Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual page 32

Opening and c lo s i n g
- Do not use t he remote contro l when you are
inside the vehicle . Otherwise, you could un-
intent iona lly lock the vehicle . If you then
tried to start the eng ine or open a door, the
a larm would be triggered. If this happens,
press the un lock button@.
- The P pos ition must be engaged to lock the
vehicle.
- Only use the panic funct ion in an emergen-
cy.
Unlocking/locking using the convenience
key
The doors can be unlocked/locked without using
the remote control key.
Fig. 2 1 Door hand le: sensor
Unlocking the vehicle
,.. Grip the door handle . The door unlocks auto-
matically .
,.. Pull on the door handle to open the door.
Locking the vehicle
,.. Se lect the P posit ion, because the vehicle ca n-
not be locked otherwise .
,.. To lock the vehicle, close the door and touch
the sensor in the door handle once ¢ fig. 21.
Do
not hold the door handle while doing t his .
You can unlock/ lock the vehicle at eve ry door.
The remote control key cannot be more than ap-
proximate ly 5 ft (1.5 m) away from the door han-
d le. It makes no difference whether the master
key is in your jacket pocket or in your briefcase.
If you grip the door handle while locking, this can
adversely affect the locking function.
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The door cannot be opened fo r a brief period di-
rectly after locking it . This way you have the op-
portunity to check if the doors locked correctly .
The sett ings in the Infota inment system de t er-
mine if the entire vehicle or only one of the doors
is un locked when unlocking the vehicle
¢ page 31.
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WARNING
Read and fo llow ing a ll WARNINGS. ¢ .&
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Key set on page 28
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Tips
If your vehicle is left standing for a long peri-
od of t ime, note the fo llowing:
- The proximity sensor sw itches off after a
few days to save energy. You then have to
pull once on the door handle to un lock the
vehicle and a second time to open it.
- To prevent the battery from draining and to
mainta in the ability of the vehicle to start
for as long as poss ible, the energy manage-
ment system gradually turns off unnecessa-
ry convenience fu nctions . You may not be
able to unloc k your vehicle using the con-
venien ce key.
- For an explanat io n on confo rm ity w ith the
FCC reg ulations in the United St ates and the
Indust ry Canada regulat io ns, refer t o
¢page 28 2 .
Central locking switch
Fig. 22 Driver's doo r: central locking switch
,.. To lock t he vehicle, press the @l button
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,.. Press the@! button to unlock t he veh icle. .,.