2019 AUDI Q7 tow

IntelligentTechnology

IntelligentTechnology
ElectronicStabilization
Control(ESC)
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)supports
driversafety.Itreducestheriskofslippingand
improvesdrivingstability.ESCdetectscriticalsit-
uations,suchasifthevehicleisoversteeringor
understeering,orifthewheelsare spinning.The
brakesareappliedortheenginetorqueisre-
ducedinordertostabilizethevehicle.Whenthe
ESCengages,theBindicatorlightblinksinthe
instrumentcluster.
ThefollowingsystemsareintegratedintheESC:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
ABSpreventsthewheelsfromlockingwhenbrak-
ing.Thevehiclecanstillbesteeredevenduring
hardbraking.Applysteadypressuretothebrake
pedal.Donotpumpthepedal.Apulsinginthe
brakepedalindicatesthatthesystemisacting to
stabilizethevehicle.
Brakeassistsystem
Thebrakeassistsystemcandecreasebrakingdis-
tance.Itincreasesbrakingpowerwhenthe driver
pressesthebrakepedalquicklyinemergencysit-
uations.Youmustpressandholdthebrakepedal
untilthedangeroussituationisover.Invehicles
withadaptivecruisecontrol*,thebrakeassist
systemismoresensitiveifthedistancedetected
tothevehicledrivingaheadistoosmall.
Onvehicleswithactivatedandfunctioningnight
visionassist*,thebrakeassistsystemcanre-
spondmoresensitivelyifthereisawarning.
Anti-SlipRegulation(ASR)
ASRreducesenginepowerwhenthedrivewheels
beginspinningandadaptstheforcetotheroad
conditions.Thismakesiteasiertostart,acceler-
ateanddriveuphills.
ElectronicDifferentialLock(EDL)
TheEDLappliesthebrakestowheelsthatare
slippingandtransfersthedrivepowertotheoth-
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erwheels.Thisfunctionisnotavailableathigher
speeds.
Inextremecases,EDLautomaticallyswitchesoff
tokeepthebrakeonthebrakedwheelfromover-
heating.Thevehicleisstillfunctioningcorrectly.
EDLwillswitchonagainautomaticallywhencon-
ditionshavereturnedtonormal.
Powersteering
The ESCcanalsosupportvehiclestability
throughsteering.
Selectivewheeltorquecontrol
Selectivewheeltorquecontrolisusedwhendriv-
ingoncurves.Brakingistargetedtowardthe
wheelsontheinsideofthecurveasneeded.This
allowsmoreprecisedrivingincurves.
Automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem
The“automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem”
canhelptoreducetheriskofslidingandofaddi-
tionalcollisionsafteranaccident.Iftheairbag
controlmoduledetectsacollision,thevehicleis
brakedbytheESC.
Thevehicledoesnotbrakeautomaticallyifoneof
thefollowingoccurs:
—Thedriverpressestheacceleratorpedal,
—TheESC,thebrakesystem,orthevehicleelec-
tricalsystemisnotfunctioning

ZAWARNING
— The ESCanditsintegratedsystemscannot
overcomethe limitsimposedbynatural
physicallaws.Thisisespeciallyimportanton
slipperyorwetroads.Ifthesystemsbegin
actingtostabilizeyourvehicle,youshould
immediatelyalteryourspeedtomatchthe
roadandtrafficconditions.Donotletthein-
creasedsafetyprovidedtemptyouintotak-
ingrisks.Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofa
collision.
—Pleasenotetheriskofacollisionincreases
when
drivingfast,especiallythroughcurves
andonslipperyorwetroads,andwhendriv-
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—thevehiclespeedislowerthan19mph(30
km/h)
—thehillangleisatleastapproximately6%

Z\WARNING
—Bereadytoapply thebrakesatalltimes
whenusingthehillholdassist.
—Alwaysadjustthespeedtothevisibility,
weather,road,andtrafficconditions.The
systemcannotreplacethedriver'satten-
tion.
— Thesystemcannotmaintainaconstantvehi-
clespeedinallsituations,forexamplewhen
onsmoothorslipperyground.Thiscanin-
creasetheriskofanaccident.

Brakes
Newbrakepads
Newbrakepadsdonotachievetheirfullbraking
effectduringthefirst250mi(400km).They
mustbe“brokenin”first.However,youcancom-
pensatefortheslightlyreducedbrakingforceby
pressingfirmlyonthebrakepedal.Avoidheavy
brakingduringthebreak-inperiod.
Brakepadweardependslargelyonthewaythe
vehicleisdrivenandonoperatingconditions.
Brakepadwearincreaseswhendrivingfrequently
inthecityorshortdistancesorwhenusingavery
sportydrivingstyle.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
astemperatureandhumidity.
Wetconditionsorroadsalt
Incertainsituations,forexampleafterdriving
throughwater,inheavyrain,orafterwashing
yourcar,thebrakingeffectmaybereduceddue
tomoistureoriceonthebrakerotorsandbrake
pads.Thebrakesmustbe“dried”firstwithafew
carefulbrakeapplications.
Whendrivingathigherspeedswhilethewind-
shieldwipersareswitchedon,thebrakepadsare
brieflypressedagainstthebrakerotors.Thisac-
tion,whichisnotfeltby thedriver,happensat
regularintervalsandensuresabetterreaction
timeforthe brakesinwetweather.
Thebrakingeffectcanalsobereducedifyouare
drivingonsaltedroadsandyoudonotapplythe
brakesforlongperiodsoftime.Thelayerofsalt
onthebrakerotorsandpadsmustbewornoff
firstwhenthebrakesareapplied.
Corrosion
Leavingthevehicleparkedforlongperiodsof
time,lowmileageonthevehicle,andavoiding
heavybrakingcancontributetocorrosiononthe
brakerotorsandtodirtybrakepads.
Ifyouusuallyavoidheavybrakingorifthereis
corrosionpresent,occasionalheavybrakingat
highspeedsisrecommendedtocleanthebrake
rotorsandpads>A.
Brakesystemmalfunction
Ifyounoticethatthebrakepedalsuddenlygoes
downfarthertowardthefloorwhenyoupressit,
thenabrakecircuitinthedual-circuitbrakesys-
temmayhavemalfunctioned.Drivetoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyimmediatelytohavetheproblemcorrected.
Onthewaythere,drivewithreducedspeedand
keepinmindthatyouwillneedalongerdistance
tostopandyouwillneedtopressthebrake pedal
harder.
Lowbrakefluidlevel
Whenthebrakefluidlevelislow,malfunctionsin
thebrakesystemmayoccur.Thebrakefluidlevel
iselectronicallymonitored.
Brakebooster
Thebrakeboosteramplifiesthepressureyouap-
plytothebrakepedal.

Z\WARNING
—Onlyapplythe brakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
dangerotherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhaveanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi

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MultiMediaInterface

—Switchingoffmanually:pressandholdthe
On/Offknob@)>fig.155untiltheMMI
switchesoff.IftheMMIhasbeenswitchedoff
manually,itdoesnotswitchonagainautomati-
callythenexttimetheignitionisswitchedon.
Additionalfunctions:
—Adjustingthevolume:turntheOn/Offknob@
>fig.155.
—Muting:presstheOn/Offknob@°fig.155
briefly.
—Selectingtheprevious/nextfunction(forex-
ample,aradiostation/track):presstheOn/Off
knob@®fig.155brieflytowardtheleftKdor
rightDo.
—Fastforwarding/rewinding(forexample
songs):pressandholdtheOn/Offknob@)
=>fig.155towardtheleftKdorrightPel.

ZAWARNING
Adjustthevolumeoftheaudiosystemsothat
signalsfromoutsidethevehicle,suchas po-
liceandfiresirens,canbeheardeasilyatall
times.
G@)Tips
TheMMIswitchesoffautomaticallyiftheen-
gineisnotrunningandthevehiclebatteryis
low.


Infotainmentsystem
display
Switchingon/off
TheInfotainmentsystemdisplayautomatically
extendsandretractswhenyouswitchtheigni-
tiononandoff.
>Whenitisextended,presstheLo]buttonto
switchtheInfotainmentsystemdisplayonor
off.
WhentheMMIisswitchedonandthedisplayis
switchedoff,youcanoperatecertainfunctions
usingtheOn/OffknobwiththeMMIjoystick
function>page153.
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G)Tips
Theremaybedelayswhenswitchingonthe
display.
celmurlClmelmelevee(rs
Thedisplayversiondependsonvehicleequip-
ment.

Fig.156DisplayversionA

Fig.157DisplayversionB
Additionalcontent(suchasalbumcoverandmap
material)isshownondisplayversionB,ifappli-
cable@)©fig.157.Becausetheothercontent
shownonthedisplaysisnearlyidenticalbetween
thetwoversions,thismanualwillprimarilyde-
scribedisplayversionA.

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MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Youcanenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.

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Fig.162Example:enteringanavigationdestinationusing
theMMItouch
TheMMItouchcontrolpadislocatedbetween
thecontrolbuttons>fig.162.
Enteringnumbers,letters,andsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.

Fig.163DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive
Requirement:itmustbepossible toentertext or
numbersandthesymbol(@>fig.163 mustap-
pearintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
—Initialentry:writeanindividualuppercaseor
lowercaseletterornumber/symbolonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusingyourfinger.A
symbolthatisrecognizedclearlyby thesystem
isdisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
@°page157,fig.162,confirmedwithanau-
diblesignalifnecessary,andtransferredtothe
inputfield.
—Enteringspaces:moveyourfingeracrossthe
MMItouchcontrolpadfromlefttoright.
—Deletingcharacters:moveyourfingeracross
theMMItouchcontrolpadfromrighttoleft.
—Selectingtheinputsuggestion:pressthecon-
trolknob.
—Switchingdirectlytotheresultslist:turnthe
controlknobtotheright
—Openingthespeller:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller.Textornumbersare en-
tered usingthespeller>page161.
—MMItouchvolume:presstherightcontrolbut-
ton.See>page253.
Movingthecrosshairs
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch

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Fig.164Movingthecrosshairs
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Multifunctionsteeringwheel

Distancetothenextmaneuver
Displayoftheexpressway,highwayormain
roadontowhichyouwillbeturning
Directionarrowfortheupcomingmaneuver
©8
©
Abargraphappearswhenadirectionarrowis
displayed.Thefewerthebarsthatareshown,
theshorterthedistanceisuntiltheturn.
Currentvehicleposition@
@Additionalinformation(on-boardcomputer)
Thefollowingfunctionsarealsoavailablewhen
routeguidanceisactive:
—Adjustingthevoiceguidancevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordownwhileavoice
guidancemessageisplaying.

Z\WARNING
Theroutecalculatedbythenavigationsystem
isarecommendationforreachingyourdesti-
nation.Obeytrafficlights,stoppingrestric-
tions,one-waystreets,lanechangerestric-
tions,etc.

G)Tips
—Alsosee thechapter>page8,Cockpitover-
view.
—Anexclamationpoint“!”infront ofthe
streetnameindicatesthattheinformation
aboutthisstreetorthissectionoftheroute
isnotcompleteinthenavigationdatacon-
tainedintheMMI.Obeytrafficlawsinone-
waystreetsandpedestrianzones.
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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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Voicerecognitionsystem
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
YoucanoperatemanyInfotainmentfunctions
convenientlybyspeaking.
Requirement:theignitionandtheMMImustbe
switched
on>page153.Asystemlanguagesup-
portedbythevoicerecognitionsystemmustbe
set.Theremustbenophonecallsinprogressand
theparkingaidmustnotbeactive.

>Switchingon:brieflypressthe[2]button@)
=>page18,fig.11onthemultifunctionsteer-
ing
wheelandsaythedesiredcommandafter
theBeep.
>Switchingoff:pressandholdthe|]button.
Or:pressthe|S]button.
>Pausing:saythecommandPause.Toresume,
pressthe|]button.
>Correcting:saythecommandCorrection.Or:
simplysayanewcommandduringanan-
nouncement>page248.






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.
Donotdirecttheventstowardthehands-freemi-
crophone,whichisintheroofheadlinernearthe
frontinteriorlights.
Onlyusethesystemfromthedriver'sseatbe-
causethehands-freemicrophoneisdirectedto-
wardthatseat.
Additionalsettings
See>page248,Speechdialogsystem.

ZAWARNING
—Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Only usethefunctionsin
suchawaythatyoualwaysmaintaincom-
pletecontroloveryourvehicleinalltraffic
situations.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystemin
emergenciesbecauseyourvoicemaychange
instressfulsituations.Thesystemmaytake
longertodialthenumberormaynot be
abletodialitatall.Dialtheemergency
numbermanually.
G)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.
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Vehiclestatusreport
Thisservicetransfersdriverinformationsystem
datatoaserver.Dependingonthevehicleequip-
ment,certaindatamaybeaccessed,suchasthe
remainingrangeormileage.Thevaluesmaydif-
ferfromthevaluesdisplayedinthevehicle.
CarFinder
Thisservicetransmitstheparkinglocationtoa
serverwhentheignitionisswitchedoff.Thevehi-
clelocation,yourlocation,ortheroutetoyour
vehiclecanbedisplayed.Thenewparkingloca-
tioncannotbedeterminedwiththisserviceifthe
vehicleismovedaftershuttingthevehicleoff
andwithoutswitchingtheignitiononandoff
again,forexampleifthevehicleistowedorsto-
len.
—Deactivatingandactivatingtheparkingposi-
tion:Select:[MENU]>Audiconnect>Carfind-
er.


OnlineAudiservicerequest
Requirement:theservicemustbeactivatedon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiandanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiservicefacili-
tymustbeselected.
Thisservicetransmitsservice-relevantdatato
yourselectedauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiservicefacility.Theywillcontactyou
beforeyournextserviceappointment.
StolenVehicleLocator
Thisserviceassistsyouinlocatingyourvehicleif
itisstolen.
—Contactthepolice.YoureceiveaCaseID.
—CalltheservicehotlineandgiveyourCaseID.
Theservicehotlinewillforwardtheestablished
datatothepolice.YoureceivetheAudiService
hotlinenumberwhenyoupurchaseyourvehicle.
GeofencingAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page198.
Thisserviceallowsyoutosetpermittedandfor-
biddenzonesforyourvehicleaswellassettime
limitsforthesezones.Ifyourvehicleleavesa
permittedzoneorentersaforbiddenzone,you
willbenotifiedwithapushnotificationand/oran
e-mail.
SpeedAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page198.
Youcansetuptotwospeedlimitsforyourvehi-
cleusingthis service.Ifyourvehicleexceedsaset
speedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapushnoti-
ficationand/ore-mail.
ValetAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page198.
Ifyougiveyourvehicletoaparkingservice,you
cansetazoneandaspeedlimitusingthemyAu-
diapp.Ifthevehicleleavesthezoneorexceeds
thespeedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapush
notificationand/ore-mail.

Z\WARNING
Donotignoremessagesandwarningorindi-
catorlightsthatturnoninthevehiclebe-
causeoftheinformationinthevehiclestatus
report.Thiscouldlead tobreakdownsinon
theroad,accidentsandseriousinjuries.
@)Tips
Forsomeservices,youcanselectifyouwould
liketobenotifiedwithapushnotification
and/orane-mail.

Settings
ce)atelatMariano)4
>Select:[MENU]button>rightcontrolbutton>
Connectionmanager.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Onlinesettings>
Dataconnectionsettings.


Depending onthecountry,vehicleequipment,
andconnectiontype,thefollowingfunctionsmay
beavailable:
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