2018 AUDI A4 CD player

Media
Playing media
Accessing media
You can start and operate various media
through the
MMI control panel.
F ig . 215 D ia gr am : p oss ible sources in th e M ed ia m enu
F ig. 216 D iag ra m : possible sources in th e M edi a me nu
Re qu ir emen t: a media sou rce must contain a u­
d io/video*
fi les -=> page 228.
• Press t he I M EDIAi bu tton. Press the left co ntro l
b utton until the so urces ove rview is disp layed.
• Se lect and confirm the desi red sou rce. Or :
press th e I M ED IAi b utton repeate dly until the
desired source is selected .
D epending on the ve hicle eq uipme nt, t he fo llow ­
i ng sources may be disp laye d in the
Media men u:
(D Jukebox * .. .... ........ ..... .
@ DVD/CD drive * .. .. .. .... .. ... .
@ SD card reader ... ..... .. ... . .
© Audi music interface * .. ..... .. .
such as an iPhone, USB stick
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228,2 29
228
23 4
® External audio player . . . . . . . . . . 234
such as an MP3 player connected to
the AUX input
@ Bluetooth aud io player * . . . . . . . 230
1l Depe ndin g on the DVD , thi s may not be possible du rin g
p laybac k.
236
(f) Wi-Fi audio player* ... .. . .... .
® Online media* and Internet radio *
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232
-Playing audio /video files : select a source in the
Media menu > Category (such as artists > al­
bum
> track).
- Moving one level up in the folder structure :
press the !BACKI b utton . Or: select and confirm
Folder up.
-Selecting the previous or next track/chapter*
1l: press the On/Off knob on the MMI control
pa nel briefly to the left
lt>l .
-Fast-forwarding and rewinding audio /video*
files :
press and hold th e On/Off knob on the
M Ml control panel to the left
lt>l for
a longer time .
-Pausing or resuming playback : press th e On/
Off knob on the MMI cont rol panel b riefly.
(D Tips
- Yo u can scroll through long lists quickly by
t u rning the control knob quickly. T he scro ll­
ing speed depends o n the num ber of list en­
t ries.
- For safety reas ons, the video image is only
display ed w hen t he vehicl e is stationa ry . On­
ly the so und from the vid eo plays whil e driv­
ing.

Media
Supported media and file formats
Overview
The Jukebox*, SD card reader and the USB storage device* connection support the following audio/vid­
eo file properties:
S upp orte d
med ia
Fil e sys te m
Metadat a
Form at
Fil e exten-
s ion
Pla ylists
C ha ract eris-
t ics
Number o f
file s
(D Tips
Aud io files Video files*
SD/SD HC/SDXC/ MMC mem ory c ard s:
with a capacity up to 128 GB
DVD dri ve : aud io CDs (up to 80 min) with CD text (art ist, album, song)*, CD-ROMs w ith
a capacity of up to 700 MB; DVD±R/RW; DVD v ideo; DVD audio with audio tracks that
are compat ible with a DVD v ideo p layer;
Au di mu sic in terface: mob ile dev ices (such as an iPod ¢ page 233, MTP player, USB
storage device in "USB Device Subclass 1 and
6" that conforms to USB 2.0: USB sticks,
USB MP3 p layers (P lug-and -Play-capable), externa l USB flash drives and hard drives
M emor y cards: exFA T, FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB storage d evice: FAT, FAT32, NTFS
USB stor age device partition s (pr imary/lo g ic al* ): 2 per USB connection
CD /DVD fil e systems: IS09660, Jol iet, UDF
A lbum co ver: GIF, JPG, PNG with max.
800x800 px. The album cover from the
med ium or from Grace note* is displayed,
depending on ava ilability.
MPEG Windows
MPEG F
LAC MPEG 1/2 MPEG4 AVC Windows Media
1/2 Media 2/4 (H.264) Video 9
Layer 3 Audio 9
and 10
.mp3 .wma .m4a; .flac .mpg; .mp4; .wmv;
.m4b; .mpeg .m4v; .asf
. aac .mov;
.avi
.M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz up to maximum 2,000 kbit/s and
48 kHz sampling frequencies sampling 720x576 px. at maximum 25fps
frequen-
cy
DVD d rive* : max. 1,000 files per medium
Jukebo x*: approximately 10 GB memory capacity; max. 3,000 files can be imported
U SB s torage de vice a nd m emor y cards: max . 10,000 files per medium; max. 1,000
files per playlist/directory
may differ for aud io files with variable bit
rate.
- The med ia drives do not support the W in­
dows Media Audio 9 Voice format. -
Special characters (such as those in ID3 tag
information) display differently depending
on the system language and cannot always
be guaranteed .
-
For compressing MP3 files, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kb it/s. The
display showing the remaining play t ime
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Media
-The manufacturer of the storage device can
provide information about its "USB Device
Subclass" . -Some MTP player funct ions are not support­
ed, such as rating music tracks and video
playback.
CD drive
App lies to: ve hicles with a CD drive
The following audio file properties are supported by the CD drive:
Audio files
Supported
Audio CDs (up to 80 min) with CD text (artist, album, track)*, CD -ROMs with a capaci -
media ty of up to 700 MB
File system CD file system: IS09660, Joliet, UDF
Metadata Album cover: GIF, JPG, PNG with max. 800x800 px. The album cover from the medi-
um may be disp layed, depend ing on availability.
Format MP EG 1/ 2 Windows Media Au- MPEG 2/4 FLAC
Layer 3 dio 9 and 10
File extension .mp3 .wma .m4a; .flac
. m4b;
.aac
Playlists .M3U; .PLS; .WPL; .M3U8; .ASX
Characteristics up to maximum 320 kbit/s and 48 kHz samp ling frequenc ies 48 kHz sampling
frequency
Number of Maximum 1,000 files per medium
files
@ Tips
-For compressing MP3 files, Audi recom­
mends a bit rate of at least 160 kb it/s. The
display showing the remaining play time
may differ for audio files with va riable bit
r ate. -
Special characters (s uch as those in 1D3 tag
information) display differently depend ing
on the system language and cannot always
be guaranteed .
Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
Audi music interface /Bluetooth
Read the instructions in the chapter ~ page 233, Multimedia con-
audio player *: mobile dev ice is nectionsl~ page 230, Bluetooth audio player . You can learn
not supported . about supported mobi le devices in the Audi database for mobile
devices at
www.audiusa.com/bluetooth.
Audi music interface :
the volume Adjust the volume of the mobile device to approximately 70% of
is too high/too low when start ing the maximum output ¢
page 239, Input level.
playback through the AUX inp ut.
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Media
Problem Solution
Audi music inte rface :
the porta- For many ce ll phones or mobile devices, playback is not possible
ble device is not recognized as a when the battery level is too low (less than 5% of its capacity).
source. The mobile device will only be recognized as a source in the MMI
after connecting if the battery charge is sufficient .
Audi music interface: malfunc-The Bluetooth audio player function is switched on. Switch this
tions during audio playback function
off¢ page 250 when you are not using the Bluetooth
through an iPod/ iPhone. audio player.
Audi music interface:
contents Reset the Media settings to the factory default settings
that are changed on a mobile de-
¢page 249.
vice connected to the Audi music
interface
al are not disp layed in
the media center.
AUX input: there is stat ic when When connecting and disconnecting, the External audio player
connecting and disconnecti ng the source is already selected. Before connecting or disconnecting the
AUX connection cable. mobile device, either mute the device
(see¢ page 252) or sw itch
to a different audio sourc e (fo r
example ¢ page 222, Opening the
radio).
Bluetooth audio player* /Wi-Fi Only one interface should be act ively used at a time to ensure
audio player*: audio playback in- problem-free playback.
terference.
Jukebox*: tracks on the imported When importing playlists, all of the fi les themselves must be im-
playlist are grayed out. ported.
Jukebox*: imported tracks ca nnot If you cannot find imported tracks in the media center, they may
be played or found. not be supported. Only copy supported
files¢ page 242 to the
Jukebox.
Online media *: connection fa iled To establish a connection to the MMI, the MMI connection switch
between the MMI and the
Audi must be switched on in the Audi MMI connect app status sc reen.
MMI connect app.
Audi music interface: contents Reset the Media settings to the factory default settings
that are changed on a mob ile de-
¢page 249.
vice connected to the Audi music
interface are not displayed in the
med ia center .
Bluetooth audio player *: interfer- Playback interference can occur when using the Bluetooth audio
ence with track d isp lay and aud io player if a music player app from a third party provider is open.
playback. Audi recommends using the integrated media player on your Blue-
tooth device (such as a smartphone) .
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Sys te m setting s
Data connection
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
- The data conne ction is made using the embed­
ded SIM card
l) ¢page 188. You do not need to
adjust any additional se ttings.
(D Note
Always follow the info rmation found in ¢ (D in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194.
MMI connect app
Applies to vehicles with Audi connect (Infotainment)
Requirement: the Audi MMI conn ect app must
be installed and open on your mobile device .
-Co nnect n ew d evice: search for and connect a
mobile device (s uch as a smartphone).
- List of devic es already paired : select your mo­
bile device from the l ist of a ll the devi ces that
are already paired.
Audio player
Applies to vehicles with Bluetooth or Wi- Fi audio player
Blueto oth play er*
Req uirement: the Bl uetooth funct ion and visib ili­
ty must be switched on in the MMI
¢ page 250
and on the ce ll phone.
- Conn ect n ew devic e : press the contro l knob.
Se lect
Blue to oth audio pl ayer. Search for and
connect a mobile device.
- List of device s already pai red : select a Bl ue­
tooth device from the list of a ll the devices that
are already paired .
Wi-Fi audio player *
Requirement: the Wi-Fi hotspot on the M MI
¢ page 194 and on you r cell phone must be
sw itched on.
- Connect new de vic e: press the contro l knob .
Search for and connect a Wi-Fi capable device .
-Di scon nect Wi -Fi audio pla yer : deact ivate the
Wi-Fi on your Wi-Fi capab le device . The dev ice
will be automat ically removed from the list .
l) SIM card in sta lled in t he veh icle at th e fact ory.
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(D Note
Always fo llow the information found in ¢(!) in
Wi-Fi hotspot on page 194.
Directory
App lies to : vehicles wit h telepho ne
Display contacts from a cell phone (or an addi­
tional cell phone).
Requirement: no cell phones ca n be connected to
the MMI using the
Hand sfr ee profi le .
- Connect new devic e: search for and connect a
new cell phone .
-Lis t of devi ces alre ad y paired : select your ce ll
phone from t he list of all the cell phones that
are a lready paired .
Audi smartphone
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i smartphone interface
- Connect you r ce ll phone to the A udi music in ­
terface ¢
page 234 using a USB adapter
¢page 233, fig . 213.
- Select your cell phone from the list of cell
phones that have a lready been connected.
· Additional options
Depend ing on the selected function, you can use
the righ t control button to access the availab le
additional options in the connection manager .
Delete Bluetooth de vic e*
The selected ce ll phone/mobile device is discon­
nected from the MMI and is removed from the
li st of all devices that are already pai red.
Show Blu etooth profiles*
You can Connect or Disconne ct the H andsfr ee,
Me ssag es* , Di rector y/contact s
and Bluetooth
aud io pl ayer
p rofiles separately.
Bluetooth settings *
- Bluetooth :
select and confi rm a setting for the
Bl uetoo th connection visibility . Se lect
Vi sible Ill-

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for the MMI to be visib le to o ther dev ices . Se ­
l ect
Invisible fo r the MMI to not be vis ible to
othe r devices. Howeve r, it is still possib le to es ­
tab lish a Bl uetooth connection w ith paired de ­
v ices when the v is ibility is switched off. Se lect
Off to tur n visib ility off . The n a B luetooth con­
nect io n is no t possible .
-Bluetooth audio player : when this function is
switched
on~ , the Bluetooth aud io player is
available as a source in the
Media menu .
-Bluetooth name : the MMI Bluetooth name (for
example
,,AUDI MM I 2016") is displayed and
can be changed .
Online settings*
- Data usage counter :
the amount of data pack­
ets that are sent a nd received through the MMI
is d is pl ayed . You can reset t he data usage infor ­
mation to zero using the
Reset data counter
opt io n.
- Network status : the mobile netwo rk provider
f o r da ta se rvice as well as t he network status
are disp laye d.
Wi-Fi settings*
See ¢ page 194, Wi-Fi hotspot.
Storing as a default telephone
Applies to: vehicles with telephone
Requ irement: a cell phone must be connec ted to
the M MI
¢ page 175 .
As soo n as the cell phone is i n range and the
B lue too th func tion on t he ce ll phone and in the
M MI is swi tched on, this ce ll phone is given pr io r­
ity over the other Bluetoot h dev ices and is con ­
n ected direct ly to the MMI. The connected cell
p hone is displayed f irst in the device list.
Network settings*
- Login :
you ca n chose an Automatic lo gin to
yo ur cell phone serv ice p rov ider's ne twork, o r
yo u can choose a
Manual login from t he list of
available networ ks.
- Network selection : available networks in t he
p resent location can be se lected unde r networ k
se lection. Th is function is only available for the
Manual login sett ing.
System settings
Apple CarPlay sound settings/ Android Auto
sound settings
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i smartphone interface
See c::> page 2 52.
About Apple CarPlay/ About Android Auto
Applies to: vehicles wi th Audi smartphone interface
Here you w ill fin d leg al informa tio n r egarding
th e use of App le Car Pla y or Andro id A uto an d in­
f o rmat io n a bou t devi ce-s peci fic data exc hange .
Delete CarPlay device/Delete Android Auto
device
A ppl ies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Req uireme nt: your c ell pho ne mu st n ot be con­
ne cted to t he Au di music in terf ace wi th a US B
adapter .
Se le ct :
Audi smartphone > a d evice from t he list
> r igh t co ntrol button.
T o re mov e your cell p hon e from the list , se lect
and confir m
Delete CarPlay device or Delete An­
droid Auto device .
System update
.. Select: !ME NUI bu tton> Settings > left con trol
bu tton >
System maintenance .
- System update :
slid e the s torage device with
t h e u pdate da ta into the appro priate driv e
¢ page 228 . Sele ct and co nfi rm t he dr ive>
Start update . The leng th o f the pro cess de ­
pe nd s o n th e siz e of the updat e.
- Reset driver installation: the sele cte d medi a
d river p ack age i s reset to t he se ttings at the
t ime o f delivery .
-Version information : info rm ation on t he M MI
so ftwar e ve rsi on and the navig ation datab ase *
so ftware version is displ ayed. The
Software in­
formation
f u nction also prov ides informat ion
on t he softwa re co ntai ned in the M MI and t he
licensing agreement .
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Airbag system
-Never hold the steering wheel at the 12
o'clock position or with your hands any­
where inside the steering wheel or on the
steering wheel hub. Holding the steering
wheel the wrong way increases the risk of
severe injury to the arms, hands, and head if
the driver airbag deploys.
,& WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer­
ing with the way the airbag unfolds and/or by
being pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Always make sure nothing is in the front air-
bag deployment zone that could be struck
by the airbag when it inflates.
-
- Objects in the zone of a deploying airbag
can become projectiles when the airbag de­
ploys and cause serious personal injury.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use.
- Never place accessories or other objects
(such as cup holders, telephone brackets,
note pads, navigation systems, or things
that are large, heavy, or bulky) on the doors;
never attach then to the doors or the wind­
shield; never place them over or near or at­
tach them to the area marked ,,AIRBAG" on
the steering wheel, instrument panel or the
seat backrests; never place them between
these areas and you or any other person in
the vehicle.
- Never attach objects to the windshield
above the passenger front airbag, such as
accessory GPS navigation units or music
players. Such objects could cause serious in­
jury in a collision, especially when the air­ bags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenger seat to transport objects. Items can also move into
the deployment area of the side airbags or
the front airbag during breaking or in a sud­
den maneuver. Objects near the airbags can
fly dangerously through the passenger com­ partment and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined and the airbags in­
flate.
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,& WARNING
, -
A person on the front passenger seat, espe­
cially infants and small children, will receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be­ ing too close to the airbag when it inflates .
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle is designed to turn off the front passenger airbag if an infant or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment un­
der these special conditions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy in accordance with the
,.low risk" option for 3-
and 6-year-old children under the U.S. Fed­
eral Standard if a child with electrical capac­
itance greater than the combined capaci­
tance of a typical one-year old infant re­
strained in one of the forward facing or rear­
ward-facing child seats with which your ve­ hicle was certified is on the front passenger
seat and the other conditions for airbag de­
ployment are met.
- Accident statistics have shown that children
are generally safer in the rear seat area than
in the front seating position.
- For their own safety, all children, especially
12 years and younger, should always ride in
the back properly restrained for their age
and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208, as well as Canada Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time
your vehicle was manufactured .
-
The front Advanced Airbag System supplements
the safety belts to provide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenger's heads and upper bodies in frontal crashes. The airbags in­
flate only in frontal impacts when the vehicle de-
celeration is high enough.
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Airbag syste m
The additio na l l ayers prevent the capacitive
passenger detection system from accurately
measuring the capac itance of the ch ild safe­
ty seat and/or the person on the seat and
thus keep the Advanced Airbag System from
working p roperly.
- Never place or use any electrical device (such as a laptop, CD player, elect ronic
games dev ice, power inverte r or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-vol t
socket or the cigarette lighter socket . S uch
devices can infl uence the capacitance regis­
tered by the capacitive passenger detection
system, so that incorrect information is pro­
vided to the airbag control unit.
- If you must use a c hild restraint on the front
passenger seat and the child restraint man­
ufacturer's instructions require the use of a
towel, foam cushion or something else to prope rly position the ch ild restraint, make
certain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
~; light comes on and stays on whenever
the chi ld restraint is installed on the front
passenge r seat .
-If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light
does not come on and s tay on , immediate ly
ins tall child restra int in a rea r seating posi­
tion and have the airbag system inspected
by you r A udi dealer.
_& WARNING
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it im­
mediately.
- If liquid soaks into the front passenger seat,
this can keep the a irbag system from work ­
ing prope rly and may, for instance, deact i­
vate the passenger frontal airbag. If this happens, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~;
light will come on and stay on togethe r with
the a irbag ind icator
light E,I in the inst ru­
men t cluster.
- If liquid is poo led on the seat, bu t has not
soa ked i n, this may also keep the airbag sys­
tem from wo rking properly and ca use the
passenge r frontal a irbag to be enabled
(tu rned on), even though there is a properly
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installed child rest raint system on the seat .
Wet towels or other wet things on the seat
cushion can have the same effect.
If the
front passenger fronta l airbag is turned on,
t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light light
w ill go out.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced A irbag System and the side
airbags supp lement the p rotection offered by the
front three-point safety be lts and the adjustable
head restraints to he lp reduce the risk of injury in
a wide range of accident and crash situat ions. Be
sure to read the important i nformat ion about
safety and heed the WARNINGS in this chapter .
Deployment of the Advanced A irbag System and
the activation of the safety belt pretensioners de­ pend on the dece leration measured by the crash
sensors and registered by the elec tronic contro l
u nit . Crash severity depends on speed and decel­
e ration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object invo lved in the cras h.
On the passenger side, regard less of safety be lt
u se, the front passenge r frontal airbag will be
turned off if t he e lectr ica l capaci tance m easured
by the capaci tive p assenge r detection system o n
t h e fron t passenger sea t is less th an the amou nt
programmed in t he e lec tronic cont ro l unit. The
front passenger frontal airbag wi ll also be turned
off if the capacitance measured by the system for
the front passenger seat equals that of an infant
of about one year of age in one of the child seats
that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag Sys­
tem under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light
comes on and stays on to tell you whe n the front
Advanced Airbag System on the passenge r side
has been tu rned
off~ page 283.
_& WARNING
T o reduce the ris k of injury when an airbag in ­
f lates, always wea r safety belts prope rly.
- If you are un res trained, leaning forward, sit­
ting sideways or out of position in any way,
your r isk of injury is much higher.