diagram AUDI S8 2008 Owners Manual

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Ap plies to ve hicles : wi th Ad aptive Crui se Co ntro l
Supplementary display
You should have the supplementary information
displayed here, particularly on your first trips.
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t a ry di sp lay
Scrol l through the avai lab le information displays by briefly tapping
the RESET button at the end of the windshie ld wiper lever . You can
select and information from the trip computer, navigation system or
Adaptive Cruise Con trol.
@ Diagram of a vehic le
@ Status
© Distance
@ Diagram of a ve hi cle
Using the v isual representation of a vehicle, you can determine
whether the system is adjusting to an object traveling in fron t.
• With an open road without a vehicle trave ling ahead, only the
outline of the vehi cle is visible .
• A
gray vehicle will appear when a vehic le is de tec ted up ahead.
• If the situation is close to a reques t for the driver to assume
control, a
red vehicle is displayed.
If Adaptive Cruise Control is turned off or no speed is set, no vehicle
is shown.
@ Statu s
• The te xt OFF appears in white letters when Adaptive Cruise
Control is turned off.
• Th e text
AVAILABLE ap pears in white letters when the system is
turned on but no requested speed has been set .
• The text
O V ERRIDE appears in white letters when you exceed the
reques ted speed by accelerating .
• The text
DISTANCE! appears in red letters w hen the interval to a
vehic le traveling ahead is too short and you have to slow your
vehic le add itionally wi th the foot brake.
• The text messages
DISTANCE 1 , DISTANCE 2 , DI STANCE 3 or
DISTANCE 4
appear in green let ters when th is is the time interval
you have set and Adaptive Cruise Cont rol is in management mode.
© Di stan ce
A pointe r (arrow) is shown in this area. When approaching slowly,
this poin ter visual izes the distance to veh icles traveling ahead.
When approaching rapid ly, it serves as early warning of an
impending request for the dr iver to assume contro l. The po inter
moves on a scale from right to left .
Open road: With an open road and no vehicle trave ling ahead, no
pointer is shown .
Driving in traff ic: If a vehicle trave ling ahead is detected, the pointer
moves in the center area of the scale. This area represen ts the
distance set. It is marked
green to make it easier to see .
Request for driver to assume control: In critical situations t he
pointer moves into the
red area of the display. When the pointer
r eaches the farthe st left position, the request for the d river to
assume control is displayed. •