2019 AUDI Q7 warning

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Openingandclosing

»Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
andholdthe theluggagecompartmentlidisclosed>A\.
Makesurethereisenoughdistancebetween
youandtheluggagecompartmentlid.There
should beamaximum9feet(3m)ofdistance.
Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
the&@buttonintheluggagecompartmentlid
=>fig.25.Thevehiclekeymustnotbemore
thanapproximately4feet(1.5m) awayfrom
theluggagecompartmentanditmustnot be
insidethevehicle.Theluggagecompartment
lidwillautomaticallylowerandclose.Thevehi-
clelocks>A\.Or
>Lightlypulltheluggagecompartmentlidusing
theinnergrip.Theluggagecompartmentlid
willautomaticallylowerandclose>A\.Or
>Pressthehandleintheluggagecompartment
lid.Theluggagecompartmentlidwillautomat-
icallylowerandclose>A\.
Storingtheluggagecompartmentlid
openingposition
>Bringtheluggagecompartmentlidintothede-
siredopenposition.Thepositionmustbeata
certainheightorhighertostore.
>Pressandholdthe<3buttonintheluggage
compartmentlidforatleastfoursecondsto
storethenewopenposition.Avisualandaudio
signalwillfollow.
>Tosetahigheropenposition,waitatleastfive
secondsandthencarefullypresstheluggage
compartmentlidupward.
>Pressandholdthe foursecondstostorethedesiredopeningposi-
tion.
Theopeningorclosingprocesswillstopimmedi-
atelyif:
—Youpullorreleasethe<3switchinthedriver's
door,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe<3buttononthevehiclekey,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe partmentlid,or
—Youpushthehandleintheluggagecompart-
mentlid,or
—Ifsomethingblockstheluggagecompartment
lidormakesitdifficultforthelidtomove.
Ifyoupressthehandleoroneofthe tons(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)now,the
luggagecompartmentlidwilleitheropenor
close,dependingonitsangle.

Z\WARNING
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesure thatitislatched.Otherwise,the
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spitethepinchprotection.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthe hingeareasandtheupperand
loweredgeoftheluggagecompartmentlid.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Ifthereisaluggagerack(suchasabicycle
rack)ontheluggagecompartmentlid,the
luggagecompartmentlidmaynotopen
completelyundercertaincircumstancesorit
couldclosebyitselfifopenduetotheextra
weight.Therefore,theopenluggagecom-
partmentlid mustbegivenadditionalsup-
portorthecargomustfirstberemoved
fromtheluggagerack.

()Note
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbumpinto
objectssuchasthegarageceilingwhenopen-
ingandbecomedamaged.
(i)Tips
—ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemde-
termineiftheluggagecompartmentlidcan
beopenedusingthehandle>page33.
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Openingandclosing

—Thereareaudiblesignalswhenclosingthe
luggagecompartmentlidwiththevehicle
key(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)orwith
the —Whenthevehicleislocked,theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeunlockedseparately
bypressingthe< key.Theluggagecompartmentlidlocksau-
tomaticallywhenitisclosedagain.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:
Youcanclosetheluggagecompartmentlid
usingthevehiclekeyfromupto approxi-
mately9feet(3m)away.
— Theluggagecompartmentlidcan beoper-
atedmanuallyifthevehiclebatteryislow.
Itisnecessarytousemoreforcewhendoing
this.Movethelidslowlytoreduce the
amountofforceneeded.
—Whenthetrailersocketisbeingused(for
example,forabicyclerack),theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeopenedandclosed
usingthehandleorthefootmotionactiva-
tion(vehicleswithconveniencekey*).
Openingandclosingtheluggage
TuneTaealeMUULamcellmaaeldelmOdCeaire]
movement)
Appliesto:Vehicleswithsensor-controlledluggagecompart-

mentlid
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Fig.26Rearofthevehicle:footmovement
Youcanopenandclosetheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithfootmotionactivation).
Requirements:youmustbecarryingyourconven-
iencekey*withyou.Youmustbestandingatthe
centerbehindtheluggagecompartmentlid.The

D_Theclosingfunctionappliestovehiclesthatalsohaveau-
tomaticluggagecompartmentlidoperation.
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ignitionmustbe switchedoff.Makesureyou
havefirmfooting.
—Moveyourfootbackandforthunderthebump-
eronetime>fig.26.Donottouchthebumper.
Theluggagecompartmentlidwillopenorclose
oncethesystemdetectsthemovement.
Theluggagecompartmentlidwillonlyopenor
closeifyouperformthemovementasdescribed.
Thispreventstheluggagecompartmentlidfrom
openingorclosingduetosimilarmovements,
suchaswhenyouwalkbetweentherearofthe
vehicleandyourgaragedoor.
Theclosingoftheluggagecompartmentlidisin-
dicatedbyawarningsignalandcan becanceled
bymakingthedescribedmovementagain.
Thefootmovementdoesnotlockthevehicle.
Generalinformation
Insomesituations,thefunctionmaybelimited
ortemporarilyunavailable.Thismayhappenif:
—Theluggagecompartmentlid wasclosedor
openedimmediatelybefore
—Youparkclosetoahedgeandthebranches
movebackandforthunderthevehiclefora
longperiodoftime
—Youcleanyourvehicle,forexamplewithapres-
surewasherorinacarwash
—
Thereisheavyrain
—Thebumperisverydirty,forexampleafterdriv-
ingonsalt-coveredroads
—Thereisinterferencetothevehiclekey'sradio
signal,suchasfrommobiledevicesorremote
controls

Z\WARNING
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spite
thepinchprotection.>

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—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthehingeareasandtheupperand
loweredgeoftheluggagecompartmentlid.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Ifthereisaluggagerack(suchasabicycle
rack)ontheluggagecompartmentlid,the
luggagecompartmentlidmaynotopen
completelyundercertaincircumstancesorit
couldclosebyitselfifopenduetotheextra
weight.Therefore,theopenluggagecom-
partmentlid mustbegivenadditionalsup-
port
orthecargomustfirstberemoved
fromtheluggagerack.


Mechanicallyunlockingtheluggage
compartmentlid



Fig.27Innerluggagecompartmentlid:accesstothe
emergencyrelease
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
> Pryoutthecover usingthemechanicalkey
>fig.27.
>Presstheleverwiththemechanicalkeyinthe
directionofthearrowtoreleasetheluggage
compartmentlid.
Childsafetylock
Thechildsafetylockpreventsthereardoors
frombeingopenedfromtheinsideandtherear
powerwindowsfrombeingoperated.
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Fig.28Sectionofthedriver'sdoor:Controls
>Toactivateordeactivatethechildsafetylock
(rearpowerwindowsandinteriordoorhandle)
forthereardoors,presstheleftand/orright#
buttoninthedriver'sdoor>fig.28.Theindica-
torlightinthebuttonturnson/blinks.
>Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Itisnotpossible tooperate therearclimatecon-
trolsystem*whenthechildsafetylockisswitch-
edon.TheSETREARfunctionallowsyoutoapply
allsettingstotherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit>page73.
Messageintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Childproofcatch:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthechildsafetylock.
Pressthe#buttonagain.
Ifthemessagestayson,driveimmediatelytoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavethemalfunctionrepaired.

ZXWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
applies
particularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment[>


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Openingandclosing


(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Amalfunctioninthechildsafetylockcould
allow
thereardoorstobeopenedfromthe
inside,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.

Powerwindows
Thedrivercancontrolallpowerwindows.
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Fig.29Driver'sdoor:powerwindowcontrols
Allpowerwindowswitchesareequippedwitha
two-stagefunction:
Openingandclosingthewindows
>Toopenorclosethewindowcompletely,press
theswitchdownorpulltheswitchupbrieflyto
thesecondlevel.Theoperationwillstopifthe
switchispressedorpulledagain.
>Toselectapositioninbetweenopenedand
closed,pressorpulltheswitchtothefirstlevel
until
thedesiredwindowpositionisreached.
Powerwindowswitches
@Leftfrontdoor
@Rightfrontdoor
@®Leftreardoor
@Rightreardoor

Z\WARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases

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theriskofanaccident.Thepowerwindows
continuetofunctionuntilthedriver'sdoor
orfrontpassenger'sdoorhasbeenopened.
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthewin-
dows.Pinchingcouldcauseseriousinjuries.
—Whenlockingthevehiclefromoutside,the
vehiclemustbeunoccupiedsincethewin-
dowscannolongerbeopenedinanemer-
gency.
@Tips
Youcanstillopenandclosethewindowsfor
approximately10minutesafterturningthe
ignitionoff.Thepowerwindowsdonotswitch
offuntilthedriver'sdooror frontpassenger's
doorhasbeenopened.
Convenienceopeningandclosing
Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey

Allofthewindowsandtheroof*canbeopened/
closedatthesametime.
Convenienceopeningfeature
>Pressandholdthefjbuttononthevehiclekey
untilallofthewindowsreachthedesiredposi-
tionandtheroof*istiltedopen.
Convenienceclosingfeature
>Pressthe&buttononthevehiclekeyuntilall
windowsandtheroof*areclosed>A\,or
>Touchthesensor*onthedoorhandleuntilall
ofthewindowsandtheroof*areclosed.Donot
placeyourhandinthedoorhandlewhendoing
this.
Whenallofthewindowsandtheroof*are
closed,theturnsignalswillflashonce.
Settingconvenienceopeninginthe
Infotainmentsystem

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Centrallocking>Longpressto
openwindows.

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ZA\WARNING
—Neverclosethewindowsortheroof*care-
lesslyorinanuncontrolledmanner,because
thisincreasestheriskofinjury.
—Forsecurityreasons,thewindowsandthe
roof*canonlybeopenedandclosedwith
thevehiclekeyatamaximumdistanceof
approximately6.5feet(2m)awayfromthe
vehicle.Alwayspayattentionwhenusing
the&@buttontoclosethewindowsandthe
roof*so thatnooneispinched.Theclosing
processwillstopimmediatelywhenthefa

buttonisreleased.

G)Tips
Appliesto:vehicleswithpanoramicglass
roof:Thepowersunshadealsoopensor
closeswhenopeningorclosingtheroof.
Correctingpowerwindowmalfunctions
Youcanreactivatetheone-touchup/downfunc-
tionifitmalfunctions.
> Pullthepowerwindowswitchupuntilthewin-
dowiscompletelyraised.
>Releasetheswitchandpullitupagainforat
leastonesecond.
Panoramicglassroof
Openingandclosingthepanoramicglass
olehaTaeRUdarle(-)
Appliesto:vehicleswithpanoramicglassroof
Thefrontsegmentcantiltandslideopen.

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Fig.30Section ofthefrontheadliner:panoramicglass
roofbutton
@Tiltingandclosingtheroof
>Totiltthesunroofcompletelyopen,pressthe
<>buttonupbrieflytothesecondlevel.
>Toclosethesunroofcompletely,pullthe<>
buttondownbrieflytothesecondlevel>A\.
>Toseta partiallyopenposition,pressorpull
the<>buttontothefirstleveluntiltheroof
reachesthedesiredposition.
Openingandclosingtheroof
>Tomovetheroofintothereducedwindnoise
position,pushthe<>buttonbackbrieflytothe
secondlevel.
>Toopenthesunroofcompletely,pushthe<>
buttonbackbrieflyagaintothesecondlevel.
>Toclosethesunroofcompletely,pushthe<>
buttonforwardbrieflytothesecondlevel
afr.
>Toselectapartiallyopenposition,pushthe<>
buttonforwardorbacktothefirstleveluntil
thedesiredpositionisreached.
©Openingandclosingthesunshade
>Toopenthesunshadecompletely,slidethe
switchbackbrieflytothesecondlevel.
>Toclosethesunshadecompletely,slidethe
switchforwardbrieflytothesecondlevel.
>Toselectapartiallyopenposition,slidethe
switchtothefirstlevel untilthesunshade
reachesthedesiredposition.

ZAWARNING
To reducetheriskofinjury,alwayspayatten-
tionwhenclosingthepanoramicglassroof.
Alwaysswitchtheignitionoffwhenleaving
thevehicleandalwaystakethevehiclekey
withyou.

()Note
Alwaysclosethepanoramicglassroofwhen
leavingyourvehicle.Raincancausedamage
totheinteriorequipmentofyourvehicle,par-
ticularlytheelectronicequipment.
G)Tips
—Forinformationaboutconvenienceopening
andclosing,see>page38.
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Openingandclosing

—Youcanstilloperatethepanoramicglass
roofforabout10minutesaftertheignition
isswitchedoff.Theswitchisdeactivated
oncethedriver'sor frontpassenger'sdooris
opened.
— Thepanoramicglassroofwillonlyopenat
temperaturesdownto-4°F(-20°).
ECCeCems(aaals)
Appliesto:vehicleswithpanoramicglassroof
Ifanobjectisdetectedwhenclosing,theroof
willopenagainautomatically.Inthiscase,you
canthencloseitwiththepoweremergencyclos-
ingfunction.
>Withinfivesecondsafterthesunroofopensau-
tomatically,pulltheapplicablebuttonuntilthe
roofisclosed.
Garagedooropener
eltyeatolaCe)
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
10.iB
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Fig.31Garagedooropener:examplesofusagefordiffer-
entsystems
Withthegaragedooropener,youcanactivate
systemssuchasthegaragedoors,securitysys-
temsorhouselightsfrominsideyourvehicle.
Threebuttonsareintegratedintheheadliner
thatcan beprogrammedtouptothreeremote
controls.
To beabletooperatesystemsusingthegarage
dooropener,thebuttonsintheheadlinermust
firstbeprogrammed.
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ZXWARNING
Whenoperatingorprogrammingthegarage
dooropener,makesure thatnopeopleorob-
jectsareintheareaimmediatelysurrounding
theequipment.Peoplecanbeinjuredorprop-
ertycanbedamagedifstruckwhenclosing.
@Tips
—Forsecurityreasons,werecommendthat
youcleartheprogrammedbuttonsbefore
sellingthevehicle.

—ForadditionalinformationaboutHomeLink,
visitwww.homelink.com.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
>page373.
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
Requirements:thebuttonintheheadlinermust
beprogrammed=page41andthevehicle
mustbewithinrangeofthe system, suchasthe
garagedoor.
>Pressthebuttontoopenthegaragedoor.The
LED@)°page41,fig.32blinksorturnson.
>Pressthebuttonagaintoopenthegaragedoor.
G@)Tips
Whenopeningorclosingthegaragedoor,do
notpressandholdthebuttonlongertensec-
ondsorthegaragedooropenerwillswitchto
programmingmode.

LightsandVision

LightsandVision
Exteriorlighting
Switchingthelightsonandoff
oO Ss
2
2+a

Fig.33Instrumentpanel:lightswitchwithbuttons
Lightswitch©
Turnthelightswitchtothecorrespondingposi-
tionwhentheignitionisswitchedon.2andthe
selectedpositionturnon(exceptposition0).
Insomemarkets,thedaytimerunninglights,tail
lights,andlicenseplatelightarealwayson.
O-Thedaytimerunninglightsautomaticallyturn
on.Invehiclesforcertainmarkets,youcan
switchtheautomaticdaytimerunninglightson
andoffintheInfotainment*system.
AUTO-Theheadlightsautomaticallyadapttothe
surroundingbrightness.
300-Parkinglights
2D-Lowbeamheadlights
Buttons
WhenyouturnthelightswitchtotheAUTOor
lowbeamheadlightpositionZO,youcanactivate
thefollowingfunctions:
%o-All-weatherlights.Theheadlightsautomati-
callyadjustsothattherewillbelessglare,forex-
amplewhentheroadsurfaceiswet.
Q#-Rearfoglights*
Automaticheadlightrangecontrolsystem
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanautomatichead-
lightrangecontrolsystemthatreducesglarefor
oncomingtrafficifthevehicleloadchanges.The
headlightrangeadjustsautomatically.
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Audiadaptivelight
Appliesto:vehicleswithadaptivelight
Adaptivelightprovidesbettervisibilitywhenitis
darkbyadaptingthelightstotheroadconditions
basedonspeed,suchasonexpressways,rural
roads,at intersections,andincurves.Theadap-
tivelightonlyfunctionswhenthelightswitchis
intheAUTOposition.

ZAWARNING
—Automaticheadlights*areonlyintendedto
assistthedriver.They donotrelievethe
driverofresponsibilitytocheckthe head-
lightsandtoturnthemonmanuallybased
onthecurrentlightandvisibilityconditions.
Forexample,fogcannot bedetectedby the
lightsensors.Soalwaysswitchonthelow
beamsundertheseweatherconditionsand
whendrivinginthe dark20.
—Topreventglarefortrafficbehindyourvehi-
cle,therearfoglightsshouldonlybeturned

oninaccordancewithtrafficregulations.

@)Tips
—Ifthevehiclebatteryhasbeendischarging
forawhile,theparkinglightmayswitchoff
automatically.Avoidusingtheparking
lightsforseveralhours.
—Follow theregulationsapplicabletothe
countrywhereyouareoperatingthevehicle
whenstoppingthevehicleandwhenusing
thelightingsystems.
—Thelightsensorfortheautomatichead-
lights*isintherearview mirrormount.Do
notplaceanystickersinthisareaonthe
windshield.
—Awarningtonewillsoundifyouopenthe
doorwhentheexteriorlightsareswitched
on.
—Onlythefrontheadlightsturnonwhenthe
daytimerunninglightsareswitchedon*.In
vehiclesincertainmarkets,thetaillights
willalsoturnon.
—Incoolordampweather,theinsideofthe
headlights,turnsignals,andtaillightscan
fog
overduetothetemperaturedifference
betweenthe insideandoutside.Theywill
clearshortlyafterswitchingthemon.This>

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LightsandVision
doesnotaffecttheservicelifeofthelight-Beheeels
ing.Appliesto:vehicleswithhighbeamassistant

Thehighbeamassistantautomaticallyturnsthe
Turnsignalandhighbeamleverhighbeamsonoroffdepending onthesurround-
Theleveroperatestheturnsignals,thehighingconditions.
bearsandtheheadlightflasher.Acameraontherearview mirrormountcande-
tectlightsourcesfromotherroadusers.Thehigh
beamsswitchonoroffautomaticallydepending
onthepositionofvehiclesdrivingaheadandon-
comingvehicles,thevehiclespeed,andotheren-
vironmentalandtrafficconditions.

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&
©
Activatinghighbeamassistant
Requirement:thelightswitchmustbesettothe
AUTOpositionandthehighbeamassistantmust
be switchedonintheInfotainmentsystem


Fig.34Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
=>page44.
Turnsignals5>Toactivatethehighbeamassistant,tapthe
Theturnsignalsactivatewhenyoumovethelev-leverforward@)>page43,fig.34.Thefgin-
erintoaturnsignalpositionwhentheignitionisdicatorlightappearsintheinstrumentcluster
switchedon.displayandthehighbeamsareswitchedon/off
automatically.Ifthehighbeamswerecom-
pletelyorpartiallyswitchedon,theEaindica-
@- Leftturnsignaltorlightwillturnon.
@-Rightturnsignal
TheturnsignalwillblinkthreetimesifyoujustSwitchingthe high beamsonoroffmanually
helever.
‘epeeIfthehighbeamsdidnotswitchonoroffauto-
Highbeamsandheadlightflasher2Dmaticallyasexpected,youmayswitchthemonor
ffllyinstead:
Movethelevertothecorrespondingposition:SULINSREe)WIBRES
>Toswitchthehighbeamsonmanually, tap the
leverforward(8)>page43,fig.34.TheEJin-
dicatorlightturnson.
@-Highbeamsofforheadlightflasher>Toswitchthehighbeamsoffmanually,pullthe
leverback@)>page43,fig.34.Thehighbeam
assistantisdeactivated.
@-Highbeamson(vehicleswith highbeamas-
sistant*>page43)
The=0}indicatorlightintheinstrumentcluster
willturnon.
Operatingtheheadlightflasher
ZAWARNING
Highbeamscancauseglareforotherdrivers,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.For
this reason,onlyuse thehighbeamsorthe
headlight
flasher whentheywillnotcreate
glareforotherdrivers.
>To operatethe headlightflasher whenthehigh
beamassistantisactivatedandhighbeamsare
switchedoff,pulltheleverback@)>page43,
fig.34.Thehighbeamassistantremainsac-
tive.

Messagesintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
ByAudiadaptivelight:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual>
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