2017 AUDI A8 reset

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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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Instrument cluster
Instrument cluster overview
The instrument cluster is the central information center for the driver.
Fig. 3 In strume nt cl us ter overview
CD Eng ine coolan t temperature gauge
@ Tachometer . .. .. . .... ... .. .. .
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© Turn signals
D isp lay w ith
- Driver information system .... .
- In dicator lights ..... ... .. .. .
® Speedometer
@ Fuel level .. ... ... .... ..... .. .
0 Trip odometer reset b utton .... .
(D Tips
9
10
44
12
17
10
10
The instrument illumination for the need les
and dia ls t urns on when the ignition is turned
on and the lights are turned off. The illumina ­
tion for the ga uges reduces automat ica lly and
eventua lly turns off as brightness outside in­
creases. This function reminds the drive r to
t ur n t he low beams on at the appropriate
time.
Coolant temperature indicator
The coola nt tempe rature disp lay CD c> page 9,
fig. 3 only func tions when the ignit ion is switch­
ed o n. To preven t engine damage , please obse rve
t h e following notes abo ut the temperatu re rang­
es.
Cold range
If only the LEDs at the bottom of the gauge t urn
o n, the eng ine has not reached operat ing tem­
perature yet . Avoid high eng ine speeds, f ull ac­
c e le ra ting and heavy e ng ine loads.
Normal range
The eng ine has reached its operating tempera­
ture o nce the LEDs up to the center of the gauge
tu rn o n. If the . indica to r li ght i n the display
tu rns on, the coolant temperat ure is too h igh
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Cockpit overv iew
CD Note
-Auxiliary headlights and other accessories in
front of the cooling-a ir intake impair the
cooling effect of the coolant. This increases
the r isk of the engine overheat ing during
high outside temperatures and heavy en-
gine load.
- The front spoiler also he lps to distr ibute
cooling air correctly wh ile driving. If the
spoiler is damaged, the cooling effect will
be impaired and the risk of the engine over­
hea ting will inc re ase. See an a uthorized
A udi dealer or au thori zed A udi Service Fa­
cility for assistance .
Tachometer
The tachometer display s the engine speed in rev­
olutions per minute
(RPM).
You shou ld shift to the nex t lowest gea r whe n
the speed is below 1,500 R PM. The beginn ing of
the red zone in the t achometer indic ates the
maxim um permissible eng ine speed fo r all gears
once the engine has been broken in an d when it is
warmed up to operating temperature . Before
reaching this zone, you should shift into the next
h ighest gear, select the D selector lever pos ition,
or remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
CD Note
The needle in the tachometer @ <=:> page 9,
fig. 3 may only be in the red area of the gauge
for a short t ime or the re is a risk of engine
damage. The locat ion where the red zone be­
gi ns varies depending on the engine.
@ For the sake of the environment
Upshifting early helps you to save fuel a nd re­
duce operating noise.
Fuel level
The display ® only works when the ignition is
sw itched on. If the fuel level d rops below 4 gal
(15
L), a red L ED will light up and the ll) ind ica­
tor light will tur n on
<=:> page 24 . The red LED
will blink when the fuel level is very low.
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The fuel tank capacity of your ve hicl e is listed in
the
Techn ical Data section <=:> page 334 .
CD Note
Never dr ive until t he ta nk is comp letely emp­
ty. The irreg ular su pp ly of fuel t hat res ults
from that can cause engine m isfires . Uncom­
b uste d fue l w ill then enter the exhaust sys ­
tem. This ca n cause overheating and damage
to the catalyt ic converter.
Odometer
Fi g. 4 Instru ment cluster: odometer a nd reset button
Upper odomet er
The trip odometer shows the distance driven
since it was last reset. It can be used to measure
short distances.
The trip odometer can be reset to zero by press ­
ing the ~ reset button.
Lower odometer
The lower odomete r shows the tota l distance
that the vehicle has d riven.
Malfunction indicator
If there is a malfunction in the instr ument clus­
te r,
DEF will appear in the trip odometer display.
Have the malfu nction corrected as soon as possi­
ble.

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"' " "' .... 0 0 :r Efficiency program
Applies to: vehicles with efficiency prog ram
Fig. 9 Instrument cluster : en ergy consumers
F ig. 10 Instrument cluster: economy t ip
The efficiency program can help you to use less
fuel. It shows other consumers that are using
fuel and economy tips give advice on how to drive
efficiently. The efficiency program receives dis­
tance and consumption data from the on-board
computer.
To disp lay the efficiency program, open the
Vehi­
cle functions
menu and select the Efficiency pro­
gram
menu item.
Other consumers
The Energy consumers view lists other equip­
ment that is currently affecting fuel consump ­
tion. The display shows up to three other equip­
ment items
@9 fig. 9. The equipment using the
most power is listed first. If more than three
items using power are sw itched on, the eq uip­
ment that is currently using the most power is
displayed.
A gauge @also shows the current total con­
sumpt ion of all o ther consumers.
Cockpit overview
Economy tips
In certain situations, economy tips appear auto­
matically for a short time in the efficiency pro ­
gram ¢
fig. 10. If you follow these economy tips,
you can reduce your vehicle's fuel consumption.
To turn an economy tip off immediately after it
appears, press any button on the multifunction
steering wheel.
(D Tips
- If you erase the data in the efficien cy pro­
gram, the va lues in the on -board computer
w ill also be reset.
- Once you have turned an economy tip off, it
w ill only appear again after you turn the ig­
nition on again.
- Th e economy tips are not displayed in every
instance, but rather in interva ls over a peri­
od of time .
Radio
Applies to: vehicles with mult ifunction steering w heel
Fig. 11 Radio me nu
Requirement: radio mode must be started
9 page 177 and the radio/media tab must be
displayed.
.,. Press the~ button on the multifunction steer­
ing wheel.
- Selecting the frequency band: select and con­
fi rm a frequency band.
-Selecting a station from the station list: select
and confirm a radio station.
-Selecting a station from the presets list: select
and confirm
Presets and then select a radio sta­
tion .
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Driving
Parking lock emergency release
The parking lock must be released using the
emergency release before towing the vehicle .
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Fig . 99 Driver's side footwell: releas ing the parking lock
using the emergency release
Fig . 100 D river 's side footwell: resetting the parking lock
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The emergency release is located under the floor
mat on the d river's s ide . You operate the eme r­
gency release from the drive r's seat.
Releasing the parking lock using the
emergency release
.,. To prevent the vehicle from rolling unintention­
ally, set the par king brake<®>
q page 81 or
press the b rake peda l.
.,. The re are two s lits o n the cove r. Po sition the
screw driver from the vehicle tool kit in one o f
the slits on t he cover and pry the cover off .
.,. Pu ll the band @ in the direction of the arrow
u nt il the release lever locks in place
qfig. 99 .
.,. Fold the upper section of the release lever
down into the recess.
Resetting the parking lock
.,. Press the b utton @ and the release lever at t he
same time. Yo u can now push the lever back i n­
to its orig inal position. Make su re the lever
locks in p lace
qfig. 100.
88
.,. Install the cover .
When the parking lo ck emergen cy release is
u sed, the
l'i1 indi cator light and the N selec to r
l ever posit io n turn on in the instr ument cluster .
The message
Vehicle may roll! Cannot shift to P.
Please appl y parking brake
also appears .
A WARNING
-
If you release the parking lock using the
emergency release, secure yo ur vehicle with
the park ing brake or the brake peda l if the
parking brake is not wo rking. The veh icle can
ro ll away if it is no t secured and cause a cras h.

Multi Media Interface
MMI touch
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch cont rol pad
The MMI touch allows you to enter data on the
MMI touch control pod using handwriting recog­
ni tion.
F ig. 1 56 Ente rin g a nav iga tion dest inat ion
F ig . 15 7 Sav ing a rad io st atio n
Entering number s, letters , and symbol s
Requirement: it must b e possib le to enter text or
numbers.
- Write lette rs, numbers or characters on t he
MM I touch contro l pad with your finger. Char­
acters that are recog nized are shown i n the In­
fotainment display © c:>
fig. 156 and may be
confirmed with a prompt .
-Selecting a different symbol : turn the control
knob to the left/right@c:>
fig. 156 and press
the control knob. T he se lected symbol appear s
in the input fie ld @ c:>
fig. 156 .
-Entering spaces : move your finger ac ross the
MMI touch control pad from left to r ight.
- Delet ing characters : move your finger across
the MMI touc h control pad from r ight to left.
- Ending the input /selecting directly from the
selection list :
tap the MMI touch control pad
briefly.
O r: press the control knob .
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Searching for a contact in the phone book
Requirement: The di re ctory must be open
c:> poge 150.
-Jumping to a specifi c initial letter in the list :
writ e the des ired lette r using your finger on t he
M MI touch cont rol p ad.
- Narrowing the se a rch result s: draw additional
le tte rs o n the MMI touch co ntro l p ad w it h your
finger.
- Ending the input/selecting directly from the
selection list :
tap the MM I touch control pad
briefly.
Or : press t he control knob .
Moving the map
Requirement: a map must be displayed
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page 1 70.
- Moving the cro sshairs on the map: press the
cont rol knob . T he crossha irs are shown on the
map . To move the crosshairs, move your finger
in the desired d irection on the MM I touch con­
t rol pad .
Or : place your fi nger on the respe ct ive
edge of the MM I tou ch control pa d.
Adjusting the sound focus
Requireme nt: the balance/fader function must
be se lected c:>
page 204 .
-Moving the crossha irs for sound focus : move
your finger in the desired d irect ion on the MM I
to uc h control pad .
Saving /selecting a rad io st a tion
Requirement: the Radio menu must be open
c:>
page 177.
- Storing the radio station currently set : hold
your fi nger on a number (1 to 6) on the MMI
to uch control panel unti l you hear a s ignal
tone. The rad io stat ion w ill be stored on these­
lected number in the list.
- Select ing a stored radio station : tap a number
(1 to 6) on the M MI touch control pad briefly.
The preset buttons (1-6) appear in the Infota in­
ment disp lay © c:>
fig . 157 .
-Moving a stored radio station : move your fin­
ger on the MMI touch contro l pad to the left/
r ight unti l th e p reset buttons (1-6) appear i n
the Infota inment display
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Voice recognition system
• l ELEPHONE
• NAVIGATION
• INFO
• RADIO
• MEDIA
• HELP
• HELP VOICE RECOGNlTION
• HELP TELEPHONE
• HELP NAVIGATION
• HE LP MAP
• HELP INFO
• HELP RADIO
• HELP MEDIA
liEttEPHONE
• ENTER NUMBER
• DIAL
• REPEAT
• CORRECTION
• DE LETE NUMBER
• REDIAL
• CAL L (XV)
(BUSINESS/ PRIVATE/ LAND LINE/ CELL)
• ENTER ADDRESS
• ENTER COUNTRY
• ENT ER ZIP CODE/ CITY
• ENTER STREET
• ENTER HOUSE NUMBER
• ENTER DOWNTOWN
• START/ CANCEL ROUTE GUIDANCE
• NAVIGATE
TO (XV)
• LAST DESTINATIONS
• FAVORITES
• HOME ADDRESS
• SHORT /FAST/ ECONOMY ROUTE
• DYNAMIC ROUTE ON / OFF
• ROUTE UST
• VOICE GUI DANCE ON / OFF
• ROUTE INFO ON/ OFF
• SCALE (XY) MILES / YARDS
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• READ TRAFFIC REPORTS
RADIO
• SET STATION
• STATION (XV)
• SET FREQUE NCY
• SET BAND
• FM / AM/ SIRIUS
• STATION LIST
• READ STATION LIST
• PRESETS
• READ PRESETS
• UPDATE STATIO N LIST
Fig. 160 Com mand overv iew
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• CALL (XY)
• ENTER NUMBER
• REDIAL
• NAVIGATE TO (XY)
• DIRECTORY
• ENTER ADDRESS
• ON LINE DESTINATIONS
• ONLINE DESTINATION (XV)
• CANCEL ROUTE GUIDANCE
• MAP
• LINE
1·6
• NEXT/ PREVlOUS PAGE
• RECEIVED CALLS
• DIALED NUMBERS
• MISSED CALLS
• FIND CONTACT
• STORE CONTACT
• READ CONTACT
• CALL VOICE MAIL
• ONLINE DESTINATIONS
• ONLINE DESTINATION (XV)
• ENT ER POINT OF INTEREST
• NEXT GAS
ST A TION
• NEXT DIESEL FUEL STATION
• NEXT PARKING LOT
• N EXT RESTAURANT
• NEXT ACCOMMODATION
• NEXT HOSPITAL
• NEXT AUDI DEALER
• NEXT POLICE STATION
• NEXT ATM
• NEXT COFFEE S HOP
• DESTINATION MAP/ OVERVIEW MAP
• 20 / 30 MA P
• DAY/ NICHT MAP
MEDIA
• SELECT MEDIUM
• N EXT/ PREVIOUS MEDIUM
• NEXT/ PREVIOUS CO/ DVD
• CD/ DVD
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• CD / DVD CHANCER
• SD CARD l / SD CARO 2
• JUKEBOX
• AUDI MUSIC INTERFACE
• BLUETOOTH
• CENRE (XV)/ ALB UM (XV)/ ARTIST (XV)/ TRACK (XV)
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VIDEO (XV)
• SELECT CENRE /ALBUM/ ARTIST/ TRACK/ VIDEO
• NEXT/ PREVIOUS TRACK

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Function Say:
Selecting the frequency band Set band I FM I AM I Siriu s*
Selecti ng a stat ion from the station Station (XV ) I Station li st > Lin e (XV )
list
Selecting a stat ion from the presets
Presets > Channel ( XV) I Line (XV)
list
Setting the frequency
Set frequency > the desired frequency
Additional commands Read station li st I Read pre set s I Next /pr ev ious station I Up-
date station list
a)
•> Applies to the med iu m wave/ long wave band
Media
Appl ies to: vehicles wit h voice recognitio n system
Req uirement: the Media menu must be open
~page 189.
Function Say:
Selecti ng a so urce directly Jukebox I CD I SD card 1 /2 I Audi mu sic int erface * I Bluetoo th I
DVD I Wi-Fi I Next /previou s m edium
Selecting an audio/video* f ile in the Video (XV) I Art ist (XV) I Album (XV) I Song ( XV) I Genres (XV )
Jukebox
Navigating between au dio and v id-
Ne xt/ P re viou s track
eo * files within a source
Navigating w ith in a
Folder up I Lin e (XV )
folder structure/list
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