Driving
(D Tips
For up to 10 minutes after stopping the en
gine, the rad iator fan may tu rn on again auto
matically or it may continue to run (even if
the is ignit ion sw itched off) due to the follow
ing reasons :
- The coolant temperat ure is increasing due
to trapped heat.
- If the engine is warm and the engine com partment also heats up from strong sun
li ght .
Messages
Engine runn ing. Warn ing! Turn off ignition be
fore leaving vehicle
This message appea rs and a warn ing tone sounds
if you open the driver's door when the engine is
running.
Pressing start/ stop button again will switch off
engine.
T his message appe ars when you press t he
I START ENGI NE STOP I* button wh ile driving
~ page 79, Emergency off function .
Engine start system: malfun ction! Please con
tact Servi ce
The engine automatic start system has a mal
f un ction. D rive to a n author ized A udi dealer or
author ized Audi Se rvice Fa cility imme diate ly to
h a ve t he m alfu nction co rrected. To st art the en
g ine, turn the key to
pos it ion @ ¢ page 77 or
p ress and ho ld the
I S TAR T ENGINE ST OP I button
until the engine is runn ing .
II Key not recognized. See owner's manual
This message appea rs if the re is no co nvenience
key inside the vehicle or if the system does no t
re cog nize the key. The conve nien ce key may not
be recogn ized, for ex ample, if it is cove red by a n
objec t that
disrupts the s ignal (s uch as a b rief
case), o r if the key batte ry is weak . Elect ronic de
vices s uch as cell phones can also interfere w it h
the s ignal.
T o sti ll be able to sta rt or s top the engi ne, refer
to
~ page 81 .
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II Remote control key : hold back of key
against the designated area. See owner 's man
ual
I f the indic ator li ght turns on and this message
a ppears, there is a ma lfunction ¢
page 81.
Ill Key not in vehicle?
Ill Remote control key: key not recognized . Is
the key still in the vehicle?
The Ill indicator lig ht t urns on and th is message
appears if the convenience key was removed from
the ve hicle when the e ngine was ru nning . If the
convenience key is no longe r in the veh icle, yo u
cannot sw itch the igni tion on or sta rt the eng ine
o nc e you stop it. You also canno t lo ck t he vehicle
from the o utside.
Please press brake pedal
This message appears if yo u do not step on the
bra ke peda l to start the engine on a ve hicle w ith
an a utomat ic t ra nsmission .
Please select N or P
This mess age appears w hen s tart ing o r stopping
t h e engine i f th e se lec to r l ever is not in the
N or P
pos ition . The engine will not sta rt/sto p.
Turn off ignition before leaving vehicle . Battery
is dis charging
This message appears and a warning tone sounds
i f you open the d rive r's doo r w hen the ig nition is
swi tched on . Sw itch t he igni tion off s o that the
vehicle battery will no t dis charge.
Shift to P, otherwise vehicle can roll away .
Doors do not lock if lever is not in P
This message appears for safety reasons if t he
selector lever for the automatic transmission is not in the
P posi tion afte r th e ignition is switched
off. Move the sele ctor leve r to t he
P posit ion.
Otherwise t he veh icle i s not protec ted fro m roll
i ng and i t cannot be locke d.
a, a, ..... N
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A WARNING
Adjust the volume of the audio system so that signals from outside the vehicle, such as po
lice and fire sirens, can be heard easily at all
times.
@ Tips
The MMI switches off automatically if the en
gine is not running and the vehicle battery is
low.
Infotainment system
display
Extending/retracting
The Infotainment system d isplay automatically
extends and retracts when you switch the MMI
on and off.
- Manually extending/retracting : press the qi
button@) ¢page 8, fig. 2.
When the MMI is switched off and the display is
retracted, you can operate certain functions us
ing the MMI On/Off knob with the joystick func
tion
¢ page 158 .
{!) Tips
-If the vehicle has a cell phone prep", the In
fotainment system display will automatical ly extend whenever there is an incoming
phone call.
- There may be delays when extending or re
tracting the display.
Multi Media Interface
MMI operation
Selecting and confirming a function
Fig. 162 Operat ing the control knob
Selecting and confirming a function in a
menu /list
.,. Selecting a function: turn the control knob (D
¢ fig. 162 to the desired function (such as se
lecting a frequency) .
.,. Confirming a selection: press the control knob
@¢fig, 162.
Returning to functions at higher levels
.,. Press the !BACKI button (i) ¢page 158,
fig. 160 .
Opening the main menu/menu
Fig. 163 Illustration: Ma in menu
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Multi Media Interface
Symbol /Description Description
(D IL IST lorB Switches to the results list.
@ Input field Displays the current input.
® Results lis t Displays a
list with suggestions based on the letters already en-
tered.
@)
+
Switches from lower case to upper case letters or from upper case
to lower case letters.
® E
Opens additional speller options, for example Close speller and
Clear input field
® 11
& 71 Character sets and specia
l characters
0 laoul Displays accented characters (such as a,~' fi, o).
Switches from letter to number input or from number to letter in-
® 1 1231/ IABC I
put.
® Adds a space in the input field . ..........
@ Character selection Highlights the selected character.
@ ..
Inserts the suggested word* when you pus h the contro l knob up .
@ <&] Deletes the character to the left of the cursor .
(D Tips
Opening free text search
Accented characters are not available for ev
ery letter.
.,. Select: IMENUI button> desired menu item
(such as Telephone ).
.,. Keep turning the control knob to the left until
the
free text search input fie ld (D ¢ fig. 173
appears . Or: push the control knob up to open
the input field
(D.
Free text search
App lies to: veh icles with 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 .
Fig . 173 Diagram: free text search on telep hone
Free text search is avai lab le in the Vehicle*, Ra
dio *, Media* , Telephone* , Navigation*
and Audi
connect*
menus .
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The handwr it ing recognition for the MMI touch
control pad* is automatically activated . S imply
start writing.
Free text search for an entry
.,. Enter one or more search terms in any order in
to the input field. The ind iv idual search terms
must be separated by spaces when entering.
An input suggestion to complete the entry* ®
¢ fig. 173 is shown depending on the input. Ad
dit ional entries that co nta in the entered search
te rm are listed I n the results list@.
If the desired term is still not displayed, enter
additional letters until it is displayed .
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Multi Media I nterfac e
It is often enough ju st to enter the first letters of
the search term in order for it to display in the
re
sults list . For examp le, in the Tele phon e* menu,
write the initials of the contact being searched
separated by a space.
Sele cting an entry from the re su lts li st
Requireme nt: at least one entry mus t be dis
played in the results
list @c::> fig. 173.
• MMI tou ch input* : turn the control knob to the
r ight. Select a nd confi rm an entry from the list.
Sel ecting the input suggest ion to comp lete
th e entry •
Sp eller input : select and co nfirm I L IST !©
c::> page 165, fig . 172. Or: push the control knob
down. Select and confirm an entry from the
Requirement : an input suggestion to complete
the
entry* ®¢ fig. 173 must be disp layed. list
.
• MMI touch input *: press the control knob .
Menus and Symbols
Fig. 174 D iagram: menus and symbols
Sy mbol /Description Description
© Selected text Selected function
@ TMC TMC/online traffic information reception c::> page 214
Displays information about the media source that is current ly se-
Entertainment sliding lected or a situat
ion (such as an incoming ca ll) . Depend ing on veh i-
® cle equipment, operat io n m igh t also be possib le using the open en-menu
tertainment sliding menu (such as select ing a radio station o r ac-
cepting a ca ll) c::> page 163 .
@
Jukebox* importing proc-
Copy audio/v ideo fi les to the Jukebox
c::> page 224 ess
® Repeat track The track currently playing is repeated.¢ page 233
® Shuffle All files on the play
list are played in random o rder
c::> page 233,
Shuffl e
0 Arrow Access
information by pressing the control knob when the selected
text is active
®
Telephone signa l
Telephone s ignal strength
strength bars
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Multi Med ia Int erfac e
Symbol /Description Descr iption
®
Exclamation point on the
Indicates missed calls
telephone
Data connection signal Reception strength of the active data connection or
@ PIN
: Enter P IN (SIM)
strength bars*
PUK: enter the PUK
Network coverage for the active data connection
c:::> page 195
@ 2G/3G/LTE* 2G : GSM network
3G : UMTS netwo rk
L TE *: L TE netwo rk
@ Mute The audio source is. muted ¢ page 245
@ Roaming Outside the the mob
ile network fo r the connected cell phone or the
inserted SIM card
@ Importing process Import/update the contacts in the directory or the call lists
@ Options menu* Select and confirm context-dependent functions as
well as settings
within a menu item
@ Bluetooth* Bluetooth device connected c:::> page 225 or¢ page 177
@ Scroll bars Indicates
a long list.
Move within lists by turning the control knob.
@ Input field Informat
ion that can be changed us ing the le tter/numbe r speller c:::>page 165 or the MMI touch* ¢ page 161.
@ MMI touch* Operation using the MMI touch control pad is possible
@ Knob Setting for the selected funct ion by t urning the control knob
@ Check boxes You
can switch certain functions on~ or offO by pressing the con-
trol knob .
@ Selection list Settings
for the selected function that are accessed by pressing the
control knob
1 6 8
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Voice recognition system
• Telephone
• Audi connect •
Favor ites
• Call (XY)
• Navigation
• Directory
• Radio
• Med ia
• Sound •
Enter number
• Redial
• Read new tex t message
• N avigate to (XV)
• Enter address/destination
• Help • Onhne destinations
• Help Speech dia log system
• Help Telephone •
Cancel route guidance
• M ap
• Help Audi connect •
Line (XY)
• Help Navigation
• Help Map
• Help Radio
• Help Media • N
ext page/ previous page
• Cancel
• No, l meant
()(Y)
• Correction
TELEPHONE
• Enter number • Call list
• Delete number/ correc tion
• Redial
•
Oltectory
• Call (XY) •
Call mailbox
• Enter PIN/ delete PI N
· business/ private/ land line/ mobile • Telephone favorites
NAVIG:ATI0N
• N avigate to CXV)
• Start/ cancel route guidance
• Directory
• Last destinations •
Bloc k route for
(XYJ miles/ Block
the next section
• Route list
• Calculate alternative routes
• Nav igation favorites
• Drive home
• Enter address •
Online destinations
• Special destination
• Enter country/ town
I street I state
• Exclude route / Exclude route for (XY)
km / m
M~P
• Map
• Day map/ Night map
• 20 driving position map/ 20 north posi tion map/ 30 map/ Destination map/ Overview map
AllJDI G QNNECT
• Audi connect
• Travel Information/ Parking Information
• Fuel prices
• Weather
RADIO
• Rad io presets
• FM
• FM/ AM/ SIRIUS XM
• Station (XY) / Frequency
(XYJ
• Traffic announcement on/ off
Fig. 17 S Co mmand overv ie w
• Flight Information
• City events
• Online news
• Twitter
MEDIA
• Jukebo x
• CO/ DVD .))
• SD card 1 / SD card 2
• Audi music Interface/
IPod I use / Bluetooth /
W I-Fl/ Medium (XV)
• Media favorites/ Artists/ Albums/ Genres/
Tracks/ Ptayllsts / Videos
· Folder up
• Random playback on / off
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Voice recognition system
Voice recognition system Operating
Applies to: vehicles with vo ice recognition system
You con operate many Infotainment functions
conveniently by speaking.
Requirements: the ignition and the MM I must be
sw itched
on~ page 158, the re must not be any
phone call in progress and the parking system
m ust not be active.
.. Switching on : press the~ button @
¢ page 15, fig. 11 or@ ~ page 16, fig . 13
briefly on the multifunct ion steer ing whee l and
say the desired command after the
Beep.
.. Switching off : press and hold the~ button.
Or : press the l2l butto n.
.,. Pausing : say the command Pause. To resume,
press
the~ button.
.,. Corre cting : say the command Correction .
Input assistance
The system guides you through the input with
visua l and audio feedback.
- Visual input as sistance : after switching on
vo ice recognit ion, a display with a selection of
poss ible commands appears. This command
display can be sw itched on or off . Se lect:
IMENU I button> Settings > left control button
> MMI settings > Speech dialog sy stem .
- Audio input as sis tance :
to have the poss ible
commands read, turn the voice recognition sys
tem on and say
Help .
For the system to understand you:
Speak clearly and distinct ly at a normal volume.
Speak louder when driving faster.
Emphasize the words in the commands even ly
and do not leave long pauses.
Close the doors, the windows and the sunroof* to
reduce background noise. Make sure th at passen
gers are not speaking when you are giving a voice
command.
D o not direct the air vents toward the hands-free
microphone, whic h is on the roof head liner near
the front interior lights.
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Only use the system from the dr iver's seat be
cause the hands-free microphone is directed to
ward that seat.
Additional sett ings
Refer to~ page 246.
_&. WARNING
- Direct your full attention to dr iv ing. As the
driver, you have complete responsibility fo r
safety in t raffic. Only use the functions in
such a way that you a lways maintain com
plete contro l over your vehicle in all traffic
situations.
-
- Do not use the voice recognition system in
emergencies because your voice may change
in stressful s ituations.
It may take longer to
dial the numbe r or the system may not be
ab le to dia l it at all. Dial the emergency
number manually .
(D Tips
- The d ia log pauses when the re is an incom
ing phone call a nd will continue i f you ig
nore the cal l. The dia log ends if you answer
the ca ll.
- There are no vo ice gu idance* prompts when
a dialog is act ive.
- You can select an item in the list using ei
ther the vo ice recognit ion system or the
cont rol knob.
Command overview
information
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
The following overv iews des cribe the commands
that can be used to operate the MMI using the
vo ice recog nit ion system.
Alte rnative commands are separated using a"/",
for example say:
Telephone / (or) Navigation /
(or) Radio.
Sequences of com mands used to perform an a c
tion are iden tified w ith a
">", fo r example say:
Ente r addre ss > (then) Enter country /state. IJ,,
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Voice recognition system
The majority shown are main commands. This
system also recognizes synonyms in certain cas-es
. For a Bu sine ss addre ss, you can a lso say bu si
ness , work , office or at the office .
Commands
Global commands
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
You can a lways use the global commands, re
ga rdless of the me nu selected .
Function Say:
Open ing a menu Tel ephon e/ Directory / Navigation / Radio / Medi a/ Audi con ·
n ec t*
I Car I Tone
Hav ing the possible commands Help / Help s peech dialog s ystem / Help Telephone /
read aloud Help Na vigat ion / Help Map / Help Radio / Help Med ia / He lp
Aud i connect *
Telephone fu nctions Call (XV ), for example, Call "John Smith" /
Enter numbe r/ Redial / Di rectory
I Read out new te xt me s-
s age
I Read out new e -mail
Navigation funct ions* Driv e me to (XV ) or Navigate to (XV ), for example Navigate to
"John Smith" /
Enter addre ss/ Cancel r oute guidance / Map / Online de stin a·
tion s*
I Online destinat ion (X V)*
Access ing favorites Favorit es > follow the system prompts
Selecting an entry from a list Line (XV)
Scrolling through a list N ex t page I Pre viou s page
Correcting the command given Correction
Switching the vo ice recogn it io n sys-Canc el
tern off
Telephone
Applies to: veh icles with vo ice recognition system and telephone
Req uirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI ¢
page 177 and the Telephone menu
must be open ¢
table on page 171.
You can say the following commands depending
on the selected menu item :
Function
Say:
Calling a contact from the directory Call (X V ), for example Call "John Smith "
Selecting a specific contact number Call (XV) bu sines s/ private / land line / cell phone ,
for example Call "John Smith " privat e
Selecting a phone number with an Call/ Call wo rk / Call private / Call land l ine / Call cell phone
address card open wo rk
Calling a contact from yo ur favor -Teleph one fav orite s > a~er being prompted, say the desired
ites list contact > Dial
Displaying the call list Call list
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