2017 AUDI A8 Owners Manual

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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Media drive s and conn ections
Wi-Fi audio player
Applies to: ve hicles w ith Wi- Fi audio p laye r
Wireless media players (such as smartphones)
can be connected via Wi-Fi hotspots and control­
led with the MMI. You can access the media cen­
ter on your media player using an UPnP server
opp or an UPnPIDLNA server integrated in the
media player .
Requirements: the Wi-Fi function for the media
player and the MMI must be act ivated. A network
connection must be established ¢
page 161. An
UPn P serve r mus t be installed on your W i- Fi me­
d ia p laye r.
- Connecting th eWi-Fi audio p lay er: select the
I MEDIAi b utton> Source cont rol button> Wi-Fi
aud io play er(?)' =>
page 189, fig . 198. A mes­
sage will appear in the Infotai nment display
saying there is no W i- F i audio player connec ted
to the system . The access data for the Wi- Fi
hotspot is disp layed .
- Se lect t he same settings on the w ireless med ia
player that are used for the Wi -Fi hotspot .
-Starting the Wi •Fi audio pl ayer : start an UPnP
server app or a llow media sharing on yo ur de ­
vice . The first song in the med ia center on your
Wi -Fi audio p layer begins playing .
-Operating the Wi-Fi audio player : the media
player is operated through the MMI
¢page 189.
A 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 laptops and similar mo­
bile devices when the vehicle is stat ionary
because, like all loose objects, they could be
th row n aro und the i nside of the vehicle in a
c rash and cause se rious inju ries. Store these
types of devices se curely whi le dr iving.
- Do not use any w ireless devices on th e front
seats w ithin range of t he a irbags while d riv ­
ing. Also read the warn ings i n the chap ter
¢page 207.
184
(D Note
Always fo llow the information found in¢(!) in
Wi -Fi hotspot on page 160.
@ Tips
- Read and follow the notes about Aud i con ­
nect before sta rting it¢
page 162.
-Th e Wi- Fi connec tion is reconf igure d when
inserting or removin g the Audi SI M card in
t h e SIM card reader . There may be a tempo ­
ra ry interr upt ion in audio playback, depend­
ing on the media player.
- In ve hicles w ithout A udi connect*, the use
of the Wi-Fi hotspot is on ly possible fo r the
Wi-Fi audio player*. A data co nnect ion to
t h e Internet cannot be established .
- Depending on the wireless media player,
network or media access may need to be ap­
proved on the device or a program may need
to be sta rted .
- Check fo r any connection requests on your
wi reless media player .
- To avoid interrupt io ns during playback, de­
act ivate the powe r sav ing funct ion on the
wi reless media player or connec t it to a
charger.
- The loading times for the audio data depend
on the media player used and the numbe r of
files that it contains .
- A max imum of 2,000 ent ries per directory
are d isp layed in the Infota inment disp lay.
- For more informat ion on Wi-Fi audio players
and supported dev ices, visi t
www.audiusa.com or cont act an a uth orized
Audi de aler or author ized Audi Service Fa ­
ci lity.

C) C0 ....
"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Audi music interface
Introduction
Applies to: ve hicles with Audi music interface
You can connect a portable device (such as an
MP3 player) to the Audi music interface using a
special adapter cable* and operate the device through the MMI.
.,-.,.
F ig. 1 96 Adapter cables
® iPod adapter cable* /iPod adapter cab le plus*
® 3.5-mm stereo jack adapter c able*
© Mini USB adapte r cab le*
@ Micro USB adapter cab le*
© USB adapter cable *
® AV adapter cable*
@ Adapter cable for App le dev ices w ith Lightning
connector*
You can p urchase the adapter cable from an au­
thor ized Audi or at specialty stores.
(D Note
- Han dle the adapter cab le carefully . Do not
a llow it to be pinched.
- Ext reme ly h igh or l ow temperatures that
can occ ur inside vehicles can damage porta­
ble devices or affect their performance .
Never leave a portable audio dev ice in the
vehicle in extremely high or low tempera­
tures .
(D Tips
Be sure to pay attent io n to a ny messages on
your cell p ho ne when connect ing it w it h the
USB / Mini USB / Micro USB a dapte r cable. In
Media drives and connections
some c ases, i t may not be possi ble to access
the au dio files on your cell phone.
Setup
Applies to : vehicles wi th Audi music interface
The Au di music interfa ce is located inside the
center armrest.
Fig. 19 7 Connecti ng t he po rtab le dev ice
Requireme nt: T he center a rmrest is fo lded open .
-Connecting the adapter cable: connect the
adapte r cable* @¢
fig. 197 to the port on the
Aud i mus ic interface
(D and then co nnect it to
the portable audio device ® (such as an iPod) .
-Disconnecting the adapter cable from the
Audi music interface :
disconnect the connector
from t he Aud i mus ic interface wh ile press ing
th e re lease tab @.
-Disconnecting the iPod adapter cable (plus)*
from the iPod :
disconnect the iPod connec tor
from the iPod while p ressing the release tabs
@ .
The media are started and operated through the
p ort able device or the MMI, depending on the de­
vice being used
¢page 189.
Q) Note
Remove t he c onnector fro m the Aud i music
i nterface carefully so it is not damaged.
@ Tips
- Do not use USB extension cab les or adapt ­
ers. T hey may impa ir the fu nctionality .
- Functionality is not guaranteed for portable
devices that do not meet the USB 2.0 s peci­
fication .
- USB hubs are not suppo rted.
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Media drive s and conn ections
- 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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0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' Media drives and conn ections
Audio files Video files
C hara cter is·
up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 up to max-
tics kHz sampling frequencies imum
2,000
kbit/s and
720
X 576
px. at max- ,mum
25fps
Number o f DVD drive: max. 5,000 files per directory and max. 1,000 files per playlist
files Jukebox: max. 3,000 files can be imported
USB storag e de vice* and SD ca ,rd s: max. 5,000 files per directory and max .1,000
files per p laylist
DVD changer
The DVD cha nger supports the fo llowing file for­
mats:
Audio files Video files
Suppo rted me-
Audio CDs (up to 80 minutes); CD ROMs with a capacity up to 700 MB; DVD±R/RW;
di a Standard video DVDs and audio DVDs that are compatible with DVD video
File sys tem Joliet (single sess io n and m rult isession CDs; single session DVDs only); UDF
Metadata A lbum, track, artist, year, genre and WMA tags
commentaries for MP3-/WMA-/M4A up to 30 characters
f il es
Bitra tes 32 to 320 kb its/s and va riable bitrate and variable bits in samp ling freq uencies from
8 to 48 kHz
S tand ard ISO 9660 Level 1 and 2
Format MPEG-1/-
Windows M
PE G 2/4 ISO -MPEG4 DivX 3, 4 and 5
2 Layer-3 Media Audio
8
and 9
File extension .mp3 .wma; .asf .mp4; .m4 .asf .avi; .divx
a
Pla ylists .M3U; .PLS
Chara cteri stic s up to maxim um 320 kbi t/s and 48 up to maximum 2,000
kHz sampling frequencies kbit/s and 720 x 576
px.
Number of maximum 4,000 files per med ium and max imum 1,000 files per directory
file s
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Media drive s and conn ections
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Aud i music inte rface /Blueto oth
Refer to the information on the Audi music interface¢ page 185/
audio pla yer : the portab le aud io Bluetooth audio player*¢ page 183. You can learn about support-
device/Bluetooth aud io player is ed dev ices in the Audi database for mobile devices at
not supported.
www .aud i.com /b lue tooth .
Au di music interface :
When start- Adjust the volume of the portable device to approximate ly 70 per-
ing the p layback through the 3 .5 cent of the maximum output
( Input level )¢ page 190 .
mm stereo jack adapter cable*/AV
adapter cab le*, the volume is too
high.
Audi mu sic inte rface: the porta- F
or many ce ll phones or med ia p layers, playba ck is not possible
ble device is not recognized as a when the battery leve l is too low (less than 5% of its capacity).
source. The portable device will on
ly be recognized as a so urce in the MMI
after connecting if the battery charge is sufficient .
Audi music interface: malfunc- The Audio player function is switched On . Switch th is function Off
t ions du ring audio playback when yo u are not using the Bluetooth aud io player*.
through an iPod/ iPhone.
Aud i music in te rface: there is The Audi music interface source is already selected when connect-
static when connecting or discon- ing or disconnecting . Either mute the portable device or sw itch to
nect ing t he 3 .5 mm stereo jack*/ a nother audio source (such as the rad io
¢ page 177) before con-
AV adapter cable* or when con- necting or disconnecting the po rtable devi ce.
nect ing o r disconnect ing the port-
able device to the 3 .5 mm stereo
jack */AVadapter cable *.
Bluetooth audio pla yer: audio Only one interface should be act ively used at a time to ensure
playback inte rference . problem-free playback .
Jukebox: songs on the imported When importing
playlists, a ll of the files themselves must be im-
playlist are grayed out. ported.
Wi-Fi audio pla yer*: the audio/ To avoid in terruptions d uring aud io/video playback, deactivate the
video playback is inter rupted. power saving function o n the Wi -Fi med ia p layer* or connec t it to
a charger.
Wi-Fi hotspot *: your Wi-Fi device Make sure the network optim izat io n functions are sw itched off in
is d isconnected from the W i-F i the Wi-Fi settings or in the network settings for your W i-F i dev ice.
hotspot . For addit ional info rmation refer to the user guide for your Wi-Fi
dev ice.
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C)
Playing media
Accessing media
You can start and operat e various media drives
through the fv1fv1I control panel.
Fig. 198 Possible audio/v ideo sources
Fig. 199 Possible audio/v ideo sources
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files.
~ Select : I MEDIAi button .
The source overview or the last file that was play­
ing is displayed after selecting Media.
-Selecting a source: press the Source control
button . Select and confirm a source from the
list .
-Playing audio/video files : select and confirm a
folder, song or chapter. The content of the
folder is displayed or a track or chapter is
played .
-Moving one level up in the folder structure :
press the I BACK I button. Or: select and confirm
Folder up.
~ -Moving to the highest level in the folder struc-
~ ture: press the I MEDIAi button .
...... 0
~ Possible sources are:
Playing media
(D Jukebox ¢page 182
@ SD card reader ¢page 181
@ DVD drive c!:>page 181
© DVD changer* c!:>page 182
® Audi music interface* (for example, an iPod,
USB or an external audio/video input*)
c!:> page 185
® Bluetooth audio player* c!:> page 183
(!) Wi-Fi audio player* ¢ page 184
(!) Tips
-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.
- Video playback through an iPod/iPhone
does not continue after stopping and start­
ing the vehicle .
- You can scroll through long lists of folders
or tracks quickly by turning the control knob
quickly . The scrolling speed depends on the
number of folders or tracks.
- When synchronizing a portable device with
"Cloud" services, playlists may display incor­
rectly in the MMI. Use the media center in
the device.
- Some DVDs do not allow selections to be
made during playback, for example select­
ing an audio track, subtitles or a track or
chapter.
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Playing media
Media functions
Fig . 2 00 Jukebox main functions
F ig. 201 DVD ma in f unctions
,.. Se lect: the I MEDIAi bu tton> Fun ctions contro l
button.
The fo llow ing funct ions can be selected in the
d isp lay, depending on wh ich so urce is se lected:
(D Album browser
All available album covers are displayed. Select
and confi rm an album cover from the overv iew.
Or : select a nd confirm the Album browser in t he
upper level of the
Jukebox . The fi rst track in the
selec ted album is played.
@ Previous /next track or chapter
The previous I~ or next ...,, track or chapter plays.
If you select
I~ and confirm within the first ten
seconds of playback, the prev ious t rack will p lay.
I f you press it after app roximate ly ten seconds,
the current track w ill begin playi ng aga in from
the beginning.
Or : press the arrow keys on t he
MMI control panel
(lt>I).
@ Fast forward /rewind
P ress and hold the contro l knob to rew ind ~ or
fast forward .,...,.. an audio/video file.
Or: press and
190
ho ld the arrow keys on the MM I control panel
(lt>I).
@ Pause
The mute symbol@ c::>page 138, fig. 159 ap­
pears in the status line in the I nfota inment dis­
play . To res ume playb ack, se lect and co nfirm
I I
( pause) again. Or : press the On/Off knob briefly.
@Track info
Stored info rmation (such as art ist, alb um, t rack
o r genre) is displayed w ith the c urrent track .
@ DVD main menu
Requirement: A video DVD must be play ing and
the ve hicle m ust be stopped .
Se lect and confirm a menu item.
Or : use the DVD
main menu with the MMI touch control panel*.
0 Full screen
Requirement: a v ideo m ust be playing while the
vehicle is stat iona ry.
The video im age enla rges to fill the e ntire Info ­
ta inme nt display. P ress t he
I BACKI but to n or any
contro l bu tton to sw itch the full screen d isp lay
off.
@ Information window
Va rious informa tion about the current t rack
(s uch a s the embed ded a lb um cove r*), the play­
i ng t ime and remaini ng p lay ing time may be dis­
played, depe nding on ava ilability .
(D Tips
Fo r o ptim um use of the album brow ser, only
i mpor t audio/v ideo files w it h embedde d al­
bu m covers up to 8O Ox8OO px i nto the Juke ­
box.
Other settings
Requireme nt: a source m ust be selecte d.
,.. Sele ct: the
I M EDIAi button> Settings cont rol
bu tton.
The following sett ings can be selected, depend·
i ng on the act ive source and the storage med ium: .,..