I’ve recently purchased the Edition 1 version of the A5 Avant, having previously had an A6 Avant, and I love it!

I originally set up the digital key on my phone, but have since removed it - the thought of someone stealing my phone and then being able to just walk up to my car and drive it away didn’t appeal to me. Anyway, I also use a crooklock, so will need to carry my key around in order to unlock it.

Since removing the key from my phone, every time I drive the car, there is a message on the MMI, with a mortarboard hat at the start, telling me to activate the digital key. I don’t want to, but can’t find any way of turning off this message!

Any ideas?

Thanks

Hello Martin,

It wouldn’t surprise me that there isn’t, but well worth passing it passed your selling dealer for confirmation or refuting. 
Perhaps you could update us on how you get on. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

I think I’ve fixed it!

I noticed that the option to deactivate the digital key in the MMI settings was greyed out (I guess because there was no digital key setup). So I re-added the digital key to my phone and was then able to deactivate it in the MMI.

So now, whilst I now have the digital key in my iPhone’s wallet, it doesn’t work by me just walking up to the car and opening the door. And also, once in the car, I am no longer getting the message to set up a digital key.