2017 AUDI Q7 radio

Audi connect (Infotainment)
The fo llow ing A udi connect In fota inment serv ices
are curre ntly availab le:
- Naviga tio n wi th
online map view a nd Street
View ¢
page 217.
-Point of Interest (POI) online search with
voice recognition
( such as res taur ant s): plan
r ou te g uida nce using t he M MI con trol panel
¢
page 209 and the voice recognition system
¢ page 169.
- Set up dest ina tions in you r M MI using yo ur
myAudi account or onl ine map view
¢ page 217.
-Online traffic information : receive up-to-the ­
minute t raffic info rmation about accidents,
r oad construction and other incidents
¢ page 221.
-Map update : import navigat ion map updates
directly to yo ur vehicle using a n SD ca rd o r as
an on line update¢
page 219.
@ Tips
-Fo r the map update Au di c onnect Infotain­
ment se rvice via SD car d, check the current
software vers ion in your vehicle and then
check
www.audiusa.com/myaudi to see if a
newe r ve rsion is ava ilable. You can a lso have
th e ne w naviga tion da ta insta lled by an A ud i
d eale r, w hich can be done for an addition al
c har ge.
- Y ou can a lso fin d ad dit io na l informat ion
a bout th e
map update onlin e at
www.audiusa.com /myaudi .
Audi connect (Infotainment) on the phone
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
~ Se lect: I M ENU I but ton > Audi connect > left
contro l button >
Communication .
The fo llow ing A udi con nect Info tainment services
a re curre ntly availab le:
- Stor ing contacts on yo ur compute r us ing yo ur
myAudi A ccount and loadi ng the contacts into
t he MM I direct ory
¢ page 186.
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Audi connect (Infotainment) in Media
menu
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
~ Sele ct: !ME NUI button> Audi connect > righ t
control button >
Entertainment.
- Online media and Internet radio :
offers access
t o di fferen t on line me dia services as well as In ­
ternet radio and ope ration th ro u gh t he M MI us ­
ing the
Audi MMI connect app ¢ page 233 .
Applies to: vehicles with Wi·Fi audio player
-Wi-F i audio player : you can access the med ia
center throug h a Wi-Fi connecte d media player
(su ch as a s martphone)
¢ page 232.
.8, WARNING
It is only s afe to u se ta ble ts, l ap to p s, mo bile
d evi ces and other simi la r devices whe n the ve­
hicl e is sta tionary beca use , like a ll loose ob ­
jects, they co uld be thrown a roun d the inside
of the vehicle in a cras h and cause serious in­
ju ries. Store these types of devices sec urely
while driv ing.
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A lways fo llow the information fo und in ¢ 0 in
Wi -Fi hotspot on page 195.
@ Tips
- Also see t he cha pter¢ page 196, Audi con ­
nect (Infotainment) general information .
- For more in fo rmat ion on t he Wi-Fi a udi o
player and su pported devices, contact an
authorized A udi dealer or aut ho rize d Au di
Service Facility.
Additional options
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
~ Select: ! ME NUI button> Aud i connect > right
cont rol button.
The following options are available in the Aud i
connect In fota inment serv ices overview :
Log in*
See c:::> page 189, Logging into myAudi in the vehi -
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:E Radio
Opening the radio
The radio supports the FM , A M and SiriusXM *
(satellite radio) bands. Using the HO Radio re ­
ceiver also allows you to receive radio stations
on the FM and AM bands in digital format.
Fig . 203 F M stat ion list ( HO Ra dio tec hn ology FM)
R.td10: SiriusXM
~000 ---=0---Radio ID ,
NoS19nal
... 001 Prev iew N oS19nal
J 002 H its 1
~
f) 003 20 on 20 N
oS19na l
004 40s on 4 NoS19nal
F ig. 204 S iri usXM station list
.. Press the I RAD IO I bu tton .
Afte r opening the rad io, t he last opened station
lis t is disp laye d.
.
I
Selecting a station : select and confirm a stat io n
from the station list . FM/ AM stations t hat can be
received by digital rad io are ma rked w ith the HD
R adio technology symbol
tQ) ® ¢fig. 203 . If re ­
ception quality decl ines, the r adio automatically
switches to the analog FM/AM station depe nding
on availability . D igi tal HD Radio s ta tions * may
contain multiple additional stations* . The ava ila­
b le add itiona l stations* are listed under the radio
station. I f you lose reception, the add it iona l sta­
tions* are muted since they can no longer be re­
ceived.
Setting the frequency band : press the I RADIO I
button repeated ly until the desired frequency
band is set.
The follow ing information is displayed in the sta­
tion list ¢
fig. 203/ ¢ fig . 204:
Radio
(D Presets
The s tat ion is stored as a preset. The symbo l
shows the s to red lo cation in the prese ts list (fo r
example, 21) .
@Radio text (shortened display )
If avai lab le, program info rmation about the set
station is d isplayed in a ll of the statio n lists.
@ Frequency
@ Station name
® Stat io n w ith HD Radio t echnolog y available
tQ)
® Channel number
If there is a loss of radio signal (Sir iusXM*), the
fo llowing system in format ion is displayed in the
station list:
NoSignal : the tu ner is cu rrent ly not receiving a
sate llite s ignal
(j) .
The system informa tion turns off when the radio
st ations are rece ived again.
(D Tips
- Con tact the SiriusXM" provider if you would
like to receive sa tel lit e programming .
- B uilding s, tu nnels, b ridges, ope n area s, oth­
er veh icles or objects o n the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Satel lite ra dio is not availab le in Alaska and
Hawaii.
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Radio
Radio functions
Free text search
App lies to: ve hicles w ith free text search
Using the free text search, you can select the or­
der that the search terms are entered in the in ­
put field. Search in all frequency bands for a sta­
tion name or program type such as
News ).
Fig . 20 5 Input field a nd results l ist fo r free tex t sea rch
- Opening the free text search : when in a s ta tion
l ist, keep turning the contro l knob to the left
u nt il the
free tex t search inp ut fie ld is dis ­
played .
-Using the free text sear ch : see c::> page 165,
Free text search.
You can a lso search for frequencies .
Stat ions from the presets @ are disp layed in the
results list
(D c::> fig. 205. The symbo l@ indicates
which station list you sw itched to based on the
station selection.
Additional options
.,. Se lect : I RADIO I button > right contro l button.
The follow ing options are ava ilable depending on
the frequency band:
- Sou nd settings : see c::>page 253.
-Store a s fa vorite : see c::> page 226 , Pr esets .
-Manage Siriu sXM al ert s: see c::> page 225, Sir-
iusXM alerts.
- Re ceive alert s for thi s arti st/ Re cei ve alert s fo r
thi s tr ack :
see c::> page 225, SiriusXM alerts.
-Manu al tuning : the frequency ba rs a re dis­
played . Se lect and confirm the desired frequen­
cy .
-See k: the radio tunes to the prev ious or next re­
ce ivable station .
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-Scan : all s tations are p layed for severa l seconds
each.
- Radio settin gs: see c::> page 226.
Radio text
.,. Select: I RADIO I button > left control button > a
frequency band (such as
FM ) > a station.
.,. Select: r ight control button>
Rad io te xt.
Information that accompanies the program (such
as artist, composer, t rack) is displayed .
Browsing through radio text entrie s: turn the
contro l knob to t he left or right.
Requirement: a rad io text entry must be dis­
played and the station must be broadcast ing a
phone number, a navigation dest inat ion or a text
message number as Radio Text Plus in formation .
If a location, a phone number or a text message
numbe r is included with a radio text entry, the
r ad io text will be shown wi th a colored borde r.
You have the following opt ions:
Call* /Start route gu idance */Write t ext mes ­
s age *:
-Sel ect a radio text entry with Radio Text Plus in­
formation and press the control knob.
- Select and confirm
Call */Start route guid­
a nce* /W rite te xt me ssage* . O r:
press the
I BACK I button to cancel.
(!') Tips
The availability of radio text and Radio Text
P lus depends on the radio station.

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:E SiriusXM alerts
Appl ies to: ve hicles with SiriusXM
You can display an overview of your favorite ar­
tists or tracks that are currently being played on
a SiriusXM channel .
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Fig. 206 SiriusXM ale rt not if icat ion
• Select : I RADIO I button > left control button >
SiriusXM .
After you have stored a SiriusXM alert for your fa­
vor ite tracks or artists, you can display an over­
view of your favorite tracks or artists currently
be ing received in the
SiriusXM alerts menu and
play them immed iately. You can also receive a
SiriusXM alert notification CD for these tracks or
artists in the enter tainment sliding menu
<=:> fig . 206.
Storing a SiriusXM alert
Requirement: your favorite track or artist must
be playing on a SiriusXM channel.
- Se lect : right contro l button
> Receive alerts for
this track or Receive alerts for this artist .
Switching SiriusXM alert notifications on
and off
- Se lect: right contro l button > SiriusXM alert
notifications.
When the function is switched on~' a SiriusXM
Alert notification
CD c::> fig. 206 is disp layed for
several seconds in the entertainment sliding
menu for the
Radio and Navigation menus.
Radio
Playing tracks/artists from Sirius XM alerts
Requireme nt: a SiriusXM alert must be stored for
a track/artist and it must be current ly playing on
a SiriusXM channe l.
- Select: left control button
> SiriusXM alerts >
an entry from the list . The selected track/artist
is played .
Playing tracks/artists from the
entertainment sliding menu
Requirement: the SiriusXM alert notifications
function must be switched on . You must be in the
Radio and Navigation menu. A SiriusXM alert no­
tification
is d isplayed in the enterta inment slid­
i ng menu
CD <=:>fig. 206.
-Push the control knob down.
- Select and confirm the desired track/artist .
Managing SiriusXM alerts
-Select: right con trol button > Manage SiriusXM
alerts .
- Switching SiriusXM alerts on/off :
when the
fu nction is switched on~' you are notified
when th is track or artist is being played on a
SiriusXM channel.
-Deleting Sirius XM alerts : select an entry from
the list>
right control button > Delete from
alerts
> Delete this entry or Delete all entries.
View: additional station information
Fig. 207 Radio v iew: add it io nal sta ti on info rma tion
Requirement: yo u must be tuned to a radio sta­
tion . The
Show "Now Playing " screen option
must be switched on
c::> page 22 7.
Symbols in the "Now playing " screen
c::> fig. 207:
CD Radio text availability ..,.
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Radio
Radi o te xt
is availab le for the selected stat ion.
See
c::> page 224.
@ FM HD Radio technolo gy
The station is received through FM HD Radio
technology .
@ Screen view
Display Cov er a rt or Station log o. See
c::> page 22 7, Pr efer red p icture vie w *.
Di splaying the station list:
T ur n the control knob. Or : press the !BACK ! but­
ton .
Radio menu
Fig. 208 Example : Rad io menu
.,. Se lect: I RADIO I button > left cont rol but ton .
Setting the frequen cy band : select and confi rm
the desired freq uency band in the radio menu
c::> fig. 208 . Or: press the I RADIO ! button repeat­
ed ly until the desired frequency band is set. The
station list is displayed .
© Presets
The presets list is d isplayed c::> page 226, Pre­
sets.
@ SiriusXM alerts
Appl ies to: ve hicles w ith SiriusXM alerts
After you have stored a S iriusXM alert for your fa ­
vor ite tracks or artists
c::> page 225 , an overview
of your favor ite tracks or artists current ly being
received on Siri usXM is displayed.
@ Siriu sXM
A ppl ies to: ve hicles w ith SiriusXM alerts
The S iri usX M * station list is displayed.
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Additional frequency bands
Depend ing o n the vehicle equipment, you may al­
so be able to select additiona l frequency bands
@ l@ c::> fig. 208 in the selection men u.
Presets
You can store your favorite stations from every
frequency band in the presets list.
.. Select: the I RADIO I button > left control button
> Pre set s.
Requirement: the p resets list must be disp layed.
- Storing pr esets : select and confirm a free pre­
set space.
Follow the system instructions.
- Select and confirm
a station from the list if
necessary.
Requirement: a station list must be d isplayed .
-Sto ring pre set s: se lect: an entry from the list>
r igh t con trol b utton > Store as pr eset . Or :
press and ho ld the contro l knob for severa l sec ­
onds .
The shortcut keys are au tomatically assig ned to
the p rese ts 1 to 8. You ca n select the stat ions di­
rectly using the preset buttons
c::> page 163 .
-Di spl aying the pr esets list: se lect: I RADIO! b ut-
ton
> Pre sets .
Requirement: the favorites list must be d is ­
played .
-Listening to p re sets : select and confirm a pre ­
set from the list.
- Mo ve pre set : select a preset from the list >
right control button > Move pre set . Or : press
and hold the control knob for several seconds .
Select and confirm the location of the selected
favorite.
- Deleti ng p resets: select a preset from the list >
right control button > Delete p reset > Delete
th is p reset or Delete all pres ets .
Additional settings
Radio settings
.. Select: I RADIO I button > rig ht control button >
Radio setting s. Ill>

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:E: - The following settings can be selected, depend­ing on the band that is selected:
Station names (FM )
Variabl e:
scroll ing text transmitted by the FM
stations is shown in the Infotainment system d is­
p lay .
Fixe d: scro lling text transm itted by the FM sta­
tions is no t shown in the Infotainment system
d isp lay. On ly the cu rrent sect ion of the scro lling
text is displayed .
FM/ AM HD Radio*
You can switch HD Radio recept ion on or off .
Station sorting (Sirius XM* )
You can set the station so rt ing for SiriusXM sta­
tion lists* by:
- Channel number : the stations are sorted in as ­
cending order according to their cha nnel num­
ber.
- Channel name : the stations are listed in a lpha­
betica l order.
- First category, then channel number : the sta­
tions are sorted by their category and then by
their channe l numbers.
- First category, then channel name : the sta­
t ions are sorted by their category and then by
their channe l names.
Cat egory filter (Siriu sXM* )
The stations shown in the s ta ti on list c an be fi l­
tered by your personal prefe re nces and by pro­
gram type. The program categories that you can
select depend on what is offered by your provid ­
er. Select the
All catego ries option to deactivate
all filter opt ions and disp lay all available stations
in the sate llite station list .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Radio
Show "Now Playing" screen
When the funct io n is switched on@' and the sta­
t ions or presets list is open, the disp lay w ill
switch to the
Show "Now Playing" screen view
after approximate ly five seconds ¢
page 225. De­
pending on availab ility, information about the
set station (such as station name, artist and sta­
t ion logo) is displayed in this v iew .
Prefe rred picture view*
You can set your preferred screen v iew for the
Show "Now Playing " screen ¢page 225 .
-Stati on lo go : the station logo is displayed, de ­
pending on availability .
-Cov er ar t: the album cover is displayed if availa­
b le.
Gracenote online database*
Requirement: the MMI must be connected to t he
Internet . T he
Cover art opt ion m ust be selected
¢ page 22 7, Preferred pictur e view *.
When the funct io n is switched on@', the album
cove r or genre cover for the song that is p lay ing
is loaded from the Gracenote online database,
depe nd ing on ava ilabil ity.
Subscription status (SiriusXM )*
This opt io n is available when your subscription is
about to expire or has already expired . The expi ­
ration date fo r your license is displayed .
Call to SiriusXM *: the contact info rmat ion for
your sate llite rad io prov ider is displayed . To call
your satellite rad io prov ider using the MMI, press
Call to SiriusXM *.
A station with poo r reception is no longer Store the stat ion as a preset in advance . Access the pre-
displayed in the station list once you se ts usi ng the presets list
¢ page 226 .
switch to a d ifferen t sta tion.
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:E -A maxim um of 2 ,000 entries per directory
are displayed in the M MI.
- Songs dow nloaded for offline use using m u­
sic st reaming services are stored on you r
mobile device (suc h as a smartphone) an d
may be ORM protected. The Wi-Fi audio
player w ill not play ORM protected files.
- Contact an a uthorized Audi dea le r or a u­
thorized Audi Service Facility for additional i nformat ion on the Wi-Fi audio p layer.
Online media and
Internet radio
App lies to: veh icles with Audi connect
Yo u can playba ck and oper ate various onli ne me ­
dia servi ces and In ternet radio using the MMI.
F ig. 212 O nlin e med ia
• Press the I MEDIA i button . P ress the left contr ol
bu tton until the so urces overview ¢
fig. 212 is
displayed.
Applies to: using online media and Inte rnet rad io
Req uirement :
- The
Audi MMI connect app m ust be installed
and open on your mo bile device.
- You m ust be logged into your myA udi account
in the
Audi MMI connect app a nd you must
hav e selected your ve hicle.
- The Wi-Fi function on the mobi le device and on
t h e M MI m ust be switched on .
- If necessary, check in the connection manager
¢
page 250 i f the mobi le device you connected
is se lected under the
MMI connect app (~).
-The M MI must be con nected to the ne twor k.
- The symbo l for the
Online media source @
¢
fig . 212 is shown in the MMI.
Applies to : using online media
Additional requ irement :
Media
-A s uppor ted online me dia se rvice mus t be avail ­
a b le in yo ur cou ntry.
- You mus t have a n acco unt with a suppor ted on­
line me dia se rvice .
- Depending on t he on line m edia se rvice, yo u
m ust ins tall and open an app on yo ur mobile
dev ice.
Starting Online media
- Press the I MEDIA i button. Press the lef t control
button unt il the sources overv iew ¢
page 237
is displayed.
- Select an d confirm an o nline media serv ice .
Starting Internet radio
-Press the I MEDIA i button. Press the left cont rol
button unti l the sources overv iew
¢ page 237
is displayed.
- Select and confirm
Internet radio. The Internet
radio b rowser or the last stat io n that was play­
ing is shown.
- Selecting the station : if necessary, select and
confirm a category in the Inte rnet radio
Brows­
er >
a station.
Online media and Internet radio: additional op­
tions
- Press the r ight cont rol b utton.
The following options may be available, depend­ ing on the information shown (such as the sta­
t ion/t rack that is curre ntly playing):
- Sound settings : see¢ page 253 .
-Wi-Fi settings : see¢ page 1 95, Wi- Fi hot spo t.
- Connection manager : see¢ page 250 .
-Add itio na l options may be available, depend ing
on t he active online med ia service or In ternet
radio.
_& WARNING
- It is only s afe to use table ts, lap to ps, mo­
b ile dev ices and other si mila r devi ces whe n
t he vehicle i s st ati ona ry becau se, li ke all
loose objec ts, they co uld be thrown around
the inside of the ve hicl e in a c rash and ca use
serio us in juries. Store these types of devices
securely w hile d riving.
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Media
-Do not u se any wireless devices on the fro nt
seats within range of the airba gs w hile driv­
ing. Also read and follow the warnings in
c:> page 2 77, Fro nt airbags.
CD Note
- Always follow the information found in c> 0
in Wi-Fi hotspot on page 195 .
- Please note that there ge nerally are add i­
tiona l costs when using an online media
service account, especially when it is used i nternationally.
{!) Tips
- Depending on the Internet connection and
network traff ic, a connection loss can occur
during p layback of on line media serv ices.
- Online media and Internet radio usage de­
pends on the serv ice avai lability of the third
party provider.
- Audi AG simply makes the access to on line
media serv ices possible t hrough the MMI
and does not take any respons ibility for the
contents of the onli ne med ia serv ices .
- Always read the chapter
c:> page 196, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion.
- Depending on the mobile device used, the re
may be interr uptions du ring media playback
and when using the
Audi MMI connect app.
T o avoi d inter ruption s when usi ng a mob ile
device, do no t loc k t he s creen on you r mo­
bi le dev ice a nd keep the
Audi MMI connect
app in the foreground .
- Co ntact an a utho rized Audi dea le r or a u­
thorized Audi Service Facili ty for additional
informat ion about on line media .
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Multimedia connections
USB adapter for Audi music interface
You can connect your mobile devices (such as a
smartphone or MP3 player) to the Audi music in­
terface and charge them using a special USB
adapter .
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Fig. 213 A udi USB adapters
You can purchase the USB adapter c>fig . 213
from an author ized Audi dealer or at spec ia lty
stores:
Q) USB adapter for devices with a micro USB con­
nect ion
@ USB adapter for devices with an Apple Light­
ning connect ion
@ USB adapte r for devices with an Apple Dock
connector
You can conne ct your mob ile dev ices throug h the
Audi music interface to the MM I using the USB
adapter and charge the battery at the same time.
Applies to: vehicles wit h Aud i music interface
- Audi musi c interface : see c> page 235.
CD Note
Handle the USB adapter carefully. Do not al­
l ow it to be pinched .