2008 AUDI A8 CAR

Using the telephone103
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control Sort call lists
The telephone numbers in the call lists are sorted by the time of the
call. If this function is activated, the list is sorted in reverse order.
Phone book used
•SIM - SIM card entries are loaded onto the on-board phone
system and displayed on the MMI.
•Telephone - phone book entries on the mobile phone are loaded
onto the on-board phone system and displayed on the MMI.
•SIM+Tel - SIM card entries and phone book entries on the mobile
phone are loaded onto the on-board phone system and displayed
on the MMI.
Note
Depending on your mobile phone, it may not be possible to access
the SIM card entries or phone book entries on your mobile phone.
For further information, please ask an Audi dealer or specialist
retailer.





 




Navigation 104
Navigation
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
Introduction
Let the “Global Positioning System” (GPS) guide you to
your destination.
Wasting time studying confusing maps and tediously planning
routes are things of the past! Now you can simply enter your desired
destination into the navigation system, and the route guidance will
guide you directly to it. You can also set up to three stopovers on the
way to your destination.
The route guidance will be transmitted in the form of spoken cues
that will inform you in good time of any necessary turns, stops etc.
In which language would you like to hear the route guidance? You
can select any of the following languages: German, English, French,
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or Dutch. You can have the last route
guidance cue repeated by pressing the right-side thumbwheel on
the multi-function steering wheel
page 137.
A detailed route map is displayed on the MMI screen
page 110.
You can also receive information on your route via the driver infor-
mation system
page 111.
If you do not want to follow a certain route guidance cue, no
problem! The navigation system will re-calculate the route from the
current location of the vehicle. In addition, if the dynamic navigation
function is activated, the navigation system will even take into
account traffic reports so that you can reach your destination even
faster.
If the vehicle is located in a place that cannot be identified by the
software (e.g. car park), a speech cue will inform you of this.
WARNING
•Today's driving conditions require the full attention of drivers.
Please see
page 9, “Notes on traffic safety”.
•Pay attention to traffic rules when driving.
•The route calculated by the navigation system is a recommen-
dation of how best to reach a destination. Pay attention to traffic
lights, no stopping signs, lane change restrictions, one-way
streets, etc.
Caution
•Should the navigation directions contradict the current traffic
regulations, you must always follow the traffic regulations.
•The volume should only be set at a level which enables you to
hear distant police and emergency vehicles clearly - failure to do so
could result in an accident.
Note
•Snow or other obstructions on the GPS aerial or interference
caused by trees or large buildings could affect the reception of the
satellite signals and make positioning difficult. GPS reception and
vehicle positioning can also be adversely affected by deactivation or
a malfunction of several satellites.
•Street and town names can change, therefore the names stored
on the DVD can in some cases be different from the names that have
since been changed.
•The navigation DVDs can only be purchased from Audi dealers.
They can also provide you with information on the most recently
updated navigation DVDs.










Navigation 112
After you have entered a destination or a route and have started the
route guidance, the navigation information is displayed in the driver
information system. If you select another function (e.g. radio) using
the multi-function steering wheel, the navigation will briefly be
replaced by the function selected
page 128.
Distance to turn-off
Estimated time of arrival
Total distance to destination/next stopover
Name of motorway, major road or street you are driving on. An
arrow in front of the street name indicates that you are
supposed to turn into the street.
Arrow indicating a turn-off. A necessary lane change before the
turn is also displayed.
Bar graph. If an arrow is displayed, a bar graph will also appear.
The fewer bars are displayed, the shorter the distance to the
turn-off point.
WARNING
The route calculated by the navigation system is a recommenda-
tion of how best to reach a destination. Pay attention to traffic
lights, no stopping signs, lane change restrictions, one-way
streets, etc.
Note
An exclamation mark “!” in front of the street name indicates that
the navigation DVD does not contain all the information on this
street or street section. Pay attention to traffic rules such as one-way
streets or pedestrian zones.
Storing a destination
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
In the directory (single destination)
A single destination can either be stored as a new entry or
added to an existing entry.
Important: You must have entered a single destination

page 107.
Storing a destination as a new entry
– Press the Memory control button.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Store in directory and
press to confirm.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton and select New entry.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. An entry space will now
appear
fig. 103.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Surname and press the
rotary pushbutton. The speller will appear on the MMI
display
page 43.
– Enter the surname using the speller.
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
Fig. 103 Address card











Navigation113
MMI componentsMMI control consoleMulti-function steering wheelTelephone handsetVoice control
– Enter additional information.
– For quick access to a destination, place a tick next to
Display as top destination by turning and pressing the
rotary pushbutton. Top destinations are listed in the
destination entry screen
page 105, fig. 91 and can be
selected directly.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Store entry and press to
confirm.
Storing a destination in an existing entry
– Press the Memory control button.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Store in directory and
press to confirm.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Find entry and press to
confirm. The speller will appear on the MMI display

page 43.
– Enter the name of the entry you are searching for, or
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to LIST and press to confirm.
A list of all stored directory entries will appear.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to the entry you wish to select
and press the rotary pushbutton.
– For quick access to a destination, place a tick next to
Display as top destination by turning and pressing the
rotary pushbutton. Top destinations are listed in the
destination entry screen
page 105, fig. 91 and can be
selected directly.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Store entry and press to
confirm.If a navigation destination is already stored in an existing address
card, the new destination will automatically overwrite the old one.
Note
•You can call up the address card to make further entries via the
function Edit directory.
•For information on how to manage the directory, please see

page 80.
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
Route
Calculated routes with specific criteria can be stored and
loaded later as a new navigation destination
Important: You must have entered a route plan
page 108.
– Press the Memory control button.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Store route.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. The speller will appear on
the MMI display
page 43.
– Use the speller to enter a name for the route plan you
want to store.
–Turn the speller to OK and press the rotary pushbutton.
The route plan you entered will be stored.
If the function Store route appears in grey lettering, the route
memory is full. In this case, delete any obsolete routes from the
memory
page 117.





 




Navigation 114
Loading a destination
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
Last destinations
The last destinations are stored automatically and can be
loaded directly as a new navigation destination.
Important: The navigation mode must be activated

page 105.
– Press the Memory control button.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to Last destinations

fig. 104.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. A list of the entries you
entered last will appear in the MMI display.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to select a destination.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. The destination data will be
set as the final destination or as a stopover.– 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.
Note
•You can delete the list of last destinations
page 120.
•You can find the closest car park, service area, petrol station,
Audi Service partner or hospital by selecting Top categories
Applies to vehicles: with navigation system
To p c a t e g o r i e s
Important: The navigation mode must be activated

page 105.
– Press the Memory control button.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton and select To p c a t e g o r i e s

fig. 104.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. A list of useful categories
will appear in the MMI display.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton to select a category e.g. Next
car park.
– Press the rotary pushbutton. A list of e.g. car parks,
sorted according to the distance from your current posi-
tion, will appear on the MMI display. In addition, arrows
indicating the direction of the destinations are displayed.
– Turn the rotary pushbutton and select a top category
destination.
Fig. 104 Loading last
destination










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
INFO
INFO
A1
RETURN
INFO
SETUP











Basic operation 132
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel and TV (analog and analog/digital)
Selecting a TV channel
Important: A list of TV channels must be displayed

page 131.
– Use the left thumbwheel
page 128, fig. 110 to scroll
up/down and mark a TV channel.
– Press the left thumbwheel to select the TV channel.
The separating line
page 131, fig. 116 distinguishes digital TV
channels from analog TV channels and digital radio stations.
Using the telephone
Applies to vehicles: with multi-function steering wheel and Bluetooth car telephone kit or
phone pre-installation
Introduction
Talking on the phone while driving has become commonplace. Now
you can operate all relevant telephone functions conveniently and
safely on the multi-function steering wheel. For this, your vehicle is
equipped with phone pre-installation or a Bluetooth car telephone
kit.
The following messages can appear on the display of the driver
information system:
A1
A1
Please
wait...Connection with vehicle is being established.
Please
insert
the SIM card
a)
There is no SIM card in the mobile phone.
Reading
SIM carda)The SIM card memory is being scanned.
Please enter
PIN into
MMIThe PIN code has not yet been entered

page 88.
No
connectiona)No network connection
CallReceiving incoming call. If the caller's number
is transmitted with the call, it will also appear in
the display.
BusyNumber dialled is engaged.
Auto
redialThe last number dialled is redialled automati-
cally after a short time.
Telephone
is switched offThe telephone is switched off.
ConnectingEstablishing a connection.











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
menu
MODE