2017 AUDI A4 USB

Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
A ppl ies to: ve hicles with Rear Sea t Entertainment preparation
The Rear Seat Entertainment preparation in­
cludes cables and a mount for Audi Entertain­
ment mobile in the driver's and front passenger's
seat backrests.
The su itable Audi Entertainment mobile Rear
Seat Entertainment package is available through
Aud i Genu ine Accessories.
We recommend that you use Audi Genuine Acces­
sories . Aud i has established their reliability, safe­
ty and s uitability.
We cannot evaluate or endorse other products in
this way, even if the product is approved by a cer­
tified testing agency or government agency.
(D Note
Only use devices that are approved for the Rear Seat Entertainment preparation. Unap­
proved devices may cause damage to the vehi­
cle electronics.
(D Tips
-Contact your authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Service Facility for additional i nformat ion a bout
Audi Entertainment mo­
bile .
-Always read the chapter¢ page 365, Tech­
nical Modifications .
- The Rear Seat Entertainment preparation is
not intended to charge external electronic
devices.
Media
Playing media
Opening media
You can start and operate various media
through the MMI control panel .
Fig. 196 Possible sources in the Med ia menu
Fig. 197 Possible sources in the Med ia menu
Requirement: a media source must contain au­
dio/video files* ¢
page 210.
"' Press the I MEDIA ! button. Press the left control
button unt il the sources overv iew is displayed.
"' Select and confirm the desired source.
Or:
press the !MEDIA ! button repeatedly until the
desired source is selected.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the follow­
ing sources may be displayed in the
Media menu:
@ Jukebox* ..... .. .. ..... ..... .
@ DVD/CD drive* .. . .. .......... .
@ SD card reader .. ... ......... .
@ Audi music interface* ......... .
such as iPod, USB stick
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210,211
210
215
© External audio player . . . . . . . . . . 215
such as an MP3 player connected to
the AUX input
® Bluetooth audio player* 212 ..,_
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Media
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Wi-Fi audio player *
Onl ine media " .. .... ....... .. . 2 13
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- Playing audio/video file s: select a source in the
Media menu > Category (such as Art ists > Al­
bum> Track) .
-Moving one level up in the folder structure :
press the I BACKI button. Or: select and confirm
Folde r up .
- Selecting the previous or next track/chapter*
1>: press the On/Off knob on the MMI co ntro l
pane l br iefly to the left
ll>I.
- Fast-forwarding and rew inding audio/video
files* :
press and hold the On/Off knob on the
M MI control pane l to the left
ll>I for
a longe r time.
- Pausing or resum ing playback : press the On/
Off knob on the MMI contro l pane l br iefly .
(D Tips
- You can scro ll thr ough long lists quick ly by
turning the contro l knob quic kly. Th e scroll­
i ng s peed depends on t he nu mb er of list en­
tries.
- Fo r safety reasons, the vi deo image is only
di splayed wh en the vehicle is stationary. On­
l y th e sou nd from the v ideo plays w hile dr iv­
in g.
Media center
Various categories for selecting audio/video
files* ar e available in th e media center .
Fig . 19 8 Exa mple : USB st ick catego ries
1l Depe ndin g o n the DVD , thi s may not be pos sib le du rin g
p la y ba ck.
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Fig. 199 Examp le: USB st ic k cat egor ies
.,. Press the IM EDIA I button. Press t he left cont ro l
button unti l t h e sources overv iew is disp layed .
Select and confirm the des ired so urce .
(D Active source
The act ive source is hi gh lig hted . D epending on
the connected device o r online media serv ice *,
the active so urce symbol
(D may change . As an
example , a USB stick is s hown
c> fig . 198 con­
nected to the Aud i m us ic interface*.
Depend ing o n the active source, yo u can select
audio/video f iles* from the fo llow ing catego ries
and add them to the playlist:
@ Favorites
The Favorites cat egory app ears if at least one e n­
t ry is sto re d in t he favo rit e s lis t. R efer to
c:> p age 220, Favorites .
@Artists
All a va ila ble arti sts are displ aye d. Sele ct and c on­
fir m an art ist , an album and t hen a trac k.
@ Albums
All availab le a lbums are dis played . Se lect and
conf irm an albu m a nd th en a track.
® Genres
All avai lab le genres are disp layed . Select and
conf irm a ge nre (s uch as
Pop ), an art ist, an al­
bum and then a song.
@ Track s
All avai lab le t racks a re displayed . Select and con­
firm a track .
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Media
Playlist
Fig . 2 01 Playlist example
The track, artist, album and album cover, if appli­
cable, will appear in the playlist ¢
fig. 201.
Options menu
Refer to¢ page 220, Additional settings .
Favorites
Up to 50 entries for every media source con be
stored in any order in the favorites list.
Requirement: the playlist or media center must
be open.
- Select the des ired entry from the play list or
med ia center.
- Select: right control button >
Store a s favorit e.
Or :
press and hold the cont rol knob for several
seco nds.
When you store a track as a favorite, the assoc i­
ated album w ill appear in the favorites list as an
entry.
Requirement: at least one entry must be stored
in the favorites list.
Displaying the fa vo rite s list : press the !MEDIA !
button. Press the left contro l button until the
sources overview
c=> page 217 is displayed. Select
the source that conta ins the
categories
¢ page 218 (for example, SD card). Select the Fa­
v orit es
category .
Requirement: the favorites list must be dis­
played.
- List ening to a favorite : select and confirm a fa­
vorite from the list.
- Mov e favorite : select a favorite from the list>
right cont rol button > Move fa vorite . Select
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and confirm the location of the se lected favor ­
ite.
- Deleting a f avorit e: select o favorite from the
list>
right control b utton> Delete fa vorite >
Delete thi s favorite or Delete all fa vo rite s.
Additional settings
' Options menu
Context-spec ifi c fu nctions and settings a re avail­
able depend ing on the sele cted source.
" Press the right control button .
Sound settings
Refer to¢ page 233 .
Input level
Requirement: a mobile device mus t be connec ted
to the AUX connection cab le or to a USB adapter
¢ page 215, fvtultimedio connections.
The volume of the mob ile dev ice is adapted to
t h e MMI. Aud i recommends adj usting the volume
on the mobi le device to 70% of the maximum
vo lume output.
Bluetooth settings
Refer to¢ page 231.
Wi-Fi options*
Refer to¢ page 177, Wi-Fi hotspot.
Connection manager
Refer to¢ page 230 .
Additional track information
With the fu nction switched on~ and a playlist
open, va rious informat io n about t he cur rent t rack
(such as artist, a lbum and alb um cove r*) as well
as the playing time and the remain ing p lay ing
time are displayed .
Jukebox memor y capacity*
Information on the Jukebox memory capac ity and
the number of stored t racks i n the Jukebox is dis-
played. ""'

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Media
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The Jukebox*, SD card reader and th e USB storage d evice* connection support the follo wing audio/vid­
e o file prop erti es :
Supported
media
File system
Metadata
Format
File exten-
s ion
Playlists
Character is-
tic s
Number of
Files Audio files
Video files*
SD/SDHC /SDXC/MMC memory cards : with a capacity up to 12 8 GB
DVD drive : audio C Ds ( up to 80 min.) with CD tex t (art ist, album, song)*, CD-ROMs w ith
a capac ity up to 700 MB; DV D±R/RW; DVD video; DVD a udio wit h aud io tracks that are
compatib le w it h a DVD v ideo playe r
Audi music interface : mobile dev ices q page 215 such a s iPods and MTP players, US B
stor age devices in "U SB Devi ce Subclass 1 and 6" tha t conform to USB 2.0 : U SB sticks,
U SB MP3 p layers (Plug -and -Play capable), exte rna l USB flash drives and ha rd drives
Memory cards : exFAT, FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB mass storage d evice : FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB mass storage devic e partition s (primary /logical* ): two per US B connec tion
CD /DVD file systems : 1S0966 0, Joliet, UDF
Album cove r: GIF, JPG, PNG with max.
800x800 px. The album cover from the
med ium or from Gracenote* is disp layed,
depending on availability.
MPEG Windows MPEG
FL AC M
PEG 1/2 MPEG4 AVC
Windows Media
1/2 Media 2/4 (H.264) Video 9
Layer 3 Audio 9
and 10
. mp3 .wma .m4a; .flac .mpg; .mp4; .wmv;
.m4b; .mpeg .
m4v; .asfs
.aac .mov;
.avi
.M3 U; .PLS; .WPL; . M3U8; .ASX
up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz up to maximum 2,000 kb it/s and
48 kHz sampling frequencies sampling 720xS76 px. at maximum 2Sfps
frequen-
cy
DVD dri ve* : max . 1,000 files per medium
Jukebo x*: approximately 10 GB memory capacity; max. 3,000 files can be imported
USB mass sto rage device and memory ca rds : max. 10,000 files per medium; max.
1,000 files per playlist/folder
may differ for aud io files with var iable b it
rate.
- The media drives do not support th e W in­
dows Media Audio 9 Voice format. -
Special characters (s uch as those in 103 tag
information) display differently depend ing
on the system language a nd cannot always
be guaranteed.
-
For compressing MP3 files, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kb it/s. The
display showing the rema ining play t ime
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Media
-The manufactu rer of the storage device can
provide information about its "USB Device
Subclass" . - Some MTP player functions are not support­
ed, such as rating music tracks and video
playback.
CD drive
Applies to: ve hicles w ith a CD drive
The following audio file properties are supported by the CD drive:
Audio files
Supported
Audio CDs (up to 80 min) with CD text (artist, alb um, track)*, CO-ROMs with a capaci-
media ty of up to 700 MB
File system CD file system: 1509660, Joliet, UDF
Metadata Album
cover : GIF, JPG, PNG with max . 800x800 px. The album cover from the medi-
um may be disp layed, depending on availability.
Format M PE G 1/2 Windows Media Au- MP EG 2/4 FLAC
Layer 3 dio 9 and 10
File extension .mp3 .wma
.m4a; .flac
. m4b;
. aac
Playlists .M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
Characteristics up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz sampling frequenc ies 48 k Hz sampling
frequency
Number of Maximum 1,000 files per medium
Files
(D Tips
-For compressing MP3 files, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kb it/s. The
display showing the remaining play time
may differ for audio files with variable bit
rate . -
Special characters (such as those in 103 tag
information) display differently depending
on the system language and cannot always
be guaranteed .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Audi music interface /Bluetooth
Read the instructions in the chapter ~ page 215, Multimedia con-
audio player *: mobile dev ice is nectionsl~ page 212, Bluetooth audio player . You can learn
not supported . about
supported mobi le devices in the Audi database for mobile
devices at
www.audiusa.com/bluetooth.
Audi music interface :
the volume Adjust the volume of the mobile device to approximately 70% of
is too h igh/too low when start ing the maximum output~
page 220, Input level.
playback th ro ugh the AUX input.
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Audi smartphone interface
Setup
App lies to: ve hicles with Audi smartpho ne interface
You can connect your smartphone to the MMI us­
ing the Audi smartphone interface . Certain con­
tent on your smartphone is adapted to the Info­
tainment system display while driving and can
be operated through the MMI control panel.
Requir ement:
The vehicle must be stat ionary and the ignition
must be switched on .
iPhone generation 5 or higher with Lightning
connector and iOS 7.1.2 operating system or h igher
O r:
Smartphone with Android Auto app and Android
5 .0 Loll ipop operating system or higher
.,. Connect your smar tphone to the Audi music in ­
te rface
c;, page 215 using a USB adapter
¢page 215, fig. 194 .
.. Se lect and confirm A cti vate Apple CarPl ay or
Acti vate And roid Auto no w.
.. Follow the system instruct ions .
.,. Pay attention to any add itional system prompts
on your smartphone if applicable.
If you chose not to use Apple CarP lay or Andro id
Auto when connecting your smartphone for the
first time, you can start the Audi smartphone in­
terface later on using the connection ma nager.
.. Se lect: I
MENU I button > Audi smartphone in-
terfa ce
> Change to conn ecti on manager .
.. Connect your smar tphone to the Audi music in ­
terface using a USB adapter
c;,page 215,
fig . 194.
Aud i smartphon e int erfac e
.. In the Connection manage r¢ page 230, you
can select your smartphone under
Aud i sm art­
phone
in the list of devices already connected
c;,page 231 .
.. Follow the system instructions.
(D Tips
- The functions that can be used depend on
the operating system version and the soft­
ware version of the app being used.
- If the connected smartphone has voice con­ trol, you can operate your smartphone using
the external voice recognition system
c;,page 159.
-The menu language shown in the MMI is
based on the settings in your smartphone.
- The time d isplayed in the MMI is based on
the settings in your smartphone.
- Severa l MMI functions are not availab le
w hen Apple CarPlay or Andro id Auto is ac­
tive .
- When the Apple CarPlay connection is ac­
tive,
Tag th is song for iTun es* is not ava ila­
ble ,;;;) page 205 .
Operating
Opening a menu
Apple CarPl ay :
you can go back to the Apple Car­
Play main menu regardless of the selected menu
item by pressing and holding the !BACKI button .
Android Auto : to go back to the Andro id Auto
menu bar, push the control knob down.
Opening a menu item
Se lect and confirm a menu item us ing the M MI
contro l pane l.
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Audi smartphone interface
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Problem Solution
Audi smartphone interface
can-Check the charge level of your smartphone battery.
not be opened. Check the USB cable and use a different one if necessary.
Check if Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is available in your country.
Check if the Android Auto app is installed on your smartphone .
Connecting the smartphone to Check if you
are ursing the correct USB adapter and if the USB
the MMI failed. adapter is connected correctly to your smartphone and the Aud i
music interface
¢ page 215.
Check if Apple CarPlay is activated on your smartphone .
Check in the Android Auto app if Android Auto permits new
vehicles .
T he smartphone is not automati- Check if you are ursing the correct USB adapter and if the USB
cally detected. adapter is connected correctly to your smartphone and the Audi
music interface
¢ page 215.
Check if the requirements needed to connect a smartphone have
been met.
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Data connection
Applies to vehicles w ith A ud i con nect (Infota inme nt)
The se rvices are prov ided t hrough a S IM ca rd in ­
s talled in the veh icle.
MMI connect app
App lies to vehicles w it h A udi connect (Infota inme nt)
R eq uiremen t: the Audi MMI connect app m ust
be installed and open on your mo bile device .
-Connect new device : search for and connec t a
mobile device (s uch as a smartp ho ne) .
- List of devices already paired : selec t your mo­
bile devi ce from the l is t o f all the devi ces th at
are already paire d.
Music
A pplies to vehicles w it h B luetoot h or Wi -Fi aud io playe r
Audio player*
Requi reme nt: the Bl uetooth func tion and vis ib ili­
ty mus t be sw itche d on in the MMI
¢ page 231
and on the ce ll phone.
- Connect new device : press the contro l knob.
Se le ct
Bluetooth audio player . Sea rch fo r and
connect a mobile device.
- List of devi ces already paired : selec t a Blue­
too th devi ce from the list of a ll the devi ces th at
are already paire d.
Wi-Fi audio player*
R eq uireme nt: the W i-F i hots pot on the M MI
¢ page 1 77 and on you r ce ll phone mus t be
sw itche d on.
- Connect new device : press the contro l knob .
Sea rch for and connect a Wi -Fi capable device .
-Disconnect Wi-Fi audio player : deactivate the
Wi-Fi on your Wi-Fi capab le dev ice . T he dev ice
will be a utomat ically re m oved from the list.
System settings
Directory
App lies to : veh icles w it h te lep hone
Display contacts from a cell phone (or an addi­
tional cell phone) .
Requirement: no cell phones can be connected to
t h e M MI using the
Handsfree profile.
- Connect new device: search fo r and connect a
new cell phone .
-List of devices alre ady paired : select yo ur ce ll
phone from t he list of all the cell phones that
are a lready paired .
Audi smartphone
Applies to : veh icles w it h Audi sm artph one interface
-Connect your ce ll phone to the Audi music in­
terface ¢
page 215 using a USB adapter
¢page 215, fig. 194 .
-Select your cell pho ne from t he list of cell
pho nes tha t h ave a lready bee n connec ted .
Additional options
Depen ding on the selected function, yo u can use
t h e righ t control bu tton to ac ce ss the av ailab le
addi tion al op tion s in t he conne ction m anager.
Delete Bluetooth device*
The selec ted cell phone/mobile device is d iscon­
nec ted from the MMI and is removed from the
li st of all devices that are a lready paired.
Show Bluetooth profiles*
You can indiv id ually Connect or Disconnect th e
Handsfree , Messages *, Directory /contacts and
Bluetooth audio player profi les .
Bluetooth settings*
- Bluetooth:
select an d confi rm a setting for the
Bluetooth connection visibility . Se lect
Visible
for the MMI to be vis ible to othe r devices. Se­
lect
Invisible for the MMI to not be visible to
other dev ices. However, i t is st ill poss ible to es­
t ablish a Blue tooth connect ion with pa ired de­
vices whe n the visibility is sw itche d off. Sele ct
Off to t urn v is ibil ity off. Then a Blue too th con-
nec tion is no t possib le .
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