2017 AUDI A8 CD changer

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N .... 0 0 :c ' Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Multi Med ia Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Switching the MMI on and off . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Infotainment d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
MMI operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
L etter/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Menus and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Voice recogni tion sy st em . . . . . . . . 14 1
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 141
Global commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Info..... .......................... 144
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Opening the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dialing a telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Storing a phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Accepting/ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
During a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Emergency call functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Opening the directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Searching for a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lSl
Using contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Import ing and exporting contacts . . . . . . 153
Storing a new contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Name tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Operating the browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Overview of Audi connect services . . . . . . 159
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Conf iguring a data connection . . . . . . . . . 161
Table of contents
About Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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. av1gat1on ... .. .. ................ .
Opening navigation ................. .
Entering a destination ............... . 165
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165
Starting/canceling route guidance . . . . . . 170
Operating the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Online map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Accessing traffic information . . . . . . . . . . 175
Other sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Radio ...... ... . ......... ...... .. .. 177
Accessing the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Radio funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Other settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Media d rives and connections . . . 180
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
DVD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Supported med ia and file formats . . . . . . 186
T roub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Playing medi a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Accessing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Media functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Other settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rear Seat Enter tainm ent . . . . . . . . 193
RSE components overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Switching the RSE on and off . . . . . . . . . . 193
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Audio output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Restarting the RSE (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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Media drive s and conn ections
DVD changer
Applies to: vehicles w ith DVD changer
The DVD changer is located in the glove com­
partment.
@
F ig . 195 DVD c hanger
- Loading a CD /DVD : press the I LOADI button @
¢
fig. 195. The DVD change r is not ready to
load if the L ED in the DVD slot is red . The LEDs
in the DVD s lot @ blink green when the DVD
changer is ready to load . Slide the CD/DVD
straight into the DVD slot @with the labe l fac­
ing up. The CD/DVD is automat ica lly loaded in
the next empty position in the DVD changer .
The corresponding button © lights up .
-Loading mul tiple CD s/ DV Ds at the same t ime :
press and hold the I LOAD I button @ longer
than two seconds . Wait until the green LEDs in
the DVD slot @start to blink . Slide the CDs/
DVDs one after the othe r straight into the s lot
@ wit h the label facing up. The CDs/DVDs are
a utomat ica lly loaded in the nex t empty posi­
tions in the DVD changer .
-Loading a CD /DVD to a specific position : press
the
I L OAD I button @. The next empty pos it ion
© blinks. The occupied positions light up and
do not b link . Press the button for the desired
position and remove the CD/DVD if necessary .
Slide the CD/DVD you would like to load
straight into the DVD slot @with the labe l fac­
ing up .
-Ejecting the current CD/DVD : press the button
CD briefly two times. The CD/DVD is pu lled back
i nto the DVD changer automatically if it is not
removed from the DVD slot w ith in 30 seconds
of ejecting it .
-Ejecting any CD /DVD : press the b utton CD and
then press a blink ing button @.
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-Ejecting all CD s: press and ho ld the button CD
longer .
-Canceling the load ing pro ce ss: press the
!LOAD I button @ again d uring the loading proc­
ess.
S ix CDs/DVDs can be loaded into the DVD chang ­
er. For information on the properties of support ­
ed file fo rmats, refer to ¢
page 187.
The DVD c hanger is sta rted and oper ated throug h
the MMI
¢ page 189.
(1} Tips
-Follow the instructions fo r handling C Ds/
DVDs.
- Whe n playi ng MP3 f iles w ith a variable b i­
t rate, t he re may be a disc repancy between
t h e p lay time d isplayed and real t ime.
Jukebox
Audio/video files from a CD/DVD -ROM, a USB
storage device or an SD card can be copied to the
Jukebox.
... Select the I MEDIAi button> Source con trol b ut­
ton >
Jukebox.
Adding fil es to the Jukebox
- Select ing files /fold ers :
select the Import con­
trol b utton >
desired source > individual files or
folders.
P ress the All c o ntro l butto n to se lec t
All files o r fo lde rs. Or : selec t and confirm a
folder and press and hold the contro l knob.
- Starting the importing proc ess: press the
Start import con trol b utton . T he stat us o f the
import p rocess is shown in the Infotainment
disp lay and in the status line with the symbo l
@¢page 138, fig . 159.
- Hid ing the importing proce ss: se lect and con­
firm
Continue importing in the background .
The importing process is hidden.
- Canceling the impo rt ing process : select and
confirm
Can cel import. Or : remove the source
that is being imported. Files a lready copied re-
ma in.
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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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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 .
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~ 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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Sound settings
For additional information, see ¢ page 204.
Repeat options
When the function is switched on~' the current
track or folder repeats.
Random playback also depends on the repeat
options settings .
Shuffle
Requirement: an audio/video file must be playing
and repeat options must be set
¢ page 191.
-Repeat options Off: all of the files in the active
source p lay in random order. This function is
only avai lable for the Jukebox and the CD
changer *.
-Folder repeat option: the tracks in the current
folder are played in random order.
- Track repeat option : the song currently being
played will be repeated.
Track display
Requirement: an audio file must be playing.
-File name: the name of the file is displayed
without the file extension .
-Track name : the name of the current track or
the track that was just played is displayed .
Display track info
Requirement: an audio file must be playing.
Various info rmation for the current track (such as
album, artist, song) is displayed depending on
avai lability .
Audio track
Requirement: A DVD must be playing.
T he audio track (language and audio format) can
be adjusted manually . The language and audio
format depend on the v ideo DVD .
Subtitles
Requirement: A DVD must be p lay ing.
0 !:! Subtitles can be selected manually fo r playback.
~ The languages available depend on the DVD . N ...... 0 0 :c ' Playing media
Picture format
Requirement: A video file/DVD must be playing .
Picture format: the picture format can be adjust­
ed automat ica lly with
Auto . The picture width
varies depending on the film format. The formats
4:3 , 5:4 and 16:9 can also be selected.
Zoom : the image is e nlarged to fill the entire In­
fotainment display.
Original: the film is shown in the stored picture
format .
Cinemascope : the image is displayed in the
2.35:1 format.
Screen settings
Requirement: a portable audio device must be
connected using the iPod adapter cable plus */AV
adapter cab le*
¢ page 185.
Select I MEDIA i button> Source control button>
Audi music interface (for examp le iPod) > Set­
tings
control button.
-Brightness : reduce or increase the brightness .
-Contrast: reduce or increase the cont rast .
-Color : reduce or increase the color intensity .
-Tint: adjusting the co lor tones (with AV stand-
ard
NTSC ).
- AV standard :
you can select the PAL or NTSC
standards on the MMI for an externally con­
nected audio device . T he same standard must
be selected on the device .
Input level
Requirement: a portable audio device must be
connected with a 3.5 mm stereo jack adapter ca­
ble*/AV adapter cable*/iPod adapter cable
(plus)*
¢ page 185 .
The volume of the portable device is adapted to
the MMI. Audi recommends adjusting the volume
of the portable device to 70 percent of the maxi­
mum output .
Wi-Fi active
See¢ page 160.
Wi-Fi settings
See ¢page 160.
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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Rear Seat Entertainment
RSE components
overview
A ppl ies to: ve hicl es w ith Re ar Seat E nte rtainment
The Rear Seat Entertainment, abbreviated RSE ,
combines different entertainment systems . The
RSE control panel is located in the rear center
console .
Fig . 202 RSE compo nen ts
The RSE components are located centra lly in the
rear of t he vehicle
9 fig. 202 . You can also access
the MMI DVD changer* .
CD DVD changer*
@ Left/right RS E disp lay
® Audi music interface
© RSE control unit
® RSE media drives
The standard RSE sys tem is equipped with two
d isp lays, two sets of wire less headphones, a DVD
drive, two SD card readers as well as an Audi mu ­
sic interface that can be used to connect portable
audio/video devices . The RSE also has a Jukebox
(20 GB memory capacity) available.
Rear Seat Entertainment
A WARNING
-- Driving requires your complete and undivid-
ed attention. As the drive r, you have com ­
plete responsib ility for safety in traff ic. Only
use the Rear Seat Entertainment system
when t raff ic conditions permit and always in
a way tha t allows you to maintain comp lete
control over your vehicle . For examp le, do
not reach behind you when driving to oper­
ate the Rear Seat Entertainment system .
-Adj ust the volume of the audio system so
that signals from outside the vehicle, suc h
as police and fire sirens, can be heard easi ly
at all times.
(D Tips
Note that this chapte r on ly describes RSE
components . For deta iled information about
operating indiv idual RSE funct ions, refer to
the descriptions in the corresponding chapter
(for example the Radio functions
¢ page 177).
Switching the RSE on
and off
Applies to : vehicles wit h Rear Seat Enterta inment
Operating the RS E corresponds to the operation­
al conc ept for the MMI control pan el. You us e
the RSE control unit for both RSE displays.
F ig . 203 RS E cont ro l un it
.,. Swit ching the RS E on : press the left/right On/
Off knob
CD ¢ fig . 203 briefly . Or: press one of
the buttons to open a menu direct ly @ .
"" Swit ching the R SE off : press and hold the left/
r igh t On/Off knob until the RSE turns off.
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Rear Seat Entertainment
Media drives/
connections
Overview
A pplies to: ve hicles with Rea r Seat E ntertainment
The RSE media drives are Located above the
pass-through behind
a blind. Slide the blind up­
ward to open the RSE media drives .
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Fig. 2 12 RSE media drives
Fig. 213 Aud i m usic in terface
RSE media drive overview c> fig. 212 :
@ Eject button
@ DVD slot
© SD card reader
The RSE Audi music interface
c> fig. 213 is locat­
ed in the storage compartment under the center
armrest ®
c> page 193 , fig. 202. You can con ­
nect a portable audio dev ice (such as an iPod or
USB storage dev ice) to the Audi music interface
using a special adapter cable*.
CD Interface on Audi music interface
@ Jack for connecting to the A udi music in te r­
face
® Adapter cable* (such as iPod adapter cab le*)
@ iPod jack on the iPod adap ter cable*
200
@ iPod
The RS E media dr ives a nd the Audi mus ic inter­
face a re sta rted and oper ated through the RS E.
The desig n and p roperties of the RSE media
drives are the same as the MMI drives. You can
find detailed information on
c> page 180.
{!) Tips
- Th e DVD changer * is loca ted in t he ve hicle
glove compartment . For more in formation
on the DVD c hanger *, refer to
c> page 181.
- You can only access t he DV D changer * in the
MMI t hrough the RSE. The other M MI med ia
dr ives a re not avai lab le from the rear of the
vehicle.
Navigation
Opening navigation
App lies to: vehicles wit h Rear Seat Entertai nmen t and naviga ­
tion syste m
Fig. 214 Navigat ion ma in funct io ns (RS E)
.. Select: the I MENU I button > Na vigat ion.
After selecting Navigation, the last men u that
was open is disp layed.
- Di splaying navigation fun ction s: press the
Route guidance control b utton.
The following func tions a re availab le for plann ing
a desti nation:
CD E nte r po int of interest
@ L oa d las t destin ation
® Enter a destination using an address
@) Open the map/use a destination from the
map

Rear Seat Entertainment
The radio functions match those in the MMI. For
more information on the Radio menu, refer to
c::>page 177.
You can store a separate presets list in the RSE
that may contain up to SO stations from all fre ­
quency bands. You can a lso display the station
name for the selected radio stat ion or change the
station sorting separately in both RSE disp lays.
Playing media
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith Rea r Seat E nte rtainment
.,. Select : I MEDIAi button .
The media functions match those in the MMI to a
large extent. For more information on the Media
menu, refer to
c::> page 189.
Possible sources are:
(D Jukebox
@ SD card reader
® DVD drive
@ DVD changer*
® Audi music interface (such as iPod, USB or ex­
ternal audio/video input)
Different functions are available depending on
the active source and the medium inserted.
(D Tips
- The Album browser function is not available
in the RSE .
- The copy and delete process cannot be
started simultaneous ly when accessing the
Jukebox from both systems at the same
time.
Video playback information
Playback combinations
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith Rea r Seat E nte rtainment
When se lecting the same video source, both
sound and picture w ill play through both RSE dis­
plays.
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If different video sou rces are started on both RSE
displays, only certain picture/sound playback
combinations are poss ible and they depend on
the selected video sources.
Complete output format (sound and video
image) on both RSE displays
Se lect a video DVD as the first video source in the
DVD drive and then the following source:
- DVD changer*
- Aud i music interface with AV adapter cable*/
iPod adapter cab le plus*
Playing only sound on the second RSE
display
There is only sound output for the second v ideo
source if you:
- Start a video DVD in the DVD drive as the first
source and sele ct a video file from the Jukebox
or the SD card as the second source.
- Sta rt a video file from the Juke box as the first
source, and select a video file from the SD card
or from the Aud i music interface using an AV
adapter cable* /USB adap ter cable" /iPod adapt ­
er cable plus * as the second sou rce and vice­
versa .
- Start a video DVD/video fi le in the DVD chang ­
er * as the first source, and select a video file
from the Jukebox, SD card or from the Audi mu­
sic interface using an AV adapter cable*/USB
adapter cable*/iPod adapter cable plus* as the
second source.
No picture/sound playback on the second
RSE display
If a video file from the Jukebox, from an SD card
or from the Audi music interface w ith the USB
adapter cable* is already play ing o n one RSE dis­
play, playback of a video DVD in the DVD drive on
the other RSE display is not possible.