2008 AUDI A8 media

Television 78
Some TV channels have programmes available in dual channel
sound. Example: The programme is broadcast in a German version
on Channel A, and in an English version on Channel B.
Which version (e.g. German/English, stereo/mono) is available on
which channel depends on the TV broadcasting station.
Applies to vehicles: with analog TV and DVB-T
TV standard
– Select: Function selector button > source TV >
function selector button > TV standard.
TV standard a)Valid for the following countries
Default settingTV settings depend on original export country.
EuropeAbu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Aus-
tria, Azores, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhu-
tan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Cameroon,
Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, Ethio-
pia, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait,
Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Montenegro, Near
East, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qua-
tar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey
ItalyItaly
UK / IrelandFalkland Islands, Hong Kong, Ireland, UK/North-
ern Ireland
Eastern Europe
SECAMArmenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, CIS,
Congo, Kazakhstan, Kirgistan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldavia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan
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FranceFrance, Luxembourg, Monaco
North AmericaAntilles, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Can-
ada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Domini-
can Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Okinawa, Pan-
ama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa,
South America, South Korea, Surinam, Taiwan,
Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Venezuela
AustraliaAustralia
BrazilBrazil
ArgentinaArgentina
New ZealandNew Zealand
Eastern Europe
PA LCzech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Rumania
ChinaChina, North Korea
Africa PALAngola, Botswana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau,
Lesotho, Macao, Namibia, South Africa
Greece, EgyptEgypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Middle East, North Africa
Africa SECAMAfrica, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African
Republic, Chad, French overseas territories,
Dahomey, Djibouti, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guinea,
Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Reunion,
Ruanda, Senegal, Togo, Upper Volta, Zaire
JapanJapan
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Television79
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control The DVB-T hybrid tuner* supports the DVB-T standard and the
analog TV standards PA L, NTSC and SECAM.
If you select the wrong TV standard the following problems can
occur: no picture or a poor picture, no colour picture, no audio
output or no reception of certain analog or digital channels.
Note
The TV standard is preset at the factory to the TV standard of the
country to which the vehicle is sold.
Applies to vehicles: with external AV source
AV standard
– Select: Function selector button > source
External AV source 1/2 > function selector button
> AV standard.
You can select from Default setting, PA L, SECAM or NTSC.
If you select the wrong AV standard, the following problems can
occur: no picture or a poor picture or no colour picture.
Applies to vehicles: with DVB-T
Channel following
The Channel Following function ensures that you remain
tuned to the selected TV channel.
– Select: Function selector button > source TV >
function selector button > Channel Following.
Channel Following on
The activated Channel Following function tries to retain the current
TV channel even if you leave its transmission area.
Channel Following off
If you leave the transmission area of the currently selected TV
channel, it may no longer be received.
MoroccoMorocco
Eastern Europe
PA L B GEstonia
Eastern Europe
PA L D K
a)at the time of print.
TV standard a)Valid for the following countries
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Using the telephone87
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control
Using the telephone
Applies to vehicles: with Bluetooth car telephone kit or phone pre-installation
Introduction
You can operate a mobile phone* or the handset conveniently via
the MMI system. It does not matter whether the mobile phone is
connected to the Bluetooth car telephone kit or the phone pre-
installation. The basic operation via the MMI control console is
always the same.
Many telephone functions that you are familiar with from your land
line or your mobile phone are available in your vehicle: You can
answer and end calls, place calls on hold and go back and forth
between two separate calls (switching calls). In addition, you can
access the MMI directory, the phone book on your SIM card and the
phone book on your mobile phone.
When you place or receive telephone calls the audio source is
muted automatically and the current media drive is paused. A
crossed-out loudspeaker will appear in the display when the system
is muted. After the call the audio source will return to its previous
volume.
You can set the system so that it will switch off the navigation* voice
guidance during phone calls if desired
page 119.
Caution
•You must switch off the telephone system via the MMI menu
(Setup Telephone) in areas where the use of mobile telephones is
prohibited. Please observe all relevant caution notices and regula-
tions.
•Switch off the car telephone kit, the handset*
page 140 and
any other mobile phones in all areas where there may be a risk of
explosion. Remember that these areas may not always be
adequately marked. Such places are filling stations, fuel and chem-
ical storage facilities or transport vehicles and other places where fumes, chemicals (e.g. from leaking propane or fuel vapours in vehi-
cles or buildings) or large quantities of dust particles (e.g. from
flour, wood or metal) could accumulate in the air. This warning also
applies to all other places where you would normally switch off your
engine.
Note
The telephone functions will depend on the mobile network service
provider and the mobile phone used. For more information, contact
your service provider.
Applies to vehicles: with Bluetooth car telephone kit or phone pre-installation
Requirements for using the
telephone
If you want to use the telephone function of your MMI system, one
of the following requirements must be met:
•A mobile phone must be connected to the Bluetooth car tele-
phone kit
page 24, or
•A handset* must be connected to the Bluetooth car telephone kit

page 27, or
•A mobile phone must be connected to the phone pre-installation

page 19.
In vehicles fitted with a Bluetooth car telephone kit, the car tele-
phone must be switched on
page 26.










Navigation 116
– Start the route guidance by turning the rotary push-
button to Start route guidance and then pressing the
rotary pushbutton. The route criteria and subsequently
the map
page 110 will be shown on the MMI display.
An arrow will appear in the display of the driver informa-
tion system.
Other settings
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
Special destinations
Special destinations can be selected in the entry space
when entering single destinations or stopovers.
– Select: Function selector button > Special
destination, or
– Select: Function selector button > stopover >
Special destination.
The navigation system can also guide you to special destinations
such as petrol stations or hotels. When entering your destination,
simply choose the approximate location of the special destination
(in the immediate vicinity, in the vicinity of the destination or nation-
wide). You can then select the category of the special destination
from a list (e.g. petrol station or hotel). The MMI display even indi-
cates the direction of the special destinations (arrows).
In immediate vicinity
The special destination is located in the immediate vicinity of your
vehicle. The special destinations are sorted according to the
distance from your current location, starting with the closest. You
can use this function, for example, to plan stopovers (closest restau-
rant).In vicinity of destination
The special destination is located in the vicinity of your destination.
You can use this function, for example, to find a petrol station near
your destination.
Nationwide
A special destination can be found irrespective of your current posi-
tion and your navigation destination. You can use this function, for
example, to navigate to an airport in the selected country.
Call: (telephone number)*
If telephone numbers are stored for a special destination on the
navigation DVD and your vehicle is equipped with a factory-fitted
telephone*, you can call the selected special destination. For
example, you can call a restaurant and reserve a table before driving
to the destination.
Note
There are certain destination entries in the list that cannot be
displayed completely because they are too long (too many charac-
ters). If you select one of these entries, a separate window will be
displayed after a few seconds. This window will show more informa-
tion about the selected entry.
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
Top destination
– Select: Function selector button , or
– Select: Function selector button > stopover.
When storing a navigation destination, you can activate the func-
tion Display as top destination (). Top destinations are listed in the
destination entry screen
page 105, fig. 91 and can be copied into
the destination entry field directly.
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Calling up traffic information123
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control
Important: The system must be tuned to a traffic station

page 122, and a navigation DVD must be inserted in the
drive
page 14.
– Press the function selector button marked .
– If the list of traffic messages
page 122, fig. 108 does
not appear in the MMI display, press the function
selector button again. A list of traffic messages

page 122, fig. 108 will now appear in the MMI display.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to mark an entry.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. Traffic information on the
entry will now be displayed.
– To display the next traffic message in the detail view, turn
the rotary pushbutton to Display next report and press to
confirm.
– To display the selected message on the map in the detail
view, turn the rotary pushbutton to Show report on map.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. The red hatched line shows
the stretch of road affected by the traffic obstruction

fig. 109.– To display the next traffic message on the map, press the
rotary pushbutton again.
When the route guidance is active, the TMC traffic messages which
are relevant for your route are shown with a red warning symbol and
are sorted by distance to your current location
page 122,
fig. 108. A traffic obstruction in the immediate vicinity will be shown
at the top of the list.
All other traffic messages are then shown with greyed-out warning
symbols and are sorted according to road category (motorways,
major roads, other roads) and road number.
Urgent traffic messages such as a car travelling in the wrong direc-
tion on the motorway are automatically displayed in the MMI
display. To cancel the report, simply press the button or
the rotary pushbutton.
When the route guidance is active, traffic messages are shown with
red warning symbols and are sorted according to road category
(motorways, major roads, other roads) and road number.
Other settings
Applies to vehicles: with TP memo timer
TP memo timer
– Select: Function selector button > function
selector button > TP memo timer.
You can set two times of day at which you want the MMI system to
record traffic reports. Use the Timer status option to activate and
deactivate the timers individually or together. You can set the time
by turning the rotary pushbutton to mark the timer and pressing to
confirm. Then turn the rotary pushbutton to change the time.
Switch from hours to minutes by pressing the rotary pushbutton.
Fig. 109 Displaying a
TMC traffic message
on the map
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Basic operation129
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control
•If your vehicle is not equipped with these systems, the corre-
sponding button has no function.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Adjusting the volume
The volume of the active audio source (radio, CD, Audi
music interface*, TV*) and the route guidance cues can
be adjusted on the multi-function steering wheel.
Important: The MMI system must be switched on

page 40.
Increasing and reducing the volume on the
active audio source
– Use the right thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110 to
scroll up/down.
Mute
– To mute the MMI system, scroll the right thumbwheel

page 128, fig. 110 down until a crossed-out loud-
speaker symbol appears in the status line of the MMI
display. Any activated media drives will be paused. Pause
will also appear in the heading of the MMI display.
– To deactivate the mute/pause function, scroll the right
thumbwheel up. Playback of the paused media drive will
then be resumed.
Route guidance
– Press the right thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110. The
last route guidance cue will now be repeated.
– To change the volume, scroll the right thumbwheel
up/down during the route guidance cue.
Listening to the radio
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Calling up the radio menu
Important: The radio function on the MMI system must be
switched on
page 54.
– Press the button
page 128, fig. 110 repeatedly
until the radio menu appears in the display of the driver
information system
page 130, fig. 113.
Would you like to find out more about the radio function in your
vehicle? You can find a detailed description on
page 53,
“Listening to the radio”.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Setting the waveband
The four wavebands FM, MW, LW and DAB* (digital radio)
are displayed at the top of the display of the driver infor-
mation system.
Important: The radio menu must be displayed
page 130,
fig. 113.
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Fig. 112 List of wave-
bands
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Basic operation 130
– Use the left thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110 to scroll
down and select a waveband.
– Press the left thumbwheel to confirm the waveband.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Selecting a station from the station list
Important: The radio menu must be displayed
fig. 113.
– Use the left thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110 to scroll
up/down and select a radio station.
– Press the left thumbwheel to tune to the station.
Note
Any stations that appear in grey lettering in the MMI display are not
displayed in the driver information system.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Selecting a stored station
Important: The radio menu must be displayed
fig. 113,
and a station must be stored in the memory list
page 57.– Use the left thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110 to scroll
up/down and select Memory.
– Press the left thumbwheel. The radio memory list will be
displayed.
– Scroll the left thumbwheel to select a radio station and
press the left thumbwheel. The system will tune to the
radio station.
Playing media
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Calling up the media menu
Important: The media function must be activated on the
MMI system, and an audio source must be selected

page 63.
– Press the button
page 128, fig. 110 repeatedly
until a list of tracks
fig. 114 /
page 131, fig. 115
appears in the display of the driver information system.
Fig. 113 Radio menu
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Fig. 114 List of CD
tracks
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Basic operation131
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control Would you like to find out more about the media function in your
vehicle? You can find a detailed description on
page 63, “Playing
media”.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Selecting a track
Important: A list of tracks must be displayed
page 130,
fig. 114 /
fig. 115.
– Scroll the left thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110 to mark a
track.
– Press the left thumbwheel to select the track.
Note
You can select a CD in the CD changer or a folder on a portable
player via the MMI control console
page 12.
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel
Pausing and resuming (media drive)
Important: A track must be playing
page 63.– Scroll the right thumbwheel all the way down to pause
the track that is currently playing.
– To continue playback, scroll the right thumbwheel
upwards.
Television
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel and TV (analog and analog/digital)
Calling up the TV menu
Important: The TV function on the MMI system must be
switched on
page 71.
– Press the button
page 128, fig. 110 repeatedly
until a list of TV channels appears in the display of the
driver information system.
Would you like to find out more about the TV function in your
vehicle? You can find a detailed description on
page 71,
“ Television”.
Fig. 115 Track list of a
folder
Fig. 116 List of TV
channels
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