

Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Distancetothenextmaneuver
Directionarrowfortheupcomingmaneuver
Abargraphappearswhen adirectionarrowis
displayed.Thefewerthebars thatareshown,
theshorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.
®O®
Lanerecommendation
Additionalinformation(on-boardcomputer)
Calculatedarrivaltime
©0G®@Displayofthestreetcurrentlybeingdriven
onIfapointisdisplayedbeforethestreet,it
isindicatingthestreetyouwillbe onwiththe
nextmaneuver.
Thefollowingfunctionsarealsoavailablewhen
routeguidanceisactive:
—Adjustingthevoiceguidancevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordownwhileavoice
guidancemessageisplaying.

ZXWARNING
Theroutecalculatedby thenavigationsystem
isarecommendationforreachingyourdesti-
nation.Obeytrafficlights,stoppingrestric-
tions,one-waystreets,lanechangerestric-
tions,etc.
@Tips
—Alsosee thechapter>page8,Cockpitover-
view.
—Anexclamationpoint“!”infront ofthe
streetnameindicatesthattheinformation
aboutthisstreetorthissectionoftheroute
isnotcompleteinthenavigationdatacon-
tainedintheMMI.Obeytrafficlawsinone-
waystreetsandpedestrianzones.

162

Voicerecognitionsystem

Voicerecognitionsystem
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
YoucanoperatemanyInfotainmentfunctions
convenientlybyspeaking.
Requirement:theignitionandtheMMImustbe
switched
on>page145.Asystemlanguagesup-
portedbythevoicerecognitionsystemmustbe
set.Theremustbenophonecallsinprogressand
theparkingaidmustnotbeactive.

>Switchingon:pressthe[%]button@
=>page17,fig.11or>page18,fig.13briefly
onthemultifunctionsteeringwheelandsay
thedesiredcommandaftertheBeep.
>Switchingoff:pressandholdthe|™]button.
Or:pressthe|5|button.
>Pausing:saythecommandPause.Toresume,
pressthe|]button.
>Correcting:saythecommandCorrection.Or:
simplysayanewcommandduringanan-
nouncement>page241.






Inputassistance
Thesystemguidesyouthroughtheinputwith
visualandaudiofeedback.
—Visualinputassistance:afterswitchingon
voicerecognition,adisplaywithaselectionof
possiblecommandsappears.Thiscommand
displaycanbe switchedonoroff.Select:
MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrolbutton
>MMIsettings>Speechdialogsystem.
—Audioinputassistance: tohavethepossible
commandsread,turnthevoicerecognitionsys-
temonandsayHelp.


Forthesystemtounderstandyou:
Speakclearlyanddistinctly atanormalvolume.
Speaklouderwhendrivingfaster.
Emphasizethewordsinthecommandsevenly
anddonotleavelongpauses.
Closethedoors,thewindows,andthesunroof*
toreducebackgroundnoise.Makesurethatpas-
sengersarenotspeakingwhenyouaregivinga
voicecommand.
164
Donotdirecttheventstowardthehands-freemi-
crophone,whichisintheroofheadlinernearthe
frontinteriorlights.
Onlyusethesystemfromthedriver'sseatbe-
causethehands-freemicrophoneisdirectedto-
wardthatseat.
Additionalsettings
See>page241,Speechdialogsystem.

ZAWARNING
—Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Onlyusethefunctionsin
suchawaythatyoualwaysmaintaincom-
pletecontroloveryourvehicleinalltraffic
situations.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystemin
emergenciesbecauseyourvoicemaychange
instressfulsituations.Thesystemmaytake
longertodialthenumberormaynotbe
abletodialitatall.Dialtheemergency
numbermanually.

Gi)Tips
— Thedialogpauseswhenthereisanincom-
ingphonecallandwillcontinueifyouig-
norethecall.Thedialogendsifyouanswer
thecall.
—Youcanselectan iteminthelistusingei-
therthevoicerecognitionsystemorthe
controlknob.
Commandoverview
information
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Thefollowingoverviewsdescribethecommands
thatcan beusedtooperatetheMMIusingthe
voicerecognitionsystem.
Alternativecommandsareseparatedusinga“/”,
forexamplesay:Telephone/(or)Navigation/
(or)Radio.
Sequencesofcommandsusedtoperformanac-
tionareidentifiedwitha “>”,forexamplesay:
Enteraddress>(then)Entercountry/state.>

Audiconnect

Vehiclestatusreport
Thisservicetransfersdriverinformationsystem
datatoaserver.Dependingonthevehicleequip-
ment,certaindatamaybeaccessed,suchasthe
remainingrangeormileage.Thevaluesmaydif-
ferfromthevaluesdisplayedinthevehicle.
Car Finder
Thisservicetransmitstheparkinglocationtoa
serverwhentheignitionisswitchedoff.Thevehi-
clelocation,yourlocation,ortheroutetoyour
vehiclecanbedisplayed.Thenewparkingloca-
tioncannotbedeterminedwiththisserviceifthe
vehicleismovedaftershuttingthevehicleoff
andwithoutswitchingtheignitiononandoff
again,forexampleifthevehicleistowedorsto-
len.
—DeactivatingandactivatingCarFinder:select:
MENU]>Audiconnect>Carfinder.

OnlineAudiservicerequest
Requirement:theservicemustbeactivatedon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiandanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiservicefacili-
tymustbeselected.
Thisservicetransmitsservice-relevantdatato
yourselectedauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiservicefacility.Theywillcontactyou
beforeyournextserviceappointment.
StolenVehicleLocator
Thisserviceassistsyouinlocatingyourvehicleif
itisstolen.
—Contactthepolice.YoureceiveaCaseID.
—Calltheservicehotlineandgiveyour CaseID.
Theservicehotlinewillforwardtheestablished
datatothepolice.YoureceivetheAudiService
hotlinenumberwhenyoupurchaseyourvehicle.
GeofencingAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Thisserviceallowsyoutosetpermittedandfor-
biddenzonesforyourvehicleaswellassettime
limitsforthesezones.Ifyourvehicleleavesa
permittedzoneorentersaforbiddenzone,you
192
willbenotifiedwithapushnotificationand/oran
e-mail.
SpeedAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Youcansetuptotwospeedlimitsforyourvehi-
cleusingthis service.Ifyourvehicleexceedsaset
speedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapushnoti-
ficationand/ore-mail.
ValetAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Ifyougiveyourvehicletoaparkingservice,you
cansetazoneandaspeedlimitusingthemyAu-
diapp.Ifthevehicleleavesthezoneorexceeds
thespeedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapush
notificationand/ore-mail.

ZA\WARNING
Donotignoremessagesandwarningorindi-
catorlightsthatturnoninthevehiclebe-
causeoftheinformationinthevehiclestatus
report.Thiscouldlead tobreakdownsinon
theroad,accidentsandseriousinjuries.

G)Tips
Forsomeservices,youcanselectifyouwould
liketobenotifiedwithapushnotification
and/orane-mail.
Settings
Cellphonenetwork
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Connectionmanager.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Onlinesettings>
Dataconnectionsettings.


Dependingonthecountry,vehicleequipment,
andconnectiontype,thefollowing functionsmay
beavailable:
Dataconnectionsettings
UsingtheDataconnectionsettingsmenu,you
cansetwhenthesystemshouldconnecttothe>

Navigation

Navigation
Openingnavigation
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Thenavigationsystemdirectsyoutoyourdesti-
nation,aroundtrafficincidents,andonalterna-
tiveroutes,ifdesired.
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Fig.183Diagram:Enterdestinationmenu

>Pressthe LNAV/MAP]button.
TheEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayedafter
openingnavigation.Thefollowinginformation
canbedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdis-
play:
@Inputfieldforfreetextsearch....198
@Homeaddress.................200
@®Lastdestinations...............199
@Storedfavorites................200
Assoonasyouselectanentryfromthelist(de-
pendingonthevehicleequipment),thecorre-
spondingdestinationdisplaysasamappreview*
©fig.183.
Ifyouhaveconnectedamobiledevicetothe
MMI,yourdirectorycontactswillalsobelistedif
they havenavigationdataassignedtothem.
TheFavorites(4)>fig.183menuitemaswellas
thedirectorycontactsareonlyshownintheEn-
terdestinationmenuifyouhaveenteredoneor
morecharactersusingtheinputfield.
Switchingbetweendestinationentryandthe
map:

—Pressthe [NAV/MAP|buttonrepeatedlyuntil
themapisdisplayed.Or:selecttheleftcontrol
button>Switchtomap.

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ZAWARNING
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter
=page145,Trafficsafetyinformation.
—Obeyalltrafficlawswhendriving.
— Theroutecalculatedbythenavigationsys-
temisarecommendationforreachingyour
destination.Obeytrafficlights,stoppingre-
strictions,one-waystreets,lanechangere-
strictions,etc.
—Adjustthevolumeoftheaudiosystemso
thatsignalsfromoutsidethevehicle,such
aspoliceandfiresirens,canbeheardeasily
atalltimes.
C)Note
Ifthedrivingdirectionsconflictwithtraffic
laws,obeythetrafficlaws.
G)Tips
—SnowandobstructionsontheGPSantenna
or interferencecausedbytreesandlarge
buildingscanimpairsatellitereceptionand
affectthesystem'sabilitytodeterminethe
vehicleposition.Severaldeactivatedormal-
functioningsatellitescanalsointerruptGPS
receptionandaffectthesystem'sabilityto
determine
thevehicleposition.
—Becausestreetnamessometimeschange,
thenamesstoredintheMMImayinrare
casesdifferfromtheactualstreetname.

Enteringadestination
Freetextsearchfordestinations
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Withthefreetextsearch,youcanenterthenavi-
gationdestinationdataallatonceinanyorder
usingtheMMItouchcontrolpad*ortheletter/
numberspeller(forexample,20MainSt.,Los
Angeles).Likewise,youcansearchforpointsof
interest,contacts,previousdestinationsorfa-
voritestonavigatetothedesiredaddress.

Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntilthe
Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed>page198,
fig.183.