Assist systems
— If the lanes are narrow or if you are driving on display in the exterior mirror may be incor-
the edge of your lane. If this is the case, the rect.
system may have detected a vehicle in another —For an explanation on conformity with the
lane that is not adjacent to your current lane. FCC regulations in the United States and the
— If you are driving through a curve. Side assist Industry Canada regulations, see
may react to a vehicle that is one lane over from => page 377.
the adjacent lane.
— If side assist reacts to other objects (such as Switching on and off
high or displaced guard rails). Applies to: vehicles with Audi side assist
— In poor weather conditions. The side assist
Th te b itched on/off in the Info- Furiedionsara limited. e system can be switched on/off in the Info
tainment system.
Do not cover the radar sensors > fig. 127 with
stickers, deposits, bicycle wheels or other ob-
jects, because they will impair the function. For
information on cleaning, see > page 342.
If the system is activated, the displays in the ex-
terior mirrors will turn on briefly when the igni-
tion is switched on.
> Select in the Infotainment system: [MENU] but-
AN WARNING ton > Vehicle > left control button > Driver as-
— Always pay attention to traffic and to the sistance > Audi side assist. Off switches the
area around your vehicle. Side assist cannot system off.
replace a driver's attention. The driver alone
is always responsible for lane changes and Setting the display brightness
similar driving maneuvers. Applies to: vehicles with Audi side assist
—Insome situations, the system may not
The display bright be adjusted in the In-
function or its function may be limited. For Meee ea anor eee ee oN et
exainple: fotainment system.
—If vehicles are approaching or being left > Select in the Infotainment system: [MENU] but-
behind very quickly. The display may not ton > Vehicle > left control button > Driver as-
turn on in time. sistance > Audi side assist.
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— In poor weather conditions such as heavy
rain, snow or heavy mist.
— On very wide lanes, in tight curves, or if
there is a rise in the road surface. Vehicles
in the adjacent lane may not be detected
because they are outside of the sensor
range.
() Note
The sensors can be displaced by impacts or
damage to the bumper, wheel housing and
underbody. This can impair the system. Have
an authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility check their function.
@ Tips
— If the window glass in the driver's door or
front passenger's door has been tinted, the
> Adjust the brightness to a level where the dis-
play in the information stage will not disrupt
your view ahead. If you change the brightness,
the display in the exterior mirror will briefly
show the brightness level in the information
stage.
The brightness of the warning stage is linked to
the brightness in the information stage and is ad-
justed along with the information stage.
The display brightness adjusts automatically to
the brightness of the surroundings, both in the
information and in the warning stage. In very
dark or very bright surroundings, the automatic
adjustment will set the display to the minimum
or maximum level. In such cases, you may notice
no change when adjusting the brightness, or the
change may only be noticeable once the sur-
roundings change.
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Parking aid
Parking aid
General information
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearview cam-
era/park assist
Depending on your vehicle's equipment, various
parking aids will help you when parking and ma-
neuvering.
The parking system plus assists you when park-
ing by audibly and visually indicating objects de-
tected in front of and behind the vehicle
=> page 137.
The rearview camera shows the area behind the
vehicle in the Infotainment system display. The
lines in the rearview camera image help you to
park or maneuver > page 138.
Park assist helps you to locate suitable parking
spaces when parallel or perpendicular parking,
and also helps when leaving a parallel parking
space > page 140.
Z\ WARNING
— Always look for traffic and check the area
around your vehicle by looking at it directly
as well. The parking system cannot replace
the driver's attention. The driver is always
responsible when entering or exiting a park-
ing space and during similar maneuvers.
— Please note that some surfaces, such as
clothing, are not detected by the system.
— Sensors and cameras have blind spots in
which people and objects cannot be detect-
ed. Be especially cautious of small children
and animals.
— Always pay attention to the area around the
vehicle - using the rearview mirror, too.
— The sensors can be displaced by impacts or
damage to the radiator grille, bumper,
wheel housing and the underbody. The park-
ing system may be impaired as a result.
Have an authorized Audi dealer or author-
ized Audi Service Facility check their func-
tion.
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@) Note
— Some objects are not detected or displayed
by the system under certain circumstances:
— objects such as barrier chains, trailer draw
bars, vertical poles or fences
— objects above the sensors such as wall ex-
tensions
— objects with certain surfaces or structures
such as chain link fences or powder snow
— If you continue driving closer to a low ob-
ject, it may disappear from the sensor
range. Note that you will no Longer be
warned about this obstacle.
— Maintain enough distance from the curb to
reduce the risk of damage to the rims.
@) Tips
— The system may provide a warning even
though there are no obstacles in the cover-
age area in some situations, such as:
— certain road surfaces or when there is tall
grass
— external ultrasonic sources such as from
cleaning vehicles
—in heavy rain, snow, or thick vehicle ex-
haust
— We recommend that you practice parking in
a traffic-free location or parking lot to be-
come familiar with the system. Practice
parking in good light and weather condi-
tions.
— You can change the volume and pitch of the
signals as well as the display > page 144.
— What appears in the infotainment display is
somewhat time-delayed.
— The sensors must be kept clean and free of
snow and ice for the parking aid to operate.
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Parking aid
The rearview camera is located above the rear li-
cense plate bracket. Make sure that the lens for
the parking system > fig. 135 is not covered by
deposits or any other obstructions because this
can affect the function of the parking system. For
information on cleaning, see > page 342.
The rearview camera coverage area includes ()
> fig. 134. Only this area is shown in the Info-
tainment display. Objects that are in area Q),
which is not covered, are not displayed.
Z\ WARNING
— Always read and follow the applicable warn-
ings > A\ in General information on
page 136.
— If the position and the installation angle of
the rearview camera was changed, for exam-
ple after a collision, do not continue to use
the system for safety reasons. Have it
checked by an authorized Audi dealer or au-
thorized Audi Service Facility.
— Only use the rearview camera to assist you if
it shows a good, clear picture. For example,
the image may be affected by the sun shin-
ing into the lens, dirt on the lens, or if there
is a malfunction.
— Use the rearview camera only if the luggage
compartment lid is completely closed. If the
luggage compartment lid is open the orien-
tation lines and blue surfaces are hidden.
Make sure any objects you may have mount-
ed on the luggage compartment lid do not
block the rearview camera.
— The camera lens enlarges and distorts the
field of vision. The object appears both al-
tered and inaccurate on the screen.
—Incertain situations, people or objects in
the display appear closer or farther away:
— For objects that do not touch the ground,
such as the bumper of a parked vehicle, a
trailer hitch or the rear of a truck. Do not
use the
orientation lines in this case.
—If driven from a level surface onto an in-
cline, or a downward slope.
— If driven toward protruding objects.
— If the vehicle is carrying too much load in
the rear.
CG) Note
— Always read and follow the applicable warn-
ings >@ in General information on
page 136.
— The orange-colored orientation lines in the
Infotainment display show the vehicle path
based on the steering wheel angle. The
front of the vehicle swings out more than
the rear of the vehicle. Maintain plenty of
distance so that an exterior mirror or a cor-
ner of the vehicle does not collide with any
obstacles.
Sct Remo
Applies to: vehicles with rearview camera
Switching on and off
Requirement: the vehicle speed must be under
approximately 6 mph (10 km/h).
> Press the Pv button in the center console. A
short confirmation tone sounds and the LED in
the button turns on.
Switching on automatically
The system switches on automatically when re-
verse gear is engaged while the engine is run-
ning.
Switching off automatically
The system switches off automatically when driv-
ing forward faster than 6 mph (10 km/h).
@) Tips
— The visual display* in the right section of the
display should help you detect the critical
vehicle area.
— You can change the volume of the signals
and the display > page 144.
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Parking aid
system. For information on cleaning, see
=> page 342.
When parking spaces are small, the parking sys-
tem signals a continuous tone when an obstacle
is less than approximately 0.7 feet (0.20 m)
away. Do not continue driving farther.
Z\ WARNING
— Always read and follow the applicable warn-
ings > A\ in General information on
page 136.
— Please note that park assist only controls
the steering. The driver is always responsi-
ble for braking and accelerating.
— The driver must decide if the parking space
displayed is suitable for the vehicle.
— The vehicle will change position when park-
ing. Make sure you do not endanger any oth-
er drivers.
— When using park assist to drive into or out
of a parking space, the steering wheel turns
quickly on its own. Reaching into the steer-
ing wheel spokes while this is happening can
result in injury.
@) Note
— Always read and follow the applicable warn-
ings >@ in General information on
page 136.
— Park assist guides the vehicle either away
from curbs or onto them if other vehicles
are parked on the curb. Make sure that your
vehicle's tires and rims are not damaged.
Take over steering at the right time.
— Certain conditions around the parking space
may result in the vehicle not being parked
as expected.
— Objects such as pillars or posts.
— Ground covering such as gravel, snow or
Ices
@) Tips
— The Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
must not be switched off during the parking
process > page 94.
— Parking in tight curves with park assist is
not possible.
SY iicealiaremelilie Rela
Applies to: vehicles with park assist
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Fig. 140 Infotainment system: finding a parking space
> To switch the park assist on, press the P@ but-
ton > fig. 139. The LED in the button will turn
on and the display for finding a parking space
will appear in the Infotainment system
> fig. 140.
> To switch park assist off, press the Pe button.
The
LED in the button turns off.
@ Tips
The system preselects a space from the avail-
able parking options as soon as a space is de-
tected. You can change the suggested loca-
tion.
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Parking aid
Parking space search
Applies to: vehicles with park assist
Fig. 142 Infotainment: notification to continue driving in
reverse (example: when parallel parking)
Searching for parking spaces
> Drive forward to the row of parking spaces ata
low speed. For the best parking results, the ve-
hicle should be approximately 3 feet (1 m) from
the row of parking spaces.
> The parking space search is first done on one
side of the lane. To switch the side for the park-
ing space search, activate the turn signal for
that side.
Selecting the parking space
> If the system finds a parking space that could
be suitable for the vehicle length and width, it
will be displayed > fig. 141. The system auto-
matically suggests a parking option.
> Make sure that the parking space is suitable for
your vehicle.
> To switch between parallel (@), forward perpen-
dicular @) or reverse perpendicular © parking,
turn the control knob to the desired mode. Only
the parking options that are currently possible
are suggested.
> Drive forward until the instructions for auto-
matic parking appear in the instrument cluster
> /\ in Description on page 141, >©@ in De-
scription on page 141. As soon as the vehicle
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has reached the correct position, a P appears in
the display over the selected parking space.
> Keep the vehicle as parallel as possible to the
parked vehicles or to the side of the road.
> If you would like to park using the system, fol-
low the instructions in the instrument cluster.
Park assist only displays parking spaces that are
suitable for the length and width of the vehicle.
@) Note
— Parking spaces classified as suitable by the
system may have been detected incorrectly.
The driver must decide if the parking space
displayed is suitable for the vehicle.
— Certain conditions near the parking space
may cause the parking process to fail, such
as if the parking space is near trees or posts,
or if the ground is covered, for example,
with gravel, snow, or ice.
G) Tips
— You can select a space from all of the park-
ing options found. The possible parking
space will be displayed until you are too far
away from it.
— If you did not drive past a suitable parking
space too quickly, the system can also be ac-
tivated afterwards by pressing the Pe button
and activating the turn signal.
— If suitable parking spaces are available on
both sides of the road at the same time
(such as on a one-way street), the direction
of the turn signal can also be changed in or-
der to use park assist.
— Park assist will switch off if your speed ex-
ceeds approximately 30 mph (50 km/h).
Starting the parking process
Applies to: vehicles with park assist
The responsibility is with the driver when park-
ing.
Requirement: a suitable parking space must be
found and selected > page 142. The vehicle must
initially be stationary.
> Select the reverse gear after stopping briefly.
» Remove your hands from the steering wheel. >
Multifunction steering wheel
@ Name of the street where you are currently
driving
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Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and analog instru-
ment cluster
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Fig. 160 Instrument cluster: turning maneuver in street
view
Requirement: a destination must be entered
=> page 189, route guidance must be started and
the navigation tab must be displayed.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
information may be shown in the driver informa-
tion system.
Distance to the next maneuver
Distance to the destination or stopover
Calculated arrival time
®©0O Name of the current expressway, highway or
street. If the O symbol is displayed in front
of the street name, you should turn onto the
street shown.
Direction arrow for the upcoming maneuver
Lane recommendation
CO®@ A bar graph appears when a direction arrow is
displayed. The fewer the bars that are shown,
the shorter the distance is until the turn.
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The following functions are also available when
route guidance is active:
— Repeating the last voice guidance message:
press the |4] button.
— Adjusting the voice guidance volume: turn the
right
thumbwheel up or down while a voice
guidance message is playing.
ZA\ WARNING
The route calculated by the navigation system
is a recommendation for reaching your desti-
nation. Obey traffic lights, stopping restric-
tions, one-way streets, lane change restric-
tions, etc.
G@) Tips
— Also see the chapter > page 8, Controls ata
glance.
— An exclamation point “!” in front of the
street name indicates that the information
about this street or this section of the route
is not complete in the navigation data con-
tained in the MMI. Obey traffic laws in one-
way streets and pedestrian zones.
Voice recognition system
Voice recognition system
General information
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
You can operate many functions in the vehicle
easily using voice commands.
Using the voice recognition system optimally
> Speak clearly and distinctly at a normal volume.
Speak louder when driving faster.
> Emphasize the words in the commands evenly
and do not leave long pauses.
> Close the doors, the windows, and the sunroof*
to reduce background noise. Make sure that
passengers are not speaking when you are giv-
ing a voice command.
> Do not direct the vents toward the hands-free
microphone, which is in the roof headliner near
the front interior lights.
> Only the driver should speak to the system, be-
cause the handsfree microphone is aimed to-
ward this seating position.
ZA\ WARNING
— Direct your full attention to driving. As the
driver, you have complete responsibility for
safety in traffic. Only use the functions in
such a way that you always maintain com-
plete control over your vehicle in all traffic
situations.
— Do not use the voice recognition system in
emergencies because your voice may change
in stressful situations. The system may take
longer to dial the number or may not be
able to dial it at all. Dial the emergency
number manually.
G) Tips
There are no voice guidance* prompts when a
dialog is active.
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
Requirement: the ignition and the MMI must be
switched on. A system language supported by
the voice recognition system must be set. There
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must be no phone calls in progress and the park-
ing aid must not be active.
> Switching on: press the [2] button (2)
> page 19, fig. 13 or @) > page 20, fig. 15
briefly on the multifunction steering wheel and
say the desired command after the Beep.
> Switching off: press and hold the |] button,
‘OF:
> Press the |] button.
> Pausing: say the command Pause. To resume,
press the |%] button.
> Correcting: say the command Correction.
Input assistance
The system guides you through the input with
visual and audio feedback.
— Visual input assistance: after switching on
voice recognition, a display with a selection of
possible commands appears. This command
display can be switched on or off. Select:
MENU] button > Settings > left control button
> MMI settings > Speech dialog system.
— Audio input assistance: to have the possible
commands read, turn the voice recognition sys-
tem on and say Help.
Additional settings
See > page 235.
@) Tips
— The dialog pauses when there is an incom-
ing phone call and will continue if you ig-
nore the call. The dialog ends if you answer
the call.
— You can select an item in the list using ei-
ther the voice recognition system or the
control knob.
Command overview
information
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
The following overviews describe the commands
that can be used to operate the MMI using the
voice recognition system.
Airbag system
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
— Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
— If you must install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptional circumstances and the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on
and stay on, immediately install the rear-
facing child seat in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
ZA WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be-
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
— Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use.
— Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat. Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur-
ing braking or other sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious personal injury if the airbags
inflate.
— Never place or attach accessories or other
objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked
“AIRBAG” on the steering wheel, instrument
panel, seat backrests or between those
areas and yourself. These objects could
cause injury in a crash, especially when the
airbags inflate.
— Never recline the front passenger's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the area of the side airbag or the front air-
bag during braking or in a sudden maneuver.
Objects near the airbags can become projec-
tiles and cause injury, particularly when the
seat is reclined.
— Never place or transport objects on the front
passenger seat. Objects on the front passen-
ger seat could cause the capacitive sensor in
the seat to signal to airbag system that the
seat is occupied by a person when it in fact is
not, or that the person on the seat is heavier
than he or she actually is. The change in
electric capacitance because of such objects
can cause the passenger front airbag to be
turned on when it should be off, or can
cause the airbag to work in a way that is dif-
ferent from the way it would have worked
without objects on the seat.
— Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occupied by a person when it is
not, or to signal that it is occupied by some-
one who is heavier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The presence of an ob-
ject could cause the passenger front airbag
to be turned on when it should be off, or
could cause the airbag to work in a way that
is different from the way it would have
worked without the object on the seat.
ZA\ WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people with a
history of asthma or other breathing condi-
tions.
—To reduce the risk of breathing problems,
those with asthma or other respiratory con-
ditions should get fresh air right away by
getting out of the vehicle or opening win-
dows or doors.
— If you are in a collision in which airbags de-
ploy, wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eating.
— Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches.
— If the residue should get into your eyes,
flush them with water.
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