2018 AUDI A3 SEDAN infotainment

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MMI touch
MMI touch control pad
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
You can enter data using handwriting recogni­
tion on the MMI touch control pad.
F ig. 159 E xamp le : enter ing a nav igation des tination us in g
t h e MMI touc h
The MMI touch c ontrol pad is on the s urface w ith
the cont ro l knob
q fig . 159.
Entering letters, numbers and symbols
Appl ies to: vehicles with MMI touch
The MMI touch allows you to enter data on the
MMI touch con trol pad using handwriting rec og ­
ni tion .
Fig . 160 Disp lay w hen MM I touch is ac tive
Multi Media Inte rface
Re quirement: i t must be poss ible to enter tex t or
numbers and the
symbol (!) q fig. 160 must ap­
pear i n the Infotainment system display .
-Initial entry : write an ind iv id ual up per case or
lower case lette r or n umbe r/symbol on the
M MI touch cont rol pad using your finger . A
symbo l that is recogn ized clearly by the system
is displayed in the Infotainment system disp lay
(D <=> page 157 , fig. 159, confirmed w ith an au­
dib le sig na l if necessary, an d transferred to the
input field.
- Enter ing spaces : move your finger across the
M MI touch control pad from left to right .
-Delet ing characters : move your finger across
the MMI touch contro l pad from right to left .
-Selecting the input suggestion : press the con­
trol k nob.
- Switching directly to the results list : turn the
cont rol knob to the rig ht
- Opening the speller : select the right control
button>
Open speller . Text or numbers are en­
tered using the
speller<=> page 161.
Moving the crosshairs
Applies to: vehicles with MMI touch
Fig . 161 Mov ing the c ross hair s
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Multi Media Interface
-Moving the sound focus using the cro sshair s:
the crosshairs can be moved horizontally. Turn
the control knob to the left or to the r ight .
Press the control knob to move the crosshairs
vertically. Turn the contro l knob to the left or
to the right. Press the control knob again to
save the sett ing .
Using the DVD main menu
Requirement: a DVD must be p laying
c;, page232 .
-Selecting a menu item: move the control knob
with joystick function up or down or to the left
or right.
-Confirming a selection: press the control knob.
Opening the selection /options menu with
the control knob
App lies to: vehicles w ith joystick function
Applies to: MMI control panel wit h control
knob and joy·
stick function
Fig. 165 Open ing t he se lect io n/op tion s m enu w ith the
co ntrol knob
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Requirement : the se lection menu symbol 3 must
be displayed in the Infotainment system display
¢fig. 165.
Opening/closing the selection menu: push the
contro l knob to the
left ¢ fig. 165 to open these­
l ection menu . Then you can select and confirm a
funct ion using the control knob .
Press the
I BACK I button 0 ¢ page 154 , fig . 154
to return to the function one level up.
Opening/closing the options menu: push the
control knob to the right
¢fig. 165 to open the
opt ions men u. Then you can select and confirm a
function using the control knob.
Press the
I BACK I button 0 c;, page 154, fig . 154
to return to the function one leve l up.

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Multifunction steering
wheel
Introduction
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
In the driver information system display, you can
control numerous Infotainment functions using
the multifunction steering wheel plus*
<=:> page 13 or the multifunct ion steering wheel*
c> page 16.
You can control additional Infotainment func­
tions us ing the MMI control panel
c> page 154 in
the Infota inment system display .
A WARNING
Direct your full attention to dr iv ing. As the
dr iver, yo u have complete respons ibility fo r
safety in t raffic. Only use the functions in
-
such a way that you a lways maintain com ­
plete control over yo ur vehicle in a ll traffic sit-
uations.
Radio
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel and ra­
dio
Requ irement: radio mode must be started
c> page 218 and the rad io/med ia tab m ust be
d isp layed.
.,. Press either the El butto n or the left control
button
<=:> page 14, depend ing on veh icle equ ip­
ment.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the following
functions may be availab le in the driver informa­
tion system.
- Se lecting th e fr equ ency band : select and con ­
firm a frequency band .
-Se lecting a station from th e pr esets li st *: se­
lect :
Preset s> the desired radio station .
-Selecting a station from the sta tion list *: se­
lect and confirm a radio station .
-Selecting a station from the presets li st : se­
lect :
Preset s> the desired radio station .
-Opening a med ia source : select and confirm
Sw itch to medi a. Multifunction
ste ering wheel
Additional settings
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
- Select: r ight cont rol b utton > desired entry.
Depend ing on the funct ion selected, the follow­
i ng additional settings may be possible:
- Sho w "Now Pla ying" screen : see c>page 222.
Media
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel and
media
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files
c> page 224 and the radio/media tab
must be disp layed.
.,. Press eithe r the @Jbutton o r the left contro l
button
c> page 14, depending on vehicle equip ­
ment .
Depend ing on ve hicle equ ipment, t he following
f unct ions may be ava ilable in the dr iver informa ­
tion system.
- Sele cting a media sourc e: select and confirm a
so urce su ch as the
"SD ca rd".
- Playing an audio /vid eo fil e: select and confirm
a t rack/fi le.
- Pau sing /resuming pla yback : press the right
t humbwhee l@ c> page 15, fig. 11 . To resume
p layback, press the rig ht th umbwhee l again.
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
-Sw itching to radio : select and confirm a fre­
quency band (such as
FM ).
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
-Swit ching to the radio : select and confirm
Swit ch to radio .
- Opening additional tra ck information :
select :
r igh t con trol button
> Show "Now Playing "
sc reen.
For additional information, see
c> page235 .
(D Tips
- The media dr ives do not p lay fi les t hat are
protected by ORM and t hat are iden tified
with the symbol
{n .
- Ple ase note th at within a med ia so urce in
t he drive r informa tion system, only p lay lists
that were selected through the MMI control
pane l can be played
ca:> page 233 . ..,.
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Multifunction steering wheel
-Always pay attention to the Infotainment
system d isp lay . Add itiona l operat ion
th ro ugh t he M MI cont rol panel may be nec ­
essa ry, depend ing o n the selected f unction.
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel and
telephone
R equir emen t: a cell phone must be connec ted to
the MMI
¢ page 177 an d the telephone tab
m ust be displayed .
.,. Press ei ther the l== lbu tto n or the left con trol
but ton
~page 1 4 , d epe ndin g on veh icle eq uip­
ment.
D epe nding on vehicle equip men t, the follow ing
f un ctions may be av aila ble i n t he drive r info rma ­
t ion system .
-Accessing a contact : selec t and conf irm Call
list / Favorites / Directory .
Select and co nfirm
a c onta ct.
-Directory contacts : the drive r information sys­
tem o nly disp lays dire ctory co ntacts t hat have a
p hone num ber stored . If severa l pho ne n um­
bers are s to red w it h a contac t, the lis t of stored
num bers is dis played fi rst when the entry is se ­
l ected . For more informat io n about t he di s­
played symbols, refer
to ¢ page 186 .
-Recent calls: the recent ca lls list conta ins a ll in­
coming, o utgoing and missed ca lls.
-Caller information* : the name, phone number
or Unknown ap pears in t he dr ive r informat io n
system d isp lay depending on whether the ca ller
has been stored in the directory and if the
phone numbe r has been t ransm itted .
Functions during an incoming call
-Accepting a call : press the le ft thu mb whee l
whe n there is an incom in g ca ll.
-Declining a call : sele ct and c onfirm Decline
whe n there is an incom in g ca ll.
-Ending a phone call : selec t a nd confi rm End
call .
Functions during a phone call
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Applies to: vehicles with analog instrument cluster
-Making an additional phone call : selec t Hold >
[§] butto n > Directory or Call list > an entry in
t he lis t.
-Accepting an incoming call when there is an
active call and a call on hold:
sele ct and con ­
f ir m
Replace . The ac tive c all is repl aced with
t he incoming call.
Appl ies to: vehicles with Aud i v irtual cockp it
-Making an additional phone call : select: Hold
call
> l eft con trol button > Directory or Call list
> an entry .
-Accepting an incoming call when there is an
active call and a call on hold:
select and con­
fi rm
Answer . The act ive ca ll is replaced wi th t he
i n com ing c all.
Additional f unct ions include:
Mute : if you select and confirm this f unction, the
othe r person on the phone cannot hear you. You
can hea r the other person .
Holding/resuming a call : you can place the exist ­
i ng ca ll on ho ld and res ume it aga in.
Swap call : you can alt ern ate between two p ho ne
ca lls at the same time . One of t he calls will be on
h o ld. Select ing
End call will end t he active phone
ca ll. A call that was placed on ho ld stays on hold
and can be taken
off ho ld with Resume .
Conference call :
a call on ho ld and up to five ac ­
tive pa rties ( dep endi ng on the ce ll phone serv ice
provide r) ca n be added to a confe rence cal l. To
make an additional ca ll, put all participants in
the cur rent conference call on hold us ing
Hold
call .
By press ing the left contro l button, you ca n
make additional ca lls from the directory or the
ca ll list .
Resume takes all par ties off hold .
(D Tips
-The telephone fu nctions can on ly be co n­
tr olled wi th t he mu ltifunc tio n steer ing
w heel if th e te lep hon e equip ment was in­
stall ed
at the fa ctory.
-The te le phon e fun ctions dep end on the c ell
ph one and wheth er they are suppor te d by
y ou r ce ll ph one serv ice pro vider or not.
-The Call waiting funct ion must b e ac tivate d
in y our c ell ph on e and in th e MMI in order to
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Voice recognition s ystem
Voice recognition system
Operating
A pplies to: ve hicles w ith vo ice recognition system
You con operate many Infotainment functions
conveniently by speaking.
R equirements: the ignition and the MMI must be
switched
on <=> page 154, there must not be any
phone call in progress and the parking system
must not be active .
~ Switching on: press the~ button @
<=> page 15, fig. 11 or@ <=> page 16, fig . 13
briefly on the mult ifunct ion steer ing whee l and
say the desired command after the
Beep .
~ Sw itching off : press and hold the~ button.
Or: press the [21 butto n.
~ Pausing : say the command Pau se . To res ume,
press
the~ button .
~ Correcting : say the command Corre ction .
Input assis tance
The system gu ides you through the input with
visual and audio feedback .
-Visual input a ssistance : after switching on
vo ice recognit ion, a display with a se lection of
poss ible commands appears . This command
display can be sw itched on or off . Select:
IMENU I button> Settings> left control button
> MMI settings > Sp eech dialog system .
- Audio input a ssis tance :
to have the poss ible
commands read, turn the voice recogn ition sys­
tem o n and say
Help .
For the s ystem to under stand you:
Speak clearly and dist inct ly at a normal volume.
Speak louder when driving faster .
E mphasi ze 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 t hat passen ­
gers are not speaking when you are giving a voice
command.
Do not direct the vents toward the hands -free mi ­
crophone, which is in the roof headliner near the
front interior lights.
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Only use the system from the dr iver's seat be ­
ca use the hands -free microphone is directed to ­
ward that seat .
Additional settings
See<=> page 248.
_8. WARNING
- Direct yo ur full attention to dr iv ing. As the
d river, you have complete responsibility fo r
safety in t raffic. On ly use the functions in
such a way that you a lways maintain com­
plete contro l over your vehicle in a ll traffic
situations.
- Do not use the voice recognition system in
emergencies because your voice may change
in s tressful s ituations .
It may take longer to
d ia l the numbe r or th e system may not be
ab le to d ia l it at all. Dial the emergency
number manually.
(D Tips
- The d ia log pauses when there is a n incom­
ing phone call a nd will cont inue if you ig­
nore the ca ll. The d ia log ends if yo u answer
t h e ca ll.
- Th ere are no vo ice gu idance* prompts when
a dialog is act ive.
- You can select an i tem in the list using ei­
ther the vo ice recognit ion system o r the
cont ro l knob .
Command overview
information
App lies to : vehicles wi th voice recog nitio n system
The following overv iews describe the commands
that can be used to operate the MMI using the
voice recog nition system.
Alte rnative commands a re separ ated using a"/ ",
for example say:
Telephone / (or) Navigati on /
(or) Radio .
Sequences of commands used to perform an ac­
t ion are iden tified w ith a
"> ", fo r example say:
Enter addre ss > (t hen) Enter country /state. .,..

Voice recognition s ystem
Function
Calling the last number dialed
Dialing a phone numbe r
Correcting the phone number that
was entered
Showing contact information
L isten ing to messages
Entering the PIN (SIM)
Co rrect ing the P IN entry
Correcting data input
C los ing the full-sc reen command
list
(D Tips
Say :
R edi al
Enter number
> when prompted, say the telephone number in
groups of individual numbers,
for example. 888 555 1212 > Di -
al
C orr ect ion / Delet e numb er
Di rector y
> say the desired contact when prompted,
for example John Sm ith
C all voic emai l
Ente r PIN
> when prompted , say the P IN in individual numbers
> S av e
Corr ection
I Delete PIN
No I meant ( XV)
Clos e
-Please note tha t commands can on ly be giv­
en for the primary
phone*¢ page 177 .
-Contacts in the directory can selected using
the full name ("first name last name" and "last name, first name") as well as with only
the first or last name . This applies to cell
phones that transmit names separated into
first and last names. -
For more informat ion on s upported cell
phones, visit www.a udiusa.com/ bluetoo th
or contact an authorized Audi dealer or au ­
thorized Audi Service Facility .
Audi connect (Infotainment)
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement: the requirements for Audi connect
(Infotainment) must be met
¢ page 190 .
Function Say:
Accessing Audi connect Infota in -Audi connect > follow the system prompts
ment services
Audi connect Infotainment services
Weather / Online news / Fuel p rice s/ Parking info rmation /
T rav el info rmat ion / Tw itte r/ Online traffic info rmation / City
e v ents / Fl ight informat ion
Search areas for Aud i connect Info-N ear de stination / Nearb y/ In a new city
tainment serv ices
Correcting data input
No I m eant (XV)
(D Tips
Always read the chapter ¢ page 196, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general information.
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Voice recognition system
Messages (Audi connect (Infotainment))
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system and Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement : a cell phone w it h an ac tive MAP
( M essage Access Profi le) mus t be con nected to
the M MI
c::>page 183 .
Function Say:
T ext ed it ing commands Read out
I Add / Delete / Rec ord everything again / Replace
with (XY) / Add recipient / Send
Read ing out a new message Read out new te xt me ssage / Read out new e-mail
Reading a message Read out text message / Read out e-mail
Replying to the open text message Reply
Forwarding the open text message Forward > Add recipient / Insert template / Send
Correcting data inp ut No I meant (XV)
(D Tips
-Fo r more information on sup ported ce ll
phones, v is it www.aud iusa .com/b luetoot h
or con tact a n au thor ized A udi dealer or au­
t h or ized Audi Serv ice Facili ty.
-Always read the chapter c::> page 196 , Audi
connect (Infotainment) gen eral informa­
tion.
Navigation
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognitio n system and navigation system
Requi rement: the Navigation men u m ust be
open
c::> table on page 171 .
You can say the following commands fo r en ter ing
a destination depending on the se lected men u
item:
Function Say:
Opening the list of previous naviga -Last destinations
tion destinations
Access ing favo rit es Navigation favorites
Selecting the home add ress Home address or Drive home
E nte ring a n add ress with guida nce Enter address
> follow the system prompts
from the system
Individua l commands for entering a Enter country/state/ Enter city / Enter ZIP code / Enter
destination street/ Enter house number
Ma king a co rrection wh ile ente ring a Correction
destination
Navigating to a contact Drive me to (XY) or Navigate to contact , for examp le Drive me
to "John Smith"
N avigating to a specific address for Navigate to conta
ct (XV) business / private ,
a contact for example "Navigate to John Smith pr ivate"
N avigating to favor ites Navigation favorites > Line (XV) /
Line con tents> Start rou te
guidan ce when promp ted
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Voice recognition system
-A lways read the chap ter qpoge 19 6, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa ­
tion .
Radio
App lies to : ve hicl es w ith vo ice recognition syste m
Requirement: the Radio must already be open. You can say the following commands depend ing
o n the selected frequency band:
Function Say:
Selecting the frequency band FM*/ SiriusXM * / FM / AM
Sele cti ng a stat io n from t he s ta tion Channel (XY ) / Frequency (XV)
list
Selecting a stat ion from favorites/
Radio presets > Line ( XV)
presets
Setting the frequency
Frequency ( X V ) / Frequency (XV ) HD 1
Correcting data input No I meant (XV )
Clos ing the full -sc reen command Close
list
Media
A pp lies to: ve hicles with vo ice recognition syste m
Requirement: you must be in the Media menu . You can say the following commands depend ing
o n t he act ive media:
Function Say:
Selecti ng a so urce directly Jukebox* / CD / DVD / SD card 1 / SD card 2 / Audi music inter-
face*
I iPhone * / USB* / Bluetooth * I Wi-Fi* / Medium (XY) , for
example " Jolhn 's player"
Se lecting aud io/video* f iles in the
Media favo rites / Artists / Albums / Genres I Tracks / Playl ists /
Jukebox* Videos
Selecti ng audi o files on an iPo d Artists / Albums / Genres I Tracks / Playlists /Composers /
(source: A udi music inte rface*) Podca st s / Audio book s
Navigating w ith in a folder struc-Folder up / Line (XV)
tu r e/list
Se lecting shuffle
Shuffle on / Shuffle off
Correct ing data inp ut No I meant (XV)
Clos ing the full -sc reen command Close
list
External voice operation The ign ition and the MMI must be sw itched on.
No phone call is in progress .
Appl ies to: ve hicles w ith vo ice recogni tion syste m and exte r­
n al voice o peratio n
Requireme nt: T
he pa rk ing aid as well as t he A ud i voice recogn i-
t io n syste m mus t not be a ct ive. .,.
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