2017 AUDI S3 SEDAN Owners Manual

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Better route
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system
By receiving traffic information through TMC,
your
M MI calculates a better route -if available -
and the possible time saved for the current route
guidance. You can decide yourself which route
you w ould like to use.
.. Press t he I NAV/MAPI button repeated ly un til
the map is d isp layed .
Requ irement: route gu idance must be active .
I f yo ur MMI has calc ulate d a better route than
the c urrent ro ute guidance, the message
A better
route is available.
appears on the map along
w ith the t ime that may be saved . A better route
i s indicated in the map view wit h the symbol
rS
¢ pag e 209, fig . 194 .
Accept better route
-Press t he right contro l button.
- Se lect and co nfirm the better route.
- The better route is used for the remaining
route g uidance and the route is reca lculated.
Online traffic information
Applies to: vehicles with navigation system and Audi con nect
(Infota inment)
The MMI can receive real-tim e onlin e traffic in­
formation about congestion, accidents, road
c onstruc tio n and other incidents.
Fig. 199 O nlin e traff ic info rmation display• w it h ou t better
r o ute
Req uirement: The req uirements for A udi connect
(Infotainment) m ust be met
r=> page 190.
.. Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeated ly until
t h e map is d isp layed.
.. Se lect : left cont rol b utton > Traffic messages . Na
vigation
An ove rview of all the traffic messages is dis ­
played in the Infotainment system
r=> fig. 199.
Tra ffic incidents on your route are show n in the
u pper section of the list, so rted according to dis­
tance @ r=> fig. 199. Colored markings ind icate
the flow of t raff ic
r=> page 215 .
-Switching online traffic information on : press
the right control button and switch
Online t raf­
fic data
on(~). The I O N LINE I symbo l is s hown
in the Infotai nment system d isp lay @
¢fig . 199 .
You can also disp lay the on line traffic informa­
tion
i n the online map view ¢ page 212.
Traffic information display
Co lor-coded ma rkings along t he ro ute in dicate
t h e traffic flow:
Green : tra ffi c is flowing freely
Red : congestion
Orange : stop-and-go traffic
S haded markings indicate t he length of t he a rea
with congestio n.
Colored warning symbols : there is a tra ffi c in ci­
den t immedia te ly ahead on the route .
Grayed out warning symbols : traff ic incide nts
t h at are not o n your ro ute.
Red warning symbols : all warning symbols w ill
be red w hen route g uidance is not active .
The disp lay of colored markings, wa rning sym­
bols , etc. can be set in the
Map content me nu
r=> page 212.
Tra ffic information is switched on at the factory.
You can switch off the recept ion of on line traffic
i nformation at any
t ime r=> page 215.
0) Tips
-Online traffic in format ion is not avai lab le in
Canada.
- Always read the chapter
r=> page 196, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion .
- Hav ing t he Online traffic data fu nct ion
switched on provides the m ost accurate
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Navigation
reports of traffic situations as well as traffic
forecasting. Your vehicle transmits and
processes its anonymous, encrypted posi­
tion information at regular intervals to the
traffic data provider. If you do not want to use this, you can switch off the
on line traf­
fic information
function at any time .
- The
online traffic information network is
currently not available in all countries, and
the coverage is not nationwide. Additional
in format ion can be found unde r
www.audiusa.com/audiconnect .
e-tron navigation
functions
Electric range
Applies to: ve hicles w ith p lug -in hybr id drive
The electric range shows the maximum distance
that can be driven using electric power. Informa­
tion such as the type of road, speeds, and alti­
tude will be taken into account.
F ig. 200 Example: elect ric range d isp lay
Troubleshooting
A pplies to: ve hicles with navigat ion system
Problem Solution
.,. Press the I NAV/MAPI button repeatedly until
the map is
displayed ¢ page 209, fig. 194.
.,. Select: right control button> Map settings>
Map display > Electric range .
.,. Press the I BACKI button to return to the map
view.
You can read the electric range of your vehicle
based on the white border
(D ¢ fig. 200.
The map scale will automatically adjust to the
range.
Finding the nearest charging station
App lies to: vehicles wit h pl ug -in hyb rid drive
You can display the nearest charging stations at
any time using the point of interest search
<:!> page 203 .
Requirement: Route guidance must be active and
the map must be d isplayed .
.,. Select: left control button > POis along the
route > Charging station.
All charging stations in the selected search area
are displayed. You can find additional in forma­
tion about charging your veh icle
in ¢ page 106,
Charging.
Free text search: the desired des- The destination might not be entered in the navigation database.
ti nat ion cannot be found .
Or: check the spelling of the search term and if the right country/
state was selected using for the free text search using the
Coun-
try/state selection
c::;,page 205 .
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Radio
Opening the radio
The radio supports the F M , AM 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 . 201 FM stat ion list ( HO Ra dio tec hn ology FM)
Radio: SiriusXM
~ 000 Rad,olD e· N oS,gnal
'JI 001 Prev iew N oS,gnal
J 002 H tts 1
~
f) 003 20 on 20
NoStgna l
004 40s on 4 NoS,gnal
F ig. 202 Siri usXM station list
.. P ress 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. 201. 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
a, band is set. a, ....
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Radio
T he s tation is stored as a preset . The symbol
shows the stored location in the presets list (for
example, 21).
@ Radio text (shortened display )
If availab le, program i nfo rmat ion about the set
station is d isplayed in a ll of the station lists.
@ Frequency
@ Station name
® Stat ion w it h HD Radio te chnology av aila ble
tQ)
@ Channel number ¢ fig. 202
If there is a loss of radio s ignal (Sir iusXM*), the
follow ing system informat io n is displayed in the
station list:
NoSignal : the tu ner is current ly not receiving a
sate llite signal
(fJ ¢ fig. 202 .
The system information turns off when the radio
stations are received again.
(D Tips
-Contact the Si riusXM* provider if you wou ld
like to receive satell ite programming .
- Buildings, tu nnels, b ridges, open areas, oth­
er veh icles or objects on the veh icle roof can
affect reception.
- Sate llite rad io is not availab le in Alaska and
Hawaii.
- iTun es tagging * is not supported by all radio
statio ns.
- When the App le CarPlay connection is ac­
tive,
Tag this song for iTunes * is not ava ila­
ble.
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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. 203 Input field and results list fo r free text sea rch
- Opening the free text search : when in a s ta tion
list, keep turning the control knob to the left
u nt il the
free text search input fie ld is dis­
played .
-Using the free text search: see c::> page 166,
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. 203. The symbo l@ indicates
which station list you sw itched to based on the
station selection.
Additional options
.,. Se lect: I RADIO I button > r ight contro l button.
The follow ing options are ava ilable depending on
the frequency band:
- Sound settings : see c::> page 245.
-Store as favorite : see c::> page 220, Presets.
-Tag this song for iTunes*1>: connect your Apple
device to the Audi music interface* on yo ur
MM I. Select and confi rm
Tag this song for
iTunes.
The track that is currently p laying is
stored on your App le device. Synchronize your
Apple device with iTunes. The tagged track w ill
display the next time you open your iTunes me-
1> I n preparation at the t ime of pr inting.
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dia center . If the re is no Apple device connect­
ed, the tagged tracks are stored temporarily in
the MMI (max imum of 50 tracks) . Once you
connect your Apple dev ice to the Audi music in­
terface, the tags are stored on the device.
- Manage SiriusXM alerts : see c::> page 219, Sir­
iusXM alerts .
-Store artist as favorite /Store track as favorite :
see c::> page 219, SiriusXM alerts.
-Manual tuner : the freq uency bars are dis ­
played . Select and confirm the desired frequen­
cy.
- Seek: the radio tunes to the previous or next re­
ceivab le station .
-Scan : all stations are played for severa l seconds
each.
- Radio settings: see c::> page 221.
Radio text
.,. Select: I RADIO I button > left control button > a
frequency band (such as
FM ) > a station.
.,. Select: r ight control button> Radio text .
Information that accompanies the program (such
as artist, composer, t rack) is displayed.
Browsing through radio text entries: turn the
contro l knob to the left o r right.
Requirement: a radio text entry must be d is­
played and the station must be broadcast ing a
phone number, a navigation destination or a text
message number as Radio Text Plus information .
If a location, a phone number or a text message
number is included with a radio text entry, the
radio text will be shown with a colored borde r.
You have the following options:
Call* /Start route guidance* /Write text mes­
sage* :
-Select a radio text entry with Radio Text Plus in­
formation and press the control knob.
- Select and confirm
Call* /Start route guid­
ance* /Write text message* . Or :
press the
I BACK I button to cancel.

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(D Tips
The availability of radio text and Radio Text
Plus depends on the radio station .
SiriusXM alerts
Applies to: vehicles with SiriusXM
You can display on overview of your favorite ar­
tis ts or tracks that are currently being played on
a SiriusXM channel.
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Fig. 204 SiriusXM a le rt n otifi cat io n
.. Select : I RADIO I button > left control button >
SiriusXM.
After you have stored a SiriusXM alert for your fa ­
vorite 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
p lay them immediate ly. You can also receive a
SiriusXM alert notification CD for these tracks or
art ists in the entertainment sliding menu
¢fig . 204 .
Storing a SiriusXM alert
Requirement : your favorite t rack or artist must
be playing on a SiriusXM channel.
- Select : right control button
> Store track as fa-
vorite
or Store artist as favorite.
Switching SiriusXM alert notifications on
and off
- Se lect : right control button > SiriusXM alert
notifications .
When the function is switched on~' a SiriusXM
Alert notification
CD 9 fig . 204 is displayed for
several seconds in the ente rtainmen t slidi ng
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 channel.
- Select: left control button
> SiriusXM alerts >
on 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
ing menu
CD ¢ fig. 204.
-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
function is switched
on~ ' you are notified
when this 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. 205 Radio v iew : ad dit io nal sta ti on in forma tion
Requirement: yo u must be tuned to a radio sta­
tion . The
Show "Now Playing " screen option
must be switched on
9 poge 22 1.
Symbols in the additional station information
view ¢ fig. 205 :
CD Radio text availability
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Radio
Radio text is availab le for the selected stat ion.
Ref er to
~ page 218.
@ iTunes tagging
The Tag this song for iTunes option is available
for the set station . Refer
to ~ page 218 , Addi­
tional options.
@ FM HD Radio technology
The station is received through FM HD Radio
technology.
@ Screen view
Display Cover art or Station logo. Refer to
~ page 221, Preferred picture view *.
Displaying the station list:
Turn the control knob. Or: press the !BACK ! but­
ton .
Radio menu
Fig. 206 Example : Rad io menu
~ Select: the I RADIO I button> left control but­
ton.
Setting the frequency band : select and confirm
the desired frequency band in the radio menu
~ fig . 206 . Or: press the I RADIO I button repeat­
edly until the desired frequency band is set. The
sta tion list is displayed.
(!) Presets
The presets list is displayed ~ page 220, Pre ­
sets .
@SiriusXM alerts
Applies to: veh icles with SiriusXM alerts
After you have stored a SiriusXM alert for your fa­
vor ite tracks or artists
q poge 219, an overview
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of your favorite tracks or artists currently being
received on S iriusXM is displayed .
@ SiriusXM
Applies to: vehicles with SiriusXM alerts
The SiriusXM * station list is displayed .
Additional frequency bands
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you may al­
so be able to select additional frequency bands
@ !@ ~ fig. 206 in the selection menu.
Presets
You con store your favorite stations from every
frequency bond in the presets list.
~ Select: the I RADIO I button > left control button
> Presets .
Requirement: the presets list must be displayed.
-Storing presets: select and conf irm o free pre­
set space.
Follow the system instructions .
-Select and confirm a station from the list if
necessary.
Requirement: a station list must be displayed.
-Storing presets: select: on entry from the list>
right control button > Store as preset. Or :
press and hold the control knob for several sec ­
onds .
-Displaying the presets list : select: IRADIOI but-
ton >
Presets .
Requirement: the favorites list must be dis­
played.
-Listening to presets: select and confirm a pre­
set from the list.
-Move preset : select a favorite from the list>
right control button > Move preset . Or : press
and hold the control knob for several seconds.
Select and confirm the locat ion of the selected
preset.
-Deleting presets : select a preset from the list >
r ig ht con trol button
> Delete preset > Delete
this preset or Delete all presets .

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Additional settings
Radio settings
"'Select: I RADIO! button> right control button>
Radio settings.
The following settings can be selected, depend­
ing on the band that is selected :
Station names (FM)
Variable:
scrolling text transmitted by the FM
stations is shown in the Infotainment system dis­ play.
Fixed : scrolling text transmitted by the FM sta ­
tions is not shown in the Infotainment system
display. Only the current section of the scrolling
text displayed.
FM/ AM HD Radio*
You can switch HD Radio reception on or off.
Channel sorting (SiriusXM*)
You can set the station sort ing for SiriusXM sta­
tion lists* by:
-Channel number: the stat ions are sorted in as­
cending order according to their channel num­
ber.
- Channel name: the stations are listed in alpha­
betical order.
-First category, then channel number: the sta­
t ions 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.
Category filter (SiriusXM*)
The stations shown in the station list can be fil­
tered by your personal preferences and by pro­
gram type. The program categor ies that you can
Troubleshooting
Problem
Solution
Radio
select depend on what is offered by your provid­
er. Select the
All categories option to deactivate
all filter options and display all available stations
in the satellite station list.
Additional station information
When the function is switched on~ and the sta­
tions or presets list is open, the disp lay will
switch to the
Show "Now Playing" screen view
after approximately five seconds
c> page 219. De­
pending on availabi lity, information about the
set station (such as station name, artist and sta­
tion logo) is displayed in this view .
Preferred picture view*
You can set your preferred screen view for the
Show "Now Playing" screen r=> page 219.
-Station logo: the station logo is displayed, de­
pending on availability .
-Cover art: the album cover is displayed if availa-
ble.
Gracenote online database*
Requirement: the MMI must be connected to the
Internet. The
Cover art optio n must be selected
c> page 221, Preferred picture view*.
When the funct ion is switched on~, the album
cover or genre cover for the song that is p lay ing
is loaded from the Gracenote online database,
depending on availability.
Subscription status (SiriusXM)*
This opt ion is available when your subscription is
about to expire or has already expired . The expi­
ration date for your license is displayed.
Call to SiriusXM*: the contact information for
your satellite radio provider is displayed . To call
your satellite radio provider using the MMI, press
Call to SiriusXM *.
A station with poo r reception is no longer Store the station as a preset in advance. Access the pre-
displayed in the station list once you sets usi ng the presets list
c> page 220 .
switch to a different station .
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Media
Media
Introduction
There are various media drives and connections
avai lab le in the MMI. For example, you can p lay
aud io/video* fi les from the Jukebox* or connect
your mob ile dev ice to the Aud i m usic interface *
and operate it through the MMI.
Notes
General information
Media and format restrictions :
the MMI (includ­
in g the SD card reade r and the USB storage de­
vice co nnect ion *) was tested w ith a var iety of
products and media on the market. However,
there may be cases where ind iv idual devices or
media and audio/video files" may not be recog­
n ized, may play o nly w ith restr ictions or may not
p lay a t all.
Dig ital Rights Management : please note that
t he audio/v ideo" files are subject to copyright
protection .
The media drives do not p lay f iles that a re pro ­
tected by OR M and that are ident ified with the
symbo l
!'.TI.
Data secu rity : never store im portant data on SD
cards, the Ju kebox *, CDs/DVDs o r mobile devices.
Aud i AG is not responsib le for damaged or lost
fi les and media .
Loading times : th e mo re files/fo lde rs/ play lists
that are on a sto rage medium, the longer it will
take to load the audio/video* files . Audi recom­
mends us ing storage media tha t on ly conta in au­
d io/video files* . T o decrease the t ime it takes to
load audio/v ideo f iles*, crea te subfo lders ( fo r ex­
a m ple , fo r th e a rt ist o r album). The loading time
will also increa se whe n importing fi les.
Additional information : when playing, audio
fil es are automatically displayed with any add i­
tional informa tion that is s to red (such as the ar­
tis t, track and al bum cover).
If this in forma tio n is
no t a vai lable o n the storage mediu m, t he MMI
wi ll check the Gr ace no te met adata database .
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However, in some cases, the additional in forma ­
tion may not be dis played.
Restri cted functionality : reset the Media set­
tings
t o the facto ry de fault se ttings i f func tional ­
i ty is res tric ted
¢ page 2 42.
If functionality is restr icte d, reset the Jukebox*
to t he fa ctory defa ult se tt in gs ¢ page 242.
For informa tion abo ut the propert ies of s upport ­
ed med ia and fi le formats, see
¢ page 235 .
W Note
Always fo llow the information fo und in c::> (D in
W i- Fi hotspot on page 195 .
CD/DVD operation
CD /DVD and format restrictions :
th e f unct iona li­
ty o f indivi dual sto rage media m ay be limi ted due
to t he v ariety of b lank C Ds/DV Ds av a ila b le and
t h e v arious cap acities. Audio CDs or video DV Ds
with copy protection, CDs/D VDs that do not con­
form to the standard and mult isess ion CDs may
hav e limit ed playback or may not play at all. Audi
r ecommends finali zing the recording process
whe n creat ing mult isess ion CDs . Mult isess ion is
not supported for DVDs .
Using CDs/DVDs, the CD dr ive or the DVD drive :
to ensure correct, hig h-q uality playback and to
prevent damage to the dr ive or disc read ing er ­
r ors, always store CDs/DVDs in a protec tive
s leeve and do no t expose them to direct s unlight .
Do
not u se:
- Damaged, dirty or sc ratched CDs/DVDs
- Single CDs/DVDs (3 in diameter)
- CD/DVDs that a re not roun d
- CDs/DV Ds w ith labe ls
- Protec tive rings
- Clean ing CDs
Thermal protection switch : CD/DVD playback
may be temporarily unavailable if o utside tem ­
p eratures a re extremely hot or co ld. A t hermal
pro tect io n sw itch is insta lled t o protect the C D/
DVD and t he laser.
Laser devices : las er devices a re divide d into safe -
ty classes 1 to 4 in accordance with DI N IE C 76
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