Volkswagen ID.4: Parking (Rear View Camera system with parking mode selection)

Screen display

Perpendicular parking: Guide lines help when parking in reverse perpendicular to the road.

Cross traffic: Depiction of the area behind the vehicle and the areas to the side of the vehicle at a wide angle.

Trailer or terrain assistance: Depiction of the area immediately behind the vehicle with a high zoom factor and guide lines (depending on the country).

Red line: Boundary or safety distance from the vehicle.

Yellow lines: the vehicle's path based on the steering angle.

Green horizontal lines: Boundaries.

Adjust the brightness, contrast, and color.

USA and Canada: If the camera image on a parking system has been switched on by engaging the reverse gear, no function keys are displayed for safety reasons. These function keys can be displayed again by tapping the function key .

Parking mode: Parking perpendicular to the road

Fig. 1 Infotainment system: Parking perpendicular to the road.

1. Searching for a parking space.
2. Steering toward the selected parking space.
3. Aligning the vehicle within the parking space.

1. Road surface.
2. Parking space.
3. Side boundary of the parking space.
4. Rear boundary of the parking space.

1. Press the control panel for parking functions before driving past the selected parking space. Then tap the function key in the Infotainment system, if necessary.

2. To select the parking mode, tap the function key in the Infotainment system.

3. Position your vehicle in front of the parking space → fig. 1 A -2-.

4. Steer so that the yellow lines lead into the parking space. The green and yellow lines must align with the side boundary lines → fig. 1 B -3-.

5. Stop when the red line reaches the rear boundary → fig. 1 C -4-.

Parking mode: Trailer support

Fig. 2 Infotainment system: Trailer support.

On vehicles with a trailer hitch installed at the factory, trailer support can be used for assistance when attaching the trailer to a draw bar.

1. To select the parking mode, tap the function key.

The Rear View Camera system shows the vehicle's trailer hitch in the lower part of the image. Colored guide lines help you with the maneuvering process → fig. 2.

Green lines: distance to the trailer hitch.

Orange line: predicted direction of the trailer hitch based on the steering wheel angle.

Introduction

Area View provides an overview of the entire vehicle environment in real time. This function helps you recognize obstacles in good time in situations where there might be blind spots.

System function

Area View has several cameras, e.g. Rear View Camera system, front camera, and cameras in the outside mirrors, to show the vehicle environment on the Infotainment system screen → .

The functions and displays of Area View may vary depending on the vehicle equipment, e.g. if Park Distance Control is available and is also displayed.

WARNING

Area View is not a replacement for the driver's attention and works only within the system limitations. Using the camera image to estimate the distance to people or obstacles may not be precise. If you do not take care, there is a risk of accidents and serious injuries.

• Always stay attentive and do not rely solely on the system. The driver is always responsible for control of the vehicle.
• Bear in mind that camera lenses can enlarge and distort the field of vision.

Switching on and off

Switching on

1. Select the reverse gear.

Or: tap the control in the upper section of the center console. Then tap the function key on the Infotainment system screen.

Switching off

1. Drive faster than approx. 15 km/h (approx. 9 mph).

Or: Tap the or function key on the screen of the Infotainment system.

Or: tap the control for parking functions.

Switching Park Distance Control (PDC) on and offChanging the camera perspective