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@)Note
—Neverletthebrakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary.Thiscancause thebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingonlongstretcheswithsteep
hills,reduce thevehiclespeedandshifttoa
lowergeartouse theenginebrakingeffect.
Thisreducestheloadonthebrakes.Ifyou
needtobrakeadditionally,brakeinintervals
andnotcontinuously.
G)Tips
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothebrakesisnotob-
structed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
—Alsorefertotheinformationaboutbrake
fluid>page243.
Steering
Electromechanicalsteeringsupportsthedriver's
steeringmovementsbyelectronicallyadapting
thepowersteeringdependingonthevehicle
speed.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Thepowersteeringmayhavefailed.Adaptyour
drivingstyleimmediatelytocompensateforthe
factthatitmaybemoredifficulttoturnthe
steeringwheel,andstopyourvehicleinasafelo-
cationassoonaspossible.Donotcontinuedriv-
ing.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
&Steering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.Steeringmaybemoredif-
ficultormoresensitive.Adaptyourdrivingstyle.
Havethesteeringsystemcheckedimmediately
byanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.Pleasenotethatthered indicator
lightmayturnonafterrestartingtheengine.Do
notcontinuedrivingifitdoes.
@)Tips
Ifthe1orlindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
ALLwheeldrive(quattro)
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive
Inallwheeldrive,allfourwheelsarepowered.
Generalinformation
Inallwheeldrive,thedrivingpowerisdividedbe-
tweenallfourwheels.Thishappensautomatical-
lydependingonyourdrivingbehavioraswellas
thecurrentroadconditions.Alsosee>page84,
Electronicstabilizationcontrol(ESC).
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.
Wintertires
Byusingallwheeldrive,yourvehiclehasgood
forwardmotionwithstandardtiresinwintercon-
ditions.However,inwinterwerecommendusing
winterorallseasontiresonallfourwheels,be-
causethiswillimprovethebrakingeffect.
Snowchains
Iftherearesnowchainlaws,snowchainsmust
alsobe usedonvehicleswithallwheeldrive
=>page263,Snowchains.
Replacingtires
Forvehicleswithallwheeldrive,onlywheelswith
thesamerollingcircumference should beused.
Avoidusingtireswithdifferenttreaddepths
=>page255,Newtiresorwheels.
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Isthisanoffroadvehicle?
YourAudiisnot anoffroadvehicle-thereisnot
enoughgroundclearance.Forthisreason,avoid
difficultterrain.
Z\WARNING
—Also,invehicleswithallwheeldrive,adapt
yourdrivingstyletothecurrentroadand
trafficconditions.Donotlettheincreased
safetyprovidedtemptyouintotakingrisks,
becausethisincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.In thisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donot betemptedtoacceleratetoa
highspeedwhentheroadisslippery,be-
causethisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Forthisreason,adaptyourspeedtothe
roadconditionstoreducetheriskofanacci-
dent.
Rearspoiler
Appliesto:vehicleswithretractablerearspoiler
Theextendablerearspoilerincreasesdrivingsta-
bility.
a
g|> z
a.
Fig.89Centerconsole:buttonfortherearspoiler
Therearspoilerretractsandextends.Itcanbe
activatedinvariousoperatingmodes(manual
modeorautomaticmode).
838
Automaticmode(normaloperation)
—Automaticextension:therearspoilerwillauto-
maticallyextendwhenspeedsexceedapproxi-
mately75mph(120km/h).
—Automaticretraction:therearspoilerwillauto-
maticallyretractwhenspeedsdecreasetoun-
derapproximately50mph(80km/h).
Manualmode
—Extendingmanually:brieflytapthe>fig.89
buttontofullyextendtherearspoiler.
—Retractingmanually:whendrivingatspeeds
belowapproximately10mph(20km/h),press
andholdthebuttontoretracttherearspoiler.
Whenatspeedsbetween10mph(20km/h)
and75mph(120km/h),therearspoilerwill
completelyretractwhenyoutap thebutton.
Indicatorlights
8if8Rearspoiler:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Therearspoilermaynot haveextendedduetoa
malfunction.Thiscouldchangethevehicle'sdriv-
ingcharacteristicsathighspeeds.Donotdrive
fasterthan85mph(140km/h).Drivetoanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohavethemalfunctioncor-
rected.Thecoloroftheindicatorlightdepends
onthevehiclespeed.
ZAWARNING
Drivingathigherspeedswithouttherear
spoilerdeployedcanimpairhandlingcharac-
teristics,makingthevehiclehardertocontrol.
—Alwaysmakesurethatthespoilerisde-
ployedwhendrivingatspeedsover85mph
(140km/h).Iftherearspoilerwarning/indi-
catorlightintheinstrumentclustercomes
on,therearspoilermaynot havedeployed.
—Neverdriveatspeedshigherthan85mph
(140km/h)ifthespoilerisnotdeployed.
Havethespoilerinspectedassoonaspossi-
blebyanauthorizedAudidealerorqualified
workshop.
—Alwaysobeyspeedlimitsandothertraffic
laws.
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ZA\WARNING
Improperoperationoftherearspoilercan
causecrushinginjuries.
—Alwaysmakesure thatnobody,especially
children,isinthewaywhentherearspoiler
isdeployedorretracted.
()Note
—Neverpushonthevehicleontherearspoil-
er.Thiscouldcausedamage.
—Topreventdamagetotherearspoilerdo
notleanorplaceanythingonit.
—Onlyoperatetherearspoilermanuallywhen
theluggagecompartmentlidiscloseand
therearspoilermovingpartsarenot
blocked.Otherwise,damagecouldoccur.
@Tips
Cleantherearspoilercompartmentevery2 to
3
months.Tofunctioncorrectly,therear
spoilermustbefreeofice,snowandleaves.
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.
Informationaboutdata
recordedbyvehicle
controlmodules
Yourvehicleisnotequippedwithacrashdatare-
corder.Thisdeviceisinstalledbysomevehicle
manufacturersto recorddataaboutcrashesso
thatitcanbeanalyzedlater.Crashdatarecorders
arealsocalled“EventDataRecorders(EDR)”.
Insomelegaljurisdictions,itisnotpermittedto
accessordownloaddatarecordedbypre-instal-
ledcrashdatarecordersinordertoevaluatea
crashwithoutclearconsentofthevehicleowner.
Yourvehicleisnotequippedwithacrashdatare-
corder.Howeveritdoescontainavarietyofelec-
troniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehiclesys-
temssuchasenginefunction,exhausttreatment
orairbagsandsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecordvehicle
dataduringnormaldrivingfordiagnosisandre-
pairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthe
electroniccontrolmodulesislimitedtodataonly
-nosoundisrecorded.Ifthecontrolmodulede-
tectsasystemmalfunctionorotherchangein
status,averylimitedamountofdataisrecorded
foranextremelysmallperiodoftime.Datathat
isrecordedinsuchacasemayincludevehicle
speed,drivingdirection,theloadonthe brakes
andheadrestraintsandperformanceintheevent
ofanaccidentorotherchangeinstatus.Thestor-
eddatacanonlybereadordownloadedwithspe-
cialdevices.
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Trafficsafety
information
AudirecommendsperformingcertainInfotain-
mentsystemfunctions,suchasenteringa desti-
nation,onlywhenthevehicleisstationary.Al-
waysbe preparedtostopoperating theInfotain-
mentsystemintheinterestofyoursafetyand
thesafety ofotherroadusers.
Z\WARNING
Onlyuse theInfotainmentsystemwhenroad,
traffic,weather,andvisibilityconditionsper-
mitandalwaysinawaythatallowsyouto
maintaincompletecontroloveryourvehicle.
@Tips
Certainfunctionsarenotavailablewhiledriv-
ing.
Introduction
TheMultiMediaInterface,orMMIforshort,
combinesvarioussystemsforcommunication,
navigation*andentertainmentinyourAudi.You
canoperatetheMMIusingtheMMIcontrolpan-
el,themultifunctionsteeringwheelorthevoice
recognitionsystem*.
@-TaNDr:
Se2
[RAH-8837|
:
Fig.90MMIcontrolpanel
MMIcontrolpanel overview
@Controlknobwithjoystickfunction.91
@MMItouchcontrolpad*.........92
@®Leftcontrolbutton.............91
@Rightcontrolbutton............91
©)Buttonsforopeningmenusdirectly.91
90
©)[MENU]buttonwc...cosevestan91
AZ):[BACK]buttOoss+ «saysseemusae91
MMIOn/Offknobwith
joystickfunction
Operating
[RAH-8739
Fig.91MMIOn/Offknobwithjoystickfunction
SwitchingtheMMIon/off:theMMIcanbe
switched
on/offmanually.
—Switchingonmanually:presstheOn/Offknob
@briefly>fig.91.Or:pressthe[MENU]but-
ton©>page90,fig.90oroneofthebuttons
todirectlyopenthemenus()>page90,
fig.90.
—Switchingoffmanually:pressandholdthe
On/Offknob@©fig.91untiltheMMI
switchesoff.IftheMMIhasbeenswitchedoff
manually,itdoesnotswitchonagainautomati-
callythenexttimetheignitionisswitchedon.
Additionalfunctions:
—Adjustingthevolume:turntheOn/Offknob@)
>fig.91.
—Muting:presstheOn/Offknob@©fig.91
briefly.
—Selectingtheprevious/nextfunction(forex-
ample,aradiostation/track):presstheOn/Off
knob@)°fig.91brieflytowardtheleftKKor
rightDDI.
—Fastforwarding/rewinding(forexample
songs):pressandholdtheOn/Offknob@)
=>fig.91towardtherightPPIorleftKd.
Z\WARNING
Adjustthevolumeoftheaudiosystemso that
signalsfromoutsidethevehicle,suchas>
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policeandfiresirens,canbeheardeasilyatall
times.
@)Tips
TheMMIswitchesoffautomaticallyiftheen-
gineisnotrunningandthevehiclebatteryis
low.
MMIoperation
Selectingandconfirmingafunction
RAH-8500.
aan
Ca
Po
91.5MHz
Pe
Fig.92Operatingthecontrolknob
Selectingandconfirmingafunctionina
menu/list
>Selectingafunction:turnthecontrolknob@)
=>fig.92tothedesiredfunction(suchasse-
lectingafrequency).
>Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob
@©fig.92.
Returningtofunctionsathigherlevels
>Pressthe[BACK]button%>page90,fig.90.
CoveyaremanualAnata)
JVehicle
Fig.93Diagram:mainmenu
Openingthemainmenu
>Pressthe[MENU]button©>page90,fig.90.
TheMMImenus(suchasRadio)aredisplayed
=>fig.93.Thenyoucanselectandconfirma
functionusingthecontrolknob.
Openingamenudirectly
>Presstheapplicablebuttontodirectlyopenthe
menus(5)>page90,fig.90inthedirectionof
thedesiredmenu(suchas[RADIO]).Thenyou
canselectandconfirmafunctionusingthe
controlknob.
Openingtheselectionmenu/optionsmenu
withthecontrolbuttons
RAH-8542
Fig.94ControlbuttonsontheMMIcontrolpanel
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Selectionmenu:throughtheselectionmenu,
youcanopenadditionalfunctionswithinamenu
item(suchas Radio).
Requirement:theselectionmenusymbolmust
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.94.
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
theleftcontrolbutton>fig.94.Thenyoucanse-
lectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
Optionsmenu:usingtheoptionsmenu,youcan
selectandconfirmcontext-dependentfunctions
aswellas settingswithinamenuitem(suchas
Radio).
Requirement:theoptionsmenusymbol[+]must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.94.
Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:press
therightcontrolbutton>fig.94.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
Informationaboutmenupaths
Thisguideshowsyouataglancethepathsfor
openingadesiredmenuanditssettingsand
functions.
Exampleofapath
>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>
FM.
Followingthepath
>Pressthe[RADIO]button.
> Presstheleftcontrolbutton.
>Turn thecontrolknobtotheFMmenuitemto
selectit.
>Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm theselected
FMmenuitem.
>Theselectedandconfirmedfunctionisexecut-
ed.In thisexample,theFMfrequencybandis
set.
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MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
You canenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.
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Fig.95Enteringanavigationdestination
TheMMItouchcontrolpad@)>page90,fig.90
islocatedonthecontrolknob@)>page90,
fig.90.
Enteringletters,numbersandsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.
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Fig.96DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive
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Requirement:itmustbepossible toentertext or
numbersandthesymbol(@)©fig.96mustap-
pearintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
—Initialentry:writeanindividualuppercaseor
lowercaseletterornumber/symbolonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusingyourfinger.A
symbolthatisrecognizedclearlyby thesystem
isdisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
@>page92,fig.95,confirmedwithanaudi-
blesignalifnecessary,andtransferredtothe
inputfield.
—Enteringspaces:moveyourfingeracrossthe
MMItouchcontrolpadfromlefttoright.
—Deletingcharacters:moveyourfingeracross
theMMItouchcontrolpadfromrighttoleft.
—Deletingcharactersquickly:moveyourfinger
quicklyacrosstheMMItouchcontrolpadfrom
righttoleft.
—Selectingtheinputsuggestion:pressthecon-
trolknob.
—Switchingdirectlytotheresultslist:turnthe
controlknobtotheright.
—Openingthespeller:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller.Textornumbersare en-
teredusingthespeller>page96.
CMemeee
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Fig.97Movingthecrosshairs
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page138,fig.119.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)9fig.97.
Pressthe[BACK]button(%)>page90,fig.90
tohidethecrosshairsagain.
—Movingthecrosshairsonamap:movethe
crosshairsshowninthedesireddirectionusing
yourfingerontheMMItouchcontrolpad
>fig.97.
—Movingthecrosshairsquickly:whenthecross-
hairsarevisible@)>fig.97,slideyourfinger
quicklyacrosstheMMItouchcontrolpadinthe
desireddirection>fig.97.Thecrosshairswill
cometoastopafterseveralseconds.
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Movingthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Zoomingin/outonthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
DIRAH-8744)
Fig.98Movingthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page138,fig.119.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)9fig.98.
—Movingthemap:whenthecrosshairsarevisi-
ble@)>fig.98pulltwofingersinthedesired
directionacrosstheMMItouchcontrolpad
>fig.98.
—Movingthemapquickly:whenthecrosshairs
arevisible@)>fig.98,pulltwofingersacross
theMMItouchcontrolpadquicklyinthede-
sireddirection>fig.98.Themapwillcometo
astopafterseveralseconds.
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RAH-8750|
Fig.99Zoominginandoutonthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
>page138,fig.119.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:pressthecontrol
knobtoshowthecrosshairs.TouchtheMMI
touchcontrolpadwithtwofingersandpull
yourfingersapartortogether>fig.99.
Pressthe[BACK]button(7)tohidethecrosshairs
=>page90,fig.90.
Adjustingthesoundfocus
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Requirement:theBalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page173.
—Movingthecrosshairsforsoundfocus:move
yourfingerinthedesireddirectionontheMMI
touchcontrolpad.
—Storingthecrosshairslocation:pressthecon-
trolknobtwice.Or:pressthe[BACK]button@)
=>page90,fig.90.
UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=page158.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:moveyourfingerup/
downorleft/rightontheMMItouchcontrol
pad.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.>