Rear Seat Entertainment
Labeling the wireless headphones
-Attach the supplied label CD or@ c::> fig. 209 on
the inside of the left/right wire less head
phones.
La beling the w ireless headphones:
CD Wireless headphones label (paired with the
left RSE display)
@ Wireless headphones label (paired with the
right RSE display)
Switching wireless headphones on/off
- Switching on:
to switch the wire less head
phones on, press the On/Off button
CD
9 fig. 208 on the right earpiece (R) for approxi
mately
3 seconds and release it once the LED
@ starts blinking . The light @will blink s lowly
once the connection to the wireless head phones has been established.
- Switching off : to switch the wireless head
phones off, press and hold the On/Off button
CD until the LED @turns off.
The wireless headphones switch off automatical ly about five minutes after the RSE switches off.
Disconnect wireless headphones
You can delete the pairing between the wireless
headphones and the RSE if yo u need to switch
out the headphones o r change the pairing .
- Select:
I M ENU I button> Setup RSE control but
ton
> Headphones > Delete wireless head
phones.
A WARNING
- For safety reasons, as the driver, only use
the headphones when the vehicle is station
ary to reduce the r isk of a crash .
- When driving, store the headphones secure
ly so that they do not move around in the
vehicle interior when braking or in a crash.
- Maintain a moderate volume leve l when lis
tening to audio playback through the head
phones. Continuous exposure to extreme
volume levels may result in loss of hearing.
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-If the wire less headphones were already
paired, the connection to the headphones
will be reestablished after switching the
RSE on if the headphones are sw itched on.
- The RSE only supports wireless headphones
from your authorized Audi dealer.
- Audio/video output through the wire less
headphones stops during the pairing proc
ess.
- The pairing process must be done separate
ly for the left and right w ireless head
phones. The wireless headphones are as
signed to the left or right RSE display de
pend ing on the side of the RSE control unit
where you started the pairing process. The
pairing between the wireless headphones
and the lef t/r ight RSE display is ide ntifi ed
with a label.
- Volume that is too high or too low is auto
matically adjusted to a preset leve l when
the wireless headphones are connected.
Charging and changing the battery
Applies to: vehicles with Rear Seat Entertainment
If the light on the wireless headphones turns
red the batteries are low and need to be charg-
,
ed or replaced .
Fig. 210 Connec tion for the charg ing cable/battery com
partm ent
-Charging the battery : connect the charging ca
ble to the connection
CD c::> fig . 210 on the bot
tom side of the left earpiece (L) . Then connect
the charging cable to the cigarette lighter * /12
Volt socket* in the rear center console.
Or:
charge the battery for the wireless headphones .,.
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Audi music interface ¢
page 185.
-Ch angin g th e batt erie s: turn the cover @
¢ fig. 210 on the left earpiece (L) to the left/
right and change the batteries as labeled in the
battery compartment. Then attach the cover
back on to the left earpiece (L).
You can identify the charge status of the battery
¢
table on page 199 based on the blinking
speed
of the L ED in the charging cable connec
tion ©¢
fig. 210 .
Blinking fre- Charge status
quency
Blinking The batteries are charging.
Remains on The batteries are charged.
Blinking An error occurred while charg-
quickly ing .
..&, WARNING
-Do not use damaged rechargeable batteries.
T h is increases the r isk of an explos ion.
- T he headphones can become warm when
the batteries a re charg ing and increase the
risk of inj ury.
- Do not cha rge standard batteries with the
charg ing cable. This increases the risk of an
exp losion .
- Be careful when using the c igarette lighter.
Inattentive or unsupervised use of the c iga
ret te lighter can cause burns.
- T he cigarette lighter/sockets and any elec
trical accessories connected to them func
tion only when the ignition is switched on .
Using the cigarette lighter/sockets or elec
trical accessories incorrectly can lead to se rious injur ies or cause a f ire. To reduce the
risk of injuries, never leave children unat
tended in the vehicle with the vehicle key.
(D Note
- Do not charge the batteries in the wireless
headphones when the engine is not run
ning. This w ill dra in the vehicle battery.
- For wireless headphones, only use batteries
that are approved for that type of device,
for example NiMH batteries with a min i-
R ear S eat Ent ertainm ent
mum capacity of 550 mAh in AAA size that
are suitable for quick charging.
~ For the sa ke of the environment
Batter ies contain polluting substances. They
must be disposed of using methods that wi ll
not harm the environment. Do not dispose of
them in househo ld trash .
(D Tips
The charging time for the included rechargea
ble batteries is approximate ly three to four
hours and may increase by approximately 25
percent if the batteries are in use while charg
ing .
Headphones connected by cable
App lies to: vehicles wit h Rear Seat Enterta inmen t
The headphone connections ore located on the
RS£ control uni t.
Fig. 211 Conn ecting w ired headphones
"'I nsert th e headphone connecto r into the left or
r ight jack ©¢
fig. 211 on the RSE control pan
el.
The unit is equ ipped w ith 3.5 mm stereo jacks .
The w ireless headphones sw itch off automatical
ly about five minutes after the cable headphones
are connected .
(D Tips
Volume that is too high or too low is auto matically ad justed to a preset level when the
wired headphones are connected .
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Troubleshooting
Applies to: ve hicles with Rea r Seat E ntertainment
Problem Solution
RSE control panel :
the RSE will Check the parenta l control settings ¢ page 196 in the MMI.
not turn on.
Wirele ss headphone s: the connec- Sw itch the wireless he adphones off and ba ck on. When sw itching
t ion s ta tu s for the w ireless head-
them on, make sure to p ress and ho ld the On/Off button
(D
phones is inco rrec t ¢ table on ¢ page 197, fig . 208 on the right earpiece (R) for approximate ly
page 197 . 3 seconds and then re lease the button as soon as the lig ht @ be-
g ins b link ing
¢ page 197, fig. 208.
Wirele ss headphone s: th e left/ You can dete rm ine t he pa iring between t he wire less headphones
right w ireless headp hone s were and the left/ right RS E disp lay using the label on the ins ide of the
swit ched. left/right w ireless headpho nes ¢
page 197, fig. 209. Make s ure
you are only connecting the wi reless headphones that a re allocat -
ed to that RS E display.
Wirele ss headphones : no func- Chec k if the wire less headphones were paired in itia lly to the RSE
ti on.
¢ page 197.
Or: the batteries must be c ha rge d or repla ced¢ page 198.
Wi reless headphones : a connec-Switch the wireless headphones off and back on.
t io n could not be made.
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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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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.
Driving safety
• Sit properly in your seat and make sure that
your passengers do the same
c:> page 54, Seats
and storage.
• Fasten your safety belt and wear it properly . Al
so instruct your passengers to fasten their safe
ty belts properly
c:> page 218 .
What impairs driving safety?
Safe driving is directly related to the condition of
the vehicle, the driver as well as the driver 's abili
ty to concentrate on the road without being dis
tracted .
The driver is responsible for the safety of the ve
hicle and all of its occupants. If your ability to
drive is impaired, safety risks for everybody in the
vehicle increase and you also become a hazard to
everyone else on the road
c:> Li').. Therefore :
• Do not let yourself be distracted by passengers
or by using a cellular telephone .
• NEVER drive when your driving ability is im
paired (by medications, alcohol, drugs, etc.).
• Observe all traffic laws, rules of the road and
speed limits and plain common sense.
• ALWAYS adjust your speed to road, traffic and
weather conditions.
• Take frequent breaks on long trips. Do not drive
for more than two hours at a stretch.
• Do NOT drive when you are tired, under pres
sure or when you are stressed.
A WARNING
Impaired driving safety increases the risk of
ser ious personal injury and death whenever a
vehicle is being used.
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Correct passenger
seating positions
Proper seating position for the driver
The proper driver seating position is important
for safe, relaxed driving.
Fig. 218 Correct seating posit ion
For your own safety and to reduce the risk of in
jury in the event of an accident, we recommend
that you adjust the driver's seat to the following position:
• Adjust the driver's seat so that you can easily
push the pedals all the way to the floor while
keeping your knee(s) slightly bent
c:> .&_ .
• Adjust the angle of the seatback so that it is in
an upright position so that your back comes in
full contact with it when you drive.
• Adjust the steering wheel so that there is a d is
tance of at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the
steering wheel and your breast bone
r::!) fig. 218.
If not possible, see your authorized Audi deal
ership about adaptive equipment.
• Adjust the steering wheel so that the steering
wheel and airbag cover points at your chest and
not at your face.
• Grasp the top of the steering wheel with your
elbow(s) slightly bent.
• Adjust the head restraint so the upper edge is
as even as possible with the top of your head .
If
that is not possible, try to adjust the head re
straint so that it is as close to this position as
possible.
• Fasten and wear safety belts correctly
c:>poge 221.
• Always keep both feet in the footwell so that
you are in control of the vehicle at all t imes .
Airbag syste m
-Ne ver t ransport items on or in the area of
t h e fr ont passenger seat. Objects could
m ove into the area of the front airbags dur
ing brak ing or oth er sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious pe rsonal injury if the a irbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accessor ies or other
objects (such as cup holders, te lephone
brackets, large, heavy o r bulky objects) on
the doors, over or ne ar the area marked
"AIRBAG" on the steering wheel, instru
ment pane l, seat bac krests or between
t h ose areas and yourself. These objects
could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the airbags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenge r's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the area of the side airbag o r the front a ir
bag dur ing braking or in a s udden maneu
ver. Objects near the airbags can become
projectiles and cause in ju ry, particularly
when the sea t is re clin ed.
.8, WARNING
The f ine dust create d when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people w ith a
his tory of asthma or o ther breathing condi
tions .
- T o reduce the risk o f brea thing pro blems,
those w ith asthma or o ther respiratory con
ditions should get fresh air right away by
gett ing out of the vehicle o r opening w in
dows o r doors.
- If you are in a collision in which airbags de
ploy, wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eat ing.
- Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches.
- If the resid ue should get into your eyes,
flush them with water.
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Monitoring the
Advanced Airbag System
tli (USA models )/!{' (Canada model s)
Airbag monitoring indicator light
Two separate indicators monitor the function of
the Advanced Airbag System: the airbag moni
toring indicator light and the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light.
The Advanced A irbag System ( including the e lec
tronic control unit, sensor circuits and system
wiring) is monitored continuously to make sure
that it is functioning properly whenever the igni
tion is o n. Each time you sw itch on the ig nition,
the a irbag mo nitor ing indica to r light
II (U SA
models)/ fll (Canada models) w ill come o n for a
few seconds (se lf d iagnost ic s) .
The system must be inspected when the
indicator light
fl (USA models) /E,I (Canada
models) :
-does not come on when the igni tion is sw itched
on,
- does not go out a few se co nd s afte r you h ave
sw itched on the ignit ion, or
- comes on while driv ing.
If an airbag system malfunction is detected, the
i ndica to r light will come on to se rve as a constant
r em inder to have t he system inspected immedi
ate ly.
If a ma lfunction occurs that turns the front air
bag on the passenge r side off, the
PASSENGER
A IR BAG OFF
light w ill come on and stay o n
whe never the ignition is on.
_& WARNING
A n a ir b ag system t hat i s no t functioning prop
e rly cannot provide sup plemental pro te ct ion
in a fronta l crash .
- If the air bag ind icator ligh t<=? page 23
comes when the vehicle i s being u sed, have
the system inspected immediately by your
author ized Audi dealer . It is possib le that
the airbag will inflate when it is not sup posed to, or will not inflate when it should.
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whenever the ignition is switched on.
A WARNING
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not go out when an adult is sitting on the
front passenger seat after taking the steps described above, make sure the adult is
properly seated and restrained at one of the
rear seating positions.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer before transporting anyone on
the front passenger seat.
{D) Tips
If the weight-sensing mat in the front passen
ger seat detects an empty seat, the front air
bag on the passenger side will be turned off,
and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will
stay on.
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the airbag system are installed at many
different places on your Audi. Installing, remov
ing, servicing or repairing a part in an area of the
vehicle can damage a part of an airbag system
and prevent that system from working properly in a collision .
There are some important things you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of the
system will not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or pollute the
environment.
A WARNING
Improper care, servicing and repair proce
dures can increase the risk of personal injury
and death by preventing an airbag from de
ploying when needed or deploying an airbag
unexpectedly:
- Never cover, obstruct, or change the steer
ing wheel horn pad or airbag cover or the in
strument panel or modify them in any way.
- Never attach any objects such as cup holders
or telephone mountings to the surfaces cov
ering the airbag units.
Airbag system
-For cleaning the horn pad or instrument
panel, use only a soft, dry cloth or one mois
tened with plain water. Solvents or cleaners
could damage the airbag cover or change
the stiffness or strength of the material so
that the airbag cannot deploy and protect properly.
- Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of
the airbag system.
-All work on the steering wheel, instrument panel, front seats or electrical system (in
cluding the installation of audio equipment,
cellular telephones and CB radios, etc.) must be performed by a qualified technician
who has the training and special equipment
necessary.
- For any work on the airbag system, we
strongly recommend that you see your au
thorized Audi dealer or qualified workshop.
- Never modify the front bumper or parts of
the vehicle body.
- Always make sure that the side airbag can
inflate without interference:
- Never install seat covers or replacement
upholstery over the front seatbacks that
have not been specifically approved by
Audi.
- Never use additional seat cushions that
cover the areas where the side airbags in
flate.
- Damage to the original seat covers or to
the seam in the area of the side airbag
module must always be repaired immedi
ately by an authorized Audi dealer.
- The airbag system can be activated only
once. After an airbag has inflated, it must
be replaced by an authorized Audi dealer or
qualified technician who has the technical
information, training and special equipment
necessary.
- The airbag system can be deployed only
once. After an airbag has been deployed, it
must be replaced with new replacement
parts designed and approved especially for
your Audi model version. Replacement of complete airbag systems or airbag components must be performed by qualified work-
shops only. Make sure that any airbag
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