2017 AUDI A8 navigation system

Rear Seat Entertainment
Restarting the RSE
(reset)
Applies to: ve hicles w ith Rear Seat Ente rta inment
F ig. 207 Button combination to restart th e system
... Press and hold the control knob (D , the upper
right control button @and the
righ t!MENUI
button ® c:::> fig. 207 at the same time for a
brief moment and then release the buttons .
@ Tips
The MMI and RSE use some components at
the same time. Because of this, Audi recom­
mends restarting both systems.
Display settings
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Enterta inment
... Se lect: I MENU I button > Display control button.
Turning off the display
The display switches off.
The active aud io/video source does not pause
when yo u switch the RSE display off . You can still
change the stat ion or track for the selected au­
dio/video source using the arrow buttons.
Switching display on
Press any button on the MMI control panel.
Display brightness
You can adjust the display brightness by turning
the control knob .
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Parental control
Applies to: ve hicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
Selected RSE functions can be restricted or deac­
tivated in the MMI.
... Select: I MEN u I fu nction button > Setup MMI
control button > Rear Seat Entertainment.
System
When the function is switched On, the RSE is en­
abled for use. When the function is switched
Off,
the RSE is switched off and the RSE control panel
i s locked.
Vehicle speakers
Audio output
through the vehicle speakers in the
rear can be set to
Vehicle speakers or Head­
phones only.
Operation
You can set whether all of the RSE functions (All)
or the Volume only can be adjusted through the
RSE.
Navigation destinations*
You can Apply the navigation destination auto­
matically for active route guidance in the MMI or
Confirm the navigation dest ination before trans­
ferring to the MMI.
Other settings
App lies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Enterta inment
.,. Select: the I MENU I button> Setup RSE control
button.
Factory default settings
You can reset the following functions to the fac­
tory default settings:
- Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
-Jukebox
- Navigation settings*
You can select the desired functions individually
or all at once with the option
Select all entries.
Select and confirm Yes . .,,.

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' ® Searching for a destination online l)
The route is calculated based on various route cri­
teria. To set the criteria, you must first plan a
destination and then display the route in the RSE
display using the
Display route function. When
you transfer a planned destination to the MMI
using the
Send destination to the driver func ­
tion, the cr iteria are transferred automat ically.
A planned destination is shown in the RSE display
in white and active route guidance is marked in
blue.
Displaying a route
The planned destination and the distance to the
destination/arrival time are displayed on the
map. The route is calculated based on the current
vehicle location and can be updated.
To display active route guidance on the map, se­
lect the
Destination control button > Exit route
display.
Send destination to the driver
To start route guidance for a planned route, the
destination must be transferred to the MMI. If
the
Destinations are set to Confirm in the Setup
MMI menu q page 196, the destination must be
confirmed before transferring to the MMI.
(i) Tips
-The display of navigation functions is
synchronized to both RSE displays.
- Refer to the notes in the chapter
About
Audi connect
q page 162.
- The content, scope and providers of offered
Audi connect services may vary.
- The navigation functions match those in the
MMI to a large extent. For more informa­
tion, refer to
q page 165.
- The functions for the online Street View
9page 159 can also be used in the RSE
while driving.
- If
On request is selected for the data con­
nection in the
Data connection menu
qpage 161, receiving data packets, such as
l) Applies to veh icles w ith A udi connect
Rear Seat Entertainment
weather information, must be confirmed in
the MMI.
Accessing traffic information
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment and naviga·
tion system
.. Select: the I MENU I button > Info.
- Opening a detailed view of traffic information :
select and confirm the traffic information from
the list.
-Opening the next traffic report: select and
confirm
Show next report .
(D Tips
For more information on accessing traffic in·
formation, refer to
9 page 175.
Accessing Audi connect services
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment, navigation
system and Audi connect
Requirement: the requirements for Audi connect
services must be met
9page 157.
.. Select: the I MENU I button > Audi connect > the
desired Audi connect service .
-For example, display weather information : se­
lect and confirm
Weather. Se lect and confirm
the desired search area:
In immediate vicinity/
In vicinity of destination or stopover or In new
city .
Enter a location and confirm the input
with
OK.
(D Tips
- Refer to the notes in the chapter About
Audi connect
q page 162.
- Additional information about accessing Audi
connect services can be found under
9page 157.
Entertainment systems
Listening to the radio
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Enterta inment
.. Select: the I RADIO I button.
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sound distribu tion)/ Driver (sound dist ribution
aime d toward th e driver) or
All /Front /Rear .
- Surround level* :
you can adjust the vo lume of
t h e sur round effect by tu rning the contro l
kno b.
-AudioPilot (dynamic road noise compensa­
tion)* :
select and confirm Active /Inactive.
When the funct io n is act ive, the vo lume is a uto ­
matically ad justed depending on the leve l of
noise ins ide the ve hicle.
- Sound focus* (adjusting the sound distribu­
tion ):
select and conf irm All (symmet rical
sou nd
di stribution)/ Movie (optimal so und dis­
t ribution fo r playing a
movie)/ Front/Rear .
- Volume balancing *:
the dynam ic road noise
compensation can be ad justed by t urni ng the
co ntro l knob .
@Subwoofer* I@ Bass/ © Treble
You can a djust the Subwoofer *, Bass and Treble
settings by turning the cont ro l knob. The
changed settings only apply fo r the aud io source
that is active a t the t ime . Th is allows you to ad­
just t he sound se tt in gs for eac h aud io source sep­
a ra tely .
® Balance/Fader (sound focus)
- Adjusting the sound distribution using the
MMI touch :
move your finger on the MMI touch
contro l pane l in the desir ed di rect io n.
Adjusting the system
volume
.,. Se le ct: th e IMENU J butto n> Tone.
Navigation* control button
Voice guidance volume /Entertainment volume :
volume of navigation prompts du ring act ive
ro ute gui dance. Music vol ume dur ing navigation
p romp ts m eans tha t the vol ume o f aud io p lay­
b ack is tem porar ily lowe red w hen the p arking
s ys tem or vo ice g uidan ce is active .
Voice guidance : refer to q pag e 174 .
0 !:! Voice guidance on during call : see c>page 174 .
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N ...... 0 0 :c ' System settings
Telephone* control button
Ring tone volume /Call volume :
you ca n adjust
t h e se lec ted ring tone vo lume o r cal l vo lume by
tu rnin g the cont ro l knob. The
Call volume can
o nl y be adj usted during a ca ll.
Systems control button
Voice recognition volume. :
you c an adju st the
vo lu m e of the an noun cemen ts by turni ng the
contro l kno b.
MMI touch volume *: the vo lume of the MMI
touch pr om pts ca n be adju sted by tu rn ing the
c on tro l k n ob .
Other settings
.,. Sele ct: the I M ENU I butto n > Setup MMI co ntr ol
bu tton.
Language
The language ca n be changed fo r the Info tain ­
me nt display, t he d river info rmation sys tem dis­
play , voice guida nce* and t he voice re cogn ition
syste m*.
En glish, French an d Spanish are ava ila ble .
Measurement units
The following meas urement u nits can be set in
t h e Infotainment disp lay and d river info rmat ion
system.
- Speed (mph o r km/ h)
- Distance (miles o r kilomete rs)
- Temperature (°Fo r 0
( )
-Fuel consumption (L/1 00k m, mpg ( US) , m pg
(U K) or km/l)
- Volume (lite rs , ga llons ( UK) o r gallons (US))
Voice recognition
Applies to : vehicles wit h voice recog nitio n system
Command display : the display of possible com­
mands during vo ice input can be switched
On or
Off .
Short dialogue : prompts in a shorte r fo rmat can
be switched
On o r Off .
Input signal :
the beep inp ut sig na l during a dia -
l og can be switched
On or Off. .,.
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System settings
Voice recognition volume: you ca n adjust the vol ­
ume of the announcements by t urning the con­
trol knob.
Individual speech training (onl y when the ve hi­
cle is s tat io nary): yo u ca n ada pt the voice recog ­
n ition system to yo ur voice or pro nunciat io n in
or der to im prove the system's ability to reco gnize
your speech. Individua l train ing is comprised of
40 speech e ntries that cons ist of commands and
sequences of numbers . Yo u can delete t he p ro ­
g ra m med voice tra ining using
Reset speech
training .
Delete all name tags :
all of the name tags that
you have stored (spoke n na mes) a re deleted .
Display brightness
You can a djust the Infotainment display bright­
ness by t urning the co ntro l knob .
Factory settings
Yo u can r ese t t he followi ng func tion s to t he fa c­
t ory defa ult settin gs:
- Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
- Jukebox
- Directory*
- Telephone *
- Bluetooth *
- Navigation settings*
- Navigation and online memory *
- Voice recognition system
You can se lect the des ired functions individua lly
or all at once with the
Select all entries option.
Select an d confirm
Restore factory default set ­
tings .
If you reset the Jukebox to facto ry setti ngs, all of
the music/video files are deleted and the
Media
settings
are reset.
System update
T he MMI softwa re, s uch a s the navig ation d ata*,
ca n be updated by DV D, USB or S D card usin g t he
system update feature .
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Fo r more info rmation abou t the System update ,
visit www.audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact an
a uth orize d Aud i dea le r or authorized Aud i Serv ice
Facility.
Data encryption
Yo u can prote ct your pe rsonal dat a, su ch as con ­
tac ts in the dire ctory, destina tions in navigation*
and name tags with a persona l passwor d. If the
u nit is rep lace d, you can on ly t ransfe r yo ur per­
sona l data to t he new MMI unit using your pass­
w ord . T he default passwo rd "M MI3G" is valid un ­
ti l yo u assig n a perso nal passwo rd .
Version information
Info rmation on the software ve rsion of the MMI
and t he nav igation database * is displayed.

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 126
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Em ergency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergency locking the front passenger 's door .3.2
Emergency operation
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilt ing sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency release
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
En ergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Engine
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Engine compartment ......... .. .. .... . 271
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Changing 274
277
Specification and viscosity...... .. .... . 274
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 169
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 172
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering numbers/symbols (speller) ..... . 137
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment
Catalytic converter . ... .. .... .. .. .. ...
271
Envi ronmenta Uy-friendly/ economical driv-
ing ...... ... ............. ...... ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 277
Unleaded f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . 178
Index
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface
................
RSE ...... .. .. .. .. ............... ..
Fader (sound)
Fastening Booster seats
.. .. .. ... ........... ...
Convertib le child safety seats ...... .. . .
Infant seats
... .. .. ............... ..
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file)
......... ' . .. .. ................ .
206
196
205
256
255
254
190
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 190
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 172
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Floor mats.. .... .. .................. . 212
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Free text search
T elephone. .... ................... ..
151
Freeze protection
Coo lant add itive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 219
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 227
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Current economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Gasoline additives 268
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Saving fuel .... .. ................ 74, 110
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0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Selective wheel torque control 126
R
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent mode (windshield w ipers) . . . SO
Range (tank level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems ..... .. .. . 115, 116
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Refrigerator Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Reporting Safety Defects ......... .. 214,215
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reset (restart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Residual heat (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Restart (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Index
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rims ...... .... .. .. ............... .. 298
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Road noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Route
refer to Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Route plan Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Storing 169
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety belts . .... .. ............... 218,221
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
for using child safety seats ............ 251
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 238
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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