2019 AUDI Q7 ECU

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IntelligentTechnology

Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrearaxletoim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page146.
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.

Z\WARNING
—Eveninvehicleswithallwheeldrive,you
shouldadaptyourdrivingstyletothecur-
rentroadandtrafficconditionstoreduce
theriskofanaccident.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.In thisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donotdrivetoofastbecausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Adaptyourspeedtotheroadconditionsto
reducetheriskofanaccident.
Sykemetals
Appliesto:Vehicleswith sportdifferential

Thesportdifferentialdistributesthedrivepower
totherearaxlebasedonthesituation.Thegoal
isahighlevelofagilityandabilitytoaccelerate
oncurves.Thevehicleisvery responsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@)Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
thevehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
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:
—Howvarioussystemsinyourvehiclewereoper-
ating;
—Whetherornot thedriverandpassengersafety
beltswerebuckled/fastened;
—Howfar(ifatall)thedriverwasdepressingthe
acceleratorand/orbrakepedal;and,
—Howfastthevehiclewastraveling.
Thesedatacanhelpprovideabetterunderstand-
ingofthecircumstancesinwhichcrashesandin-
juriesoccur.NOTE:EDRdataarerecordedbyyour
vehicleonlyifanon-trivialcrashsituationoccurs;
nodataarerecordedbytheEDRundernormal
drivingconditionsandnopersonaldata(e.g.,
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MultiMediaInterface

Openingtheselectionmenu/optionsmenu
thecontrolbuttons
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Fig.160ControlbuttonsforMMIcontrolpanelwithMMI
touch


RAH-8542

Appliesto:MMIcontrolpanelwithseparatecontrolbut-
tonsontheMMIcontrolpanel
Fig.161ControlbuttonsontheMMIcontrolpanel
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Selectionmenu:throughtheselectionmenu,
youcanopenadditionalfunctionswithinamenu
item(suchasRadio).
Requirement:theselectionmenusymbolmust
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.160.
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
theleftcontrolbutton>fig.160.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
Optionsmenu:usingtheoptionsmenu,youcan
selectandconfirmcontext-dependentfunctions
aswellassettingswithinamenuitem(suchas
Radio).

Requirement:theoptionsmenusymbol[+]must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.160.
Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:press
therightcontrolbutton>fig.160.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
Meleeelak)Celieeerary
Thisguideshowsyouat aglancethepathsfor
openingadesiredmenuand itssettingsand
functions.
Exampleofapath

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

Followingthepath

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

MultiMediaInterface













Symbol/DescriptionDescription
@LIST]or[xSwitchestotheresultslist.
@InputfieldDisplaysthecurrentinput.
Displistwithihl-®Resultslistisplaysalistwithsuggestionsbasedonthelettersalreadyen
tered.
@Switchesfromlowercasetouppercaselettersorfromuppercaseto
tlowercaseletters.
©Opensadditionalspelleroptions,forexampleClosespellerand
GClearinputfield
©18?Charactersetsandspecialcharacters
@aotDisplaysaccentedcharacters(suchas4,¢,ff,6).
TSS)ABESwitchesfromlettertonumberinputorfromnumbertoletterin-
put.
Addsaspaceintheinputfield.
—

CharacterselectionHighlightstheselectedcharacter.

®
|
©
|O|
©

AInsertsthesuggestedword*whenyoupushthecontrolknobup.
G@)TipsOpeningfreetextsearch

>Select:[MENU]button>desiredmenuitem
(suchasTelephone).
>Keepturningthecontrolknobtotheleftuntil
thefreetextsearchinputfield@>fig.170
appears.Or:pushthecontrolknob uptoopen
theinputfield@.
Accentedcharactersarenotavailableforev-
eryletter.
Freetextsearch
Appliesto:vehicleswithfree textsearch
Usingthefreetextsearch,youcanselecttheor-
derthatthesearchtermsareenteredinthein-
putfield.
ThehandwritingrecognitionfortheMMItouch
controlpad*isautomaticallyactivated.Simply
startwriting.
aFreetextsearchforanentry
Na
;>Enteroneormoresearchtermsinanyorderin-Laat)eels);; ._.
PREMVEtGtotheinputfield.Theindividualsearchterms
PMMAmustbeseparatedby spaceswhenentering.
SeeT)
Aninputsuggestiontocompletetheentry*@)
=>fig.170isshowndependingontheinput.Ad-
ditionalentriesthatcontaintheenteredsearch
termsarelistedIntheresultslist@)>fig.170.
ea

Fig.170Example:freetextsearchontelephone
FreetextsearchisavailableintheVehicle*,Ra-
dio*,Media*,Telephone*,Navigation*andAudi
connect*menus.
Ifthedesiredtermisstillnotdisplayed,enter
additionallettersuntilitisdisplayed.
Itisoftenenoughjusttoenterthefirstlettersof
thesearchterminorderforittodisplayinthe>
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resultslist.Forexample,intheTelephone*
menu,writetheinitialsofthecontactbeing
searched,separatedbyaspace.
Selectingtheinputsuggestiontocomplete
theentry
Requirement:aninputsuggestiontocomplete
theentry*@)>fig.170mustbedisplayed.
>MMItouchinput*:pressthecontrolknob.Or:
Selectinganentryfromtheresultslist
Requirement:atleastoneentrymustbedis-
playedintheresultslist@)9fig.170.
>MMItouchinput*:turnthecontrolknobtothe
right.Selectandconfirm anentryfromthelist.
>Spellerinput:selectandconfirm[LIST]@,
=>page161,fig.169.Or:pushthecontrolknob
down.Selectandconfirm anentryfromthe
list.


pressontheMMItouchcontrolpad*.
>Spellerinput:pushthecontrolknobup.
MenusandSymbols

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Fig.171Diagram:menusandsymbols


Symbol/DescriptionDescription
®SelectedtextSelectedfunction
@TMCReceivingTMC/onlinetrafficinformation>page219

©
Entertainmentsliding
menu
Displaysinformationaboutthemediasourcethatiscurrentlyse-
lectedorasituation(such asanincomingcall).Dependingonvehi-
cleequipment,operationmightalsobepossibleusingtheopenen-
tertainmentslidingmenu(suchasselectingaradiostationorac-
ceptingacall)>page159.

Jukebox*importingproc-
Importingaudio/videofilestotheJukebox>page229

®ess
©RepeattrackThetrackcurrentlyplayingisrepeated>page239
Allfilesontheplaylistareplayedinrandomorder>page239,
©ShuffleShuffle
®arrowAccessinformationbypressingthecontrolknobwhentheselected
textisactive

©

Telephonesignal
strengthbars
Telephonesignalstrength

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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Telephone
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheeland
telephone
Calllist
re
eMysetey
Fig.172Example:telephonefunctionsinthedriverinfor-
mationsystem
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnectedto
theMMI>page178andthetelephonetabmust
bedisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbuttononthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheel.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Accessingacontact:selectandconfirmCall
list/Favorites/Directory.Selectandconfirma
contact.
Directorycontacts:thedriverinformationsys-
temonlydisplaysdirectorycontactsthathavea
phonenumberstored.Ifseveralphonenumbers
arestoredwitha contact,thelistofstorednum-
bersisdisplayedfirstwhentheentryisselected.
Formoreinformationaboutthedisplayedsym-
bols,referto>page188.
Recentcalls:therecentcallslistcontainsallin-
coming,outgoingandmissedcalls.
Callerinformation:thename, phonenumberor
Unknownappearsinthedriverinformationsys-
temdisplaydependingonifthecallerhasbeen
storedinthedirectoryandifthephonenumber
hasbeentransmitted.
Functionsduringan incomingcall
—Answeringacall:presstheleftthumbwheel
whenthereisanincomingcall.
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—Decliningacall:selectandconfirmDecline
whenthereisanincomingcall.
—Endinga phonecall:selectandconfirmEnd
call.
Functionsduringa phonecall:
—Makinganadditionalcall:selectandconfirm
Holdcall.Presstheleftcontrolbutton>Direc-
toryorCalllist>anentry.
—Answeringacallwhileinacallandwhile
thereisanothercall onhold:selectandcon-
firmAnswer.Theactivecallisreplacedwiththe
incomingcall.
Additionalfunctionsinclude:
Mute:ifyouselectandconfirmthisfunction,the
otherpersononthephonecannothearyou.You
willstillbeabletoheartheotherperson.
Holding/resumingacall:youcanplacetheexist-
ingcallonholdandresumeitagain.
Swapcall:youcanalternatebetweentwophone
callsatthesametime.Oneofthecallswillbeon
hold.SelectingEndcallwillendtheactivephone
call.Acallthatwasplacedonholdstaysonhold
andcan betakenoffholdwithResumeheldcall.
Conferencecall:acallonholdanduptofiveac-
tiveparties(dependingonthecellphoneservice
provider)canbeaddedtoaconferencecall.To
makeanadditionalcall,putallparticipantsin
thecurrentconferencecallonholdusingHold
conference.Bypressingtheleftcontrolbutton,
youcanmakeadditionalcallsfromthedirectory
orthecalllist.Resumeconferencetakesallpar-
ticipantsoffhold.
G)Tips
— Thephonefunctionscanonlybecontrolled
withthemultifunctionsteeringwheelifthe
phoneequipmentwasinstalledatthefac-
tory.
—Thetelephonefunctionsdependonthecell
phoneandwhethertheyaresupportedby
yourcellphoneserviceproviderornot.
— TheCallwaitingfunctionmustbeactivated
inyourcellphoneandintheMMIinorderto
bealerted whenthereisanincomingcall
duringanactivecall.Thecalloptions

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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

dependonthecellphoneandservicepro-
vider.Youcanobtainmoreinformationfrom
yourcellphoneserviceprovider.
Navigation
(oyetaeMMMelmceleaarteetT)
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheeland
navigationsystem
Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=page205,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbuttononthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheel>page17.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Displayingnavigationduringactiveroute
guidance:selectandconfirmMaporStreet
view*(analoginstrumentcluster).
— Showingthemapwhenrouteguidanceisnot
active:selectandconfirmMap.
—Accessinglastdestinations:selectandconfirm
Lastdestinations>thedesireddestination.
—Accessingfavorites:selectandconfirmFavor-
ites>thedesireddestination.
—Startingrouteguidancetothestoredhome
address:selectandconfirmCancelrouteguid-
anceifnecessaryandthenHomeaddress.
Ifyouhave notstartedrouteguidance,acom-
pass(intheanaloginstrumentcluster)oramap
(Audivirtualcockpit)*willbedisplayed.
—Cancelingactiverouteguidance:onthemulti-
functionsteeringwheel,select:rightcontrol
button>Cancelrouteguidance.
Additionalsettings
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>desiredentry.
Dependingonthefunctionselected,thefollow-
ingadditionalsettingsmaybepossible:
—Mapdisplay>page216
—Mapcolors>page216
—Maporientation>page216
—Automaticzoom>page217
Navigationviewwithrouteguidance
started
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem andAudivirtual
cockpit

Fig.173Standardmapwhenrouteguidanceisactive(Audi
virtualcockpit)
Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=page205,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
Depending onthevehicleequipmentandthese-
lectedview>page18,thefollowinginformation
willbedisplayedinthedriverinformationsys-
tem:
@Mapcontent(suchaspointsofinterest)
@Currentvehicleposition
@Abargraphappearswhenthereisanupcom-
ingturn.Thefewerthebarsthatareshown,the
shorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.Ifthereis
notanupcomingturn,thedistancetothedesti-
nation/stopoverandthecalculatedarrivaltimeis
displayedintherightspeedometer.
@Nameofthestreetwhereyouarecurrently
driving
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Telephone

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

Fig.178Storagecompartmentunderthecenterarmrest:
Audiphoneboxwithconnections
Requirement:acellphonemustbeconnectedvia
Bluetooth>page178.
Theoptionsbelowareavailable:
—Connectingtotheexternalvehicleantenna*:
Laythecellphonewiththedisplay facingupon
thecellphonesymbolintheAudiphonebox
=>fig.178.Makesuretherearenoobjectsbe-
tweenthe Audiphoneboxandthemobilede-
vice.
—Chargeacellphonewirelessly:PlaceaQi-capa-
ble})cellphonecenteredonthe@symbolin
the Audiphoneboxwiththedisplayfacingup
>fig.178.Thecellphonewillcharge.
—ChargeacellphoneusingtheUSBadapter:
Connectyourcellphonetothe Audimusicin-
terfaceusingaUSBadapter@)9fig.178.
Youcan chargeyourmobiledeviceusingspecific
USBadapters>page233,fig.211.


anaccident.Storeobjectssecurelywhile
driving.
—Thecellphonemaybecomehotduringwire-
lesscharging.Payattentiontothetempera-
tureofyourmobiledeviceandbecareful
whenremovingitfromthe Audiphonebox.
—Analternatingmagneticfieldisusedfor
wirelesscharging.Maintainaminimumdis-
tanceofapproximately2.4in(6cm)tothe
Audi
phoneboxchargingplate.Thethresh-
oldsforprolongedexposureat thisdistance
complywithICNIRP1998.Therefore,inter-
actionssuchasirritationofsensoryorgans,
malfunctionsofactiveimplants(suchas
pacemakers,infusionpumps,orneurosti-
mulators)oreffectsonpassiveimplants
(such as prostheticlimbs)ishighlyunlikely.
Ifyouhaveanimplant,consultamedical
specialistifyouhaveanyquestions.


AWARNING
—Looseobjectscanbethrownaroundtheve-
hicleinteriorduringsuddendrivingorbrak-

ingmaneuvers,whichincreasestheriskof


D_TheQistandardmakesitpossibletocharge yourmobile
devicewirelessly.
@)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.
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Telephone

@)Note
ApplicabletoCanada
InCanada,operationofaZoneEnhancer,
suchasan AudiPhoneBox,issubjecttothe
followingrequirementsoftheInnovation,
ScienceandEconomicDevelopmentCanada
(ISED):
—ThisisaCONSUMERdevice.
—BEFOREUSE,youMUSTmeetallrequire-
mentssetoutinCPC-2-1-05.
—YouMUSToperatethisdevicewithapproved
antennas
andcablesasspecifiedbythe
manufacturer.AntennasMUSTNOTbein-
stalledwithin20cmofanyperson.
—YouMUSTceaseoperatingthisdeviceim-
mediatelyifrequestedbyISEDoralicensed
wirelessserviceprovider.
—WARNING:£911locationinformationmay
notbeprovidedormaybeinaccuratefor
callsservedbyusingthisdevice.
G)Tips
— TheAudiphoneboxisnotavailableinall
countries.Foradditionalinformation,con-
tactanauthorizedAudidealership.
—Placingthemobiledeviceinabagorprotec-
tivesleeveinsidetheAudiphoneboxcanin-
terferewiththeconnectiontotheexternal
antenna”*.
—Metallicobjectsinthe Audiphoneboxblock
thewirelesschargingofyourmobiledevice
andcallsmadeusingtheexteriorantenna”*.
— Thechargingtimeandtemperaturewillvary
dependingonthemobiledevicebeingused.
—Yourmobiledevicecanonlybechargedin
theAudiphoneboxwhentheignitionis
switchedon.
—Toreducetheriskofmalfunctions,make
surethemobiledeviceispositionedcorrect-
lyintheAudiphonebox.
— Themaximumchargingoutputis5watts.
—Strongtransmissionqualitycannotbeguar-
anteedifmorethanonemobiledeviceisin
thebox.*
—Onlyonemobiledeviceatatimecanbe
chargedwirelesslyintheAudiphonebox.
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—AudirecommendsusingAudiGenuineAc-
cessories.Audihasverifiedtheirreliability,
safety,andsuitability.
—YoucanpurchaseaUSBadapterfromanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility,oratspecialtystores.
Usingthetelephone
Openingthetelephone
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Calllist
@-=aia
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BeFaeming
Tamessage(MyPhone)
Fig.179Example:telephonefunctionsinselectionmenu
omatl)
LRoteOa)
|ieeesecurenen)
(6eemail(MyPhone)

Fig.180Example:additionaltelephonefunctionsinselec-
tionmenu
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page178.

>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>leftcon-
trolbutton.

Thefollowingphonefunctionsareavailable
>fig.179/fig.180:
@Calllist00.0...ee183
@)Favoriteswes+sense«omen«xoem»185
GB):Directoryasssweesszrowsgoes188
@®Selectnumber............-..-.183
©Textmessage(myPhone)*/text
message(secondaryphone)*.....185
©E-mail(myPhone)*/e-mail(secon-
daryphone)*..................187>