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Read out1)
You can have the MMI read an open e-mail.
E-mail settings*
To display when a new e-mail is received, act ivate
the
E-mail notifications . New e-mails are indicat­
ed with an envelope
121 in the Infotainment sys­
tem disp lay status line.
Connection manager
Refer to ¢ page 242 .
Wi-Fi settings
Refer to ¢page 195.
Telephone settings
Refer to¢ page 187.
{]) Tips
-Messages that are deleted in the MMI are
also automatically deleted in the connected
cell phone.
- You cannot read any messages while driv­
ing.
Listening to voicemail
Appl ies to: ve hicles with telep hone
.,. Select: I MENU I button > Telephone > left con­
trol button. Select and confirm
Call list /Direc·
tory /Favorite s
> Voicemail.
- Entering the voicemail number:
enter the de­
s ir ed number. Select and confirm
OK .
-Dialing the voicemail number: select and con­
firm
Voicemail.
@ Tips
- This service must be set up and activated in
advance by the cell phone service provider.
You can obta in more information from your
cell phone service prov ider.
- The voicemail number depends on the cell
phone service provider.
l) Not available in all la ng uages .
Telephone
Directory
Opening the directory
Applies to : veh icles w it h te lepho ne
After connecting the cell phone, the contacts in
it are automatically imported into the MMI.
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• Sm,th, John
• Muster, Manfred
• Schmidt, Ralf
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Requirement: you must have at least one contact
stored in your cell phone.
.,. Select: !MENUI button> Telephone> left con­
trol button
> Directory .
- Calling a contact :
select and confirm a contact
from the d irectory . The phone numbers for the
selected contact are displayed. To make the
call, select and confirm a phone number.
- Free text search for a contact : see ¢ page 166.
Contacts are displayed in alphabetical order and
can be sorted by first or last name ¢
page 188,
Sort order .
The directory can be opened through the Tele­
phone
menu as well as through the Na vigation*
menu .
(D Tips
-Additiona l information on free text searches
can be found under
¢page 166.
-Check for a possible request to synchronize
on your cell phone. Requests to synchronize
the directory must be confirmed so that
your cell phone contacts can be loaded into
the MMI.
- The contact display in the MMI depends on
the cell phone used. For more information on supported cell phones, visit
www.audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact an .,.
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cell phone. Audi recommends editing cell
p hone contacts d irectly in the ce ll phone .
- Only the con ta cts in the lo ca l M MI memory
ca n be ed ite d or de leted .
Importing and exporting contacts
Applies to: veh icles with telephone
Contac ts in vCard forma t (. v cf) can be impor ted
in to the directory or exported .
Requ irement: an SD car d mus t be inser ted in one
of the SD c ard
readers *¢ page 223 , a USB stor­
a ge devi ce mu st b e connec ted to t he Au di music
inte rface *¢ pa ge 228, or the requirements for
Au di connect Infotainment se rvices * m ust be
met ¢ page 190.
.,. Sele ct: I M ENU I but ton >Telephone > left con­
t ro l butto n >
Directory .
... Se lect : rig ht contro l button > Directory set­
tings .
- Importing contacts from a storage device :
se­
l ect and co nfirm
Import contacts > SD card 1 /
SD card 2 or USB device 1 /USB device 2
> de ­
sired contacts
> Start import .
- Exporting contacts to a storage device :
select
and confirm
Export contacts > SD card 1 /SD
card 2 or USB device 1 /USB device 2
> desired
contacts
> Start export .
- Selecting all contacts at once to import/e x­
port :
select and conf irm Import contacts /Ex­
port contacts > SD card 1 /SD card 2
or USB de­
vice 1 /USB device 2 > All > Start import /Start
export .
0) Tips
-Always rea d the c hapter ¢ pag e 196, Audi
conn ect (Infotainm ent) g eneral informa ­
t ion.
- Fo r additional in forma tion on the myAud i
a ccoun t, v is it
www.audiusa.com/myaudi.
- The im po rt ed contac ts are stored i n the lo­
ca l memory o f the directory.
l) Depe nds on th e co nnect ed cell p ho ne.
Telephone
- A m aximum of 1,0 00 con tacts can be im ­
p orted . Yo u can check the directory memory
capaci ty at any t i me
¢ page 1 88.
- Never save im portant data on memo ry ca rds
or USB storage devices . A udi is not responsi­
ble for damaged o r lost files and media.
- Contacts t hat were down lo ad ed from a ce ll
phone canno t be e xported .
- The re sho uld b e no ot her files o r fo lders o n
the stora ge medium containi ng the contacts
t o be im port ed.
Additional settings
Telephone settings
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
.,. Sele ct: ! ME NUI butto n> Telephone > right con-
t rol butt on >
Telephone settings .
Call options*
Call forwarding :
you can switch the forwarding
of incom ing ca lls to yo ur voicemai l o r to ano ther
phone nu mber on a nd off. Y ou ca n che ck if t he
funct ion is act ivated or deactivated w it h Check
status .
Call waiting :
you are alerted to an incom ing call
dur ing a pho ne c all whe n the func tion is swit ched
on ~-You ca n che ck if the func tion is acti vated
o r d eacti vate d wi th
Check status.
Send own telephone number :
sending your
phone nu mber wi th an out going c all can b e acti­
va ted and de activate d. Wi th t he
Network-de­
pendent
se tting , the se tting li ste d in the con­
t ract w it h t he ce ll phone service p rovider is used.
T he sett ings on ly app ly to the
Telephone men u in
the MMI. Please note that the set tings o n your
ce ll phone w ill apply after disconnecting the
B luetoot h connection. You can c heck if t he f unc­
t ion is activated or deactivated with
Check sta­
tus .
Ringtone and volume settings
1>
U sing the Mute telephone function, you can
switch the r ingtone p layback through the M MI
speaker on and off. You can play the r ingtones
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Audi connect
(Infotainment)
Introduction
Applies to: vehicles w ith Audi connect (Infotainment)
With Audi connect Infotainment services, on line
information is transmitted directly to the vehicle
and then integrated .
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, only use
Audi connect Infotainment services when
road and traffic cond itions permit. A lways
read and fo llow the notes in
9 page 158,
Traffic safety information.
Setup
Requirements for Audi connect
(Infotainment)
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
The data connection for Audi connect Infota in­
ment services is made thro ugh an embedded SIM
card (eS IM card) that is equipped in the veh icle.
The fo llow ing requ irements must be met to use
the embedded SI M card:
- You have already registered at
www .audiu sa .com /my audi and ass igned ave­
hicle .
- You have also already logged in to your myAud i
account under Audi connect plan for the em­
bedded SIM ca rd and accepted the terms of use
given there. For add it iona l info rmation, co ntact
an a uth orized Aud i de aler or a uth orized Audi
Se rvice Facility .
Then you r Audi co nnect Infota inment services are
activated and can be used i n your veh icle.
(D Tips
- After the free subscription has ended or the
data volume has been used up, data pac kets
ca n be purc hased for the use of Audi con­
nect Infota inment serv ices. Yo u can find a d­
dit ional info rmation about fees and p ur­
chasing at www.audiusa .com /myaudi.
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-Read this chapter before operating
~ page 196, Audi connect (Infotainment)
general information.
Configuration through myAudi
Audi connect (Infotainment) configuration
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Some Audi connect Infotainment services must
be configured through your personal myAudi ac­
count before using them for the first time.
-If you do not have your own myAudi accoun t,
register on line at www .audiusa. com /my audi.
-Add your veh icle to your myAudi account.
- Ac tivate/configu re the A udi connect (Infotai n-
ment) services you would like for your veh icle in
your myA udi account.
- For some Aud i connect Info tainment servi ces,
you may also have to enter your myAudi user
data o r your myAudi P IN when accessing serv­
ices in the MMI to connect your vehicle to
myAudi.
For more info rmation on configuration, go to
www.audiu sa.com /m yaudi .
Logging into myAudi in the vehicle
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
To use some Audi connect Infotainment services
(such as Twitter*), you must first connect your
vehicle to myAudi to transfer your personal set­
tings from your myAudi account .
Fig . 1 83 Logging into myAudi
.,. Select: !MENUI button> Audi connect > right
control button > Log in.
.,. Enter your myAudi user data. Or: enter your
eight-dig it myAudi PIN.

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.. Confirm your entry with OK.
Then you can open your personal sett ings from
your myA udi account in your vehicle.
@ Tips
You can receive your myAud i PIN if you have
set up a myA udi account. For additional infor­
mat ion, see
my.audi usa.com .
Opening Audi connect
(Infotainment)
A ppl ies to: ve hicles with Audi co nnect (Infota inment)
Fig . 184 Aud i co nnect (Infota inment) home page
.. Select: the I MENU ! button > Audi connect .
.. If necessary, confirm the note displayed with
Acce p t.
A list of all of the available Audi connect Infotain­
ment services is shown in the Infotainment sys­
tem
display¢ fig. 184 .
You can a lso filter the Audi connect Infotainment
services by category:
.. Select : I MENU I button > Audi connect > left
contro l button
> for example, N avi gat ion for
the Audi connect Infotainment services in the
navigation
menu ¢ page 193 .
Audi connect
Infotainment services
Basic functions
Ap plies to: ve hicles w ith Audi co nnect (Infot ainment)
If available, funct ions specific to certain services
are in the select ion menu of that particular Aud i
connect Infotainment
service ¢ page 160. The
N ~ 1> Not availab le in all la nguages.
Audi conne ct (Inf otainment )
basic functions are in the corresponding options
menu:
,. Select: ! MENUI button> Audi connect > desired
Audi connect Infotainment service>
right con­
trol button.
Depend ing on the Audi conne ct Infota inment
service selected, the following basic funct ions are
available :
Save as prev iew*
You can save every Aud i connect Infotainment
service as a preview and d isplay it on the Audi
connect (I nfota inment) home
s c ree n@
¢ page 191 , fig . 184.
Show on map
You can show selected contents on the map and
use them for route gu idance .
Lo g in
Refer to ¢ page 190, Logging into myAudi in the
vehicle .
Read out1>
You can allow the MMI to read out the selected
contents.
Calling*
If a phone number was assigned to an e ntry, you
can call the number, for examp le to reserve tick­
ets.
Start route guidance
If a c ity was added to an ent ry, such as for C ity
Ev ent s,
yo u can use it as a navigation dest ina­
t ion. Rou te g uidance sta rts immed iately.
Change sea rch area
The set search area can be changed at any time.
Additional information on search areas can be
found
under ¢ page 203 .
Closin g Audi connect Infotainment ser vices
Regardless of the funct ion selected, you can
close an Audi connect Infotainment service at any
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time and return to the home screen c:>poge 191,
fig. 184.
Parking information
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i connect (Infotainment)
Information on parking locations and fees in the
selected search area (for example
Nearby ).
~ Select and confirm Park ing information.
You can use the right control button to sort the
pa rking locations
By distance or By availability .
Travel information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on attractions in the selected search
area .
~ Select and confirm an attraction to display the
details.
Fuel prices
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on gas stations with the lowest fuel
prices for your vehicle in the selected search area.
~ Select and confirm Fuel prices .
You can use the right control button to sort the
fue l prices
By price or By distance .
Weather
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Information on current weather conditions as
well as weather forecasts for the selected search
area .
~ Select and confirm Weather.
You can also display the current weather cond i­
tions on the map, for examp le.
~ Select: left control button > on entry .
Flight information
Applies to: veh icles with Aud i connect (Infotainment)
Information on flights and current arriva l/depar­
ture times in the se lected search area .
~ Select and confirm Flight information .
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· City events
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infota inment)
Information on events in various categories in
the desired search area.
~ Select City Events > left control button > cate­
gory .
Online news
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infota inment)
You can check the current headlines of your fa­
vo rite publications in the MMI.
Requirement: your myAud i account must be sub­
scribed to newsfeeds and your vehicle must be
connected to myAudi
c:> poge 190.
~ Select: Online news > desired newsfeed > a
headline .
(D Tips
If you have not subscribed to any personal
newsfeeds in your myAudi account, pre-con­
figured newsfeeds will be displayed.
Twitter
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infota inment)
You con access the most important functions in
your Twitter account through your MMI .
Requirement:
You must have connected your my Audi account
with Twitter . You can find additional information
on line at
www.audiusa.com/myaudi.
You must have connected your vehicle with
myAudi
c:> poge 190.
~ Select Twitter > left control button > desired
function
(for examp le, Trends ).
The following categories can be selected in the
Twitter me nu:
-My tweets: News Feed and the Tweets you have
posted a re listed.
-Home : the Tweets for everyone you fo llow are
displayed .
-Trends: topics on Twitter that are currently
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Different functions are available depending on
the Twitter category you have selected:
- New twe et: you can post a new tweet using
pre-made temp lates or using myAudi tem­
plates that you have created yourse lf .
- Refr es h: the selected Tw itter function is re­
freshed.
- Favori te: mark a Tweet as favo rite to show you
l ik ed it.
- Retw eet: you can quote a Tweet to share it with
others.
(j) Tips
- Other settings such as account, language,
Tweet security and location settings
cannot
be changed in the MMI. These changes must
be made on the Twitter website .
- You can only connect
one Twitter account
wi th you r myAudi account.
- Audi connect (Infotainment) makes it possi­
ble to access Tw itter. Permanen t ava ilability
cannot be guaranteed, because that de­
pends on Twitter.
Travel (travel guide)
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainmen t)
You can use the Audi MMI connect opp to store
points of interest on your mobile device (such as
a smartphone) and then use them for route
guidance in the MMI .
Requirement:
The
A udi MM I connect app must be installed and
open on your mobile device .
You must be logged i nto your myAud i account in
the
A udi MMI conn ect app and you must have se­
l ected your vehicle.
The Wi-Fi funct ion on your mobile device and on
the MMI must be switched on.
The MMI must be connected to the network.
.,. Press: I MENU I button > Audi conne ct > left con-
t ro l button
> Inf ormati on category > Tra ve l.
Afte r opening the travel guide, travel tips in yo ur
a rea will be displayed incl uding c urrent rat ings as
well as the correspond ing category.
Audi c onn ect ( Inf ota inm ent )
.,. Press the le ft control button to change the cat ­
egory (such as bars nearby) .
A WARNING
= -
-It is only safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
b ile dev ices and other similar devices when
the vehicle is stationary because, like all loose objects, they co uld be thrown around
the inside of the vehicle in a crash and cause
serious inju ries. Store these types of devices
securely while d riving.
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats within range of the airbags while dr iv­
ing. Also read the warnings in the chapte r
¢ page 271, Front airbags.
(D Tips
-Units of measurement, language settings
and time are shown in the Infotainment sys­
tem display based on how they were set in
the system settings
¢ page 241.
Audi connect (Infotainment) in navigation
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi connect
(Infotainment)
.,. Select : !MENUI button> A udi conn ect > left
control button >
Na vig atio n.
The following Audi connect Infotainment services
are currently ava ilable:
- Navigation with
online m ap vie w and Street
Vi ew
¢ page 212.
- Point of Intere st (POI) on line sea rch with
v oi ce re cognit ion
(such as restaurants): plan
route guidance using the MMI contro l pane l
¢ page 203 and the voice recogn ition system
¢ page 170 .
-Set up destinations in your MMI using your
myAu di account or onl in e map vie w
¢page 212 .
-On line traff ic informat ion : receive up-to-the­
m inute traffic informat ion about acc idents,
road construction and other inc idents
¢ page 215 .
-Map update: import navigation map updates
direct ly to your veh icle using an SD card or as
an online update
¢ page 213.
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(D Tips
-For the m ap update Audi connect Infotain­
ment service via SD card, check the current
software vers ion in your vehicle and then
check
m y.audi usa .com to see if a newer ver­
sion is available . You can also have the new
navigation data installed by an Audi dealer,
which can be done for an additional charge .
- You can find add itional information about
the
map update online at
www. audiu sa .com /m yaudi .
Audi connect (Infotainment) on the phone
Applies to: veh icles with Audi connect (Infota inment)
.,. Se lect : I MENU I button> Audi conne ct> left
contro l bu tton
> C ommunication .
The follow ing Audi connect Infota inme nt services
are currently availab le:
- Stor ing contacts on your computer using your
m yA ud i Ac co unt and loading the contacts into
the MMI directory
<=:> page 187.
Audi connect (Infotainment) in Media
menu
Applies to: ve hicles w ith Wi- Fi audio playe r and Aud i connect
(Infotainment)
.,. Se lect : IMENUI button> Audi c onne ct > right
contro l bu tton
> Ent erta inment .
- Wi-Fi audio pla yer:
you can access the media
cente r th rough a Wi-Fi connected media player
(such as a smartphone)
c:> page 226 .
-Online m edi a and Int ern et r adi o: offers access
to diffe rent onl ine media services and ope ra­
tion through the MMI using the
Audi MM I con ­
n ect
app .
A WARNING
It is on ly safe to use tab lets, laptops, mobi le
devices and other similar devices when the ve­
hicle is stationary because, like all loose ob­
jects, they could be thrown around the ins ide
of the veh icle in a crash and cause serious in­
jur ies . Store these types of devices securely
wh ile driving .
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(D Note
A lways fo llow the information found in c:> 0 in
Wi-Fi hotspot on pag e 195.
@ Tips
- Also see the chapter ¢ page 196, Audi con­
nect (Infotainment) general information .
-For more information on the Wi -Fi audio
player and supported devices, contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility.
Additional options
App lies to : vehicles with Aud i connect (I nfotainment)
.,. Select: !M ENU I button> Aud i con nect > right
control button .
T he following options are available in the Aud i
connect Infota inment servi ces overview :
Log in*
Refer to c:> page 190, Logging into myAudi in the
vehicle .
Connection manag er
Refer to c:> page 242.
Li cens e subscription
The validity and exp ira tion date of your license s
are displayed. When the function is sw itched on
~. the message Warning b efor e subscr iption
ex pires
will display to warn you that your license
i s about to exp ire.
Refre sh
The content of the selec ted Audi connect Info­
ta inment service or the ent ire Audi connect (Info ­
ta inment) list is updated .

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Wi-Fi hotspot
Applies to: vehicles with Wi-Fi hotspot
You con use the MMI as a Wi-Fi hotspot to con­
nect up to eight Wi-Fi devices to the Internet. While driving, restricted use of unsecured, light,
small wireless devices is only possible from the
rear of the vehicle.
Requirement: the ignition must be switched on.
• Select: I MENU I button > Tele ph one> right con-
trol button >
Wi -F i s ettin gs.
The follow ing settings can be modified:
Wi-Fi
The MMI Wi-F i hotspot is deactivated at the fac­
tory . Switch the Wi-Fi hotspot to
H otsp ot before
establishing a connection between your vehicle
and your W i- Fi dev ice.
- On : the MMI Wi-Fi hotspot is active and visible
to other devices . You can connect your Wi-Fi
device with the MMI.
- Off: the MMI W i-F i hotspot is deactivated . An
I n ternet connection fo r Wi-Fi devices is not
poss ible.
_& WARNING
- T o reduce the risk of an accident, use the
Audi connect In fotainment services with a
Wi-Fi hotspot only in the rear seat when the
vehicle is in motion, or on ly when the vehi­
cle is stationary.
- It is only safe to use tab lets, laptops, mo­
bile devices and other similar devices when
the vehicle is stationary because, like all loose objects, they could be thrown around
the ins ide of the vehicle in a crash and cause
serious injur ies. Store these types of devices
securely while driving.
- Do not use any w ireless devices on the front
seats w ith in range of the a irbags while driv­
ing. Also read the warn ings in the chapter
~page 271, Front airbags.
- As the driver, do not allow usage of the Wi­
Fi hotspot to dist ract you from driving, as
this could increase the risk of an accident .
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Audi conn ect ( Inf ota inm ent )
(D Note
-Under some conditions, certain mobile devi­
ces and operating systems may automati­
cally switch from your vehicle's Wi-Fi hot­
spot to the device's mobile data connection.
In that event , standard text and data usage
rates would apply wh ile the device's mobile
data connection is in use. Please refer to
documentation provided by your mobile de­
vice's manufacture and your data carrier for details, related terms and privacy state­
ment.
- You a re responsib le for all precautions tak­
en for data protection, anti -virus protection
and protection against loss of data on mo ­
bile devices that are used to access the In­
ternet through the Wi-Fi hotspot.
(D Tips
- In vehicles without Audi connect (Infotain­
ment)*, the use of the Wi-Fi hotspot is only
possible for the W i-Fi audio player*. A data
connect ion to the Internet cannot be estab­
lished.
- For add itional information about the Audi
connect Infotainment services, visit
ww w.a udiusa.c o m /aud iconn ect .
Configuring the data
connection
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
The data connection for Audi connect Infotain­
ment services is pre-configured at the factory.
However, if a configuration should be necessary,
you con adjust the following settings.
• Select: ! MENU I button> right control button>
Connecti on manag er.
• Select: right control button > Online setti ngs >
Data c onnec tion setting s.
Using the Data co nnection settin gs menu, you
can set when an Internet connection should be
made . T he Internet connection disconnects auto­
matically once the requested Audi connect Info­
tainment service no longer requires any data.
The following options can be selected:
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