2017 AUDI A3 SEDAN buttons

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unavailable because of this. Contact an au­
thorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Fac ility for more in format ion .
- Charg ing may take longe r when tempera­
tures a re extremely high or low .
- The char ging t ime at pu blic char ging sta ­
tions may vary from the times given in the
ta ble
¢ table on page 116 .
Audi e-tron charging system PIN
Applies to: ve hicles with p lug- in hybrid drive
The contro l unit can be locked by entering a 4-
d igit PIN of yo ur cho ice. If a PIN is activated, the
selected PIN must be ente red before every use .
We recommend locking yo ur contro l unit to pro ­
tect it against unautho riz ed access by a third pa r­
ty .
Activating the PIN
~ Press t he IOK I@ ¢ page 111, fig . 121 bu tton
on the cont ro l unit.
POWER and SET PIN ap ­
pear in the display field .
~ Select SET PIN using t he arrow button ©-
~ Press the IOKI b utton @. ENTER PIN appears i n
t h e d isplay field .
~ Select t he des ired value by pressing the arrow
bu ttons © up or dow n.
~ U se the right ar row bu tto n© to go t o th e nex t
digi t.
~ Press t he left ar row bu tto n © to go to the pre -
vio us menu.
~ Ente r all of the d igits .
~ Press t he IOKI b utton @after the last d igit .
~ REPEAT PIN appears in the display field .
~ Enter the PIN again using the arrow buttons
© -
~ Press t he IOKI button @.
~ PIN OK appears in t he di sp lay fie ld if bo th en-
t ries ma tch.
~ Th e P IN is now a ct ivate d.
Deactivating the PIN
Requ irement: The control unit mus t be un locked .
~ Enter the numer ica l code 0000 . Proceed as if
you were act ivat ing the
PIN¢ page 117 .
~ The PIN is deact ivated .
e-tron
Locking the control unit
Requiremen t: T he PIN m ust be activated.
~ Press t he~ button @¢ page 111, fig . 121 o n
t he co ntrol unit.
Unlocking the control unit
Requirement: The PIN m ust be act ivated.
~ Press any button on the contro l unit .
~ PIN? appears in the display field.
~ Enter the P IN .
~ Press the I OK I button @.
(D Tips
-The PIN is deactivated in the factory defa ult
sett ings.
- If you do not remember yo ur PIN, contact
an authorized A udi dealer or autho rized
Audi Service Facility.
- If the first PIN entry differs from the second
entry, the first PIN entry is d isplayed .
- If nothin g is entered within
20 seconds of
this , the set va lue is not changed.
Indicator Lights and
messages
Applies to : vehicles with plug-in hybr id drive
If the . indicator light tu rns o n, the high -volt ­
age ba tte ry is charging or is already completely
c h arged .
If
the . indicator light stays on, the re is a ma l­
funct ion in the charg ing system. Have t he p rob ­
l em corrected immediately by an a uthor ized Audi
d eal er or authori zed A udi Se rvice Fa cility.
!I Charging connector still attached . Driving
not possible
This message appears w hen the charging system
is still connected to the vehicle. Remove the con­
nector
c:> page 114, After charging.
Applies to: vehicles with A udi v irtual cockpit : ii
Incompatible charging system. Please check
charging system
Applies to: vehicles wi th analog instr ument clus -
te r:
ii AC charging: currently not possible IJ,-
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The stored speed in the LED line is erased.
@ Indicator lights
It -Adaptive cruise control is switched on. No
vehicles are detected ahead. The stored speed is
maintained .
B-A vehicle driving ahead was detected. The
adaptive cruise control system regulates the
speed and distance to the vehicle ahead and
brakes/accelerates automatically.
r51 -Adaptive cruise control is switched on. Ave­
hicle was detected ahead. Your vehicle remains
stopped and will not start driv ing automat ically.
•-The automatic braking is not enough to
maintain a sufficient distance to a veh icle driving
ahead. You must intervene
c::> page 132, Driver
intervention request.
@ Instrument cluster display
I f adaptive cruise control is not shown in the in­
strument cluster display, yo u can call it up using
the mu ltifunction steering wheel buttons
c::> page 13.
Based on the g raphics in the disp lay, you can de­
termine if the system is maintaining a distance to
a vehicle ahead and what that distance to th is ve­
hicle is:
No vehicle -no vehicle was detected driving
ahead.
Silver vehicle -a veh icle was detec ted dr iv in g
ahead .
Red vehicle -request for driver intervention
<=:>page 132 .
The five distance bars on the gauge © represent
the set d istance (refer to
c::> page 131 for infor­
mat ion on how to change the distance) .
If you
fal l below the selected distance, the distance
bars become red from the bottom upward.
A WARNING
If you press the !SETI button when driving at
speeds below 20 mph (30 km/h), the vehicle
accelerates automatically up to 20 mph (30
Assistance systems
km/h), which is the minimum speed that can
be set.
(D Tips
-If you switch the ignition or the adaptive
cruise control system off, the set speed is
erased for safety reasons .
-The e lectronic stabilization control (ESC)
and the anti-slip -regulation (ASR) are auto­
matically switched on when the adaptive
cruise control is switched on.
Changing the speed
Applies to: vehicles with Audi adaptive cruise control
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Fig. 134 Operat ing lever: changing the speed
.. To increase or decrease the speed in incre­
ments,
tap the lever in the 0 10 direction .
.. To increase or decrease the speed quickly, hold
the lever toward 010 until the red LED @
c::> page 128, fig. 133 reaches the desired
speed.
You can also preselect the speed when adaptive cruise control is not active by moving the lever in
the desired direction
0 10 . Act ivate the previ­
ously selected speed by pulling the lever into po­
s ition
@ c::> page 128, fig . 132.
After each change, the new stored speed appears
briefly in the status line
c::> page 128, fig. 133 ®·
When adaptive cru ise control is active, the ill or
• indicator light turns on, and when adaptive
cruise control is not active, the
ill ind icator light
turns on. In the Audi virtual cockpit*, the
II indi­
cator light t urns on instead.
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Ass is tance sy stems
If the system is switched on but is not ready to
provide warn ings, one of the following cou ld be
the cause:
- T here is no lane marker line .
- The re levant lane marker lines are not detected
(for example, markings in a constru ction zone
or because they are obstructed by snow , dirt,
water or lighting).
- T he vehicle speed is below the ac tiva tion speed
of approx imately 40 mph (65 km/h).
- T he lane is too narrow or too wide .
- T he curve is too nar row .
- The driver's hands are not on the steering
whee l.
@ Tips
-Make sure the camera 's field of view
¢ fig . 142 is not obst ructed by sticke rs o r
anything else . For informat ion on cleaning,
see
i::> page 347.
- In certain markets: if the system is switched
on, it will sw itch on automat ically each time
the ig nition is swi tched on.
Display in the instrument cluster
Applies to: ve hicles with Audi active lane assist
Fig . 14 3 Instrum ent cluste r: act ive lane as sis t is sw itc hed
on and read y to p rov id e wa rnin gs
You can open the act ive lane assist display using
the buttons in the multifunct io n steering wheel
¢ page 13 or ¢ page 16 .
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Display in the in- Meaning on the corre-
strument cluster sponding side
Green line(s) Act ive lane assist is act i-
(left or right) vated and ready to pro- vide warnings.
Red line Act
ive lane assist warns
(left or right) you befo re leaving a lane.
In addition, the steering
wheel vibrates light ly.
Gray line(s) Active lane assis t is act i-
(left o r right) va ted , b ut is not ready to
give warning
Messag es in the instrument cluster display
If the active lane assist sw itches off au tomati cal­
l y, the indica to r li ght in the display t urns off and
one of the fo llow ing messages appears :
• Audi active lane assist: sy stem fault!
Drive to an authori zed Audi dealer or authori zed
Audi Service Facil ity immediate ly to have the
malfunction corrected.
• Audi active lane a ssist : cu rrently not a vaila ­
bl e. No came ra view
This message appears if the camera is unable to
detect the lines. This could happen if:
- Th e camera fie ld of view
¢ page 137, fig . 142 is
dirty or covered in ice . Clean this area on the
windsh ield.
- The camera fie ld of view is fogged over. Wait
until the fog has cleared before switching the
active lane assist on again.
- The system has been unable to detect the lanes for an extended per iod of time due to road con­
ditions . Switch active lane assist back on when
the lines are more visib le.
• Audi active lane a ssist: currently una vailable
There is a temporary act ive la ne assis t malfunc­
tion. Try swi tch ing the active lane a ss ist on again
l ate r .
• Audi active lane a ssist : Please continue
steering vehicle!

Multi Media Interface
Multi Media Interface
Traffic safety information
Aud i recommends performing certa in Infotain­
ment system functions, such as entering a desti­
nation, only when the vehicle is stationary . Al ­
ways be p repared to stop opera ting the Info tain­
ment system i n the interest of your safety and
t he safe ty of other road users.
_& WARNING
Only use the In fotain ment sys tem w hen tra f­
fic con ditions permit and always in a way that
allows you to ma inta in complete control ove r
your vehicle.
@ Tips
Cer tain functi ons are no t avail ab le wh ile driv­
ing .
Introduction
The Multi Media Interface , or MMI for short,
combines various
systems for communication ,
navigation* and entertainment in your Audi . You
can operate the MMI using the MMI control pan­
el, the multifunction steering wheel or the voice
recognition system* .
Fig. 16 0 MMI co ntro l panel
M MI cont rol panel overview
CD Contro l knob with joystick function"
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 163
@ MMI to uch con trol pad * . . . . . . . . 161
@ Left contro l button . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
@ R ight cont rol b utton . . . . . . . . . . . 160
158
® Buttons fo r opening men us
directly .... . .. .. .. .... .. .... .
@ IMENU I button
(J) I BACK I button . .. .. .... .. ... . .
MMI On/Off knob with
joystick function
Operating
Fig . 161 MM I On/Off k nob w ith joys tick f unctio n
Switching the MMI on /off : the MMI can be
swi tched on/off man ually. 160
160
159
- Switching on manually : press the On/Off knob
CD ¢ fig. 161 briefly. Or : press the I M ENU I but­
ton @ ¢ page 1 58, fig. 160 or one of t he bu t­
t ons to ope n the me nus d irectl y® ·
-Switch ing off manually : press and hold the
O n/Off knob
CD ¢ fig. 161 until t he M MI
sw itches off .
If the MM I has been swi tch ed off
m an ually, i t does
not swi tch on ag ai n au tomati ­
cally the ne xt time the ignition is sw itched on.
Additional function s:
- Adjusting the volume :
turn the On/Off knob CD
¢fig. 161 .
-Muting : press the On/Off knob CD¢ fig. 1 61
briefly.
- Selecting the previous/ne xt function (for ex­
ample , a r adio station/t rack) :
press the On/Off
knob
CD ¢ fig. 161 briefly toward the left l r ig ht
l>!>i .
-Fast forwarding /rewinding (fo r example
songs) :
press and hold the On/Off knob CD
¢ fig. 161 toward the left l!>i .

Multi Media Interface
Open ing th e main menu
.. Press the IM ENU I bu tton @ ¢page 158,
fig . 160.
The MMI menus (such as Radio ) are
displayed ¢ fig. 163. Then you can select and
confirm a function using the control knob .
Opening a menu directly
.. Press the applicable b utton to directly open the
men us ® ¢ page 158, fig. 160 in the direction
of the desired menu (such as
I RADIO I ) . Then
you can select and confirm a f unction using the
contro l knob.
Opening the selection menu /options menu
with the control buttons
F ig . 164 Cont rol butto ns on the MM! control pane l
Selection menu: through the selectio n menu,
you can open addit ional functions within a men u
item (such as
Radio ).
Req uirement: the select ion menu symbol mus t
be disp layed in the Infota inment system display
¢ fig. 164 .
Opening /clos ing th e select ion menu : press the
left contro l button
¢ fig . 164 . Then you can se­
lect a nd confi rm a funct ion usi ng the cont rol
knob.
160
Opti ons menu : using the options menu, you can
select and confirm context-dependent functions
as well as settings w ith in a menu item (such as
R ad io ).
Requirement: the options menu symbo l G must
be displayed in the Infotainment system display
¢ fig. 164 . Then you can select and confirm a
funct ion using the control knob.
Opening /clo sing the options menu : press the
right control button
¢ fig . 164. Then you can se­
l ect and confirm a function using the control
knob.
Information about paths
This guide shows you at a glance the paths for
opening a desired menu and its settings and
functions .
Example of a path
.. Select: I RADIO I button > le ft control b utton >
FM.
Following the path
.. Press the I RADIO ! button .
.. Press the lef t con trol b utton .
.. Tur n the control knob to the FM menu item to
select it .
.. Press the contro l knob to confirm the selected
FM menu item .
.. The se lected and confirmed function is execut­
ed. In this example, the
FM frequency band is
set .

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MMI touch
MMI touch control pad
Appl ies to: ve hicles with MM I touch
You can enter data using handwriting recogni­
tion on the MMI touch control pad.
F ig. 165 Ente ring nav igat io n dest inatio n us ing MMI touc h
The MMI touch control pad is located between
the control
buttons¢ fig. 165 .
Entering letters, numbers and symbols
Appl ies to: ve hicles with MMI touch
The MMI touch allows you to enter data on the
MMI touch control pad using handwriting recog­
nition.
F ig . 166 Disp lay w hen MM I touch is act ive
Multi Media Interface
R eq uireme nt: i t must be poss ible to en ter tex t or
numbers and t he
symbo l(!) ¢ fig. 166 must ap­
pear i n the Infota inment system display .
-Initial entry : write an ind iv id ua l u pper case or
lower case lette r or numbe r/symbol on the
M MI touch cont rol pad usi ng your finger . A
symbo l th at is recogn ized clea rly by the system
is displayed in the Infotainment system disp lay
@ ¢page 161 , fig . 165, confirmed w ith an au­
dib le sig na l if necessary, an d transfer red to the
inp ut fiel d.
- Enter ing spaces : move your f inger across t he
M MI touc h cont rol pad from left to right .
-Delet ing characters : move your finge r ac ross
the MMI touch co ntro l pad from right to left .
-Selecting the input suggestion : press the con­
trol k nob.
- Switching directly to the results list : turn the
control knob to the rig ht
- Opening the speller : select the right control
button>
Open speller . Text or numbers are en­
tered in using the speller
¢page 165.
Moving the crosshairs
App lies to: vehicles wit h MM! to uch
S f 19..,.,0,1 St
Fig . 167 Mov ing the cross hair s
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System settings
Adjusting the system volume
~ Select : I MENU I bu tton > Sound > left co ntro l
b utt on.
Telephone
App lies to: veh icles w ith telephone
Mute telephone: messages and ringtones are set
to mut e.
Ringtone : see c:;, page 187, Ringtone and volume
settings .
Ringtone volume :
you can adjust t he volume of
the selecte d ringtone by turning the contro l
knob.
Message volume: yo u can ad just the volume of
the not ificat io n for a n incom ing text message by
tur ning the c ontrol knob.
Microphone input level : you ca n adju st the ca ll
volume du ring a phone ca ll by tu rnin g the contro l
knob.
Navigation
Applies to: veh icles with navigation system
Voice guidance: s ee c:;, page 2 09.
Voice guidance during phone call: see
c:>page209 .
Voice guidance volume : you can adjust the vo ice
gu idance volume by tur ning t he control knob .
Or:
you can adjust the vo ice gu idance volume d uring
ac tive rou te g uidance by turning the On/Off
knob .
Enterta inment fader : the volume of aud io play ­
back can be temporarily lowe red w hen the pa rk­
i n g sys tem or vo ice g uidance is ac tive .
Voice recognition system
Applies to: veh icles w ith vo ice recognition system
Command display : see c:;, page 241.
Short dialog : see c:;, page 241.
Volume : seec:> page 241 .
Speech training : see c:;, page 241.
1> Not available in all ve hicles .
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Parking aid*
Yo u ca n adju st the vol ume of the sig nal t one by
t u rning the co ntro l knob.
- Adjusting th e Front volume : select and con­
fir m
High , Medium or Low .
- Adjusting
the Rear volume : select and co nfir m
High , Medium o r Low .
MMI touch*
You can adjust the vol ume of the prompts fo r th e
M MI touch* by turnin g the cont rol knob.
Restarting the MMI
Fig. 221 Butto n comb inat ion to restar t th e sys te m
~ Br ief ly p ress the cont rol knob and both buttons
at the same time to immediate ly o pen t he
menu upward
c:> fig. 221.
Software license
information
Information on the software contained in the
MMI and the license agreement.
- Select: ! ME NUI button> Settings > left cont rol
button >
System maintenance > Version infor­
mation.
- Or :
online at www.audiusa.com/softwareinfo .
Information on the software contained in the
instrument cluster and the license agreement.
P ress t he rese t bu tt o n t wice wi thin five se conds
of sw itch ing the ign ition on .
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Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 239, 243
Audi virtual cockpit
refer to Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 71
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Automatic power top
refer to Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic transm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manual shifting (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 92
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Auxiliary climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Average consumption ............ .... 17, 18
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 67
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Battery In the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
also refer to High-voltage battery . . . . . . . 94
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Index
Blower
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Connecting a ce ll phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Boost pressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 83
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Multifunct ion steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Programming (multifunction steering
wheel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 228
California Proposition 65 Warning ... .. .. 317
Battery specifi c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
also refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Car Finder Audi connect e -tron services . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Caring for and cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . 350
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
CD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
383