Audi A7 2017 Owner's Manual page 43

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- If you turn off the ignition whi le the exterior
lights are on and open the door, a warning
tone sounds.
- In cool or damp weather, the inside of the
headlights, turn signals and tail lights can
fog over due to the temperature difference
between the inside and outside. They will
clear shortly after switching them on. This
does not affect the serv ice life of the light-
ing .
Turn signal and high beam lever
The turn signal lever operates the turn signals,
the high beams and the headlight flasher.
Fig. 34 Turn signal and high beam lever
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The turn signals activate when you move the lev-
er into a turn signal position when the ignition is
switched on.
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right turn signal
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left turn signal
The turn s ignal blinks three times if you tap the
lever (conven ience turn s ignal).
High beams and headlight flasher ~D
Move the lever to the corresponding position :
@ - high beams on (vehicles w ith High beam as-
sistant*
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high beams off or headlight flasher
The
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indicator light in the instrument cluster
turns on.
Lights and Vision
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WARNING
High beams can cause glare for other drivers,
which increases the risk of an accident . For
this reason, only use the high beams or the
headlight flasher when they will not create
glare for other dr ivers .
High beam assistant
Appli es to : vehicles wi th high beam assist ant
A camera on the rearview mirror mo unt can de-
tect light sources from other road use rs . The high
beams switch on or off automatically depending
on the position of vehicles driving ahead and on-
coming vehicles, the veh icle speed and other en-
vironmental and traffic cond it ions.
Activating high beam assistant
Requirement: the light sw itch must be set to the
AUTO posit ion and the high beam ass istant must
be switched on in the Infotainment system
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.. To activate the high beam ass istant , tap the
lever forwa rd @ . The
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indicator light ap-
pears in the instrument cluster display and the
high beam headlights are switched on/off auto-
matically . The
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indicator light also turns on if
the high beams are switched on.
Switching the high beams on/off manually
If the high beams did not switch on/off automat -
ically as expected, you may switch them on or off
manua lly instead:
"' To switch the high beams on manua lly, tap the
lever forward @ . The
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indicator light turns
on.
.. To switch the high beams off man ually, pull the
lever back @ . The high beam assistant is deac-
tivated.
Operating the headlight flasher
.. To operate the headlight flasher when the high
beam assistant is activated and hig h beams are
switched off, pull the lever back @ . The high
beam ass istant remains active. ..,
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