Instrumentcluster
Certaininstrumentclustercontentcanalsobe
displayedinthehead-updisplay*>page27.
ZAWARNING
Donotassumetheroadsarefreeoficebased
ontheoutsidetemperaturedisplay.Beaware
thattheremaybeiceonroadsevenwhenthe
outsidetemperatureisaround41°F(+5°C)
andthaticecanincreasetheriskofaccidents.
@)Tips
— Depending onvehicleequipment,thein-
strumentillumination(needlesandgauges)
mayturnonwhenthelightsareoffandthe
ignitionisswitchedon.Theilluminationfor
thegaugesreducesautomaticallyandeven-
tuallyturnsoffasbrightnessoutsidein-
creases.Thisfunctionremindsthedriverto
turnthelowbeamsonattheappropriate
time.
—Youcanselecttheunitsusedfortempera-
ture,speed,andothermeasurementsinthe
Infotainmentsystem>page245.
—Speedsaredisplayedinmph(milesper
hour)orkm/h(kilometersperhour).
—Ifyourvehicleisstationaryor ifyouaredriv-
ingatverylowspeeds,thetemperaturedis-
playedmaybeslightlyhigherthantheac-
tualtemperatureoutsideduetotheheatra-
diatingfromtheengine.
—Attemperaturesbelow41°F(+5°C),a
snowflakesymbolappearsinfront ofthe
temperaturedisplay>A\.
Coolanttemperature
indicator
Thecoolanttemperaturedisplay@>page13,
fig.3or>page13,fig.4onlyfunctionswhen
theignitionisswitchedon.Toreducetheriskof
enginedamage,pleaseobservethefollowing
notesaboutthetemperatureranges.
Coldrange
IfonlytheLEDsatthebottomofthegaugeturn
on,theenginehasnot reachedoperatingtem-
peratureyet.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullaccel-
eration,andheavyengineloads.
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Normalrange
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
tureoncetheLEDsuptothecenterofthegauge
turnon.Ifthegindicatorlightintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayturnson,thecoolanttem-
peratureistoohigh>page22.
@)Note
—Auxiliaryheadlightsandotheraccessoriesin
frontoftheairintakeimpairthecoolingef-
fectofthecoolant.Thisincreasestheriskof
theengineoverheatingduringhighoutside
temperatures andheavyengineload.
—Thefrontspoileralsohelpstodistribute
coolingaircorrectlywhiledriving.Ifthe
spoilerisdamaged,thecoolingeffectwill
beimpairedandtheriskoftheengineover-
heatingwillincrease.SeeanauthorizedAu-
didealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility
forassistance.
Tachometer
Thetachometerdisplaystheenginespeedinrev-
olutionsperminute(RPM).
Thebeginningoftheredzoneinthetachometer
indicatesthemaximumpermissibleenginespeed
forallgearsoncetheenginehasbeenbrokenin
andwhenitiswarmeduptooperatingtempera-
ture.Before reachingthiszone,youshouldshift
intothenexthighestgear,selectthe"D/S"selec-
torleverposition,orremoveyourfootfromthe
acceleratorpedal.
@)Note
Theneedleinthetachometer2)>page13,
fig.3or>page13,fig.4mayonlybeinthe
redareaofthegaugeforashorttimeorthere
isariskofenginedamage.Thelocationwhere
theredzonebeginsvariesdependingonthe
engine.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Upshiftingearlyhelpsyoutosavefuelandre-
ducesoperatingnoise.
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Instrumentcluster
@Operatingthedriverinformationsystem
Thedriverinformationsystemcontainsmultiple
tabs@>page15,fig.6thatdisplayvariousin-
formation2)>page15,fig.6.
Thefollowingtabsmaybeavailable,depending
onvehicleequipment:
FirsttabOn-boardcomputer>page19
SecondMessages
tab?)
ThirdtabRadio>page163
Media>page163
Fourthtab|Telephone>page164
a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.
—Switchingtabs:pressthe[MODE]button
>fig.12onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
repeatedlyuntilthedesiredtabisdisplayed.
—Selectingafunctioninthemenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheelonthemultifunctionsteering
wheeltothedesiredfunction.
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheelonthemultifunctionsteeringwheelto
confirmyourselection.
—Scrollingwithinthelists:turntheleftthumb-
wheelonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
quicklytoscrollwithinthelists.
@[2Jbutton
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemon:
brieflypressthe[2]button>fig.13.Saythe
desiredcommandaftertheBeep.
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemoff:
pressandholdthe|]button.Or:saythecom-
mandCancel.
Formoreinformationaboutthevoicerecognition
system,see>page170,Voicerecognitionsys-
temor=page246.
@®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>page97
—Statistics>page98
—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
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Z\WARNING
Havethesafetysystemsinspectedimmedi-
ately.Otherwise,thereisariskthatthesys-
temsmaynotactivateduringacollision,
whichincreasestheriskofseriousinjuryor
death.
oRavatlhe
The|Aindicatorlightstaysonuntilthedriver's
andfrontpassenger'ssafetybeltsarefastened.
Aboveacertainspeed,therewillalsobeawarn-
ingtone.
@)Tips
Foradditionalinformationonsafetybelts,
see>page258.
@-eSteeringlock
|e—e|Steering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.Youcannotturntheignitionon.
Donottowyourvehiclebecauseitcannotbe
steered.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
2]Steeringlock:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunction
repaired.
Z\WARNING
Donottowyourvehicleifthereisamalfunc-
tionintheelectronicsteeringlockbecause
thisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
-~©Enginestartsystem
EEnginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Donotswitchtheignitionoffbecauseyoumay
notbeabletoswitchitonagain.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
3Enginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Thereisamalfunctionintheenginestartingsys-
tem.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
IftheBindicatorlightturnson,thehoodlock
isnotlatchedcorrectly.
Stopimmediatelyandclosethehood
=>page312.
53/2ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
IftheBBindicatorlightblinkswhiledriving,the
ESCorASR(Anti-SlipRegulation)isactivelyregu-
lating.
IftheBAindicatorlightturnson,thesystemhas
switched theESCoff.Inthiscase,youcanswitch
theignitionoffandthen ontoswitchtheESCon
again.Theindicatorlightturnsoffwhenthesys-
temisfullyfunctional.
Ifthe B&Bindicatorlightturnson,ESCwas
switchedoffusingthe2%]button>page145.
Stabilizationcontrol(ESC/ABS):malfunction!
Seeowner'smanual
IftheBBindicatorlampandthefs/©)ABSin-
dicatorlampturnonandthismessageappears,
theABSorelectronicdifferentiallockismalfunc-
tioning.Thisalsocauses theESCtomalfunction.
Thebrakesstillfunctionwiththeirnormalpower,
butABSisnotactive.
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>
Instrumentcluster
mReAels
aAutomaticheadlights:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
BSAutomaticwipers:malfunction!Seeowner's
manual
Thelight/rainsensorismalfunctioning.
Thelowbeamsremainswitchedonatalltimes
forsafetyreasonswhenthelightswitchisinthe
AUTOposition.However,youcancontinueto
turnthelightsonandoffusingthelightswitch.
Youcanstillcontrolallfunctionsthatareinde-
pendentoftherainsensorthroughthewind-
shieldwiperlever.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
teyeerare)
Appliesto:vehicleswithsuspensioncontrol
|¢|Suspension:malfunction!Youmaycontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
TeteleYedSolemlaced
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive/sportdifferential
t3]All-wheeldrive:malfunction!Youmaycon-
tinuedriving.PleasecontactService
T-3|Sportdifferential:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
3]All-wheeldriveoverheating. Pleaseadapt
drivingstyle.Seeowner'smanual
3]Sportdifferential:temperaturetoohigh.
Pleaseadaptdrivingstyle
Thetransmissiontemperaturehasincreasedsig-
nificantlyduetothesportydrivingmanner.Drive
inalesssportymanneruntilthetemperaturere-
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turnstothenormalrangeandtheindicatorlight
switchesof.
ZXWARNING
ContactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityiftheallwheeldrive/
sportdifferentialisfaultyormalfunctioning.
Therepairmustbeperformedbytrainedper-
sonnelusingthecorrectoilinordertoensure
safety.
eraeel
IftheaorBindicatorlightblinks,aturnsig-
nalisturnedon.Ifbothindicatorlightsareblink-
ing,theemergencyflashersareon.
Ifanindicatorlightblinkstwiceasfast asusual,
aturnsignalbulbhasfailed.Carefullydrivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave the malfunctioncor-
rected.
eCCmesel
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrailerhitch
Theturnsignalsareactivatedintrailermodeif
the&indicatorlightblinks.
If aturnsignalonthetraileroronthevehicle
failswhileintrailermode,theindicatorlightwill
notblinktwiceasfasttoindicatethis.
Openingandclosing
Openingandclosing
Centrallocking
Youcanlockandunlockthevehiclecentrally.You
havethefollowingoptions:
—Vehiclekey>page31
—Sensorsinthedoorhandles*>page31
—Lockcylinderonthedriver'sdoor>page33,
or
—Interiorcentral lockingswitch>page32
Vehiclekey
Theterm“vehiclekey”referstotheremotecon-
trolkeyorconveniencekey*.Theconvenience
key*isaremotecontrolkeywithspecialfunc-
tions>page31and>page75.
Turnsignals
Theturnsignalsflashtwicewhenyouunlock the
vehicleandflashoncewhenyoulockthevehicle.
Iftheydonotflash,thenoneofthedoors,the
luggagecompartmentlidorthehoodisnot
closedcompletely.
Automaticlocking(AutoLock)
TheAutoLockfunctionlocksalldoorsandthe
luggagecompartmentlidoncethespeedhasex-
ceededapproximately9mph(15km/h).
Thevehiclecan beunlockediftheopeningfunc-
tioninthecentral lockingsystemswitchisused
oroneofthedoorhandlesispulled.
Inthe eventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorswillalsoautomaticallyunlocktoallow
accesstothevehicle.
Selectivedoorunlocking
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidwilllock
whentheyclose.YoucansetintheInfotainment
systemwhetheronlythedriver'sdoorortheen-
tirevehicleshould beunlockedwhenunlocking
=>page33.
Unintentionallylockingyourselfout
Onlylockyourvehiclewhenallofthedoorsand
theluggagecompartmentlidareclosedandthe
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vehiclekeyisnotinthevehicle.Thisreducesthe
riskoflockingyourselfoutaccidentally.
Thefollowingfeatureshelptoreducetheriskof
lockingyourvehiclekeyinthevehicle:
—Ifthedriver's doorisopen,thevehiclecannot
belockedbypressingthe@buttononthevehi-
clekeyorbytouchingthelockingsensor*ona
door.
—Ifthemostrecentlyusedconveniencekey*is
insidetheluggagecompartment,theluggage
compartmentlidwillautomaticallyopenagain
afterclosingit.
—Ifthelastconveniencekey*thatwasusedisde-
tectedinsidethevehicle,thevehiclecannotbe
lockedfromtheoutsideforabrieftime>©.
ZAWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwise,childrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayin
thevehiclewhenitislockedfromtheout-
side,becausethewindowscannolongerbe
openedfromtheinside>page34.Locked
doorsmakeitmoredifficultforemergency
workerstoenterthevehicle,whichputs
livesatrisk.
()Note
Appliesto:Vehicleswithconveniencekey
—Iftheconveniencekeythatwaslastusedis
detectedinthepassengercompartment,
thenthevehiclecannotbelockedfromthe
outside.Theturnsignalswillflashseveral
timestoindicatethis.Ifyoudonotopen
thevehiclewithinashorttimetoremove
thevehiclekey,thenthevehiclewilllockau-
tomatically.Thispreventsthevehiclefrom
beingleftunlockedforlongperiodsoftime.
Thekeywillthenbelockedinsidethevehi-
cle.
—Iftheconveniencekey*thatwasusedlastis
detectedinsidetheluggagecompartment,>
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Openingandclosing
itwillnotbepossibletolocktheluggage
compartmentandtheluggagecompart-
mentlidwillopen.Theturnsignalswill
flashseveraltimestoindicatethis.The
doorswilllock.Alwaystaketheconvenience
keywithyou,orunauthorizedpeoplemay
beabletoenterthevehicle.
G)Tips
—Donotleavevaluablesunattendedintheve-
hicle.Alockedvehicleisnota safe!
— TheLEDinthedriver's doorrailblinkswhen
youlockthevehicle.IftheLEDlightsupfor
approximately30secondsafterlocking,
thereisamalfunctioninthecentral locking
system.Havetheproblemcorrectedby an
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.
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Fig.17Yourvehiclekeyset
7
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@Vehiclekey
Thevehiclekeyisaremotecontrolkeyorconven-
iencekey*.Theconveniencekey*isaremotecon-
trolkeywithspecialfunctions>page31 and
=page75.Youcanunlockorlockyourvehicle
withthevehiclekey.Amechanicalkeyisintegrat-
edinthevehiclekey>page30.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
Openthekey tagandscratch torevealthevehicle
code.YoucanunlocktheAudiconnectvehicle
controlservices*foryourvehiclewiththisvehicle
code.Foradditionalinformation,see
=>page195.Ifakeyfobislost,contactanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facility.
Vehiclekeyreplacement
If akeyislost,seeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.Havethisvehicle
keydeactivated.Itisimportanttobringallkeys
withyou.Ifakeyislost,youshouldreportitto
yourinsurancecompany.
Numberofkeys
Youcancheckthenumberofkeysprogrammed
toyourvehicleintheInfotainmentsystem.Todo
this,selectthe[MENU]button>Vehicle>left
controlbutton>Service&checks>Vehiclein-
formation.Thisway,youcanmakesurethatyou
haveallthekeyswhenpurchasingausedvehicle.
Electronicimmobilizer
Theimmobilizerpreventsunauthorizeduseof
thevehicle.
Insomecases,itmaynot bepossible tostartthe
vehicleifthereisavehiclekeyfromadifferent
vehiclemanufactureronthekeychain.
Datainthevehiclekey
Whendriving,serviceandmaintenance-relevant
dataiscontinuouslystoredinyourvehiclekey.
YourAudiserviceadvisorcanreadoutthisdata
andtellyouabouttheworkyourvehicleneeds.
This appliesalsotovehicleswithaconvenience
key”.
Personalconveniencesettings
Iftwopeopleuseonevehicle,itisrecommended
thateachpersonalwaysusestheirownvehicle
key.Whentheignitionisturnedofforwhenthe
vehicleislocked,personalconveniencesettings
forthefollowingsystemsarestoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekey:
—Climatecontrolsystem
—Steeringwheelheating*
—Centrallockingsystem
—Interiorlighting”
—Exteriorlighting
—Rainsensor
—Memoryfunction*
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Openingandclosing
—Parkingaid*
—Adaptivecruisecontrol*
—Active laneassist*
—Sideassist*
—Trafficjamassist*
—Distancewarning*
—Audipresense*
—Speedwarning*
Thestoredsettings areautomaticallyrecalled
whenyouunlock thevehicle,openthedoorsor
turnontheignition.
@)Note
Protectthe keyagainsthightemperatures
anddirectsunlight.
@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
‘©Donotdisposeofvehiclekeysinhousehold
trash.Theycontainmaterialsthatcanbere-
cycled.ContactanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityformorein-
formation.
@)Tips
—Thevehiclekeyfunctioncanbetemporarily
disruptedbyinterferencefromtransmitters
nearthevehicleworkinginthesamefre-
quencyrange(suchasamobiledeviceorra-
dioequipment).Alwayscheckifyourvehicle
islocked.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page370.
Removingthemechanicalkey
: 2
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Fig.18Vehiclekey:Removingthemechanicalkey
30
>Pressthereleasebuttons(@©fig.18andre-
movethemechanicalkeyfromthevehiclekey.
Usingthemechanicalkey,youcan:
—Lockorunlocktheglovecompartment.
—Manuallylock orunlockthevehicle>page33.
—Mechanicallylockthedoors>page33.
BTMyeeteamlcaa
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BFV-0277
Fig.20Vehiclekey(rearside):Removingthebatteryhold-
er
LEDinthevehiclekey
TheLED@)indicatesthevehiclekeyfunction.
>Ifyoupressabuttonbriefly,theLEDblinks
once.
>Ifyoupressandholdabutton(convenience
opening/closing),theLEDblinksseveraltimes.
>IftheLEDdoesnotblink,thevehiclekeybat-
teryisdrained.Replacethebatteryinthevehi-
clekey.
Replacingthevehiclekeybattery
>Pressthereleasebuttons(@)>fig.19andre-
movethemechanicalkey.
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Openingandclosing
>Pressthereleasebuttons(3)>fig.20while
pullingthebatteryholderoutofthevehiclekey
inthedirectionofthearrow.
> Insertthenewbatterywiththe“+”facing
down.
>Slidethebatteryholdercarefullyintothevehi-
clekey.
>Insertthemechanicalkey.
@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Dischargedbatteriesmustbedisposedofus-
ing
methodsthatwillnotharmtheenviron-
ment.Donotdisposeoftheminhousehold
trash.
@)Tips
Replacementbatteriesforthevehiclekey
mustmeetthesamespecificationsasthe
original battery.
OrnClediremlemCteileMyMeemeltacel|
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Fig.21Vehiclekey:buttons
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe@button
>fig.21.
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthefbuttonone
time>/\.
>Toopentheluggagecompartmentlid,press
theZsbuttontwice.
>Totriggerthealarm,pressthered[PANIC]but-
ton.
Thevehiclehornandemergencyflashers
willactivate.
>Toswitchoffthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC
buttonagain.
Ifyouunlockthevehicleand donotopenanyof
thedoors,the hood,ortheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithin45seconds,thevehiclewillauto-
maticallylockagain.Thisfeaturepreventstheve-
hiclefrombeingaccidentallyleftunlockedfora
longperiodoftime.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlythedriver'sdoor
isunlockedwhenunlocking thevehicle
>page33.
ZA\WARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside>page34.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencyworkers
toenterthevehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.
@)Tips
—Onlyusethevehiclekeywhenyoucan see
thevehicle.
—Thevehiclecanonlybelockedwhenthese-
lectorleverisinthe"P"position.
—Donotusethevehiclekeytolockandun-
lockwhenyouareinsidethevehicle.Other-
wise,youcouldtriggertheanti-theft
alarm*.Ifthishappens,pressthe@unlock
button.
—Onlyusethepanicfunctioninanemergen-
cy.
Unlockingandlockingwiththe
conveniencekey
Applies
to:vehicleswithconveniencekey
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidcanbe
unlockedandlockedwithoutusingtheremote
controlkey.
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Fig.22Doorhandle:lockingthevehicle
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