2018 AUDI A3 SEDAN infotainment

Tele phone
- Muting the incoming ca ll: select and confirm
Mut e.
- Additi onal c all :
se lect: Find c onta ct > Call li st/
Di rector y/Fa vo rites
> an entry from the list.
M ute: if you se lect and co nfirm th is function , the
other pe rson on the phone cannot hea r yo u. You
can hear the other person . To turn the micro­
phone back on, se lect and confirm
Unmute.
Hold call /R es um e held call:
you can p lace the ex ­
isting call on hold and resume i t again. To re ­
sume the call, select and confirm the ca ll you
wou ld like to resume.
Tran sfe r ca ll to m obile d evic e*: select and con­
fi rm
Tr ansfe r call to mobil e devic e to transfer
the existing call from the MM I to your cell phone.
Switch to hands -fr ee mod e*: Requirement: you
must have a phone ca ll in prog ress o n your cell
p hone. Select and confirm
Swit ch to hand s-free
mode
to transfer the call from your ce ll phone
back to the MMI.
Swap call : alternate between two phone ca lls
while one of the ca lls is on hold. Select ing
End
c a ll
wi ll end the active phone call. A p hone call on
hold can be resumed using the right control but ­
ton >
Resume .
Co nne cti on manag er:
see ~ page 244.
Telephone sett ings : see ~ page 187 .
(D Tips
-To be notified of an incoming call during a
phone call, the
call waiting function in your
cell phone must be switched on when using
the
Handsfre e profile .
- You can obta in more information from your
ce ll phone serv ice prov ider or from your cell
phone use r guide.
- When leaving the vehicle, the Bluetooth
con nection to the ce ll phone w ill automat i­
ca lly dis co nne ct. Depending on you r cell
phone, phone ca lls in p rogress may be auto­
matically redirected from t he M MI to your
ce ll phone and you can continue t he call on
your phone.
- The display of an incoming phone ca ll in the
Infotainment system disp lay may still be
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visible for a few seconds after a call is an ­
swered/ignored depending on the ce ll
phone in use.
Making an emergency call
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
.,. Select: ! MENU I button> Telephone > left con­
trol button >
Enter n umber > Enter emergency
call number (for example, 911) >
OK .
A WARNING
-
-Because you r phone works with rad io sig­
na ls, a connection canno t be gua ran teed un ­
de r all ci rcumsta nces. Do not rely o n only
your phone when it comes to essential com ­
munication (such as a medical emergency) .
- Always follow the instr uct ions given by the
emergen cy personne l dur ing an emergency
call and on ly end the ca ll when they instruct
you to do so.
(D Tips
E mergency numbe rs a re not the s ame every ­
whe re. Find out wh ic h emergency n umber is
u sed in your current location.
Favorites
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Up to 50 contacts , in addition to the voicemail
number, can be stored in any order in the favor­
ites lis t.
.,. Select: !MENU I button> Telephone > left con-
trol b utton .
Storing an e xis ting phone number as a
fa vorit e:
-Select and confirm Call list /Director y.
- Select a contact or phone n umbe r from the list.
- Select: r ight cont rol b utton>
S tor e as favorite .
-Enter a name for the favor ite or select a sug-
gestion .
- Select and confirm
Save .
Ren aming stored fa vorite s
- Select: Favo rite s > a favorite from the list.

Telephone
Forward
The selected text message can be forwarded to a
different recipient.
Send again*
The selected text message can be resent.
Delete this text me ssage*
The se lected text message can be deleted .
Read out1
)
You can have the MMI read an open text mes­
sage .
Text messaging settings*
To disp lay when a new text message is received,
e na ble the
Text message notifications . New text
messages are indicated w ith an enve lope
121 in
the Infotainment system display status line.
Connection manager
See ¢ page 244 .
Wi-Fi settings
See ¢page 195.
Telephone settings
See ¢page 187.
(D Tips
Messages that are deleted in the MMI are also
deleted in the cell phone automatically.
E-mail*
Applies to: cell phones with Bluetooth Message Access Profile
(MAP)
Depending on the type of cell phone being used,
you can receive and send e-mails through the
MMI.
Requirement: a cell phone must be connected to
the MMI via Bluetooth MAP (Message Access Pro­
file)
¢ page 177 . You can find out in your cell
phone owner's manual if your cell phone sup­
ports this function.
1) Not availa ble in all l an guage s.
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.. Select: IMENUI button> Telephone > left con­
trol button >
e-mail (myPhone) /e-mail (secon­
dary phone )*.
Write new e-mail
Select and confirm Write new e-mail.
- Using a template :
select and confirm the de­
sired template from the list.
-Writing your own text* : select and confirm Do
not use template .
Enter text using the MMI
touch control pad* or the letter speller.
- Enter one or more rec ipients .
- Select and confirm
Send.
Inbox
A ll received e -mails are displayed .
Sent
All sent e-mails are displayed.
Outbox
All e-ma ils that will be sent are displayed.
Drafts
A ll saved e-mails that have not been sent yet are
displayed.
(@ Note
A lways follow the informa tion found in ¢Cl) in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page
195.
(D Tips
-For more information on supported cell
phones, visit www.a udiusa. com/bl uetoo th
or contact an authorized Audi dealer or au­
thorized Audi Service Facility .
- To ensure that your sent e -mails are re ­
ceived, connect your cell phone to the Wi-Fi
hotspot* in the vehicle so that the e-mai l
app on your ce ll phone continues to have In­
ternet access. If you are still not receiving e­
ma ils even though you have a successfu l
connect ion, then contact your e-mail service
prov ider or you r cell phone service provider.

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Message options
Applies to: cell phones with Blue toot h Message Access Profile
(MAP)
"' Select: I MENU I button >Telephone > left con­
trol button >
e-mail (myPhone)/e-mail (secon­
dary phone}* > Inbox /Sent /Outbox
> right
control button.
The following options may be available depend­
i ng on the selected menu.
Store as template
Ten e-mail templates are stored in the MMI. You
can save up to ten addit ional templates.
- Create an e-mail.
- Select and confirm
Store as template.
Resume last edited e-mail
The last e-mail in progress can be resumed .
Reply*
A reply can be sent for the selected e -mail in the
Inbox .
Reply to all*
A reply can be sent for the selected e-mail in the
Inbox and it will be sent to all of the entered re ­
cipients.
Forward
The selected e -mail can be forwarded to a differ­
ent rec ipient.
Delete this message*
The selected e-ma il can be deleted .
Read out1
)
You can have the MMI read an open e-mail.
E-mail settings*
To disp lay when a new e-mai l is received, activate
the
E-mail notifications . New e-mails are ind icat­
ed with an envelope
[gJ in the Infotainment sys­
tem disp lay stat us line.
ll Not availab le in all la nguages .
Connection manager
See~ page 244.
Wi-Fi settings
See ~page 195.
Telephone settings
See ~ page 187.
(D Tips
Telephone
-Messages that are deleted in th e MMI are
also automatically deleted in the connected
cell phone .
- You cannot read any messages whi le driv ­
ing .
Listening to voicemail
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
"'Select: IMENUI button> Telephone> left con ­
trol button. Select and confirm
Call list /Direc­
tory /Favorites > Voicemail.
- Entering the voicemail number:
enter the de­
sired number. Select and confirm
OK.
- Dialing the voicemail number: select and con­
firm
Voicemail.
(D Tips
- This service must be set up and activated in
advance by the cell phone service provider.
You can obtain more information from your
cell phone service provider.
- Th e voicemail number depends on the cell
phone service provider .
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~ Select: IMENUI button> Telephone > left con ­
t ro l button .
~ Select and confirm Dire ctory > a contact from
the directory.
~ Se lect : rig ht contro l button > Show contact de·
tails .
- Calling :
select and confi rm the desired tele ­
phone number.
- Navigating : to start navigation, se lect a nd co n­
firm the des ired address. Select and confi rm
Start route guidance.
P re ss the r ig ht cont ro l bu tton to o pen additional
options fo r th e contact details.
Add destination
To s tart n avig atio n, se le ct and co nf irm the de ­
sire d address . Sele ct an d confirm
Start route
guidance .
Store as favorite
Se e¢ page 182, Favorites .
Send text message*
You can send a text message¢ page 183 to the
se lected contact.
Delete contact
The se lected contact can be delete d.
(D Tips
- Contacts ed it ed in th e MM I dire ctory c annot
b e au tomat ic al ly up dat ed in t he connected
ce ll phone. Audi recomme nds editing cell
ph one contacts direct ly in t he ce ll phone .
- Only the co nt acts in t he lo cal MM I me mory
ca n be e dite d or de leted .
Importing and exporting contacts
Applies to: veh icles with telephone
C on tacts in vCard forma t (. vcf) can be impor ted
into the directory o r exported .
Requi reme nt: an S D car d m us t b e in ser ted in one
of the S D c ard
readers *¢ page 224 or a U SB
sto rage dev ice m ust be conne cte d to the Aud i
music
interface *¢ page 229 o r th e require -
Telephone
ments fo r Audi connect In fota inme nt serv ices*
must be met
¢ page 190.
~ Sele ct: ! ME NUI bu tton> Telephone > left con ­
t rol button >
Directory .
~ Select: r ight con trol button> Directory set­
tings.
- Importing conta cts from a storage device :
se­
lec t and conf irm
Import contact s > SD card 1 /
SD card 2 or USB device 1 /USB device 2
> de ­
sired contacts
> Start import.
- Exporting contacts to a storage device :
selec t
an d confirm
Export contacts > SD card 1 /SD
card 2 or USB device 1 /USB device 2
> desired
contacts
> Start export .
- Selecting all contacts at once to import/ex­
port :
select and con firm Import contacts /E x­
port contacts > SD card 1 /SD card 2 or USB de·
vice 1 /USB device 2
> All > Start import /Start
export .
(D Tips
-Always read the chapter¢ page 196, Audi
connect (Infotainment) general informa­
tion .
-Fo r ad ditiona l informati on o n the my Audi
acco unt, visi t www.a udiusa .com/myau di.
- The imported contacts a re stored in the lo­
cal memory of t he di re cto ry.
- A max imum of 1,000 contacts can be im­
ported. Yo u ca n check the d irectory memory
capacity at any
t ime ¢ page 188.
- Never save impo rtant data on memo ry ca rds
o r USB storage devices. Audi i s n ot responsi­
ble fo r damaged o r lost f il e s a nd media.
- Contacts t hat wer e downloa ded from a cell
phone cannot be e xp orted.
- The re should be no ot her files o r fo lders o n
the st orage med iu m contain ing t he contacts
t o b e im port ed .
Additional settings
Telephone settings
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
~ Select: IME NUI bu tton> Telephone > rig ht con -
trol button >
Telephone settings. ..,_
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Audi conn ect (Infotainment)
Audi connect
(Infotainment)
Introduction
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
With Audi connect Infotainment services, online information is transmitted directly to the vehicle
and then integrated .
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, only use
Audi connect Infotainment services when
road and traffic cond itions permit. A lways
read and fo llow the notes
in~ page 154,
Traffic safety information.
Setup
Requirements for Audi connect (Infotainment)
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
-
The data connection fo r A udi connect Infota in­
ment services is made thro ugh an embedded SIM
card (eS IM card) that is equipped in the veh icle.
The fo llow ing requ irements must be met to use
the embedded SI M card:
- You have already reg istered at
www .aud iusa.com/myaud i and ass igned a vehi­
cle.
- You have also already logged in to your myAud i
account under Audi connect plan for the em­
bedded SIM card and accepted the terms of use
given there. For add it io na l information, co ntact
an a uth orized Aud i de aler o r au th orized Audi
Service Facility .
Then you r Audi connect Infota inment serv ices are
activated and can be used in your ve hicle.
(D Tips
- After the free subscription has ended or the
data volume has been used up, data pac kets
can be purchased for the use of Audi con­ nect Infot ainment serv ices. You can find a d­
dit ional info rmation about fees and pur­
chasing at www .audiusa .com/myaudi.
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- Read this chapter before operating
~ page 196, Audi connect (Infotainment)
general information.
Configuration through myAudi
Audi connect (Infotainment) configuration
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Some A udi connect Infotainment services must
be conf igured through your personal myAud i ac­
count before using them for the first time.
- If you do not have a persona l myAudi account
yet, you can register on line at
www.a udiusa.com/myaudi.
- Add your vehicle to your myAudi account.
- Ac tivate/config ure the A ud i connect (Infotain -
ment) services you would like for your veh icle in
your myA udi account.
- For some Audi connect Infotainment services,
you may also have to enter your myAudi user
data or your myAudi PIN when accessing serv­ ices in the MMI to connect your veh icle to
myAudi.
For detailed information on configuration, visit
www.audiusa .com/mya udi .
Logging into myAudi in the vehicle
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
To use some Audi connect Infotainment services
(such as Twitter*), you must first connect your
vehicle to myAudi to transfer your personal set­
tings from your myAudi account.
Fig . 180 Logging into myA udi
.,.. Select: !MENUI b utton> Audi conne ct > right
control button > Log in.

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• Enter your myAudi user data. Or: enter your
e ight-d igit myAudi PIN .
• Confirm your entry with OK.
Then you can open your persona l settings from
your myAudi account in your vehicle .
(D Tips
You can receive your my Aud i PIN if you have
set up a myAudi account. For additional infor ­
mat ion, see www.audiusa .com/myaudi.
Opening Audi connect
(Infotainment)
A ppl ies to veh icles w ith A ud i con nect (Infotainment)
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J ;9 O nline dest inations
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~ Online traffic information =
Fig. 181 Aud i co nn ect (Infot ainm ent) home p age
• Select : the I M ENU ! button> Audi connect .
• If necessary, confirm the note displayed with
Accept .
A list of all of the available Audi connect Infotain­
ment services is shown in the Infotainment sys­
tem display
r::;, fig. 181 .
You can also filter the Audi connect Infotainment
services by category:
• Select : I MENU I button > Audi connect> left
control button > for example,
Navigation for
the Audi connect Infotainment services in the
navigation menu
r::;, page 193 .
Audi connect
Infotainment services
Basic functions
A pplies to vehicles w ith A ud i con nect (Infota inme nt)
If available, functions specific to certa in services
are in the selection menu of that particular Aud i
l) Not avail able in all lang uag es .
Audi connect (Infotainment)
connect Infotainment service r::;, page 156. The
basic functions are in the corresponding options
menu:
• Select: ! MENU I button> Audi connect> desired
Audi connect Infotainment service>
right con­
trol button .
Depending on the Audi connect Infotainment
service selected, the following basic functions are
available:
Save as preview*
You can also see a preview of the selected Audi
connect Infotainment services on the Aud i con­
nect Infotainment home page
(Dr=;, page 191,
fig . 181.
Show on map
You can show selected contents on the map and
use them for route guidance.
Login
Seer::;, page 190, Logging in to myAudi in the vehi­
cle .
Read out1>
You can allow the MMI to read out the selected
contents .
Call*
If a phone number was assigned to an entry , you
can call the number, for example to reserve tick­
ets.
Start route guidance
If a c ity was added to an entry, such as for City
Events ,
you can use it as a navigation destina­
tion. Route gu idance sta rts immed iate ly .
Change search area
The set search area can be changed at any time .
Additional information on search areas can be
found under
r::;, page 204.
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Audi connect (Infotainment)
Closing Audi connect Infotainment services
Regardless of the function selected, you can
close an Audi connect Infotainment service at any
time and return to the home screen
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fig.181 .
Parking information
Applies to: vehicles with parking informa tion
Information on parking locations and fees in the
selected search area (for example
Nearby ).
~ Select and confirm Park ing information.
You can use the right control button to sort the
parking locations
By distance or By availability.
Travel information
Applies to: vehicles with travel informa tion
Information on attractions in the selected search
area.
~ Select and confirm Travel information .
~ Select and confirm an attraction to display the
details .
Fuel prices
Applies to: vehicles with fuel prices
Information on gas stations with the lowest fuel
prices for your vehicle in the selected search area.
~ Se lect and confirm Fuel prices.
You can use the right control button to sort the
fue l pr ices
By price or By distance .
Weather
Applies to: vehicles with weather information
Information on current weather conditions as
well as weather forecasts for the selected search area .
~ Select and confirm Weather.
You can a lso display the current weather condi ­
tions on the map, for examp le .
~ Se lect : left control button > on entry.
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Flight information
Applies to: vehicles with flight informat ion
Information on flights a nd cur rent arr ival/depar­
ture times in the selected sea rch area.
~ Select and confirm Flight information.
City events
Applies to: vehicles with City events
Information on events in var ious categories in
the desired search area.
~ Select City Events> left control button > cate­
gory .
Online news
Applies to: vehicles with on line news
You can check the current headlines of your fa­
vo rite publications in the MMI.
Requirement: your myAud i account must be sub­
scribed to newsfeeds and your veh icle must be
connected to myAudi
r=;,page 190.
~ Select: Online news > desired newsfeed > a
headline .
The entire news article w ill be dis­
played .
(D Tips
If you have not subscribed to a ny personal
newsfeeds in your myAudi account, pre-con­
figured newsfeeds will be disp layed.
Twitter
Applies to: vehicles with Twitter
You con access the most important functions in
your Twitter account through your MMI .
Requirement:
You m ust have connected your myAudi account
with Twitter. You can find additional information
for th is on line at www.audiusa.com/myaud i.
You must have connected your vehicle with myAudi
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~ Select Twitter > left cont rol button > desired
function
(for examp le, Trends ).

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The following categories can be selected in the
Twitter menu:
-My tw eets: News Feed and the Tweets you have
posted are listed.
- Home: the Tweets for everyone you follow are
displayed.
- Trends : topics on Twitte r that are cur rently
popular w ithin a country .
D ifferent functions are available depending on
the Twitter category you have selected:
- New tweet : you can post a new tweet using
pre-made templates or using myAudi tem­
plates that you have created yourself .
-Refresh : the selected Tw itter function is re­
freshed .
-Favorite : mark a Tweet as favorite to show you
liked it .
-Retweet: you can quote a Tweet to share it with
others.
(D Tips
- Other settings such as account, language,
Tweet security and location settings
cannot
be changed in the MMI. These changes must
be made on the Twitter webs ite.
- You can only connect
one Twitter account
with your myAudi account.
- Audi connect (Infotainment) makes it possi­ ble to access Tw itter. Permanent ava ilability
cannot be guaranteed, because that de­ pends on Twitter.
Travel (travel guide)
Applies to: ve hicles with Trave l (travel guide)
You can use the Audi MMI connect opp to store
points of interest on your mobile device (such as a smartphone) and then use them for route
guidance in the
MMI.
Requirement:
The
Audi MMI connect app must be insta lled and
open on your mobile device.
Audi connect (Infotainment)
You must be logged into your myAudi account in
the
Audi MMI connect app and you must have se­
l ected your vehicle.
T he Wi-Fi function on your mobile device and on
the MMI must be switched on.
T he M MI must be connected to the network.
.. Press: !MENU ! button> Audi connect> left con-
trol button >
Information category> Travel.
After opening the trave l guide, trave l tips in your
area w ill be displayed including current ratings as
well as the corresponding category .
.. Press the left control button to change the cat­
egory (such as bars nearby).
,&. WARNING
- It is only safe to use tablets, laptops, mo­
bile devices and other similar devices when
the vehicle is sta tionary because, like all
loose objects, they co uld be thrown around
the inside of the ve hicle in a crash and cause
serious inj uries. Store these types of devices
securely while driving.
- Do not use any wireless devices on the front
seats within range of the airbags while dr iv­
ing. Also read the warnings in the chapter
¢ page 2 73, Front airbags .
(D Tips
-Units of measurement, language settings
and time are shown in the Infotainment sys­
tem display based on how they were set in
the MMI system sett ings
¢ page 243.
Audi connect (Infotainment) in navigation
App lies to : vehicles wit h a navigat ion syste m and Audi co n­
nect (Infota inment)
.. Select: IMENU! button> Audi connect> left
control button>
Navigation.
-
T he following Audi connect Infotainment services
are currently available:
..,.
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