2023 Audi A6 Owner’s Manual

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Personalization

Users

General Information 

AppUes to: veh, des with personalized user settings Depending on vehicle equipment and your coun­try, your vehicle may be able to manage various users in the MMI. Each user will be assigned the settings that they last used. Before you begin driving, you can select a user in the MMI and load personalized Infotainment and vehicle settings.

Possible users in the MMI:

• myAudi user: as a myAudi user, you can use Audi connect services that require a myAudi ac­count. Certain settings are transferred online to your myAudi account. If you log into your myAudi account in another vehicle, you can load your settings in the other vehicle.
• Local user: as a local user, you can only store settings in the current vehicle. Your settings cannot be transferred to other vehicles. Audi connect services that can only be used with a myAudi account will not be available.
• Guest user: as a guest user, you can store set­tings in the vehicle without changing the set­tings for other users. Audi recommends only using the guest user temporarily, because set­tings can be overwritten by other users.

Depending on vehicle equipment, the following options may be used to detect the active user so that the user settings can be loaded automatical­ly before you start driving.

• Vehicle key
• Requirement: the driver’s door has been opened.
• The detected user must be shown in the MMI. Confirm the user shown, select another user

WARNING
It may not be possible to load Infotainment and vehicle settings, or they may only load partially. The driver is always responsible for the Infotainment and vehicle :;ettings in order to reduce the risk of an accident.

User management
Applies to: vehicles with user management

Opening user management
Applies to: MMI

• Press USERS on the home screen.

Selecting a user
Applies to: MMI

• Press on the desired user.
• Enter the 4-digit myAudi PIN, if necessary.

Adding myAudi users
This applies to: MMI and Audl connect
Requirement: you must have successfully regis­tered at my.audi.com and have created a 4-digit myAudi PIN.

• Press Add user.
• Press Log in now to log in with your myAudi credentials.
• Follow the system instructions.

To transfer existing destinations from the MMI to your myAudi account one time, confirm the sys­tem prompts with Yes. You can set a profile pictured for your myAudi user at my.audi.com.

Adding a local user
Applies to: MMI

• Press Add user.
• Press Initiate setup.
• Press Local user.
• Follow the system instructions.

Editing users
Applies to: MMI
Requirement: the user must be selected and that user’s settings must be loaded.

• Press on the user.
• Depending on the user type, available options may include the following.
• PIN protection: when this function is switched on, the 4-digit myAudi PIN must be entered be­fore any settings for this user can be loaded.
• Remove user from vehicle: the user will only be deleted in the vehicle from the list in the MMI.
• Change name: you can change the name of the local user.

Key user

Applies to: vehicles with key user management The vehicle owner must be set as the key user to use some of the specific Audi connect vehicle control services that depend on vehicle equip­ment. The key user automatically has remote access au­thorization. This remote access authorization is necessary to control certain functions that de­pend on the equipment, such as Audi connect ve­hicle control services, through the myAudi app.

Setting the key user
Requirement: a key user must not be set yet.

• To set a key user for the vehicle, you will need a myAudi account. Register in the myAudi app or at my.audi.com.
• Add your vehicle to the myAudi app.
• Follow the instructions in the myAudi app.

Managing additional users
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you can grant authorization for additional users to use Audi connect vehicle control services at my.audi. com.

Removing the key user
If you remove the key user, all other users that were stored by the key user at my.audi.com and their authorizations will be deleted. It will no lon­ger be possible to use the Audi connect vehicle control services, depending on the vehicle equip­ment.

Requirement: a key user must be set. The ignition has been switched on with a vehicle key.

Description

All doors and the luggage compartment lid can be centrally unlocked and locked at once. You can select in the MMI if the entire vehicle or only the driver’s door should unlock when unlocking the vehicle. The turn signals flash twice when you unlock the vehicle and flash once when you lock the vehicle. If they do not flash when locking, check if all doors and I.ids are closed. Depending on the vehicle equipment, you may have different options for centrally unlocking and locking your vehicle.

• Ve hide key Q.
• Sensors in the door handle.
• Lock cylinder in the driver’s door.
• Interior central locking switch.

Vehicle key
The term “vehicle key” refers to the remote con­trol key or convenience key•. The convenience key• is a remote control key with special func­tions<::> page 41 and <::> page 9 7.

Power closing*
When closing a door or the luggage compart­ment Lid, you only have to let it fall lightly into the latch. It then closes automatically<::>&.

Automatic locking
If you unlock the vehicle but then do not open any of the doors, the luggage compartment, or the hood within a short period time, the vehicle locks again automatically. This feature prevents the vehicle from being accidentally left unlocked for a long period of time.

Automatic locking (Auto Lock)
The Auto Lock function locks all doors and the luggage compartment lid once the speed has ex­ceeded approximately 9 mph (15 km/h). The ve­hicle will unlock again if the unlock function in the central locking switch is pressed, the “P” se­lector lever position is selected, or the ignition is switched off. You can open the doors individually from the in­side by pulling the door handle one time. To open the rear doors individually, you must pull the door handle twice. In the event of a crash with airbag deployment, the doors will also automatically unlock to allow access to the vehicle.

Unintentionally locking yourself out
Only lock your vehicle when all of the doors and the luggage compartment lid are closed and there is no key in the vehicle. This reduces the risk of locking yourself out accidentally.
The following features help to reduce the risk of locking your vehicle key in the vehicle:

• If the driver’s door is open, the vehicle cannot be locked by pressing the lD button on the re­mote control key or by touching the locking sensor• on a door.
• If the vehicle key that was used most recently is inside the luggage compartment, the luggage compartment lid will automatically open again after it closes QG.).
• If the vehicle key that was last used is detected inside the vehicle, then the vehicle cannot be locked from the outside Q(D.

Central locking switch

• To lock or unlock the vehicle, press the or button.

When locking the vehicle with the central locking switch, the following applies: 

• The doors and the luggage compartment lid cannot be opened from the outside for security reasons, for example, to reduce the risk of un­authorized entry while stopped at a light.
• The LED in the central locking switch turns on when all doors are closed and locked.
• You can open the doors individually from the in­side by pulling the door handle one time. To open the rear doors individually, you must pull the door handle twice.
• In the event of a crash with airbag deployment, the doors unlock automatically to allow access to the vehicle.

A WARNING

• Observe the safety precautions c) page 35.
• The central locking button works when the ignition is switched off.
• The central locking switch is inoperative when the vehicle is locked from the outside.

Messages 

The following messages may appear depending on the vehicle equipment:

Driver’s door: malfunction! Shift to P before leaving vehicle. See owner’s manual

There is a malfunction in the driver’s door. Secure the vehicle before exiting by selecting the “P” se­lector lever position. Drive immediately to an au­thorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility to have the malfunction repaired.

Central locking: malfunction! See owner’s manual There is a central locking malfunction. If the doors cannot lock, you can emergency lock the doors Q page 39. Drive to an authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility immedi­ately to have the malfunction corrected.

Door lock: opening while driving is only pos• sible with the emergency release. See owner’s manual It is not possible to power unlock the doors at speeds above approximately 9 mph (15 km/h). If you must open doors at higher speeds in cases of emergency, you can manually unlock the door by forcefully pulling the door handle beyond its no­ticeable resistance two times. Then press the door handle back into its original position, if nec­essary.

Opening the door

The vehicle is equipped with a power door lock, which results in shorter operation distances for the door handles (outside) or door handles (in­side). For standard operation, only pull to about position CD- Position @ is only intended for emergency operation.

Opening the door from outside

• Unlock the vehicle if necessary¢ page 4 7.
• Only pull the door handle out to about position CD¢ fig. 27. Otherwise the door might not open correctly.

Opening the door from inside 

• Only slightly pull the door handle towards the inside to the first position CD¢ fig. 22, other• wise the door might not open as intended.

Opening the door in an emergency
There is the option of emergency opening the door if the power door lock malfunctions.

• To open the door from the outside, pull the handle once or twice to position@¢ fig. 2 7.
• To open the door from the inside, it can be un• locked by pulling on the handle once or twice, overcoming the resistance to reach the second position@¢ fig. 22 and then be opened by pulling to the second position an additional time. Then press the door handle back into its original position, if necessary.

WARNING
Before opening the doors from inside the ve• hide, you and any passengers should always check the traffic near and around the vehicle

FAQ