Battery replacement: 1995 A6

["David Kroth" <davidk@lpa.com>]

The A6 is new to me and I'm considering replacing the 3.5
year old battery as insurance before the cold weather really
hits.  In reviewing the Bentely manual there is a warning
on page W 27-1 (Volume 3, I think) that says:

   For automatic transmission vehicles, the transmission
   control module (TCM) "basic setting" must be reestablished
   using the VAG 1551 scan tool (ST), whenever the battery
   has been disconnected or replaced during repair.

What's up with that?  Do I really have to find someone with
a VAG 1551 every time I disconnect the battery?  Is there
some other way to "reestablish the basic setting" of the
TCM without the 1551?

This could be a real thorn in the foot.

-- 
David Kroth
davidk@lpa.com