2018 AUDI A3 SEDAN display

Media
- For safety reasons, the video image is only
displayed when the vehicle is stationary. On­ ly the sound from the video p lays while driv­
i ng .
- When synchronizing a portable device with
"Cloud" services, p laylists may display incor­
rectly in the MMI. Use the media center in
the dev ice.
Free text search
A pp lies to: ve hicles w ith free text search
You con search in the active source by tracks and
video file s*, for example
F ig. 2 12 Inpu t fiel d and results l ist for free text s earch
You can open the free te xt sea rch depending on
t he selected source.
Requirement: the playlist
c::> page 234 or media
cent er
c::> page 233 must be display ed.
Opening fr ee text sea rch
.,. Keep turning the contro l knob to the left until
the
fr ee te xt search inputfield (D9fig. 212
appears. Or : push the contro l knob up.
U sing the free t ext sear ch : see 9 page 162 , Free
text search.
Entr ies that contain the entered search term are
listed in the results
list @c::> fig. 212 . You can
search fo r artists @¢
fig. 212, albums @or
tracks @ as well as genres and videos .
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-It will then search through the fi les in the
active so urce .
- If you open free text sea rch in the
Folder s
category (i)c::>poge233, fig. 211 or the
Comp osers , Podca sts and Audio book s cat-
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egories, it will only search through the files
in that folder .
Playlist
Fig. 213 Example : pl ayli st
The track, a rtist, album and album cover, if app li­
cable, will appear in t he playlist
¢ fig . 213.
Options m enu
See c::> page 235, Additional settings .
Favorites
Up to SO en tries for every media sour ce con be
stored in any order in the favorites list.
Requirement: the p lay list o r media center m ust
be open.
- Select the desired entry from the playlist or
media center .
- Select: right control b utton
> Store as favorite .
Or :
press and hold the contro l knob for several
seconds .
When you store a track as a favorite, the associ­
ated a lbum will appear i n the favorites list as an
entry .
Requireme nt: at lea st one entry must be sto red
i n the favorites list .
Displa ying the f avorite s list : press the I MEDIAi
button . Press the left cont rol button u ntil the
sources overview
9 page 232 i s disp layed. Selec t
the source tha t contains the
categories
¢ page 233 (for examp le, SD card). Select the F a ·
vorites
cat egory .
Requireme nt: the favo rites list must be d is­
played.
- Lis tening to a f avorite : select and confirm a fa-
vorite from the list .
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-Move favorite : select a favorite from the list>
right contro l button > Move favorite . Select
and confirm the location of the se lected favor­
ite.
- Deleting a favorite : select a favorite from the
list>
right contro l button > Delete favorite >
Delete this favorite or Delete all favorites .
Additional settings
Options menu
Context-specific functions and settings are avail­
ab le depending on the selected so urce.
.,. Press the right control button.
Sound settings
See q page 247.
Input level
Requirement: a mobile device m ust be connected
to the AUX connection cable or to a USB adapter
q page 229, Multimedia connections.
The vo lume of the mobi le device is adapted to
the MMI. Audi recommends adjusting the vo lume
on the mobile device to
70% of the maximum
volume output.
Bluetooth settings
See q page 246.
Wi-Fi settings*
See q page 195, Wi-Fi hotspot .
Connection manager
See q page 244.
Additional track information
With the function switched on l;1 and a playlist
open, var ious information about the current track
(such as a rtist, album and album cover*) as well
as the playing time and the remaining playing
time are displayed.
u. co ... N ~ l) Th e fun ctio n automat ic ally sw itc hes off when th e sou rce
8 is ch an ged . N &j 2> This fun ctio n is not availa ble fo r all cell phone s.
Media
Jukebox memory capacity*
Information on the Jukebox memory capacity and
the number of stored tracks in the Jukebox is dis­
played.
Rewind/Fast forward
T urn the cont rol knob to the left or to the right.
Or: move your finger across the MMI touch con­
trol pad* from left to right.
Shuffle1>
With the function switched on 1;1, all files in the
playlist are played and shown in random order.
Repeat track1>
When the funct ion is switched on 1;1, the current
track repeats.
Back to 'Playback'
The options menu is closed. The track currently
playing appears in the playlist.
Play similar music*
The track currently playing is quickly analyzed
(s uch as artists, genres, mood , beat) and a smart
playlist with simi lar trac ks is shown .
Play more ...
A smart playlist is shown based on the track cur­
r ently playing. You can select between a p laylist
with more tracks
by this artist , from this album
o r of this genre.
Copy to jukebox*
See q page 225, Adding files to the Jukebox .
Set as ringtone*2>
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI. The track currently play ing must be in
the Jukebox"
q page 225.
The selected track wi ll be used as the ringtone
for incoming calls.
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Media
Gracenote onlin e datab ase*
Req uirement: the M MI mus t be connected to the
I n ternet.
Depending on availability , va rious informat io n
w ill load about the track cur rently play ing when
t his func tion is sw itched on
!;1.
Favorit es
See ~ page 234 .
Addition al options
Requirement: the vehicle must be stationary and
a video file* or a DVD* must be p lay ing .
Child safety loc k*
Playback o f video DVDs can be restric ted using
parental control.
E nter the password fo r parenta l control. Pass­
wo rd set at t he f actory:
12 34 . Yo u have the fol ­
lowing options:
- Prot ection level: select and confirm the protec­
t ion level (fo r example , Leve l 5). Eight diffe rent
pro tect io n leve ls c an be set fo r parenta l
cona
tro l. If you set the parental con trol 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
Un restri cted to remove all of the restrictions.
- Change pa ssword: edit the current password .
Switch to full screen
The video image is displayed. Turn the cont rol
knob to disp lay the playl ist.
Or : press the I BACKI
button.
Replay video1>
When th is function is sw itched on !;1, the current
video w ill replay .
Show DVD menu
The DVD main menu opens in the Infotainment
system display.
1> Th e fun ctio n au to m ati ca lly swi tches o ff when th e source
i s c ha nge d.
2> Depe nding o n th e DVD, th is may not be poss ib le dur ing
p layba ck.
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- Selecting a menu item: select and confirm a
menu item.
Or : move your finger on the MMI
to uch control pad * and press the contro l knob .
Audio track2
)
Yo u can ma nually se t the aud io t rack (lang uage
and audio format). The lang uage and audio for ­
mat options depend on the video DVD .
Subtitles2>
You can set subtitles for playback manually. The
l anguages availab le depend o n the DVD.
Aspect
Audi recommends the Automati c setting for the
picture format . You can set the picture format
depend ing on the act ive file or source (for exam­
ple v ideo fi le*, DVD*).
Picture for-
Description
mat
Automati c
The M MI detects the pict ure for-
mat of the so urce and displays the
i mage in the opt imum rat io. Black
bars may appea r on the sides of
the disp lay, depending on the
source format and the Infotain -
ment system display that is insta l-
led.
Z oo m The image is e nlarged to fi ll the
entire In fotainment system dis -
play. Switch the function off if the
image is distorted .
Cinema-Use this setting for fi lms in cinema
sc ope fo rmat 2 1:9. B lack bars are s hown
i n t he upper and lower edges of the
Infotainment system d isplay .
Origin al The image is d isplayed in the ratio
of the so urce fo rmat. Select this
opt ion if the image is disto rted or a
section of the image is cut off
when
Au to is selected.

Media
Audio files Video files*
C ha rac te ris-
up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz up to maximum 2,000 kbit/s and
tic s 48 kHz samp ling frequencies sampling 720x576 px. at max imum 25 fps
frequen-
cy
Numbe r DVD driv e *: m ax. 1,000 files per medium
of fil es Jukebox*: approximately 10 GB memory capacity; max. 3,000 fi les can be imported
USB stor age de vice and memor y cards: max . 10,000 fi les per medium; max. 1,000
files pe r playlist/directory
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- The med ia drives do not support the W in­
dows Media Audio 9 Voice format.
- Fo r compressing MP3 fi les, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kb it/s. The
display showing the remaining play t ime
may differ for audio files with variable bit
rate.
- Specia l characters (such as those in 103 tag
i nformat ion) d isplay d ifferent ly depending
CD drive
A pp lies to: ve hicles w it h a CD drive
on the system language and cannot always
be guaranteed.
- The manufacturer of the storage device can
prov ide informat ion about its "USB Dev ice
Subclass".
- Some M TP player functions are not s upport ­
ed, such as rating mus ic tracks and v ideo
playback.
The following audio file properties are supported by the CO drive:
Audio files
Supp orted
Audio CDs (up to 80 min) with CO text (artist, album, track)*, CO-ROMs with a capaci-
m edia ty of up to 700 MB
File system CD file sy ste m : IS09660, Joliet, UD F
M eta d ata Album co ver : GIF, )PG, PNG w it h max . 800x800 px . The album cover from the medi-
um may be d isplayed, depend ing on ava ilab il ity.
Format M PEG 1/2 Windows Media Au -MPEG 2/4
FLAC
Layer 3 dio 9 and 10
File exte nsion .mp3 .wma .m4a; .flac
. m4b;
.aac
Pla ylis ts .M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
Chara cte ris tic s up to maxim um 320 kbit/s and 48 k Hz sampling frequencies 48 k Hz sampling
frequency
Numb er Maximum 1,000 f iles per med ium
o f fil es
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- Fo r compressing MP3 files, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kb it/s. The display showing the remain
ing play time
may differ for aud io files with var iable b it
rate.
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System settings
Setting the date and
time
You can set the clock time manually or using the
CPS* .
.. Select : IMENUI button> Settings> left control
button >
MMI settings > Date & time.
.. Or : select : IMENUI button> Vehicle> left con-
trol button >
Vehicle settings > Date & time .
Automatic setting
When this function is switched on g, the time
and date are automatically set.
Time
Requirement: the Automatic setting must be
switched
off .
Press the control knob. You can set the Time
manually by turning and pressing the control
knob.
Date
Requirement: the Automatic setting must be
switched
off.
Press the control knob . You can set the Date
manually by turning and press ing the control
knob.
Time zone
When selecting the appropriate time zone, a
sampling of countries in this zone will be listed .
Automatic time zone*
When this function is switched on g, the time
will automatically adjust to the corresponding
time zone.
Automatic daylight saving time*
When this function is switched on g, the time
will automatically switch to daylight saving time .
Time format
If you select 24h, the clock will display, for ex­
ample,
13:00 . If you select AM/PM , the clock
will disp lay, for examp le,
1:00 PM .
System settings
Date format
If you select DD.MM.YYYY , the date display will
show, for example ,
31.08.2017. If you select
MM/DD/YYYY , the date display will show, for ex­
amp le,
08/31/2017. If you select YYYY-MM­
DD ,
the date display will show, for example,
2017-08-31 .
MMI settings
.. Select: !MENU I button> Settings> left control
button >
MMI settings .
Language
You can change the display language as well as
the language for the voice guidance* and voice
recognition system*.
T he number of languages available depends on
the market.
Measurement units
The following measurement units can be set de­
pend ing on availability:
Speed , Distance , Tem­
perature , Fuel consumption , Volume , Pressure.
Tool tips
When this funct ion is switched on g, your MMI
shows you tips for input . The frequency of how
often it displays decreases with time.
Speech dialog system
Applies to : vehicles wit h voice recog nitio n system
Depend ing on veh icle equipment, the following
funct ions may be ava ilable:
Command display : when this function is switch ­
ed on
g, the MMI will show you the possible
commands for voice input in the respective
menu.
Short dialog : when this function is switched on
g, a shorter form of the prompts is used .
Command during voice output*: thi s function is
switched on at the factory . W hen this function is
switched on
g, you can say new commands dur-
ing announcements. You do not need to wait for
the signal tone (beep) dur ing an announcement.
When the funct ion is swi tched off
0, you need to Iii>
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System settings
wait for the sig nal t one (bee p) to say a new
command.
Volume : you can a djust th e vol ume of th e
p romp ts by turning the con tro l k no b.
Individual speech training (on ly when the v ehi­
cle is s ta ti onary): yo u ca n ad apt the vo ice recog­
ni tion sy ste m to your voic e or pro nunciati on in
or der to im prove the sys tem's a bili ty to re co gni ze
your speec h. Indivi dua l speech train ing is com ­
p rised of 20 s peech ent ries t hat consist o f com ­
mands and sequences of numbers . You can de­
lete the p rogrammed voice t rain ing with the
Re­
set individual speech training
function.
Display brightness
You can a djust the brigh tness o f the Info tain ­
ment system disp lay by t urning the cont ro l knob.
Factory settings
D epe ndi ng on t he ve hicle eq uipme nt, th e fo llow­
i ng fu nctio ns ca n b e rese t to factory se ttings :
-Sound settings
- Radio
- Media settings
- Jukebox *
- Directory
-Telephone
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi*
- Navigation settings*
- Navigation and online memory *
- Speech dialog system*
- Message settings *
-Apps*
- Tool tips
- Audi connect*
- Audi smartphone interface *
You can select the des ired functions individually
or all at once with the option
Select all entries .
Select and confirm Restore factory settings .
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-Make s ure that n ot on ly t he settings we re
d eleted but also the stored data, if ap plica­
b le.
- Pleas e note t hat the vo ice reco gnit io n sys­
te m* is not availab le in Cabr io lets .
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Connection manager
Introduction
The connection manager gives you an overview
of your conn ected devic es and th eir network sta­
tus .
Settings Conne -ction manager I
-====- ,.· • Prima hone: MyPhone .,.
c M yPhone
• Second ary phone :
• Data conn ection :
• MM I connect App :
• Audi smartphone:
Fig. 214 Co nnec tion man ag er
Ii'!
Not connected
Not
conn.,ct.,d
Not connected
Not
conn..cted
"' Select : !ME NUI bu tton> Settings > left con trol
bu tton >
MMI settings > Connection manager .
"'Sele ct a nd confirm a menu item.
If a mobile device was already connected and you
select and co nfirm the co rresponding menu item,
t h e dev ice name and co nnect ion mode a re dis­
p layed under the menu i tem
r:!;> fig. 214 .
You can indiv id ually Connect (~ ) or Disconnect
(0) a pa ired device .
Requirement:
- The ve hicl e m ust be statio na ry and the ignit io n
m ust be switc hed on .
- Th e Bluetooth sett ings will open on yo ur mo ­
bi le device dur ing the connection setup .
- T he Blue tooth func tion and v is ibili ty of the MMI
c:!;> page 24 6 and mobile device must be switc h­
ed on.
- T he mo bile device to be con nected m ust not be
connected to any othe r Bluetoot h dev ice .
Primary phone
App lies to: vehicles wit h telepho ne
- Connect new device: search for and connect a
cell p hone.
- List of devices already paired : select yo ur cell
phone from the list of all the dev ices that a re
already paired.

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Secondary phone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
-Connect new device : search for and connec t a
c e ll phone.
- List of devices already paired : selec t your cell
p hone fro m the lis t of all the devices t hat are
al re ad y p aired.
Data connection
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
- T he data conne ct ion is made using the em bed ­
ded SIM car d
ll i=>page 190. You do not need to
adjust a ny a ddit io n al sett ings.
{Ll) Note
Always follow t he inf ormat ion foun d in i=> @ in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 195 .
MMI connect app
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement: the Audi MMI connect app m ust
be installed and open on your mobile device.
- Connect new device : search for and connect a
mobile device (s uch as a smartp hone) .
-List of devices already paired : selec t your mo ­
bile device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paire d.
Audio player
Applies to vehicles with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi audio player
Bluetooth player*
Requirement: the Bluetooth funct ion and v is ibili ­
ty must be sw itched on in the MMI
i=> page 246
and on the B luetoot h aud io player.
- Connect new device : press the control knob.
Se lect
Bluetooth audio player . Search fo r and
connect a mobile device .
-List of devices already paired : select a Bl ue­
tooth device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paire d.
ll SIM card inst alle d in t he v eh icle at the fa ctory.
System settings
Wi-Fi audio player*
R eq uiremen t: th e W i-Fi h otspo t* on the M MI
i=> page 195 an d on yo ur Wi -Fi audio playe r must
be switched o n.
-Connect new device: press the co ntrol knob.
Se arch for and conne ct a W i-Fi ca pabl e dev ice.
- Disconnect Wi-Fi audio player: de activate t he
W i-Fi on you r W i-Fi capa ble dev ice. The devi ce
w ill be au tom atic a lly removed from the lis t.
@ Note
Alway s follo w the inf ormat ion foun d in i=> @ in
W i-F i h ots pot on p age 195.
Directory
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Display contacts from a cell phone (or an addi­
tiona l cell phone).
Requirement: no ce ll phones can be connec ted to
the MMI using the
Handsfree pro file.
- Connect new device: search for and connect a
new ce ll phone .
-List of devices already paired : select yo ur cell
phone from t he list of all the cell phones that
are a lready paired .
Audi smartphone
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
-Connect yo ur cell phone to the A udi music in­
t erface
i=> page 230 using a USB adap ter
i=> page 22 9, fig. 2 06.
- Sel ect your cell p ho ne from t he list of cell
p ho nes th at h ave already bee n con nec ted.
Additional options
D epen ding on the sele cted fun ct ion, yo u ca n use
t h e righ t contro l bu tton to access the ava ila bl e
additional options in t he connection mana ger .
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-Ver sio n inf ormation : information on the MMI
software version and the navigation database*
software vers ion is displayed . T he
Softwa re in ­
form atio n
function a lso provides information
on the softwa re con tained in the MMI and the
l icensing agreement .
Sound settings
The sound distribution and volume of the MMI
can be adjusted individually . The settings depend
on vehicle equipment.
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Fi g. 215 Adju sting the balan ce /fade r
.,. Select: I M ENU I button> Sound > left contro l
button
> Ent ertainm ent .
Treb le /Ba ss
You can adjust the Treble and Ba ss settings by
turning the control knob . The changed settings
only apply for the audio source that is act ive at
the t ime. This allows you to ad just the sound set­
tings for each audio source separately .
Bal ance /fader (Sound focu s)
- Ad justing th e sou nd d ist ribut ion to the l eft or
right :
press the control k nob . Turn the control
knob to the left or right to the desired position .
-Adju sting t he sou nd d istribution to the fron t
or rear :
press the control knob again . T urn the
contro l knob to the left or right to the desired
pos ition.
- Adju sting the sound d istribution u sing th e
MMI t ouch* :
move your finger on the MM I
touch cont ro l panel* in the desi red direction.
Sound effects
LL Select and confirm a Fo cus setting: co ....
~ - All : all speakers in the vehicle a re a ctive (sym-
~ metr ica l sound dist ribution) . 0 N > co
Sys tem settings
-Front : only the speakers in the front of the ve­
hicle are active.
- Rear *: on ly the speakers in the rear of the vehi­
cle are active .
Surround level
Turn the cont rol knob to adjust the surround
sound level.
Subwoofer
Turn the control knob to adjust the subwoofer .
Speed dep end ent v olum e cont rol *
Turn the control knob to adjust the p layback vol­
u me to the noise ins ide the veh icle.
Volume settings
Adjusting the volume
T he volume of an audio source or a system mes ­
sage (for example, from the voice recognition
system*) can be adjusted directly while the
sound is playing using the On/Off knob .
-Incr easing or decreas ing the volume : turn the
On/Off
knob @~ page 154, fig . 155 to the
r ight or left .
-Mu ting or pau sin g: press the On/Off knob
briefly .
Or: turn the On/Off knob to the left un­
til the
symbo l@ ~ page 163 appea rs . An ac­
tive a udio/v ideo source is stopped.
- Unmuting or re suming : press the On/Off knob
briefly .
Or: turn the On/Off knob to the rig ht.
.&_ WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, adj ust the
volume of the audio system so that audible
signals from o utside the vehicle, such as po­
lice and fire sirens, can be heard easily at all
times.
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Volumes that are too high or too low are au­
tomatically adjusted to a set level when the
MMI is switched on.
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