2023 Audi S8 Owners Manual - Interior lighting



Interior lighting

Front interior lighting


Interior lighting buttons

— Interior lighting on/off

— Rear interior lighting on/off
— Door contact switch on/off. The interior lighting is controlled automatically.

Touch-sensitive reading lights

  • To turn a reading light on or off, touch the surface(1) briefly.
  • To activate the manual dimming function, touch the surface (1) when the light is switched off and keep touching it until the desired brightness is reached.

 Rear interior lighting


Press the  button to switch the rear interior lighting on or off.

Touch-sensitive reading lights*

- To turn a reading light on or off, touch the surface (1) briefly.

- To activate the manual dimming function, touch the surface (1) when the light is switched off and keep touching it until the desried brightness is reached.

Matrix reading lights* 
When the reading lights are switched on, you can individually adjust the brightness, position, and focus range.

- Applies to Rear Seat Remote: Select on the home screen: Lights - Matrix lights - Individual

 Interior lighting


Applies to: vehicles with interior lighting

The ambient lighting turns on when the ignition is switched on. The O light switch position deactivates the interior lighting.

You can adjust the ambient lighting separately. The settings depend on the vehicle equipment.

Applies to MMI: Select on the home screen: VEHICLE > Light & Visibility > Interior lighting.

You can choose from various color profiles, such as Maritime.

Additional settings and profiles:
— Brightness: you can adjust the brightness for all of the interior lighting.
— Individual: you can adjust the brightness and color of the interior lighting separately, divided into contour and surface lighting.
 Audi drive select: the contour and surface lighting color changes depending on the selected drive select mode.

Tips
Depending on vehicle equipment, when the drive select* function is switched on, the color of the contour and surface lighting may brief ly change to red or blue when the interior temperature is manually increased or decreased.

Display brightness


You can set the instrument and display illumination separately. The settings depend on the vehicle equipment.

  • Applies to MMI: select on the home screen: SETTINGS > Display & brightness.

Possible settings in the MMI:

— Cockpit dimming
— Head-up display
— MMI
— Audi virtual cockpit


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