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-Move fa vorite : select the desired entry from
the favorites list. Select the right control but
ton
> Mo ve fa vo rite. Select and confirm the
desired presets location.
- Deleting a fa vorite : select the desired entry
from the favor ites list. Select the right control
button
> Delete fa vorite > Delete thi s fa vorite
or D ele te all fa vori tes .
Additional settings
Options menu
Context-specific functions and settings are avai l
ab le depending on the se lected source.
.,. Press the right contro l button.
Sound setting s
See r::>page 179.
Input lev el
Requirement: a mobile device must be connected
to the AUX connect ion cable or to a USB adapter
r::> page 162, Multimedia connections.
The vo lume of the mobile device is adapted to
the MMI. Audi recommends adjusting the vo lume
on the mobile device to 70% of the max imum
volume output.
Blu etooth settings
See c> page 177.
Wi-Fi settings
See c> page 131, Wi-Fi hotspot.
Connection man ager
See c> page 176.
Additional tr ack inform ation
W ith the function switched on~ and a p lay list
open, vario us info rmation about the current track
(such as artist, album and album cover *) as well
as the playing t ime and the remaining playing
time are displayed.
N ~ l) The func tion automat ically sw itches off when the sou rce
8 is changed. r---~ 2> Th is func tion is not available for all cell phones.
Media
Jukebo x m emory capacity *
Information on the Jukebox memo ry c apac ity and
the n umber of sto red tracks in the Jukebox is dis
played.
Change playing position
T urn the cont rol knob to the left or r ight. Or :
move yo ur finge r on the MM I touch contro l pad
from the left to the r igh t.
Shuffle1>
With the function switched on~, all files in the
playlist are p layed and shown in random order.
Repeat track1>
When the funct ion is switched on~, the current
track repeats.
Back to 'Playback '
The options menu is closed. The track currently
playing appears in the playlist
c> page 166,
fig. 149.
Play s imilar mus ic *
T he tra ck cu rre ntly playing is quick ly an alyzed
(such as artists, genres, mood, beat) and a sma rt
playlist with sim ilar tracks is shown.
Play more ...
A smart playlist is shown based on the track cur
rently playing. Yo u can select between a p laylist
with more tracks
by thi s art ist, from thi s album
or of thi s genre.
Set as ringtone*
2>
Requirement: a ce ll phone must be connected to
the MMI. The trac k currently p lay ing must be in
t h e
Juk ebox * c> page 158 .
The selected track w ill be used as the ringtone
for incoming calls.
Gr acenote online databa se*
Requirement: the MMI must be connected to the
Internet. .,.
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Depending on availability, various information
will load about the track currently playing when
this function is switched on~-
Copy to jukebo x
See¢ page 158, Adding files to the Jukebox.
Favorite s
See ¢page 166.
Additional opt ions
Requirement: the vehicle must be stationary and
a video file* or a DVD * must be playing.
Parental control *
Playback of v ideo DVDs can be rest ricted using
parental control.
E nter the password fo r parenta l control. Pass
wo rd set at the factory:
12 34 . You have the fol
low ing options :
-Protection l evel: select and confi rm the protec
tion level (for example, Leve l 5). Eight diffe rent
protect ion leve ls can be set fo r parenta l con
trol.
If you set the parental control leve l at Lev
el 5, a ll DVDs from level 1 -5 can be played . Vid
eo DVDs with a higher leve l will not play. Se lect
No restriction to remove a ll of the restrictions .
-Change pa ssword : edit the current password .
Switch to full screen
The video image is displayed . T urn the control
knob to disp lay the playl ist.
Or : press the I BACKI
button.
Replay video
When this function is sw itched on~. the current
video will replay .
Show DVD menu
Select ing a menu item :
select and confirm a
menu item.
Or : move your finger on the MMI
touch control pad* and press the control knob.
l) Depe nding o n the DVD, thi s may not be possib le dur ing
p layback.
1 6 8
Audio trac k1
)
You can man ua lly se t the audio t rack (lang uage
and audio format). The language and audio fo r
mat options depend on the video DVD .
Subtitles1>
You can set subtitles for p laybac k manually. The
l anguages availab le depend on the DVD.
Picture fo rmat
Audi recommends the Automatic setting for the
picture format . You can set the picture format
depending on the act ive file or source (for exam
ple Video fi le* , DVD*).
Picture for-
Information
mat
Aut omati c
The M MI detects the picture for-
mat of the so urce and displays the
image in the opt imum ratio. Black
bars may appear on the sides of
the display, depending on the
source format and the Infotain-
ment system display that is instal-
led.
Zoom T he image is en la rged to f ill the
entire Infotainment system dis-
play. Switch the function off if the
image is distorted .
Cinema-Use this setting for fi lms in cinema
sco pe format 2 1:9. B lack bars w ill appea r
on the uppe r/ lower edge in the In-
fotainment system display.
Original The image is displayed in the ratio
of the source fo rmat. Select this
opt io n if the image is disto rted o r a
section of the image is cut off
when
Au to is selected.
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mat
4:3
16: 9
(D Tips Information
The image is fixed in the 4:3 pie-
ture format.
Black bars are shown
on the s ides of the Infotainment
system display.
The image is fixed in the 16 :9 pie-
ture format . B lack bars are shown
in the upper and lower edges of the
Infotainment system display.
Media
- The security levels for the Parental cont rol
are based on the US standards from the Mo
tion P icture Associat ion of America (MPAA).
Note that the age levels for v ideo DVDs in
European countries may differ.
- Password entry for
P ar ental contro l will be
locked for approx imately one m inute if you
enter the incorrect password three t imes in
a row. The password can only be reset by an
authorized Audi dealer.
- Not a ll video DVDs have parental control.
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The following audio/video files are supported by the DVD drive, the Juk eb ox*, the SD card reader and
the connection for USB storage devices:
Audio fil es Vid eo fil es*
Support ed SD/SDH C/SDX C/MM C me mory ca rds:
w ith a capacity up to 128 GB
m edi a DV D driv e: audio CDs (up to 80 min .) with CD text (artist, a lbum, song)*, CD-ROMs with
a capacity up to 700 MB; DVD±R/RW; DVD video; DVD audio with audio t racks that are
compatible with a DVD video player
Aud i mu sic int erfac e: mobile devices r=>page 162 such as iPods and MTP players, USB
storage devices in "USB Device Subclass 1 and 6" that conform to USB 2.0: USB sticks,
USB MP3 players (Plug-and-Play capable), external USB flash drives and hard drives
File syste m Memory c ard s: exFAT, FA T, FA T32, NTFS
USB sto rag e devices: FAT, FAT32, N TFS
USB stora ge device pa rtition s: 2 per USB connection
CD/DV D file sy ste ms: IS09660, Joliet, UDF
Metadat a Album co ver: GIF, JPG, PNG with max.
800x800 px. The a lbum cover from the
medium or from Gra cenote is displayed,
depending on availability.
Form at MPEG-1/- Windows MPEG-2/- FLAC MPEG-1/- MPEG4 Windows Media Vid-
2 Media 4 2 AVC
eo 9
Layer-3 Audio 9 (H.264)
and 10
Fil e ex ten -.mp3 .wma .m4a;
.flac .mpg;
.mp4; .wmv;
si on .m4b; .mpeg .m4v; .asf
.aac .mov;
.avi
Playlist s .M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
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Audio files Video files*
Characteris-
up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz up to maximum 2,000 kbit/s and
tics
Number of
files
(D Tips
48 kHz sampling frequencies sampling 720x576 px. at maximum 2Sfps
frequen-
cy
DVD drive*: max. 1,000 files per medium
Jukebox* : approximate ly 10 GB memory capacity; max . 3,000 files can be imported
USB storage devices and memory cards: max. 10000 files per medium; max. 1000
fi les pe r playlist/directory
on the system language and cannot always
be guaranteed.
- The media drives do not support the Win
dows Media Audio 9 Voice format. -
Th e manufacturer of the storage device can
provide informat ion about its "USB Dev ice
Subclass".
-
To compress MP3 fil es, a bit rate of at least
160 kbit/s is recommended. The display
showing the remaining play time may differ
for MP3 f iles w ith variable bit rate.
- Specia l characters (such as those in 103 tag
in format ion) display different ly depending
CD drive
A ppl ies to: ve hicles w ith a CD drive
- Some MTP player functions are not support
ed, such as rating mus ic tracks and video
playback.
The following audio file properties are supported by the CO drive:
Supported
media
File system
Metadata
Format
File extension
Playlists
Characteristics
Number of
files
(0 Tips
Audio files
Audio CDs (up to 80 min) with CD text (artist, a lbum, track)*, CD-ROMs with a capaci-
ty of up to 700 MB
CD file system: 1509660, Jo liet, UDF
Album cover: GlF, JPG, PNG w ith max. 800x800 px. The album cover from the medi-
um may be d isplayed, depend ing on availab ility.
MPEG-1/-2 Windows Med ia Au -MPEG-2/-4 FLAC
Layer-3 dio 9 and 10
. mp3 .wma .m4a; .flac
. m4b;
.aac
.M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz sampling frequencies 48 kHz sampling
frequency
Maximum 1,000 files per medium
showing the remain ing play time may differ
for MP3 files with variable bit rate .
- To comp ress MP3 files, a bit rate of at least
160 kb it/s is recommended. The display -
Special characters (such as those in 103 tag
information) display differently depending
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on the system language and cannot a lways
be g uaranteed .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Audi music interface* /Bluetooth au-
Read the instructions in the chapter ¢ page 162, Multimedia
dio player *: mobile device is not sup-connections/ ¢ page 159, Bluetooth audio player. You can
ported. learn about supported mobile devices in the Audi database for
mob ile dev ices at
www .audiusa.com /bluetooth .
Audi music interface* /AUX input:
the Adjust the volume of the mobile device to approximate ly 70%
volume is too high/too low when of the maximum output
¢ page 167, Input level.
starting playback through the AUX in-
put.
Audi music interface *: the portable For many cell phones or mobile devices, playback is not possi-
device is not recognized as a source. b
le when the battery level is too low (less than 5% of its ca-
pacity) . The mobi le device will only be recognized as a media
source in the MMI after connecting if the battery charge level
is sufficient.
Audi music interface *: malfunctions The Bluetooth audio player functio n is switched on. Switch
dur ing audio playback through an this funct io n off¢
page 177 when you are not using the
iPod/ iPhone .
Bluetooth audio player.
AUX input:
there is stat ic when con- When connecting and d isconnecting, the E xternal audio play-
necting and disconnect ing the AUX er source is already selected . Before connecting or d isconnect-
connection cable. ing the mobile dev ice, either m ute the device (see
¢ page 179) or switch to a different aud io so urce (fo r exam-
p ie
¢page 151, Opening the radio).
Bluetooth audio player * /Wi-Fi audio On ly one interface should be act ively used at a time to ensure
player* : audio playback interference. problem-free playback.
Wi-Fi audio player* : audio pla yback Aud io playback interference can occur on some ce ll phones if
in terference . the Internet connection in the vehicle was not estab lished
through the SIM card reader* on the MMI control panel and
the
mobile data option on the cell phone is switched on. De-
activate the
mobile data option on your cell phone.
Jukebox* : tracks on the imported When importing p laylists , all of the files themse lves must be
playlist are grayed out. imported.
Jukebox*: imported tracks cannot be If you cannot find imported tracks in the media center, they
played or found . may not be supported. Only copy supported f iles
¢ page 169
to the Jukebox .
Wi-Fi audio player* : multiple devices
Close the Audi MMI connect app on the connected devices
are connected to the Wi-Fi hotspot. A (for exam ple, smartphones) that are not being used as the
med ia p layer (such as a smartphone) Wi-Fi audio player*. Likewise, close the UPnP server apps or
appears as the med ia source and can- the med ia permiss ions on the integrated UPnP/DLNA server.
not be changed . Connect the desired dev ice as a W i- F i aud io play-
er* ¢page 160 .
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Problem Solution
Online media*:
connection failed be-To establish a connection to the MMI, the MMI connection
tween the MMI and the
Audi MMI switch must lbe switched on in the Audi MMI connect app sta-
connect app. tus screen.
Bluetooth
audio player *: interference Playback interference can occur when using the Bluetooth au-
with track display and audio playback. dio player if a music player app from a third party provider is
open. Audi recommends using the integrated media player on
your Bluetooth device (such as a smartphone) .
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Setup
App lies to: ve hicles with Audi smartpho ne interface
You can connect your smartphone to the MMI us
ing the Audi smartphone interface . Certain con
tent on your smartphone is adapted to the Info
tainment system display while driving and can
be operated through the MMI control panel.
Requirement:
The vehicle must be stationary and the ignition
must be switched on.
iPhone generation 5 or higher with Lightning
connector and iOS 7.1.2 operating system or
h igher.
O r:
Smartphone with Android Auto app and Android
5 .0 Loll ipop operating system or higher.
.,. Connect your smar tphone to the Audi music in
te rface
c:> page 162 using a USB adapter
¢page 162, fig. 142 .
.. Se lect and confirm A cti va te Apple CarPl ay or
Acti vate And roid Auto now.
.. Follow the system instruct ions.
.,. Pay attention to any add itional system prompts
on your smartphone if applicable.
If you chose not to use Apple CarPlay or Android
Auto when connecting your smartphone for the
first time, you can start the Audi smartphone in
terface later on using the
Connection m an ager .
.. Se lect: I MENU I button > Audi smartphone in·
terfa ce
> Change to connecti on manager .
.. Connect your smar tphone to the Audi music in
terface
c:>page 162 using a USB adapter
¢page 162, fig. 142 .
.. Se lect and confirm Audi smartphone : in the
Connection manager c:> page 176. You can se
lect your smartphone in the list of devices that
are already paired
c:> page 177.
.,. Follow the system instruct ions.
l ) In preparat io n at the t ime of pr inting.
Aud i smartphon e int erfac e
{!) Tips
-The functions that can be used depend on
the fo llow ing factors, among others:
- the brand of your smartphone
- the vers ion of the operating system in
your smartphone
- the software ve rsion of the app used
- the USB adapter cab le and correct connec-
tion
- your cell phone service provider
- the customized settings on your smart -
phone
- One of the factors
above or a combina tion
of any of them could cause your smartphone
to be incompatib le wit h the Audi smart
phone interface. Compatibility cannot be
guaranteed for all types of smartphones.
For more informat ion and assistance, refe r
to the use r guide and the manufactu rer of
your smartphone .
- If the connected smartphone has voice con
tr ol, you can operate your smartpho ne usi ng
the external voice recognition system*
c:>page 113.
-The menu language show n in the MMI is
based on the settings in you r smartphone .
- The time d isplayed in the MMI is based o n
t he settings in your smartphone.
- Several MMI functions are not avai lab le
when Apple Car Play or Andro id Auto is ac
tive.
- You cannot co nnect any mob ile dev ices via
Bl uetooth when an App le CarPlay connec
tion is act ive .
- Whe n the Apple CarPlay connection is ac
tive,
Tag this song for iTunes*1 ) is not ava il
able
¢page 152 .
Operating
Appl ies to: vehicles wit h Audi smartp hone interface
Opening a menu
App le CarPlay : you can go back to the Apple Ca r
Play main me nu regardless of the selected menu
item by p ressing and holding the
I BACKI button. Ill>-
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Android Auto: to go back to the Android Auto
menu bar, push the control knob down. Opening a menu item
Select and confirm a menu item using the MMI
contro l pane l.
Troubleshooting
Applies to: ve hicles w ith Audi smartpho ne interface
Problem Solution
Audi smartphone interface
can-Check the charge level of your smartphone battery.
not be opened . Check the
USB cable and use a different one if necessary.
Check if Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is available in your country.
Check if the Android Auto app is installed on your smartphone.
Connecting the smartphone to Check if you are UJsing the correct USB adapter and if the USB
the MMI failed. adapter is connected correctly to your smartphone and the Audi
music interface ¢
page 162.
Check if Apple CarP lay is activated on your smartphone.
Check in the Android Auto app if Android Auto permits new
vehicles.
T he smartphone is not automati -Check if yo u are UJsing the correct USB adapter and if the USB
cally detected.
adapter is connected correctly to your smartphone and the Aud i
music interface ¢
page 162.
Check if the requirements needed to connect a smartphone have
been met.
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