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Tableofcontents
Adjusting theparkingaid.............
ErrormesSageS........00esseseee eee
IntelligentTechnology...........
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)....
Electromechanicalsteering,Dynamic
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Allwheeldrive(quattro)..............
Energymanagement................-
Noticeaboutdata recordedbytheEvent
DataRecorderandvehiclecontrol
Infotainmentsystem............
MultiMediaInterface............
Trafficsafetyinformation.............
Introduction................2.000005
MMIOn/Offknobwithjoystickfunction..
Infotainmentsystemdisplay..........
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MenusandSymbols...............--.
Multifunctionsteeringwheel....
Introduction................0eeeeee
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Navigation..................0..000.
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Commandoverviewinformation........
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Introduction................002aee
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Troubleshootingwicsc.ssweanoevsiene=emere184
AudiCONNECE:sce:¢ ee605+feesss os186
Introductions««seesowearsoecon3»oe186
AudiconnectInfotainment............186
AudiconnectInfotainmentservices.....187
Audiconnectvehiclecontrolservices....190
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Troubleshooting............ceeeeveces195
Emergencycall...................1956.
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Onlineroadsideassistance............197
Navigation.....................00.198
Openingnavigation..................198
Enteringadestination................198
Personalrouteassistance.............204
Alternativeroutes.............0.000.205
Additionalsettings................0.205
Mapes¢ &saves¥ 5saegoeae2 8wee2os207
Satellitemap...............022.00210
Mapupdate................000s211
Trafficinformation................005212
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Radio:«astssewssspewstowowsseeS215
Openingtheradio...................215
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Introduction.............eeeeeeeeee220
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Bluetoothaudioplayer...............223
Wi-Fiaudioplayer...................224
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Instrumentcluster
Fourthtab|Telephone*>page158
FifthtabNavigation*>page159
Map*>page160
a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.
@®Button[<>
—Switchingtabs:pressthe[<>]buttonrepeated-
lyuntilthedesiredtabisshown(forexample,
Radio).
@[VIEW]button
Switchingviewsorreducingthedisplay
=>page17.
©Button[=
Returntofunctionsathigherlevels.
Controlbuttons
©Controlbuttons[3]and
Open/closetheselectionmenuoroptionsmenu
=>page16.
@Leftthumbwheel
—Selectingafunctioninamenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheeltothedesiredfunction(forex-
ample,selectingafrequency).
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheel()>fig.7.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:whenamapis
displayed,turntheleftthumbwheeltozoomin
andoutonthemap.
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus
cued
ETaeesanaso)
Peasealas
Fig.8Selectionmenuandoptionsmenuview
Leftcontrolbutton
—Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
therespectiveleftcontrolbuttononthesteer-
ing
wheel>fig.8.Youcanselectandconfirma
functionintheselectionmenuusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,selectingafrequen-
cyband).
Rightcontrolbutton
—Opening/closingtheoptionsmenu:pressthe
respectiverightcontrolbuttononthesteering
16
wheel>fig.8.Youcanchangeanycontext-de-
pendentfunctionsandsettingsusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,additionalstation
information).
(i)Tips
Theavailabilityofaselectionmenuoroptions
menudependsonthefunctionthatisselect-
ed.
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Instrumentcluster
—Endingacall:pressthe|¢]buttonduringa
phonecalltoendthecall.
—Openingthecalllist:ifnophonecallisinprog-
ressandtherearenoincomingcalls,pressthe
[-]button.
@Button[2»
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemon:
brieflypressthe[2+]button.Saythedesired
commandaftertheBeep.
—Switchingthevoicerecognitionsystemoff:
pressandholdthe|]button.Or:saythecom-
mandCancel.
Formoreinformationaboutthevoicerecognition
system,see>page164,Voicerecognitionsys-
temor>page241.
@Rightthumbwheel
Youcanadjustthevolumeofan audiosourceora
systemmessage(forexample,fromthevoice
recognitionsystem)whenthesoundisplaying.
—Increasingordecreasingthevolume:turnthe
rightthumbwheelupordown.
—Mutingorpausing:turntherightthumbwheel
down.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
—Unmutingorresuming:turntherightthumb-
wheelup.Or:presstherightthumbwheel.
@kil
—Selectingtheprevious/nexttrackorstation:
pressthebutton.
—Fastforwarding/rewindingaudiofiles:press
andholdthebuttonuntilthedesired
locationinthefileisreached.
®k
—Steeringwheelheating*:youcanfindaddition-
alinformationin>page74.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-open-
ing afunction:pressthe[|buttononthemul-
tifunctionsteeringwheel.
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-re-
questingafunction:pressandholdthe[+]but-
ton.
/ Button[>>!
Kid]or[DDI
Kl]or[bo
Button/steeringwheelheating@
—Programmablesteeringwheelbutton-chang-
ing afunction:pressandholdthe[*]button.
Selectandconfirmanentry.Or
18
—SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Steeringwheelbuttonassignment.
©Button[
—Repeatingthelastnavigationprompt:press
the[s]buttonwhenrouteguidanceisactive.
—Changingthevoiceguidancevolume:when
routeguidanceisactive,turntherightthumb-
wheelupwardordownwardduringanavigation
prompt.
Multifunctionsteering
wheel
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheel
Withthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,youcan
operatethedriverinformationsystemaswellas
theMMIfunctionsandyoucanalsoadjust the
volume.
44,COE
N
Fig.13Rightsideofthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
Requirement:theignitionmustbeswitchedon.>
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Head-updisplay
Head-updisplay
Description
Appliesto:vehicleswithhead-updisplay
0 as
ge32%oS
Fig.16Instrumentpanel:knobforthehead-updisplay
Thehead-updisplayprojectscertainwarningsor
selectedinformationfromtheassistsystems*or
navigationsystem*onthewindshield.Thedis-
playappearswithinthedriver'sfieldofvision.
Switchingonandoff
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayon,pressthe67
knob.
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayoff,presstheS7
knob.
Adjustingtheheight
Theheightofthedisplaycan beadjustedtothe
individualdriver.
>Makesureyouareseatedcorrectly>page248.
>Turn theknobS?toadjustthedisplay.
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Head-updisplay.
Displaycontent
IntheInfotainmentsystem,youcanspecify
whichinformationshould bedisplayed:Forex-
ample,thiscanincludenavigationinformation”,
adaptivecruisecontrol*orcamera-basedtraffic
signrecognition*.
Thedisplay ofcertaininformationandsomeof
thered indicatorlightscannotbehiddeninthe
Infotainmentsystem.
Brightness
YoucanadjustthedisplaybrightnessintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.Thedisplaybrightnessdecreas-
esautomaticallyastheamountoflightdecreas-
es.Thebackgroundbrightnessisadjusted with
theinstrumentillumination>page51.
Picturerotation
YoucanrotatethepictureintheInfotainment
systemclockwiseorcounterclockwise.
CG)Note
Topreventscratchesontheglasscoveringthe
head-updisplay,donotplaceanyobjectsin
theprojectionopening.
@)Tips
—Sunglasseswithpolarizationfiltersandun-
favorable
lightingconditionscanimpairvisi-
bilityofthedisplay.
— Anoptimumdisplaydependsontheseat
positionandthe heightadjustmentofthe
head-updisplay.
—Aspecialwindshieldisneededforthe head-
updisplayfunction.
—Forinformationoncleaning,see>tableIn-
teriorcleaningonpage344.
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Assistsystems
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
ICRUISE|/3)Speedcontrolsystem:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thecruisecontrolsystemhasbeendeac-
tivated.Thereisatemporarymalfunction,forex-
amplethebrakesareoverheating.Switchthe
cruisecontrolsystemonagainlater.
Camera-basedtraffic
signrecognition
Appliesto:vehicleswith camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
Fig.96Instrumentcluster:trafficsignrecognition
B4M-0090
Fig.97Windshield:camerawindowfortrafficsignrecog-
nition
Trafficsignrecognitionassistsyouwhendriving
bydisplayingdetectedspeedlimitsorsignspro-
hibitingpassingintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
>fig.96.Withinthelimitsofthesystem,thele-
galspeedlimitsinschoolzonesaredetectedand
displayed.
Generalinformation
Trafficsignrecognitioncandetectstandard
speedlimitsignsthatarewithinthecamera'svis-
ualfield.Withassistancefromnavigationdata,
detectedspeedlimitsareevaluatedandshownin
thedisplay.Thetrafficsignforthecurrentde-
tectedspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyou
exceedthewarningthresholdsetintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page98.
Thetrafficsignrecognitionissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—Whenvisibilityispoor,suchasinsnow,rain,
fogorheavyspray
—Whenthereisglare,forexamplefromoncom-
ingtrafficorthesun
—Athighspeeds
—Ifthecamera'svisualfield>fig.97iscovered,
forexamplebydirtorstickers.Forinformation
oncleaning,see>page342.
—Ifthetrafficsigns arecompletelyorpartially
covered,forexamplebytrees,snow,dirtor
othervehicles
—ifspeedtrafficsignsdonotconformtothe
standards
—Iftrafficsigns aredamagedorbent
—Iftrafficsigns aredisplayedonsignholders
withelectronicsigns
—ifthetrafficsignsortheconfigurationofthe
roadhavechanged(navigationdataisnolonger
up-to-date)
ZAWARNING
Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhentrafficsignrecognitionis
turnedon.Thetrafficsignsinstalledonthe
roadalwaystakeprecedenceoverthedisplay.
Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforassessing
thetrafficsituation.
— Undersomecircumstances,trafficsignrec-
ognitionmaynotdetecttrafficsignscorrect-
lyordetectthematall.Asaresult,thesys-
temmaynotdisplaythecorrectspeedlimit
oranyspeedlimit.
—Trafficsignrecognitiondoesnotadaptyour
vehicle'sspeedtomatchthespeedlimit!
—Thedisplayintheinstrumentclusteris
basedontheunitsofmeasurementusedfor
speedinthe countrywherethevehicleisbe-
ingoperated.Asaresult,thedisplay50in
97
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Assistsystems
theinstrumentclustercanmeaneither
km/hormph,depending onthecountry.
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithcamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
©.aaq
|
==a
Fig.98Instrumentcluster:additionaldisplay
Accessingtrafficsignrecognition
>Select:thefirsttab>Trafficsigns.
Settingaspeedwarning
Youcansetawarningthresholddownto10mph
(15km/h).Thetrafficsignforthecurrentdetect-
edspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyouex-
ceed thesetthreshold.
> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Speedwarning>Trafficsignbased
warning.
Additionaldisplay
If aviewotherthanthetrafficsignrecognitionis
selectedintheinstrumentclusterdisplay,the
speedlimitwillbeshowninanotherdisplay
=>fig.98.Thecurrentapplicablespeedlimitwill
beshownthere,ifpossiblewithinthelimitsof
thesystem.
G)Tips
—Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-
updisplay*.
—Yourspeedwarningsettingsarestoredau-
tomaticallyandassignedtothevehiclekey
inuse.
98
Messages
Appliesto:vehicleswithcamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
Trafficsign recognition:currently unavaila-
ble.Cameraviewlimitedduetosurroundings
Functioncurrentlyunavailable.Cameraviewre-
strictedduetosurroundings
Thismessageappearsifthecamera'svisualfield
iscovered>page97,fig.97.Thesystemwill
switchitselfoff.
Trafficsign recognition:currentlylimited.
Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthereisamalfunctionin
thenavigationsystem,forexample.Thespeed
limitdisplayislimited,whichincreasestheriskof
anincorrectdisplay.
Trafficsign-basedspeedwarning:currently
unavailable.Seeowner'smanual
Therewillbenowarningwhenthesetthreshold
isexceeded.
Notrafficsigninformationavailable
Thereisnovalidnavigationdataandnospeed
limitsweredetected.Orthereisarecommended
speedbutthereisnotaspeedlimit(forexample
drivingonandoffthe expressway).
Malfunction!Seeowner'smanual
Thesystemmaynotfunctioncorrectlysoithas
beenswitchedoff.SeeanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
Functionnotavailableinthiscountry
Thevehicleisinacountrywherethefunctionis
notavailable.
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Assistsystems
@Tips
Thelapstatisticslistthelaptimesforthelast
30laps.Thefastestandslowestlaptimeout
ofupto99measuredlapsarealsodisplayed.
Predictiveefficiency
assist
Thepredictiveefficiencyassisthelpsthedriverto
drivewithanticipationandthereforehelpsto
savefuel.Thesystemaccessespredictivetripda-
ta(includingspeedlimits,hills,andtheangleof
curves)fromthenavigationsystem*.Informa-
tionfromthecamera-basedtrafficsignrecogni-
tion*isalsoappliedtorecognizetrafficsigns
=>page97.
Themessagesdisplayeddependonthenaviga-
tiondata*beingup-to-dateandthecorrectiden-
tificationbythetrafficsignrecognition”.
Whenadaptivecruisecontrol*isswitchedoff,the
predictiveefficiencyassistonlyprovidesnotifica-
tionswithoutcontrolledinterventions.See
=>page100,Predictivemessages(efficiencyas-
sist).
Whenadaptivecruisecontrol”isswitchedon,the
systemrespondstoupcomingsituationsauto-
matically.See>page101,Predictivecontrol(ef-
ficiencyassist).
Predictivemessages(efficiencyassist)
Appliesto:vehicleswithpredictiveefficiencyassist
Indicatorintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Predictivemessagesappearintheinstrument
clusterdisplaytoshowthedrivertheappropriate
timetocoastwhenasituationaheadrequiresyou
todriveatalowerspeed.
Themessagesareonlyshownifthecruisecontrol
system*oradaptivecruisecontrol*isswitched
off.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
100
SymbolMeaning
Removeyourfootfromtheacceler-
atorpedaltoslowdown,because
thereisasituationaheadthatre-~»
quiresalowerspeed.
IfyouseeDriverassistanceintheinstrument
clusterdisplay,thefollowingsymbolswillindi-
catewhichsituationthesystemiscurrentlyreact-
ingto.
SymbolMeaning
MPHSpeedlimit
km/hSpeedlimit
JikIntersection
TE
~OTrafficcircle
aca
Iftherearemultiplesituations,thenasequence
ofthesesituationswillappearinthedisplay.
ZA\WARNING
Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhentheefficiencyassistis
switchedon.Thedriverisalwaysresponsible
forassessingthetrafficsituation.
(i)Tips
— Thewordingofthemessagemayvaryde-
pendingonthedrivingmodesetindrivese-
lect*>page126andthecurrentselector
leverposition(automatictransmission*).No
messagesaredisplayedwheninthe"S"se-
lector
leverpositionorinDynamicmode.
—Whenarouteisplannedusingthenaviga-
tionsystem*,thensystemdisplaysmessag-
esbasedonanassumedroute.Without
routeguidance,thesystemdisplaysmes-
sagesbasedonanassumedroute.
—Therewillnot beamessageforeverysitua-
tionahead,forexampleifthereisnot
enoughdistanceremainingtoreacttothe
situation.
—Nomessagesaredisplayedwhenatspeeds
under20mph(30km/h).
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Assistsystems
Predictivecontrol(efficiencyassist)
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrolandpre-
dictiveefficiencyassist
Fig.99Instrumentcluster:predictivecontrol
Description
Thepredictivecontrol)usesthemapinforma-
tionfromthenavigationsysteminordertoreact
proactivelywhendriving.Informationfromthe
camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition*isalsoap-
pliedtorecognizetrafficsigns>page97.When
cominguptoareaswithspeedlimitsorchanges
inthe courseoftheroad(suchascurves,inter-
sectionsortrafficcircles),thesystembrakesau-
tomaticallyandthenacceleratesbackuptothe
setspeed.
Overridingcontrol
Thedrivercanoverridethepredictivecontrolat
anytimebypressingtheacceleratororbrake
pedal.Ifthesystemchangesthevehiclespeedto
adapttospeedlimits,youcanchangethespeed
usingthelever>page106,fig. 106.
Alwaysswitchoffthepredictivecontrolin
thefollowingsituations:
—Whenincreasedattentionisneededfromthe
driver
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchassnowor
heavyrain
—Whendrivingonroadsinpoorcondition
Indicatorintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Whenswitchingontheadaptivecruisecontrol
forthefirsttime,amessagewillappearinthe
statuslinetoindicateifpredictivecontrolis
available.
D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountries.
TheBEsymbolappearswhenthesystem
isregulatingthespeedtomatchaspeedlimit.If
thisisthecase,thesystemisregulatingaspeed
of50mph(80 km/h).Thespeedisthentaken
overbytheadaptivecruisecontrol.Thespeedin
thespeedometerLEDringadjuststothespeedto
bemaintained>page105,fig.105.ThefaaEN
=>fig.99symbolappearswhenthereisanadap-
tationtotherouteahead.
IfyouareintheDriverassistancedisplayinthe
instrumentcluster,thenthefollowingsymbols
willindicatewhichoccurrencethesystemiscur-
rentlyrespondingto:
SymbolMeaning
MPHSpeedlimit
km/hSpeedlimit
iCurve
Intersection
JilTE
©Trafficcircle
NW
Z\WARNING
—Readthewarningson>AinGeneralinfor-
mationonpage103andon>AinDescrip-
tiononpage97.
—Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhenpredictivecontrolis
switchedon.Thedriverisalwaysresponsible
forassessingthetrafficsituation.
—Thesystemdoesnotconsider"rightofway"
rulesanddoesnotrespondtotrafficlights,
solackofdriverattentioninthesesituations
canincreasetheriskofanaccident.
— The systemonlyconsiderstrafficsignsthat
giveaspeedlimit.
— The
permittedspeedcanbeexceededifthe
adaptationtoaspeedlimitisincorrect.The
driverisresponsibleforadheringtotheper-
mittedspeed.
—Thespeedwhendrivingthroughcurvesmay
bedifferentfromwhatyouasadriverwould
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Assistsystems
do.Brakethevehicleyourselfwhenneeded
toreducetheriskofanaccident.
Gi)Tips
—Ifaspeedlimitisdetected,thestored
speedisalsoadjustedinthespeedometer
LEDlinewhentheadaptivecruisecontrolis
notactive.
— Theadaptationby thesystemdependson
thedrivingmodesetindriveselect*.
—Switchingoffpredictivecontrol,forexam-
plewhendrivinginLowtrafficzones,does
notcausetheadaptivecruisecontrolto
switchoff.
—Afterswitchingontheignition,thesystem
initiallyadjuststoaspeedof80mph
(130km/h)whendrivingontohighways
withoutaspeedlimit.Thenthesystemad-
juststothelastspeedstoredbythedriver.
—Thereisnoadaptationtospeedlimitswhen
drivingthroughhighwayinterchangesand
whendrivingonorofftheexpressway.
—Thereisnopredictivecontrolatspeedlimits
under20mph(30 km/h).
—If aspeedlimitisonlydetectedbythecam-
eraandtheactualspeedissignificantly
higher,thenthespeedlimitwillblinkinthe
displayuntilyouhave reachedtherequired
speed>page98.
—Incorrectvaluesfromthecamera-based
trafficsignrecognition*oroutdatednaviga-
tionsystemmapdatacanleadtoincorrect
orimplausiblecontrol.
—Whenrouteguidanceisswitchedon,the
systemadaptstotherouteprovidedbythe
navigationsystem.Drivingwithoutroute
guidanceorleavingaroutecanresultinim-
plausiblecontrol.
—Thesystemswitchesoffwhenoutsideofa
roadsystemthatisrecordedinthenaviga-
tionsystemmapdata.
102
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithpredictiveefficiencyassist
Predictivemessages*
>IntheInfotainmentsystem,select:[MENU
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driver
assistance>Efficiencyassist.
Predictivemessagesareshownwhenthisfunc-
tionisswitchedon.
Predictivecontrol*
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audiadaptivecruisecontrol>Pre-
dictivecontrol.
Setspeedlimit-whenthisfunctionisswitched
on,thesystemadjuststothespeedlimits.This
canalsobedonewithattolerance,ifdesired.In
this
scenario,youmayfallbeloworexceedthe
setspeedinfavorofincreasedefficiency.
Adaptationtorouteahead-whenthisfunction
isswitchedon,thesystemadaptstotheroute
ahead, suchasreducingthespeedwhendriving
aroundcurves.
@Tips
Nopredictivemessagesareshowninvehicles
withoutanavigationsystem.
Audiadaptivecruise
control
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4m-0091
Fig.100Detectionrange
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Assistsystems
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemisacombina-
tionofspeedanddistanceregulation.Itassists
thedriverbybothregulatingthespeedand
maintainingadistancetothevehicledriving
ahead,withinthelimitsofthesystem.Ifthesys-
temdetectsavehicledrivingahead,theadaptive
cruisecontrolcanbrakeandaccelerateyourvehi-
cle.This increasesdrivingcomfortduringlong
tripsonhighwaysandinstop-and-gotraffic(au-
tomatictransmission*).
Whatcanadaptivecruisecontroldo?
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemusesvideo,ra-
dar,ultrasoundandnavigationdata.Vehicles
drivingaheadcanberecognizedupto650ft
(200m)away.
Predictivefunctionsofferthedriveradditional
comfortandcontributetothereductioninfuel
consumptionandCO2emissions>page101.
Onopenroadswithnotraffic,itfunctionslikea
cruisecontrolsystem.Thestoredspeedismain-
tained.Whenapproachingavehicledriving
ahead,theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemauto-
maticallybrakestomatchthatvehicle'sspeed
andthenmaintainsthesetdistance.Assoonas
thesystemdoesnotdetectavehicledriving
ahead,adaptivecruisecontrolacceleratesupto
thestoredspeed.
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission
Instop-and-gotraffic,adaptivecruisecontrolcan
brakeuntilthevehicleisstationaryandthencan
alsostartdrivingagainautomaticallyundercer-
tainconditions>page107.
Intrafficjamsorstop-and-gotraffic,trafficjam
assistcanassistthedriver>page109.
Whichfunctionscanbecontrolled?
Whenyouswitchadaptivecruisecontrolon,you
cansetthecurrentspeedasthe“controlspeed”
=page105,Switchingonandoff.
Whendriving,youcanstopcruisecontrol
=>page108orchangethespeed>page106at
anytime.
Youcanalsosetthedistancetothevehicledriv-
ingaheadandsetthedrivingmodeoftheadap-
tivecruisecontrol>page106.
Generalinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
B8W-0098|
Fig.101Frontofthevehicle:sensorsandvideocamera
Theareaswiththeradarandultrasonicsensors
andthevideocamera>fig.101mustnotbecov-
ered bystickers,depositsoranyotherobjects,
becausethiscaninterferewiththeadaptive
cruisecontrolfunction.Forinformationonclean-
ing,see>page342.Thesameappliesforany
modificationsmadeinthefrontarea.
Insomedrivingsituations,theadaptivecruise
controlfunctionisrestricted:
—Vehiclescanonlybedetectedwhentheyare
withinthe sensordetectionzones>page102,
fig.100.
—Thesystemhasalimitedabilitytodetectvehi-
clesthatareashortdistanceahead,offtothe
sideofyourvehicleormovingintoyourlane.
—Objectsthataredifficulttodetectsuchasmo-
torcycles,vehicleswithhighgroundclearance
oranoverhangingloadaredetectedlateornot
detectedatall.
—Whendrivingthroughcurves>page104.
—Whenthevehicleisstationary>page104.
Z\WARNING
Alwayspayattentiontothetrafficaround you
whenadaptivecruisecontrolisswitchedon.
Asthedriver,youarestillresponsibleforyour
ownspeedandthe distancetoothervehicles.
Theadaptivecruisecontrolisusedtoassist
you.Thedrivermustalwaystakeaction to>
103