Clear Vision; Lights - Audi R8 Spyder 2011 Owner's Manual

Clear vision
Lights
Switching the headlights on/off
Fig. 63 I nstr ument panel : lig ht switc h (auto mat ic
head· and ta ill ight control)
Switching on the side marker lights
... Turn the light switch to :oo::.
Switching on the headlights and high
beam
... Turn the light switch to §D.
.,. Push the h igh beam lever forwa rd towa rds
t he instrument pane l ~ page 58 .
Switching off the lights
.,. Turn the light switch to 0 .
Switching on automatic head- and
taillight control
.,. Turn the light switch to AUTO ~ fig. 63 .
The headlig hts and tai lligh t s w ill come on au -
tomatically when the ignition is sw itche d on
and the light switch is in the position AUTO
(on ly in nig httime conditions). When switch·
ing off the ignit io n, the headlig hts will go off
and only the side marker lights will remai n lit.
Daytime running lights
USA models: The daytime running lig hts will
come on automat ically when the ig nit ion is
sw itched on and the light switch is in the posi·
tion AUTO (only in daylight conditions).
Canada models : The daytime runni ng lights
will come on a utomat ically when the ignition
is switched on and the light switch is in the
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position 0, AUTO (on ly in daylight conditions)
or ;oo :.
Automatic head- and taillight control
In the swi t ch position AUTO the au tomati c
he ad- and t aillight con t rol is activ at ed. Light
senso rs ar e loca t ed in t he inside mir ro r hous-
ing and constantly chec k t he light cond itions
su rroundi ng the vehicle. If ambient bright-
ness fa lls below a factory set value (e .g. when
dr iving into a tunnel), the head- and tail lights
incl uding the license plate illuminati on are
automat ically t urned on . When ambient
brightness increases aga in, the exte rnal ligh t s
ar e turned off aga in c>
&..
In the switch posi-
t ion AUTO, the low beams are t ur ned off when
th e ign ition is switc hed off. The rem ai ning
ligh t s are t urned off when the key is ta ke n out
of the ignition lock.
Wit h a utomat ic head- and t aill igh t con t rol,
t he high-beam fu nction is al so ava ilable , but
with one rest rict ion : If you have not sw itche d
the high beams back to low beams during a u-
tomat ic head light operat ion (for examp le, af-
ter driving through a tunnel), on ly the low
beams come on the next time automatic
headlig hts are switched on. To use the high
beams, yo u fi rst have to pull the high beam
lever back and then push the lever forwa rd
agam .
The side ma rker lights a nd headlights ca n be
sw itc hed on manually by turn ing the light
swi t ch to the des ired pos ition .
Light sensor malfunction
If there is a light sensor ma lfunction, the
symbol
II
comes on in the display . For safety
reasons, the low beams are tu rned on perma-
nently with t he sw itch in AUTO. However, you
can con t inue to t urn t he lights on and off us-
ing t he light switch . Have t he ligh t sensor
checked as soon as possib le at a n au th o rized
Audi d ealer.
Coming home/leaving home function
The function is sw itched on when the sw itch is
in the AUTO pos ition and th e funct ion is
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