146 Parkin g s y s tems
- The came ra lens en larges and distorts
the field of vision. The object appears
both altered and inaccurate on the
screen.
- In certa in situations, people or objects in
the display appear closer or further
away:
- objects th at do not touch the gro und,
such as the bumper of a parked vehicle,
a trailer hitch or the rea r of a truck. Do
not use the help lines in this case.
- If driven from a leve l surface onto an
incline, or a downward slope .
- If driven toward protr uding objec t s.
- If the veh icle is carrying too much load
in the rear.
(D Note
- Always read and fo llow the applicab le
warnings
¢ (D in General information on
page 143 .
- The orange colored orientation lines in
t he MMI disp lay show t he ve hicle path
depend ing on t he steering wheel angle .
The front of the vehicle fron t swings out
more than the rea r of the vehicle. Main-
ta in plenty of distance so that your out-
side mirror or a corner of your veh icle
does not collide with any obstacles.
Switching on and off
Applies to vehicles: with Audi parking system plus w ith
rearview camera
Fig. 167 Center console: P"A button
Fig. 1 68 MMI display: Visual distance display
Switching on
.. Switch the MMI on .
.. Shift into reverse, or
.. Press t he
l"•I button in the center console
c:;, fig. 167 . A short confirmation tone
sounds and the LED in the button lights up .
Switching between the rearview camera
and visual display
.. Press the Graphic control button
c:;, page 147, fig. 169 ® to see t he visual
disp lay.
.. Press the
Rear view control button to see
t he rearview ca mera image
c:;, fig. 168 .
Switching off
.. Drive faster than 6 mph (10 km/h) , or
.. Press the ~ button, or
.. Switch off the ignition .
Visual display
The red segments in front of and behind the
vehicle
c> fig. 168 help you to determ ine the
distance between you and an obstacle . As
your vehicle comes closer to the obstacle , the
segments move closer to t he veh icle. The col-
lision are a has been rea ched when the next to
last segment is displayed . Do not con t inue
driving farther forward or in reverse
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General information on page 143, c:;,@ in
General information on page 143.
(D Tips
- The visua l display in the left part of t he
disp lay sho uld he lp you detect t he crit i-
cal ve hicle areas .