Can anyone explain CCS and ADC/ACC

[HHGTTG]

I have read through the user's manual as obtained from an Audi forum. This is a manual that was scanned by someone and hence is not very clear, literally and may not be complete..However can people here explain the Adaptive Cruise Control function which I see as a addition to the ordinary Cruise Control and then there is Speed Limiter. All these things all dealt with but not very clearly and there seems ot be an awful lot of it selected by either the direction stalk or controls on the multifunction Steering Wheel. Presumably the controls are not duplicated on the direction stalk if your car has the MF steering wheel.
I presume you can use ordinary CC as I do and then switch on ACC and determine what length from vehicle in front, you want to keep.
Does anyone have practica experience of these so-called driver aids?

I think that I will be ordering a new MK7 SE with 1.4TSI engine towards the end of the year.

[algarve]

I have read through the user's manual as obtained from an Audi forum. This is a manual that was scanned by someone and hence is not very clear, literally and may not be complete..However can people here explain the Adaptive Cruise Control function which I see as a addition to the ordinary Cruise Control and then there is Speed Limiter. All these things all dealt with but not very clearly and there seems ot be an awful lot of it selected by either the direction stalk or controls on the multifunction Steering Wheel. Presumably the controls are not duplicated on the direction stalk if your car has the MF steering wheel.
I presume you can use ordinary CC as I do and then switch on ACC and determine what length from vehicle in front, you want to keep.
Does anyone have practica experience of these so-called driver aids?

I think that I will be ordering a new MK7 SE with 1.4TSI engine towards the end of the year.

Yes if you have MF all the controls are on the Steering wheel & not duplicated on the stalk
You can use CC on its own , Speed limiter on its own.
ACC using distance to car in front can be selected if you want.
The VW manual is a bit confusing (with all the legal warnings everywhere ) but once you fathom out these particular buttons ( the symbols could be larger on the buttons in my view ) its fairly straightforward to operate.

[Pommyboi]

Yes if you have MF all the controls are on the Steering wheel & not duplicated on the stalk
You can use CC on its own , Speed limiter on its own.
ACC using distance to car in front can be selected if you want.
The VW manual is a bit confusing (with all the legal warnings everywhere ) but once you fathom out these particular buttons ( the symbols could be larger on the buttons in my view ) its fairly straightforward to operate.

How do you use the cruise control without the adaptive radar controlled function? I looked for instructions when I first got the car and thought it wasn't possible, however after a few weeks of use I'm not sure I have any need to use cruise control without the radar function switched on I'm just wondering what I missed.

[andyCYM]

You can't use cruise without the adaptive radar function. Having used it for 600 odd motorway miles, I really can't see why you would want to using cruise without radar, the way the system applies brakes (very hard if needed) to keep a steady time (not distance) from car in front is astonishing. Brilliant piece of equipment, and I'm speaking as someone who couldn't see the point of 'ordinary' cruise control on typical UK mways.

[andyCYM]

I presume you can use ordinary CC as I do and then switch on ACC and determine what length from vehicle in front, you want to keep.

As I said in other post, ACC allows you to set TIME gap between you and car in front, not distance, that's the clever bit, and it uses brakes / throttle exactly as the driver would. You can even set how fast it accelerates through 'mode' selection. I experimented with it in stop / start traffic on M1, with manual gearbox the car slows to about 15 mph and then warns you to take over manually. With DSG it will stop and pull away again. I know it sounds a bit 'robocar', I was a cynic, but it really is brilliant, would not want to be without it.

Am sure there's no 'ordinary' CC option, but as I said, it would be pointless.

[Guest 2]

send a pm to "timothy nathan" he has acc on his a6 and he praises it to the hilt and knows the system quite well.

[Pommyboi]

You can't use cruise without the adaptive radar function. Having used it for 600 odd motorway miles, I really can't see why you would want to using cruise without radar, the way the system applies brakes (very hard if needed) to keep a steady time (not distance) from car in front is astonishing. Brilliant piece of equipment, and I'm speaking as someone who couldn't see the point of 'ordinary' cruise control on typical UK mways.

thanks, I thought there wasn't a separate cruise control and totally agree it is very good although took me a few miles to get used to how it worked. I'm also not a fan of cruise control on our busy motorways but love this system.

[HHGTTG]

Well, I am more confused but will it have to stay that way until such time that I take delivery of my new car but that could be about 12 months away - depends on delivery times for factory orders.

Thanks one and all.

Have you downloaded this manual as a lot of what it contains re the ACC etc seems to be at odds with what is said above. It's a pdf and has been obtained by scanning a Golf manual - not sure which though. Go to page 102 of 138 pages and read on. Talks about CCS, Speed Limiter and ACC.

[algarve]

I think the PDF you refer to concerns a Skoda perhaps as the Golf MK7 manual has 17 pages ! on CCS, Speed Limiter and ACC starting at page 221.
I remember following a Merc from a safe distance in the outside lane of the motorway on a wet dark night & it was constantly switching on /off glaring brake lights - with traffic flowing in front of it.
At the time I assumed he had ACC or similar system activated.
It does concern me that 'manually' driving so to speak you focus & release the throttle rather than braking regularly to reduce the gap to the car in front.

[Pommyboi]

Well, I am more confused but will it have to stay that way until such time that I take delivery of my new car but that could be about 12 months away - depends on delivery times for factory orders.

Thanks one and all.

Have you downloaded this manual as a lot of what it contains re the ACC etc seems to be at odds with what is said above. It's a pdf and has been obtained by scanning a Golf manual - not sure which though. Go to page 102 of 138 pages and read on. Talks about CCS, Speed Limiter and ACC.

I can't say I've downloaded it as I have a real one in the car and what is said in this thread from other owners is consistent with how I see the technology working and how I use it.

You should just go for a test drive soon and it will become clearer how the radar assisted cruise control works along with the other technology.