Cockpit overview
steering wheel [I q fig. 8. You can change any
context-dependent functions and settings us
i ng the left thumbwheel (for example, addi
tiona l station information) .
(D Tips
-Please note that the function of the control
buttons is reversed when Arabic is selected
as the menu language.
- The availability of a selection menu or op
tions menu depends on the function that is
se lected.
View in driver information system
App lies to: veh icles w ith multifunct ion steering wheel plus
Fig. 9 Classic view (Aud i virtual cockp it)
Fig. 10 Enhanced view (Audi virtua l cockpit)
- Changing the view (Audi virtual cockpit)*:
press the IVIEW I button @i=> page 12, fig . 7 to
switch from the classic view¢
fig. 9 to the en
hanced view
c> fig. 10 To return to the classic
view, press the IVIEW ! button aga in.
- Reducing the display (analog instrument clus
ter) *:
press the !VIEWI button to switch from
the classic d isplay to the reduced display. To re
turn to the classic v iew, press the IVIEW I but
ton again .
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Other function buttons
Applies to: vehicles with mult ifunction steering whee l plus
Fig. 11 Multifu nct io n stee ring wheel, right side
Q)Button 0
- Accepting a call :
press the [a button when
there is an incoming call.
- Ending a call: press the [a button during an ac
tive phone call.
-Opening the call list: if no phone call is in prog
ress and there are no incoming calls, press the
[a button.
@Button 5l
- Switching the voice recognition system on:
briefly press the~ button. Say the desired
command after the
Beep.
- Switching the voice recognition system off :
press and hold the l2!I button. Or: say the com
mand
Cancel.
For more information about the voice recogni tion
system, refer to
¢page 153, Voice recognition
system.
@ Right thumbwheel
You can adjust the volume of an audio source or a
system message (for example, from the voice
r ecognition system) when the sound is playing.
- Increasing or decreasing the volume : turn the
r ight thumbwheel up or down.
-Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbwheel
down.
Or: press the righ t thumbwheel.
- Unmuting or resuming : turn the right thumb-
wheel up.
Or: press the right thumbwheel. .,..
@l1<1<1 I button /!1>1> 11
- Selecting the previous/next track or station :
press the l1<1<1 I or !1>1>1 1 button.
- Fast forwarding/rewinding audio files : press
and hol d the !1<1<1 1 o r 11>1> 1! bu tton un til the des ired
location in the fi le is re ached .
® [i] button / steering wheel heating*~
- Steering wheel heating* :
you can fin d ad ditio n
al info rmat ion on
~ page 71.
-Programmable steering wheel button -open
ing a function :
press the 0 butto n on the mul
t ifun ction steer ing whee l.
-Programmable steering wheel button -re
que sting a function :
ho ld down the [i] bu tton.
- Programmable ste ering whe el button -chang
ing the function :
in the Info tainment sys tem,
sele ct:
IMENU I button> Vehicle > lef t con trol
bu tton >
Vehicle settings > Steering wheel
button assignment .
@ Button 1~·" 1
-Repeating the last navigation prompt : press
t h e
lq ,w l bu tton whe n route guidance is a ct ive.
- Changing the voice guidance volume : when
route g uidance is active, turn the right th umb
whee l upwar d or downward during a navigat ion
p rompt.
Cockpit overview
Multifunction steering
wheel
Operating
Applies to: veh icles w ith multifunction steering wheel
With the multifun ction steering wheel, you con
opera te the driver information system a s well as
t he MMI functions and you con also adjust the
volume.
Fig . 12 Mu ltifunction steer ing whee l
Requireme nt: the ignition must be sw itched on .
(D Operating the dr iver information system
T he driver information system contains mu ltiple
tabs
(D c:> page 12, fig. 6 that d isplay various in
format ion @
c:> page 12, fig. 6.
The following tabs are availab le, depending on
vehicle equipment:
F irst tab Vehicle (on-board comp ute r)
c:> pag e 16
Second M
essages
tabal
T hird tab Radio
c:> page 17
M edi a c:> page 1 7
Fourth tab Telephone c:> page 18
•> T h is tab is only v isible when th ere is at least one ind icator
l ig ht or message d isp layed.
- Swit ching tab s: press the I MODE i button o n the
m ultif unct ion stee ring wheel repea te dl y until
t he de sired tab is displayed.
-Selecting a function in the menu /list : turn the
left t humbwheel on the multifu nction steering
wheel to the desired function. ..,.
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Cockpit overview
- Confirming a selection:
press the left thumb
whee l on the multif unction steering wheel to
confirm your selection .
-Scrolling within the lists: turn the left thumb
whee l on the multifunction steering wheel
quick ly to scroll within the lists.
@ Button [2!]
-Switching the voice recognition system on:
briefly press the~ button . Say the desi red
command after the
Beep .
- Switching the voice recognition system off:
press and hold the~ button . Or: say the com
mand
Cancel.
F or more information about the voice recog nition
system, refer to ¢
page 153, Voice recognition
system .
@ Right thumbwheel
The volume of an audio source or a system mes
sage (such as traffic announcements) can be di
rectly adjus ted dur ing the audio output.
- Increasing or decreasing the volume: turn the
ri ght thumbwheel up or down.
-Muting or pausing: turn the right thumbwheel
down .
Or: press the right thumbwheel.
- Un muting or resuming: turn the right thumb
wheel upward .
Or: press the right thumbwheel.
Driver Information
System
On-board computer
Fig. 13 Instrument clus ter: fu el cons umptio n display
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Resetting values to zero
Requirement: the Fuel consumption , Short-term
memory
or Long-term memory display must be
se lected .
.,. To reset the va lue for the respective memory to
zero, press the left thumbwheel
(z) ¢ page 12,
fig.
7 or (i) ¢ page 15, fig . 12 on the multif unc
tion steering wheel for one second. Or
.,. On the multifunction steering wheel, select :
the right control button>
Reset values*.
Adjusting additional displays (Audi virtual
cockpit)*
.,. On the multifunction steering wheel, select the
right control button >
Additional display .
.,. Select between No display , Fuel consumption
display, Average speed , Driving time , Distance
driven
or Date .
In the first tab (on-board computer), you can call
up the following disp lays one after the other by
turning the left thumbwheel on the multifunc
tion steer ing wheel.
-Tim e and date r::>page 229
- Digital speedomete r*
-Average consumption
- Remaining range*
- Ad Blue range* ¢
page 300
-Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overv iew
- Energy consumers ¢
page 17
-Driver assistance * ¢ page 96
- Traffic sign recognition*
~ page 24
The short -term memory collects driving info rm a
tion from the time the ignition is switched on un
til it is switched off . If you continue driving with
i n two hours after switching the ign it ion off, the
new values are included when ca lculating the cur
rent trip information.
Unlike the short-term memory, the long -term
memory is not erased automatically. You can se
l ect the time period for evaluating trip informa-
tion yourse lf . ..,.
Fuel consumption
The current fuel consumption can be shown us
ing a bar graph¢
fig. 13. The average consump
tion stored in the short-term memory is also dis
played. If the bars are green or the gray tone on
the bars changes (depending on the equipment),
your vehicle is saving fuel by the following func
tion :
-Recuperation : electrical energy can be stored in
the battery when the vehicle is coasting or driv
ing downhill. The bar will move toward 0/0.
(D Tips
-The date, time of day and time and date for
mat can be set in the Infotainment system
¢page 229.
- If the vehicle battery is disconnected, all
memory values are erased.
Energy consumers
Fig. 14 Instrument cluste r: energy consu mers
In the Energy consumers view, the other equip
ment that is currently affecting fuel consumption
is listed in the first tab (on-board computer) . The
display shows up to three energy consumers @
¢ fig. 14. The equipment using the most power is
listed first . If more than three items using power
are switched on, the equipment that is currently
using the most power is displayed.
A chart @ also shows you the current total of all
other consumers .
Radio
Requirement: Radio mode must be on
¢page 204.
Cockpit overview
Applies to : vehicles with mult ifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the !MODE ! button on the multifunction
steering wheel repeatedly until the Radio/Me
dia tab is displayed.
Applies to: vehicles with mult ifunction steering wheel plus
.,. Press the !<11>1 button repeatedly until the Ra-
dio/Media tab is displayed .
.,. Press the left control button ¢
page 13.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
functions may be available in the driver informa
tion system.
- Selecting the frequency band: select and con
firm 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 a radio station.
-Opening a media source: select and confirm To
media.
Additional settings
- Select: right control button > desired entry.
Depending on the function selected, the follow
ing additional settings may be possible:
-Additional station info: see¢ page 208 .
Media
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files¢
page 210.
Applies to: vehicles with multifunct ion steering wheel
.,. Press the !MODE ! button on the multifunction
steering wheel repeatedly until the Radio/Me
dia tab is displayed.
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
.,. Press the !<1 1>I button repeatedly until the Ra-
dio/Media tab is displayed .
.,. Press the left control button ¢
page 13.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
functions may be available in the driver informa
tion system.
- Selecting a source : select and confirm a source
such as the SD card.
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Cockpit overv iew
-Sele ctin g a radio station from the source li st:
select and confirm To radi o.
- Playing an audio /video file :
select and conf irm
a file .
-Pau sing /re suming playba ck : p ress the r igh t
thumbwheel @q
page 14, fig. 11 . To resume
playback, press the right thumbwheel again.
- Res tarting pla yba ck of an audio file : select the
file that is cur rently playing, if necessary . Press
the left thumbwheel.
- Opening additional track inform ation : select:
right cont rol button>
Addition al track info .
(D Tips
-The media d rives do not play files that are
prote cted by ORM and that are identified
with the symbol~.
- Please note that only the p laylists within a
media so urce in the driver i nfo rmat io n sys
tem ca n be played, that were selected
th rough the control panel
r:!;> page 218 .
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Fig. 15 Examp le: te lep hone f unctions in t he dr iver infor
m at io n system
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI
¢ page 160.
Applies to: veh icles w ith multifunct ion steering wheel
.. Press the I MODEi button on the multifunction
steering wheel repeated ly until the Te lephone
tab is displayed.
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
.. Press the l<11> I butto n repeated ly until the Tele
phone tab is displayed .
.. Press the left contro l button
q page 13 .
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Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
functions may be available in the driver informa
tion system .
-Acce ssing a contact : select and confirm Call
li st / Fa vori te s
I C o ntact s. Select and confirm a
contact.
Dir ectory contact s*: the driver info rmation sys
tem on ly displays directory contacts that have a
phone number stored. If several phone numbers
are stored with a contact, the list of stored n um
bers is displayed first when the entry is selected .
Call list*: the call list con tains a ll incoming, ou t
going and missed calls .
Caller information*: the name, phone number or
Unknown appears in the drive r informa tion sys
tem d isplay depend ing on if the ca ller has been
stored in the directory and if the phone number
has been transmitted.
Fun cti ons during an inc om ing call
- Acc epting a call :
press the left thumbwheel
when there is an incoming call.
- Ignoring a c all : select and confirm Ignore call
when there is an incoming call.
- Ending a phone call : select and confirm End
call .
F u nc tions du ring a phone call :
- Making an additional call *:
select and confi rm
Ho ld. Press the left control button > D irect o ry
or Call li st > the desired entry.
- Answering a call while in a call and the re is
another call on hold *:
select and confirm Ac
c ept call .
The active ca ll is replaced with the in
coming call.
Additional functions include:
Mute *: if you se lect and confirm this function ,
the o ther caller cannot hear you. You can hear
the other person.
H ol ding or re sumi ng a call *: you can put an ex
i st ing phone call on hold and resume it.
S wap call*: you can alternate between two phone
calls at the same time . One of the calls will be on
ho ld .
End call ends the act ive phone ca ll. A call .,..
that was p laced on hold st ays on ho ld and can be
taken
off ho ld wit h Resume.
Conferen ce* :
a call on ho ld and up to five ac tive
p art ies ( depend ing o n the ce ll phone serv ice p ro
vider) can be added to a conference call . To ma ke
an ad ditional call, put all part ici pants i n the c ur
rent confe rence call on ho ld usin g
Hold*. By
p ressing the left cont rol b utton, you can make
addit io nal calls from t he d irectory o r the call list .
Resume * takes all part ies off hold .
(D Tips
-The telephone functions can only be con
troll ed w it h the multifunction stee ring
whee l if the te lepho ne e qui pme nt was in
stalled
at the f actory.
- The telephone functions depend on the cell
p hone and whethe r th ey a re s up porte d by
you r ce ll phone servic e prov ider or not.
- The
Call waiting * function must be activa t
ed in your c ell phone and in the MMI to be
a lert ed to an inco ming call dur ing an act ive
call
9 pa ge 1 70. Th e call options d epend
on t he ce ll p hone and s ervice pr ovider. Y ou
c an obtain m ore in for mat ion from your c ell
p hone service provi der.
Navigation
Applies to: ve hicles with navigation system
R equ irement: a dest ination must be entered
¢
page 187 and the route g uidance must be
started .
~ Press the l<1 1>I butto n repeated ly unt il the Navi-
gatio n tab is displayed .
~ Press the left contro l button ¢ page 13.
Dependin g on vehicle equipmen t, the following
fu nctions may be avai lab le in t he dr ive r informa
tion system.
- Displaying navigation during active route
guidance :
select and confi rm Map* / Street
view* or Arrow view*.
- Showing the map when route guidance is not
active* :
select and co nfirm Map *.
- Accessing last destinations :
select and confirm
Last destinations > the desired destina tion.
Cockpit overview
- Accessing favorites* :
select and confirm Favor
ites
> the desired destination.
- Starting route guidance to the stored home
address :
se lect and confir m Cancel route guid
ance
i f necessa ry and t hen Home address .
If you h ave not start ed any rou te g uid ance, a
c om pass (analo g instr ume nt cl us ter) or the ar
row view (monoch rome instrument cluster) is
displayed depending on the e quipment. Th e map
is d isp layed in the Aud i virtua l coc kpit *.
Canceling active route guidance
-Sele ct: r ig ht con trol butto n > Cancel route
guidance
Additional settings
- Select: r igh t con trol button > desired entry .
Depending on the function se lected, t he follow
i ng additional settings may be possible:
- Map dis p lay ¢
page 198
-Map colo rs ¢ page 198
- Map orien tati on ¢ page 1 98
- Auto mati c zo om ¢ page 1 98
Nav igation view with route guidance
started
Appl ies to : vehicles wit h navigat ion system and Aud i v irtual
cockp it
Fig. 16 Sta ndard map w he n ro ute guida nce is active (A udi
vi rtua l cockpit)
Requireme nt: a dest ina tion must be entered
¢
pag e 18 7, ro ute guidance must be sta rted and
t h e nav iga tion tab m ust be displayed .
Depen ding on the vehicle equipment a nd t hese
lected view¢
page 14, the follow ing information
will be di splayed in the d river info rmatio n sys -
tem:
~
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Cockpit overv iew
CD Map content (such as points of interest)
@ Current vehicle position
@ Distance to the next maneuver
© Abar graph appears when there is an upcom
ing turn. The fewer bars are shown, the shorter
the distance is until the turn. If there is not an
upcoming turn, the distance to the dest ination/
stopover and the calculated arrival time is dis
p layed i n the right speedometer .
® Name of the street being currently drive n on
Map view with route guidance started
Appl ies to: ve hicles with navigation system an d ma p view
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you can al
so have the active route guidance display in the
map view* in the driver information system.
w l St
Iii
F ig. 1 7 Diagram: map w hen ro ute guidance has started
(analog instrument cluste r)
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Requirement: a destinat ion m ust be entered
~ page 187, route guidance must be started and
the nav igation tab must be displayed.
Depend ing o n veh icle equipment, the following
information may be shown in the driver info rma
tion system.
CD Dis tance to the destinat io n or sto pove r
@ Distance to t he next maneuve r
@ Display of the road that is currently being
traveled or the road that you will turn onto dur i ng the next maneuver
© Map content such as po ints of interest o r traf
fic information
Zooming in/out on the map : when a map is dis
played, turn the left th umbwhee l down/up to
zoom in/out on the map .
Cockpit overview
Street view with route guidance started
Applies to: vehicles with nav igation system and street view
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the active route guidance will be displayed in the street view* in
the driver information system .
®
Fig. 18 Example: display of a turn in the street v iew (a nalog instr ument clus te r)
Requirement: a destination must be entered
¢page 187, route gu idance must be started and
the navigation tab must be displayed .
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
information may be shown in the dr iver informa
tion system ¢
fig. 18:
(D Distance to the destination or stopover
@ Displaying an expressway, highway or main
road as preparat ion for an upcom ing change
in direction
® Lane recommendation
@ Ca lculated arrival time
® Distance to the next maneuver
@ Display of the expressway, highway or main
road onto which you will be turn ing
0 Direction arrow for the upcoming maneuver
@ A bar graph appears when a direction arrow
is displayed. The fewer bars are shown, the
shorter the distance is until the turn .
® Current veh icle position
@ Additional information (on-board computer) The
following functions are also avai lable when
route guidance is active :
-Changing the voice guidance volume: turn the
r ight thumbwheel up or down during voice
gu idance .
.8, WARNING
-
The route ca lculated by the nav igat ion system
i s a recommendation for reaching your dest i
nation. Obey traffic lights, stopping restric
tions, one-way streets, lane change restric
tions, etc.
(0 Tips
- Also read the chapter ~ page 8, Controls at
a glan ce .
- An exclamat ion point" !" in front of the
street name indicat es that the information
about this street or this section of the route
is not complete in the navigation data con
tained in the MMI. Obey traffic laws in one
way streets and pedestrian zones .
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