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Driving

Startingtheenginewhenthereisa
arearadea)
Itmaynotbepossibletostarttheengineunder
certaincircumstances,forexample,ifthebat-
teryinthevehiclekeyisdrained,ifinterferenceis
affectingthekey,orifthereisasystemmalfunc-
tion.

Fig.83Centerconsole/vehiclekey:Startingtheengine
whenthereisamalfunction
Requirement:ThemessageRemotecontrolkey:
holdbackofkeyagainstthedesignatedarea.
Seeowner'smanualmustappearandtheQJin-
dicatorlightmustbeon.
> Placethevehiclekeyonthelocationshownin
theillustrationP)©fig.83.
>Pressthebrakepedal.
>Pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]button.The
enginewill start.
>DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
themalfunctioncorrected.
@Tips
Youcanviewthemessageagainbypressing
the[STARTENGINESTOP]button.






Start/Stopsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswith Start/Stopsystem
TheStart/Stopsystemcanhelpincreasefuel
economyandreduceCO2emissions.
InStart/Stopmode,theengineshutsoffauto-
maticallywhenstopped,forexampleatatraffic

D_Incertaincountries.

light.Theignitionandimportantassistsystems
suchaspowersteeringandthebrakeboosterwill
remainavailableduringthe"stop"phase.Theen-
ginewillrestartautomaticallywhenneeded.
TheStart/Stopsystemisautomaticallyactivated
oncetheignitionisswitchedon.
Basicrequirements
—Thedriver'sdoorandhoodmustbeclosed.
—"p","N",or"D"mustbeengaged.
—Thesteeringwheelmustnotbeturnedfarinei-
therdirection.
—Thevehiclemusthavedrivenfasterthan2mph
(3km/h)sincethelasttimeitstopped.
—Atrailermustnot behitchedtothevehicle.
@)Note
AlwaysswitchtheStart/Stopsystemoffwhen
drivingthroughwater>page80.
G)Tips
—Dependingonthedrivingsituation,theen-
ginemayalreadystopwhencoastingbefore
thevehiclehascometoacompletestop)).
—Ifyouselectthe"D"positionaftershifting
intoreverse,thevehiclemustbedrivenfast-
erthan6mph(10km/h)inorderforthe
Start/Stopsystemtobeactiveagain.This
makesitpossibletomaneuverwithout
stoppingtheengine.
Stopping/starting theengine
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
>Pressandholdthebrakepedaluntilthevehicle
hasstopped.The@indicatorlightappearsin
theinstrumentclusteroncetheenginestops
automatically.
>Theenginestartsagainwhenyouremoveyour
footfromthebrakepedal.Theindicatorlight
turnsoff.
iG)Tips
—PressthebrakepedalduringaStopphase
tokeepthevehiclefromrolling.
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Tiltangledisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithatiltangledisplay
Lift/offroad(
Allroad
Celoles
Auto
Dynamic
Individual

Fig.85Infotainmentsystem:tiltangledisplay
Youcan see thevehiclepositioninrelationtoa
levelplaneusingthetiltangledisplayintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.Boththesidewaysangle(A)
andthelengthwiseangle@)ofthevehicleare
displayed.Theaccuracydependsonthedriving
situationandisnormallyaround1°.Theside-
waysangleofyourvehicleshouldnotexceedthe
yellowrangeinthegauge.Ifitreachesthered
range,thereisariskthatthevehiclemighttip
>/\.
Displayingthetiltangledisplay

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> Lift/Offroador Allroad*.

Showingtheadditionaldisplay
Tochangethecontentsshownintherightareaof
thescreen,selectintheInfotainmentsystem:
rightcontrolbutton>Additionaldisplay.
Angle:thisdisplaysthecurrentsteeringwheel
angleandthemaximumanglethatwasreached
duringadrive.Thesevaluesareresetwhenthe
ignitionisswitchedoff.
Position:displaystheheight,directionandgeo-
coordinatesofthecurrentvehicleposition.
Off:onlytheairsuspensiondisplayremainson.

Z\WARNING
—Donotexceedthe yellowrangeinthe
gauge.Yourvehiclecantip,whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Undersomecircumstances,thevehiclecan
tipoverortiltsidewaysevenifthesideways



angleislow.Theangledisplaydoesnotre-
placethedriver'sattention.To reducethe
riskofanaccident,makesurethevehicle
doesnottip,especiallywhenyouaredriving
athighspeeds.

Automatictransmission
Introduction
Theautomatictransmissioniscontrolledelec-
tronically.Poweristransferredusingatorque
converter.
Whenamoderatedrivingstyleisused,the
transmissionselectsthemosteconomicaldriving
mode.ThetransmissionupshiftsatalowerRPM
anddownshiftsatahigherRPMtoimprovefuel
efficiency.
Thetransmissionswitchestoasportymodeafter
akick-downorwhenthedriverusesasportydriv-
ingstylecharacterizedbyquickacceleratorpedal
movements,heavyacceleration,frequent
changesinspeed,andtravelingatthemaximum
speed.
Ifdesired,thedrivercanalsoselectthegears
manually(tiptronicmode)>page88.
Selectingaselectorleverposition
°RgS
&
Ss&a

Fig.86Centerconsole:selectorlever
Thecurrentselectorleverpositionisshownnext
totheselectorlever>fig.86.Thecurrentselec-
torleverpositionisalsoshownintheinstrument
clusterdisplay.
>
Youmayneedtoreleasetheselectorleverlock
dependingonwhichselectorleverpositionis
selectedandwhichoneyouwouldliketoselect.>
8s

Trailertowing

Trailertowing
Drivingwithatrailer
eTreeeleurltela}
Yourvehicleisprimarilyintendedfortransport-
ingpeopleandluggage.However,ifyoudrive
withatrailer,followthetechnicalrequirements,
the operationanddrivingtips,andthelegalreg-
ulations.
Drivingwithatraileraffectsthevehicle'sfuel
consumption,performanceandwear.Italsore-
quireshigherconcentrationfromthedriver.

ZAWARNING
Donottransportanypeopleinatrailerdueto
theriskoffatalinjury.
Technicalrequirements
Certainrequirementsmustbemetwhentowing
atrailer.

Trailerhitch
Onlyuseatrailerhitchwitharemovableball
hitchmountandballhitch.Thetrailerhitchmust
bepermittedforthevehicle,thetrailerandthe
permittedtotalweightofthetrailerbeing
pulled.Aboveall,itmustbesecurelyandsafely
attachedtothevehicletrailer.
Nevermountatrailerhitchonthebumper.The
trailerhitchmustbemountedinawaythatdoes
notimpair thefunctionofthebumper.Donot
makeanychangestotheexhaustsystemandthe
brakesystem.
Checkregularlyifthetrailerhitchissecurely
mounted.Alwaysfollowtheinstructionsgivenby
thetrailerhitchmanufacturer.
Trailerbrakes
Ifthetrailerhasitsownbrakesystem,thenfol-
lowthemanufacturerspecifications.However,
thebrakesystemonthetrailermustneverbe
connectedtothevehiclebrakesystem.
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Enginecoolingsystem
Drivingwithatrailermeansahigherloadonthe
engineandthecoolingsystem.Thecoolingsys-
temmustbedesignedforadditionalloadand
containenoughcoolant>©.

ZAWARNING
—Nevermounta"weight-distributing"or
"load-balancing"trailercouplerasthetrailer
hitch.Thevehiclewasnotdesignedfor
thesetypesoftrailerhitches.Thetrailer
hitchcanmalfunctionandthetrailercan
breakofffromthevehicle.
—Ifthetrailerisequippedwithelectronic
brakes,thesebrakescannotbeactivatedby
afactory-installedcontrolsystem,whichin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Toreducetheriskofinjury,alwaysremove
theballhitchmountifnotrailerismount-
ed
@)Note
Longerinclinescannotbedrivenwithouta
suitablecoolingsystem,especiallyiftheout-
sidetemperaturesarehigh.Otherwise,this
increasestheriskofenginedamage.
Operatinginstructions
Severalthingsmustbe notedwhentowinga
trailer.

Towingcapacity
Thepermittedtowingcapacitymustnot beex-
ceededunderanycircumstances>page376.
Youcandriveuplargerinclinesifyouarenotus-
ingthemaximumtowingcapacity.
Thetowingcapacitiesgivenonlyapplytoeleva-
tionsupto3,200ft(1,000m)abovesealevel.As
theelevationincreases,theenginepowerde-
creasesduetothedecreasingairpressure.This
reducesthehillclimbingabilityandtowingca-
pacity.Foreveryadditional3,200ft(1,000m),
themaximumpermittedtowingweightmustbe
reducedbyapproximately10%.Thepermitted
towingweightisthecombinedweightofthe
(loaded)vehicleandthe(loaded)trailer.

Assistsystems

Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswith camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition

REO
Fig.93Instrumentcluster:additionaldisplay
Accessingtrafficsignrecognition
>Select:thefirsttab>Trafficsigns.
Settingaspeedwarning
Youcansetawarningthresholddownto10mph
(15km/h).Thetrafficsignforthecurrentdetect-
edspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyouex-
ceed thesetthreshold.

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Speedwarning>Trafficsignbased
warning.

Additionaldisplay
If aviewotherthanthetrafficsignrecognitionis
selectedintheinstrumentclusterdisplay,the
speedlimitwillbeshowninanotherdisplay
=>fig.93.Thecurrentapplicablespeedlimitwill
beshownthere,ifpossiblewithinthelimitsof
thesystem.
G)Tips
—Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-
updisplay*.
—Yourspeedwarningsettingsarestoredau-
tomaticallyandassignedtothevehiclekey
inuse.
Messages
Appliesto:vehicleswith camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
Trafficsignrecognition:currentlyunavaila-
ble.Cameraviewlimitedduetosurroundings
98

Functioncurrentlyunavailable.Cameraviewre-
strictedduetosurroundings
Thismessageappearsifthecamera'svisualfield
iscovered>page97,fig.92.Thesystemwill
switchitselfoff.
Trafficsign recognition:currentlylimited.
Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthereisamalfunctionin
thenavigationsystem,forexample.Thespeed
limitdisplayislimited,whichincreasestheriskof
anincorrectdisplay.
Trafficsignbased speedwarning:currently
unavailable.Seeowner'smanual
Therewillbenowarningwhenthesetthreshold
isexceeded.
Notrafficsigninformationavailable
Thereisnovalidnavigationdataandnospeed
limitsweredetected.Orthereisarecommended
speedbutthereisnotaspeedlimit(forexample
drivingonandoffthe expressway).
Malfunction!Seeowner'smanual
Thesystemmaynotfunctioncorrectlysoithas
beenswitchedoff.SeeanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
Functionnotavailableinthiscountry
Thevehicleisinacountrywherethefunctionis
notavailable.
Predictiveefficiency
assist
Introduction
Thepredictiveefficiencyassisthelpsthedriverto
drivewithanticipationandthereforehelpsto
savefuel.Thesystemaccessespredictivetripda-
ta(includingspeedlimits,hills,andtheangleof
curves)fromthenavigationsystem*.Informa-
tionfromthe camera-basedtrafficsignrecogni-
tion*isalsoappliedtorecognizetrafficsigns
=>page97.

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Assistsystems

notcausetheadaptivecruisecontrolto
switchoff.
—Afterswitchingontheignition,thesystem
initiallyadjuststoaspeedof80mph
(130km/h)whendrivingontohighways
withoutaspeedlimit.Thenthesystemad-
juststothelastspeedstoredbythedriver.
—Thereisnoadaptationtospeedlimitswhen
drivingthroughhighwayinterchangesand
whendrivingonorofftheexpressway.
—Thereisnopredictivecontrolatspeedlimits
under20mph(30km/h).
—Ifaspeedlimitisonlydetectedbythecam-
eraandtheactualspeedissignificantly
higher,thenthespeedlimitwillblinkinthe
displayuntilyouhave reachedtherequired
speed>page98.
—Incorrectvaluesfromthecamera-based
trafficsignrecognition*oroutdatednaviga-
tionsystemmapdatacanleadtoincorrect
orimplausiblecontrol.
—Whenrouteguidanceisswitchedon,the
systemadaptstotherouteprovidedbythe
navigationsystem.Drivingwithoutroute
guidanceorleavingaroutecanresultinim-
plausiblecontrol.
— Thesystemswitchesoffwhenoutsideofa
roadsystemthatisrecordedinthenaviga-
tionsystemmapdata.
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithpredictiveefficiencyassist
Predictivemessages*

MENU >IntheInfotainmentsystem,select:
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driver
assistance>Efficiencyassist.

Predictivemessagesareshownwhenthisfunc-
tionisswitchedon.
Predictivecontrol*

MENU]but- >SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audiadaptivecruisecontrol>Pre-
dictivecontrol.

Setspeedlimit-whenthisfunctionisswitched
on,thesystemadjusts tothespeedlimits.This

canalsobedonewithattolerance,ifdesired.In
thisscenario,youmayfallbeloworexceedthe
setspeedinfavorofincreasedefficiency.
Adaptationtorouteahead-whenthisfunction
isswitchedon,thesystemadaptstotheroute
ahead, suchasreducingthespeedwhendriving
aroundcurves.

Nopredictivemessagesareshowninvehicles
withoutanavigationsystem.
Audiadaptivecruise
control
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol

B4mM-0091

Fig.95Detectionrange
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemisacombina-
tionofspeedanddistanceregulation.Itassists
thedriverby bothregulatingthespeedand
maintainingadistancetothevehicledriving
ahead,withinthelimitsofthesystem.Ifthesys-
temdetectsavehicledrivingahead,theadaptive
cruisecontrolcanbrakeandaccelerateyourvehi-
cle.Thismakesdrivingmorecomfortablebothon
longstretchesofhighway andinstop-and-go
traffic.
Whatcanadaptivecruisecontroldo?
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemusesvideo,ra-
dar,ultrasoundandnavigationdata.Vehicles
drivingaheadcanberecognizedupto650ft
(200m)away.
Predictivefunctionsofferthedriveradditional
comfortandcontributetothereductioninfuel
consumptionandCO2emissions>page99.
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>

Voicerecognitionsystem

GLOEVALCOMMANDS

+Telephone
*Audiconnect
*Navigation
*Directory
*Radio
+Media
+Sound
*Help
*HelpSpeechdialogsystem
*HelpTelephone
*HelpAudiconnect
*HelpNavigation
*HelpMap
*HelpRadio
*HelpMedia
TELEPHONE
+Enternumber
+Deletenumber/correction
+Directory
*Call(XY)
«business/private/landline/mobile
NAVIGATION
+Navigateto(XY)
+Start/cancelrouteguidance
+Directory
+Lastdestinations
+Navigationfavorites
+Drivehome
+Enteraddress
+Entercountry/town/street/state
+Excluderoute/Excluderoutefor(XY)km/m
MAP.
+Map
*Daymap/Nightmap
AUDICONNECT
*Audiconnect
*Travelinformation/Parkinginformation
*Fuelprices
*Weather
+Radiopresets
-FM
*FM/AM/SIRIUSXM
+Station(XY)/Frequency(XY)
*Trafficannouncementon/off

+Favorites
*Call(XY)
*Enternumber
*Redial
*Readnewtextmessage
+Navigateto(XY)
+Enteraddress/destination
*Onlinedestinations
*Cancelrouteguidance
*Map
+Line(XY)
*Next page/previouspage
*Cancel
*No,Imeant(XY)
*Correction
Calllist
Redial
Callmailboxba
Telephonefavorites
+Block routefor(XY)miles/Block
thenextsection
*Routelist
*Calculatealternativeroutes
*Onlinedestinations
*Specialdestination
*2Ddrivingpositionmap/2Dnorthpositionmap/3Dmap/Destinationmap/Overviewmap
Flightinformation

*Cityevents
*Onlinenews
*Twitter
Jukebox6}
CD/DVDPay
SDcard1/SDcard2
Audimusicinterface/iPod/USB/Bluetooth/
Wi-Fi/Medium(XY)
Mediafavorites/Artists/Albums/Genres/
Tracks/Playlists/Videos
Folderup
Randomplaybackon/off

RAH-9091

Fig.176Commandoverview
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FunctionSay:
CallingthelastnumberdialedRedial
DialingaphonenumberEnternumber>whenprompted,saythetelephonenumberin
groupsofindividualnumbers,forexample.8885551212>Di-
al

Correctingthephonenumberthat|Correction/Deletenumber
wasentered


ShowingcontactinformationDirectory>whenprompted,saythedesiredcontact,
suchasJohnSmith
ListeningtomessagesCallvoicemail
EnteringthePIN(SIM)EnterPIN>whenprompted,saythePINinindividualnumbers
>Save
CorrectingthePINentryCorrection/DeletePIN
CorrectingdatainputNoImeant(XY)
Closingthefull-screencommandClose
list
G)Tips—Pleasenotethatcommandscanonlybegiv-
enfortheprimaryphone*>page179.
—Formoreinformationonsupportedmobile
devices,visitwww.audiusa.com/bluetooth
orcontactanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacility.
—Contactsinthedirectorycanselectedusing
thefullname(“firstnamelastname”and
“lastname,firstname”)aswellaswithonly
thefirstorlastname.Thisappliestocell
phonesthattransmit namesseparatedinto
firstandlastnames.
AudiconnectInfotainment
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem andAudiconnectInfotainment
Requirement:
TherequirementsforAudiconnect
Infotainmentmustbemet>page193.

FunctionSay:

AccessingAudiconnectInfotain-Audiconnect>followthesystemprompts
mentservices

AudiconnectInfotainmentservices|Weather/Onlinenews/Fuelprices/Parkinginformation/
Travelinformation/Twitter/Trafficinfoonline

SearchareasforAudiconnectInfo-|Neardestination/Nearby/In anewcity
tainmentservices

CorrectingdatainputNoImeant(XY)
@Tips
Alwaysreadthechapter>page193,Audi
connect.

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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
=>page181.

ZA\WARNING
—Medicalexpertswarnthatmobiledevices
caninterferewiththefunctionofpacemak-
ers.Alwaysmaintainaminimumdistanceof
about8inches(20cm)betweenthecell
phoneantennaandthepacemaker.
—Donotcarrythemobiledeviceinapocket
directlyoverthepacemakerwhenthe
phoneisswitchedon.
—Switchthemobiledeviceoffimmediately
ifyoususpectitmaybeinterferingwith
thepacemaker.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystem*
=page171inemergenciesbecauseyour
voicemaychangeinstressfulsituations.The
systemmaytakelongertodialthenumber
ormaynotbeabletodialitatall.Dialthe
emergencynumbermanually.
—Switchyourmobiledeviceoffinareaswhere
thereisariskofanexplosion.Theseloca-
tionsarenotalwaysclearlymarked.This
mayincludegasstations,fuelandchemical
storagefacilitiesortransportvehicles,orlo-
cationswherefuelvapors(such aspropane
orgasolinevaporinvehiclesorbuildings),
chemicalsorlargequantitiesofdustparti-

cles(suchasflour,sawdustormetal)may

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bepresentintheair.Thisalsoappliestoall
otherlocationswhereyouwouldnormally
turnyourvehicleengineoff.
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter
=>page153,Trafficsafetyinformation.
@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage200.
G)Tips
— TheBluetooth connectionrangeislimited
toinsidethevehicle.Itcanalsobeaffected
bylocalconditionsandinterferencewith
otherdevices.

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

Fig.177DisplayingthePINforenteringinthecellphone
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbeswitchedon.
TheBluetoothsettingsmustbeopenonyour
mobiledeviceduringtheconnectionsetup.
TheBluetoothfunctionandvisibilityoftheMMI
=page250andmobiledevicemustbeswitched
on.