2017 AUDI A4 navigation

Voice recognition system
Command overview information
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
The fo llow ing ove rviews describe t he commands
that ca n be used to operate the MMI using the
voice recognition system .
A lternat ive commands are separated using a"/",
for example say:
Telephone / (or) Navigation /
(or) Radio.
Commands
Global commands
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
You can a lways use the global commands, re­
gardless of the men u selected.
Function
Say:
Sequences of commands used to perform an ac ­
tion are identified with a">", for example say:
Ente r addre ss > (then) Enter countr y/state.
The ma jo rit y shown are ma in commands . T his
system a lso recognizes synonyms in certain cas ­
es . For a
bus iness add res s, you can also say bu si­
ness , work , office or at the office .
Opening a menu Telephone / Director y/ Navigation / Rad io / Media / Audi con-
nect *
I Car/ Tone
Hav ing the possible commands Help / Help spe ech dialog system I Help Telephone /
read aloud H elp Navigation / Help Map / Help Radio / Help M edia / Help
Audi connec t*
Telephone functions Call (XV) , for example Call "John Smith" /
Enter number / Redial / Directory / Read out new te xt mes-
s age
I Read out n ew e-ma il
Navigation functions* Dri ve me to (XV) or Navigate to (XV) , for example Navigate to
" John Smith "
Ente r addre ss / Canc el route guidance / Map / Onl ine destina -
tions *
I Online destinatio n (XV)*
Access ing favorites Favorit es > follow the system prompts
Selecting an entry from a list Line (XV)
Scro lling thro ugh a list Next page / Pre viou s page
Correcting the command given Corr ect ion
Swi tching the voice recogn ition sys -Cancel
tern off
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and telephone
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI
<=> page 160 and the Telephone menu
m ust be open
r=> table on page 154.
154 You can say the following commands depend
ing
o n the selected menu item :
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Voice recognition system Function Say:
Search areas for Aud i connect (Info- Near destination / Nea rby / In new city
ta inment) services
C orrecti ng data inp ut No I meant
(XV )
{l) Tips
Always read the chapter¢ page 178, Audi
c onnect (Infotainmen t) information.
Messages (Audi connect (Infotainment))
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement: a cell phone w ith an active MAP
(Message Access Profi le) must be connected to
the MMI
¢ page 165.
Function
T ext editing commands
Readi ng out a new message
Reading a message
Replying to the open tex t message
Forward ing the open text message
Co rrect ing data inp ut
(D Tips
Say:
Read out / Ad d / Delete / Reco rd e ver ything again / Replace
with (XV)/ Add recipient / Send
R ead out new text mes sag e/ Read out new e-mail
Read out te xt message / Read out e -mail
R eply
Forward
> Add recipient / Insert t emplat e/ Send
No I meant (XV)
or contact your a uthorized Aud i dea ler or
authori zed A udi Servi ce Fac ility.
- Fo r more inform ation on suppo rted ce ll
phones, v is it www .audiu sa .com /bluetooth -
Always read the chapter¢
page 178, Audi
connect (Infotainment) information.
Navigation
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognitio n system and navigation system
Req uiremen t: the Navigati on men u m ust be
open ¢
table on page 154 .
You can say the following commands for entering
a destination depending on the se lec ted men u
item:
Function Say:
Open ing the list of previous naviga -
La st destinations
t ion destinations
Access ing favorites Navigat ion favorites
Selecting the home address Home addre
ss or Drive home
Ente ring a n add ress with guidance Enter address
> follow the system prompts
from the system
Individual commands for entering a Enter country / Ente r city/ Ent er ZIP code / Enter street
I E n-
destination ter house n umber
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<( a, .... N ,....
N .... 0 0
3 a,
Voice recognition system
Function Say:
Making a correction wh ile entering a Correction
destination
Navigating to a contac t Drive me to (XV ) or Navigate to (XV) , for example Drive me to
"John Smith"
Navigating to a specific address for Navigate to (contact ) business / pr ivate ,
a contact for example, "Navigate to John Smith private"
Navigating to favorites Nav
igation favo rites > Line (XV)/
Line contents > Start route
guidance when prompted
Sta rt ing route g uidance with an ad- Navigate / Navigate to private addre ss / Navigate to bu siness
dress card open address
Ente ring a new destination/stop- Enter address>
enter the desired address when prompted>
over when route gu idance is active confirm the new destination/stopover if prompted
Sta rt ing rou te gu idance a fter enter- Start route guidan ce
ing a dest ination
Canceling current route gu idance Cancel route guidance
Calcu lating a lternative routes Calculate alternative route
s
Ente ring a point of interest by se- Point of interest > Change search area
> category or subcate-
le ct ing a s earch a rea with guidance gory when prompted, for example " restaura nt"
from the system
Dest ination input categor ies Audi Service / Train station /Airport / Hotel / Hospital / Park-
ing / Rest area I Restaurant / Gas station, etc.
Search areas for en te ring points of Nearby/ Along the route / Near destination / Near stopover /
in terest In new city/ In new state or country
E nte ring an online destination* Online destination (XV) , for examp le "Online de stination
"Lakeview Hotel" "
Correcting data inp ut No I meant (XV)
Clos ing the full-sc reen command Close
list
Re quireme nt: you must be in the Navigation or
Map menu . You ca n say the fo llow ing comma nds
for mo re set tings i n Navig ation:
Function Say:
Genera l map options Map/ Day map / Night map / Automatically change map color
Map type 2D head
ing up map / 2D north up map / 3D map / Destination
map / Overview map / Standard map */ Google Earth map *
S howing the rou te list Route list
Showing the remaining d ista nce/ Destination information
t ime w hen route gu idance is ac tive
Speed limit prom pt How fast can I drive here
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Telephone
(D Tips
-Messages that are deleted in the MMI are
a lso automatica lly deleted in the connected
cell phone.
- You cannot read any messages while driv­
i ng.
Listening to voicemail
A ppl ies to: ve hicles w ith telep hone
~ Se lect : I MENU I button >Telephone > left con­
tro l button. Select and confirm
Call list /Direc·
tory /Favorites
> Voicemail.
- Ente ring the voicemail numbe r:
enter the de­
si red number . Select and confirm
OK .
-Dialing the voicemail numbe r: select and con­
firm
Voicemail.
@ Tips
- T his service must be set up and activate d in
advance by the cell phone se rvice provide r.
You can o bta in mo re information from your
cell phone service prov ider.
- The voicemai l num ber depends on the ce ll
p hone se rvice provider.
Directory
Opening the directory
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith tele phone
After connecting the cell phone, the contacts in
it are automatically imported into the MMI.
__________ r_e_l•_P_h_o_n_e_· _o_,_,e_c_t_o_,Y ________ ~ I
~.-. [.· Q ,
J • Voicema il
• Smith, John
• Muster, Manfred
• Schmidt, Ralf
Fig . 163 Directo ry
~ Se lect : I MENU I button> Telephone > left con­
trol button >
Directory .
- Calling a contact :
select and confirm a contact
from the directory. The phone numbers fo r th e
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selected contact open . To make the ca ll, select
and confirm a phone n umber.
- Free text search for a conta ct : refer to
<=:> page 149.
Conta cts a re displ aye d in alph abet ic al ord er and
ca n be sorted by first or las t name
c::> page 17 0,
Sort order .
The directory can b e op ened through the Tele·
phone
menu as well as t hrough t he Navigation *
menu.
(D Tips
-Add itiona l informa tion o n fre e te xt s ea rc h­
ing can be fo und un der
<=:>page 14 9.
- Check fo r a possib le request to synchronize
on your cell phone . Reques ts to sy nch roni ze
t h e d irec tory mus t b e con firme d so that
y ou r ce ll p hone conta cts ca n be lo ade d into
t h e M MI.
- Th e conta ct displ ay in the M MI depend s on
t h e ce ll phone u sed. Fo r more info rmation
on su pported ce ll phones, visit
www .audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact
your authorized A udi dealer o r autho rized
Audi Service Facility.
- The d irecto ry from the ce ll phone that is ac­
t ively connected will always be displayed.
- The contacts from the cell p hone might not
be t ransfe rred in a lp habetical or der. If there
are too many ent ries, contacts with d iffer­
ent first letters may be m iss ing in the MMI.
- The contacts in t he local MMI memory are
always visible and can be accessed by ot her
users.
Free text search for a contact
App lies to : vehicles wit h te lepho ne
~ Select : !M EN UI button> Telephone > left con­
trol b utton >
Directory .
~ To limit t he se arch, ente r th e ini tia ls of the con­
t a ct bei ng se arched with e ach initial se par ated
by a s pace i n t he input fiel d. E nte r addi tional
letters if necessa ry .
~ Select and confirm a contact from t he d irecto­
ry. The phone numbe rs fo r the se lected contact
open.
~

<( a, .... N ,....
N .... 0 0
3 a,
"'To make the call, se lect and confirm a phone
number.
(D Tips
- You can scroll through long lists quickly by
turning the contro l knob quickly. The scroll­
i ng speed depends on t he n umbe r of list en­
tries.
- Additiona l informat ion on free text search­
i ng can be foun d un der
¢ page 149 .
Showing contact details*
Applies to: ve hicles with telephone
You can show contact details depending on the
vehicle equipment.
F ig. 164 S h ow ing contac t deta ils
"' Se lect: I M ENU I button >Telephone > left con ­
t rol button .
"' Se lect and confirm
Directory > a contact from
the directory.
"' Se lect : rig ht contro l button > Show contact de­
tails .
- Call :
select and confirm the desired te lephone
number.
- Nav igating : to start navigation, se lect and con ­
firm the des ired address. Select and confirm
Start route guidance.
Press the r ight control button to o pen addit ional
options fo r the contact details.
Add destination
To s tart navig ation, se lect and co nf irm the de­
sired address . Sele ct and confirm
Start route
guidance .
Store as favorite
R efer to ¢ page 165, Favori tes.
Telephone
Send text message*
Yo u ca n send a tex t mes sa ge ¢ page 1 65 to the
se lected contact.
Delete contact
T he sele cted contact can be dele ted .
(D Tips
-Contacts edited in the MMI d irecto ry ca nnot
be au toma tically up dated i n the con nected
cell pho ne . Aud i recomme nds e diting ce ll
pho ne conta cts directly in th e cell p ho ne.
- Only the contacts in the local M MI me mory
can be edi ted o r deleted.
Importing/exporting contacts
Applies to: vehicles wit h telephone
Contacts in vCard format (. vcf) can be imported
into th e directory or exported .
Requirement: an SD card must be inserted i n one
of the SD card reade rs*
¢ page 210 o r a USB
storage device mus t be connec ted to the A udi
music in te rface* ¢
page 215 or th e r equ ire­
me nts fo r Audi co nne ct (I nfota inme nt) serv ices *
mus t be met
¢ page 172.
"' Select : !ME NUI button> Telephone > left con ­
t rol button >
Directory .
"' Sele ct: r igh t con trol butt on > Directory set·
tings .
- Importing contact s from a storage medium :
Select and confirm Import contacts > SD card
1 /SD card 2
o r USB devi ce 1 /USB devi ce 2 >
d esired contac t> Start import .
- Exporting contact s to a storage medium :
Se­
le ct and co nfirm
Export contacts > SD card 1 /
SD card 2
or USB device 1 /USB device 2 > de­
sired contact
> Start e xport.
- Selecting all conta cts at the same time for im·
porting/exporting :
selec t and confi rm Import
contacts /E x port contacts
> SD card 1 /SD card
2
or USB device 1 /USB device 2 > All > Start
import /Start export .
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Configuration through myAudi
Activating/configuring Audi connect
(Infotainment)
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Some Audi connect (Infot ainment) services must
be activated/configured through your personal
myAudi account before using them for the first
time.
- If you do not have a personal myAudi account
yet , you can register online at
my.audiusa.com .
-Add your vehicle to your myAudi account.
- Activate/configure the Audi connect (Infotain -
ment) services you wou ld like for your vehicle in
your myAudi account.
- For some Audi connect (Infotainment) services,
you may also have to enter your myAudi user
data or your myAudi PIN when accessing serv­
ices in the MMI to connect your vehicle to
myAudi.
For detailed configuration information, refer to
my.audiusa.com .
Logging into myAudi in the vehicle
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Info tainment)
To use some Audi connect (Infotainment) serv­
ices (such as Twitter*) , you must first connect
your vehicle with myAudi to transfer your person­ al settings from your myAudi account.
Fig. 165 Logging into myAu di
.,. Select : I MENU I button > Audi connect> right
control button
> Log in .
.,. Enter your myAudi user data . Or: enter your 8-
digit myAudi PIN .
.,. Confirm your entry with
OK.
Audi connect (Infotainment)
Then you can open your personal settings from
your myAudi account in your vehicle.
(D Tips
You can receive your myAudi PIN if you have
set up a myAudi account. For additional infor­
mation , visit
my.audiusa.com.
Opening Audi connect
(Infotainment)
Applies to vehicles w it h Audi connect (Infotainment)
Fig. 166 Audi connect home screen
.,. Select: the I MENU I button> Audi connect.
.,. If necessary, confirm the note displayed with
Accept.
A list of all of the available Audi connect (Info­
tainment) services is shown in the Infotainment
system d isplay
c::> fig . 166 .
You can also filter the Audi connect ( Infotain­
ment) services by category:
.,. Now select:
IMENU I button> Audi connect>
left control button > for example, Navigation
for Audi connect ( Infotainment) services in the
nav igation menu
9 page 176.
Audi connect
(Infotainment) services
Basic functions
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment}
If availab le, functions spec ifically for certain
services are in the selection menu of that particu­
lar Audi connect (Infotainment) service
c::> page 143 . The basic functions are in the corre -
sponding options menu:
IJl,,-
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Audi connect (Infotainm ent )
After opening the travel g uide, travel tips in your
area will be displayed including current ratings as
well as the corresponding category .
"' Press the left control button to change the cat­
egory (such as bars nearby).
A WARNING
- It is only safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
bile devices and other s imilar devices when
the vehicle is stationa ry because, like all
loose objects, they could be throw n aro und
the ins ide of the vehicle in a crash and cause
serious injuries . Store these types of devices
sec urely whi le driving.
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats within range of the ai rbags while driv ­
ing. Also read the warnings in the chapter
c::, page 236.
(D Tips
Units of measurement, language settings and
time are shown in the Infotainment system
disp lay based on how they were set in the sys­
tem sett ings
e> page 229.
Audi connect (Infotainment) in navigation
Applies to: vehicles with a navigation system and Audi con­
nect (Infotainment)
.. Se lect: I MENU I button > Audi connect > left
contro l button >
Na vigation.
The fo llow ing A udi connect (Infota inment) serv­
ices are currently available :
- Nav igation with
o nline map vi ew and Stre et
View
c::, page 199.
- Poin t of Interest (PO I) online search with
voi ce re cognition
(such as res taurants): plan
r ou te g uidance using the MMI con trol panel
c::> page 190, Online point of interest search
(online search)
and the voice recognition sys­
tem
c::> page 153.
- Set up dest inations in your M MI using your
myAud i Account or onl ine map view
c::, page 199.
- Online traffic inform ation:
receive up -to-the­
minute t raffic information about accidents,
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road construction and other incidents
c::> page 202.
- M ap upd ate:
import navigation map updates
direct ly to your vehicle using an SD card or as
an online update
c::> page 200.
(D Tips
- For the Map update Audi connect (Infota in­
ment) serv ice using an SD card, check the
current software version in your vehicle and
compare it with
my.audiusa.com to see if a
new version is avai lab le. You can also have
the new navigat ion data installed by an Aud i
dealer, which can be done for an addit ional
charge.
- More informat ion on
map updates can also
be found in the
A udi connect Operat ing
Manual at
http: / /my .audiu sa.com .
Audi connect (Infotainment) on the phone
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
"'Sele ct: !MENUI b utton> Aud i conn ect> left
cont rol b utton >
C o mmuni cation .
The following Aud i connect (Infotainment) serv­
i ces are currently available :
- Storing co ntacts on your computer using your
m yA udi Account and loading the contacts into
the MMI directory
c::> page 169.
Additional options
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
"'Sele ct: !MENUI b utton> Aud i conne ct > righ t
cont rol button.
The following options are available in the Aud i
connect (Infota inme nt) services overview:
Log in*
Refer to c::, page 173, Logging into myAudi in the
vehicle .
C onnection manag er
Refer to c::, page 230 .

Audi connect (Infotainment)
-For additional information about the Audi
connect (Infotainment) services, visit
www.audiusa.com/audiconnect.
Configuring the data
connection
App lies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
To use Audi connect (Infotainment) services, a
data connection must be configured.
.. Select: I MENU I button> right control button>
Connection manager.
"'Select: right control button> Online settings >
Data connection settings .
Using the Data connection settings menu, you
can set when an Internet connection should be
made . T he Internet connection disconnects auto­
matica lly once the requested A udi connect (Info­
tainment) service no longer require any data
packets.
The follow ing options can be selected:
Audi connect (MMI)
With the Audi connect (MMI) function, you can
Allow or Deny the use of Audi connect (Infotain­
ment) services if the connect ion is set to
No re­
quest
or With request.
Wi-Fi devices*
Using the Wi-Fi devices function, you can Allow
or Deny a connection to the Internet.
_&. WARNING
-As the driver, do not allow usage of the Wi­
Fi hotspot to distract you from driving, as
this could increase the risk of an accident.
-It is only safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
bile devices and other similar devices when
the vehicle is stationary because, like all
loose objects, they could be thrown around
the inside of the vehicle in a crash and cause
serious injuries . Sto re these types of devices
securely whi le driving.
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats w ithin range of the airbags while driv­
ing. Also read the warnings in the chapter
c:> page 236.
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(D Note
You are responsible for all precautions taken
for data protection, anti-v irus protection and
protection against loss of data on mobile de­
v ices that are used to access the Internet
through the Wi-F i hotspot.
Audi connect
(Infotainment)
information
Audi connect (Infotainment) services
App lies to vehicles w ith Audi connect (Infotainment)
(D Tips
- Audi connect (Infotainment) services are
only available with an exist ing o r separate
cell phone contract and on ly within the mo­
bile network coverage area . Depending on
your cell phone rates, there may be addi­
tional costs when connecting to the Inter­ net using data packets, particularly with in­
ternational service. Based on the high data
volume, using a flat rate data plan is highly
recommended.
- You can only use services supported by Aud i
connect (Infotainment) if you have the op­
tional MMI Navigation plus equipment with
MMI touch* and Audi connect (Infotain­
ment).
- Use of the L TE* mobile network standard is
not available in every country. Contact your
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Aud i
Service Facility or your cell phone service
prov ider for additiona l information.
- Usage of Audi connect (Infotainment) serv­
ices depends on the avai lability of services
through third party providers.
- Also read the information in the chapter
c:> page 160, Telephone.
-The Audi connect (Infotainment) services
are avai lable in the USA. Audi connect (Info­
tainment) services are currently not availa­
ble in Canada or in Mexico.
- Availability, scope, providers, screen display
and costs of services may vary depending on
the country, model, mode l year, end device
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