2008 AUDI A3 service

Basic operation133
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control Would you like to find out more about the telephone function in
your vehicle? You can find a detailed description on
page 87,
“Using the telephone”.
Note
•The functions of the telephone can be operated using the multi-
function steering wheel only if the telephone equipment was
installed at the factory.
•The functions of the telephone depend on your mobile phone
and whether they are supported by your mobile network service
provider.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel and Bluetooth car telephone kit or
phone pre-installation
Calling up the telephone menu
Important: The phone pre-installation
page 20 or the
Bluetooth car telephone kit
page 25 must be activated.
– Press the button
page 128, fig. 110 repeatedly
until the telephone menu appears in the display of the
driver information system
fig. 117.
Te l e p h o n e m e n u :
•Dialled no.: Contains the numbers that were dialled last.
•Directory: Contains the entries in the MMI directory
page 80.
•Phone book: Contains the entries on the SIM card.
•Received calls: Contains the calls that were last received.
•Missed calls: Contains recent missed calls.
You can select a number directly from any of these lists.
No
entries
availableThe phone book has no entries or the phone
book entries have not yet been imported into
the on-board phone memory (car telephone kit*

page 29 or phone pre-installation*

page 23).
Telephone
not connected
or attached
a)
The telephone is not connected with the vehi-
cle.
Connect
tel. or
insert SIM card
b)
Insert the SIM card in the handset* or in a
mobile phone with SIM Access Profile or con-
nect the mobile phone to the car telephone kit.
a)Applies to phone pre-installation.b)Applies to car telephone kit and mobile phones with SIM Access Profile.
Fig. 117 Telephone
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Basic operation 136
Holding/resuming a call
You can use the left thumbwheel on the multi-function steering
wheel to place a call on hold.
Select Hold to hold the call and Resume to continue talking. The call
on hold is displayed in the driver information system.
Switching between calls
You can switch between two phone calls (one of them will be on
hold at any given time).
Should you receive a second call during a phone conversation, the
option Switch will appear in the driver information system display.
Select Ignore if you don't want to receive the call.
Select End call to end whichever call is currently active. The call on
hold will remain in the hold queue and can be continued by
selecting Resume.
Replacing a call
If you already have a call on hold and are talking to a second caller
when a third call is received, the options Replace and Ignore will
appear on the display of the driver information system.
If you select Replace, the active call will be replaced by the incoming
call. If you select Ignore, the incoming call will be declined. The call
on hold will remain in the hold queue.
Note
The option Call waiting must be activated on the MMI
page 97 for
you to be made aware of incoming calls during a conversation. The
call options depend on your mobile network service provider. For
more information, contact your service provider.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel and phone pre-installation
Options during a call (phone pre-installation)
If you are already talking on the phone when someone else calls, the
options Replace and Ignore will appear on the display of the driver
information system.
If you select Replace, the active call will be replaced by the incoming
call. If you select Ignore, the incoming call will be declined. The call
on hold will remain in the hold queue.
Note
The option Call waiting must be activated on your mobile phone for
you to be made aware of incoming calls during a conversation. The
call options depend on your mobile network service provider. For
more information, contact your service provider.
Navigation
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel and navigation system
Calling up the navigation menu
Important: The navigation function on the MMI system
must be switched on
page 105.
Fig. 121 Navigation in
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Basic operation 142
Display
Applies to vehicles: with handset for the car telephone kit
Information in the display
Various symbols provide the user with information in the
main screen.
The table below describes the symbols shown in illustrations

fig. 126 and
fig. 127:
Fig. 126 Information in
display
Fig. 127 Information in
display
SymbolExplanation
Signal strength of the GSM network at your cur-
rent location
Battery level
Symbol for an existing Bluetooth connection
Symbol for an incoming text message
Roaming symbol
Symbol for a missed call
Function for left control button
Function for right control button
Symbol for keypad lock activated
Symbol for text message memory full
Mobile network service provider
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Using the telephone149
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control
Applies to vehicles: with handset for the car telephone kit
Options during a call
Various options can be used during a call.
– Press the control button for Options anytime during an
active call.
page 148, fig. 133.
The options available during a call depend on the current telephone
status. For example, if you place a call on hold using the Hold option

fig. 134, the Hold option is replaced by Resume.
Menu
You can access the main menus
page 151 while a call is active.
Holding/resuming a call
The Hold and Resume options allow you to hold a call and retrieve it
later from the hold queue.
Placing a further call (Dial)
First select Hold to place the active call on hold. Then enter the tele-
phone number on the handset. Select Dial to dial the number.
Press the control button (soft key) for End call or press the “End call”
button (hard key) once to end whichever call is active. If you placed
a call on hold earlier on, that call will remain on hold. You can end the call on hold by pressing the control button (soft key) for End call
or the “End call” button (hard key) again.
Microphone on/off
Your caller cannot hear your private conversations when the micro-
phone is off. You can still hear the caller.
End call/End active call
The call active at the time is disconnected.
Switching between calls
You can switch between two phone calls (one of them will be on
hold at any given time).
Press the control button for End call to end whichever call is
currently active. The call on hold will remain in the hold queue.
Conference calling
Up to five callers can take part in a conference (depending on the
network service).
Select Conference to set up a conference. The call on hold and the
active call are added to the conference.
You can make a further call after placing all of the conference callers
on hold with the Hold option. To add another caller to an existing
conference, select Conference.
Select Resume conference if you want to retrieve all callers of an
existing conference from the hold queue. You can use the Conf.
participants option to select conference callers individually and
remove them from the conference.
Send tone sequence
This function is used to load DTMF tones from the stored phone
numbers
page 153. You can also enter DTMF tones directly on the
keypad during a call.
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Using the telephone 150
Private mode/Handsfree mode
•Private mode - to talk over the handset. The other vehicle occu-
pants cannot hear the call. Private mode is automatically activated
if you remove the handset from the carrier during an active call.
•Handsfree mode - to talk over the vehicle's handsfree system. If
you are talking over the handset (private mode), you can use the
Handsfree mode option on the handset to switch to handsfree
mode. Handsfree mode is automatically activated if you insert the
handset in the carrier during an active call.
Note
The options available during a call may vary depending on the
mobile network service provider. For more information, contact your
service provider.
Applies to vehicles: with handset for the car telephone kit
Answering and replacing further
calls
Answering further telephone calls
If you are already talking on the phone when someone else calls, the
options Answer and Reject will appear on the display.
If you select Answer, the active call will be placed on hold and you
will receive the incoming call. If you select Reject, the incoming call
will be declined.
Replacing a call
If you already have a call on hold and are talking to a second caller
when a third call is received, the options Replace and Reject will
appear on the display.
If you select Replace, the active call will be replaced by the incoming
call. If you select Reject, the incoming call will be declined.
Note
The option Call waiting must be activated on your mobile phone for
you to be made aware of incoming calls during a conversation

page 156. This option depends on your mobile network service
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Menus 152
Applies to vehicles: with handset for the car telephone kit
“Last calls” menu
You can find, dial, store or delete telephone numbers in
the call lists.
– Press the control button for Menu
page 142,
fig. 126.
Numbers dialled
The Numbers dialled list contains the last twenty24) names or
numbers you have dialled.Missed calls
The Missed calls list contains the names or numbers of the last
twenty
24) missed calls.
Symbol
page 142, fig. 126 appears on the display.
Received calls
The Received calls list contains the names or numbers of the last
twenty
24) answered calls.
Delete
•Numbers dialled - to delete the complete call list.
•Missed calls - to delete the complete call list.
•Received calls - to delete the complete call list.
•All calls - to delete all of the call lists.
Options
The following options are available in the Numbers dialled, Missed
calls or Received calls menu:
•Details - to display the telephone number, date and time.
•Edit number - to change a selected telephone number.
•Store number - to edit and store a name, telephone number and
memory position.
•Delete number - to delete one selected telephone number.
•Call number - to call the selected telephone number.
Note
•If you press the “Call” button
page 140, fig. 124 in the main
screen, the list of dialled numbers will be displayed.
•The call lists contain telephone numbers which were stored after
the mobile phone was connected.
•If the SIM card is changed, the complete contents of the call lists
will be deleted.
24)The total number of phone numbers that can be stored in the call lists may
vary depending on your service provider.
Fig. 137 Last calls
menu
Fig. 138 Submenu
options
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MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control
•Extract number - to copy a telephone number from a text
message into the display for editing.
•Edit - to edit a text message open in the inbox.
•Forward - to forward a text message you have received to
another telephone number.
Templates
The Templates menu is used to insert a text template (e.g. I will be
late ...) into a text message.
Text message settings
•Status report - to receive a delivery status report from the
message centre after you send a text message.
•Va li dity - to specify how long text messages are held at the
message centre.
•Service centre - to retrieve or change the number of the message
centre.
•Memory capacity - to display the total capacity of the text
message memory and the amount of memory used.
•Store text msg - to store text messages in the outbox when they
are sent. The memory can fill up quickly if you activate this function.
If the memory is full, the crossed-out envelope symbol will appear
in the display and no more text messages can be received.
Delete txt msgs
•Read - to delete read text messages from the inbox.
•Unread - to delete unread text messages from the inbox.
•Sent - to delete text messages you have written and sent.
•Unsent - to delete text messages you have written but not sent.
•Delete all - to delete all text messages on the SIM card.
Note
The handset display shows only text messages which are stored on
the SIM card.
Applies to vehicles: with handset for the car telephone kit
“Settings” menu (handset)
– Press the control button for Menu
page 142,
fig. 126.
– Select Settings using the navigation button.
Switch off tel.
The car telephone kit logs off the GSM network and shuts down but
the handset remains connected. If mobile phones are connected,
these connections are closed.
The car telephone kit can be switched on again from the handset
and will automatically log onto the GSM network.
Fig. 143 Settings
Fig. 144 Ring tone
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Menus 156
Button
page 140, fig. 124 switches the handset on/off.
Te l e p h o n e
•Ring tone - the selected ring tone is played and the setting is
automatically stored when you close the submenu.
•Ring tone volume - the ring tone is played at the selected volume
and the setting is automatically stored when you close the
submenu.
•Brightness - to set the brightness of the handset display.
•Language - select Menu language (German, English, French,
Italian, Spanish or Portuguese) to change the language on the
handset display. This setting is independent of the MMI setting

page 51. Select Input language (German, English, French, Italian,
Spanish or Portuguese) to change the language for entering text
messages
page 143 and the language for templates
page 155.
The Menu language is not changed if you change the Input
language. However, if you change the Menu language, the Input
language is changed to the same setting.
•Default settings - to reset the handset to the default settings. The
functions are reset separately on the MMI
page 97.
•T9 settings - to set up the handset for writing text messages

page 143. If you activate the Word completion setting and write a
word in a text message, the next word will be suggested automati-
cally if you have used this word pair often in the past. If you activate
the Sorting setting, the list of words will be sorted. The most
frequently used words will appear at the top of the list. If you acti-
vate the Word prediction setting, a possible next word will be
suggested when you enter a new word in a text message. If you acti-
vate the Defaults option, T9 mode will always be selected when you
start writing a text message. The Input language setting allows you
to choose a different language from the Menu language for writing
text messages. However, if you change the Menu language, the
Input language is changed to the same setting.
•Autom. keylock - if this setting is active (i.e. if the selection
button is filled in), the keypad will be locked automatically about a
minute after the handset is removed from the carrier. This will happen only if the main screen is displayed and none of the handset
functions is being used.
Bluetooth
•Veh. base station - to display the available car telephone kit
(vehicle base station - e.g. “AUDI BTA”) on the screen. The vehicle
base station is required for the bonding procedure
page 27.
•Bluetooth devices - to delete the list of bonded vehicle base
stations. Please note that the bonding procedure must be repeated
if the list is deleted.
•Bluetooth name - to change the name of the handset in use.
Call options
•Call waiting - when this setting is active and you are on the
phone, an audible tone will tell you if a caller is trying to reach you.
Select Status to check the current setting for the Call waiting func-
tion.
•Transmit caller ID - your telephone number is transmitted with
outbound calls when this setting is active. Select Network-depend.
to use the setting agreed in your service provider's contract. Select
Status to check the current setting for the Transmit caller ID func-
tion.
•Answer on eject - if this setting is active (i.e. if the selection
button is filled in
page 151, fig. 136), an incoming call will be
answered immediately when you take the handset out of the carrier.
Security
•PIN query - if you activate this setting, the PIN is always checked
when you switch on the phone. If Automatic PIN recognition is acti-
vated, the system does not ask you to enter the PIN explicitly. If you
deactivate the PIN query, the PIN is not checked when you switch on.
Some SIM cards do not allow the PIN query to be deactivated.
•Change PIN - first enter the existing PIN code for your SIM card.
The PIN can only consist of numbers from 0 to 9. The new PIN has
to be entered twice, as a precautionary measure, and is stored on
the SIM card. If you change the PIN when the SIM card is in a
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