Audi A8 2018 Owner's Manual page 32

Opening and clo s i n g
Unlocking and locking with the remote
control
Fig. 23 Remote cont rol key: button programm ing
• To unlock the veh icle, press them button
~ fig. 23.
• To lock the vehicle, press the ~ button
one
time '*& .
• To unlock the luggage compartment lid, press
the
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button briefly.
• To trigger the alarm, press the
I
PANIC
I
button.
The vehicle horn and emergency flashers are
activated.
• To turn the alarm off, press the red
I
PANIC
I
button aga in .
If the vehicle is unlocked and none of the doors,
the rear lid or hood are opened within 60 sec-
onds, the vehicle locks aga in automatically . This
feature prevents the vehicle from be ing acciden-
tally left unlocked over a long per iod of t ime.
The settings in the Infotainment system deter-
m ine if the ent ire vehicle or only one of the doors
is unlocked when unlocking the vehicle
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WARNING
Read and heed a ll WARNINGS¢
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in Descrip-
tion on page 27.
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Tips
- Only use the remote control key when you
a re w ithin view of the vehicle.
- The vehicle can only be locked when these-
lector lever is in the P posit ion.
- Do not use the remote control when you are
inside the vehicle. Otherwise, you could un-
intent io nally lock the vehicle. If you then
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tried to start t he engine or open a door, the
alarm would be triggered. If this happens,
press the m unlock button.
- Only use the pan ic function in an emergen-
cy.
Unlocking and locking with the
convenience key
Applies to: vehicles with convenience key
The doors and luggage compartment lid can be
unlocked/locked without using the remote con-
trol key.
Fig. 2 4
Door hand le: locking with the convenie nce key
Unlocking the vehicle
• Grip the door hand le. The door un locks auto-
matically .
• Pull the door hand le t o open the door .
Locking the vehicle
Requirement: the se lector lever must be in P.
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m
• To lock the vehicle, close the door and touch
the sensor in the door handle
once ¢
fig. 24,
'* &_.
Do not hold the door handle while doing
this.
You can unlock/lock the ve hicle at every door .
The remote control key cannot be more than ap-
prox imately 4 feet (1.5 meters) away from the
door handle or the luggage compartment. It
makes no d ifference whether the master key is in
yo ur jacket poc ket or in yo ur br ief case, for exam -
ple.
The door cannot be opened for a brief period d i-
rectly after lock ing it. This way you have the op-
po rtuni ty to chec k if the doors locked cor rect ly.
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