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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.
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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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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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@)Tips
ThevolumeofthepromptsfortheMMItouch
canbeadjustedseparately>page174.
Controlknobwith
joystickfunction
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Fig.100Operatingconceptforthecontrolknobwithjoy-
stickfunction
Youcanpushthecontrolknobupordown(@)
>fig.100ortotherightorleft@).
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu
Pushthecontrolknobtowardthelefttoopenthe
selectionmenu>page91.
Pressthe[BACK]button()>page90,fig.90to
returntothefunctiononelevelup. Or:pushthe
controlknobtotherighttoclosetheselection
menu.
Openingandclosingthe optionsmenu
Pushthecontrolknobtotherighttoopenthe
optionsmenu>page91.
Pressthe[BACK]button()>page90,fig.90to
returntothefunctiononelevelup. Or:pushthe
controlknobtothelefttoclosetheoptions
menu.
Displayingtheinputfield*
Pushthecontrolknobuptoreachthebeginning
ofalistinthecentralarea/inputfield.
Switchingtospellerinput*
Whentheinputfieldisalreadyopen,switchdi-
rectlytothespellerintheinputfieldbypushing
thecontrolknobupagain>page96,Letter/
numberspeller.
Onthemap
Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page138,fig.119.
—Displayingtheinputfield*:pushthecontrol
knobupward.
—Displayingrouteguidance:whenrouteguid-
anceisactive,youcanalsodisplaytheroute
guidancebypushingthecontrolknob up
=>page131.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap(zoom):turnthe
controlknobtotheright/lefttozoomin/outon
themap.
Adjustingthesoundfocus*
Requirement:thebalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page173.Thecrosshairsare
shown.
—Movingthesoundfocususingthecrosshairs:
thecrosshairscanbemovedhorizontally.Turn
thecontrolknobtotheleftorright.Tomove
thecrosshairsvertically,pressthecontrolknob.
Turn thecontrolknobtotheleftorright.To
storethesetting,pressthecontrolknobagain.
UsingtheDVDmainmenu
Requirement:aDVDmustbeplaying
=>page158.TheDVDmainmenuisshown.
—Selectingamenuitem:movethecontrolknob
withjoystickfunctionupordownortotheleft
orright.
—Confirmingaselection:pressthecontrolknob.
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Openingtheselection/optionsmenuwith
thecontrolknob
Appliesto:vehicleswithjoystickfunction
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Fig.101Openingtheselection/optionsmenuwiththe
controlknob
Letter/numberspeller
Opening/closingtheselectionmenu:pushthe
controlknobtotheleft(2)>fig.101toopenthe
selectionmenu.Thenyoucanselectandconfirm
afunctionusingthecontrolknob.
BACK Pressthebutton@>page90,fig.90to
returntothefunctiononelevelup.
Opening/closingtheoptionsmenu:pushthe
controlknobtotheright@)>fig.101toopen
theoptionsmenu.Thenyoucanselectandcon-
firmafunctionusingthecontrolknob.
Pressthe[BACK]button(7)>page90,fig.90to
returntothefunctiononelevelup.
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Fig.102Diagram:letter/numberspeller
Youcanenterletters,numbersandsymbolsin
theMMIusingtheletter/numberspeller.Thisop-
tionisavailablewhentheinputfield@isactive
>fig.102.
—Openingandclosingtheletter/numberspell-
er:movethecontrolknobup/downwhenthe
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inputfieldisactive.Or:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller/Closespeller.
—Enteringcharacters:turnthecontrolknobwith
thecharacterselection@0>fig.102tothede-
siredsymbol.Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm
thecharacter.Yourinputisdisplayedinthein-
putfield@).Whenyouhaveenteredallofthe>
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characters,selectandconfirm[LIST©.Or:
pushthecontrolknobdown.
—Enteringaccentedcharacters (suchas4,¢,fi,
6)*:turnthecontrolknobwiththecharacter
selection@9>fig.102toacharacter.Toopen
theselectedaccentedcharacters,pressand
holdthecontrolknob.Turnthecontrolknob
withthecharacterselection@0>fig.102toan
accentedcharacter.Pressthecontrolknobto
inserttheaccentedcharacter.Toclosetheac-
centedcharacterswithoutselectingacharacter,
pressandholdthecontrolknobagain.Or:se-
lectandconfirm[a6]7)>fig.102.Selectand
confirmanaccentedcharacter.
—Deletingcharacters:selectandconfirm]@
=>fig.102.Todeleteallcharactersintheinput
field,pressandholdthecontrolknobon&]@
>fig.102untilallcharactersintheinputfield
aredeleted.
—Enteringspecial characters:selectandcon-
firm[82]©©fig.102or[123]@).Selectand
confirm thedesiredspecialcharacter(forex-
ample,ahyphenorperiod)withthenumber
speller.
—Inputassistance:insomecasessuchasinnavi-
gation*,thereisawordsuggestion*@)
=>fig.102basedonavailableentrieswhileyou
areenteringdata.Youcanselectthissugges-
tionbypushingthecontrolknobupward.
—Resultslist:insomecases,suchasinthedirec-
tory,thesystemswitchesautomaticallytothe
resultslistbasedonavailableentries@)
=>fig.102.Selectandconfirmasuggestion
fromthelist.
Requirement:theinputfield@)>fig.102must
beactive.
—SwitchingbetweenspellerandMMItouch*:
the handwritingrecognitionfortheMMItouch
controlpad*isactivatedautomatically.Simply
startwriting.
Overviewofsymbolsinthespeller
Thesymbolsintheletter/numberspellerareex-
plainedinthefollowingtable:
Symbol/DescriptionDescription
LIST]orlzSwitchestotheresultslist.
InputfieldDisplaysthecurrentinput.
Resultslist
tered.
Displaysalistwithsuggestionsbasedonthelettersalreadyen-
t
Switchesfromlowercasetouppercaselettersorfromuppercaseto
lowercaseletters.
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Opensadditionalspelleroptions(forexampleClosespeller,Clear
inputfield)
Punctuationmarksandspecialcharacters(suchashyphensorperi-
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ods)areshown.
auDisplaysaccentedcharacters(suchas4,¢,fi,6).
TSS/ABCSwitchesfromlettertonumberinputorfromnumbertoletterin-
put.
Addsaspaceintheinputfield.
—
CharacterselectionHighlightstheselectedcharacter.
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Insertsthesuggestedword*whenyoupushthecontrolknobup.
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Voicerecognitionsystem
Voicerecognitionsystem
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
YoucanoperatemanyInfotainmentfunctions
convenientlybyspeaking.
Requirement:theignitionandtheMMImustbe
switched
on.Asystemlanguagesupportedby
thevoicerecognitionsystemmustbeset.There
mustbenophonecallsinprogressandthepark-
ingaidmustnotbeactive.
>Switchingon:brieflypressthe[2]button@)
=>page14,fig.10onthemultifunctionsteer-
ing
wheelandsaythedesiredcommandafter
theBeep.
>Switchingoff:pressandholdthe|™]button.
Or:saythecommandCancel.
>Pausing:saythecommandPause.Toresume,
pressthe|]button.
>Correcting:pressthe[>]buttononetime©
=>page12,fig.6.Or:saythecommandCorrec-
tion.
Inputassistance
Thesystemguidesyouthroughtheinputwith
visualandaudiofeedback.
—Visualinputassistance:afterswitchingon
voicerecognition,adisplaywithaselectionof
possiblecommandsappears.Thecommand
displaycanbe switchedon/offunder[MENU]>
Settings>leftcontrolbutton>MMIsettings>
Speechdialogsystem.
—Audioinputassistance: tohavethepossible
commandsread,pressthe[2]buttononthe
multifunctionsteeringwheelbrieflyandsay
Help.
Forthesystemtounderstandyou:
Speakclearlyanddistinctly atanormalvolume.
Speaklouderwhendrivingfaster.
Emphasizethewordsinthecommandsevenly
anddonotleavelongpauses.
Donotspeakacommandwhenthevoicerecogni-
tionsystemismakinganannouncement.
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Closethedoors,thewindows,andthesunroof*
toreducebackgroundnoise.Makesurethatpas-
sengersarenot speakingwhenyouaregivinga
voicecommand.
Onlyusethesystemfromthedriver'sseatbe-
causethehands-freemicrophoneisdirectedto-
wardthatseat.
Additionalsettings
See>page174,Voicerecognitionsystem.
ZAWARNING
—Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Onlyuse thefunctionsin
suchawaythatyoualwaysmaintaincom-
pletecontroloveryourvehicleinalltraffic
situations.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystemin
emergenciesbecauseyourvoicemaychange
instressfulsituations.Thesystemmaytake
longertodialthenumberormaynotbe
abletodialitatall.Dialtheemergency
numbermanually.
G)Tips
— Thedialogpauseswhenthereisanincom-
ingphonecallandwillcontinueifyouig-
norethecall.Thedialogendsifyouanswer
thecall.
—Therearenovoiceguidance*promptswhen
adialogisactive.
—Youcanselectan iteminthelistusingei-
therthevoicerecognitionsystemorthe
controlknob.
Commandoverview
information
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Thefollowingoverviewsdescribethecommands
thatcan beusedtooperatetheMMIusingthe
voicerecognitionsystem.
Alternativecommandsareseparatedusinga“/”,
forexamplesay:Telephone/(or)Navigation/
(or)Radio.