warning AUDI S8 2010 Owner's Guide

Unlocking and locking the vehicle with the
remote control
How the remote control works.
Fig. 26 Remot e
con trol: fu ncti on
butt ons
Whether only th e driver's door or the entire vehicle is
unlocked when the opening button @ is pr essed once,
de pends on the settings in the MMI
Central locking menu
=:> page 44 .
To unlock the vehicle 0
- Press button @.
- Press button @
two times within two seconds to unlock
all doors and the rear lid .
To lock the vehicle 6
- Press button@=:> & in "Ge neral descr ipt ion" on
page 41 .
- Watch that all turn signal lights flash once .
To unlock rear lid only c:5
-Press button @for approximately one second.
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PANIC Button
- Push the red button @to activate the panic function. The
horn sounds and the turn signa ls flash .
- Push the button @ again to deactivate t he panic f unction.
On vehicles equipped with the Conven ience key* features, the
selector leve r must be in the P position, othe rwise the vehicle will not
lock .
& WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS=> & in "General de sc ription " on
page 41.
(I] Tips
• In orde r to make sure the locking func tion is wor king , you shou ld
always keep your eye on the vehicle to ma ke sure it is properly locked .
• Do not use the remote control if you are ins ide the car, otherwise
you may unintentionally lock the vehicle, and then yo u would set off
the ant i-theft alarm when you try to start the eng ine or open a door.
I n case this happens any how, push the unlock button
0.
• Use the panic function o nly if you are in an emergency situat ion. •
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Open ing and closing
Operating locks with the key
To lock and unlock the vehicle from the outside, turn the
key in the lock of the driver's door .
The lock cylinder is under the door handle.
To unlock the veh icle
Fig. 27 Key turns fo r
opening an d closing.
- Insert the key into the lock of the driver's door.
- Turn the key
one time to position @to unlock the driver's
door.
- Turn the key
two times to position @=> fig. 27 to unlock
all doors and the rear lid.
To lock the vehicl e
- Close all windows and doors properly.
- Turn the key in the lock of the driver's door to the lock
position®=>
& in "General description" on page 41.
& WARNING
Re ad a nd foll ow all WARNIN GS=> & in " General de scription " on
pa ge 41 . •
Settings in MMI
Selective unlock feature -the driver can determine in /v1/v1I
which doors are unlocked through the central locking
system .
Fig. 28 MM I disp lay:
Cen tral locking menu
- Press the I CAR) function button.
- Sel ect
Systems in the CAR menu.
- Select
Central locking . The Central loc king menu appears
=> fig . 28.
- Activate the doors
(on ) that should be unlocked together
with the driver's side door.
In the C en tra l locki ng menu you can set wh ich doors you want to have
unlock using the remote control key or the Co nven ience key*. For
example, if you switch the item passenger's door
off , the passenger's
door is no longe r included in the central locking system, and will not
be unlocked by pressing the unlock button on the master key remote
control.
There is also a
sid e selec tive unlocking option available that can be
set to f it your needs. You can continue to unlock all the doors and the
rear lid as before . P ress the opening button on the master key twice.
Automatic Locking (Auto lock) can also be switched on and off. •

(]] Tips
When locking, all doors and the trunk lid are locked automatically. •
Applies to veh icles: with power side doo r closer
Doors with power side door closer
Th e ve hicle doors are equipped with a power door closer. When you
wa nt t o close an open door, gently push on the door. The door will
automatically close by itself.
& WARNING
When closing a door, make sure nothing can interfere with the
door. This could cause serious personal injury.
• You can stop the door from closing at any time by pulling on
the inside or outside door handle. •
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside
The vehicle can be locked or unlocked from the inside
using the power locking switches.
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Fig. 29 Drive r's door:
power locking switch
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Opening and closing
Fig. 30 Rear power
locking switch
How to lock all doors and the rear lid
simultaneously
- Press upper part of the power locking switch t'.D ~ &.
How to unlock all doors and the rear lid
simultaneously
- P ress the lower part of the switc h@.
How to unlock each door separately using the
door handle
- Pull the handle to open the door.
You will find a power locking switch in each door. You can lock and
unlock
the vehicle using the switches in the driver's or passenger's
door=> fig. 29. You can only
lock the vehicle using the switches in the
rear doors => fig. 30. If you lock the vehicle using the
power locking
switch,
please note the following:
• You cannot open the doors or the rear lid from the
outside
(increased security, for examp le when you are stopped at a red light).
• The diodes in the power locking switch illuminate when all the
doors and the rear lid are closed and locked .
• All diodes turn dark as soon as one of the doors has been
unlocked .
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Opening and closing
• You can unlock and open the doors from the inside by pulling on
the door handle.
• If the driver's door is opened (after you have locked the vehicle
from the inside using the power locking switch) , the door will rema in
unlocked to prevent you from locking yourself out of your vehicle .
After you close the door, you have to lock the driver's door again.
• If you have a crash and the airbag is activated, the doors automat­
ically unlock.
& WARNING
• If you use the power locking switch with the doors closed,
remember that all the vehicle doors will lock.
• locking doors from the inside can help prevent inadvertent
door opening during an accident and can also prevent unwanted
entry from the outside. locked doors can, however, delay assis­
tance to vehicle occupants and hold up rescue efforts from the
outside in an accident or other emergency. •
Emergency locking
If the central locking system fails (power supply), each
door has to be locked separately .
Fig. 31 Emergency
lock location on the
front passenger's door
An emergency locking mechanism is integrated in the edge of
the passenger's door and in the rear doors (only visible when
the door is open) .
- Open the door.
- Remove the plastic cap using your vehicle key~ fig. 31.
- Position the key at an angle of 90° to the door trim panel
and push it in the d irection shown by the arrow.
After you close the door, you will no longer be able to open it from the
outs ide.
The door can be opened from the inside by pulling twice on the door
hand le . If the child safety lock is engaged in one of the rear doors, the
door has to be opened from the outside after pulling on the handle
once from the inside. •
Rear lid/Trunk lid
Opening and closing rear lid
You can open the rear lid from inside the vehicle using a
switch in the driver's door.
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Fig. 32 Driver's door:
remote rear lid release ..

Opening the Rear lid/Trunk lid
Fig. 33 P ositio n of
lo ck and h andle
in the
rea r lid
- Press t he center button c:5 on t he master ke y or t he
r e lease but ton
c:5 in t he driver's door=> page 46, fig. 32.
Th e rear lid is u nlock ed and ope ns.
Closing the Rear lid/Trunk lid
- P ull the rear li d dow n and allow itto drop gent ly. The l id is
then closed automatic ally =>& .
& WARNING
• After closing the rear lid, always pull up on it to make sure that
it i s properly closed . Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
vehicle is moving.
• To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from being drawn into
the veh icle , always keep the rear lid closed while driving. Ne ver
tran sport objects larger than those whi ch fit completely into the
luggage area, bec ause then the rear lid cannot be fully closed.
• Never leave your vehicle unattended e specially with the rear lid
left open . A child could c rawl into the car th rough the luggage
c ompartment and pull the lid shut , be coming trapped and unable
to get out . To reduce the r is k of personal injury, never let children
play in or around your vehicle . Alway s keep the rear lid a s well a s
the vehicle doo rs clo sed when not in u se .
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Opening and closing
(I) Tips
• If the rea r lid is open o r not properly locked whe n the ignition is
turned on, the door and rear lid warning
~ page 24 appears in t he
in st rumen t cluste r display.
• T he following appl ies to vehicles equipped with the Conven ie nce
key* feat ure: if t he re mote co ntrol key is left i n the l uggage compar t­
ment, l uggage compartment will automatically un lock itself after
you lock the vehicle. This p revents yo u from unin tentionally lock ing
your key in the luggage compartment. •
Opening and closing rear Lid manually
If the centr al l ock ing s ystem fails (po wer su pply ), you can
also open the rear lid using the m echanical key.
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. 34 Rear lid : lock
posit ions
As a g eneral ru le, the rea r lid sh ould only b e opera ted us ing
t he re lease b utt on i n t he mast er key, t he release switc h in t he
driver's door and th e handle on the rear lid. Unlocking t he
r ear lid by inserting and t urning the key inside the rear lid
locki ng cylind er wi ll activate t he optical a nd aco ust ic alar m . .,
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Opening and closing
To unlock the rear lid
-Turn the key to the Left to the opening position @
~ page 47, fig. 34. The rear Lid opens .
To lock the rear lid
-Pull t he rear Lid dow n and slam it closed gently~&.
Turning the key co unter-clockwi se to posit io n @ will release the rear
lid and cause it to rise slightly . In this pos ition the key cannot be
pulled out of the lock cylinder .
T urning the key
clockwi se to t he ho rizon tal posit io n ® and pu lling it
out w ill cause the
lid to rema in locked when the power locking
system is act uated.
I n this state the rear lid can only be unlocked with the unlock button
,c:::j on the remote control. On vehicles equipped w ith the Conven ience
key* feature, press the hand le on the rear lid to unlock the luggage
compartment =>
page 47, fig. 33.
After you t urn the key
counter -clo ckwi se ba ck to the ver tic al pos i­
tion, the rear l id will aga in respond to the power locking system.
& WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS => & in "Opening and closing rear
lid " on
page 46. •
Appli es to veh icles : w ith aut omat ic r ea r lid /trunk lid ope ration
Automatic rear lid /trunk lid operation
The trunk lid con be opened and closed automatically.
Opening rear lid/trunk lid
Fig . 35 Trun k lid
h andl e
Fig. 36 Locking switch
in lugg age comp art­
ment
- Press the hand le on the rear Lid/trunk Lid~ fig. 35, or
- Press t he mid dle bu tton
c:J on t he remote cont rol master
key ,or
- Press the re le as e bu tto n
c:J in the d riv er 's doo r
~ page 46, fig . 3 2 .

Closing rear lid/trunk lid
- Press the lock switch in the luggage compartment
=> page 48, fig. 36. The trunk lid moves to the closed posi­
tion by itself and soft close locks it automatically=>&,.
- Closing
is stopped immediately if you again press the
release switch
c::; in the driver's door, the middle button
c::; in the remote control master key, the handle on the
trunk lid or the lock switch in the luggage compartment.
& WARNING
• After closing the rear lid, always pull up on it to make sure that
it is properly closed. Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
vehicle is moving.
• To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from being drawn into
the vehicle, always keep the rear lid closed while driving. Never
transport objects larger than those which fit completely into the
luggage area, because then the rear lid cannot be fully closed.
• Never leave your vehicle unattended especially with the rear lid
left open. A child could crawl into the car through the luggage
compartment and pull the lid shut, becoming trapped and unable
to get out. To reduce the risk of personal injury, never let children play in or around your vehicle. Always keep the rear lid as well as
the vehicle doors closed when not in use.
• Never close the rear lid inattentively or without checking first.
Although the closing force of the rear lid is limited, you can still
seriously injure yourself or others.
• Always ensure that no one is within range of the rear lid when
it is moving, in particular close to the hinges and the upper and
lower edges -fingers or hands can be pinched.
• Never try to interfere with the rear lid or help it when it is being
opened or closed automatically.
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Opening and closing
(I] Tips
•
If there is a mechanical problem with automatic closing for the
rear lid or there is an obstruction, it opens again immediately. Check
to see why the rear lid could not be closed before attempting to close
it again.
• The following applies to vehicles equipped with the Convenience
key* feature: if the remote control key is left in the luggage compart­
ment, luggage compartment will automatically unlock itself after
you lock the vehicle. This prevents you from unintentionally locking
your key in the luggage compartment. •
Child safety Lock
Mechanical child safety lock in the rear
• doors 11'
The child safety lock prevents the rear doors from being
opened from the inside.
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Fig. 37 Rear doors :
child safety lock
The rear doors have a child safety lock. You can use any
vehicle key to engage and disengage the lock . The child safety
lock is visible only when the door is open.
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• locks t he ve hicle=> page 52.
• switches on the ignit io n and s tarts the eng ine w hen yo u press t he
!START) button. You do not have to insert your key into the ignition
lo ck =>
page 120 .
& WARNING
• When you lock your vehicle from outs ide, nobody -especially
c hildren -should remain inside the vehicle . Remember , when you
lo ck the vehicle from the outside the window s cannot be opened
from the inside.
• When you leave the vehicle, always remove the ignition key
and take it with you. This will pre vent passengers (children, for
example) from a ccidentally being locked in the vehicle should
they accidentally press the power lock ing switch in the doors .
• Do not leave children inside the vehicle unsupervi sed . In an
emergency it would be impossible to open the doors from the
outside without the key .
[I] Tips
• For the Convenience key to prope rly wo rk , you mus t alway s have
your vehicle key w ith you.
• Th e vehicle will l ock o r unlock t he doo rs only if an authorized key
comes within 5 ft (1.5 meters) from one of the vehicle doors or the
rea r lid .
• You can sti ll lock or unlock yo ur veh icle using the remote control
key buttons, howeve r the selecto r lever must in t he P posi tion.
• For Declaration of Complia nce to United States FCC and Industry
Canada regulations=>
page 364 . •
Controls and equip ­
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Opening and closing
A
pp lies to ve hicles : w ith Convenienc e key
Unlocking the vehicle
You can unlock the doors and rear lid without using the
remote control.
F ig. 39 Conveni enc e
key : Unlocking a door
- Grab the door hand le . T he door au tomatically u nlocks .
- Pull the doo r hand le to open the door.
A doo r will un lock as yo u app roach a door h andle and the system
senses that you have an author ized key . This applies to each door on
the vehicle . The authorized key on ly has to be w it h in a range of abo ut
5 feet (1.5 mete rs) from the respective door .
Whenever yo u un lock a door, the driver's doo r also unloc ks . You can
se t t he powe r lock sys tem using the menu in the M MI system, fo r
example, if you want to unlock just one specific door, or all the veh icle
doors =>
page 44 .
[ i ] Tips
If yo ur vehicle has been s tanding for a n ex tended pe riod, please note
the follow ing :
• T o co ns erve batte ry powe r, th e senso r will tu rn off a fter a few
days. When you come back, you will have to pull on the door handle
on ce to unlock the door an d then a second time to open the door.
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Opening and closing
• Agai n, to conserve battery power so t hat you can start the veh icle
a fter it has b een standin g for a long perio d, th e veh icle's e ne rgy
ma nageme nt system will switch off any convenie nce f eatures not
necessary . Yo u will not be a ble to un lock your ve hicle using the
keyless system. •
Applies to veh icles: w ith Conven ience key
Locking the vehicle
You c an l ock t he doors and rear lid wit h ou t usin g th e
rem ote cont ro l.
- Mo ve th e selec tor lev er in to P.
Fig . 40 Conven ience
key : Lo cking the
vehicle
- Press t he loc k b utton i n th e door hand le to loc k th e ve hicle
=>& .
You can lock eac h door on the vehicle. Remembe r, a n author ized key
mu st b e wi thi n 5 ft
(1. 5 me ters) o f th e door .
T he selecto r leve r must be in th e P position, othe rw is e t he vehi cle will
n ot l ock .
& WARNING
• When you lock your vehicle from outside, nobody -especially
children -should remain inside the vehicle. Remember , when you
& WARNING (co ntinued )
lock the vehicle from the outside the windows cannot be opened
from the inside.
• When you leave the vehicle, always remove the ignition key
and take it with you. This will prevent pa ssengers (children, for
example) from accidentally being locked in the vehicle should
they accidentally pre ss the power lo cking switch in the doors.
• Do not leave children inside the vehicle unsupervised . In an
emergency it would be impossible to open the doors from the
outside without the key.
[ i ] Tips
It is not poss ible to open the door immediately a fter it has been
lo cke d. T his i s int entional to allow y ou to c heck prop er lo cking o f all
vehicle doors. •
Anti-theft alarm system
The anti-t heft al arm t rig g er s an ala rm if an yone
att empts to bre ak into th e vehic le .
T he anti-theft alarm system triggers an a ud ible a larm and t urns on
th e e mergen cy fla sh er i f an u nau th oriz ed int erf eren ce wi th th e
veh icle is sensed by the system.
How is the anti-theft alarm system switched on?
T he anti-theft alarm system is switched on when you lock the veh icle.
Th e sy st em i s activ at ed app roxima te ly 30 secon ds a fter the ve hicle i s
loc ked. T he ind icator lights on top of t he dr iver's and front
pa ssenge r's door trim s ta rt fla shing rapidly fo r 30 s eco nds and t hen
blink s low ly. ._

Opening and closing
Switches for front door windows
@ operates the window in the drive r's door.
@ operates the w indow in the fro nt p assenge r's door .
Switches for rear windows
© operates the left rear wi ndow .
@ operates the rig ht rear window .
Safety switch
® Safety switch for rear window operat io n.
& WARNING
• Do not leave children unattended in the vehicle, espe cially with
ac cess to vehicle keys. Unsupervised u se of the keys can result in
starting of the engine and use of vehicle systems such as power
window s, et c. which could result in serious injury.
• Remember -you can still open or close the power windows for
about ten minutes after the ignition is swit ched off . Only when
either of the front doors are opened are the power windows
switched off.
• Be careful when closing the windows . Check to see that no one
is in the way, or seriou s injury could re sult!
• Always remove the ignition key whenever you leave your
vehicle .
• If you lock you r vehicle from the outside, no one, e specially
children, should remain in the vehicle .
• Do not stick anything on the windows or the windshield that
may interfere with the driver 's field of vision.
[I] Tips
• In add itio n to the switches in t he driver's door there is a separate
switch in each door for the powe r window in that door=>
page 55,
fig. 43.
• The driver can lower or ra ise the power side blinds* in the side
w indows by usin g sw itches © and @.•
Switches in the driver's door
T he driver can op erat e all windo ws.
If the respective sw itch is pus hed or pulled t he w indow w ill
open or c lose . Th e power win dow switches have a
two-posi­
tion function :
Opening the windows
-Pus h the switch to th e first stop and hold it there until the
wi ndow has lowered to t he desired positio n.
- Push th e switch briefly to the
second stop : th e wi ndow
wi ll automat ically o pen all the way.
Closing the windows
- Pu ll the switch up to the first stop and hold it there u nti l
the window has rise n to the desire d positio n.
- Pu ll th e sw itch q uickly to t he
second position: th e w indow
wi ll automat ically close a ll the way =:>
& in "Contro ls" o n
page 53.
Activating/deactivating rear windows
-Pus h the swit ch© =:> page 53, fig. 41 to the depr essed
p os it ion to activate the r ea r w indows -the lig ht in th e
switch will go out .
- Briefly press t he swi tch © to
deactivate the r ear win dow s
- th e sw itc h w ill re turn to t he safety posit ion and t he light
& wi ll illuminate . ..,.