2017 AUDI A8 service

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' vehicle speed, direct ion, or braking, as well as re­
straint system use and performance in the event
of a crash. Stored data can also only be read and
downloaded with special equipment that is di­
rect ly connected to the vehicle.
Your veh icle may be equipped with Audi con­
nect. Your use of ce rtain Audi connect fea­
tures requires w ireless services that are pro­
vided by a third party wire less telecommuni­
cations provider. For deta ils regard ing how in­
formation obta ined th rough Audi conne ct is
co llected, processed, t ransmitted, used, and
sh ared, please see your con tra ct wi th the
w ireless te lecommunications p rovi der and the
"About Aud i connect" tab in your vehicle's
M MI:
!ME NUI button> Aud i connect > About
Audi connect .
Intelligent Technology
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Correcting the phone number that
was entered
Displaying call lists
Calling the last number dialed
List ening to messages
(D Tips
Voice recognition system
Say :
Delete number
I Correction
Dialed numbers
I Received calls I Missed calls
Redial
Call voice mail
- Name tags can only be stored using the
voi ce recogni tion system.
- You can assign up to SO additional name
tags for address cards. - Name
tags can only be deleted using the
MMI control panel.
Navigation
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and navigation system
Requirement: the Navigation menu must be
open
~ page 165.
You can say the following commands to enter a
dest ination:
Function Say:
Open navigat ion list Last destinations I Favorites
Selecting the home address Home address
Entering a destination Enter address > the name of the city, the street and the house
number,
for examp le "Los Ange les, Main Street ."
Individual commands for entering a
Country I City I Street I Street in vicinity I House number I
destination Downtown
Making a correction while entering a Correction
destination
Navigating to a contact
Navigate to (XV), for example Navigate to John Smith
Navigating to a specific address Navigate to (XV) business address I private address,
for a contact such as Naviigate to John Smith business address
Sta rt ing route guidance with an ad-Navigate I Navigate to private address I Navigate to business
dress card open address
Starting route guidance after Start route guidance
entering a destination
C anceling current route gu idance
Cancel route guidance
The following points of inte res t can Next Audi Dealer I Next ATM I Next gas station I Next diesel
be fuel station I Next parking lot I Next restaurant I Next accom-
entered directly as a destination modation I Next hospital I Next police station I Next coffee
shop
Changing the search area for point Point of interest > the desired search area when prompted>
of interest Top categories I Immediate vicinity I Along the route I In vicin-
entry ity of destination I In vicinity of stopover I In new city I Na-
tionwide
Entering a destination in the select -Point of interest > Audi Service I Train station I Airport I Hotel
ed search area I Hospital I Parking I Rest area I Restaurant I Gas station
with guidance from the system
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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Connecting a ce ll phone
• Select the ITEL I button > Sea rc h for new cell
phone
¢ fig . 161 . The avai lab le Bluetooth devi ­
ces are shown in the Infotainment system dis­
play.
Or : search for the MMI using the B lue­
tooth device search on your cell phone.
• Select and confirm the desired cell phone from
the list of displayed Bluetooth devices.
.. Select and confirm
Hand sfre e. The MMI gener­
ates a PIN for the connection setup¢
fig. 161 .
• Se lect and confirm Y es.
• Ente r th e PI N for connecting on your ce ll
phone.
Or : if the P IN is already d isp layed on
your ce ll phone, confirm it in the cell phone and
in the MMI. The time a llowed for entering the
PIN is limited to approximately 30 seconds .
P ay at ten tion to any additional system prompts
displayed on your cell phone, for example if the
system should connect automatically in the fu­
ture . Depending on the cell phone, you may have
to conf irm download ing the directory separately.
After connec ting successfull y
After connecting successfully, the s ignal strength
symbo l® ¢
page 138, fig. 159 and the Blue­
tooth symbo l@ appear i n the status line of the
Infotainment disp lay. In addition, the cell phone
contacts are automatically loaded in the MMI di­ rectory. This process can take several minutes,
depend ing on the number of contacts.
If all of the memory capacity is fi lled, you will be
asked to replace the contacts from one cell phone when connect ing another cell phone. With
the opt ion
Restri cted use of t ele ph one , only con­
tacts in the cell phone and the local MMI memory
are available ¢
page 150.
0 Note
Always follow the informat ion found in ¢ (Din
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 160.
(D Tips
- You only have to pair your dev ice one t ime.
Bluetooth dev ices that a re already pa ired
a utomat ically connect to the MMI whe n
t h ey are within range and t he ignit ion is
swi tched on.
Teleph one
- Authoriz ing the MMI connection in your cell
phone wi ll speed up the a utomatic connec­
tion .
- Several cell phones can be paired to the
MMI, but only one cell phone can be actively
connected.
- A B luetooth device that is already paired
with the MMI will be d isconnected if anoth­
er device is paired .
- When leaving the veh icle, the Bluetooth
connect ion to the cell phone will automati­
cally disconnect .
- You can obtain more information from your
cell phone service provider or from yo ur cell
phone user gu ide. For informat ion on us ing
the te lephone , visit
www .aud iusa .com /
bluetooth
or contact your authorized Audi
dea ler or authorized Audi Se rvice Facility .
Opening the telephone
Applies to: vehicles wit h telepho ne
Fig . 163 Telephone functions
Requirement: a ce ll phone must be connected to
the MMI
¢page 146.
.. Select the ITE LI button.
T he last ac tive te lephone menu is s hown in the
Infotainment display . Press the
ITEL ! button in
the
Telephone menu again to access the tele­
phone functions .
T he following telephone functions are available
¢ fig. 163:
@ List of received calls .......... .
@ List of missed ca lls .. ... ...... .
@ List of d ialed numbers . .... ... .
@ Directory .... .. .. .. ..... ..... .
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148
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Telephone
® Enter number ................ .
@ Assigning a voicemail number or
calling voicemail .... ....... .. .
Dialing a telephone
number
From the directory
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
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155
You can select a phone number directly from the
directory
c> page 150.
From a list
App lies to: vehicles with telephone
Fig. 164 Dialing a phone number from a list
Requirement: a phone number must be stored in
the call lists.
.. Select the
ITEL I button.
Received calls/ Missed calls/ Dialed
numbers
- Dialing a phone number:
select and confirm
the desired phone number from the call list.
Select and confirm
Call.
Dial control button
- Dialing a phone number:
select and confirm
the desired phone number from the
Dialed
numbers
list. Select and confirm Call.
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Using the speller
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Fig. 165 Entering phone numbers using the number spell·
er
Fig. 166 E nter ing phone numbers using the letter speller
.,. Select: the ITE LI button > Enter number.
- Entering a phone number as a sequence of
numbers :
enter the number using the number
speller~
fig. 165.
- Entering a phone number using a sequence of
letters :
press the A·Z contro l button . Enter a
sequence of letters using the letter speller, for
example
AUDISERVICE c> fig. 166.
- Dialing a phone number : select and confirm
OK. Or : press the Dial control button. The ac­
tive audio source is muted when making a call.
- Deleting individual characters: select and con ­
firm +.
-Deleting all characters entered at once: turn
the speller to+ and press and hold the control
knob.
Tone sequences
(DTMF ) can be entered directly
into the speller during a phone call.

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- Selecting a contact :
select and confir m a con­
t a ct from the direc tory. The address card is dis­
played.
Contacts a re d isplayed in alphabetical order and
can be so rted according to fi rst or last name
¢
page 156 and are ident ified w ith a symbol to
tell the location where they are s tored
¢ fig. 17 0:
(D Private MMI directory: these co ntacts a re on­
l y vis ible whe n the ce ll phone i s conn ected.
You can pair up to four different cell phones w ith
the M MI and ma nage up to fo ur private directo­
ries.
@ Public MMI directory : these contacts are visi­
b le to all users and can be used by all users re ­
g ar dless of the cell phone that is connec ted .
No cell phone connected : each new contact will
be stored in the p ublic d irectory
¢ page 153.
Cell phone connected : to store a contact in the
p ublic directory so that all users can access it, the
contact must be marked as a
Publ ic contact
¢page 152.
@ Cell phone : th ese contacts are stored in the
cell phone and are only v is ib le when the cor re ­
spond ing ce ll phone is connected.
I f all of the memory capacity is fi lled, you will be
asked to replace the contacts from one cell phone when connect ing another cell phone. With
the opt ion
Rest ricted use of telephone , only con­
tacts in the ce ll phone and the local MMI memory
(pu blic) are ava ilable .
The directory can be opened through the
Tele·
phone *
menu as well as th rough the Navigation *
menu.
{!) Tips
-Check for a possible request to synchron ize
on your cell p hone. Requests to synchronize
the di recto ry must be confirmed so that
you r ce ll phone contacts can be loaded into
t he MM I.
- The contact display in the M MI depe nds on
the cell p hone us ed. For more informa tion
Telephone
on the supported cell phones, v is it
www .audiusa.com/bluetooth or contact an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Au di
Service Facility.
- The contacts from the cell p hone may not
be t ransfe rred in a lphabetical order. If there
are too many entries, contacts with differ­
ent first letters may be miss ing in the MMI.
- The p ublic contacts in the local MMI memo­
ry are a lways v is ible and can be accessed by
ot her users.
Searching for a contact
App lies to : vehicles wit h telepho ne
~ Select: the ITEL I button> Directory .
-Select an d confirm Find contact . Enter the
name.
Or : select and conf irm the contact using
the
List .
Both the fi rst and last names are sea rched.
(D Tips
- Y ou c an s croll thro ugh lo ng lis ts qui ckly by
tu rni ng the cont rol knob qui ckly .
- Y ou can go dire ctly to th e fir st le tt er o f the
con tact you are se ar ching for by en tering
t he first letter on the MMI tou ch control
pad * using your finger¢
page 136 . Enterin g
add itiona l lette rs narrows down the list of
found contacts .
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Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
With Audi connect services, on line information is
transmitted and integrated direct ly in the vehi­
cle.
A mob ile end dev ice can be used to access the In­
ternet through a Wi- Fi hotspot, either when the
vehicle is stationary or from the rear seat when
the vehicle is in motion.
A sepa rate S IM c ard prov ided by Aud i connect is
used to access Audi connect services .
A WARNING
-
-To reduce the risk of an accident, on ly use
Audi connect services when road and traffic condit ions perm it. Read and follow the
guidelines provided in
¢ page 134.
- Use the Audi connect serv ices w ith a Wi-Fi
hotspot only in the rear seat when the veh i­
cle is in mot ion or only when the vehicle is
stationary to reduce the risk of an accident.
(D Note
Aud i connect is designed for use only with the
prov ided Audi SIM card. Aud i AG is not liable
for the consequences of using other SIM
cards .
@ Tips
Read and follow the notes about Aud i con­
nect
before start ing it ¢page 162 .
Setup
Requirements for Audi connect
An Internet connection is req uired to use Audi
connect. The following requ irements must be
m et to establish a connection:
- You m ust be in an area tha t is covered by yo ur
provider .
- You r A udi S IM card m ust be inserted in the
MM I SIM card reader ¢page
157 .
Audi c onn ect
- A data connection must be configured for Audi
connect services ¢ page
161.
Using the SIM card reader
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Fig . 1 7S Inser ting the A udi SIM ca rd, actual s ize of the
A ud i SIM card
Requirem ents
T he veh icle must be stationary and the ign ition
must be switched on.
Inserting th e Audi SIM card
.,. Slide the Audi SIM card into the card reader
slot w ith the label fac ing up (contact surface
facing down) <::;>
fig. 175 . The angled corner of
the Audi SIM card must be at the left front cor­ ne r. Then push the A udi S IM ca rd into the slot
until it cl icks into place .
.,. To conne ct to the Inte rnet a utoma tica lly in the
future, select and then confirm
Ye s.
.,. To establish a data connection for Audi con ­
nect, confirm the message that appears wit h
Yes.
Afte r connecting successfully
After connect ing s uccessfully , the signa l st rength
is indicated in the In fotainment display status ..,.
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Audi connect
line with one or two symbols, depending on the
connection type@/(J)
~ page 138 , fig. 159 .
You can now use Aud i connec t.
"' Se lect : the
IMENU I button> Audi connect .
"'Confirm the prompt ask ing to co nnect to the
Interne t with
Yes .
Removing the Audi SIM card
"' Press on the Audi SIM card b rief ly . The card is
released from the slot . Remove the Aud i SIM
ca rd .
A WARNING
The c ard reade r mus t always be closed while
dr iv ing for safety re aso ns.
(D Note
- A udi connect is des igned for use on ly w ith
th e prov ided Audi SIM card . Au di AG is not
li a ble for the co nsequences of usi ng other
SI M ca rd s.
- If a SIM card of a different size is inserte d in
the S IM card re ad er ins tead of an Aud i SI M
c ar d, do not under any circums ta nc es re­
move th is card yourse lf due to the r isk of
damag ing the SIM ca rd rea der. Contact yo ur
a uthorized Audi dea ler or authorized Audi
Service Fac ility.
@ Tips
To use your ce ll phone, yo u can co nnect your
it thro ugh the
Handsfree Bluetooth prof ile
~ page 146.
-Audi does not provide support for other SIM
ca rds .
-A udi recommends us ing o nly the provided
A udi S IM card .
- You can s pec ify when the MMI con nects to
the Internet ~
page 161. The Internet con­
nection disconnects automatically once the
requested Audi connect service no longer re­
q uires any data packets.
- The data connection for Audi connect serv­
i ces is preconfig ured at the factory. You can
change t he data connection at any t ime if
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yo u need to adjust the configura tion
~ page 161.
Operating the browser
Applies to: vehicles wit h Audi connect
Fig. 176 Disp lay of Audi con nect serv ices
Fig. 1 77 Disp lay of additio n al info rm atio n about a ttrac ·
tions or po ints of in terest
The browser can be used in various ways.
- Display of A udi connect services~
page 159
-Display of addi tional i nformatio n about a ttrac-
tions or points of i nte rest
The following func tions a re available w ith in the
brow se r ~
fig . 176:
(D Open ing the home page
@ Open ing or clos ing t he s ide menu
@ Zooming in on browser content (50-200%)
@ Stopping the page from loading
® Refreshing the curre nt browser content
@ Open ing the main menu
(J) C lo sin g the browser
@ Open ing the Destination details menu
® Prev ious point of interest or a ttract ion
@ Nex t point o f interest or attraction

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' You can return to the previous page using the
I BACK! button.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, only use
Audi connect services when road and traffic conditions permit.
(D Tips
Some functions are only avai lable when the
vehicle is stationary.
Overview of Audi
connect services
Basic functions
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
.,. Se lect : the I MENU ! button > Audi connect > the
desired Audi connect service.
Depending on the selected Audi connect service,
you may need to set a search area first:
Setting the search area
- Immediate vicinity:
the desired information for
the area around your current location is dis­
played .
-In vicinity of destination or stopover: if you
have entered a navigat ion destination, you can
display the desired information for the area
around the destination.
- In new city: you can ente r any city for which
you wou ld like to receive the desired informa­
tion using the MMI touch or the speller ¢ page
137.
Travel information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Information on attractions and travel tips in the
selected search area.
.,. Select and confirm an attraction to display the
details.
Audi connect
Parking information
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Information on parking locations and fees in the
selected search area.
Fuel prices
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Info rmation on gas stations with the lowest fuel
prices for your vehicle in the selected search area .
Weather
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
Information on current weather conditions as
well as weather forecasts for the selected search area (for example, at the
Destination ).
City events
Applies to : vehicles with Audi connect
Information on events in various categories in
the desired search area .
.,. Select and confirm a category, such as
Sports .
.,. Select and confirm an event to display the de-
tails.
Messages
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
View the most current headlines in the MMI.
.,. Select and confirm a headline.
Audi connect services in navigation
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
The following Audi connect services are currently
available:
- Navigation with the
online map service and on­
line Street View
¢page 171
-Point of interest search (POI) with voice oper·
ation
(for example restaurants): plan route
guidance using the MMI control panel and the
voice recognition system
¢ page 143 and desti­
nation setup in your MMI using your
myAudi
account ¢
page 167. .,..
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