LightsandVision
Automaticheadlights
YoucanadjustthefollowingsettingsintheAuto-
matic
headlightsmenu:
Activationtime-youcanadjustiftheheadlights
switchonEarly,Medium,orLateaccordingto
thesensitivityofthelightsensor.
Audiadaptivelight*-youcanswitchadaptive
lightOnandOff.
Daytimerunninglights*
USAmodels:thedaytimerunninglightscanbe
switched
onoroffusingtheMMI.SelectOnor
Off.
Canadamodels:thisfunctioncannotbeswitched
off.Theyactivateautomaticallyeachtimetheig-
nitionisswitchedon.Thismenuitemisshown
witha“graybackground”.
Entry/exitlighting
Theentrylightingfunctionilluminatesthearea
outsidethevehiclewhenyouunlockthevehicle
whenitisdark.Toswitchonthefunction,select
Entry/exitlighting.
Theexitlightingfunctionilluminatesthearea
outsidethevehiclewhenyouturntheignitionoff
andopenthedriver'sdoorwhenitisdark.To
switchonthefunction,selectEntry/exitlight-
ing.
Theentry/exitlightingonlyworkswhenitisdark
andthelightswitchisintheAUTOposition.
Emergencyflashers
ee wm3 q 2
>imo
Fig.29Centerconsole:emergencyflasherbutton
Theemergencyflashersmakesotherdrivers
awareofyourvehicleindangeroussituations.
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>PresstheAbuttontoswitchtheemergency
flashersonoroff.
Youcanindicatealanechangeoraturnwhenthe
emergencyflashersareswitchedonbyusingthe
turnsignallever.Theemergencyflashersstop
temporarily.
Theemergencyflashersalsoworkwhentheigni-
tionisturnedoff.
G)Tips
Youshouldswitchthe emergencyflasherson
if:
—youarethelastcarinatrafficjamsothat
allothervehiclesapproachingfrombehind
can seeyourvehicle
—yourvehiclehasbrokendownoryouare
havinganemergency
—yourvehicleisbeingtowedorifyouaretow-
inganothervehicle
Interior lighting
Interiorlighting
Fig.30Headliner:interiorlighting
4-Doorcontactswitch.Theinteriorlightingis
controlledautomatically.
Aswitchisnolongerneededtoswitchtheread-
ing lightson.Aswipingmovementorabrieftap
onthelightisallthatisneededtoswitchthe
lightonoroff.Ifyouholdyourfingeronthe
readinglightwhenswitchingiton,thiscandim
thelightdowntoacertainlevel.
Interiorlighting
Thereareotheroptionalinteriorlightingfunc-
tionsthatareavailable.Severalfunctionscanbe>
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Driving
Messages
Pressingthestart/stopbuttonagainwillswitch
offtheengine
Thismessageappearswhenyoupressthe
STARTENGINESTOP]buttonwhiledriving.
Enginestartsystem:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Theengineautomaticstartsystemhasamal-
function.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelyto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.Tostarttheen-
gine,pressandholdthe[STARTENGINESTOP
button.
Remotecontrolkey:holdbackofkey
againstthedesignatedarea.Seeowner'sman-
ual
This
messageappearsifthereisnoconvenience
keyinsidethevehicleorifthesystemdoesnot
recognizethekey.Theconveniencekeymaynot
berecognized,forexample,ifitiscoveredbyan
objectthatdisruptsthesignal(suchasabrief-
case),orifthekeybatteryisweak.Electronicde-
vicessuchascellphonescanalsointerferewith
thesignal.
Tostillbeabletostartorstoptheengine,see
=page55,Startingtheenginewhenthereisa
malfunction.
BRemotecontrolkey:key notdetected.Isthe
keystillinthevehicle?
TheBSindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appearsiftheconveniencekeywasremovedfrom
thevehiclewhentheenginewasrunning.Ifthe
conveniencekeyisnolongerinthevehicle,you
cannotswitchtheignitiononorstarttheengine
onceyoustopit.Youalsocannotlockthevehicle
fromtheoutside.
Pleasepressthebrake pedal
Thismessageappearsifyoudonotpressthe
brakepedalwhenstartingtheengine.
PleaseselectNorP
Thismessageappearswhenstartingorstopping
theengineiftheselectorleverisnotinthe"N"or
"P"position.Theenginewillnotstart/stop.
Startingtheenginewhenthereisa
malfunction
Itmaynotbepossibletostarttheengineunder
certaincircumstances,forexample,ifthebat-
tery
inthevehiclekeyisdrained,ifinterferenceis
affectingthekeyorifthereisasystemmalfunc-
tion.
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Fig.59Steeringcolumn/remotecontrolkey:startingthe
engineifthereisamalfunction
Aslongasthemessage?)Remotecontrolkey:
holdbackofkey againstthedesignatedarea.
Seeowner'smanualisdisplayed,youcanemer-
gencystartyourvehicle.
>Pressthebrakepedal.
>Pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]button.
>Holdthemasterkeyinthelocationindicatedin
theillustrationP)©fig.59.Theenginewill
start.
>Iftheenginedoesnotautomaticallystart,
pressthe[STARTENGINESTOP]buttonagain.
@Tips
Youcanviewthemessageagainbypressing
the [STARTENGINESTOP]button.
Electromechanical
parkingbrake
The©)switchislocatedundertheselectorlever
inthecenterconsole.
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanelectromechani-
calparkingbrake.Theparkingbrakeisdesigned>
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Assistsystems
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
ICRUISE|/3)Speedcontrolsystem:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thecruisecontrolsystemhasbeendeac-
tivated.Thereisatemporarymalfunction,forex-
amplethebrakesareoverheating.Switchthe
cruisecontrolsystemonagainlater.
Audiactivelaneassist
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiactivelaneassist
Activelaneassistdetectslanemarkerlineswith-
inthelimitsofthesystemusingacamerainthe
windshield.Ifyouareapproachingadetected
lane markerlineanditappearslikelythatyou
willleavethelane,thesystemwillwarnyouwith
correctivesteering.Youcanoverridethissteering
atanytime.Ifyoupassoveraline,thesteering
wheelwillvibratelightly.Inorderforthiswarn-
ingvibrationtooccur,itmustfirstbe switched
onintheInfotainmentsystem.Activelaneassist
isreadyforoperationwhenthelanemarkerline
isdetectedonatleastonesideofthevehicle.
Thesystemisdesignedfordrivingonexpress-
waysandhighwaysandsoitonlyactivatesat
speedsaboveapproximately40mph(65km/h)
(dependingonthemarket).
Appliestovehicleswithsideassist*:Ifyouacti-
vateaturnsignalwhenactivelaneassistisready
anditclassifiesalanechangeascriticalbecause
ofvehiclestravelingalongsideyouorapproach-
ingyou,therewillbenoticeablecorrectivesteer-
ingshortlybeforeyouleavethelane.Thiswillat-
tempttokeepyourvehicleinthelane.
Appliestovehicleswithoutsideassist*:When
thesystemisready,itwillnotwarnyouifyouac-
tivatetheturnsignalbeforecrossingthelane
markerline.Inthiscase,itassumesthatyouare
changinglanesintentionally.
))Thecorrectivesteeringfunctionisnotavailableinallmar-
kets.
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ZAWARNING
— The systemwarnsthedriverthatthevehicle
isleavingthelaneusingcorrectivesteering.
Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforkeeping
thevehiclewithinthelane.
— The systemcanassistthedriverinkeeping
thevehicleinthelane,butitdoesnotdrive
byitself.Alwayskeep yourhandsonthe
steeringwheel.
—Correctivesteeringmaynotoccurincertain
situations,suchasduringheavybraking.
—Theremaybecaseswherethecameradoes
notrecognizealllanemarkerlines.Correc-
tivesteeringcanonlytakeplaceontheside
ofthevehiclewherelanemarkerlinesare
detected.
—Otherroadstructuresorobjectscouldpossi-
blybeidentifiedunintentionallyaslane
markerlines.Asaresult,correctivesteering
maybeunexpectedormaynotoccur.
— Thecameraviewcanberestricted,forexam-
plebyvehiclesdrivingaheadorbyrain,
snow,heavyspraylightshiningintothe
cameraorbydirtonthewindow.Thiscan
resultinactivelaneassistnotdetectingthe
lane markerlinesordetectingthemincor-
rectly.
—Incertainsituationswherevisibilityislow,
thevehiclemayswitchinternallyfrom“ear-
ly”to“late”steeringcorrection)).
—Undercertainconditionssuchasrutsinthe
road,aninclinedroadwayorcrosswinds,the
correctivesteeringalonemaynot beenough
tokeepthevehicleinthemiddleofthelane.
—Forsafetyreasons,activelaneassistmust
notbeusedwhentherearepoorroadand/or
weatherconditionssuchasslipperyroads,
fog,gravel,heavyrain,snowandthepoten-
tialforhydroplaning.Usingactivelaneas-
sistundertheseconditionsmayincreasethe
riskofacrash.
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Assistsystems
Sietemyo)ai
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiactivelaneassist
B8V-0692
Fig.68Turnsignallever:buttonforactivelaneassist
B4H-0312
Fig.69Windshield:camerawindowforactivelaneassist
>Pressthebuttontoswitchthesystemonand
off>fig.68.TheBworindicatorlightinthe
instrumentclusterturnsonoroff.
Indicatorlights
BgReady:theindicatorlightturnsonwhenthe
systemisreadyforuse.Thesystemcannowbe
operated.
Notready:theindicatorlightturnsonifthe
systemisswitchedonbutisinoperable.Thismay
beduetothefollowingreasons:
—Thereisnolane markerline
—Therelevant lane markerlinesarenotdetected
(forexample,markingsinaconstructionzone
orbecausetheyareobstructedbysnow,dirt,
waterorlighting)
—Thevehiclespeedisbelowtheactivationspeed
ofapproximately40mph(65km/h)(thespeed
mayvarydependingonyourcountry).
—Thelaneistoonarrowortoowide
—Thecurveistoonarrow
—Thedriver'shandsarenotonthesteering
wheel
@Tips
— Makesurethecamera'sfieldofview
>fig.69isnotobstructedbystickersor
anythingelse.Forinformationoncleaning,
see>page270.
—Incertainmarkets:ifthesystemisswitched
on,itwillswitchonautomaticallyeachtime
theignitionisswitchedon.
Meeeclei
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiactivelaneassist
=z
Ss
Beg
Fig.70Instrument cluster:activelaneassistisswitched
onandreadytoprovidewarnings
Youcancalluptheactivelaneassistdisplayusing
thebuttonsinthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
=>page12.
Activelaneassistisactivated
andreadytoprovidewarnings.
Greenline(s)
Redline(s)
(leftorright)
Activelaneassistwarnsyou
beforeleavingalane>fig.70.
Thesteeringwheelwillalsovi-
bratelightly.
Activelaneassistisactivated,
butisnotreadytoprovide
warnings.
Grayline(s)
MessagesinInfotainmentdisplay
Iftheactivelaneassistswitchesoffautomatical-
ly,theindicatorlightinthedisplayturnsoffand
oneofthefollowingmessagesappears:
Audiactivelaneassist:currentlyunavailable.
Cameraviewrestricted.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthecameraisunableto
detectthelines.Thiscouldhappenif:
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Assistsystems
whilethedisplayintherightexteriormirrorpro-
videsassistancewhenmakingalanechangeto
theright.
Informationstage
Aslongasyoudonotactivatetheturnsignal,
sideassistinformsyouaboutvehiclesthatare
detectedandclassifiedascritical.Thedisplayin
themirrorturnson,butisdim.
Thedisplayremainsdimintheinformationstage
sothatyourviewtowardthefrontisnotdistur-
bed.
Warningstage
Ifyouactivatetheturnsignal,sideassistwarns
youaboutvehiclesthataredetectedandclassi-
fiedascritical.Thedisplayintherespectivemir-
rorblinksbrightly.Ifthishappens,checktraffic
by glancingintheexteriormirrorsandoveryour
shoulder>A\inGeneralinformationon
page74.
@)Tips
Youcanadjustthebrightnessonofthedis-
playontherearviewmirror>page74.
Generalinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudisideassist
BFV-0260
BFV-0082
Fig.77Rearofthevehicle:positionofthesensors(exam-
ple)
Sideassistfunctionsatspeedsaboveapproxi-
mately19mph(30km/h).
@Approachingvehicles
Incertaincases,avehiclewillbeclassifiedas
criticalforalanechangeevenifitisstillsome-
whatfaraway.Thefasteravehicleapproaches,
the
soonerthedisplayintheoutsidemirrorwill
turnon.
@Vehiclestravelingwithyou
Vehiclestravelingwithyouareindicatedinthe
exteriormirroriftheyareclassifiedascriticalfor
alane change.Allvehiclesdetectedbysideassist>
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Parkingaid
Switchingonandoff
Appliesto:vehicleswith parkingsystemplus
a 3q | >
zoO
Fig.81Centerconsole:parkingaidbutton
Fig.82Opticaldistancedisplay
Switchingon
>Shiftintoreverse,or
>PressthePvbuttoninthe centerconsole
>fig.81.Ashortconfirmationtonesoundsand
theLEDinthebuttonturnson.
Switchingoff
>Drivefasterthan6mph(10km/h),or
>PressthePbutton,or
>Switchtheignitionoff.
Activatingautomatically
The
parkingaidisactivatedautomaticallyat
speedslessthan6mph(10km/h) andwhenap-
proachinganobstaclefromapproximately
3.1feet(95cm)away.Thereareaudiblesignals
whenapproximately1.6ft(50cm)awayfromthe
obstacle.IfyoupresstheP”buttontoswitchthe
parkingaidoff,itcanonly bereactivatedauto-
maticallywhenoneofthefollowingconditionsis
met:
—Thevehiclespeedexceeds6mph(10km/h)
—Theignitionisswitchedoffandbackonagain
—Theparkingbrakeissetandthenreleased
80
—Theselectorlevermustbeinthe"P"position.
Segmentsinthevisualdisplay
Thesegmentsinfront ofandbehindthevehicle
(vehicleswithparkingsystemplus*)>fig.82
helpyoutodeterminethedistancebetweenyour
vehicleandanobstacle.Theredlinesmarkthe
expecteddirectionoftravelaccordingtothe
steering angle.Awhitesegmentindicatesan
identifiedobstacle thatisoutsideofthevehicle's
path.Redsegmentsshowidentifiedobstacles
thatareinyourvehicle'spath.Asyourvehicle
comesclosertotheobstacle,thesegmentsmove
closertothevehicle.Thecollisionareahasbeen
reachedwhenthenexttolastsegmentisdis-
played.Obstaclesinthecollisionarea,including
thoseoutsideofthevehicle'spath,areshownin
red.Donotcontinuedrivingforwardorinreverse
=AinIntroductiononpage78,>@inIntro-
ductiononpage78!
Rearviewcamera
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithrearviewcamera
B8V-0629
Fig.83Diagram:linestoaidinparking
Therearviewcamerahelpsyoutoparkormaneu-
verusingtheorientationlines.
Parkingaid
@®Tips
—Thevisualdisplayintheleftpartofthedis-
playshouldhelpyoudetectthecriticalvehi-
cleareas.
—Youcanchangethevolumeofthesignals
andthedisplay>page82.
Perpendicularparking
Appliesto:vehicleswithrearviewcamera
Thisviewmaybe usedwhenparkinginagarage
orinaparkingspace.
4d.Look!Safetomove?
Fig.87Infotainmentsystem:aligningthevehicle
>Turn theInfotainmentsystemonandshiftinto
reversegear.
>Theorangeorientationlines@showthevehi-
cle'sdirectionoftravel.Turn thesteeringwheel
untiltheorangeorientationlinesalignwiththe
parkingspace>fig.86.Usethemarkings@)to
helpyouestimatethedistancetoanobstacle.
Eachmarkingrepresentsapproximately3 feet
(1m).Thebluearearepresentsanextensionof
thevehicle'soutlinebyapproximately16ft(5
meters)totherear.
>Whiledrivinginreversegear,adjustthesteer-
ingwheelangletofittheparkingspaceusing
theorangeorientationlinesforassistance>/\
82
inGeneralinformationonpage81,>@)in
Generalinformationonpage81.Area@)repre-
sentstherearbumper.Attheverylatest,stop
thevehiclewhentheredorientationline@)
bordersanobject.
Adjustingthedisplay
andthewarningtones
Appliesto:vehicleswithparkingsystemplus
Thedisplayandwarningtonescanbeadjustedin
theInfotainment.
MENU >SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Parkingaid.
Signaltones
Frontvolume-volumeforthefrontarea
Rearvolume-volumeforthereararea
Entertainmentfader-whentheparkingsystem
isturnedon,thevolumeoftheaudio/video
sourceislowered
G)Tips
—Thesettings areautomaticallystoredand
assignedtotheremotecontrolkeythatisin
use.
— Thenewlevelisdemonstratedbriefly*when
thevolumeisadjusted.
Errormessages
Appliesto:vehicleswithrearparkingsystem/parkingsystem
plus
Rearparkingaid:malfunction!Obstaclescannot
bedetected
Parkingaid:malfunction!Obstaclescannotbe
detected
ThereisasystemmalfunctioniftheLEDinthe
Psbuttonblinkswhenswitchingonthe system.
Iftheerrorisnotcorrectedbeforeyouswitchoff
theignition,theLEDinthePbuttonwillblink
thenexttimeyouswitchontheparkingsystem
byshifting intoreverse.Aslongastheerrorisac-
tive,youcandisplaytheerrormessagesinthe
secondtabofthedriverinformationsystem.>
MultiMediaInterface
MultiMediaInterface
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>