tow AUDI S4 2019 Service Manual

Audiconnect

Vehiclestatusreport
Thisservicetransfersdriverinformationsystem
datatoaserver.Dependingonthevehicleequip-
ment,certaindatamaybeaccessed,suchasthe
remainingrangeormileage.Thevaluesmaydif-
ferfromthevaluesdisplayedinthevehicle.
Car Finder
Thisservicetransmitstheparkinglocationtoa
serverwhentheignitionisswitchedoff.Thevehi-
clelocation,yourlocation,ortheroutetoyour
vehiclecanbedisplayed.Thenewparkingloca-
tioncannotbedeterminedwiththisserviceifthe
vehicleismovedaftershuttingthevehicleoff
andwithoutswitchingtheignitiononandoff
again,forexampleifthevehicleistowedorsto-
len.
—DeactivatingandactivatingCarFinder:select:
MENU]>Audiconnect>Carfinder.

OnlineAudiservicerequest
Requirement:theservicemustbeactivatedon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudiandanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiservicefacili-
tymustbeselected.
Thisservicetransmitsservice-relevantdatato
yourselectedauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiservicefacility.Theywillcontactyou
beforeyournextserviceappointment.
StolenVehicleLocator
Thisserviceassistsyouinlocatingyourvehicleif
itisstolen.
—Contactthepolice.YoureceiveaCaseID.
—Calltheservicehotlineandgiveyour CaseID.
Theservicehotlinewillforwardtheestablished
datatothepolice.YoureceivetheAudiService
hotlinenumberwhenyoupurchaseyourvehicle.
GeofencingAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Thisserviceallowsyoutosetpermittedandfor-
biddenzonesforyourvehicleaswellassettime
limitsforthesezones.Ifyourvehicleleavesa
permittedzoneorentersaforbiddenzone,you
192
willbenotifiedwithapushnotificationand/oran
e-mail.
SpeedAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Youcansetuptotwospeedlimitsforyourvehi-
cleusingthis service.Ifyourvehicleexceedsaset
speedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapushnoti-
ficationand/ore-mail.
ValetAlert
Requirement:akeyusermustbesetinthevehi-
cle>page191.
Ifyougiveyourvehicletoaparkingservice,you
cansetazoneandaspeedlimitusingthemyAu-
diapp.Ifthevehicleleavesthezoneorexceeds
thespeedlimit,youwillbenotifiedwithapush
notificationand/ore-mail.

ZA\WARNING
Donotignoremessagesandwarningorindi-
catorlightsthatturnoninthevehiclebe-
causeoftheinformationinthevehiclestatus
report.Thiscouldlead tobreakdownsinon
theroad,accidentsandseriousinjuries.

G)Tips
Forsomeservices,youcanselectifyouwould
liketobenotifiedwithapushnotification
and/orane-mail.
Settings
Cellphonenetwork
>Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>right
controlbutton>Connectionmanager.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Onlinesettings>
Dataconnectionsettings.


Dependingonthecountry,vehicleequipment,
andconnectiontype,thefollowing functionsmay
beavailable:
Dataconnectionsettings
UsingtheDataconnectionsettingsmenu,you
cansetwhenthesystemshouldconnecttothe>

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Navigation

>Pushthecontrolknobup.Theinputfieldisdis-
played@)9page198,fig. 183.
—Enteroneormoresearchtermsintotheinput
field.
—Ifavailable,confirmtheinputsuggestion*to
completetheentryorawordsuggestion*.See
=page152,Letter/numberspeller.
—Turn thecontrolknobtotherighttochangethe
resultslist.
—Selectandconfirmadestinationfromthere-
sultslist.
Theroutedisplaysasanoverviewinthemap.
Routeguidanceisalreadyactive.
Narrowingthesearcharea
Allcountries/statesareselectedatthefactory
forthefreetextsearch.
—Select:therightcontrolbutton>Country/state
selectionintheinputfield@)>page198,
fig.183.
—Selectthecountryorstate(@)thatshould be
searchedforinthefreetextsearchinorderto
narrowthenumberofresultsandincreasethe
searchspeed.Theselectedentryinthecoun-
try/stateselectionisstored.Or:selectAll
countries/states.
@Tips
— TheMMIinputsuggestionsdependonthe
lastnavigateddestinations.
—Upto50entriescanbestoredinthelast
destinationslist.
—Additionalinformationonfreetextsearches
canbefoundunder>page154.
Loadingpreviousdestinations
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Yourlastdestinationsareautomaticallystored
andcanbeloadeddirectlyas adestination.
Requirement:adestinationwasalreadynavigat-
edto.

>»Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
>page198,fig. 183.
YourlastdestinationislisteddirectlyintheEnter
destinationmenuunderthehomeaddressand
identifiedwiththesymbol@)>page198,
fig.183.
—Selectandconfirmoneofthelastdestinations
fromthelist.
Deletingpreviousdestinations
—Selectoneofthelastdestinationsfromthelist.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletedestina-
tion>DeletethislastdestinationorDeleteall
lastdestinations.
Theselecteddestinationoralllastdestinations
is/aredeletedandnolongerdisplayedintheEn-
terdestinationmenu.
Enteringanaddress
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
As analternativetofreetextsearch,youcanal-
soenteranaddressinstages.

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page198,fig.183.
>Select:leftcontrolbutton>Enteraddress.

—Enteringadestinationusingacountry/state:
selectandconfirmCountry/state.Selectand
confirmacountryorstatedirectlyfromthelist.
Or:searchforacountryorstateusingtheinput
field.
—EnteringadestinationusingtheCityorZIP
code:selectandconfirmCity/ZIPcode. Entera
cityoraZIPcode.Or:selectandconfirmacity
fromthelist.
—Selectandconfirmadditionaldetailsaboutthe
destinationsuchasStreet,Housenumberor
Downtown.
—Destinationentryusinga 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.
UnColnnt-e-lelelg-ey
5Siegal7)
®a
®MarketStreet
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Fig.186Example:displayofpersonalroutesinthe"Enter
destination"menu
Thereisadelayof6minonyour
personalrouteto
StevensCreekBlvd,SanJose,CA95117.
yelamerella)
Pceuoersentkurtacorr
Ignoreallmessages
Fig.187Informationonpersonalroute

>Pressthe LNAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page198,fig. 183.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Navigationset-
tings>Personalrouteassistance.

WhenthefunctionisswitchedonM,theMMIre-
cordsthefrequently-drivenroutesregardlessof
whetheradestinationwasenteredandreached
ornot.
Aslongasrouteguidanceisnotactive,yourper-
sonalroutesarelistedinthe Enterdestination
menuunderthehomeaddressandindicatedwith
thesymbol@©fig.186.Whenpersonalroute
assistanceisswitchedon,thissymbolisdis-
playedintheNavigationmenuandintheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplaystatuslineatthesame
time.
Thedistancetothedestinationandthecalculat-
edarrivaltimearealsodisplayedforyourperson-
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alroutes.Withoutstartingrouteguidance,your
MMImonitorsthetrafficconditionsforyourper-
sonalroutesandshowspossibletrafficincidents
forthepossibleroutestobedrivenintheInfo-
tainmentsystemdisplay@)>fig.186.
Amessagewillbedisplayedifthereisalarge
trafficincident(morethan12minutedelay)re-
gardlessofwhichmenuisselected>fig.187.
Selectandconfirmoneofthefollowingoptions:
—Startrouteguidance:theMMIstartstheroute
guidanceforthepersonalroutedisplayedand
searchesforafasterrouteifavailable.
—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.186.
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Deletedestina-
tion.
Deletingallpersonalroutes:

—Select:[MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrol
button>MMIsettings>Factorysettings.
—Select:Navigationandonlinememory>Re-
storefactorysettings>page241.

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Media

(CO)6/VDE0837.Theopticalreadersthatarein-
stalledconformto safetyclass1.Lasersinthis
classareveryweakandwell-shielded,sothereis
nodangerifusedcorrectly.
Mediadrives
SDcardreader
TheSDcardreaderislocatedintheglovecom-
partment.
—InsertingtheSDcard:theangledcornerofthe
SDcard mustfacetowardtherightfront.Slide
theSDcardintothecardreaderslot untilthe
SDcardclicksintoplace.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedSDcardcontains sup-
portedaudio/videofiles*>page235.
—RemovingtheSDcard: pressbrieflyontheSD
card.
TheSDcardreaderisaccessedandoperated
throughtheMMI@)>page229,fig.206.
@)Note
Onlyuseone-pieceSDcards.Ifadaptercards
(SDcardswithmorethanonepiece)areused,
thecardcouldfalloutoftheadapterwhen
driving becauseofvibrations.Individual
piecescouldthenbecomestuckinthedrive
andimpairthefunctionality.
@Tips
TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
peel
Appliesto:vehicleswithaDVDdrive
ee

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Fig.202Glovecompartment:DVDdrive
—LoadingaCD/DVD:theCD/DVDispulledinau-
tomatically.SlidetheCD/DVDstraightintothe
DVDslot@)withthelabelfacingup>fig.202.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCD/DVDcontains sup-
portedaudio/video*files>page235.
—EjectingaCD/DVD:pressthebutton@
>fig.202.
TheCD/DVDispulledinagainautomaticallyifit
isnotremovedfromtheDVDslotwithinapproxi-
matelytensecondsafterejectingit.
TheDVDdriveisaccessedandoperatedthrough
theMMIQ)>page229,fig.206.
@)Note
—NeverforceaCD/DVDintothedrive.The
CD/DVDispulledinautomatically.
—DonotinsertCDs/DVDswithlabelsintothe
drive.Labelscancomeloosefromthe
CD/DVDanddamagethedrive.
@)Tips
—CDs/DVDsthatcontainaudiofileswitha
highdataratemaynotplay.
—TheSIMcardreaderthendoesnotfunction.
Appliesto:vehicleswithaCDdrive
oe

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Fig.203Glovecompartment:CDdrive
—LoadingaCD:theCDispulledinautomatically.
SlidetheCDstraightintotheCDslot@)
=>fig.203withthelabelfacingup.
—Automaticplayback:playbackwillstartauto-
maticallyiftheinsertedCDcontainssupported
audiofiles>page236,CDdrive.
—EjectingaCD:pressthebutton@©fig.203.
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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:
AsmartphonewiththeAndroidAuto app andAn-
droid5.0Lollipopoperatingsystemorhigheris
required.
>ConnectyoursmartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terface>page226usingtheapplicableUSB
adapter>page226,fig.205.
> SelectandconfirmActivateAppleCarPlayor
ActivateAndroidAutonow.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.
>»Payattentiontoanyadditionalsystemprompts
onyoursmartphone,ifapplicable.
IfyouchosenottouseAppleCarPlayorAndroid
Autowhenconnectingyoursmartphoneforthe
firsttime,youcanstarttheAudismartphonein-
terfacelateronusingtheConnectionmanager.
>Select:[MENU]button>Audismartphonein-
terface>Changetoconnectionmanager.
>ConnectyoursmartphonetotheAudimusicin-
terfaceusingtheappropriateUSBadapter
=>page226,fig.205.
>»SelectandconfirmAudismartphoneinterface
intheConnectionmanager>page241.You
canselectyoursmartphoneinthelistofdevi-
cesthatarealreadypaired>page243.
>Follow thesysteminstructions.




sponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Neveroperate
mobiledeviceswhiledriving,becausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.


Z\WARNING
Drivingrequiresyourcomplete andundivided

attention.Asthedriver,youhavecompletere-

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@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Wi-Fisettingsonpage193.
@)Tips
— Thefunctionsthatcanbeuseddependon
thefollowingfactors,amongothers:
—Thebrandofyoursmartphone
—Theversionoftheoperatingsystemin
yoursmartphone
—Thesoftwareversionoftheappused
—TheUSBadaptercableandcorrectconnec-
tion
—Yourcellphoneserviceprovider
—Thecustomizedsettingsonyoursmart-
phone
—Oneofthefactorsaboveoracombination
ofanyofthemcouldcauseyoursmart-
phonetobe incompatiblewiththeAudi
smartphoneinterface.Compatibilitycannot
beguaranteedforalltypesofsmartphones.
Formoreinformationandassistance,refer
totheuserguideandthemanufacturerof
yoursmartphone.
—Iftheconnectedsmartphonehasvoicecon-
trol,youcan operateyoursmartphoneusing
theexternalvoicerecognitionsystem
=>page169.
— ThemenulanguageshownintheMMIis
basedonthesettingsinyoursmartphone.
— ThetimedisplayedintheMMIisbasedon
thesettingsinyoursmartphone.
—SomeMMIfunctionsarenotavailablewhen
AppleCarPlayorAndroidAutoisactive.
—You cannotconnectanymobiledevicesvia
BluetoothwhenanAppleCarPlayconnec-
tionisactive.

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Systemsettings

Switchoffpop-up:whenthefunctionisswitched
on[M,themessagesintheInfotainmentsystem
displayregardingthechargingstatusofyourcell
phoneintheAudiphonebox*arehidden.There-
mindernottoforgetyourcellphonewhenleav-
ingthevehicleisalsoswitchedoff.
Tooltips
WhenthisfunctionisswitchedonM,yourMMI
showsyoutipsforinput.Thefrequencyofhow
oftenitdisplaysdecreaseswithtime.
Speechdialogsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithvoicerecognitionsystem
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functions
maybeavailable:
Commanddisplay:whenthisfunctionisswitch-
edon[M,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):youcanadaptthevoice recog-
nitionsystemtoyourvoiceorpronunciationinor-
dertoimprovethesystem'sabilitytorecognize
yourspeech.Individualspeechtrainingiscom-
prisedof20speechentriesthatconsistofcom-
mandsand sequencesofnumbers.Youcande-
letetheprogrammedvoicetrainingwiththeRe-
setindividualspeechtrainingfunction.
Displaybrightness
YoucanadjustthebrightnessoftheInfotain-
mentsystemdisplaybyturningthecontrolknob.
Factorysettings
Depending onthevehicleequipment,thefollow-
ingfunctionscanberesettofactorysettings:
—Soundsettings
—Radio
—Mediasettings
—Jukebox*
—Directory
—Telephone
—BluetoothandWi-Fi*
—Navigationsettings*
—Navigationandonlinememory*
—Voicerecognitionsystem*
—Shortcutkeys
—Messagesettings*
—Apps*
—Tooltips
—Audiconnect*
—Audismartphoneinterface*
Youcanselectthedesiredfunctionsindividually
orallatoncewiththeoptionSelectallentries.
Selectandconfirm Restorefactorysettings.
(i)Tips
Makesurethatnotonlythesettingswerede-
letedbutalsothestoreddata,ifnecessary.
Connectionmanager
Introduction
Theconnectionmanagerprovidesanoverviewof
yourconnecteddevicesandtheirnetworkstatus.

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

If amobiledevicewasalreadyconnectedandyou
selectandconfirmthecorrespondingmenuitem,
thedevicenameandconnectionstatusaredis-
playedunderthemenuitem.
YoucanindividuallyConnect()orDisconnect
(L))apaireddevice.


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>

Drivingsafety

>Observealltrafficlaws,rulesoftheroadand
speedlimitsandplaincommonsense.
>ALWAYSadjustyourspeedtoroad,trafficand
weatherconditions.
>Take frequentbreaksonlongtrips.Donotdrive
formorethantwohoursatastretch.
>DoNOTdrivewhenyouaretired,underpres-
sureor whenyouarestressed.

ZXWARNING
Impaireddrivingsafetyincreasestheriskof
seriouspersonalinjuryanddeathwhenevera
vehicleisbeingused.


Correctpassenger
seatingpositions
Properseatingpositionforthedriver
Theproperdriverseatingpositionisimportant
forsafe,relaxeddriving.

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Fig.214Correctseatingposition
Foryourownsafetyandtoreducetheriskofin-
juryinthe eventofanaccident,werecommend
thatyouadjustthedriver'sseattothefollowing
position:
>Adjustthedriver'sseat so thatyoucaneasily
pushthepedalsallthewaytothefloorwhile
keepingyourknee(s)slightlybent>/\.
>Adjusttheangleoftheseatbacksothatitisin
anuprightpositionsothatyour backcomesin
fullcontactwithitwhenyoudrive.
>Adjustthesteeringwheelsothatthereisadis-
tanceofatleast10inches(25cm)betweenthe
steeringwheelandyourbreastbone>fig.214.
Ifnotpossible,seeyourauthorizedAudidealer
aboutadaptiveequipment.
248
>Adjust thesteeringwheelso thatthesteering
wheelandairbagcoverpointsatyourchestand
notatyourface.
>Graspthetopofthesteeringwheelwithyour
elbow(s)slightlybent.
>Appliesto:adjustableheadrestraints:Adjust
the
headrestraintsotheupperedgeisaseven
as possiblewiththetopofyourhead.Ifthatis
notpossible,trytoadjusttheheadrestraintso
thatitisasclosetothispositionaspossible.
>Fastenandwearsafetybeltscorrectly
=>page256.
>»Alwayskeepbothfeetinthefootwell so that
youareincontrolofthevehicleatalltimes.
Fordetailedinformationonhowtoadjustthe
driver'sseat,see>page58.

ZAWARNING
Driverswhoareunbelted,outofpositionor
tooclose totheairbagcanbeseriouslyinjured
by anairbagasitunfolds.To helpreduce the
riskofseriouspersonalinjury:
—Alwaysadjustthedriver'sseatandthe
steeringwheelsothatthereareatleast
10inches(25cm)betweenyour breastbone
andthesteeringwheel.
—Alwaysadjustthedriver'sseatandthe
steeringwheelsothatthereareatleast
4inches(10cm)betweenthekneesandthe
lowerpartoftheinstrumentpanel.
—Alwaysholdthesteeringwheelontheout-
sideofthesteeringwheelrimwithyour
handsatthe9o'clockand3o'clockposi-
tionstohelpreducetheriskofpersonalin-
juryifthedriver'sairbaginflates.
—Neverholdthesteeringwheelatthe
12o'clockpositionorwithyourhandsat
otherpositionsinsidethesteeringwheel
rimoronthesteeringwheelhub.Holding
the
steeringwheelthewrongwaycancause
seriousinjuriestothehands,armsandhead
ifthedriver'sairbagdeploys.
—Pointingthesteeringwheeltowardyour
facedecreasestheabilityofthesupplemen-
taldriver'sairbagtoprotectyouinacolli-
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Safetybelts

Neverrelyonairbagsaloneforprotection.Even
whentheydeploy,airbagsprovideonlyadditional
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.220.Inafrontalcollisiontheywillbe
thrownforwardviolently,wherethey canhitand
injurethedriverand/orfrontseatpassenger.
Safetybeltsprotect
Peoplethinkit'spossibletousethehandsto
bracethebodyinaminorcollision.It'ssimply
nottrue!
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Fig.221Driveriscorrectlyrestrainedinasuddenbraking
maneuver
Safetybeltsusedproperlycanmakeabigdiffer-
ence.Safetybeltshelptokeeppassengersin
theirseats,graduallyreduceenergylevelsap-
pliedtothebodyinanaccident,andhelpprevent
theuncontrolledmovementthatcancauseseri-
ousinjuries.Inaddition,safetybeltsreduce the
dangerofbeingthrownoutofthevehicle.

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,alwaysbuckleup andmakesure
othersdo,too.Accidentstatisticsshowthatvehi-
cleoccupantsproperlywearingsafetybeltshave
alowerriskofbeinginjuredandamuchbetter
chanceofsurvivinganaccident.Properlyusing
safetybeltsalsogreatly increasestheabilityof
thesupplementalairbagstodotheirjobinacol-
lision.Forthisreason,wearingasafetybeltisle-
gallyrequiredinmostcountriesincludingmuch
oftheUnitedStatesandCanada.
AlthoughyourAudiisequippedwithairbags,you
stillhavetowearthesafetybeltsprovided.Front
airbags,forexample,areactivatedonlyinsome
frontalcollisions.Thefrontairbagsarenotacti-
vatedinallfrontalcollisions,insideandrearcol-
lisions,inrolloversorincaseswherethereisnot
enoughdecelerationthroughimpacttothefront
ofthevehicle.Thesamegoesfortheotherairbag
systemsinyourAudi.So,alwayswearyoursafety
beltandmakesureeverybodyinyourvehicleis
properlyrestrained!
Tulteal
Pybey
Safetybeltsmustalwaysbecorrectlypositioned
acrossthestrongestbonesofyourbody.
>Alwayswearsafetybeltsasillustratedandde-
scribedinthischapter.
>Makesurethatyoursafetybeltsarealways
readyforuseandarenotdamaged.

ZA\WARNING
Notwearingsafetybeltsorwearingthemim-
properlyincreasestheriskofseriouspersonal|»

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Safetybelts

mayalsolockwhenyoudriveupordownasteep
hillorthroughasharpcurve.Duringnormaldriv-
ingthebeltletsyoumovefreely.
Safetybeltpretensioners
Safetybeltswithpretensionershelptotighten
thesafetybeltandremoveslackwhenthepre-
tensionersareactivated>page259.Thefunc-
tionofthepretensionerismonitoredbyawarn-
inglight>page23.
Convertiblelockingretractor
Everysafetybeltexcept theoneonthedriver
seatisequippedwithaconvertiblelockingretrac-
torthatmustbeusedwhenthesafetybeltis
usedtoattacha childsafetyseat.Besuretoread
theimportantinformationaboutthisfeature
=>page296.

ZA\WARNING
Improperlypositionedsafetybeltscancause
seriousinjuryinanaccident>page257,
Safetybeltposition.
—Safetybeltsofferoptimumprotectiononly
whentheseatbackisuprightandbeltsare
properlypositionedonthebody.
—Alwaysmakesurethattherearseatbackrest
towhichthecenterrearsafetybeltisat-
tachedissecurelylatchedwhenevertherear
centersafetybeltisbeingused.Iftheback-
restisnotsecurelylatched,thepassenger
willmoveforwardwiththebackrestduring
suddenbraking,inasuddenmaneuverand
especiallyinacrash.
—Neverattachthesafetybelttothe buckle
foranotherseat.Attachingthebelttothe
wrongbucklewillreducesafetybelteffec-
tivenessandcancauseseriouspersonalin-
jury.
—Apassengerwhoisnotproperlyrestrained
canbeseriouslyinjuredbythesafetybeltit-
selfwhenitmovesfromthestrongerparts
ofthebodyintocriticalareasliketheabdo-
men.
—Alwayslocktheconvertiblelockingretractor
whenyouaresecuringa childsafetyseatin
thevehicle>page298.

SFLi-1amelieLetha(o)a)
Correctbeltpositionisthekeytogettingmaxi-
mumprotectionfromsafetybelts.

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Fig.223Safetybeltposition
Standardfeaturesonyourvehiclehelpyouadjust
thepositionofthesafetybelttomatchyourbody
size.
—beltheightadjustmentforthefrontseats,
—height-adjustablefrontseats.

Z\WARNING
Improperlypositionedsafetybeltscancause
seriouspersonalinjuryinanaccident.
—Theshoulderbeltshouldlieasclosetothe
center ofthecollarboneas possibleand
shouldfitwellonthebody.Holdthebelt
abovethelatchtongueandpullitevenly
acrossthechestsothatitsitsaslowaspos-
sibleonthepelvisandthereisnopressure
ontheabdomen.Thebeltshouldalwaysfit
snugly>fig.223.Pullonthebelttotighten
ifnecessary.
—Thelapbeltportionofthesafetybeltmust
bepositionedaslowaspossibleacrosspel-
visandneverovertheabdomen.Makesure
thebeltliesflatandsnug>fig.223.Pullon
thebelttotightenifnecessary.
—Aloose-fittingsafetybeltcan causeserious
injuriesbyshiftingitspositiononyourbody
fromthe strongbonestomorevulnerable,
softtissueandcauseseriousinjury.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSand
otherimportantinformation>page255.


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Safetybelts

Pregnantwomenmustalsobecorrectly
restrained
Thebestwaytoprotectthefetusistomakesure
thatexpectantmothersalwayswearsafetybelts
correctly-throughoutthepregnancy.

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Fig.224Safetybeltpositionduringpregnancy
Toprovidemaximumprotection,safetybelts
mustalways bepositionedcorrectlyonthewear-
er'sbody>page257.
>Adjustthefrontseatandheadrestraintcorrect-
ly>page58,Frontseats.
>Makesuretheseatbackoftherearseatbenchis
inanuprightpositionandsecurelylatchedin
placebeforeusingthebelt.
>Pullthesafetybeltevenlyacrossthechestso
thatitsitsaslowaspossibleonthepelvisand
thereisnopressureontheabdomen
>fig.224,>A.
> Insertthetongueintothecorrectbuckle of
yourseatuntilyouhearitlatchsecurely.
>Pullonthebelttomakesurethatitissecurely
latchedinthebuckle.

-Z\WARNING
Improperlypositionedsafetybeltscancause
seriouspersonalinjuryinanaccident.
—Expectantmothersmustalwayswearthe
lapportionofthesafetybeltaslowaspos-
sibleacrossthepelvisandbelowthe round-
ingoftheabdomen.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSand
otherimportantinformation=>A\inFasten-
ingsafetybeltsonpage257.

258

Ueeet
Unbucklethesafetybeltwiththeredrelease
buttononlyafterthevehiclehasstopped.
2 >
an
a 3
ao

Fig.225Releasing thetonguefromthebuckle
>Pushtheredreleasebuttononthebuckle
>fig.225.Thebelttonguewillspringoutof
thebuckle>/\.
> Letthebeltwindup ontheretractorasyou
guidethebelttonguetoitsstowedposition.

ZAWARNING
Neverunfastensafetybeltwhilethevehicleis
moving.Doingsowillincreaseyourriskofbe-
inginjuredorkilled.
Adjustingsafetybeltheight
Withtheaidofthesafetybeltheightadjust-
ment,thethreepointsafetybeltstraprouting
canbefittedtotheshoulderarea,accordingto
body
size.


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tings
Theshoulderbeltshouldlieasclosetothe center
ofthecollarboneas possibleandshouldfitwell
onthebody>A\inSafetybeltpositionon
page257.