2017 AUDI A8 radio

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' Your vehicle is equipped with an intelligent ene r­
gy management system for distributing electrici­
ty. This s ignif icantly improves the starting abi lity
and increases the vehicle battery life.
The energy management system Is made up of
batt ery diagno sis , idling current management ,
and dynam ic energ y man agement.
Battery diagnosis
The batte ry diagnosis de termines the vehicle bat ­
tery charge level. The sensors determ ine the bat ­
tery voltage, the battery current, and the battery
temperature. The current charge level and the performance of the vehicle battery are deter­
mined based on th is.
Idling curr ent manag ement
The idling current management decreases the
energy used whi le parked . With the engine
switched off, it manages the energy distribution
to the different electrical components. Data from
the battery diagnosis is taken into account for
this .
Depending on the vehicle battery charge level,
e lectrical equipment is sw itched off one item af ­
ter the other to prevent the vehicle battery from
draining and to maintain the starting ability .
Dynamic en erg y manag ement
While driving, dynamic energy management dis­
tr ibutes the appropriate amount of energy to the
e lectrical equipment. It controls the battery
charge level so that the amount of energy is not
greater than the amount being generated in or­
der to ma inta in an optimal veh icle battery charge
l evel.
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- Energy management cannot overcome the
laws of physics . Note that the charge level
and length of the vehicle battery life a re
limited .
- When the start ing ability is endangered, the
(•) indicator light turns on
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Intellig ent Technology
What you should know
Maintaining the starting ability is the highest
priority .
A lot of stress is placed on the veh icle battery
when driving short distances, during city driving, and at cold times of the year . A lot of energy is
used but little is generated. It is also critical
whe n the eng ine is not r unni ng but elect rical
equipmen t is switched on . In this case, energy is
u sed but none is generated.
In situat ions like th is, energy management w ill
active ly regulate the distrib ution of energy.
Long period s without use
If you do not drive your vehicle for severa l days or
weeks, electrical equ ipment is gradually scaled
back or sw itched off. This reduces energy use and
ensures the vehicle will be ab le to start after long
per iods of time. Some conven ience f unctions,
s u ch as interio r lig hting or power seat adjust­
ment, may no t be av ailable under certain circum­
stances . These conven ience f unctions wi ll be
available again once you sw itch the ignition on
and start the engine.
With the engine switched off
T he veh icle ba tte ry w ill dr ain if you use Info tain­
ment functions such as listening to the radio
whi le the engine is switched off.
If the sta rting abili ty is impaired by the energy
u se, the following message will appear in the In ­
fotainment system display:
Please start the engine , otherwi se the system
will turn off shortl y.
This message indicates that the system will
switch off automatically after 3 m inutes . If you
would like to continue us ing the funct ions, you
must start the engine.
With the engine running
Although e lectr ica l energy is generated while
driv ing, the ve hicle battery can drai n. This can
happen if litt le energy is generated b ut much is
used , and the charge level of the vehicle battery
is not optimal. .,.
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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r -Unmuting or resuming: press the On/Off knob
@ c:>
page 134, fig. 154 briefly . Or: turn the
On/Off knob to the r ight.
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Volumes that are too high or too low are au­
tomatically adjusted to a set level when the
MMI is switched on .
Infotainment display
The Infotainment display switches on automati­
cally when the MMI folds out . T he MMI folds in
automatically when it is switched off.
Adjusting the Infotainment display brightnes s:
see c:> page 206.
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- If the vehicle has a cell phone prep*, the In­
fotainment system display will automatical­
l y extend whenever there is an incoming
phone cal l.
- Use the
arrow buttons to switch stations,
for example, when listening to the radio, af­
ter the disp lay has retracted in.
MMI operation
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Fig. 155 Opera ting
Multi Media Interface
Selecting and confirming a function
.,. @ Selecting a function :
turn the control knob
to the desired funct ion .
.,. @ Confirming a selection: press the control
knob .
Accessing functions in a corner of the display
.,. Press the control button© ~ fig. 155 in the
corresponding corner of the display . For exam­
ple, the upper right control button corresponds
to the upper right corner of the display.
Opening the main menu
.,. Press the !M ENU I button @c:> page 134,
fig. 154 The MMI menus (such as Radio ) are
disp layed .
Opening a menu directly
.,. Press the respective button @¢ page 134,
fig. 154 for the desired menu (such as l RADIO I
or! MEDIA I).
Returning to functions at higher levels
.,. Press the !BACKI button (J) c:> page 134,
fig . 154 .
Additional functions :
Selecting the previous/next function (for exam­
ple , a radio station/track) :
briefly press the On/
Off knob @ c:>
page 134, fig. 154 toward the left
lt>I .
Fast forwarding/rewinding (for example
songs):
press and ho ld the On/Off knob @
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page 134, fig . 154 toward the left l l>t>I.
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Multi Media Interface
MMI touch
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch cont rol pad
The MMI touch allows you to enter data on the
MMI touch control pod using handwriting recog­
ni tion.
F ig. 1 56 Ente rin g a nav iga tion dest inat ion
F ig . 15 7 Sav ing a rad io st atio n
Entering number s, letters , and symbol s
Requirement: it must b e possib le to enter text or
numbers.
- Write lette rs, numbers or characters on t he
MM I touch contro l pad with your finger. Char­
acters that are recog nized are shown i n the In­
fotainment display © c:>
fig. 156 and may be
confirmed with a prompt .
-Selecting a different symbol : turn the control
knob to the left/right@c:>
fig. 156 and press
the control knob. T he se lected symbol appear s
in the input fie ld @ c:>
fig. 156 .
-Entering spaces : move your finger ac ross the
MMI touch control pad from left to r ight.
- Delet ing characters : move your finger across
the MMI touc h control pad from r ight to left.
- Ending the input /selecting directly from the
selection list :
tap the MMI touch control pad
briefly.
O r: press the control knob .
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Searching for a contact in the phone book
Requirement: The di re ctory must be open
c:> poge 150.
-Jumping to a specifi c initial letter in the list :
writ e the des ired lette r using your finger on t he
M MI touch cont rol p ad.
- Narrowing the se a rch result s: draw additional
le tte rs o n the MMI touch co ntro l p ad w it h your
finger.
- Ending the input/selecting directly from the
selection list :
tap the MM I touch control pad
briefly.
Or : press t he control knob .
Moving the map
Requirement: a map must be displayed
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page 1 70.
- Moving the cro sshairs on the map: press the
cont rol knob . T he crossha irs are shown on the
map . To move the crosshairs, move your finger
in the desired d irection on the MM I touch con­
t rol pad .
Or : place your fi nger on the respe ct ive
edge of the MM I tou ch control pa d.
Adjusting the sound focus
Requireme nt: the balance/fader function must
be se lected c:>
page 204 .
-Moving the crossha irs for sound focus : move
your finger in the desired d irect ion on the MM I
to uc h control pad .
Saving /selecting a rad io st a tion
Requirement: the Radio menu must be open
c:>
page 177.
- Storing the radio station currently set : hold
your fi nger on a number (1 to 6) on the MMI
to uch control panel unti l you hear a s ignal
tone. The rad io stat ion w ill be stored on these­
lected number in the list.
- Select ing a stored radio station : tap a number
(1 to 6) on the M MI touch control pad briefly.
The preset buttons (1-6) appear in the Infota in­
ment disp lay © c:>
fig . 157 .
-Moving a stored radio station : move your fin­
ger on the MMI touch contro l pad to the left/
r ight unti l th e p reset buttons (1-6) appear i n
the Infota inment display
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Voice recognition system
• l ELEPHONE
• NAVIGATION
• INFO
• RADIO
• MEDIA
• HELP
• HELP VOICE RECOGNlTION
• HELP TELEPHONE
• HELP NAVIGATION
• HE LP MAP
• HELP INFO
• HELP RADIO
• HELP MEDIA
liEttEPHONE
• ENTER NUMBER
• DIAL
• REPEAT
• CORRECTION
• DE LETE NUMBER
• REDIAL
• CAL L (XV)
(BUSINESS/ PRIVATE/ LAND LINE/ CELL)
• ENTER ADDRESS
• ENTER COUNTRY
• ENT ER ZIP CODE/ CITY
• ENTER STREET
• ENTER HOUSE NUMBER
• ENTER DOWNTOWN
• START/ CANCEL ROUTE GUIDANCE
• NAVIGATE
TO (XV)
• LAST DESTINATIONS
• FAVORITES
• HOME ADDRESS
• SHORT /FAST/ ECONOMY ROUTE
• DYNAMIC ROUTE ON / OFF
• ROUTE UST
• VOICE GUI DANCE ON / OFF
• ROUTE INFO ON/ OFF
• SCALE (XY) MILES / YARDS
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• READ TRAFFIC REPORTS
RADIO
• SET STATION
• STATION (XV)
• SET FREQUE NCY
• SET BAND
• FM / AM/ SIRIUS
• STATION LIST
• READ STATION LIST
• PRESETS
• READ PRESETS
• UPDATE STATIO N LIST
Fig. 160 Com mand overv iew
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• CALL (XY)
• ENTER NUMBER
• REDIAL
• NAVIGATE TO (XY)
• DIRECTORY
• ENTER ADDRESS
• ON LINE DESTINATIONS
• ONLINE DESTINATION (XV)
• CANCEL ROUTE GUIDANCE
• MAP
• LINE
1·6
• NEXT/ PREVlOUS PAGE
• RECEIVED CALLS
• DIALED NUMBERS
• MISSED CALLS
• FIND CONTACT
• STORE CONTACT
• READ CONTACT
• CALL VOICE MAIL
• ONLINE DESTINATIONS
• ONLINE DESTINATION (XV)
• ENT ER POINT OF INTEREST
• NEXT GAS
ST A TION
• NEXT DIESEL FUEL STATION
• NEXT PARKING LOT
• N EXT RESTAURANT
• NEXT ACCOMMODATION
• NEXT HOSPITAL
• NEXT AUDI DEALER
• NEXT POLICE STATION
• NEXT ATM
• NEXT COFFEE S HOP
• DESTINATION MAP/ OVERVIEW MAP
• 20 / 30 MA P
• DAY/ NICHT MAP
MEDIA
• SELECT MEDIUM
• N EXT/ PREVIOUS MEDIUM
• NEXT/ PREVIOUS CO/ DVD
• CD/ DVD
1·6
• CD / DVD CHANCER
• SD CARD l / SD CARO 2
• JUKEBOX
• AUDI MUSIC INTERFACE
• BLUETOOTH
• CENRE (XV)/ ALB UM (XV)/ ARTIST (XV)/ TRACK (XV)
I
VIDEO (XV)
• SELECT CENRE /ALBUM/ ARTIST/ TRACK/ VIDEO
• NEXT/ PREVIOUS TRACK

Voice recognition system
Sequences of comman ds used to perform an ac­
tion are identified with a">", for examp le say: es
. For examp le, for bu siness address , you can
also say
busi ness, work, office or job .
Enter de stination
> (then) Ente r country .
The major ity shown are main comm ands. This
system also recognizes synonyms in certain cas -
Global commands
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
You can always use the global commands, re­
gardless of the men u selec ted.
Function Say:
Opening a menu Tel epho ne* I Dire ctory * I Navigation * I Map* I Radio I Media I
Info
Having the possible commands Help I Help voic e recognition I Help Telephon e* I Help Naviga-
read a loud tion * I Help Map* I Help Radio I Help Media I Help Info
Telephone functions* C all (X V) , for example Call John Smith I
Ente r numbe r I Redial I Directory
Navigation funct ions* Navigate to (XY), for examp le Navigate to John Smith I
Enter addre ss I Cancel route guidance I Map
Selecting an entry from a list Line (XV)
Scro lling thro ugh a lis t Next page I Previou s page
Switching the voice recogn ition sys-Cancel
tern off
Telephone
App lies to: veh icles with voice recognition system and telephone
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI
Q page 146 and the Telephone menu
m ust be open
Q page 147.
Function Say:
Call contact from directory Call (XV), for example Call John Smith
Selecting a specific contact number Call (XV ) bu siness I priv ate I land line I cell ,
for example, Call John Smith private
Selecting a phone number w ith a n Call I Call bus iness I Call private I Call l andl ine I Call busines s
address card open mobile
Show contact informat ion Directory I Find contact > the desired contact when prompted,
such as John Smith
Personalizing a contact with a Find contact> the desired contact when prompted, such as John
name tag Smith > Name contact > the personal name tag, such as Uncle
Jo hn
Dialing a phone number Enter number > After being prompted, say the telephone num-
ber in groups of individual numbers,
fo r example. 888 555
1212 > Dial
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Voice recognition system Function Say:
Entering a point of interest Point of interest
> point of interest and search area, su ch as
directly in the selected search area "Search gas station in immediate v ic inity"
Selecting an online destination in Online destination (XV), such as "Online destination "Five star
the imm ediate v icin ity directly hotel""
Online search in the immediate vi- Online destinations> In immediate vicinity
I In vicinity of des-
c in ity/vicin ity of the destination tination
> the desired online destination, such as "Five star ho-
tel"
> Line (XV) I Show on map > Start route guidance
Online search in a new city Online destinations > In new city
I the desired city> the de-
sired online destination,
such as "F ive star hotel" Line (XV) I
Show on map > Start route guidance
You can say the following commands for more
settings in Navigation:
Function
Genera l map options
Map type
Map orientation
Changing the map view
Automatic map zoom
C hang ing the map sca le
Showing the route list
Switching voice guidance on or off
dur ing active route guidance
Auto rerout ing (traff ic)
Route criteria
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Say:
Map
I Day map I Night map I Route info off
2D
I 3D I Destination map I Overview map
Map orientation north
I Map orientation in direction of travel I
Map orientation automatic
Zoom in
I Zoom out
Automatic zoom
I Automatic zoom off
Scale (XV) meters/kilometers/yards/miles
Route list
Voice guidance on
I Voice guidance off
Auto rerouting traffic on
I Auto rerouting traffic off
Fast route
I Mixed route I Short route
you are located and which menu language
you have se lected.
- Destinations may have to be spelled when
entered, depending on the country where -
Refer to the notes in the chapter About
Audi connect
¢page 162.
Info
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
Requirement: the Info menu must be open.
Function Say:
Access ing TMC traffic info rmation Read traffic reports
Radio
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
Requirement: the Radio menu must be open
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0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' specified, if possible . T he navigation system cal­
culates an alternative route .
The route to be avoided t hat you have ente red
appl ies on ly to the current rou te and must be set
again, if needed.
The areas you have se lected to avoid will appea r
with red and wh ite shad ing on the map.
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If the MMI does not calcu late an alte rnative
route, that means the re is no ne ava ilable.
Accessing traffic
information
Auto rerouting (traffic)
App lies to: vehicles with navigation system and Sirius (satel ­
li te radio)
By receiving traffic information from the TMC or
satellite -depending on ava ilability - the MMI cal­
culates an optim ized route and the possib le t ime
saved for the current route guidance . You can de­
cide yourse lf which route you would like to use.
Traffic information (TMC)
Applies to: ve hicles with navigation system and Sirius (satel­
li te radio)
Tfv1C traffic reports can be shown in the Infotain ­
ment display using Sirius* (satellite radio).
Info Audi connect I
@ EASTBOUND 59 mi _ ·
D ~ Slow traffic
@ NORTHBOUND
59 mi
(~ Road works
fJ!: ~ SOUTHBOUND
59 mi·
(~ Road works
Read Settings
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TMC _ t• "'"
Fig. 189 Access ing TMC traff ic info rma tion
~ Se lect: IIN FO I button .
The last act ive Info menu is shown in the Info­
tainment display . To open the list with TMC tra f­
fic information¢
fig. 189, press the !IN FO I but­
ton again in th e
Info menu.
Na vigation
Reception of traffic information is indicated by
the
T MC symbol in the status line:
TMCsymbol Meaning
TMC stations are avai lable
Disp layed and dynam ic navigation is
switched
On ¢ page 173.
TMC stat io ns are not availa -
I s g rayed out ble a nd dynam ic navigation
i s sw itched
On .
Not disp layed Auto rerouti
ng is switched Off .
- Opening a detailed vie w of traffic informat ion :
select a nd confirm the traffic information from
t he l ist .
-Opening the next tr affic information : select
and confirm
Display n ext report .
- Showing the selected traffic information on
th e map :
select and confirm Show on map . The
shaded li ne shows the stree t and the length of
the t raff ic jam .
-Displaying the ne xt tr affic information on the
map :
press the control k nob aga in .
- Having traffic information r ead out: press the
Read control button .
Traffic information display
© Colored warn ing symbols : traffic incidents on
your route are shown in the upper section of the
li st and are sorted according to distance.
Warning symbols with~: avoided traffic inci­
dents.
@ Grayed out warning symbols: traffi c inc iden ts
that are not on your route. They are sorted ac­
cording to road type (expressway, highway, other
road), country and name.
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-Cr itica l t raff ic information, s uch as warn ­
ings about wrong-way drivers, is automati­
cally disp layed. To hide the traffic info rma­
tion, press the
I BACK I button or the control
knob.
- TMC traffic reports are not available in Can­
ada. For more informat ion, please contact
Sirius Canada.
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Accessing the radio
The radio supports the F M, A M and Sirius * (sate l­
lite radio) bands. By means of an HD Radio re ­
ceiver, you also receive radio stations on the FM
and AM band i n digital format.
Fig. 190 FM stat ion list (H D radio)
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SIRIUS i.
60s Hits
( -
007 ___ 70s Hits
008 80s Hits
009 ThePulse
010
011
•
Bridge
Radio 1
Fig. 191 S iri us stat io n list
~ Se lect: the I RADIO I bu tton.
- , I
Linking
Linking
Linking ~_:
Linking
Linking
Linking
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Af te r se le ct ing the radi o, the last m enu t hat was
ope n is displ ayed .
-Showing the station li st : p res s th e I RAD IO I
bu tton agai n. T he receiva ble s tat ion s are show n
on a rad io s ta ti on lis t¢
fig. 19 0 an d ca n be se­
l ecte d direct ly .
- Selecting a station : sele ct and confir m a sta­
tion from the s ta tion list. FM/ A M stations th at
can be received by digital radio are marked with
the HD symbol (!)
c:;, fig. 190 . If reception quali­
ty declines, the radio automatica lly switches to
t h e a nalog FM/AM station. Digita l FM HD radio
stations may conta in mult iple addit io nal sta­
t ions *. The available additiona l stations* are
listed un der t he radio station . When you leave
the reception a rea, additiona l stations* that
Radio
cannot be received are marked wit h a symbol
@ c:;,fig. 190 .
-Quick storing from the stat ion list : select and
confirm a station from the station list. Press
an d hold the control knob u nti l
Store station
name
here appears in the presets list. Select
and confirm the desired presets location.
- Selecting a stored station: press the Presets
control button . Select and confirm a stat ion
from the presets list.
-Selecting the frequency band : press the Band
control button. Select and conf irm the desired
band.
Or : press the IRADIOI button repeated ly
until the desired frequency band appears in the
title line
c:;,fig. 190.
-Updating the station list : select and conf irm
Update stat ion list . The station lists in the FM
and Sir ius* bands are updated automatically. If
the last stat ion that was play ing is no lo nger
ava ilab le afte r the stat ion lis t is updated, sta­
t ion 184 is pl ayed automatically.
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sirius*), the fol­
lowing system informat ion may display in the
station l ist:
LINKING : the tuner is currently not receiving a
satellite signal @c:;,
fig. 191
ANTENNA : the antenna is not ready. For addi ­
t iona l information, contact an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
T he system information turns off when the radio
stations are received again.
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-HD Rad io reception is not availab le in Cana­
da.
- Con tact the Si rius * prov ider if you wo uld like
to rece ive satellite p rogramming.
- Th at stat io ns in the AM station list are s till
displayed after you leave the reception area.
T here is no longer any reception .
- Bu ildings, tunnels, bridges, open areas, oth ­
er veh icles or objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite rad io is not availab le in A laska and
Hawaii.
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