2019 AUDI Q7 Remote

Openingandclosing

Openingandclosing
Centrallocking
Youcanlockandunlockthevehiclecentrally.You
havethefollowingoptions:
—Vehiclekey>page31
—Sensorsinthedoorhandles*>page31
—Lockcylinderonthedriver'sdoor>page33
—
Interiorcentral lockingswitch>page32
Vehiclekey
Theterm“vehiclekey”referstotheremotecon-
trolkeyorconveniencekey*.Theconvenience
key*isaremotecontrolkeywithspecialfunc-
tionsSpage31and>page77.
Turnsignals
Theturnsignalsflashtwicewhenyouunlockthe
vehicleandflashoncewhenyoulockthevehicle.
Iftheydonotflash,thenoneofthedoors,the
luggagecompartmentlidorthehoodisnot
closedcompletely.
Automaticlocking(AutoLock)
The AutoLockfunctionlocksalldoorsandthe
luggagecompartmentlidoncethespeedhasex-
ceededapproximately9mph(15km/h).
Thevehiclecan beunlockediftheopeningfunc-
tioninthecentrallockingsystemswitchisused
oroneofthedoorhandlesispulled.
Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorswillalsoautomaticallyunlocktoallow
accesstothevehicle.
Selectivedoorunlocking
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidwilllock
whentheyclose.YoucansetintheInfotainment
systemwhetheronlythedriver'sdoorortheen-
tirevehicleshould beunlockedwhenunlocking
>page33.
Unintentionallylockingyourselfout
Onlylockyourvehiclewhenallofthedoorsand
theluggagecompartmentlidareclosedandthe
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vehiclekeyisnotinthevehicle.Thisreducesthe
riskoflockingyourselfoutaccidentally.
Thefollowingfeatures helptoreducetheriskof
lockingyourvehiclekeyinthevehicle:
—Ifthedriver's doorisopen,thevehiclecannot
belockedbypressingthe@buttononthevehi-
clekeyorby touchingthelockingsensor*ona
door.
—Ifthelastconveniencekey*thatwasusedisde-
tectedinsidethevehicle,thevehiclecannotbe
lockedfromtheoutsideforabrieftime.
Closingaidonthe doors*
Thevehicledoorsareequippedwithclosingaids.
Whenclosingadoor,youonlyhavetoletitfall
lightlyintothelatch.Itthenclosesautomatically
oA.

ZA\WARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou. This
applies
particularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwise,childrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayin
thevehiclewhenitislockedfromtheout-
side,becausethewindowscannolongerbe
openedfromtheinside>page34.Locked
doorsmakeitmoredifficultforemergency
workerstoenterthevehicle,whichputs
livesatrisk.

ZA\WARNING
Appliesto:vehicleswithclosingaidsonthedoors
—Toreducetheriskofinjury,makesurethat
thearea wherethedoorisclosingisclear
during theclosingprocess.
—Theclosingprocesscanbestoppedatany
timebypullingontheouterorinnerdoor
handle.

C)Note
Appliesto:Vehicleswithconveniencekey
Iftheconveniencekeythatwaslastusedis
detectedinsidethevehicle,thenthevehicle>

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cannotbelockedfromtheoutside.Theturn
signalswillflashseveraltimestoindicate
this.Ifyoudonotopenthevehiclewithina
shorttimetoremovethevehiclekey,thenthe
vehiclewilllockautomatically.Thisprevents
thevehiclefrombeingleftunlockedforlong
periodsoftime.Thekeywillthenbelocked
insidethevehicle.
@Tips
—Donotleavevaluablesunattendedintheve-
hicle.Alockedvehicleisnota safe!
—TheLEDinthedriver's doorrailblinkswhen
youlockthevehicle.IftheLEDlightsupfor
approximately30secondsafterlocking,
thereisamalfunctioninthecentral locking
system.Havetheproblemcorrectedby an
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.

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Fig.15Yourvehiclekeyset
@Vehiclekey
Thevehiclekeyisaremotecontrolkeyorconven-
iencekey*.Theconveniencekey*isaremotecon-
trolkeywithspecialfunctions>page31and
=page77.Youcanunlockorlockyourvehicle
withthevehiclekey.Amechanicalkeyisintegrat-
edinthevehiclekey>page30.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode
AppliestovehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
Openthekeytagandscratchtorevealthevehicle
code.YoucanunlocktheAudiconnectvehicle
controlservices*foryourvehiclewiththisvehicle
code.Foradditionalinformation,see
=>page197.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 bepossibletostartthe
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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@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Dischargedbatteriesmustbedisposedofus-
ing
methodsthatwillnotharmtheenviron-
ment.Donotdisposeoftheminhousehold
trash.
G)Tips
Replacementbatteriesforthevehiclekey
mustmeetthesamespecificationsasthe
original battery.
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Fig.19Vehiclekey:buttons
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe&button
>fig.19.
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe&buttonone
time>/\.
>Tounlocktheluggagecompartmentlid,press
the >Toopentheluggagecompartmentlid,press
andholdthe >Totriggerthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC]but-
ton.
Thevehiclehornandemergencyflashers
willactivate.
>Toswitchoffthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC
buttonagain.




Ifyouunlockthevehicleand donotopenanyof
thedoors,the hood,ortheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithin45seconds,thevehicleautomati-
callylocksagain.Thisfeaturepreventsthevehi-
clefrombeingaccidentallyleftunlockedfora
longperiodoftime.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlythedriver'sdoor
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
>page33.

ZXWARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside>page34.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencyworkers
toenterthevehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.
(i)Tips
—Onlyusethevehiclekeywhenyoucan see
thevehicle.
—Thevehiclecanonlybelockedwhenthese-
lectorleverisinthe"P"position.

—Donotuse theremotecontrolwhenyouare
insidethevehicle.Otherwise,youcouldun-
intentionallylockthevehicle.Ifyouthentry
toopenadoor,theanti-theftalarmwill
trigger.Ifthishappens,pressthe unlock
button&.
—Onlyusethepanicfunctioninanemergen-
cy.
Unlockingandlockingwiththe
Use
Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidcanbe
unlockedandlockedwithoutusingthevehicle
key.

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Fig.20Doorhandle:lockingthevehicle
Unlockingthevehicle
>Gripthedoorhandle.Thedoorunlocksauto-
matically.
> Pullonthedoorhandletoopenthedoor.
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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
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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.>

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
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Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
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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

Interiorlighting
Appliesto:vehicleswithinteriorlighting

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Interiorlighting.

Theinteriorlightingturnsonwhenyouswitch
theheadlightsonwhiletheignitionison.
Thestoragecompartmentinthedoorisillumi-
natedwhenyoureachyourhandintothestorage
compartment.
Version1
Toadjustthebrightnessofindividualzones,se-
lectFrontbrightness*,DoorbrightnessorFoot-
wellbrightness.Turn thecontrolknobtotheleft
ortotheright.Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm
thebrightness.
Version2
Selectandconfirmoneofthedisplayedprofiles
bypressingthecontrolknob.
Individual:youcancustomizethebrightnessand
colorofindividualzones.Presstherightcontrol
button.Pressthecontrolknobagaintoconfirm
thesettings.
Audidriveselect:theinteriorandcontourlight-
ingcolorchangesdependingonthedrivingmode
selectedindriveselect*>page127.
iG)Tips
Thesettingisautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtotheremotecontrolkeythatisbeing
used.
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eeaeratea)
Thebrightnessoftheilluminationfortheinstru-
ments,displayandhead-updisplay*canbead-
justed.
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Fig.39Instrumentillumination
>Presstheknobtoreleaseit.
>Turn theknobtoward"-"or"+"toreduceorin-
creasethebrightness.
>Presstheknobagaintoreturnittoitsoriginal
position.
@Tips
Dependingonvehicleequipment,theinstru-
mentillumination(needlesandgauges)may
turnonwhenthelightsareoffandtheigni-
tionisswitchedon.Theilluminationforthe
gaugesreducesautomaticallyandeventually
turnsoffasbrightnessoutsideincreases.This
functionremindsthedrivertoturnthelow
beamsonattheappropriatetime.
Vision
Adjustingexteriormirrors
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Fig.40Driver'sdoor:knobfortheexteriormirrors
Turntheknobtothedesiredposition:

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ZA\WARNING
Forsafetyreasons,thewindshieldwiper
bladesshouldbereplacedonceortwiceeach
year.

®Note
—Onlyfoldthewindshieldwipersawaywhen
theyareintheserviceposition.Otherwise,
youriskdamagingthepaintonthehoodor
thewindshieldwipermotor.
—Youshouldnotmoveyourvehicleoroperate
thewindshieldwiperleverwhenthewiper
armsarefoldedawayfromthewindshield.
Thewindshieldwiperswouldmovebackin-
totheiroriginalpositionandcoulddamage
thehoodandwindshield.
@)Tips
—Youcanalsousetheserviceposition,forex-
ample,ifyouwanttoprotectthewindshield
fromicingbyusingacover.
—Youcannotactivatetheserviceposition
whenthehoodisopen.
Replacingrearwiperblade

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Fig.47Rearwindowwiper:installingthewiperblade
Removingthewiperblade
>Foldthewiperarmawayfromtherearwindow.
>Removethewiperbladefromitsholder.

Installingthewiperblade
>Pressthewiperblademountintotheretainer.
>Foldthewindowwiperarmbackontotherear
window.

Z\WARNING
Forsafetyreasons,thewindshieldwiper
bladesshouldbereplacedonceortwiceeach
year.

Digitalcompass
Switchingthecompassonandoff
Appliesto:vehicleswithdigitalcompass

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Fig.48Rearviewmirror:digitalcompassisswitchedon
>Toturnthe compassonoroff,pressthe button
@untilthecompassinthemirrorappearsor
disappears.
Thedigitalcompassonlyworkswhentheignition
isturnedon.Thedirectionsareindicatedwithab-
breviations:N(north),NE(northeast),E(east),
SE(southeast),S(south),SW(southwest),W
(west),NW(northwest).
@)Tips
Topreventinaccuratecompassreadings,do
notbringanyremotecontrols,electricaldevi-
cesormetallic objectsnearthemirror.
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Seats

>Pressthereleasepoint>fig.61usingtheme-
chanicalkey>page29,Keysetandpressthe
button-arrow->fig.60.Pulltheheadrestraint
outofthebackrestatthesametime>A\.
Installingtheheadrestraints
>Slidethepostsontheheadrestraintdowninto
theguidesuntilthepostsclickintoplace.
>Pressthebutton-arrow->fig.60andslidethe
headrestraintallthewaydown.Youshould not
be
abletoremovetheheadrestraintfromthe
backrestwithoutpressingthebutton.

ZXWARNING
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>page257,Properadjustmentof
headrestraints.
—Onlyremovetheheadrestraintsforthesec-
ond rowseatswhenitisnecessaryforinstal-
linga childsafetyseat>page290,Child
safety.Installtheheadrestraintagainim-
mediatelyoncethechildsafetyseatisre-
moved.Drivingwiththeheadrestraintsre-
movedornotintheuprightpositionincreas-
estheriskofseriousinjury.

Memoryfunction
Appliesto:vehicleswithmemoryfunction
Withthememoryfunction,youcansaveandre-
call
seatprofilesusingthememorybuttonsin
thedoortrimpanelandwiththevehiclekey.
Thedriver'sseatprofileisstoredagainandas-
signedtothevehiclekeyeachtimethevehicleis
locked.Whenyouopenthedoor,theseatprofile
isautomaticallyrecalled.Iftwopeopleuseone
vehicle,itisrecommendedthateachpersonal-
waysuses“hisorherown”vehiclekey.
Dependingontheequipment,itmaybepossible
tostorethefollowingsettings:
—Driver'sseat:seat,steeringwheel*,exterior
mirrors*
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AaaCoy]
Appliesto:vehicleswithmemoryfunction
Thedriver'sseatprofilecanbeassignedtothe
vehiclekeywhenthevehicleislocked.

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Seats>Driver'sseat>Storeset-
tingson remotecontrolkey.
@Tips
Ifyoudonotwishtohavetheseatprofilefor
anotherdriverassignedtothevehiclekey,
switchthememoryfunctionoffintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.
atleast
Appliesto:vehicleswithmemoryfunction

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Fig.62Driver'sdoor:memoryfunctionbuttons
Storingaseatprofile

SET. >Pressthebutton.TheLEDinthebutton
willturnon.
>Pressmemorybutton[1]or[2].



Asignaltonewillsoundwhenitissuccessfully
stored.
Recallingaseatprofile
>Ifthedriver'sdoorisopenandtheignitionis
switchedoff,pressthememorybutton.
>Ifthedriver'sdoorisclosedortheignitionis
switchedon, pressandholdthememorybut-
tonuntiltheseat adjustmentiscomplete.>