tow AUDI Q5 2019 Workshop Manual

Voicerecognitionsystem

Voicerecognitionsystem
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
YoucanoperatemanyInfotainmentfunctions
convenientlybyspeaking.
Requirement:theignitionandtheMMImustbe
switched
on>page152.Asystemlanguagesup-
portedbythevoicerecognitionsystemmustbe
set.Theremustbenophonecallsinprogressand
theparkingaidmustnotbeactive.

>Switchingon:pressthe[%]button@
=>page17,fig.11or>page18,fig.13briefly
onthemultifunctionsteeringwheelandsay
thedesiredcommandaftertheBeep.
>Switchingoff:pressandholdthe|™]button.
Or:pressthe|5|button.
>Pausing:saythecommandPause.Toresume,
pressthe|]button.
>Correcting:saythecommandCorrection.Or:
simplysayanewcommandduringanan-
nouncement>page246.






Inputassistance
Thesystemguidesyouthroughtheinputwith
visualandaudiofeedback.
—Visualinputassistance:afterswitchingon
voicerecognition,adisplaywithaselectionof
possiblecommandsappears.Thiscommand
displaycanbe switchedonoroff.Select:
MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrolbutton
>MMIsettings>Speechdialogsystem.
—Audioinputassistance: tohavethepossible
commandsread,turnthevoicerecognitionsys-
temonandsayHelp.


Forthesystemtounderstandyou:
Speakclearlyanddistinctly atanormalvolume.
Speaklouderwhendrivingfaster.
Emphasizethewordsinthecommandsevenly
anddonotleavelongpauses.
Closethedoors,thewindows,andthesunroof*
toreducebackgroundnoise.Makesurethatpas-
sengersarenotspeakingwhenyouaregivinga
voicecommand.
170
Donotdirecttheventstowardthehands-freemi-
crophone,whichisintheroofheadlinernearthe
frontinteriorlights.
Onlyusethesystemfromthedriver'sseatbe-
causethehands-freemicrophoneisdirectedto-
wardthatseat.
Additionalsettings
See>page246,Speechdialogsystem.

ZAWARNING
—Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Onlyusethefunctionsin
suchawaythatyoualwaysmaintaincom-
pletecontroloveryourvehicleinalltraffic
situations.
—Donotuse thevoicerecognitionsystemin
emergenciesbecauseyourvoicemaychange
instressfulsituations.Thesystemmaytake
longertodialthenumberormaynotbe
abletodialitatall.Dialtheemergency
numbermanually.

Gi)Tips
— Thedialogpauseswhenthereisanincom-
ingphonecallandwillcontinueifyouig-
norethecall.Thedialogendsifyouanswer
thecall.
—Youcanselectan iteminthelistusingei-
therthevoicerecognitionsystemorthe
controlknob.
Commandoverview
information
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Thefollowingoverviewsdescribethecommands
thatcan beusedtooperatetheMMIusingthe
voicerecognitionsystem.
Alternativecommandsareseparatedusinga“/”,
forexamplesay:Telephone/(or)Navigation/
(or)Radio.
Sequencesofcommandsusedtoperformanac-
tionareidentifiedwitha “>”,forexamplesay:
Enteraddress>(then)Entercountry/state.>

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Audiconnect

Remotelockingandunlocking
Requirement:thevehiclemustbeparkingand
theignitionmustbeswitchedoff.
Thisserviceallowsyoutounlockorlockyourve-
hicle.
Vehiclestatusreport
Thisservicetransfersdriverinformationsystem
datatoaserver.Dependingonthevehicleequip-
ment,certaindatamaybeaccessed,suchasthe
remainingrangeormileage.Thevaluesmaydif-
ferfromthevaluesdisplayedinthevehicle.
CarFinder
Thisservicetransmitstheparkinglocationtoa
server whentheignitionisswitchedoff.Thevehi-
clelocation,yourlocation,ortheroutetoyour
vehiclecanbedisplayed.Thenewparkingloca-
tioncannotbedeterminedwiththisserviceifthe
vehicleismovedaftershuttingthevehicleoff
andwithoutswitchingtheignitiononandoff
again,forexampleifthevehicleistowedorsto-
len.
—Deactivatingandactivatingtheparkingposi-
tion:Select:[MENU]>Audiconnect>Carfind-
er.


OnlineAudiservicerequest
Requirement:theservicemustbeactivatedon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiandanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiservicefacili-
tymustbeselected.
Thisservicetransmitsservice-relevantdatato
yourselectedauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiservicefacility.Theywillcontactyou
beforeyournextserviceappointment.
StolenVehicleLocator
Thisserviceassistsyouinlocatingyourvehicleif
itisstolen.
—Contactthepolice.YoureceiveaCaseID.
—CalltheservicehotlineandgiveyourCaseID.
Theservicehotlinewillforwardtheestablished
datatothepolice.YoureceivetheAudiService
hotlinenumberwhenyoupurchaseyourvehicle.
GeofencingAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page196.
Thisserviceallowsyouto setpermittedandfor-
biddenzonesforyourvehicleaswellassettime
limitsforthesezones.Ifyourvehicleleavesa
permittedzoneorentersaforbiddenzone,you
willbenotifiedwithapushnotificationand/oran
e-mail.
SpeedAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page196.
Youcansetuptotwospeedlimitsforyourvehi-
cleusingthis service.Ifyourvehicleexceedsaset
speedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapushnoti-
ficationand/ore-mail.
ValetAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page196.
Ifyougiveyourvehicletoaparkingservice,you
cansetazoneandaspeedlimitusingthemyAu-
diapp.Ifthevehicleleavesthezoneorexceeds
thespeedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapush
notificationand/ore-mail.

ZA\WARNING
Donotignoremessagesandwarningorindi-
catorlightsthatturnoninthevehiclebe-
causeoftheinformationinthevehiclestatus
report.Thiscouldlead tobreakdownsinon
theroad,accidentsandseriousinjuries.
@)Tips
Forsomeservices,youcanselectifyouwould
liketobenotifiedwithapushnotification
and/orane-mail.

Settings
Co)ate-Mar-iancola4
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Connectionmanager.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Onlinesettings>
Dataconnectionsettings.


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>

Navigation

>Pushthecontrolknobup.Theinputfieldisdis-
played@)&page203,fig. 187.
—Enteroneormoresearchtermsintotheinput
field.
—Ifavailable,confirmtheinputsuggestion*to
completetheentryorawordsuggestion*.See
=>page159,Letter/numberspeller.
—Turn thecontrolknobtotherighttochangethe
resultslist.
—Selectandconfirmadestinationfromthere-
sultslist.
Theroutedisplaysasanoverviewinthemap.
Routeguidanceisalreadyactive.
Narrowingthesearcharea
Allcountries/statesareselectedatthefactory
forthefreetextsearch.
—Select:therightcontrolbutton>
-Country/stateselection-intheinputfield1
=>page203,fig.187.
—Selectthecountryorstate(@)thatshould be
searchedforinthefreetextsearchinorderto
narrowthenumberof resultsandincreasethe
searchspeed.Theselectedentryinthecoun-
try/stateselectionisstored.Or:SelectAll
countries/states.
@Tips
— TheMMIinputsuggestionsdependonthe
lastnavigateddestinations.
—Upto50entriescanbestoredinthelast
destinationslist.
—Additionalinformationonfreetextsearches
canbefoundunder>page160.
Loadingpreviousdestinations
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Yourlastdestinationsareautomaticallystored
andcanbeloadeddirectlyas adestination.
Requirement:adestinationwasalreadynavigat-
edto.

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page203,fig.187.
204
YourlastdestinationislisteddirectlyintheEnter
destinationmenuunderthehomeaddressand
identifiedwiththesymbol@)>page203,
fig.187.
—Selectandconfirmoneofthelastdestinations
fromthelist.
Deletingpreviousdestinations
—Selectoneofthelastdestinationsfromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletedestina-
tion>DeletethislastdestinationorDeleteall
lastdestinations.
Theselecteddestinationoralllastdestinations
is/aredeletedandnolongerdisplayedintheEn-
terdestinationmenu.
Enteringanaddress
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
As analternativetofreetextsearch,youcanal-
so enteranaddressinstages.

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page203,fig.187.
>Select:leftcontrolbutton>Enteraddress.

—Enteringadestinationusingacountry/state:
selectandconfirmCountry/state.Selectand
confirmacountryorstatedirectlyfromthelist.
Or:searchforacountryorstateusingtheinput
field.
—EnteringadestinationusingtheCity/ZIP
code:selectandconfirmCity/ZIPcode.Entera
cityoraZIPcode.Or:selectandconfirmacity
fromthelist.
—Selectandconfirmadditionaldetailsaboutthe
destinationsuchasStreet,Housenumberor
Downtown.
—Destinationentry usinga streetintersection*:
Requirement:youmustenterastreet.Select
andconfirmIntersection.Selectandconfirma
streetdirectlyfromthelist.Or:searchfora
streetusingtheinputfield.
—SelectandconfirmStartrouteguidance.

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Navigation

Personalroute
assistance
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystemandpersonal
routeassistance
YourMMIcanlearntheroutesthatyoudrivefre-
quently(suchasyourdailycommutetoworkand
back)andsuggestrouteguidancebasedonthe
currentvehicleposition.
#Homeaddress
5iRk]Ae
na
®MarketStreet
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Fig.190Example:displayofpersonalroutesinthe"Enter
destination"menu
Thereisadelayof6minonyour
personalrouteto
StevensCreekBlvd,SanJose,CA95117.
Byelamceleiemeeee)
Paescruheiuccsc
Ignoreallmessages

Fig.191Informationonpersonalroute

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page203,fig. 187.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Navigationset-
tings>Personalrouteassistance.

WhenthefunctionisswitchedonM,theMMIre-
cordsthefrequently-drivenroutesregardlessof
whetheradestinationwasenteredandreached
ornot.
Aslongasrouteguidanceisnotactive,yourper-
sonalroutesarelistedinthe Enterdestination
menuunderthehomeaddressandindicatedwith
thesymbol(@©fig.190.Whenpersonalroute
assistanceisswitchedon,thissymbolisdis-
playedintheNavigationmenuandintheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplaystatuslineatthesame
time.
Thedistancetothedestinationandthecalculat-
edarrivaltimearealsodisplayedforyourperson-
alroutes.Withoutstartingrouteguidance,your
MMImonitorsthetrafficconditionsforyourper-
sonalroutesandshowspossibletrafficincidents
forthepossibleroutestobedrivenintheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplay@)>fig.190.
Amessagewillbedisplayedifthereisalarge
trafficincident(morethan12minutedelay)re-
gardlessofwhichmenuisselected>fig.191.
Selectandconfirmoneofthefollowingoptions:
—Startrouteguidance:theMMIstartstheroute
guidanceforthepersonalroutedisplayedand
searchesfora fasterrouteifavailable.
—Ignorethisrouteandthismessage:thedis-
playeddestinationwithallapplicablepersonal
routesisnoLongerfactoredintothecurrent
trip.Nomoremessagesareshownforthedis-
playeddestination.Thedisplayeddestination
withallapplicablepersonalrouteswillbefac-
toredintothetripagainonlyafterstoppingthe
vehicleandswitchingtheignitiononagain.
—Ignoreallmessages:allpersonalroutesareno
longerfactoredintothecurrenttrip.No more
messagesaredisplayed.Messagesforpersonal
routeswhenthereisincreasedtrafficwillap-
pearagainafterthevehicleisstoppedandthe
ignitionisswitchedonagain.
Assoonasyouswitchoffpersonalrouteassis-
tance,thesymbolinthestatuslineturnsoffand
yourtripsarenolongerrecorded.Tripsthatwere
alreadystoredremainstored.
Deletingpersonalroutes:
—SelectthedesiredpersonalrouteintheEnter
destinationmenu>fig.190.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletedestina-
tion.
Deletingallpersonalroutes:

—Select:[MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrol
button>MMIsettings>Factorysettings.
—Select:Navigationandonlinememory>Re-
storefactorysettings>page246.

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Media

(CO)6/VDE0837.Theopticalreadersthatarein-
stalledconformto safetyclass1.Lasersinthis
classareveryweakandwell-shielded,sothereis
nodangerifusedcorrectly.
Mediadrives
SDcardreader
TheSDcardreaderislocatedintheglovecom-
partment.
—InsertingtheSDcard:Theangledcornerofthe
SDcard mustfacetowardtherightfrontside
whenbeinginserted.SlidetheSDcardintothe
cardreaderslotuntiltheSDcardclicksinto
place.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedSDcardcontainssup-
portedaudio/videofiles*>page240.
—RemovingtheSDcard: pressbrieflyontheSD
card.
TheSDcardreaderisaccessedandoperated
throughtheMMI@)&page234,fig.210.
@Note
Onlyuseone-pieceSDcards.Ifadaptercards
(SDcardswithmorethanonepiece)areused,
thecardcouldfalloutoftheadapterwhen
drivingbecauseofvibrations.Individual
piecescouldthenbecomestuckinthedrive
andimpairthefunctionality.
G@)Tips
TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
DVDdrive
Appliesto:vehicleswithaDVDdrive
—

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Fig.206Glovecompartment:DVDdrive
226
—LoadingaCD/DVD:theCD/DVDispulledinau-
tomatically.SlidetheCD/DVDstraightintothe
DVDslot@)withthelabelfacingup>fig.206.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCD/DVDcontains sup-
portedaudio/video*files>page240.
—EjectingaCD/DVD:pressthebutton@
>fig.206.
TheCD/DVDispulledinagainautomaticallyifit
isnotremovedfromtheDVDslotwithinapproxi-
matelytensecondsafterejectingit.
TheDVDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMIQ)>page234,fig.210.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCD/DVDintothedrive.The
CD/DVDispulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDs/DVDswithlabelsintothe
drive.Labelscancomeloosefromthe
CD/DVDanddamagethedrive.
@Tips
—CDs/DVDsthatcontainaudiofileswitha
highdataratemaynotplay.
— TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
——

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Fig.207Glovecompartment:CDdrive
—LoadingaCD:theCDispulledinautomatically.
SlidetheCDstraightintotheCDslot@)
=>fig.207withthelabelfacingup.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCDcontainssupported
audiofiles>page241,CDdrive.
—EjectingaCD:pressthebutton@>fig.207.>

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Audismartphoneinterface

Audismartphone
interface
Setup
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudismartphoneinterface
YoucanconnectyoursmartphonetotheMMIus-
ingtheAudismartphoneinterface.Certaincon-
tenton yoursmartphoneisadaptedtotheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplaywhiledrivingandcan
beoperatedthroughtheMMIcontrolpanel.
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
AniPhonegeneration5ornewerwithLightning
connectorandiOS7.1.2operatingsystemor
higherisrequired.Or:
AsmartphonewiththeAndroidAutoapp andAn-
droid5.0Lollipopoperatingsystemorhigheris
required.
>Connectyour smartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terface>page231usingtheapplicableUSB
adapter>page231,fig.209.
> SelectandconfirmActivateAppleCarPlayor
ActivateAndroidAutonow.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.
>Payattentiontoanyadditionalsystemprompts
onyoursmartphone,ifapplicable.
IfyouchosenottouseAppleCarPlayorAndroid
Autowhenconnectingyoursmartphoneforthe
firsttime,youcanstarttheAudismartphonein-
terfacelateronusingtheConnectionmanager.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audismartphonein-
terface>Changetoconnectionmanager.
>Connectyour smartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terfaceusingtheappropriateUSBadapter
=>page231,fig.209.
> SelectandconfirmAudismartphoneinterface
intheConnectionmanager>page246.You
canselectyoursmartphoneinthelistofdevi-
cesthatarealreadypaired>page248.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.




sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.


ZAWARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcompleteandundivided

attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-

@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage192.
G)Tips
—Thefunctionsthatcan beuseddependon
thefollowingfactors,amongothers:
—Thebrandofyoursmartphone
—Theversionoftheoperatingsystemin
yoursmartphone
—Thesoftwareversionoftheappused
—TheUSBadaptercableandcorrectconnec-
tion
—Yourcellphoneserviceprovider
—Thecustomizedsettingson yoursmart-
phone
— Oneofthefactorsaboveoracombination
ofanyofthemcouldcauseyoursmart-
phonetobe incompatiblewiththeAudi
smartphoneinterface.Compatibilitycannot
beguaranteedforalltypesofsmartphones.
Formoreinformationandassistance,refer
totheuserguideandthemanufacturerof
yoursmartphone.
—Iftheconnectedsmartphonehasvoicecon-
trol,youcan operateyoursmartphoneusing
theexternalvoicerecognitionsystem
=>page175.
—ThemenulanguageshownintheMMIis
basedonthesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—ThetimedisplayedintheMMIisbasedon
thesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—SomeMMIfunctionsarenotavailablewhen
AppleCarPlayorAndroidAutoisactive.
—Youcannotconnectanymobiledevicesvia
BluetoothwhenanAppleCarPlayconnec-
tionisactive.
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Systemsettings

Switchoffpop-up:whenthefunctionisswitched
on[¥,themessagesintheInfotainmentsystem
displayregardingthechargingstatusofyourcell
phoneinthe Audiphonebox*arehidden.There-
mindernottoforgetyourcellphonewhenleav-
ingthevehicleisalsoswitchedoff.
Tooltips
WhenthisfunctionisswitchedonM,yourMMI
showsyoutipsforinput.Thefrequencyofhow
oftenitdisplaysdecreaseswithtime.
Speechdialogsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functions
maybeavailable:
Commanddisplay:whenthisfunctionisswitch-
edonM,theMMIwillshowyouthepossible
commandsforvoiceinputintherespective
menu.
Shortdialog:whenthisfunctionisswitchedon
,ashorterformofthepromptsisused.
Commandduringvoiceoutput*:thisfunctionis
switchedonatthefactory.Whenthisfunctionis
switchedon[M,youcansaynewcommandsdur-
ingannouncements.Youdonotneedtowaitfor
thesignaltone(beep)duringanannouncement.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedoff(J,youneedto
waitforthesignaltone(beep)tosayanewcom-
mand.


Volume:youcanadjustthevolumeofthe
promptsbyturningthecontrolknob.
Individualspeechtraining(onlywhenthevehi-
cleisstationary):youcanadaptthevoicerecog-
nitionsystemtoyourvoiceorpronunciationinor-
dertoimprovethesystem'sabilitytorecognize
yourspeech.Individualspeechtrainingiscom-
prisedof20speechentriesthatconsistofcom-
mandsandsequencesofnumbers.Youcande-
letetheprogrammedvoicetrainingwiththeRe-
setindividualspeechtrainingfunction.
Displaybrightness
YoucanadjustthebrightnessoftheInfotain-
mentsystemdisplaybyturningthecontrolknob.
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Factorysettings
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,thefollow-
ingfunctionscanberesettofactorysettings:
—Soundsettings
—Radio
—Mediasettings
—Jukebox*
—Directory
—Telephone
—BluetoothandWi-Fi*
—Navigationsettings*
—Navigationandonlinememory*
—Speechdialogsystem*
—Shortcutkeys
—Messagesettings*
—Apps*
—Tooltips
—Audiconnect*
—Audismartphoneinterface*
Youcanselectthedesiredfunctionsindividually
orallatoncewiththeoptionSelectallentries.
Selectandconfirm Restorefactorysettings.
Gi)Tips
Makesurethatnotonlythesettingswerede-
letedbutalsothestoreddata,ifnecessary.
Connectionmanager
Introduction
Theconnectionmanagerprovidesanoverviewof
yourconnecteddevicesandtheirnetworkstatus.

>Select:[MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrol
button>MMIsettings>Connectionmanager.
>Selectandconfirmamenuitem.

If amobiledevicewasalreadyconnectedandyou
selectandconfirmthecorrespondingmenuitem,
thedevicenameandconnectionstatusaredis-
playedunderthemenuitem.
Youcanindividuallyconnect(M)ordisconnect
(L))apaireddevice.

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Drivingsafety

>ALWAYSadjustyourspeedtoroad,trafficand
weatherconditions.
>Take frequentbreaksonlongtrips.Donotdrive
formorethantwohoursatastretch.
>DoNOTdrivewhenyouaretired,underpres-
sureorwhenyouarestressed.

Z\WARNING
Impaireddrivingsafetyincreasestheriskof
seriouspersonalinjuryanddeathwhenevera
vehicleisbeingused.


Correctpassenger
seatingpositions
Properseatingpositionforthedriver
Theproperdriverseatingpositionisimportant
forsafe,relaxeddriving.

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Fig.218Correctseatingposition
Foryourownsafetyandtoreducetheriskofin-
juryinthe eventofanaccident,werecommend
thatyouadjustthedriver'sseattothefollowing
position:
>Adjustthedriver'sseatso thatyoucaneasily
pushthepedalsallthewaytothefloorwhile
keepingyourknee(s)slightlybent>A\.
>Adjusttheangleoftheseatbacksothatitisin
anuprightpositionsothatyourbackcomesin
fullcontactwithitwhenyoudrive.
>Adjustthesteeringwheelsothatthereisadis-
tanceofatleast10inches(25cm)betweenthe
steeringwheelandyourbreastbone&fig.218.
Ifnotpossible,seeyourauthorizedAudidealer
aboutadaptiveequipment.
>Adjust thesteeringwheelso thatthesteering
wheelandairbagcoverpointsatyourchestand
notatyourface.
>Graspthetopofthesteeringwheelwithyour
elbow(s)slightlybent.
>Adjusttheheadrestraintsotheupperedgeis
asevenas possiblewiththetopofyourhead.If
thatisnotpossible,trytoadjusttheheadre-
straintso thatitisasclosetothispositionas
possible.
>Fastenandwearsafetybeltscorrectly
=>page261.
>Alwayskeepbothfeetinthefootwell so that
youareincontrolofthevehicleatalltimes.
For detailedinformationonhowtoadjustthe
driver'sseat,see>page55.

ZAWARNING
Driverswhoareunbelted,outofpositionor
tooclosetotheairbagcanbeseriouslyinjured
by anairbagasitunfolds.Tohelpreduce the
riskofseriouspersonalinjury:
—Alwaysadjustthedriver'sseatandthe
steeringwheelsothatthereareatleast
10inches(25cm)betweenyourbreastbone
andthesteeringwheel.
—Alwaysholdthesteeringwheelontheout-
sideofthesteeringwheelrimwithyour
handsatthe9o'clockand3o'clockposi-
tionstohelpreducetheriskofpersonalin-
juryifthedriver'sairbaginflates.
—Neverholdthesteeringwheelatthe
12o'clockpositionorwithyourhandsat
otherpositionsinsidethesteeringwheel
rimoronthesteeringwheelhub.Holding
the
steeringwheelthewrongwaycancause
seriousinjuriestothehands,armsandhead
ifthedriver'sairbagdeploys.
—Pointingthesteeringwheeltowardyour
facedecreasestheabilityofthesupplemen-
taldriver'sairbagtoprotectyouinacolli-
sion.
—Alwayssitinanuprightpositionandnever
leanagainstor placeanypart ofyourbody
tooclosetotheareawheretheairbagsare
located.


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Safetybelts

Neverrelyonairbagsaloneforprotection.Even
whentheydeploy,airbags provideonlyadditional
protection.Airbagsarenotsupposedtodeployin
allkindsofaccidents.AlthoughyourAudiis
equippedwithairbags,allvehicleoccupants,in-
cludingthedriver,mustwearsafetybeltscor-
rectlyinordertominimizetheriskofseverein-
juryordeathinacrash.
Remembertoo,thatairbagswilldeployonlyonce
andthatyoursafetybeltsarealwaystheretoof-
ferprotectioninthoseaccidentsinwhichairbags
arenotsupposedtodeployorwhentheyhaveal-
readydeployed.Unbeltedoccupantscanalsobe
thrownoutofthevehiclewhereevenmoresevere
orfatalinjuriescanoccur.
Itisalsoimportantfortherearpassengersto
wearsafetybeltscorrectly.Unbeltedpassengers
intherearseatsendangernotonlythemselves
butalsothedriverandotherpassengers
=>fig.224.In afrontalcollisiontheywillbe
thrownforwardviolently,wherethey canhitand
injurethedriverand/orfrontseatpassenger.
Safetybeltsprotect
Peoplethinkit'spossibletousethehandsto
bracethebodyinaminorcollision.It'ssimply
nottrue!
—

Fig.225Driveriscorrectlyrestrainedinasuddenbraking
maneuver
Safetybeltsusedproperlycanmakeabigdiffer-
ence.Safetybeltshelptokeeppassengersin
theirseats,graduallyreduceenergylevelsap-
pliedtothebodyinanaccident,andhelpprevent
theuncontrolledmovementthatcancauseseri-
ousinjuries.Inaddition,safetybeltsreduce the
dangerofbeingthrownoutofthevehicle.
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Safetybeltsattachpassengerstothecarandgive
themthebenefitofbeingsloweddownmore
gentlyor“softly”throughthe“give”inthesafety
belts,crushzonesandothersafetyfeaturesengi-
neeredintotoday'svehicles.By“absorbing”the
kineticenergyoveralongerperiodoftime,the
safetybeltsmaketheforcesonthebodymore
“tolerable”andlesslikelytocauseinjury.
Althoughtheseexamplesarebasedonafrontal
collision,safetybeltscanalsosubstantiallyre-
duce
theriskofinjuryinotherkindsofcrashes.
So,whetheryou'reonalongtripor justgoingto
thecornerstore,alwaysbuckleupandmakesure
othersdo,too.Accidentstatisticsshowthatvehi-
cleoccupantsproperlywearingsafetybeltshave
alowerriskofbeinginjuredandamuchbetter
chanceofsurvivinganaccident.Properlyusing
safetybeltsalsogreatlyincreasestheabilityof
thesupplementalairbagstodotheirjobinacol-
lision.Forthisreason,wearingasafetybeltisle-
gallyrequiredinmostcountriesincludingmuch
ofthe UnitedStatesandCanada.
AlthoughyourAudiisequippedwithairbags,you
stillhavetowearthesafetybeltsprovided.Front
airbags,forexample,areactivatedonlyinsome
frontalcollisions.Thefrontairbagsarenotacti-
vatedinallfrontalcollisions,insideandrearcol-
lisions,inrolloversorincaseswherethereisnot
enoughdecelerationthroughimpacttothefront
of
thevehicle.Thesamegoesfortheotherairbag
systemsinyourAudi.So,alwayswearyoursafety
beltandmakesureeverybodyinyourvehicleis
properlyrestrained!
Tueeedeletlalg
yb
Safetybeltsmustalwaysbecorrectlypositioned
across thestrongestbonesofyourbody.
>Alwayswearsafetybeltsasillustratedandde-
scribedinthischapter.
>Makesurethatyoursafetybeltsarealways
readyforuseandarenotdamaged.

ZAWARNING
Notwearingsafetybeltsorwearingthemim-
properlyincreasestheriskofseriouspersonal|»

Safetybelts

mayalso lockwhenyoudriveupordownasteep
hillorthroughasharpcurve.Duringnormaldriv-
ingthebeltletsyoumovefreely.
Safetybeltpretensioners
Safetybeltswithpretensionershelptotighten
thesafetybeltandremoveslackwhenthepre-
tensionersareactivated>page264.Thefunc-
tionofthepretensionerismonitoredbyawarn-
inglight>page22.
Convertiblelockingretractor
Everysafetybeltexcept theoneonthedriver
seatisequippedwithaconvertiblelockingretrac-
torthatmustbeusedwhenthesafetybeltis
usedtoattacha childsafetyseat.Besuretoread
theimportantinformationaboutthisfeature
=>page299.

ZA\WARNING
Improperlypositionedsafetybeltscancause
seriousinjuryinanaccident>page262,
Safetybeltposition.
—Safetybeltsofferoptimumprotectiononly
whentheseatbackisuprightandbeltsare
properlypositionedonthebody.
—Alwaysmakesurethattherearseat backrest
towhichthecenterrearsafetybeltisat-
tachedissecurelylatchedwhenevertherear
centersafetybeltisbeingused.Iftheback-
restisnotsecurelylatched,thepassenger
willmoveforwardwiththebackrestduring
suddenbraking,inasuddenmaneuverand
especiallyinacrash.
—Neverattachthesafetybelttothe buckle
foranotherseat.Attachingthebelt tothe
wrongbucklewillreducesafetybelteffec-
tivenessandcancauseseriouspersonalin-
jury.
—Apassengerwhoisnotproperlyrestrained
canbeseriouslyinjuredbythesafetybeltit-
selfwhenitmovesfromthestrongerparts
ofthebodyintocriticalareasliketheabdo-
men.
—Alwayslocktheconvertiblelockingretractor
whenyouaresecuringa childsafetyseatin
thevehicle>page301.

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SY)i-1aL-LhemLett(ela)
Correctbeltpositionisthekeytogettingmaxi-
mumprotectionfromsafetybelts.

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Fig.227Safetybeltposition
Standardfeaturesonyourvehiclehelpyouadjust
thepositionofthesafetybelttomatchyourbody
size.
—beltheightadjustmentforthefrontseats,
—height-adjustablefrontseats.

ZXWARNING
Improperlypositionedsafetybeltscancause
seriouspersonalinjuryinanaccident.
— Theshoulderbeltshouldlieasclosetothe
center ofthecollarboneaspossibleand
shouldfitwellonthebody.Holdthebelt
abovethelatchtongueandpullitevenly
acrossthechestsothatitsitsaslowaspos-
sibleonthepelvisandthereisnopressure
ontheabdomen.Thebeltshouldalwaysfit
snugly>fig.227.Pullonthebelttotighten
ifnecessary.
—Thelapbeltportionofthesafetybeltmust
bepositionedaslowaspossibleacrosspel-
visandneverovertheabdomen.Makesure
thebeltliesflatandsnug>fig.227.Pullon
thebelt totightenifnecessary.
—Aloose-fittingsafetybeltcan causeserious
injuriesbyshiftingitspositiononyourbody
fromthe strongbonestomorevulnerable,
softtissueandcauseserious injury.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSand
otherimportantinformation>page260.