2017 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

-Audi AG simply makes the access to online
media services possible through the MMI
and does not take any respons ibility for the
contents of the online media services.
- Always read the chapter
c;, page 178, Audi
connect (Infotainment ) information .
-Depending on the mobile device being used,
interruptions in media playback can occur.
To avoid interruptions when using a mobile
device, do not lock the screen on your mo­
bile device and keep the
Audi MMI connect
app in the foreground .
- Contact your authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Service Facility for additional
information about online media .
Multimedia connections
USB adapter for Audi music interface
You con connect your mobile devices (such as o
smortphone or MP3 player) to the Audi music in­
terface and charge them using o special
USB
adopt er.
Fig. 194 Audi USB adapt ers
CD USB adapter for devices with a micro USB con­
nect ion
@ USB adapter for devices with an Apple Light­
ning connection
@ USB adapter for devices with an Apple Dock
connector
You can purchase the USB adapter from an au­
thor ized Audi dealer or at spec ialty stores .
Use the USB adapter for the
Audi music interface
,=;,page 215.
Media
(D Note
Handle the USB adapter carefully . Do not al­
l ow it to be pinched .
Audi music interface
Connect your mobil e devices to the Audi music
interfac e in order to operate them through the
MMI and charge the battery.
Fig. 195 Conn ect ing mob ile device s
The Audi music interface is located under the
armrest in the center console @,=;,
page 8, fig. 2.
-Connecting a mobile device using a USB
adapter:
connect the applicable USB adapter @
c;, fig. 195 to the port on the Audi music inter­
face @ and then connect the adapter to the
mobile device
CD (such as an iPod).
- Charging a mobile device using a USB adapter :
when you connect a mobile device to the Audi
mus ic interface @ using the applicable USB
adapter @,=;,
fig. 195 , the battery will auto­
matically charge .
-Disconnecting a mobile device from the Audi
music interface :
remove the USB adapter@
c;, fig. 195 from the Aud i music interface .
-Disconnecting mobile devices with an Apple
Dock connector :
remove the Apple Dock con­
nector from the Apple device with the release
tabs pressed in@ ¢poge
215 , fig. 194.
The media are started and operated through the
mobile device or the MMI, depending on the de­
vice being used ¢
page 217.
Connecting two mobile devices : if two mobile
dev ices (for example iPod and smartphone) are
connected at the same time , then both devices
can be used as playback sources.
IJl.
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Media
You can connect mobile devices using the analog
AUX port .
-Connecting a mobile device to the AUX input:
connect the cable®<=> fig. 195 to the AUX in­
put ® on the Audi music interface and then to
the mobile device@ (such as an MP3 player or
smartphone).
- Disconnecting a mobile device from the AUX
input :
remove the cable S@ <=> fig. 195 from
the AUX input@<=>fig.
195 .
-Operating: select and confirm the External au­
dio player @source
<=> page 217, fig. 196. The
media are started and operated through the
mobile device@<=>fig.
195.
A WARNING
Driving requires your complete and undivided
attention. As the driver, you have complete
responsibility for safety in traffic. Never oper­
ate mobile devices while driving, because this
increases the risk of an accident .
@ Note
-Remove the connector from the Audi music
interface carefully so it is not damaged.
- Use a USB extension cable to connect devi­
ces that have an integrated USB connector
(such as a USB stick) to prevent damage to
your USB device and the Audi music inter­
face.
- Extremely high or low temperatures that
can occur inside vehicles can damage mobile
devices and/or impair their performance .
Never leave mobile devices in the vehicle in
extremely high or low temperatures.
@ Tips
-Do not use an additional adapter or USB ex­
tension cable to connect mobile devices to
the Audi music interface that already have a
cable or that must be connected with a USB
adapter( <=>
page 215). This may impair the
functionality.
1 > A pp lies only to MTP devic e s. Doe s no t a ppl y to A pple de vi­
ces and U SB m ass s torage d evic es.
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-You can purchase the AUX connector cable
from an authorized Audi dealer or at spe­
cialty stores.
- Functionality is not guaranteed for mobile
devices that do not conform to the USB 2.0
specification .
- USB hubs are not supported.
- Some versions of the iPod such as the iPod
shuffle cannot be connected to the USB
adapter for devices with Apple Dock connec­
tor. Connect these devices using a AUX con­
nector cable.
- Changed content on a mobile device
ll that
is connected to the Audi music interface
may not be displayed in the media center.
In this case, reset the
Media settings back
to
Factory settings <=> page 230.
-Video playback through the Audi music in­
terface is only supported if the connected
device is recognized as a USB storage device
(for example a USB stick). Apple devices and
MTP devices (such as smartphones) are not
recognized as USB storage devices.
- iPod/iPhone/iPad malfunctions also affect
the operation of the MMI. Reset your iPod/
iPhone/iPad if this happens.
- For important information on operating
your iPod/iPhone/iPad , refer to the user
guide for that device. Audi recommends up­
dating the iPod/iPhone/iPad software to the
latest version.
- For more information about the Audi music
interface and supported devices, check the
Audi database for mobile devices at
www.audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Service Facility.

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
211
210,211
210
215
© External audio player . . . . . . . . . . 215
such as an MP3 player connected to
the AUX input
® Bluetooth audio player* 212 ..,_
217

Media
(i)
®
Wi-Fi audio player *
Onl ine media " .. .... ....... .. . 2 13
214
- 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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(j) Folders
The folder structure or track/chapter list is dis­
played. Select a folder, if necessary. Select and
confirm a track.
@ Playlists
All available playlists from the source and the
smart playlists are displayed. Select and confirm
a playlist and then a track.
Smart playlists:
- Last played tracks:
the last track played in the
selected source is displayed.
-Most played tracks: the most played tracks in
the selected source are displayed.
- 5 stars to 1 star: tracks from the selected
source are displayed according to their rating.
- Unrated : all files from the selected source
without rating information (for example, in the
103 tag) are displayed.
@ Videos*
All available video files are displayed. Select and
confirm a video file.
@ Tips
- Only the categories supported by the medi­
um are available. For example, CD/DVD­
ROM tracks cannot be selected with catego­
ries such as
Artists, Albums or Genres.
With an iPod (source : Audi music interface
r:!;> page 215), the Podcasts, Audio books
and Composers categories are also availa­
ble.
- For safety reasons, the
video image is only
displayed when the vehicle is stationary. On­
ly the sound from the video plays while driv­
ing .
- When synchronizing a portable device with
"Cloud" services, playlists may display incor­
rectly in the MMI. Use the media center in
the device.
Media
Free text search
App lies to : veh icles w it h free text searc h
You can search in the active source by tracks and
video files*, for example
Fig. 200 Input field and res ults list for free text sea rc h
You can open the free text search depending on
the selected source .
Requirement: the playlist
¢ page 220 or media
center
¢ page 218 must be displayed.
Opening free text search
.. Keep turning the control knob to the left until
the
free text search input field@<:!;> fig. 200
appears. Or: push the control knob up.
Using the free text search: refer tor:!;> page 149,
Free text search.
Entries that contain the entered search term are
listed in the results list ®
r:!;> fig. 200. You can
search for artists @<:!;>
fig. 200, albums @or
tracks @) as well as genres and videos.
@ Tips
-It will then search through the files in the
active source.
-If you open free text search in the Folders
category 0 r:!;> page 218, fig. 199 or
theComposers, Podcasts and Audio books
categories, it will only search through the
files in that folder.
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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
220
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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Change playing position
T u rn the contro l knob to t he left o r to t he right.
Or: move your finger across t he MMI t ouch con ­
trol pad* from left to right.
Shuffle1
)
W it h the function switc he d on ~. all files in t he
p lay list a re played and sh ow n in rand om orde r.
Repeat track1l
When t he fu nction is switched on~ . the cur rent
track re pea ts.
Back to "Now playing "
The options men u is close d. The track cu rrently
p lay ing appears in the playlist.
Play similar music*
The t ra ck cur ren tly pla ying is q uickly analyzed
(such as a rtists, genres, mood, beat) and a smart
p lay list with s imilar tracks is shown .
Play more ...
A sm art pla ylis t is show n based on the t ra ck cur­
ren tly p layin g. You can se le ct be twee n a p la yli st
with more t racks
by this artist , from this album
or of this genre .
Copy to jukebox*
R efer to ~ page 211, Adding files to the Jukebox.
Set as ringtone*2l
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI. The track cu rrently playing m ust be in
th e J uke box*
~page 211.
The se lected track will be used as the ringtone
for i ncom ing ca lls.
Gracenote online database*
Requ iremen t: the M MI must be connecte d to the
Internet .
~ l) The func tion automa tica lly sw itches off when the sou rce ....
g is changed.
~ 2> T hi s function is no t available for all cell phones.
Media
D epen ding on ava ilabi lity, v arious inform ation
will load about the track cu rrent ly playing when
t hi s function is switche d on ~-
Favorites
Refer to~ page 220.
Additional options
Requirement: t he vehicle must b e stationa ry and
a v ideo file* o r a DV D* must be playing.
Parental control*
Playback of video DVDs can be restr icted using
parenta l control.
Ente r the passwo rd for parental control. Pass­
wor d set at t he factory:
1234. You have the fol­
lowing opt ions :
-Protection level: select and co nfirm the protec­
tion leve l (for examp le, Level 5). Eight different
protection leve ls can be set for pa rental con ­
trol. If yo u set the pa rental contro l level at Lev­
el
5, all DV Ds from leve l 1-5 can be p layed. V id­
eo DVDs w ith a hig he r level will not p lay . Select
No restriction to re m ove all of the restr ictions.
- Change password : edit the cur rent passwo rd.
Switch to full screen
T he video image is disp laye d. Tur n the contro l
k no b to disp lay the playlist .
Or: press the !BACKI
button.
Replay video1
)
W hen this f uncti on is swi tched on ~. th e cur re nt
video will rep lay.
Show DVD menu
The DVD main men u opens i n the I nfo tai nment
syste m dis pl ay.
- Selecting a menu item: select a nd confirm a
menu item.
Or : move your finger on the MMI
t o uch con trol pad* an d press the cont rol knob . ..,.
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Media
Audio track1l
You can manually set the a udio trac k (langu age
and audio format). The language and aud io for ­
mat options depend on the v ideo DVD.
Subtitles1l
You can set s ubt it les for playback manua lly . T he
lang uages ava ilable depend on t he DV D.
Aspect
Aud i recomme nds the Automatic setting for the
p icture format . You can set the picture format
depending on the active fi le o r sou rce (fo r exam­
p le video file*, DVD*).
Picture for-
Description
mat
Automatic
T he MM I detects the p icture for-
mat of the source and disp lays the
i mage in the optim um ratio. Black
bars may appea r on the s ides of
the display, depending on the
source format and the Infotain-
ment system disp lay that is instal-
led.
Zoom The im age is enlarged to fill the
entire Infotainment system dis -
p lay . Switch the function off if the
image is disto rted.
Cinema-Use t his setting for films in c inema
s cope format 21:9. Black ba rs are show n
in t he upper and lower edges o f the
I nfo tainment system display.
l ) Depe nding o n th e DVD , thi s may not be possib le d uring
p layba ck.
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Picture for· Description
mat
Or iginal
The image is d isp layed in the ratio
of the source format. Select this opt ion if the image is distorted o r a
section of the image is cut off
when
Auto is se lected .
4:3 The image is f ixed in t he 4 :3 pie -
ture format. Blac k bars are shown
on the sides of the Infota inment
system d isplay .
16:9 The image is f ixed in the 16:9 p ie-
ture format . Black bars are s hown
in the upper and lower e dges of the
Infotainment system d isplay.
{!) Tips
- Not all video DVDs have parenta l cont rol.
- The secur ity levels fo r the
Parental control
are based on the US standar ds from the Mo­
t ion Picture Associat ion of Ame rica (MPAA) .
Note that the age levels for v ideo DVDs in
E uropean countries may differ.
- Password entry fo r
Parental control will be
locked for approximately one m inute if you
enter the incorrect password th ree t imes in
a row . T he passwo rd can only be reset by an
au thorized Audi dealer.