2017 AUDI A3 SEDAN ac setting

CXl CXl .... N ,.__
N .... 0 N > 00
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Adjusting the parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 151
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . 151
Brakes. .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 153
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MMI On/Off knob with joystick function . . 158
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 159
MMI operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Control knob with joystick function . . . . . 163
Letter/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Menus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 170
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 170
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
External voice operation 175
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Listening to voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Troubleshoot ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 190
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Configuration through myAudi . . . . . . . . . 190
Table of contents
Opening Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . 191
Audi connect Infotainment services . . . . . 191
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Configuring the data connection. . . . . . . . 195
Audi connect (Infotainment) general
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Audi connect e-tron services . . . . 198
Introduction ... .. .. ...... ....... .. .. 198
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
T rip data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Doors and lights .. ............... .. .. 198
Vehicle status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Car Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Temperature control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00
Opening navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Directory contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Alternative routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Online map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Accessing traffic information . . . . . . . . . . 214
e-tron navigation functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Troubleshooting .. .. ............... .. 216
Radio ............................. 217
Opening the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Radio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Troubleshooting .. .. ............. .. .. 221
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Notes .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 222
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Table of content s
Online media and Internet radio . . . . . . . . 227
Mu ltim edia connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Playing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Addit ional se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Supported media and file formats . . . . . . 235
Troubleshoot ing ................. ... . 237
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 239
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Sett ing the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
MMI se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Con nection ma nager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
System update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Sound settings . .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Volume settings .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Restarting the
MMI . .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Software license information 2
4 5
245
246
246
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 248
Driver 's and front passenger's footwell . . 252
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Sto ring cargo co rrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
R epo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Ac tive rollove r prote ct io n system 256
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Gene ral notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
W hy use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Front airbags ... ... ... .... ... .. .. .. . 271
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . 279
K nee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
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S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
LATCH system (lower anchorages and
tethers for c hildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Additional informat ion ........ ..... .. 311
Maintenance and Care ........... 312
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Fuel ......... .... ... ............... 312
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Ca talytic conve rter .. .. .. ........... .. 316
Engine compar tment .. ... .......... .. 316
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 19
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Service interva l display 327
Wheels .... .. . ... .. .. ........... .. 328
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Tire pressure monitoring system 344
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Cleaning and care informat ion . . . . . . . . . 348
Plac ing your vehi cle ou t of serv ice 352
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 353
T ru nk escape la tch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Genera l info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Cockpit overview
Control buttons
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
I rM
' t M' ...
F ig . 8 Se lect ion menu and optio ns m en u
Left control button
- Opening/closing the selection menu :
press the
respect ive left control button on the multifunc­
tion steering wheel
¢ fig . 8. You can select and
confirm a func tion in the selection menu using
the left thumbwheel (for example, selecting a
frequency band) .
Right control button
- Opening/closing the options menu :
press the
respective right control button on the multi­
function steering
wheel ¢ fig. 8. You can
change any context -dependent functions and
settings using the left thumbwheel (for exam­
ple , additional station informat ion).
(D Tips
The ava ilability of a selection menu or options
menu depends on the function that is select­
ed.
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a, a, ..... N
" N ..... 0 N > 00
Switching views
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
Fig. 9 Expa nded v iew
F ig. 10 Sta ndard view : class ic/spor t•
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
- Switching v iews : press the IVIEW I bu tton @
~ page 13, fig . 7 to switch from the defa ult
view ¢
fig. 10 to the expanded view¢ fig. 9. To
return to the defa ult view, press the
!VIEWI
button again.
Applies to: veh icles with sport v iew
- Setting the default view : depending on the ve­
hicle eq uipment, yo u ca n choose between the
cl assic and spo rt view. Se le ct o n the mu ltifu nc­
tion steering whee l: left control button
> Lay­
out
> Sport layout or Clas sic layout.
Cockpit overview
(D Tips
Applies to: vehicles with sport view
A lways set the desired default view before
d rivi ng, because the display functions will not
b e ava ilable fo r seve ral seco nds .
Other function buttons
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
Fig. 11 R ig ht s ide of m ultifunct ion stee ring w hee l p lus
(D !:abutton
-Accepting a call : press the [a button when
there is an incoming call.
-Ending a call: press the [a b utton during an ac­
tive phone cal l.
-Opening the call list : if no phone call is in prog­
ress and there are no incoming ca lls, press the
[a button.
@ 51 button
- Switching the voice recognition sy stem on :
briefly press the E:9 button. Say the desi red
command after the
Beep.
-Switching the voice re cognition system off :
press and hold the E:9 button . Or: say the com­
mand
Cancel.
F or more i nfo rm at ion abou t the voice recognition
system, see ¢
page 170, Voice recognition sys ­
tem.
@ Right thumbwheel
You can adju st the vol ume of an a udio source or a
system mes sage (for ex ample, from t he voi ce
recognition system) when the soun d is pl aying .
-Increasing or decreas ing the volume : turn the
r ight thumbw heel up or dow n.
.,.
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Cockpit overview
-Muting or pausing: turn the right thumbwheel
down.
Or : press the right thumbwheel.
-Unmuting or resuming: turn the right thumb­
whee l up .
Or: press the right thumbwheel.
@ l1<1 1> 1I button
-Selecting the previous/next track or station:
press the l1<1<1! or lt>~ I button.
-Fast forwarding /rewinding audio files : press
and hold the
! 1«1 1 or lt>t> ll button until the desired
location in the file is reached.
@m button / steering wheel heating [ii
-Steering wheel heating*: For additional infor­
mation, see ¢
page 73.
-Programmable steering wheel button -open­
ing a function :
press the@ button on the mul ­
tifunction steer ing wheel.
-Programmable steering wheel button -re­
questing a function :
press and hold the@ but­
ton .
-Programmable steering wheel button -chang­
ing a function :
Select in the Infotainment sys­
tem:
I MENU I button > Vehicle > left cont rol
button >
Vehicle settings > Steering wheel
button assignment.
@ l~"· I button
-Repeating the last navigat ion prompt : press
the
1 ~ .. v l button when route guidance is act ive.
-Changing the voice guidance volume: when
route g uidance is active, turn the right thumb­
wheel upward or downward during a navigation prompt.
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Multifunction steering
wheel
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
With the multifunction steering wheel , you can
operate the driver information system as well as
the
MMI functions and you can also adjust the
volume.
Fig. 12 L eft s ide of multifun ction stee ring wheel
Fig. 13 Right s ide of the multifunct ion steer ing wheel
Requirement : the ignition must be switched on .
@Operating the driver information system
The driver information system contains mu ltiple
tabs
(D q page 13, fig. 6 that display various in ­
formation
@ c> page 13, fig. 6.
The following tabs a re available, depending on
vehicle equipment:
First tab Vehicle (tr ip computer)
c>page 18
Second Messages
tabal
Third tab Radio c>
page 19
Media ¢ page 20

CXl CXl .... N ,.__
N .... 0 N > 00
Fourth tab Telephone*~ page 20
Fifth tab Navigation*~ page 21
a) This tab is only v isible when there is at least one ind icato r
l igh t or mess age disp layed .
-Switching tabs : press the !<1 t> I button repeated­
ly until the des ired tab is shown.
- Opening /clos ing the men u: press the I§ but­
ton.
- Selecti ng a funct io n in the menu /list : turn the
left thumbwheel to the desired funct ion.
- Confirming a sele ct ion : press the left thumb­
wheel to confirm your selection.
- Returning to functions at highe r le vels : press
the
121 button.
- Scrolling w ithin lists : turn the left thumb­
whee l quickly.
@ 0button
-Ac cepting a call : press the 0 button when
there is an incoming ca ll.
-Ending a call : press the 0 button during an ac­
t ive phone call.
- Opening the call list : if no phone call is in p rog­
ress and there are no incom ing calls, p ress the
0 button.
@ ~ button
-Switching the voice recogn ition system on :
briefly press the 51 butto n. Say the des ired
command afte r th e
Beep .
- Switching the voic e recogn ition sy stem off :
press and hold t he 51 butto n. Or: say the com­
ma nd
Cancel.
For more information about the vo ice recognit ion
system, see
¢ page 170, Voice recognition sys­
tem.
© Right thum bwheel
You can adjust the vo lume of an aud io source or a
system message (for example, from the voice
recognition system) when the sound is playing .
-Increa sing o r de crea sing the volume : turn the
right thumbwhee l up or down.
- Muting o r pausing : turn the right th umbwheel
down.
Or : press the right thumbwheel.
Coc kpit o ve rv iew
-Unmuting or re suming : turn the right th umb ­
wheel up .
Or: press the right thumbwhee l.
® l~ I / lt>t> li button
- Selecting the pr eviou s/next track or stat ion :
press the !1<1<1 1 or lt>t> I! button.
- Fa st forwarding /rewinding audio fil es: press
and hold the
l 1<1<1 ! or lt> 1>1 I button unti l the desired
location in the file is reached.
@ [ii button I ste ering whe el heating* ~
-Steering wheel heating *: For add it ional infor­
mat ion, see
¢ page 73 .
-Programmab le steering whe el butt on - open­
ing a functio n:
Press the [ii button on the mul­
tifunction steering wheel.
- Programmab le st eering whe el bu tton -re ­
que sting a function :
press and hold the [ii but­
ton.
- Programmab le ste ering wheel b utton - chang­
ing a functio n:
Se lect in the Infotainment sys­
t em:
!MENUI b utton> Vehicle > left control
button >
Vehicle setting s > Steering wheel
button a ssig nment .
0 lq•.vl button
- Re peat ing the la st nav igat ion p rompt :
press
the
1 ~ ... ,I button when route gu idance is active .
-Changing the vo ice guid ance volume : when
route guida nce is act ive, turn the r ight thumb­
wheel upward or downward dur ing a navigation
prompt.
Driver information
system
Trip computer (Audi virtual cockpit)
App lies to : veh icles w it h Audi virt ual coc kpit
Fig. 14 Instrument cluster: fue l consumption display
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Cockpit over view
Resetting values to zero
Req uirement: the Fuel consumption , Short- term
m emor y or Long-term memo ry
display must be
selected .
~ To reset the value for the respective memo ry to
zero, press and hold the left th umbwheel
Q)
c:> page 13, fig. 7 on the m ultifunction steering
whee l for one second. Or
~ On the multifunction steering whee l, select:
the right control button
> Re set values *.
Adjusting th e additional di splay
~ On the m ultif unct ion steer ing whee l, select the
right control button
> Additional di sp la y .
~ Se lect the desired additiona l display.
Opening the vehicle funct ions
~ Open the first Vehicle tab (trip computer) using
the
l<1 t>I button on t he mult if u nct ion steer ing
whee l.
The fo llow ing displays a re available, depending
on vehicle equipmen t:
- Date and
time ¢ page 241
-Plug- in hybrid drive : Range c:> page 99
- Average consumption
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
- Energy cons umers
c:> page 18
- Driver assistance ¢ page 123
The short-term memory collects driving informa­
tion from the t ime the ignition is switched on un ­
til it is switc hed off. If you cont inue driv ing with­
in two hours after switching the ignition off, the
new values are in clu ded when calculat ing the cur­
rent tr ip informat ion.
Unlike the short-term memory, the long-term memory is not erased automat ica lly . You can se­
lect the time period fo r evaluat ing trip informa­
tion you rself .
Fuel consumption
The cu rrent fuel consumption can be shown us­
ing a bar graph
c:> fig. 14 . The average consump­
tion stored in the short-te rm memory is also dis-
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played. If the bar is green, your vehicle is saving
fuel through the following function:
- Re cup eration : electrical energy can be stored in
the vehicle battery when the vehicle is coast ing
or dr iving downh il l. T he bar will move toward
0.
Energy consumers*
The Energ y consum ers v iew lists othe r equip­
ment that is cu rrent ly affecting fue l cons ump­
tion . The d isplay shows up to three energy con­
s u mers . The equipment using the most power is
li sted first . If more than three items using power
are switched on, the equipment that is current ly
us ing the most power is displayed. A chart also
shows you the current total of all other consum­
ers .
(D Tips
The date, time of day and time and date for­
mat can be set in the Infota inment system
¢ page 241.
· Trip computer (analog instrument cluster)
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
Fig. 15 Inst rument cluster : fuel consumpt ion d isp lay
Resetting values to zero
~ Press the 1§11 button on the mu ltifunction steer­
ing wheel and se lect
Tr ip computer or Efficien­
c y prog ram
in the menu.
~ To reset the value for the respective memory to
zero, press and hold the left
thumbwheel @
c:>page 16, fig. 12 on the multifunct io n steer-
ing wheel fo r one second.
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Cockpit overview
-Selecting a station from the presets li st* : se ­
l ect :
Presets > the desired radio station.
-Selecting a station from the station list* : se­
l ect and co nfirm a radio station.
-Selecting a station from the favorites list : se­
lect :
Preset s> the desired radio station.
-Opening a media source : select an d co nfirm
Switch to media .
Additional settings
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i v irtual cockp it
-Se lect: rig ht contro l bu tton > desired entry .
Depending on the function selected, the follow­
i n g addit io nal settings may be poss ible:
-Show "Now Playing " screen : see c:!) page 221.
Media
Requir ement: a media dr ive m ust conta in a udio/
video fi les
¢ page 223 and the radio/media tab
m ust be displayed .
~ Press either the @lbutton or the left cont rol
button ¢ page 14, depend ing on ve hicle eq uip­
ment .
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
f u nctions may be availab le in the d river in fo rma­
tion system.
-Selecting a media source : select and confi rm a
source such as the
"SO car d".
-Playing an audio/video file : selec t and conf irm
a track/file.
-Pau sing/resuming playback: p ress the r ight
th umbwheel @¢page 15, fig . 11. To resume
p layback, p ress the r ight thum bw heel again.
-Restarting playback of an audio file : select the
file that is currently playing, if necessary . Press
the left th umbwhee l.
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
-Switching to radio: select and confirm a fre­
quen cy band (such as
FM ).
App lies to: vehicles with Aud i v irtual cockp it
-Switching to the radio : select and confirm
Switch to radio .
-Opening additional track information: select:
rig ht cont ro l button
> Show "Now Playing"
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screen . Fo r additiona l informa tion, see
¢ page 233.
(D Tips
-Th e me dia dr ives d o no t pla y files that a re
protec te d by ORM and that are i dent ified
with the symbol
1'.D .
-Ple ase note th at within a medi a source in
t h e drive r informat io n system, only p lay lists
t h at were selected thro ugh the MMI control
p ane l can be
p layed <=> page 231 .
-Al wa ys pay attent io n to the I nfot ainme nt
system display. Addi tional ope ration
throug h the MMI control pane l may be nec­
essary, depending on the se lected function.
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Requireme nt: a cell phone must be connected to
t he M MI
<=> page 177 and the te lep hon e tab
mus t be displ ayed .
~ Press either the @lbutton or the left control
but ton
<=> p ag e l4, dep en ding on vehicle equip­
m ent .
Depend ing on veh icle equipment , the following
funct io ns may be ava ila ble in the dr ive r informa ­
t ion sys tem .
-Accessing a contact : select and con firm Call
list / Favorites / Directory .
Select and confirm
a contact.
-Directory contacts : the driver information sys­
tem only d isplays d irecto ry contacts that have a
phone number sto red. If s eve ral ph one num ­
bers a re stored wi th a con tact , the list of sto re d
numb ers is dis play ed first w he n the e ntry is se­
le cted. For more inform ation a bout the dis­
pl aye d sy mbols , refe r to
<=> page 185.
-Recent calls : the recen t ca lls list contains a ll in ­
c oming, outg oi ng and mis se d ca lls.
-Caller information *: the name, pho ne numb er
or Unknown ap pea rs in t he dr iver in form ation
syste m displ ay depe nding on whe ther the calle r
h as bee n sto red in t he di rec tory an d if th e
phone number has bee n transmitted.
Functions during an incoming call II>-