2017 AUDI A8 reset

Telephone
Connection s
See ~page 161.
([) Note Sort order
You can so
rt the cont acts in you r d irec tory alpha­
be tica lly acco rding to
Las t name /First name .
Always follow the info rmation found in ~CD in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 160.
Display public contacts
You can show o r hide the public contacts . With
Yes , all the contacts in the local M MI memory
(p ubli c) a re s hown, and with
No , th ey a re hidde n. (D Tips
- Several ce ll phones can be paired to the
MM I, but only one cell p hone can be act ively
con nected. Delete private contacts /Delete public
contacts
You can delete a ll pr ivate contacts in t he local
memo ry using t he
Delete private conta ct s fu nc ­
tion. Yo u ca n de lete the p ublic con tacts in the lo­
ca l memory using the
Delete public contacts
funct io n.
-
To delete all connected Bl uetooth devices,
the
Bluetooth f u nction can be reset to t he
fa ctory settings~
page 206.
Directory settings
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
~ Select: the ITEL ! button > Directory > Settings
contro l button .
Troubleshooting
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Problem Solution
Connecting
t h e cell phone to the Check if the Bluetooth visibility o n the cell phone and MMI is
MMI failed. switched on. For some ce ll phones, the v is ibility turns off auto-
mat ically after a short period.
O r: restart your cell phone.
For more information on this, refe r to the user g uide for your cell
phone.
After pairing,
not all contact s/no Avoid using special characters in names .
contacts are loaded in the MMI. Avoid using contact groups.
Certai n
telephone functions are The te lephone f unctions depend o n the cell phone servi ce p rovider
grayed out o r not availab le. a nd the cell p ho ne you are using. Yo u can ob tain more i nfo rma -
tion from your cell p hone se rvi ce p rovide r, in your cell phone use r
guide or in the d atabase for mobi le devices at
www.aud iusa.com /
bluetooth.
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Audi connect
Data u sage info
The numbe r of data packets that are sent and re­
ceived through the M MI is displayed . You can re­
set the data usage information to zero using the
Reset d ata u sage option .
Start automatic configuration
An online profile is set up and configu red auto­
mat ica lly. The connection settings that you
changed manua lly are reset to the defau lt set­
tings.
Online status overview
An on line status overview with information abo ut
your data connect io n (such as the cell phone
service provider) is shown in the Infotainment
disp lay .
Sw itching the data connection module off
The data connection module is sw itched off. An
I n ternet connect ion is no longe r poss ible.
Network sett ings
Under Login , select Auto to log into a network
automatically or select
Manu al to select from a
list of networks w ith in range. The available net­
works in the area can be selected i n the
Network
se lection
list. Th is function is on ly availab le when
Manual Login is set.
Serial number (IMEi)
The se rial number for the MMI that is installed is
d isplayed .
A WARNING
-As the driver, do not allow usage of the Wi­
Fi hotspot to dist ract you from d riving, as
t h is could inc rease the risk of an accident.
- It is only safe to use tab lets and s imilar mo­
bile devi ces when the vehicle is s tat ionary
because, like all loose objects, they could be
thrown aro und the i nside of the vehicle
when invo lved in an accident and can cause
serious injuries. Store these types of devices
sec urely whi le driving.
- Do not use any w ireless devices on the front
seats w ith in range of the a irbags while d riv-
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ing . Also read the warnings in the chapter
¢page 207 .
(D Note
You are responsible for all precaut ions taken
for data p rotection, anti-virus protection and
protection against loss o f data on mobi le de ­
v ices that are used to access the Internet
through the W i-F i hotspot.
(D Tips
- When using On line map view, you are
prompted again to allow roam ing before
connect ing to a foreign mob ile network.
- The speed of the data connection may vary
depending on the veh icle location, the cov­
erage area of your cell phone service provid­
er and if the recommended p rovider is used
or not .
- A data connection cannot be established if
incorrect data is ente red in the
Connection
s ettings .
-The W i-F i hotspot recept ion quality depends
on the sig nal st rengt h and the availabi lity of
the mobile network. You can obtain more
information from your cell phone se rvice
prov ider.
About Audi connect
Audi connect services
App lies to: vehicles wi th Audi connect
(D Tips
-You can only use services supported by Aud i
co nnect if you have the optional MMI Nav i­
gation pl us equ ipme nt and Audi connect.
- Audi connect is designed for use only with
the p rovided Aud i SIM card . Rece iving data
packets from t he Internet w ill quickly in­
c rease the vo lume of d ata used. Fo r more
information, contac t Aud i connect custome r
support at 877 -SOS -AUD I (2834).
- Th e Aud i connec t se rvices are availab le in
the USA. Audi connect serv ices are currently
not avai lable i n Canada or in Mexico. ..,.

C) C0 .--1
"' " "' .--1 0 0 :r Radio
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)
• 006
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
t•JG ,,111
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.
(D Tips
-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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Radio
Radio functions
Fig . 192 Radio mai n functio n s
.. Se lect: the I RADIO I b utton> Functions cont rol
button.
The fo llow ing f unct io ns can be selected, depend­
i n g on the band that is se le cted:
(!) Store station /Store channel
The se lected stat ion is stored in the next empty
position in the presets list
c:, page 178 . Select
a nd confi rm the desired p rese ts loca tion.
@ Seek down/Seek up (FM , AM)
The prev ious
I~ or next ~I receivable station is se­
lected.
Or : press the arrow keys on the MMI con­
trol pane l
lt>I.
Previou s channel /Next channel (Si rius*)
The prev ious I~ or next ~ I channel is selecte d. Or:
press the arrow keys on the MMI control pane l
lt>I.
@ Tuning
The frequ ency bars are disp laye d. Sele ct and con ­
fi rm the desired frequen cy .
Tuning (Sirius*)
Select a nd confirm the des ired channel from the
S ir iu s frequency ban d*.
@ Scan
All stations are played for several seconds each.
® Information (FM )/Info (Sirius*)
The radio text (such as station name, artist o r ti ­
tle) is show n in the Infotai nment display, de­
pending on availability.
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@ Information window
Va rious in forma tion about th e se lected st ation
(s uch as the sta tion name, ensemble or p rogram
type) is displaye d, depending on availability.
(J) Presets
The prese ts lis t can co nta in up to 50 sta tions
fro m al l frequency bands.
- Storing stations : select the Presets control
bu tton >
Store station name. The selected sta­
tion is sto red in t he nex t emp ty pos ition in the
presets list. Sele ct and confir m th e des ired pre­
se ts lo cati on .
- Selecting a stored station : press the Presets
control b utton. Selec t and con firm a st atio n
from t he p rese ts lis t.
Or: press the arrow keys
on the MMI cont rol panel
(l [> I).
-Moving stored station s: press the Presets con ­
t rol b utt on. Se lect and confirm the s tat ion
from the station list and then
Move station
name.
Se lect and conf irm the desired presets
location.
Other settings
.. Select: the I RADIO I button > Settings control
button.
The following se tt ings can be sele cte d d epend ing
o n the band that is selected ( FM, A M, Siri us*) :
HD Radio* (FM/AM)
Yo u can swit ch HD Radio reception o n or off.
HD station information* (FM/AM)
Requirement: HD radio recept io n must be switch­
ed on .
When the funct ion is switched on, va rious i nfor­
mation abo ut the t itle t hat is c urrent ly playing
(such as artist or album) is displayed, depending
o n ava ilab ility.
Station names (FM )
- Scrolling:
scro lling text t ransm itted by the FM
stat ions is shown in the Infotainment system
disp lay.
- Fixed : scrolling text transmitted by the FM sta­
tions is not shown in the In fota inment system .,,.

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' display. Only the current section of the scroll­
ing text displayed.
-Off: scrolling text transmitted by the FM sta­
tions is not shown in the Infotainment display.
Scro lling text from HD stations is shown in the
Infotainment display.
Channel info (Sirius*)
If track informat ion is available for the current ti­
tle (such as artist or album), it will be displayed
in a pop-up window if this function is activated.
Station sorting (Sirius*)
-Channel number : the stations are sorted in as­
c ending order a ccording to their station num­
ber.
- Channel name : the stations are listed in alpha­
betical order.
- Category and channel number : the stations are
sorted according to their category and then ac­
cording to their channel number.
- Category and channel name : the stations are
so rted according to their category and then ac­
cording to their station name.
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Radio
Category filter (Sirius*)
The stations shown in the station list can be fil­
tered by yo ur personal preferences and by pro ­
gram type . The program categories that you can
select depend on what is offered by your provid­
er. Select the
Deactivate category filter option to
deact ivate all filter opt ions and disp lay all availa­
ble stations in the satell ite stat ion list.
Receiver serial number (Sirius*)
The electronic seria l number (ESN) is d isp layed.
The number is required when logging in to Sir­
ius*.
Deleting presets
Requirement: a station must be stored in the
presets list¢
page 178 .
Stored stations can be deleted Individually or All
at once .
A station with poor reception is no Store the station ahead of time and then select it from the pre-
longer disp layed in the station list sets list later
(z) ¢ page 178, fig. 192.
once you switch to a different sta-
t ion.
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Media drive s and conn ections
Media drives and
connections
Introduction
There are various media drives and connections
ava ilable in the MMI. For example, you can play
aud io/video* f iles through the Jukebox, or you
can connect a portable device to the Audi music i n terface* a nd ope rate it through the MM I.
Notes
General information
Med ia and format restrictions :
the MMI (includ­
ing the SD card reader and the USB storage de­
vice connect ion*) was tested w ith a var iety of
p roducts and media on the market . However ,
there may be cases where ind iv idual devices or
media and audio/video* files may not be recog­
n iz ed, may play on ly w ith restrict ions or may no t
p lay at a ll.
The MM I media dr ives do not suppo rt Windows
Media Audio 9 Vo ice, Windows Media Audio 9
L oss less and Windows Media
9 Profess ional for­
mats .
Digital Right s Managem ent : please note that
the audio/v ideo* files are subjec t to copyright
p rotection .
The med ia drives do not play f iles that are pro­
tected by ORM and that are ident ified with the
symbo l~ -
Data s ecurity : Never store important data on the
memory cards, the Jukebox, CDs/DVDs or porta­
b le aud io devices . A udi is not responsib le for
damaged or lost files and med ia.
Lo ad ing t imes : the more files/folders/playlists
that a re on a storage medium, the longer it w ill
take to load the audio/v ideo* fi les . Audi recom­
mends using storage media that on ly conta in au­
d io/video files*. To decrease the t ime it takes to
load audio/video fi les*, create subfo lders (for ex­
ample, for the artist or album). The loading time
will also increase when importing files.
A dditional information : when playing, audio
fi les are automatically displayed with any addi-
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tiona l information that is stored (such as the ar­
tist, track and album cover) . If this information is
not avai lab le on the storage medium, the MMI
will check Gracenote . However, in some cases,
the addit ional information may not be d isplayed .
Restri cted functionalit y: if functionality is re­
stricted, reset the
Media setting s to the factory
default settings
c> page 206.
Reset the Jukebox to the factory defau lt settings
if functiona lity is restricted
c> page 206.
Fo r information abo ut the propert ies of s upport­
ed med ia and fi le formats, see
c> page 186 .
(D Note
Always fo llow the information found in c> (D in
Wi-Fi
hotspot on page 160.
CD/DVD operation
CD /DVD and fo rmat re striction s:
the functionali­
ty of individua l storage media may be limited due
to the variety of b lank CDs/DVDs available and
the various capacities . Aud io CDs or video DVDs
with copy protection, CDs/DVDs that do not con­
form to the standard and mult isess ion CDs may
have l imited playback or may not play at all. Audi
r ecommends finaliz ing the recording process
whe n creat ing mult isess io n CDs . Mult isess ion is
not supported for DVDs .
Handling CDs/DVDs and th e DV D dri ve: To en ­
sure good, h igh-quality sound reproduction and
to prevent damage to the dr ive or disc reading er­
r ors, always store CDs/DVDs in a protective
s leeve and do not expose them to direct s unlight.
Do
not u se:
- Damaged, dirty or sc ratched CDs/DVDs
- Single CDs/DVDs (3 inch/8 cm diameter)
- CD/DVDs that are not round
- CDs/DVDs w ith labels
- Protective rings
- Clean ing CDs
Thermal protection switch : CD/DVD playback
may be tempora rily unavailable if o utside tem ­
peratures a re extremely hot or co ld. A thermal

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' Clearing the Jukebox
Requirement: the Jukebox must contain audio/
video fi les.
- Selecting fil es/fo ld ers : se lect the Settings con­
t rol button
> De lete jukebo x > individual files
or folders.
Press the All control button to select
all fi les or folders.
Or : select and confirm a
fo lder and press and hold the control knob . A ll
files in the folder are se lected for de leting .
-Deleting files and folder s: select the Start de­
leting
control button > Y es. T he status of the
deleting process is shown in the Infotainment
display. Jukebox playback stops dur ing the de­
let ing process and starts again automatically
once the deletion is complete .
Showing m emory cap acity
Select: Setting s control b utton > Jukebo x memo­
r y.
The used/free Jukebox memory as well as the
number of stored tracks appear in the Infotain­
ment d isplay.
The Jukebox is started and operated through the MMI
¢ page 189.
@ Note
Do not import audio/video files when the en­
gine is t urned off because this will drain the
veh icle battery.
@ Tips
- Tracks from audio CDs cannot be imported
to the Jukebox for legal reasons.
- Files already imported are recognized and will be grayed out when setting up a new i mport.
- It is not possible to play audio/v ideo files in
t h e DVD dr ive while importing them.
- The Jukebox does not provide an export
function due to lega l reasons .
- Files or tracks without stored information
are listed as
Unkno wn. Audi recommends
adding addit iona l information (s uch as 103
tags) to aud io files.
- Reset the Jukebox to the facto ry defau lt set­
tings when selling your vehicle¢
page 206.
Media dr ives and conn ections
Bluetooth audio player
App lies to : vehicles wi th Blue toot h int erface
You can play music wirelessly from your cell
phone through the MMI using the Bluetooth au­
dio player.
Requirement: the vehicle must be stationary. The
B luetooth function on the portab le aud io player
and the MMI
Aud io pla yer must be switched on
¢ page 155.
.,. Select the I MEDIAi button > Source control but­
ton
> Bluetooth audio player> Find new Blue­
tooth audio player .
The available Bluetooth au­
dio players are d isplayed .
.,. Select and confirm the des ired Bluetooth audio
player from the l ist .
.,. Select and confirm
Audio player . The MMI gen­
erates a PIN for the con nection.
.,. Sele ct and confirm
Yes .
.,. Enter the PIN for connecting on your cell
phone .
Or: if the PIN is a lready displayed on
your cell phone, confirm it in the ce ll phone and
in the MMI. The t ime allowed for enter ing the
PIN is limited to approximate ly 30 seconds.
The media are started and operated through the
portable device o r the MMI, depending on the de­
vice being used
¢ page 189.
@ Tips
-Be sure to pay attention to any possible con ­
nection prompts on your Bluetooth audio
player.
- You only have to pai r your device one time .
Bl uetooth devices that are already paired
are automatically connected to the MMI as
soo n as they are in range.
- Severa l Bluetooth audio players can be con­
nected to the MMI, but only one portab le
device can be active.
- Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP (1.0/1.3) are
supported.
- The supported media fu nctions depend on
the Bluetooth aud io player being used.
- For more informat ion on the suppo rted de­
vices, v is it
www .audi.com /bluetooth or
contact your authorized Aud i dea ler or a u­
thorized Aud i Serv ice Fac ility.
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- Other iPod versions s uch as the iPod shuffle
cannot be connected to the iPod adapter ca­
ble (plus)* . Connect these devices using the
optional 3.5 mm stereo jack adapter cable*.
- For video p layback, you can also connect
your iPod using the AV adapter cable*. You
also need an Apple AV cable to do this. For
more information on the App le AV cable, re­
fer to your iPod user guide .
- The Apple Lightning connector does not
support v ideo p layback. - iPod/
iPhone malfunctions a lso affect the
operation of the MMI. Reset your iPod/
iPhone if this happens.
- For impo rtant information on operating
your iPod/ iPhone, refer to the user guide for
the device. Audi recommends updating the
iPod/ iPhone software to the latest version.
- For more information about the Aud i mus ic
interface and supported devices, v is it
www .audi.com /bluetooth or contact an au­
thorized Aud i dealer .
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The DVD drive , the Jukebox, the SD card reader
and the USB storage device* connection support
the following audio/v ideo file properties:
Audio files Video files
Supported SD cards:
with a capacity up to 32 GB
media DVD drive: audio CDs (up to 80 minutes); CD-RO Ms with a capacity up to 700 MB;
DVD±R/RW; standard video DVDs and audio DVDs that are compatible with DVD v id-
eo
Audi music interface : portable devices (such as iPods, USB storage dev ices*)
File system SD/SDHC/ MMC memory cards
USB storage device*:
FAT or FAT32 file system, maximum 4 partitions
DVD drive : Joliet (sing le session and multisess ion CDs; single sess ion DVDs only);
UD F
Metadata Album, track, artist, yea r, genre
and commentar ies for MP3-/
WMA-/M4A files
Embedded album covers up to
800x800 px. (GIF, JPEG, PNG)
Format MP EG- 1/-2
Windows MP EG 2/4 MPEG 1/2 ISO- ISO- W indows
Layer-3 Med ia Au- MPEG4; MPEG4 H. Media Vid-
dio 8 and 9 DivX 3, 4 264 eo 9
and S; Xvid (MPEG4
AVC)
File extension .m p3 .wma; .m4a; .mpg; .av 1 .mp4; .wmv;
.asf .m4b; .mpeg .m4v; .asf
.aac .mov
Play .M3U; .PLS; .WPL
lists
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